The Buddhist cultivation method that Master Kongwen taught to the monks of Yunshan Temple was not the one given to him by Liu Dong, but one that he had developed himself.

This practice has a low entry barrier, making it suitable for the ordinary monks of Yunshan Temple.

Master Kongwen only taught the techniques given to him by Liu Tong to those who had a talent for Buddhism.

After imparting the techniques, Master Kongwen went into seclusion again.

No one dared to disturb his seclusion, and now Master Kongwen's status in everyone's hearts was even higher.

The emperor did not send anyone to Yunshan Temple; he was afraid of Master Kongwen and Liu Dong.

Not to mention him, even the time-traveling woman Yun Fengyao dared not approach Yunshan Temple.

She used to act like a ghost because she didn't believe in ghosts.

But Yunshan Temple and the strange phenomena forced her to believe it, plus the fact that her time travel was inherently illogical...

Yun Fengyao was worried that the monks at Yunshan Temple would see through his origins.

Because of this newfound respect, Yun Fengyao dared not resort to trickery again.

But what we've already done is enough.

The emperor has gone mad.

The palace is haunted, and he's offended the true Buddha...

Many people felt that the emperor was unworthy of his position.

If a minister expressed such thoughts, the emperor would kill that minister.

Many ministers were killed, and the court was thrown into chaos.

To save their own lives, the ministers decided to replace the emperor.

The emperor's brothers all contacted the ministers.

After the emperor's men discovered the connections between his brothers and ministers, the emperor was enraged and ordered the massacre of all his brothers.

He wanted to eliminate all his brothers.

Situ Ren received the news in time and escaped.

He originally intended to find Liu Sui and hide in the Zhenyuan Marquis's residence.
But Liu Sui was not in the capital. After leaving the palace, Liu Dong went to find Liu Sui and asked him to find a reason to leave the capital and avoid the storm that was about to hit.

Liu Sui then used the excuse of returning to his hometown to pay respects to his ancestors to leave the capital.

Situ Ren had no choice but to go to Yun Fengyao, but the emperor already knew that Yun Fengyao and Situ Ren had a good relationship, so he sent people to Yun Fengyao's house to hunt them down.

Yun Fengyao led Situ Ren to a family's house.

The owner of this house is Zhang Yuhui, a senior official in the Ministry of Works.

The Ministry of Works official was just a minor official who had no dealings with Situ Ren and Yun Fengyao. No one knew that Situ Ren and Yun Fengyao were hiding in Zhang Yuhui's house.

Yun Fengyao introduced Zhang Yuhui to Situ Ren: "This is my cousin!"

Situ Ren: "You two are surnamed Zhang and Yun respectively? You're actually siblings?"

Yun Fengyao: "Yun is my mother's surname, but actually my surname is also Zhang."

Zhang Yuhui and Yun Fengyao are descendants of the Duke of Rongguo, who lived more than 20 years ago.

The prince supported by the Rongguo Duke's Mansion was an enemy of the old emperor. After the old emperor ascended the throne, he purged the forces that opposed him, and the Rongguo Duke's Mansion was among them.

The old emperor deeply resented that prince and was extremely ruthless towards the prince's maternal family, the Rongguo Duke's Mansion.

The Rongguo Duke's family was executed along with three generations of their clan. Not only the Rongguo Duke's family, but also their in-laws were implicated and their entire families were wiped out.

Zhang Yuhui and Yun Fengyao were rescued by loyal servants of the Rongguo Duke's Mansion who exchanged their own children for them.

The two grew up in hatred, and their greatest wish was to kill the old emperor—in fact, everyone in the old emperor's lineage—but they dared not say so, since Situ Ren was the old emperor's son.

When the two grew up, they began plotting revenge.

Yun Fengyao was more capable than Zhang Yuhui in her studies, so she disguised herself as a man to participate in the imperial examination and entered the court.

Zhang Yuhui bought an official position and entered the Ministry of Works, using his position as a secretary in the Ministry of Works to infiltrate the palace.

The lightning strike that struck the old emperor's palace was Zhang Yuhui's doing.

He made a lightning rod and installed it on the roof of the emperor's palace during the annual inspection of the palace buildings.

Later, he took advantage of the opportunity to repair the roof to remove the lightning rod.

Zhang Yuhui also added the eel blood to the red paint. He also installed the pulleys and provided the chemical reagents.

Of course, he only provided the reagents; the rest of the ghost-playing was Situ Ren and Yun Fengyao's plan.

Situ Ren did not have a good impression of Zhang Yuhui; he disliked Zhang Yuhui's cunning tricks.

He worried that these ghostly tricks would be used on him.

But for Yun Fengyao's sake, he tolerated it.

Moreover, he needs people right now, and Zhang Yuhui is still useful.

Zhang Yuhui lowered his head, concealing the coldness in his eyes.

He never trusted these princes, nor did he think there were any good people among the emperor's bloodline; they were all cold-blooded like him.

Yun Fengyao was blinded by so-called love, but he wasn't.

Zhang Yuhui always remembered the hatred of his family, but he did not.

The emperor is going increasingly mad; he's not only killing his brothers, but also targeting members of the imperial clan.

He believed that members of the royal family were also coveting his throne.

Many members of the imperial family began to flee, escaping the capital.

However, quite a few members of the imperial family were still killed by the emperor.

Many ministers were also killed.

They couldn't hold back any longer and joined forces.

At this moment, Situ Ren appeared before everyone.

The ministers supported Situ Ren.

Situ Ren led a group of ministers and his own men into the palace.

They arrived before the emperor without any difficulty.

The main reason was that the guards and eunuchs also believed that the emperor was unfit to be emperor because of the ghosts and other incidents, so they did not resist much and instead sided with Situ Ren.

The emperor was unwilling to give up and personally charged at Situ Ren with his sword.

"I will kill you, you traitor!"

But before he could reach Situ Ren, he hacked Situ Ren's men to death.

Situ Ren ascended the throne as emperor, and Yun Fengyao faked his death.

Later, Zhang Fengyao, the granddaughter of the former Duke of Rong, entered the palace and became a Noble Consort.

The former Duke of Rong was exonerated, and his grandson Zhang Yuhui succeeded him as Duke, but was transferred from the Ministry of Works to the Ministry of Rites.

Zhang Yuhui knew that Situ Ren was wary of him, and he sneered.

Even outside the Ministry of Works, he had plenty of ways to deal with the emperor.

When Liu Sui returned to the capital, the matter had been settled.

Situ Ren still remembered Liu Sui, the friend who had helped him when he was down on his luck, and promoted Liu Sui's title by one rank.

Liu Sui thanked Situ Ren, remembering Liu Tong's reminder, and did not ask any questions about Yun Fengyao.

Situ Ren was very satisfied with Liu Sui's sensibility.

Yun Fengyao, oh, now it's Zhang Fengyao.

She was overjoyed, believing she had reached the pinnacle of her life and felt she had done right by the Rongguo Mansion family.

The people of Rongguo Mansion are all dead, and the old emperor and the crown prince are also dead. The hatred between the two sides should end now.

Those who are still alive should reconcile and live well.

Moreover, he had helped the Rongguo Mansion clear its name. If the people of the Rongguo Mansion knew this in the afterlife, they should be grateful to him, right?
Moreover, he wasn't originally a member of the Rongguo Mansion, so he didn't have to bear the Zhang family's hatred.

She only joined Zhang Yuhui's revenge plan because of the original owner's wish.

Now that she has fulfilled the original owner's wish, her life from now on is entirely hers.

She can do whatever she wants. (End of Chapter)

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