Chapter 109 Her Weakness

What the Princess was afraid of was her brother. Of course, the word "afraid" wasn't quite accurate here. If one had to explain it, it could be understood as something that could cause intense unease within the Princess.

But regardless, Zheng Fan had found a breach.

Next was to amplify it, to tear it open within the amplification, letting the surging tide rush in through the gap, turning the heart into a ravaged swampland.

Perhaps it had been too long since she had felt this free, or perhaps, in this environment, certain emotions were easily filled, or rather... inflated.

"God said, let there be light."

Immediately,

Daylight,

Blinding light filled the surroundings.

Switching from the previous dominant dark tone to an extreme contrast in an instant was a crude, direct, but also extremely effective transition.

The Princess subconsciously covered her eyes, a strong stinging sensation coming from her eyes.

And when she began to gradually adapt to the surrounding light, or rather, after the light began to fade, she raised her head and found herself standing in a very familiar scene.

Very familiar,

Very familiar,

Like home,

And indeed, it was her home.

Zheng Fan had been observing the Princess's expression, he could get very, very close to the Princess without worrying about being discovered.

Instantaneous shift in consciousness,

Entry into a familiar environment,

Confusion would briefly occupy the mind,

But immediately afterward, reason would awaken, allowing one to think about the environment they were in, and then instinctively judge the truth.

The more steadfast a person's heart is, the faster this rational awakening would be.

Therefore, it was necessary to seize this moment, before she could regain her senses, and pull her attention into the next point.

Zheng Fan snapped his fingers,

From behind the long corridor,

Came a sound:

"Elder Sister... Elder Sister... Elder Sister..."

In fact, directly presenting the image of the young marquis of the Zhenbei Marquisate at this time would be the most appropriate, and the effect would be the best.

But the problem was that Zheng Fan had never seen what that legendary young marquis looked like, and even if he had, could he simulate what he looked like as a child?

Any presentation in a dream world, like anything that appears in a dream, is a projection from the real world. When you haven't seen something in reality, there's no way to imagine it in a dream.

So, in order to avoid adding unnecessary detail, Zheng Fan first used "sound" to show himself.

Sound was much easier to blur.

As the saying goes, hearing is believing, and seeing is believing, which also shows that the recognition of sound is definitely not as high as seeing directly.

As long as he wasn't particularly unlucky, and the legendary young marquis had a unique voice as a child, basically, imitating the voice of a child of that age could probably muddle through.

Sure enough, the Princess's attention was immediately drawn to the sound.

Familiar Marquisate environment,

A voice calling her "Elder Sister,"

The implication was already overflowing.

The Princess's expression began to change, she was nervous, she was fearful.

Immediately afterward,

Zheng Fan's hands began to point continuously in other directions,

The "young marquis'" voice calling for his Elder Sister also began to constantly change positions.

Behind the long corridor,

Behind the wall,

Behind the door,

Inside the well,

In short,

It was a place where sound could be transmitted but couldn't be seen at a glance.

This was a further amplification, increasing the Princess's panic. Moreover, this step had to be done quickly, taking advantage of the fact that the Princess had just entered this scene and hadn't had time to think clearly about her situation.

But these weren't the most important things,

Because people's reactions to stimuli would become numb,

Progressive stimulation was necessary for persistence.

Zheng Fan snapped his fingers,

At this moment,

He made a bold decision,

That was to decisively withdraw from the initiative of this dream, that is, to give up the sole control of the environment. I retreat, you advance, when you lose, someone else will inevitably gain.

In other words, at this time, the Princess also unknowingly possessed the ability to change and adjust this dream, but she hadn't been able to realize it yet.

In Zheng Fan's opinion, the most terrifying thing in this world was actually imagination.

No matter how terrifying or thrilling something is, once it falls into a specific form of expression, it will instantly become mundane.

This is like the most terrifying scenes in horror movies are often the scenes where you are exploring, carefully running away, and have background music, and haven't encountered a ghost yet.

On the contrary, when the ghost appears in front of you, trying to harm you, the sense of horror has actually disappeared for the most part, and it even makes people feel a sense of relief.

At this time, letting the Princess imagine for herself was the most logical way.

Sure enough,

Soon,

The sound began to get closer and closer,

Zheng Fan stood next to the Princess,

And saw a little boy wearing a purple jacket running unsteadily towards here.

However, what made Zheng Fan's gaze sink was that the little boy's face was a blur.

It should be known that even that chopstick was extremely exquisite in its details, but the little boy's face couldn't be seen clearly at all. This was definitely not a problem with the Princess dreaming, it could only mean one thing, and that was that the Princess herself had never seen her brother!

