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"Don't you want to know why you've been schemed against all these years?"
Su Peijiu remained still. "If you're going to keep playing games, I don't have the patience for that."
She had never wanted to learn about her current situation from others. Even though the Jun Family had plotted against her for years, she was not someone who would sit idly by waiting to be slaughtered. Many trivial matters and the concept of retribution were not without their time.
"Shouldn't you have someone living in your residence who thinks they are Jun Liuji?"
Su Peijiu turned around, her expression somewhat gloomy. "It seems the Chancellor is quite concerned about my royal residence."
Resolute Stone merely smiled at Su Peijiu's wariness, still lazily leaning against the soft surface. "I'll only tell you one thing, nothing more. The princess in your residence is not real."
"What do you mean?" Su Peijiu stepped forward, frowning as she asked.
Resolute Stone waved his hand dismissively. "No, if I say more, it won't be fun anymore. You can guess the rest yourself."
Su Peijiu suddenly recalled that Silver Dove had said the same thing to her last time: Jun Liuji is not really Jun Liuji. Then who is she?
Chou San was her person; there was no doubt about that. Moreover, she absolutely did not believe that Chou San was someone arranged by others to be by her side. Furthermore, the Ice Coffin used to impersonate Jun Liuji was discovered by their group on the mountain and later moved to Ping'an. During this time, Hua Qian even specifically went to treat Jun Liuji, and everything remained secret from outsiders.
Jun Liuji had also been kept hidden until Su Peijiu personally went to Ping'an before she was released, which is how Resolute Stone could know that Jun Liuji was in her hands.
But why was he so certain that the Jun Liuji in her possession was not real?!
As she glanced over, she found that Resolute Stone had already disappeared from the room. Frowning, she turned to leave, but just as she reached the door, a distant voice called out, "Don't forget our agreement on the bed."
Su Peijiu: "...If you do this again, I'll kill you!"
"… I really don't understand the ways of romance."
………………
Border Area.
"What? Prince Ping'an is missing?" Qi Che's hand, which was holding a chess piece, froze in mid-air. He cautiously observed the expression of the person across from him and indeed saw Qi Mo's face darken.
"What on earth is going on? Be clear!" Qi Che swallowed hard and quickly urged Leyang.
Leyang, pale-faced and about to leave, saw his master raise a hand: "If you're injured, go down and bandage it. Don't be stubborn."
Leyang gratefully went down.
Qi Che looked suspiciously at the retreating figure: "He’s injured? What happened?"
"How many of the 'Wu' generation are left?" Qi Mo tossed a chess piece back into the bowl. His hand naturally rubbed the jade pendant at his waist, feeling the few scratches that had been smoothed out a bit.
Qi Che cleared his throat awkwardly: "Currently, there are still two left."
"The palace's Unintentional has already been killed by Jun Ye Su. Now only Wuqing and Unintentional remain."
Qi Mo hummed in response, fell silent for a while, and then spoke: "Are you hiding something from me?"
Qi Che's heart skipped a beat, but he did not show it on his face: "Fourth Brother, what do you mean? I’m not hiding anything."
Qi Mo merely glanced at him, making him feel uneasy. He quickly clasped his hands together and said, "This matter was reported by Nameless. It's about that Tomb issue, and I'm afraid she might leak it, so I had someone take care of it."
"…From now on, withdraw the ordinary troops in front and replace them with Crimson Gate personnel. We don't have much time left."
Qi Che was slightly surprised at first, but then excitement flashed in his eyes, though he still hesitated: "Fourth Brother, aren't you worried about that woman Su Peijiu?"
"She's fine."
"Oh." Since Fourth Brother was fine, then it should be okay.
"The remaining two should be kept quiet." Qi Mo added this at the end.
Qi Che responded with an "mm," his gaze returning to the chessboard: "Are we still playing?"
"No more…" Qi Mo stood up and lightly brushed off his robe. "This is the token of the leader of Crimson Gate. From now on, you can handle the war as you please."
Ling Kong threw a token towards Qi Che, who hurriedly caught it: "What about you?"
"Are you going to find that woman Su Peijiu?" Qi Che exclaimed in frustration, and Qi Mo did not deny it.
"Truly obsessed, she's a disaster! Women are all disasters!"
Qi Mo smiled lightly: "I often wondered what would become of us brothers in the end, but I never expected that you and I would be the last two still alive… Qi Che, one day you'll meet a woman in your life that you can't bear to part with. When that time comes, you'll understand why your Fourth Brother feels this way now."
"Enough… I don't want to be held back by a woman." Qi Che rolled his eyes.
"You will." Qi Mo said firmly, "Because we are brothers."
Qi Che was choked up. He looked at Qi Mo standing there, feeling a sudden panic inside, not knowing why he felt that his Fourth Brother looked as if he was about to seek liberation.
