Chapter 281 Getting Beaten

He knew that Qingyin had faked her death and fled Kyoto, and he knew that she didn't dare to come back, but he never thought that she had died fifteen years ago.

He never expected that his beloved daughter was right beside him, and he had watched her grow up.

Although more than ten years have passed, those things seem to be still in front of my eyes.

The emperor and Lin Qingyin were in love with each other, but unfortunately the prince also admired Lin Qingyin and was unwilling to follow the empress dowager's arrangement to marry Queen Song. The late emperor was also afraid that the relatives of the Duke of Song would interfere in politics, so he arranged for Lin Qingyin to be married to the prince.

But no one expected that the prince would be poisoned to death on his wedding night.

Lin Qingyin became a widow on the day of her wedding, and the Queen Mother wanted to force Lin Qingyin to be buried alive with the prince.

After the crown prince was buried, it was inconvenient for Lin Qingyin to stay in the Eastern Palace, so the late emperor gave her the Prince of Jin's Mansion. From then on, she rarely went out, and the emperor only saw her once or twice a year.

Later, Queen Song plotted to murder the royal heir, and the emperor wanted to depose her. The empress dowager knew that the emperor had always respected the old tutor Lin, and hoped that the old tutor Lin could help plead for mercy, so she called Lin Qingyin into the palace.

It was also on that day that Lin Qingyin was given an aphrodisiac.

One day a month later, the emperor had a dream. It was the painting that Xie Jingyu saw that day when he went to the emperor to plead for mercy for Shen Wan.

The emperor dreamed of two dragons, one green and one yellow, which drilled into Lin Qingyin's belly.

The emperor went to the Imperial Observatory and found out that it was a pregnancy dream.

The emperor sent a shadow guard to Prince Jin's mansion and found Lin Qingyin vomiting and refusing to call the imperial physician. He knew that she was pregnant with his child.

He was just worrying about what to do when that night, a fire broke out in Prince Jin's mansion and the Princess of Jin died in the fire.

He suspected that the matter was leaked and the Queen Mother eliminated Princess Jin to protect the reputation of the royal family, but when he looked at the charred corpse, he could tell from the teeth that it was not Lin Qingyin.

In addition, Old Tutor Lin said that on the day of the fire, Lin Qingyin went back to see him and Old Madam Lin, and told them to take care of themselves. The emperor guessed that Lin Qingyin had faked her death and left Beijing.

He has been looking for her for so many years.

He thought she had found a beautiful place with mountains and rivers, and lived a good life with her two children.

But he didn't expect that she had been dead for fifteen years.

The emperor looked at Shen Ji and asked, "Where is the other child?"

Shen Ji's eyes narrowed, and he grabbed the emperor's clothes again, "How did you know Qingyin gave birth to two children? Were you the one who sent those assassins?!"

When Eunuch An saw Shen Ji grabbing the emperor's clothes, he was frightened, fearing that Shen Ji would beat the emperor again.

Duke Dingguo was really angry and confused. The emperor had been thinking about Princess Jin for more than ten years. How could he send an assassin to kill her?

The emperor frowned and asked, "What assassin?"

Chen Ji said angrily, "Do you think no one knows that Qingyin faked her death and fled Kyoto? Qingyin died at the hands of an assassin!"

Suizhou is on the only way from Kyoto to Yunzhou.

Yun married Shen Ji, who was busy fighting wars. In addition, Shen Li and Shen Yu were born, so Yun never returned to Yunzhou.

It was a rare opportunity that the army was not busy, and it happened to be Old Master Yun's birthday, so Shen Ji accompanied Yun back to Yunzhou.

However, the carriage was too bumpy, and Yun felt sorry for her two children, so she endured the seasickness and took the boat back to Beijing.

That day, Yun was seasick and vomited while holding onto the boat. He found a woman floating in the water with a child in her arms. He rescued her and found out that it was Qingyin!

Lin Qingyin was shot in the back and was holding Fumu and the child tightly. When she saw him, she was breathing her last.

Lin Qingyin entrusted the child to him. Shen Ji asked her who the father of the child was. Lin Qingyin did not tell him, but only warned him, "If she is lucky enough to grow up, she must never marry into the royal family."

"She has a brother, I'm afraid there's no hope for him to escape..."

These were the last two sentences Lin Qingyin said before she died in Shen Ji's arms.

He couldn't bring her back to Beijing for burial, so he found a place by the river to bury her.