Because she hadn't seen her brother in reality, she naturally couldn't dream of his appearance in her dream.

However,

Because of the appearance of the little boy,

The Princess's emotions finally showed a significant fluctuation.

"Go away, get away from me, get away!"

The Princess began to roar at the little boy.

But the little boy continued to call out "Elder Sister" and ran towards her, without being affected in the slightest.

In fact, Zheng Fan initially thought that the reason why the Princess was afraid of this brother was probably because the Princess had harmed this brother when she was a child.

This kind of case wasn't uncommon. The older sister felt that she was being neglected because of the birth of her younger brother, and harbored resentment towards her younger brother, doing something, which was understandable.

But the problem wasn't that simple.

So,

When the Princess began to constantly avoid this child in this courtyard,

Zheng Baiye stood in place and began to quickly think about all the possibilities, trying to sort out the logic inside.

Because as previously thought, progressive stimulation could continuously put pressure on the Princess, and long-term single stimulation would only cause numbness.

"The Princess hasn't seen her brother. This brother may have been sent away by the Zhenbei Marquis when he was very young, and settled down. Even more extreme, no one knows if this legendary young marquis even exists. Maybe this child doesn't exist at all.

If it's the former, it's easy to understand, because just like Tian Wujing exterminated his entire family, Tian Wujing, the Yan Emperor, and Li Liangting, these three people can really do anything to rise in Great Yan.

But the key to the problem now isn't whether this younger brother exists. Since this younger brother has no face, it also means that the Princess's fear and emotional fluctuations don't originate from the real existence of her younger brother."

Zheng Fan's gaze fell on the little boy who was chasing after his elder sister, asking for a hug,

And continued to mutter to himself:

"In other words, this so-called young marquis is a representative of emotionalization in the Princess's eyes.

The Princess is afraid of him, afraid of his appearance. If he appears, what will he bring to the Princess?

The lack of family affection? The decline in parental attention?"

Zheng Fan shook his head to himself,

"No, these kinds of people don't value family affection very much. Even love from their parents shouldn't be something that the Princess at this age would care about anymore.

Then,

If one day the legendary young marquis really shows up,

Then what the Princess will lose is..."

Zheng Fan took a deep breath. He remembered that he and Si Niang had chatted in bed about Xiao Liuzi's letter. Si Niang said that this Princess could be regarded as a heroine among women. Seemingly reckless in her actions, she directly pointed to the main point.

If it hadn't been for the sudden death of the Empress, her decisively killing Xiao Liuzi could have directly made her and her husband's future brighter. This boldness and decisiveness was like Wu Zetian.

"So, what the Princess is afraid of is that with the appearance of the young marquis, she will lose the support from the Marquisate. She's afraid of losing her status, losing her influence, losing the resources that rank among the top three in the entire Great Yan."

Imagine,

If the young marquis hadn't disappeared and actually existed,

Then,

Whose orders would Li Liangshen listen to?

Whose side would Seventh Uncle accompany, protecting them day and night?

Did the 300,000 Zhenbei troops want to be sent out as a dowry, or did they want to be forcibly brought into their own family as a betrothal gift?

In Great Yan, would it still be Princess Li Qian who could represent the Marquisate and speak for the next generation?

Once that young marquis goes from legend to reality,

Then she, Li Qian,

The only value left is "marriage,"

And it's an extremely pure marriage.

Because she is a daughter, she will eventually have to obey the will of her parents and the Yan Emperor and enter the capital to become the Crown Princess.

Because she is a daughter, the support from the Marquisate that she can inherit is actually less than half.

But if the young marquis appears, she doesn't deserve even one-tenth!

In the end,

This is, after all, a patriarchal society.

This is the background of this era, and it cannot be changed by human power for the time being.

"So, what you're afraid of is losing."

Your weakness isn't the young marquis, but the fear of losing power and status.

A smile appeared on the corner of Zheng Fan's mouth. The lesion has been found, and what's left below is to add fuel to the fire.

Moreover,

It has to be a big fire,

Fiercely cook!

The Princess was dodging the pursuit of the little boy. She ran past the long corridor, and when she was about to enter the next courtyard, she saw a scene of desolation inside.

The surroundings were covered with fallen leaves. In front, there was a pool of stagnant water. In the center of the stagnant water was a pavilion.

"My beloved consort, my beloved consort, you've come to see me, you've come to see me. I knew that no matter what happened to me, my beloved consort, you would always be by my side."

