In the middle of the night, the lights in the residence went out one after another. Si Muran took her packed luggage and gently pushed open the door. The courtyard was very quiet. As the backyard where Si Muran lived was a little remote, the security was not as tight as the front yard.
Si Muran stuck her head out. The bright moonlight shone gently on her. Si Muran looked left and right and only walked out after confirming that there was no problem.
After a few days of observation, Si Muran had already found the best escape route. As long as she climbed over the wall in the courtyard and jumped onto the roof, she would be able to get out by jumping down the other side of the wall.
Si Muran came to the foot of the wall and climbed up the wall easily by borrowing a big tree in the yard. Then, she bent over and slowly climbed onto the roof at the side. Si Muran was secretly pleased with herself. However, just as she stepped on the roof tiles, she saw a white-robed man sitting quietly on the roof under the bright moon like a banished immortal.
Si Muran covered her mouth and looked at him in disbelief, but Pei Chenshuo had already noticed her presence. Si Muran cursed inwardly, but it was too late to escape.
"Come here." Pei Chenshuo said to Si Muran in an unquestionable tone.
Si Muran gritted her teeth and carefully stepped on the bricks as she walked over. Pei Chenshuo's gaze was fixed on the bag on Si Muran's shoulder. He had expected this woman to run away, so he waited here.
Si Muran thought that she would definitely die this time, but she heard Pei Chenshuo's slightly cold tone,""Sit down and talk to me."
Si Muran's eyes widened, thinking that she had misheard. Pei Chenshuo glanced at her and suddenly pulled her to sit beside him.
The atmosphere was eerily quiet. Si Muran didn't dare to say anything. They could only wait quietly for Pei Chenshuo to speak. After a long silence, Pei Chenshuo said,""Why did you run away?"
Si Muran pouted and complained,""I almost lost my life. How can I not escape?”
As Pei Chenshuo listened to her words, Si Muran's appearance kept appearing in his mind. The tone of the woman in front of him was so similar to hers that it made Pei Chenshuo feel a little misled.
"I once had a fiancée. She liked to run away like you, and her personality was also strange. Unfortunately, before I could marry her, she died in an accident!”Pei Chenshuo felt a touch of sadness in his heart as he spoke. Even his tone became a little sad.
Si Muran's heart was suddenly filled with anger. Thinking of her own death, thinking of Pei Chenshuo's deception, thinking of the suffering she had suffered, Si Muran rolled up her sleeves and pointed at Pei Chenshuo."Why did she run away? You must have done something to let her down, or you must have lied to her and let her escape, right?”
Pei Chenshuo looked at Si Muran in surprise, only to see a dark cloud covering the bright moon. Si Muran and Pei Chenshuo were shrouded in darkness and could not see each other's expressions.
Pei Chenshuo also noticed Si Muran's suspiciousness and grabbed her wrist.""What did you say?"
Si Muran slapped her elf and secretly regretted it. She had blurted out the matter on impulse. Wasn't this exposing her identity? Just as Si Muran was thinking of an excuse, she suddenly saw a faint blue light in the eastern sky. Si Muran wasn't the least bit curious about the ever-changing summer weather. It didn't take long for the blue light to slowly approach her. A bolt of lightning flashed across the dark night, followed by a deafening thunder.
Pei Chenshuo suddenly stood up. He had seen the blue lightning that flashed past. Si Muran saw the shock on his face the moment he flashed past.
Wasn't it just lightning and thunder? Was there a need to be so nervous? Si Muran rolled her eyes and Pei Chenshuo muttered,""This is bad."
"Isn't it just thunder?" Si Muran asked with a frown. What's so bad about it?"
Si Muran's words were to dispel Pei Chenshuo's suspicions. Si Muran had come to this dynasty and had a deep understanding of what feudal ideology was like. Especially in the royal family, the emperors and nobles all believed in evil and the true dragon and son of heaven! In short, Si Muran was extremely disdainful of the royal family's thinking.
Pei Chenshuo looked down at Si Muran without saying anything. He reached out and grabbed her waist, then jumped her off the roof. The lightning in the east was still faintly lighting up. The wind was getting stronger and stronger, blowing their clothes together.
Si Muran was so shocked by Pei Chenshuo's sudden action that she forgot to let go of him after she landed on the ground. She continued to stay in his embrace.
Pei Chenshuo chuckled and asked,"Is she throwing herself into my arms?"”Si Muran's eyes widened and she quickly jumped out of Pei Chenshuo's arms, lowering her head in embarrassment.
Pei Chenshuo pulled her hand and walked towards the front yard. Si Muran struggled and finally gave up. Before they reached the front yard, the butler rushed over and greeted Pei Chenshuo,""Reporting to your highness, the palace has sent someone to deliver an edict.”
Pei Chenshuo seemed to have expected it and only said softly,""I understand."
The butler looked up and saw Si Muran and Pei Chenshuo together. He could not help but be surprised. It was inevitable that people would think the wrong thing about them appearing together in the middle of the night. Si Muran looked up and met the butler's strange gaze and smile.
Si Muran waved her hand and was about to explain to the butler when Pei Chenshuo pulled her towards the hall.
