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"Go, you must pry open Xi Hong Sheng's mouth for us. We want to know how he stole the Imperial Jade Seal." Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge held onto the dragon head and said with a gloomy face: "Tell him that if he gives us his instructions, we can spare his life."

"Yes." The man at the bottom said with an expressionless face.

The moonlight outside the window was bright and clear, the moonlight was like a veil. Sitting on the dragon throne, Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge couldn't wait to kill Xi Hong Sheng. Xi Jiu Er was not simply a savior to him, he knew that the Prince Xian liked her, he also knew a little about the poison and amnesia in the Prince Xian, he knew everything about the Prince Xian's Mansion like the back of his hand.

Suddenly, he scoffed, and said 'a world and a world, a pair'.

Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge closed his eyes, while the Eunuch Hai stood quietly at the side. About an hour later, a man walked in with calm steps, knelt and said, "Your Majesty — This subject has asked." Xi Hong Sheng said that back then when Madame Xi had returned to her residence, she met a dying man.

"Madame Xi? Wei Xi Er? " Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge frowned. The news of the Imperial Jade Seal being in Xi Mansion was also told to him by the Wei Guogong. Feeling suspicious, an old man in official uniform came over and said, "Your Majesty — this old official has something to say." This old man was Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge's master, and could be considered one of the trusters in the palace.

"Tutor —" Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge frowned, his eyes signalling for him to be patient. As expected, the old man calmed down and spoke a terrifying piece of news. "This old official has discovered that the Imperial Jade Seal is a fake."

Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge's tall figure slightly shook, his expression extremely terrified. "What did you say, the Imperial Jade Seal is fake?" He had spent so much effort to obtain the fake Imperial Jade Seal? Was the heavens toying with him, or was it the heavens' will? Did it mean that the world couldn't be his? Once the idea was born, it wouldn't go away.

"Fake..." "Fake..." Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge muttered to himself, what went wrong? Could it be that the jade seal Xi Hong Sheng obtained from his hands was fake? Or was the Imperial Jade Seal swapped with Xi Hong Sheng, or was it someone else other than Xi Hong Sheng? He thought of the Wei Guogong in his mind! Could it be him? Wei Guogong didn't have a son, only a granddaughter like Xi Jiu Er. He was loyal to the country, so she shouldn't be doing this. But, to know the face and not the heart, who knows what Wei Guogong is plotting?

"Go, find Xi Hong Sheng." Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge almost squeezed these words out of his gritted teeth as he waited for the man next to him to leave. He instructed the Imperial Tutor, "Go and take out the two pieces of the Imperial Jade Seal."

Xi Hong Sheng kneeled on the floor of the light mirror and saw his own face filled with dejection. He carefully bowed to Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge and said, "This commoner pays his respects to Your Majesty.

"Honored tutor —"

The old man passed two identical Imperial Jade Seals to Xi Hong Sheng. Xi Hong Sheng glanced at Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge in confusion, and heard Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge speak in a calm and composed manner: "We are in a good mood today, and we will give you two Imperial Jade Seals. One of the two is real, if you choose the real one, we will spare your life."

Xi Hong Sheng did not doubt his words. Everyone said that it was indeed difficult to guess the zodiac's Sacred Will, and it was a rare chance, so Xi Hong Sheng did not want to give it up. He looked left and right, feeling that something was amiss. Look again... Looking again, Xi Hong Sheng's face became ugly. Gritting his teeth, he said, "Your majesty, none of this is true."

"Oh?" Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge raised his eyebrows, "How did you know?"

"These two Imperial Jade Seals are different from this commoner's …" Xi Hong Sheng was confused, he did not understand Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge's plan, and could only guess that his jade seal was fake. His position was low and he had never seen a true Imperial Jade Seal. If he were to be ruined by a fake one, it would truly be an injustice. The stifling feeling in his chest was unbearable.

"When was the last time you saw your Imperial Jade Seal?" Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge straightened his upper half of his body, and asked.

Xi Hong Sheng thought of something so fast that he couldn't catch it at all, and said respectfully: "Roughly a dozen or so days ago …"

"Do you know that the Imperial Jade Seal you found in your Xi Mansion is a fake?! Speak, who took the real Imperial Jade Seal? " The corner of Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge's mouth curled up slightly, and revealed a charming smile: "Tell me, I will spare your life."

Xi Hong Sheng blurted out: "It's Xi Jiu Er."

"How can you be so sure?" Xuan Yuan Zhu Ge asked indifferently as he retracted his heart.

"This girl is quite clever. My Imperial Jade Seal is hidden very secretly. It's not something that an ordinary person can find." Killing intent flashed past Xi Hong Sheng's eyes, he was in such a dire straits that Xi Jiu Er and Wei Guogong did not come to help him. Wow, I'll just drag them into the water and see if they still save him or not. had long seen through his thoughts, and said indifferently: "Besides her, who else?"

Xi Hong Sheng thought about the opportunities to take revenge on the people who had offended him, and said: "I come to this commoner's study many times a day, what I have done is …"

The next day. Dawn. A hint of the chilliness of winter.

The Wei Guogong had long been practicing his sword in the courtyard. Xi Jiu Er looked at the sword in front of him, and said: "Grandfather, you practiced very well." Wiping his sweat while holding the kernels, Wei Guogong had a look of enjoyment on her face. Just as she was about to brag about it, she suddenly remembered that the little girl was angry at him yesterday, so she waved her little hands while wiping his sweat and said unhappily: "Yo, you still have my grandfather in your eyes now, it's not easy."