Here,

Is the Lakeside Pavilion,

In the Lakeside Pavilion,

Stood the current Crown Prince, Ji Chenglang.

Thanks to accompanying the Jingnan Marquis to depose the Third Prince, Zheng Baiye had seen the Crown Prince Ji Chenglang with his own eyes. Therefore, he simulated the Crown Prince's appearance in the dream.

However, at this time, the Crown Prince was wearing a crown made of straw on his head, and his body was dirty and full of stains, obviously looking down and out.

Upon seeing this, the Princess instinctively began to retreat.

Because from the pursuit of her younger brother to seeing the down-and-out Crown Prince who had been deposed and imprisoned, there was no time to think, and she didn't even think that she and the Crown Prince had already been more or less released from their engagement.

"My beloved consort, my beloved consort, my beloved consort..."

"No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

The Princess shouted loudly.

At this time, the Lakeside Pavilion began to be soaked in blood. The Crown Prince himself began to bleed, even starting to crack. The blood kept spreading out, circle after circle, gradually rendering the entire lake surface.

This scene was very bloody, very depressing, and at the same time, very beautiful.

At the same time,

Because Zheng Fan actively gave the Princess authority,

So this scene,

Was actually conjured up by the Princess's own heart.

This woman,

Is really ruthless enough.

However, Zheng Baiye liked this rhythm. I started, and you finished. This cooperation, this tacit understanding, was absolutely perfect.

Zheng Fan snapped his fingers again,

The Sixth Prince Ji Chengjue appeared,

Ji Chengjue was wearing a dragon robe, standing in front of the Princess, bending over,

Looking at the Princess with a mocking smile on his face,

And said:

"What do you have to be arrogant about?

I want to take you as a concubine, let you be my concubine. After all, I want to appease the Zhenbei Army, and you only have this little use left."

The Princess raised her head and looked at Ji Chengjue in his dragon robe.

"No! No! No!"

She began to retreat, desperately retreating.

Immediately afterward,

Zheng Fan saw the Xiao Liuzi he simulated directly explode, shattering into pieces!

Zheng Baiye, who was on the side, felt a little embarrassed when he saw Xiao Liuzi being blown up so miserably.

Immediately,

Zheng Baiye snapped his fingers again.

Li Liangshen and Seventh Uncle, holding swords, appeared in front of the Princess.

"Brother, Seventh Uncle, protect me, protect Qian'er."

Li Liangshen didn't move, just coldly leaning on his simple greatsword.

There was none of the decisiveness from that night when he directly helped kill the Sixth Prince because of a word from her.

Seventh Uncle hugged his sword and snorted coldly:

"You? You're worthy of me using that sword?"

"No! No! No!!!!!!!!!"

The Princess began to scream, her gaze began to dissipate, and her hair began to fall down.

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

"Tiger!"

A burst of rapid iron hooves sounded. It was a group of Zhenbei troops galloping on horseback.

The Princess shouted loudly at the familiar black-armored knights,

But they directly ignored their Princess and continued forward.

In the team,

Was a young man,

Looking at the Princess with a smile on his face.

Because he had confirmed that the Princess hadn't seen what her younger brother looked like, Zheng Baiye wasn't polite this time and directly gave the young marquis a face.

The young marquis disdainfully shouted:

"Elder Sister, the Zhenbei Army is mine, it has nothing to do with you. You should marry peacefully and let Dad have a grandson soon, hahahaha."

"No, this isn't real, this isn't real, this is definitely not real!"

The Princess hugged her head and began to become hysterical.

Immediately afterward,

Before Zheng Fan could personally arrange the next scene, the next scene appeared on its own.

Appearing, was the Yan Emperor,

"Li Qian, you're presumptuous. Is my son someone you can kill as you please? What do you think you are? Even if your father doesn't have you, he still has your brother to inherit the family line!"

"No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Immediately afterward,

The next scene also appeared on its own,

In the scene,

Was a boudoir, and inside the boudoir, there was an iron cage. Then, a man stood outside the iron cage, actually the Barbarian King.

The Barbarian King rubbed his hands lewdly,

Shouting at the Princess:

"Hahaha, I'm willing to lead the barbarians to submit to Great Yan. Great Yan will marry you to me, hahahaha. The Yan people don't treat us barbarians as humans, but they don't treat you as anything either, hahahaha."

"No, get out, get out of here, all of you get out!"

Zheng Fan was only responsible for making a start,

The following scenes were actually the Princess, after being stimulated, beginning to "torture" herself uncontrollably, like a person walking into a dead end. She couldn't get out and was still continuing to drill deeper and deeper into it.

