Reborn as the Crippled King's Beloved-Chapter 547: Master Hui Jue Returns from His Travels

Chapter 547: Chapter 547: Master Hui Jue Returns from His Travels

Wang Yingluo had not recovered from the shock when she heard Fu Rong say,

"Aside from Eunuch Li, nobody truly fell for your hypnotism. You thought I was utterly loyal to you, but in reality, I was completely aware. Her Majesty the Empress and Your Majesty had long known you could hypnotize, and thus they had their countermeasures."

Wang Yingluo couldn’t believe it.

Even Fu Rong pretending to be hypnotized was fake?

How could Jun Yuyan and Murong Jiu be so formidable as to completely guard against her hypnotism?

She refused to believe it, "You’re saying this just to disturb my mind, I won’t believe it. If I were really so useless, Lou Zixi and Su Kai wouldn’t have been awed by me. What does Murong Jiu have to compare with me?"

"She is Her Majesty the Empress, one whose name you should not utter so casually!"

Fu Rong’s expression darkened, and to teach Wang Yingluo a lesson, she entered the cell and broke one of Wang Yingluo’s fingers.

Wang Yingluo screamed in pain and cursed Fu Rong for being inhumane, for slaving away happily for others. In her era, everyone was free; feudal monarchy was the greatest inequality.

However, her provocation had no effect on Fu Rong at all.

Fu Rong even chuckled lightly, "Her Majesty has given hope to all women. Her Majesty never preaches equality while secretly wishing to enslave everyone like some people do. Long before you entered the palace, Her Majesty had dismissed unnecessary palace maids and eunuchs. Those who stayed did so voluntarily, received increased monthly money, and were even granted vacations. She treats the palace maids and eunuchs as hired workers, providing ample compensation without enslaving them."

"The biggest difference between you and Her Majesty is that Her Majesty gets things done, while you only talk. If not for Her Majesty giving me this opportunity, I would not have become a female official of the Ministry of Punishment’s prison today."

Wang Yingluo gritted her teeth and said, "Ridiculous, I could offer you more than the Empress ever could! Isn’t the Empress using you too?"

"That’s not using; that’s just me showing my capabilities, allowing Her Majesty and Your Majesty to see my strengths. Moreover, you are now nothing but a prisoner, perhaps struggling even to save your own life. You have nothing to offer me. You’d better think about how you can survive this instead."

Fu Rong then closed the cell door, locked it smoothly, and as she donned her official robes, she seemed a completely different person.

A remarkable woman... these words barely crossed Wang Yingluo’s mind before she dismissed them.

In a feudal era, how could there be truly outstanding women? It was all minor skirmishes. Standing here, Fu Rong had reached her peak; she would never have a chance to climb any higher.

Murong Jiu was just brainwashing people.

"By the way," Fu Rong turned before leaving and told Wang Yingluo, "I forgot to tell you, this cell used to house Eunuch Li not long ago, and it is also where he died. He died full of regrets, and the person he resented the most, was you."

"You’re spouting nonsense! If he hated anyone, it was Murong Jiu, the Empress!" The pain in her finger was a harsh lesson, deterring her from mentioning Murong Jiu’s name directly again.

She angrily said, "I have always been helping Eunuch Li; it was the Empress who ruined everything for him!"

"You are wrong. If it weren’t for you, he wouldn’t have made those foolish mistakes. Of course, his death and his greed were also connected; you can’t be entirely blamed. But before his death, indeed, he hated you the most. The child of Madam Lin was not his seed; rather, it was Madam Lin who killed his entire Li Family, leading them to die without a lineage. You gave him promises, leading him to an immense regret. How could such a man not hate you?"

Wang Yingluo incredulously collapsed onto the ground.

Eunuch Li was the only one who had been loyal to her; he should hate the Empress who had killed him, but she had never expected that Madam Lin could be so wicked. And while she spoke of sending people to investigate, she never actually did. Otherwise...

No, it wasn’t her fault; if blame was to be assigned, it had to be Eunuch Li’s own foolishness, for being toyed with by a woman, failing to recognize his family’s killer, and even treating her as the benefactor who would continue his family line. Could anyone else really be blamed?

Wang Yingluo didn’t even notice when Fu Rong had already left.

The pain from her broken finger was more intense than she had imagined, so much so that it made her forget her hunger.

Yet Fu Rong’s words still cast a shadow over her heart.

This was the cell where Eunuch Li died. Could the wronged soul of Eunuch Li still linger here, ominously watching her?

She had previously been an atheist, but ever since her soul had traveled through time, she’d begun to believe that ghosts might truly exist in this world.

She felt herself growing colder and colder...

...

After Wang Yingluo was thrown into the prison, Jun Yuyan and Murong Jiu stopped paying attention to her. Someone else would handle her case, and any issues would be reported back to them.

Ultimately, Wang Yingluo was no longer important.

When she had taken the Devil Sea Flower, they had questioned her about the memories of Jun Yuyan that had been altered. She said that unless she hypnotized him again, Jun Yuyan would not remember those deep memories.

They naturally couldn’t let Wang Yingluo hypnotize Jun Yuyan again.

Having Jun Yuyan defensively open his mind to Wang Yingluo was also something he couldn’t achieve.

Murong Jiu wouldn’t allow him to take that risk.

The brain is the most mysterious part of the human body. Wang Yingluo might do something that could damage his brain, or even lead to her and Jun Yuyan’s mutual destruction.

So, even if they couldn’t retrieve the lost memories, they couldn’t take that risk.

Thus, there was no need to look for Wang Yingluo anymore.

However, they received news that Master Hui Jue, who had been traveling around the world, had returned to the Capital City and was currently at the Huguo Temple, where the Empress Dowager resided.

Master Hui Jue was known to possess some mysterious abilities, so they decided to meet him personally. Perhaps he might know about Wang Yingluo’s situation.

The carriage moved slowly, the weather grew hotter, but as it was still early morning, a slight breeze blew through the curtains, making it quite cool.

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suddenly proposed Jun Yuyan.

These past few months, because of dealing with Wang Yingluo, he had not been able to appear publicly with her in a dignified manner. This time, Jun Yuyan wanted to grandly take her and their children to the Traveling Palace.

He wanted all under the heavens to know that the most important person in his heart was only his Empress.

In these days, there were still rumors outside the palace about Wang Yingluo, saying that Wang Yingluo had lost to the Empress and had become a prisoner at her feet.

Everyone thought it was a battle between two women, where one fought for favor and succeeded, and the other failed.

Jun Yuyan really disliked such comments, but the matter of Wang Yingluo couldn’t be made public, lest it cause panic.

Murong Jiu, on the other hand, didn’t care about such external noises. What mattered was that he had regained what he once lost, Jun Yuyan was alive and well, and they were still in love - that was already the greatest happiness.

She had already lost Jun Yuyan once in the dreams of her past life, when Jun Yuyan had fallen off a cliff and disappeared. At that time, her naïveté had almost shattered.

So, even though she couldn’t stand someone else in Jun Yuyan’s life, what mattered more to her was that Jun Yuyan was still alive.

Even though she couldn’t tolerate any flaws, she was willing to lose everything as long as he and their children were safe.

The carriage soon arrived at Huguo Temple.