In fact, he didn't need to act anything. During his time in the system space, Fu Zhiyu changed a lot.
In his previous life, he had lived in a tense state since he was a child, both in terms of identity and emotions. Even if he wanted to stop, it was difficult for him to do so, because once he stopped, he would be eaten to the bone. Only after death could he get real rest.
Although the system space is not large, the information of each world is actually like a novel. The main god and each system are very good at chatting and can connect anything. Fu Zhiyu discovered that life is actually much more extensive than he imagined.
The things that he had been struggling with for his entire life were nothing more than a passage in a book, and the ending was already determined, so there was no need to take it too seriously.
Everyone is just an insignificant speck of dust, Fu Zhiyu thought. Just because he clearly understood this, he had lived an easy life for a long time. He was no longer a prince who set too high standards for himself, nor did he have the heart to be someone who would always pursue Xie Ke.
While talking to Concubine Yun, Emperor Qingyuan kept an eye on Fu Zhiyu's actions.
He was supported by a palace maid and lay on the couch, reading a book in his hand. However, he put the book down after reading a few pages. His eyes turned slightly, and he reached out to take the fruit plate on the small table and slowly ate a few pine nuts, still holding the book in his hand. He ate and read at the same time, and it was a long time before he slowly turned a page.
Like a leisurely little squirrel.
But Xiaojiu wasn’t like this before.
Emperor Qingyuan thought that it was difficult to fake some of a person's subtle movements. Xiaojiu used to have very high demands on himself. He would never be distracted when reading. Even if he was not feeling well, he would never be so lazy.
The inability to concentrate is probably the most fatal injury to the degeneration of genius.
Emperor Qingyuan thought worriedly while walking towards Fu Zhiyu.
"What book are you reading?" he asked softly.
"A travelogue," Fu Zhiyu showed him the cover obediently, "It's quite interesting."
Emperor Qingyuan asked: "I remember that before the grand sacrifice, you were reading Zizhi Lun. How was it? Did you have any insights?"
Fu Zhiyu looked up at him, blinked his eyes, and showed a little confusion, and said: "... I don't remember it clearly. I also read it when I was recuperating in Longquan Temple, but... I don't understand it very well."
The emperor lowered his head to look at the travel book. He must have been reading it for several days. There were some simple annotations on it. Perhaps he had not yet gotten used to reading.
But when he looked at the small handwriting, he found it was much worse than before, as if it had lost its character and the writing was not firm, far from being as graceful and elegant as before.
Writing is the face of a scholar, and this... has degenerated too much.
Fu Zhiyu knew that Emperor Qingyuan had noticed this. The reason was actually very simple. He had never practiced it specially. He had injured his hand in his previous life when he was trying to meet Xie Ke. He reviewed many memorials, so his hand was always shaking and he had no strength. His handwriting had changed a long time ago.
Seeing this, Emperor Qing Yuan only sighed in his heart, but showed a gentle and kind smile on his face. He touched his head and asked, "Are pine nuts delicious?"
Fu Zhiyu nodded.
"Ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send some more over later," Emperor Qingyuan said, "Take good care of them."
After saying this, Emperor Qingyuan was ready to leave. Before he left, he sighed, turned around, took Concubine Yun's hand, and said, "It's just hard for you."
Concubine Yun bowed and whispered, "I only wish Zhiyu is safe."
Concubine Yun is extremely beautiful. Even though she is no longer young, her every move and grace still evokes the charm of the most beautiful woman in the capital.
There were tears in the corners of the beauty's eyes, and the tails of her eyes were slightly red. The exquisite palace dress made her look graceful and generous, yet also revealing a sense of pity.
Emperor Qingyuan's heart softened. Although there were countless women in the harem, the one in front of him was the only one who was different to him.
He and Yun'er had also...
Emperor Qingyuan sighed inwardly, and said in a softer tone: "I will come back to see you after I finish handling government affairs."
Concubine Yun nodded and watched the emperor leave. She waited until the procession had left the palace before she rolled up her handkerchief and wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, with no expression on her face.
Fu Zhiyu watched his mother's face changing process from the side, and silently admired his mother's movie-winning acting skills.
After Concubine Yun finished her performance, she waved away the palace maids around her and walked to sit next to him. At this time, Fu Zhiyu handed her a plate of peeled pine nuts on a silver plate like presenting a treasure.
"Let the maids do this kind of thing," she looked at the plate of white pine nuts and couldn't help laughing. She took Fu Zhiyu's hand and looked at it carefully. "You, he's gone. If you don't want to pretend, don't pretend. Go and do what you want to do."
"What I want to do now is to peel pine nuts for my mother," Fu Zhiyu said with a smile, "I know my mother likes to eat them, so this is the most important thing."
"You seem very happy?" Concubine Yun asked as she ate pine nuts one by one. "At least the emperor has passed this test. I think he believes it."
"Father?" Fu Zhiyu smiled, "He is nothing."
In front of Concubine Yun, he was always honest and even dared to say outrageous words.
But Fu Zhiyu was not happy for the emperor, he just confirmed one thing.
Ever since he learned that Xie Ke had been guarding Longquan Temple and refused to leave, he had been confused. After all, he had not waited for just one or two days. Fu Zhiyu had been in Longquan Temple twice, spending more than ten days. Except for a few times when he went out, he had been there the whole time. According to the eunuchs guarding outside, Master Xie had always wanted to come in to visit.
This is very strange. Xie Ke is the protagonist. According to the plot, he absolutely cannot stay here. He is likely to be judged as ooc and have his acting points deducted because this will seriously affect the plot.