Eunuch Li, who had come to deliver the decree, was a little anxious. When he saw Pei Chenshuo walking over, he quickly went forward to greet him."Greetings wangye, the emperor has ordered wangye to immediately enter the palace for an audience. The Emperor also said that he heard that there was a woman named Si Ting in the residence who asked His Highness to bring her into the palace.”
Si Muran pointed at herself and looked at Pei Chenshuo in confusion, only to see Pei Chenshuo's puzzled gaze fall on her. Pei Chenshuo retracted his gaze." I know, this is Miss Si." Let's go!"
Eunuch Li nodded slightly, but he wondered if Pei Chenshuo could guess the emperor's will. Eunuch Li quickly replied,""The carriage is already waiting outside the residence.”
Pei Chenshuo nodded and turned to look at Si Muran. He then took off the bag on her shoulder and threw it to the butler. The butler subconsciously took it, but he was puzzled.
Si Muran could not refute and could only obediently get into the carriage with Pei Chenshuo. The light in the carriage was a little weak, and only the flashes of lightning shone on the two people facing each other in the carriage.
Sitting across from Pei Chenshuo, Si Muran could not help but feel both hatred and fear. She hated herself for being stopped by Pei Chenshuo when she could have just left. She was afraid that she would get involved with him again!
Pei Chenshuo looked at Si Muran, who had her head lowered. He could see the expression on Si Muran's face through his weak gaze. It was clearly filled with resentment and caution.
"Are you afraid of me?" Pei Chenshuo asked softly.
Si Muran glanced at Pei Chenshuo and said,""Because your highness is not a good person.”Si Muran regretted saying it.
Pei Chenshuo raised his eyebrows. This woman dared to say that he was not a good person so blatantly. This piqued his interest."Why is this king not a good person?"
"His Highness 'fiancée told me about it." Si Muran turned around and said.”
Pei Chenshuo heard her mention Si Muran's slight absent-mindedness and continued asking,""You know this king's fiancée?"
Si Muran nodded." Isn't she the Sixth Miss of the Minister's Residence? I met her by chance and got along better with her because we share the same surname." Miss Six said that she didn't want to marry you, but you insisted on marrying her. She also said that you weren't a good person, so she tried her best to escape.”
Si Muran's random lie sounded like it was flawless, but when she thought about it carefully, it was actually full of loopholes. Pei Chenshuo did not find it inappropriate, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was strange. He wanted to get to the bottom of it,""Oh? What else did my fiancée tell you? How did you guys meet?"
Si Muran gritted her teeth and was thinking of a way to get past this when the carriage stopped at the right time. "Your Highness has arrived, please get off the carriage!" Eunuch Li said.
Pei Chenshuo looked at Si Muran and said,""Let's go."
Si Muran heaved a sigh of relief and followed Pei Chenshuo out of the carriage. Si Muran did not dare to relax for even a moment after entering the palace again. Logically speaking, she was just an ordinary villager now. She did not know why the Emperor wanted to summon her.
Pei Chenshuo was also very suspicious. Why did the Emperor want him to bring Si Muran into the palace? Although Si Muran had recently become famous in the capital, it was not enough to attract the Emperor's attention. Therefore, he could only take it one step at a time.
Eunuch Li brought the two of them to the side hall of Heavenly Palace. The smooth marble floor reflected Pei Chenshuo and Si Muran's shadows.
Rows of candles lit up the hall, and the clouds on both sides were blown up by the wind that came in through the windows. The three-legged hollowed-out incense burner in the middle of the hall emitted a faint ambergris fragrance.
On the throne, the Emperor was seated in a bright yellow dragon robe. Beside him stood a handsome man in a purple Daoist robe.
The man held the floating dust in one hand, and the lines on his face were extremely sharp. There was a faint smile on the corner of his lips, and his deep regretful eyes were like a green pond that looked endless.
Si Muran's gaze fell on the purple-robed man, and she was slightly dazed. However, she saw the purple-robed man smiling at Si Muran, but it was as intoxicating as the spring breeze.
Pei Chenshuo also glanced at the man in purple. Just one glance gave Pei Chenshuo a sense of familiarity. Pei Chenshuo collected his thoughts and bowed to the Emperor on the Dragon Throne.""Greetings, Emperor."
Si Muran retracted her gaze and followed Pei Chenshuo to kneel and bow.
"No need for formalities." The Emperor raised his hand and gestured for them to get up.
Pei Chenshuo and Si Muran stood up to thank him. Pei Chenshuo stepped forward and asked,""May I know why the emperor summoned this lowly official here so late at night?”
The Emperor replied,"The Immortal Ziyang predicted that there would be a change in the sky tonight. There must be thunder and lightning." This summoning is an ominous sign of the birth of the demon dragon, so I summon you to bear witness. Zi Yang, tell His Highness in detail.”The Emperor turned to look at Sage Zi Yang.
Perfected Zi Yang put his hands together and nodded slightly. He said to Pei Chenshuo in the hall,""This seat has calculated that the lady beside your highness has a very noble destiny. She can suppress evil and is fated with the heavenly dragon. There must be a lightning mark on this girl's back that countered the demonic dragon.”# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:111420184: 24PM #Cancel Review All: wdd201302 Time:111420185: 55PM #
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