Hearing his strange voice, Xi Jiu Er was overjoyed. He leaned over and laughed, "Jiu Er was thinking of grandfather all the time."

"Hmph." It was rare for his granddaughter to act so coquettishly. Wei Guogong also didn't have a good expression as he asked with a slightly relaxed expression, "Why did you wake up so early today?"

"Hehe, aren't I here to please grandfather …" Xi Jiu Er giggled, she was a little naive and innocent.

Wei Guogong let out a long sigh. Her face was full of self-blame, and her eyes were completely red. Now that the Xi Family is finished, I am your only family member, what's wrong with watching you get married and have children? She only thought of how his grandfather would be able to suppress that kid while he was still alive, and how once his grandfather left, the world would come to humiliate him and coax him. If he was deceived and lived a life worse than being a servant, could his grandfather's spirit in heaven rest in peace? I'm afraid I've already crawled out of the graveyard. "

"Grandpa …"

"Jiu Er, Grandfather only wants to help you out in this world …" "Your mother left grandfather a long time ago, and left you alone, Miao Miao. You said …" had also experienced the true meaning of Wei Guogong's words, so she knew that marriage was possible …

"Grandfather, why must a woman marry? It's good not to get married and live your life by yourself. " Xi Jiu Er frowned, "Sometimes we don't necessarily have to follow the rules of the secular world and imprison ourselves."

The Wei Guogong blinked her eyes as she stared at Xi Jiu Er. She then stood up and shouted angrily: "You little girl, what are you blabbering about!

"Grandfather …" What Jiu Er said... " These were all her own thoughts.

"Old Zhang, Old Zhang …" The Wei Guogong suddenly shouted loudly. Xi Jiu Er immediately pulled his hand and comforted him: "Grandfather, it's Jiu Er's fault. Jiu Er will never think like this again, definitely not."

Then, Wei Guogong shook her hand off and insisted on coming to Elder Zhang. Elder Zhang ran over in a hurry, trembling slightly he asked: "Prince Fu, what's wrong? "What's wrong?"

"Go, bring me my sword. Today, I'm going to commit suicide." Wei Guogong said angrily.

Old Zhang's chin was about to fall off, his eyes slowly moved towards Wei Guogong's hand: "Prince Fu, isn't that the sword you're holding?"

Wei Guogong's eyes flashed, he raised her head and moved it towards his neck without hesitation, Xi Jiu Er screamed out, "Grandfather!" His breathing stopped, and at that moment, she understood, marriage was more important, what marriage, letting her marry was fine.

Fortunately, Old Zhang reacted quickly and jumped forward to stop the Wei Guogong. Even so, the Wei Guogong's neck was still injured. Old Zhang cried, "My Prince Fu, what's wrong with you? Why are you trying to kill yourself?! You're making people die!" He secretly wiped the sweat off his forehead. Luckily, they had understood each other's eyes for many years. He had risked his life to stop them, and his face was filled with fear.

"Let go! Let me die! I don't want to live anymore!" Wei Guogong said in grief: "My granddaughter is unfilial, I want to die from anger — — to heaven!"

Old Zhang could not help but retort, Prince Fu, there doesn't seem to be any difference with a shrew like you. He coordinated with him and said, "How did a princess offend Prince Fu? Quickly apologize to Prince Fu."

"Grandfather, your granddaughter is wrong. Your granddaughter will never bring up this matter again. Marry, if you want Jiu Er to marry anyone, Jiu Er will definitely not say a word of disagreement." Xi Jiu Er had a feeling that she had recovered from her loss as she went forward to bandage Wei Guogong's wound. The corner of Liu Shui's mouth twitched behind him.

Wei Guogong's face was stern and displeased: "You must be here to trick me. You're going to change your mind later."

"I won't, Jiu Er will do as she says." Xi Jiu Er hurriedly said: "Grandfather, don't speak anymore, once you do, blood will flow again."

"So what if I'm bleeding? My heart is bleeding too." Wei Guogong scoffed coldly, "Remember what you said. If not, you should apologize to my head."

"Grandfather, I'm sorry. It's all because of granddaughter's willfulness. I won't do it again." Xi Jiu Er hurriedly said.

"Really?" Wei Guogong's face was full of disbelief, looking at how it seemed, if the answer wasn't satisfactory, he would immediately die again. How could Xi Jiu Er dare to say something that would make him angry? She hurriedly said, "Whatever grandpa says in the future, it's fine."

"Best." Wei Guogong eased her expression. That small injury was nothing at all, and it was only because Old Zhang understood the meaning behind her eyes that she did not fail to live up to the expectations she had for so many years.

The Wei Guogong ate two big bowls of porridge. Xi Jiu Er, on the other hand, had an average appetite, and her favorite steamed bun on the table didn't have much interest in it either. Wei Guogong saw all of this and knew what was wrong with her. She pretended not to know as she said, "Why aren't you eating?! Your cooking skills are quite good today!"

"Today is Xi Hong Sheng's execution, I'm going to send you off." Xi Jiu Er said indifferently as she put down her chopsticks.

"What are you doing?" Wei Guogong was unhappy.

Xi Jiu Er slightly smiled, still acting like how a gentle breeze brushed past her face: "Of course it's to make him beg for death."