Qin Weiyun's funeral was held three days after her body was laid to rest, and the only news to the public was that she had died of a sudden serious illness.

Soon, news spread from the court that the old man resigned due to old age. Jiangzhou was devastated by the loss of his beloved wife and prepared to keep vigil for her.

Everything happened unexpectedly. Helian Xuan summoned Mr. Jiang to talk in the imperial study and then agreed.

Before anyone could react, the Jiang family returned to their hometown. As if there were ghosts chasing them, they left the court and went far away.

The day they left Beijing, the weather was sunny for a rare occasion.

Jiang Xue Ning went to the city gate to see him off, and the old man told her that he had something for her.

The Jiang family's moving team was huge, but she did not go forward, but just watched from a distance in the pavilion.

Jiang Xufeng helped the old man over. He looked much older after not seeing him for a few days. "This is my sincerity. I hope the princess will accept it."

He handed her a small wooden box, Jiang Xue Ning accepted it and said calmly, "Have a safe journey, and we will never meet again."

The old man looked at her with a hint of melancholy in his heart, and finally said, "You are too sharp, be careful."

The old man turned around and left in a cool manner, and it seemed that he was not too reluctant to leave this prosperous Shengjing.

Jiang Xufeng looked at her, wanting to talk to her alone. He opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.

He wanted to be a good brother, but unfortunately they were not close siblings, and she didn't need his useless protection.

With blood feud and different positions in between, it seems that nothing can be said with much significance.

Finally, Jiang Xufeng smiled at her tenderly and reached out to touch her head. "Don't be too tired. Be happy and take care of your health. I sincerely wish you all that you wish for."

She blinked and said, "Yeah."

Jiang Xufeng smiled with relief, turned around and waved goodbye. She stood in the pavilion, watching their team set off and leave, going farther and farther away.

Jiang Li said softly, "Old Master has seen clearly the current situation in the capital. It is right to retreat while the tide is turning."

Jiang Xue Ning quickly adjusted her mood and said, "Let's go back."

After walking a few steps, he ran into Xiao Linfeng. Since he was demoted to a commoner, he has been so quiet that it makes people feel uneasy.

Xiao Linfeng smiled and said, "Watching them leave, how does the princess feel?"

"You should be very happy. The princess is really good at killing her father and stepmother."

Jiang Xue Ning felt unlucky when she met him. She looked up at him and sneered, "Who allowed you to talk to me like this? Remember that you are just a commoner now. You should be polite when you see me."

"Heh." Xiao Linfeng chuckled and tried to lift her chin with his fan, but she waved him away coldly. He smiled even more gently, "Using power to suppress others, you have already learned the ways of the royal family before you even sit on the throne of the queen."

Jiang Xue Ning didn't want to talk any more with a madman like him. She was about to leave after walking past him, but her wrist was grabbed.

“What happened on the Beiyuan Glacier back then? Was the collapse of the glacier really just an accident?”

The wheel of fortune seemed to start turning from there, and the high priest's prophecy that year, "the soul is turned upside down, the fate is changed, and troubled times are about to begin" is very interesting when you think about it carefully.

Jiang Xue Ning looked back at him and said calmly, "If you want to know this, go ask Helian Xuan."

Xiao Linfeng stared at her face with burning eyes. If the rouge girl in the palace was a low-quality fake, then she was becoming more and more like her.

He approached her gently, "Whose soul is upside down, and who is alive now?"

The cold voice gave people goose bumps. Jiang Xue Ning stabbed him with her other hand and said, "Stay away from me."

Being avoided by him, he stared at her face reluctantly, "What a pity, I misjudged you."

He didn't expect that Bingtong would be used by her, otherwise he could have obtained this face and made it into a human skin mask to preserve it. He could also imprison her soul forever and keep it by his side.

He even selected the vessel to carry her soul, and even killed the Ninth Princess for it. Unfortunately, one careless move led to a complete loss.

Jiang Xue Ning narrowed her eyes and examined him, only seeing the ugliness of people's hearts. She said meaningfully, "You've lived with a mask on for so long, you must be afraid of seeing the sun."

"Yes, I am a maggot in the gutter, and the princess is the moon high above." He stared at her sinisterly, "So the princess should be careful not to fall into the gutter and join me."

"That day will never come."

Xiao Linfeng chuckled and lowered his voice, "The Empress Dowager is going back to the capital. It must be the Princess who has the ability to force the Empress Dowager to come out of retirement."

This was something she had expected, so she looked calm and not at all surprised.

Xiao Linfeng opened the fan in his hand with a "snap" sound, "I'm giving you a free piece of information. The Empress Dowager's people have been in frequent contact with Helian Mu recently."

Jiang Xue Ning knew that he couldn't have good intentions, so she just said calmly, "This has nothing to do with me. Helian Xuan should be more interested in knowing this news."

She didn't want to get entangled with him any longer and left quickly.

Xiao Linfeng looked at her back and curled his lips coldly, "Ayu, how much did she know about what happened back then?"

Sang Yu, who had been standing quietly at the side, had a complex emotion in his eyes, "It doesn't matter whether you know or not, you can't go back any more."

Ever since that encounter with the Peach Blossom Killer, a layer of haze has been cast over his heart. In the middle of the night, he would look through her past again and again, and from some of her behaviors, he could see familiar traces.

This made him feel uneasy and panicked.

Traitors can only live in the shadows that cannot be seen in the light forever.

Xiao Linfeng seemed not to notice his pale face and continued, "Guess whether that lunatic Helian Xuan doubts her!"

"Haha, he actually wants to marry her as his queen, saying it's destiny..."

He didn't understand what Helian Xuan was trying to do. He didn't believe that the undercurrents in Beijing were surging, and Helian Xuan really didn't know.

Sang Yu said sarcastically, "You are all crazy, of course I am too."

"Well said." Xiao Linfeng's expression was a little crazy, "No one should escape, let's go crazy to the end and decide the winner."

Sang Yu said calmly, "What if I win? What if I lose..."

This imperial city trapped them inside, and they kept fighting each other like poisonous insects, and the winners would be the kings and the losers would be the bandits.

People's hearts have long been distorted by power. They are deeply trapped in it, unable to extricate themselves, and are consciously sinking into the cycle of killing to the end.

Xiao Linfeng looked at him and said seriously, "You have already paid off what you owe me. You can still withdraw now. I will have someone send you away from Xiling."

He lowered his eyes and shook his head, "I'm not leaving. I want to stay."

He deserves to stay and witness the final outcome with his own eyes, even if he dies without a burial place!

Xiao Linfeng naturally understood his thoughts. He had given him a chance. If he didn't want to leave, he naturally wouldn't force him.

“Who knows what will happen in the end…”

There was thick fog ahead and they were going crazy in the dark.

only…

When the wind blows, the fog will eventually dissipate.

No one knows what is under the fog...


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