Returning after a three-year escape from death, the tyrant has turned evil.

Chapter 318 There's something wrong with the stone

Xichun whispered, "Your Majesty, the imperial physician will be here soon."

She could tell that the two still had something to say, so she left for the time being.

Song Yi turned to face Jiang Lanye: "I know you have many questions, go ahead and ask."

Jiang Lanye frowned slightly: "How exactly were we rescued?"

If he remembered correctly, the situation at the time was clearly a dead end.

Song Yi's expression turned serious: "The system is back."

".What?"

Jiang Lanye had heard Song Yi explain before, and he knew that the so-called "system" Song Yi mentioned was the thing that had sent her to his side and then taken her away.

Jiang Lanye's heart tightened at their sudden reappearance. He stared intently at Song Yi: "Are you leaving?"

In that instant, the violence in his eyes was almost impossible to suppress.

Song Yi shook her head: "No, it appeared suddenly because it detected that my life had reached a critical state. Perhaps my instinct to survive was too strong at the time, or perhaps my desire not to let you die was too strong. In any case, it seemed to sense my state, and time stood still the moment it appeared."

"Time...frozen?"

Knowing that Jiang Lanye might not understand, she turned around, grabbed something from the table, and threw it on the ground in front of him: "Like this, this thing stopped moving in the air just before it hit the ground."

"It's not just that it's stopped moving, everything around it has stopped moving, including the rain falling from the sky."

Although it all sounded unbelievable, Jiang Lanye quickly understood: "So, you rescued me before the stone wall collapsed."

"Ah."

"There is a price to pay for this, isn't there? Two people who were about to die survived because of the system's intervention, which is why I lost my memory."

Song Yi smiled, not wanting the atmosphere to be so heavy, and deliberately teased, "Jiang Lanye, you're so smart. That's right. And it even gave a deadline. If you can't recover your memories within three days, we'll all really die. That's why, even though I know you're in pain, I still forced you to remember."

Jiang Lanye suddenly realized.

"Actually, I really don't know why you're in such a hurry, but whenever I think about all the wonderful things we've been through together that I've forgotten, I'm more eager than anyone else to recall them."

Especially after learning that she had almost miscarried and seeing her lying weakly on the bed, Jiang Lanye hated his own powerlessness for the first time.

He didn't know what he could do for Song Yi, so he could only forcefully restore her memories to put her at ease.

Song Yi snorted softly after hearing his words, and was just about to lean in and kiss him when the imperial physician arrived.

She quickly took a step back.

The Empress Dowager entered with the imperial physician. The moment she saw Jiang Lanye, she paused and looked him over hesitantly for a while.

That look in his eyes seems different from yesterday.

"Your Majesty, have you... regained your memories?"

The Empress Dowager asked somewhat uncertainly.

Jiang Lanye nodded slightly: "I'm sorry to have worried Mother."

That calm tone was all too familiar.

The Empress Dowager's face immediately lit up with joy: "That's wonderful! It really is a blessing from heaven."

The imperial physician immediately tried to take Song Yi's pulse.

The group looked over nervously.

After a long while, the imperial physician sighed softly, "Alas, the pregnancy has barely stabilized, but Your Majesty, please forgive my bluntness, but if it happens again, even a miracle wouldn't be able to save the pregnancy." Song Yi couldn't help but raise her hand to touch her lower abdomen.

The Empress Dowager said from the side, "Since Consort Yun became pregnant, so many things have happened. This child is also pitiful, having suffered so much in the womb."

The imperial physician prescribed some calming and tranquilizing medicine for both of them. After he withdrew, everyone moved to the main hall.

Song Yi sat down and ate something.

Now that everyone was finally safe, Jiang Lanye regained her memory. She belatedly realized she was hungry. Since the imperial kitchen hadn't delivered breakfast yet, she just grabbed two pieces of pastry from the table.

Jiang Lanye glanced at it, extremely displeased: "Where are the people from the Imperial Kitchen? What time is it already?"

Seeing this, Eunuch Cao quickly said, "This servant will go and urge them right away!"

Song Yi choked for a moment: "I just ate a couple of bites."

Jiang Lanye remained silent.

The Empress Dowager casually found a seat and sat down: "Your Majesty, this matter is of great importance. A perfectly good pavilion would not collapse for no reason."

Now it was clearly time to get down to business, but Jiang Lanye was worried that Song Yi was hungry and wanted to eat something, so he went over and poured her a glass of warm water: "Eat slowly, don't choke. Have a little snack first, breakfast will be served soon."

"No good."

Empress Dowager: "."

Jiang Lanye sat down next to Song Yi, his brows furrowing slightly: "The pavilion must have collapsed suddenly because something went wrong during its construction."

Song Yi nodded: "Before the collapse, there was some inexplicable heat on the walls around the first floor."

"heat?"

The Empress Dowager asked with a strange expression, "You mean, the stone is emitting heat?"

"It must have been stone. The weather was cool that day, and it was raining. I felt that the first floor was particularly stuffy and hot. The feeling was even stronger when I was near the bricks on the wall. I even reached out and touched them, and they were indeed hot."

Jiang Lanye suddenly asked, "Has anyone cleared those ruins?"

"Your Majesty, palace servants have indeed been working on the cleanup these past two days, but there are too many bricks and stones, so it hasn't been completed yet."

"Make them all stop. Send two teams of guards over there to watch over the ruins day and night, and don't allow anyone to get close."

The eunuch was taken aback, not understanding what Jiang Lanye was suddenly going to do: "Yes."

He immediately gave the orders.

Song Yi pondered for a moment: "If the stone is really the problem, then it must be buried in that ruin. We can just have someone remove the top layer of bricks and stones."

Jiang Lanye responded, "Moreover, when we were about to run out, someone outside slammed the door shut."

"Yes, the people outside moved very quickly. I could vaguely see two figures."

"Those palace staff and workers from the workshops who participated in the construction should still be around, right?"

Jiang Lanye nodded: "Those people's names are all on record; none of them can escape."

Even now, Song Yi still feels lingering fear when she thinks back on it: "This was a long-planned scheme, probably decided before the building of the pavilion even started. The thought of being targeted so early on is terrifying."

The imperial kitchen staff hurriedly brought over breakfast, and despite Song Yi's obstruction, Jiang Lanye still punished the palace servants.

After Song Yi finished eating, everyone decided to go to the ruins together.

(End of this chapter)