"Mr. Ning, this is not the first time I have written to you. I wrote it when I lived in Xiaoyu Lane earlier. Unfortunately, I was wandering and moved to the east wing, and all the letters were lost. After the tide ended, I waited outside Tiandu City for a long time, just to see you again. Later they told me that Changling is an illusory sacred mountain and will only appear in a specific period... So, will our next meeting be long?"

"Mr. Ning - I haven't seen you for more than a month, I miss you very much. I ran out of Tiandu City alone to the place where Changling disappeared. What did I see? - There was only a clearing place left, bare and nothing. I also went to Shushan and looked at the place where you lived from afar. Shushan is really beautiful. Unfortunately, I didn't see Miss Pei. I heard that she was safe. Fortunately, I was so lucky. After returning to the palace, they told me that Changling might be open again, but the people inside may not come out again. I don't quite understand what this means... Will you come back from another place one day in the future? Where should I wait for you?"

"May 11th, east wing, rain."

"Mr. Ning, Qingyan was in a bad mood today. I really want to see you."

"I seem to understand what they mean about the 'Changling'. It's rumored outside that you are dead. They tried to make me accept this 'fact'... But they didn't know the existence of the 'Bone Flute'. When I miss you, holding the leaves, I could feel a warmth, that is the proof that you are still alive. I will not tell the prince, nor will I tell anyone, this is the secret between us. I wonder if you can feel that there are still people waiting for you in a very far and far place?"

"On the ninth day of the sixth month, Luojia Mountain Dojo, sunny."

"Mr. Ning, there is good news to tell you that the prince is willing to give me 'freedom'. I finally have the opportunity to choose the life I want. Today I went to the temple in Luojia Mountain and followed Mr. Fuyao to study and practice. She told me that the 'cause' in my body is caused by something called 'divine'. If I can break the shackles, I will not only not die, but also live a long life. Hey, it's incredible. I tried to recite Mr. Fuyao's scriptures and found that there was a little less divine in my body."

"July 20th, east wing, light rain."

"Mr. Ning, I have recently started to think about some questions I didn't expect before. The bamboo slips left by my brother record the truth over the past ten years... Actually, I don't blame him, I know he is for my goodness. But if I can choose again, I would rather be the one Xu Qingyan in a tattered dress, begging for survival with my brother in the streets and alleys, than want him to give so much for me. I miss you so much, what else can I miss in this world? It has been raining recently. I wonder if you are doing well, where is the weather?"

"On August 19th, the east wing, it rained heavily."

"I was locked in confinement this month. The prince did not allow me to go out or leave the east wing. I couldn't see what it looked like outside. I only knew that the heavy rain seemed endless. Until today, I saw the case file of Lie Chao and also saw the real cause of my brother's death. It turned out that half of the officials in the Tiandu court were the murderers who indirectly killed my brother... But they are still alive now. The prince told me that they will receive the fairest punishment. The prince also told me that if I am willing to change, then he can give me everything I want - I just want freedom now."

"The prince said that he can give me real freedom."

"September 29, the east wing, I can't sleep late at night."

"Mr. Ning, my mood is very complicated. You must not imagine what I experienced this month. I finally understood the composition of the operation of the Tiandu Imperial City and the true meaning of power... Under the rule of imperial power, this ancient capital is as precise as a clock, linked together and will never make mistakes. The prince gave me a lot of books. In the past, I followed the lay Buddhists of Wushan to practice, study Buddhism, comprehend the world's principles, and saw the bright side of the world. These books subverted my cognition."

"There is light and darkness in this world. Some people live happily, and some people die in pain. The prince sent Tiandu's execution records for thirty years, the Sansi case files, the law and regulations. The prince gave me a suggestion. I can choose not to listen to or adopt every word he said, but if I think about it, then I have to face the result of my own thinking - that is correct. I think he is right. As for the books I sent, I can choose not to read, but the content recorded in the book will not change. So I chose to accept it. I want to see the true appearance of this world, not with my eyes, but with my heart."

"October 30th, east wing, light rain."

"Today, I went to the jail of the law enforcement department and saw the scene of interrogating sinners... The scene I saw with my own eyes was a hundred times stronger than the description in the book. But... they were guilty. The bandits who were taken to death burned the villages outside Zhongzhou and killed thirty-two innocent lives. The prince told me that the pain they suffered was a kind of atonement. Seeing their painful expressions, I was unwilling to believe that this was atonement... But if the atonement was not painful, how could it be called atonement?"

"I made a deal with the prince. I will handle some of the trivial matters for him, and he will give me absolute freedom. I ask the prince to find Xiao Zhao from Xiaoyu Lane for me, and hope she is safe."

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"November 30-"

This is the last letter.