Chen Wan was only a few months old at the time. She had been soaking in the water for a long time, and the cold air entered her body, causing her to have a high fever for several days. Although the doctor saved her, he also said that she could not grow up.

Over the years, Chen Ji and Yun had searched for famous doctors everywhere to cure Chen Wan's illness. He had taken countless baskets of medicine and had managed to make his body strong.

Lin Qingyin was the Princess of Jin. No matter whose child she was pregnant with, she was guilty of the death penalty punishable by the extermination of nine generations of her family.

This crime is too serious. Not only will the entire Lin family suffer, but also the disciples of Old Master Lin and even Shen Ji will be implicated.

But Shen Wan was too weak, and Shen Ji was unwilling to leave her to anyone, so he brought her back to Duke Dingguo's Mansion. From then on, she was his, Shen Ji's, daughter.

But no one except the assassin knew that Lin Qingyin gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl.

Eunuch An was afraid that Shen Ji would misunderstand the emperor, so he quickly explained, "The emperor had a dream. He dreamed that the Princess of Jin gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl. The emperor didn't appoint a crown prince for so many years because he hoped to find those two children..."

The emperor never said this explicitly, but Eunuch An had served the emperor for so many years, and whenever the officials asked the emperor to appoint a crown prince, the emperor would look at the painting.

Eunuch An couldn't guess what the emperor was thinking. Besides, the Queen Mother and the Duke of Song were behind Prince Cheng. If the emperor really made Prince Cheng the crown prince, he would probably not live long.

Seeing that Shen Ji didn't speak, the emperor asked, "Where is my prince?"

Prince...

Chen Ji became even more annoyed when he heard this. "Back then, the assassins were chasing us relentlessly, and Qingyin and the maid had to flee separately. Qingyin was killed. Does the emperor think a maid can protect the child?"

"Even if they manage to escape, how will the Emperor allow them to return to their roots?!"

Can the emperor live up to the reputation of touching his own sister-in-law?

What's more, Prince Jin was poisoned on his wedding night, and the culprit has not been found yet. If this matter were to be spread, the Queen Mother would doubt that it was the Emperor who killed Prince Jin. After all, after Prince Jin's death, it was the Emperor who became the crown prince and sat on the throne.

If the Empress Dowager knew Wan'er's life experience, she would never allow Wan'er to live, and she would even want to get rid of the Emperor.

Shen Ji has always wanted to marry Shen Wan to Xie Jingyu, and he is also afraid that Shen Wan's life experience will be exposed. He and King Jingbei can protect Shen Wan and Old Tutor Lin.

The emperor thought Shen Ji knew where the child was, but it turned out that even Shen Ji didn't know.

Thinking of Lin Qingyin's death, thinking of how old Tutor Lin and old Madam Lin had missed their daughter all these years, and his own fear for the past fifteen years, Shen Ji couldn't help but want to kill the emperor.

Afraid that he really couldn't help it, Shen Ji turned and left.

When he went out, he saw Xie Jingyu, and Shen Ji warned him, "Don't let Wan'er know about these things."

Xie Jingyu agreed.

Shen Ji left.

Eunuch An came out quickly and asked Zhao Yuanzheng to go in and treat the emperor.

Xie Jingyu was outside the palace, not knowing whether to leave or not.

As a subject, it is not good to see the emperor's appearance after being beaten.

Especially this beating, it was he who asked for the emperor to have it.

Xie Jingyu, “…”

It’s better for him to stay hidden.

"I won't go in."

When Zhao Yuanzheng walked in, he saw the emperor sitting on a footstool, leaning against the dragon couch, with a bruised face and nose. He was terrified.

With this injury, Duke Dingguo must have killed him.

Take the pulse again.

Good job.

More than just serious injuries.

The internal injuries are more serious.

The emperor was both in pain and happy, and asked, "How long will it take for my injury to heal?"

Zhao Yuanzheng said, "It will take at least five or six days before I can go to court..."

The emperor was glad that he had a rash, otherwise he would have been beaten and unable to attend court for so many days and would not have been able to explain himself.

As Zhao Yuan was helping the emperor sit on the dragon couch, the emperor said, "Let the Prince of Jingbei come in."

Eunuch An, “…”

"Your Majesty, the Prince of Jingbei has passed away..."

The emperor took a glance at him, and Eunuch An immediately said, "I'll send someone to tell them right away."

Xie Jingyu had just reached the horse-riding area and was about to mount his horse when the young eunuch came running over, panting, "Prince Jingbei, the Emperor has summoned you."

Xie Jingyu, “…”