The first thing Su Peijiu did upon returning to the royal residence was to find her mother, the one who was always said not to be the real Jun Liuji. As soon as she pushed the door open, she saw that person carefully reading a book.
She was taken aback and stepped inside.
"I have something to say to you."
Jun Liuji gently put down the book. "What does Pei Jiu want? It's late; shouldn't you be resting?"
Su Peijiu clapped her hands, and Chou San appeared in the room. She noticed that Jun Liuji's gaze was somewhat cold but quickly masked it.
"Who exactly are you?" She had never been one to beat around the bush, and scheming had always been about the weak resisting the strong. She absolutely could not be in a weak position now.
Since that was the case, there was no need for her to go around in circles trying to extract words from Jun Liuji.
"Even if Pei Jiu hates her mother, she shouldn't ask such questions." Jun Liuji spoke with some sadness.
Su Peijiu sneered, "My heartless father told me long ago that my mother, Princess Jun Liuji of the Crimson Kingdom, has long since died! What does death mean? It means the soul has departed. A departed soul cannot be casually brought back with just any Ice Coffin! No matter how brilliant Hua Qian's medical skills are, it is impossible to resurrect someone who is completely dead!"
"There is only one truth— you have never died! You were not saved by Hua Qian; you woke up on your own!"
Jun Liuji quietly listened to Su Peijiu finish this statement before softly asking, "If you doubt that I am your mother, then who am I?"
"You're probably the only one who knows about this!" Su Peijiu slammed the table, and Chou San immediately stepped forward to restrain Jun Liuji's hands, forcing her to stand up. Su Peijiu coldly laughed, "I don't care who you are, do you know how to activate the Linglong Spine?"
Jun Liuji remained gentle, but this gentleness felt strange in the current situation as she blinked her eyes like an eighteen-year-old girl. "Is this how Pei Jiu wants to obtain the Linglong Spine?"
"You just need to confirm whether it is or isn't! I don't have much patience left!" Su Peijiu leaned closer to Jun Liuji. "What kind of conspiracy have you been brewing with Jun Ye Su?"
"Is Pei Jiu getting flustered?" Jun Liuji leaned seductively against Chou San, making him feel awkward.
Su Peijiu sneered, "I want to see whose face is hidden beneath this beautiful skin!"
Jun Liuji was not nervous at all; she smiled enchantingly. "Do you really want to see? It might be quite shocking."
"How could anything be more shocking than a dead person coming back to life!" Su Peijiu stepped forward and grabbed this beautiful skin, her hand stiffening for a moment.
"…Are you scared?"
Jun Liuji's skin felt like ice; an ominous thought flashed through her mind. However, since she had already grabbed it, it wasn't her style to leave without asking clearly. Gritting her teeth, she forcefully pulled at Jun Liuji's face. She successfully tore off half of it but was so frightened that she stumbled backward and crashed into the table.
"…You!"
Chou San was surprised by his master's fear and lowered his head to look. What met his eyes was not a human face; it was clearly just half a skull! The face was pale and devoid of anything!
"…I warned you not to look, yet you insisted on doing so." Jun Liuji leisurely freed herself from his grip, pushed Chou San away forcefully, and then comfortably reattached the half of her face that had fallen off before slowly walking towards Su Peijiu.
"Pei Jiu… dead people indeed cannot come back to life. I am not your mother Jun Liuji, but there exists a certain connection between us. Under certain circumstances, I am her, and she is me. I know that during the last peaceful time, a ghost warned you about this matter and even entrusted you with a book. Unfortunately, it's a pity that I have already burned that book… If you want to know how to activate the Linglong Spine, why not wait until your mother wakes up and tells you herself?" After a bizarre laugh, Su Peijiu looked in terror at the beauty before her as she seemed to vanish like a wisp of blue smoke.
After an unknown amount of time, Chou San finally regained composure and stepped forward cautiously, "My lord, are you alright?"
Su Peijiu first coughed lightly, then began to cough violently, tears streaming down her face. She finally managed to speak, "Did we just see a ghost?"
Chou San nodded, and Su Peijiu continued to cough.
"Go find a Taoist priest to see if I’m cursed with attracting ghosts... This isn’t the first time I’ve encountered something like this."
Chou San thought: Is this really the time to find a Taoist priest?
"...Take me to the room where you brought me to Hua Qian." After finishing her coughing fit, Su Peijiu supported herself with her hands on her waist as she walked to the door. "My waist got scared and twisted."
Chou San thought: At this moment, I don't want anything.
After being startled by a beautiful skeleton that appeared out of nowhere, Su Peijiu was unable to sleep at all that night and went to Morning Court in the morning with dark circles under her eyes.
How shameless can a person be? She finally experienced it firsthand with Jun Ye Su.
At Morning Court, she was informed that she would lead troops to the front lines to fight against the Rebels...
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