After being reborn, I was won over by the heartfelt words of my loyal bodyguard.

Chapter 349: Giving Up in the End

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask you, do you think that the most important thing for an official in the court is harmony?"

Indeed, being an official in this imperial court truly requires harmony.

"I wonder what Shangguan Aiqing's intention is in saying this."

After learning the whole story, he turned to the officials below, his anger blazing, and roared, "If I hear of such things again, don't blame me for being ruthless. Have them all dragged away and given fifteen strokes of the cane as a warning!"

They all knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Gan Yanling, begging him to calm down.

Gan Yanling was already in a state of worry because of Murong Xueqi's matter, and now that he learned about the affairs of the court, he was even more worried. He never expected that things would develop to this point.

The more they thought about it, the angrier they became.

Then, they all turned their attention to Gan Yanling and began asking him questions. "Your Majesty, we have heard that there is someone in the inner palace..."

As they talked, they noticed Gan Yanling's face, which was terribly gloomy, and in the end, they dared not say another word.

They just stayed in this place quietly and unnoticed.

As Gan Yanling pondered this, a sense of fear crept into his heart. He had never imagined that there was a concubine... and then Gan Yanling dismissed the court session.

He's actually reflecting on this now, wondering if he did something wrong that led to the concubines...

"I will not be attending court for the next five days, so none of you need to come to the court."

After learning about these things from Princess's dress, Gan Luo was particularly curious about Murong Xueqi's true intentions. For some reason, Gan Luo had a bad feeling, as if Murong Xueqi had said she had broken a big trap here, and now they were all being led into that trap.

Gan Luo then went directly into the palace and found Murong Xueqi. After using his mind-reading ability to perceive Murong Xueqi's inner thoughts, Gan Luo realized that she had been wronged.

"I've had very little contact with you, and I never imagined you'd be begging me to take you away. May I ask you, why do you think I'd take you away? Aren't you afraid I'll directly..."

"If Your Highness is willing to take me out, I am willing to tell Your Highness some things."

Gan Luo never expected that he would be threatened here, but for some reason, his intuition told him that Kavchino knew something.

"Since you've put it that way, then I'm naturally willing to take you out. Tonight, I will come here and take you out."

Before leaving, Gan Luo told Murong Xueqi that if there was any deception, Gan Luo would eliminate all of Murong Xueqi's family members. She meant what she said, because Gan Luo would never do anything that would be detrimental to herself.

Shangguan Tian'er and Xu Jiu stood to the side. They all thought Gan Luo would see through many conditions, but to their surprise, Gan Luo did not.

"We two are quite interested to know why you want to leave the palace now."

"I'm nothing more than a pawn in Prime Minister Xu's hands. Everything I've done is because of his orders. Even if I didn't want to, I had no choice. But now I'm feeling a bit tired, so naturally I don't really want to..."

As they listened, they finally understood that all of this was the work of Prime Minister Xu. They never imagined that Prime Minister Xu would extend his influence into the inner palace.

"In other words, what I want to tell you is how many people in this harem came here genuinely, and how many were forced to come. I suppose the vast majority were forced to come."

They pondered this carefully and realized that what the man said did make a lot of sense. Indeed, the vast majority of people were forced to come to this place, and while some weren't forced, however…

For them, everyone hoped to spend their lives with one person, but in the end, they found that it was all just a dream, an illusion.

Gan Yanling happened to arrive at the palace where Murong Xueqi was. Upon arriving, he was surprised to see Shangguan Tian'er, Xu Jiu, and Murong Xueqi together.

"you……"

"Greetings to Your Majesty. It is quite unbelievable that Your Majesty has left court so early."

Gan Yanling only said a few words casually before turning his gaze back to Murong Xueqi. "Your injuries are still not healed, and I hope you can rest in bed properly."

"Your Majesty, there is no need for you to try to persuade me. I know that my body is nearing the point where I must make this decision. Your Majesty does not need to comfort me. I have already accepted it with equanimity."

Gan Yanling questioned Murong Xueqi here. "I want to know why you suddenly jumped off this Green Bamboo Pavilion. Would you be willing to tell me? Was it really just because you were tired?"

Murong Xueqi told Gan Yanling, "Because, as far as I am concerned, I don't really like being in the palace, but I have no choice but to stay here. I can't tell you that."

Murong Xueqi was practically throwing caution to the wind, and directly told Gan Yanling what was on her mind.

After all, Murong Xueqi is about to die, isn't she? When a person is about to die, they naturally won't care too much about what they said. It doesn't matter whether they die sooner or later.

Gan Yanling originally thought that everyone in the world would respect him, but now he found that this was not the case.

"You are simply ungrateful! I have provided you with good food and drink in the palace and even bestowed upon you the title of Imperial Concubine, yet you are so unwilling to see me."

Murong Xueqi remained silent.

"How many are truly sincere, and how many are genuine..."

Murong Xueqi didn't say the second half of what she wanted to say, because she felt that saying more would be pointless.

Gan Yanling listened as he kept pressing Murong Xueqi for answers. "Did someone instigate you?"