The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

The queen was no longer conscious, and Xie Yuzhen didn't want to think about what she had just said. Was it telling him to stop trying to persuade her and just go his own way, or was it that she...

"...go forward......"

"Don't...look back..."

Xie Yuzhen suddenly felt a burning pain in the places on her hands that were touched by the queen. She pulled her hands out suddenly, then carefully pushed the queen back onto the bed. Then, like a child who had quarreled with his parents and got angry, she pouted and said, "No!"

"I want to turn back!"

"Your Majesty is kind-hearted and loyal, but I am a stubborn person who only cares about my own ideas! Whatever I have set my mind to, I must accomplish it. Even if I have to do things that ordinary people cannot do or solve situations that ordinary people cannot resolve, I will never back down or compromise!" The scene in front of him slowly faded again and turned gray.

A dark crack like a thunder appeared where she was standing. Xie Yuzhen didn't hesitate at all and jumped forward flexibly.

This time the tracing passage is several times more dangerous than the last time.

The space became increasingly fragmented. Every time Xie Yuzhen's toes stepped on a relatively intact place, the dark cracks would immediately spread over, like fierce lightning in a thunderstorm, or like someone was threatening to strike him with a whip.

With the experience from last time, Xie Yuzhen was much more skilled in dodging these cracks. However, these dark cracks that could devour everything they touched were so fierce that even though Xie Yuzhen concentrated all her attention and responded carefully, her dress still inevitably became tattered again.

The space behind her was completely shattered, and darkness spread silently and rapidly, turning into a huge mouth that seemed to be able to swallow everything. The gray and white fragments began to spin, and a suction force emerged from the huge mouth of the abyss, chasing closely behind Xie Yuzhen, completely swallowing up every footprint she left.

The darkness gradually caught up with her, and the pitch-black cracks had already reached Xie Yu's real body. She could also catch a glimpse from the corner of her eye that the ominous color was spreading faster and faster.

Xie Yuzhen gritted her teeth and stomped hard on the increasingly broken ground beneath her feet, then leaped forward. However, a crack as thick as a thumb suddenly appeared right in front of her, as if it had predicted her movements in advance.

It was too late to dodge, and Xie Yizhen could only twist her body with all her strength while in mid-air, narrowly avoiding the vital points. A familiar pain spread from the right side of her waist and abdomen all the way up to her heart. Xie Yizhen, who dodged the attack, didn't care about the pain coming from her soul. As soon as her toes touched the ground, she continued to take a few more steps forward, slightly shaking off the huge mouth that was chasing her from behind.

In just two or three breaths, the situation became so dangerous.

Although the time for this backtracking is shorter than the last time, for Xie Yuzhen, if he wants to successfully return to the save point, there are still several dangers waiting for him that are equally dangerous as the one just now.

She did not stop walking, nor did she hesitate in dodging the cracks. Instead, she became more agile and skillful. She felt her heart beating wildly than ever before, and the blood in her body became hot and boiling.

Her hands, feet, and even her waist, abdomen, and back had all suffered varying degrees of injuries. The most dangerous one was on the right side of her face. Although it was just a shallow and small scratch, it was only a finger's width away from her eye.

The pain all over her body did not slow down her stubborn and resolute steps. Instead, it gave Xie Yuzhen endless strength. She felt like a flying bird, flying over the dark thunderclouds, playing with the thunderstorm, and freely shuttling through the gaps in the thunder that could knock her down at any time.

With feathers burnt all over his body by lightning, Xie Yuzhen rushed towards the finish line, moving forward fearlessly.

The dark abyss that could devour everything had to be defeated and retreat once again. Color appeared in Xie Yuzhen's eyes again. She sat in her familiar room, trembling all over. A layer of cold sweat quickly seeped out of her body that had just been washed.

time does not wait.

Xie Yuzhen immediately took out the golden hairpin with a dragon head given by the emperor, and called Xia Zhi to take his daughter to stay with his son. Then, he did not ask a few palace servants to go with him, but put on his clothes and went straight out of the gate of Shouning Palace.

The palace servants did not dare to think too much and hurriedly chased after him, but they could only see Xie Yuzhen's back.

This time, Xie Yuzhen went directly to see the emperor.

The emperor had just finished his work and returned to the back hall of the Lizheng Palace to rest. Before he could sit down, he heard the eunuchs' anxious reports. Turning back, he saw Xie Yuzhen rushing in by knocking down the two eunuchs who were trying to stop her. She walked in a hurry, and the sweat on her forehead was very conspicuous against the candlelight in the hall.

"Why is Xianming here?" the emperor asked with a frown.

He had just received several letters exposing the fact that Empress Ning poisoned the late emperor and requesting a reinvestigation into the late emperor's death, and he was worrying about how to deal with them.

As for his understanding of Xie Yuzhen, although this woman usually did not care much about the rules, unless something important happened, she would not do something like breaking into the Lizheng Palace at night, which would cause the court officials to argue and criticize her for several months.

"Your Majesty, have you done what you promised me to do to deal with the 'bad reviews'?" Xie Yuzhen didn't care how many people were in the hall now, she ran up and pulled the emperor inside - looking back, the emperor had told her that he had placed the "magic object" that could directly destroy the panel on Miss Deng Si's body in the Lizheng Hall.

The emperor, who had not yet made a move, felt a little uneasy: "I took care of some government affairs first, and was just about to make a move."

Xie Yuzhen let go of the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please hurry up. I just cleaned Shouning Palace not long ago. When I was about to go to bed, I saw a poisonous snake coiled on the windowsill, with its head facing Yuanjun!"

This was of course just a lie, an excuse to urge the emperor.

Hearing this, the emperor's expression became more serious. If it were in the past, he would have asked back whether she was serious or not. However, he was now certain that he loved Xie Yuzhen, and was forced to take a few steps back by this woman who deliberately took advantage of his self-proclaimed love. He had learned not to doubt the words and intentions of his "lover" all the time.

The emperor took out a small jade seal from a small compartment in the bed in the inner room.

Xie Yuzhen looked over and saw that the jade seal was about two fingers wide as an adult's, and about four or five inches high. On top of the square base was a bodhi tree. The jade was transparent and had excellent color, but it was covered with tiny cracks all over, and was surrounded by a colorful glow that looked like some kind of poisonous snake.

The emperor was obviously unable to see this dangerous and strange light.

Xie Yuzhen saw it clearly at a glance, and instantly understood how this thing was used.

She took the cracked jade seal that seemed like it would break with just the slightest squeeze from the hesitant emperor's hand, held it high without even looking at it, and then threw it hard to the ground.

Jade chips flew everywhere and the precious trees withered.

The colorful light also disappeared in an instant.

In the Cining Palace, Deng Qingsui, who was lying quietly on the bed, felt as if something was reaching into her brain and stirring it violently several times. The severe pain made her twitch continuously but she could not make any sound. Large streams of dark blood flowed from her eyes, ears, mouth and nose. Her body trembled several times, and then her bones and flesh became limp and she was lifeless.