Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 542: The Shock Brought by the Era

Wang Yingluo never expected that her three brothers were all infected with the Gu by Miao Wuxie.

When she used her hypnotic powers, the Gu insects would stimulate the person, keeping them calm and alert, naturally making them immune to her hypnosis.

Jun Yuyan verbally promised to confer official titles on the three, then used the excuse that Wang Yingluo looked unwell, so no palace banquet would be held for them. He had the eunuchs send them out of the palace and arranged for them to stay in the residence that Wang Yingluo had stayed in when she left the palace.

Wang Yingluo had stayed there, so she knew the residence was very large and luxurious, with a multitude of servants at their disposal, and having everything they could need. After staying in such a nice house, they would be even less likely to return to Xiaoxi Village.

But she didn’t have the heart to think about that now.

Her greatest ability was hypnotism, and without it working, she felt as if she had lost her sense of security, as if her greatest rely was gone.

"Miss, you look so pale. Are you feeling unwell? I will go call the Imperial Physician."

After returning, Fu Rong said with a worried heart.

Wang Yingluo did not stop her, because she indeed had a terrible headache, and she wondered if the failure of her hypnotism was related to her headache.

However, after taking her pulse, the Imperial Physician said there was nothing seriously wrong and even said that her injury was healing nicely.

Wang Yingluo suspected that the Imperial Physician had been bribed by the Empress. How could there be nothing wrong when her head hurt so badly?

A bunch of quacks!

Suspicious Wang Yingluo finally managed to fall asleep, only to have a night full of blissful dreams.

She dreamed that her three brothers were not her stumbling blocks, but rather they were so capable that they could lead troops in war, earning military honors and becoming the new nobility of the Imperial Court.

She also became intimate with Jun Yuyan in her dream and was made a Noble Consort. Soon after, she became pregnant, and in his great joy, Jun Yuyan named her as the Imperial Noble Consort.

The common people also praised her because her movable-type printing and papermaking techniques had benefited them, and her medical books were known throughout the land. Her fame soon surpassed that of Murong Jiu, as she was praised by the common people and lauded by scholars everywhere.

Meanwhile, Murong Jiu’s two children died one after another, driving her mad. When she tried to hurt Wang Yingluo and the child in her womb, Jun Yuyan discovered it and banished Murong Jiu to the Cold Palace.

Upon waking, Wang Yingluo felt refreshingly clear-headed.

Although her head still ached slightly, because of the wonderful dreams, she felt much better emotionally.

This must be a prophetic dream.

Heaven had arranged for her to traverse to Great Yan to become the Empress of Great Yan, and the most esteemed woman in the entire world.

All obstacles would be swept away.

Unfortunately, her hypnotism was still not working. She tried to hypnotize Fu Rong as well as other palace maids and eunuchs, but to no success.

So it must not be a problem with her three brothers, but with herself instead.

Once the injury on her head had fully healed, maybe she would be able to use her powers again.

In the following days, Wang Yingluo continued to have an unending series of beautiful dreams.

Sometimes she found it hard to distinguish between dreams and reality.

"Wang Yingluo is sleeping more and more, and she has fallen into an illusion, occasionally bursting into laughter while asleep," said Miao Wuxie, who had seen for himself.

The Devil Sea Flower had taken effect, and Wang Yingluo had become so engrossed in her beautiful dreams that she had no conscious desire to wake up.

It is indeed a lamentable story.

She who hypnotized others had in the end fallen victim to a sort of "hypnosis" herself.

She didn’t know what her reaction would be when the dream "shattered."

This was called, using other people’s methods against them.

She had everything in her dreams, only to wake up and find it was all an illusion. Everyone knew the truth, except for her, still smug in her ignorance.

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Miao Wuxie added.

Upon hearing this, Jun Yuyan had his reservations, but they had devised this plan to make Wang Yingluo spill everything she knew without reserve.

In Miao Wuxie’s words—it was to wring out her brain.

If it had been anyone else, they might not have resorted to this, but Wang Yingluo was selfish, inhumane, more feudal than the feudal lords she spoke against, proclaiming equality while wishing for a world where she could command hordes of servants.

Similarly, as Wang Yingluo knew hypnotism, she understood the human heart. If they resorted to torture for confession, the truth might not surface.

This method was much safer.

Wang Yingluo, lost in her beautiful dreams and defenses down, would answer any question without holding back.

Making Wang Yingluo feel her hypnotism had failed was also meant to subconsciously brainwash her—rendering her hypnotism useless and preventing any unforeseen incidents.

In the following days, Jun Yuyan questioned while Murong Jiu quietly took notes beside him.

Page after thick page were filled on Xuan paper. Though it was all in the form of casual conversation, with miscellaneous content, there was quite a bit that was useful.

Miao Wuxie also stayed nearby, just in case Wang Yingluo suddenly woke up.

At this moment, each of them deeply realized how astonishing the knowledge of this soul from the future was.

It was a future a thousand years later, where everyone could read, the country had nine years of compulsory education, nationwide literacy campaigns, and a booming economy.

"Could it be that the place we live in is actually spherical?"

Miao Wuxie was deeply shocked.

He knew beyond Great Yan Nation’s territory there were many other countries, but he could never have imagined that the place they lived was called Earth, a round planet.

Of course, not understanding physics, gravity, or space, he naturally found it unbelievable.

And he wasn’t the only one feeling incredulous.

The cultural shock for Murong Jiu and Jun Yuyan was something they would need a very long time to digest.

"There is no need for sentimentality. We live in different times, just as people from a few thousand years ago couldn’t understand our present-day mathematics, medicine, and so on,"

Jun Yuyan remarked to Murong Jiu and Miao Wuxie after they left.

Murong Jiu nodded, "That’s exactly the idea. We don’t need to catch up to anything; we’ve simply broadened our horizons more than others."

Coming back to his senses, Miao Wuxie pursed his lips and said, "Your Majesty and Your Majesty are right. But knowing all this, I feel like there’s so much more to strive for in life."

Murong Jiu smiled and said, "Having aspirations is a good thing. Whatever you want to do, we will support you."

"I—I want to travel to other countries in the future, to see just how vast this world is. What others say is only what they’ve seen; one must see it for oneself."

"Of course you can. You can join our merchant convoy and start with the neighboring countries, then gradually move on to farther places. Inspired by Wang Yingluo, I plan to have our merchant convoys travel the world. We must not be insular or reinvent the wheel."

Jun Yuyan supported her, "Yes, we must learn from this. Great Yan is the strongest nation now, but times are changing. Just like how Fire-thunder was not known a few years ago, we do not know what inventions and creations other countries may have. Knowing both ourselves and our enemies, we may not win every battle, but at least we won’t be left behind."