What made Zheng Baiye laugh and cry the most was that,

He actually saw himself in the next scene,

Only to see himself wearing armor,

Directly pressing the Princess under his body, starting to tear at the Princess's clothes fiercely, it was clear at a glance that he was preparing to do something.

This was obviously also imagined by the Princess,

But it made Zheng Baiye so embarrassed,

There was a ridiculous feeling of discovering that the lead actor was himself when watching that kind of film in his previous life.

He saw himself pressing on the Princess, continuing to tear at her clothes while grinning:

"I'm a popular person in front of the Jingnan Marquis. I'm the Pingye Marquis personally conferred by His Majesty. I'm someone the Zhenbei Marquis values and appreciates. Since you can't be with the Crown Prince, then be with me, hahahaha. They will definitely be satisfied too. A woman like you is only valuable this way!"

"............" Zheng Fan.

Scenes began to appear continuously,

The Princess's eyes had also fallen into madness.

The dream was also constantly distorting, disordered, and broken.

Success.

Zheng Fan breathed a sigh of relief,

This was really tiring,

Really not as happy as directly killing someone's body with a knife.

"Demonic Pill, end."

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

Zheng Fan only felt that his consciousness was once again wrapped in flowing water, and he began to roll continuously.

It was like opening his eyes several times in a row, and like waking up countless times in an instant,

Until the last time Zheng Fan opened his eyes,

He found himself sitting in the bedroom,

Si Niang's voice came:

"Master, are you alright?"

"I... Ugh..."

Before Zheng Baiye could answer,

He directly opened his mouth and began to vomit crazily. All the midnight snack he had eaten earlier was vomited out. Then his whole head spun, and with a "thump," the chair fell backward. If Si Niang hadn't had quick eyes and hands to support him, Zheng Fan's head might have directly smashed into the ground.

"Hiss..."

The Blind man also woke up at this time, sucking in a cold breath, and blood dripped from his eyes.

In the underground secret room,

Shatuo Que Shi loosened his hand. The Demonic Pill's stone fell to the ground. The Demonic Pill's soul immediately sank into the stone, seeming to want to float back, but as soon as it left the ground, it fell powerlessly back to the ground and shook a few times.

Shatuo Que Shi lay back in the coffin, the baleful aura on his body becoming extremely thin, as if all the accumulation of the past few years had been exhausted.

But his eyes still maintained their clarity,

For a long time,

Before closing his eyes,

And falling back into slumber.

...

"Why is the heart-protecting jade pendant useless? Why is the Pi Xiu tooth ring personally polished by the Marquis useless? Why can't the two of you Qi refiners wake up the young lady?

Where are the evil spirits? Where are the evil spirits? Drive the evil spirits out!"

The brothers Dahu and Erhu were kneeling on the side of the bed. Lying on the bed was the Princess. She frowned, her expression very painful, obviously not awake yet.

"Seventh Uncle, we didn't sense the aura of evil spirits. The reason why the jade pendant and tooth ring aren't working is because the Princess doesn't want to wake up herself now. Since the Princess doesn't want to wake up, we can't wake her up either."

"What do you mean the young lady doesn't want to wake up herself? No, I'm asking you, how long will it take for the young lady to wake up!"

Erhu replied tremblingly:

"The young lady has closed off her mind. Maybe she'll unlock it herself and wake up in two days, or... or... or maybe..."

"Or maybe what? Speak quickly!"

"Or maybe she'll never wake up."

…

The sky was about to dawn, but it hadn't dawned yet.

On the cold city streets, there weren't many people.

Only the Sword Saint,

Carrying Long Yuan on his shoulder,

With a pig's head hanging on the sword.

The Sword Saint carried the pig's head,

Walking on the deserted street, heading home.

Walking,

The Sword Saint couldn't help but look at the sides of the street. In the courtyards on both sides, separated by a wall, full of armored soldiers were silently hiding.

The Sword Saint coughed,

Turned his head,

And looked at the pig's head he was carrying,

His stepson Liu Dahu loved eating this braised pig's head meat the most, hehe.

It wasn't in vain that he stayed up late to create an opportunity for that Pingye Marquis to kill,

Even in the village, when neighbors help each other during busy farming seasons, the neighbors have to provide a meal,

It wasn't too much to take a pig's head home from that Pingye Marquis,

Right?

Hehe.

The Sword Saint continued walking forward, carrying the pig's head with Long Yuan,

When the mood struck him,

He even shouted:

"Beware of dry weather, be careful of fire~"

———

Good night!