The date of signature is three years later.

More than thirty letters were written slowly, Ning Yi read the girl's true emotions, from being confused and ignorant to slowly being firm.

Xu Qingyan wrote the most painful and confused period of her period into a letter, spreading it out in front of Ning Yi. At that time, he was sleeping in the imperial tomb, so now he could only be a silent "spectator".

He could only watch, but could not interfere with the girl's "change" in the letter, because everything... was completed.

"Today I went back to the east wing and found the secret files of the Law Enforcement Department."

"I should return to Luojia Mountain tomorrow. I have been working hard to practice in the past two years."

The soft voice of the girl seemed to sound in Ning Yi's ears.

"Mr. Fuyao told me that divinity has many wonderful uses... I have been thinking that if I could practice more powerfully, maybe I could go to that place to find you..."

After three years of looking in the letter, I ended here and came to an end.

He recovered himself in the imperial tomb.

After the failed attempt in Fengxueyuan, Xu Qingyan still insisted on writing a letter to Ning Yi, but he did not send it to Shushan again. So there were only a few letters Ning Yi received. After the Tianhailou War, Xu Qingyan silently cut off the contact with Ning Yi and waited for him to come to Tiandu to find him.

This is what I waited for now.

After waiting, we waited until tonight.

"Ning Yi, do you know how to destroy a person?"

The prince used the word "destroy", but his expression was not proud, but a little sad, and said softly: "It is very simple to destroy a person. Just give him something he will never get. People always have their own end to pursue. If one day they really arrive... then not only will they not be happy, but they will be painful."

"Xu Qingyan is like a piece of white [Longteng Novel Network www.xiaodaba.com] paper... a piece of absolutely clean white paper. Some people used to try to smear and add to the dirty paper, and they all failed."

"Why do you have to be so troublesome?"

The prince leaned against the side of the door frame and said softly: "It is actually a simple thing to make a simple person complicated. Just let her see this complicated world clearly—"

"You don't have to look at me with such a look. I did nothing or said nothing. All of this was the choice she made. I just gave her the 'freedom' she wanted and gave her the possibility of everything."

The prince smiled, "Actually, there was no fourth corps at the beginning. After the Liechao, many people were busy praying for the country's fortunes. The spring breeze teahouse was full of nests to make up for the loopholes of the old corps... I had no one at that time. But when Xu Qingyan chose to sentence the first criminal to death, the "Supervision Department" was established. There were too many people in this world who could not be dealt with, and the Three corps could not govern them, but the imperial power was possible. I handed over this power to her, so she began to measure the scale in her heart and had her own "black and white".

"Gongsun Yue has been plundering the list of rebels in the East Region over the years... These people are all reactionaries who firmly fight against the West Region. In other words, they are all the murderers of the death of 'Xu Qingke'."

The prince looked at Ning Yi with interest and said, "Look, even if someone opened the prison door for the cage, she would still jump out and choose another stronger prison door to lock herself in... Tonight the blood of the rebel party in the East will flow all over the streets of Tiandu, and the culprit that created this scene was a soft and weak canary."

"She is just between two or three villas and every word falls away, and she will take away a life. Of course, the list is wrong. She will kill many good people by chance... But it seems that she will kill them wrongly than let them go. This seems to coincide with your creed."

The prince said a lot in one breath and finally stopped.

He looked straight into Ning Yi's eyes.

The young man holding the sword and killing the storm made Yan Xiling bleed and drifting the oars, now his fingers holding the letter paper were trembling slightly.

Many things are done by themselves, but they do not want others to do.

For example, killing people, killing many people, without any fluctuations...

He hoped that Gu Xiaoyu would not become such a person, and that Xuan Jing would not become such a person. He never added Xu Qingyan's name to such a list.

Subconsciously, he had never thought about this possibility.

Is it possible for a piece of pure white paper, a canary trapped in a cage to become such a person?

It is possible.

The prince did it...give her freedom, absolute freedom.

The cold wind suddenly rose, and Ning Yi's black robe was soaked in cold sweat. Li Baijiao's laughter was ridiculed and sighed, and it sounded in his ears, giving him a heavy mental blow.

"Ning Yi, Xu Qingyan has become the same person as you, the same devil as you..."

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(Sorry, I've been waiting for everyone. This chapter has been written for a long time. Some people in the comment section say that this is a reversal for the sake of reversal... There is no need. If you read a detailed book, you can turn to the second chapter of Volume 4. As early as the time of the tide, you have laid relevant foreshadowing. Every appearance of Miss Xu, including the chapter name of "Happy in the Palace" and Gongsun's previous conversations, all show this plot... In addition, there will be an update on Friday, and the third update will be the foundation.)
Chapter completed!