This time, Fu Zhiyu did not follow the method he used in his previous life. He changed the way he played it, and then everything actually went according to his ideas without any accidents.
These things made him more certain that this world was no longer a plot world, but a "free world" mentioned by the system that was not affected by the original book.
Because all novels have an end one day, and the actors' tasks also come to an end, but after the plot is over, the world still exists, it just becomes "free", no longer restricted by the nature of the plot, and can develop freely in all possible paths.
If the world is still in the plot, even if the actor does not intervene, the original plot still has "setting inertia".
For example, in her previous life, Fu Zhiyu did not harm the noble in the palace and the child in her belly at the age of eight as set out in the book, but she was killed anyway, and the palace still had not found out who the murderer was. This noble had a bad temper and had offended too many people, so anyone could have done her the murder.
For another example, Fu Zhiyu still became the emperor. He was not as cruel as in the original book, but because he did not rule his subordinates strictly, officials became corrupt at all levels. The affected people complained and still called him a tyrant.
In the previous life, although the plot was partially deviated due to his changes, it always returned to the right track in the end. Although the actor also contributed to this, there is still the "setting inertia" that prevents the plot from deviating from the main line to a certain extent.
When Fu Zhiyu was in the system space, he heard from the Lord God that the task of "Leave a Name in History" had been completed and that the actor who played Xie Ke had scored very high. At that time, he had been in the Lord God space for a long time, so when he heard the news, he felt it was expected.
A world that has completed its mission will become independent and become a "free world" that is not subject to the supervision of the main god. Logically speaking, it is impossible for any actor to enter it again, but the world of "Leave a Name in History" has been restarted.
It’s fine to just restart, he doesn’t care why the actor Xie Ke does this, he is back anyway.
What he was concerned about was that a "free world" that had completed a mission would not return to the mission world even if it was restarted, and the mission would never be re-issued again. Xie Ke's anomaly and his own attempts had almost verified this.
This is indeed a "free world". Xie Ke is most likely no longer a "player". He just has the identity of the protagonist. This world is no longer affected by the inertia of the plot and there is a lot of room for development.
Then at least it would be very possible to save my mother and prevent her from dying as described in the book.
This is also the happiest thing for Fu Zhiyu since his rebirth.
He knew that his mother was extremely puzzled as to why he was pretending to be stupid at this time. He did have the ability to compete for the throne, especially now that the plot was free. In his previous life, he didn't know that he could turn defeat into victory and defeat the prince. If he wanted to compete this time, it would only be easier.
But it’s not that the emperor had never done anything without doing it. When Fu Zhiyu recalls it now, he feels that those days were extremely painful. He himself suffered, and he also brought pain to the people.
He and Fu Zhiyu in the original book have two extreme personalities, one is too cruel and the other is too gentle. In terms of the ability to be an emperor, let alone Xie Ke, to be fair, he is not even as good as the current Emperor Qingyuan.
It is an emperor's fault if he cannot control his subjects. He is not suitable for that position and there is no need for him to fight for it.
Besides, even if this is a free world, Fu Zhiyu doesn't think that the princes can defeat Xie Ke. The two sides are simply not on the same level.
It would be even more exaggerated if Xie Ke retained the system. He is one of the top three actors in terms of points, and there are many things that can be exchanged in the system. It is not restricted by the plot yet, and any one of them would be a dimensionality reduction attack.
Maybe without the restrictions of the plot, the Fu royal family would be destroyed even faster.
At night, Fu Zhiyu lay down on the bed early and prepared to go to sleep. Suddenly, he heard a voice, calling his name softly like a thief: "Zhiyu, Zhiyu, can you hear me?"
Fu Zhiyu was startled and subconsciously replied: "Who?"
The palace maid on the side heard it and was about to step forward, but was stopped by Fu Zhiyu with a wave of her hand.
"You can go out now." He said, "I don't need anyone to serve me here."
He recognized who the voice belonged to, and the words came directly into his mind.
"Lord God?" he replied softly, "How did you do it?"
"You don't have to speak, we can communicate in our brains," the Lord God said, "I finally got this opportunity to come in, I don't know how long this hole can be opened."
"Is this world a free world now?" Upon hearing this, Fu Zhiyu hurriedly asked the question he wanted to ask the most, "I'm fine, I'm fine."
"You discovered it? Indeed," the Lord God sighed, "Xie Ke has made this world very strange. I don't know how he did it... The task of "Leave a Name in History" is a super high-level task. He made it happen. Now it has become a time bomb for the entire system. It is only temporarily stable now.
Zhiyu, I treat you well, can you do me a favor and ensure that this world will not be destroyed by Xie Ke? Otherwise, it will be very difficult for us to do it. "
The Lord God really treated him well and taught him a lot. Fu Zhiyu thought about it and agreed, saying, "I'll try my best."
"Has he done anything strange to you recently?" The Lord God felt relieved after hearing this assurance, and asked again, "If so, beat him up."
Fu Zhiyu told the truth: "I can't beat him."
"That's not necessarily true," the Lord God said, "You are different from others. You are a bug that has stayed in the Lord God space for a long time. I detected that you have mutated."
“… It doesn’t sound like a good word.”
"You have to believe that I won't cheat you," the Lord God said, "You..."
Fu Zhiyu was originally prepared to listen, but as soon as the Lord God arrived here, there was no sound. Perhaps the call was closed, forcing it to go offline.
Mutations
Fu Zhiyu has been back for more than ten days, but he hasn't felt any changes in himself. It may be because of his own troubles, and he hasn't had time to feel them yet.
It won't suddenly grow ears or a tail...
He felt nervous for the first time since his rebirth.