Chapter 387 Preemptive Strike

A quarter of an hour later, Xiao Zhian, supported by Jingzhe, went to Lin Lanting's yard.

The eunuch was waiting outside Lin Lanting's courtyard. When he saw someone coming, he hurriedly took the person from Jingzhe.

"You're not feeling well, why are you still running around?"

Lin Lanting frowned when he saw that he was walking with difficulty.

"Only when I got to the palace did I remember not coming to see you. I was afraid you would blame me for being heartless later, so I had to bear the pain and come out. Uncle, are you touched?"

He lay on the edge of the bed, holding his chin with his hands and blinking at Lin Lanting.

Lin Lanting snorted, "You are not an imperial physician either."

"How boring." Xiao Zhian muttered, "I'm really afraid that you'll be disliked by my aunt because of your dullness."

"Your aunt-in-law is not as corny as you." Lin Lanting rolled his eyes at him.

When Xiao Zhian heard Lin Lanting also call Wei Shijun like this, he grinned with relief. It was great that his uncle was really moved.

"But my aunt is a woman, and as a woman, she hopes her husband will be more caring and interesting, so that life won't be boring."

After a pause, he glanced outside the door and said mysteriously, "Uncle, I see that my aunt-in-law really doesn't think much of you. You can take advantage of this injury to stay here and interact with her more.

No need to thank me, I've already told my brother the Crown Prince, and he agreed. I've been so worried about you, isn't that enough?"

As long as my uncle and Miss Wei San are together, the things in the dream can be avoided.

Lin Lanting looked at him seriously and nodded.

The uncle and nephew talked for a while. Xiao Zhian touched the place where he was hit, stood up and said, "I have to go back to the palace. You take good care of yourself and don't get hurt again in the future.

You've been injured twice this year, and I don't know if it will affect your chances of giving birth to a little brother or sister. No, I have to go to Xinglin Hall to see if that old doctor who's been traveling has returned, so I can ask him to give you some good care."

Lin Lanting's face darkened, and he said to the eunuch, "Send the Second Prince back to the palace."

After Xiao Zhian left the Prince's Mansion, he actually wanted to go to Xinglin Hall. The eunuchs couldn't persuade him and had to go along with him.

But before the car even reached Xinglin Hall, they heard cheers outside. Xiao Zhian, who loved the commotion, lifted the curtain and asked the guard, "Why is it so noisy outside? Go and ask around."

The guard quickly returned, "Your Highness, this is a troupe that has just arrived in the Imperial City. They haven't been able to find any work yet, so they've rented the space outside the teahouse to set up a stage and perform for free to everyone, hoping to build their reputation."

"What kind of drama is this? Why are there so many people gathered here?"

The guard didn't listen carefully and said hesitantly, "I don't know."

Xiao Zhian became interested. "Let's go and listen. If you find it interesting, tell mother about it and cheer her up."

The eunuch had no choice but to go with the guards and carry Xiao Zhian to the teahouse and find a private room by the window.

When they arrived, the play had already entered its second half. There were many people like Xiao Zhian who had arrived later. The owner of the teahouse was quick-witted and quickly asked the storyteller in the building to bang the gavel and tell everyone the whole story from beginning to end.

The story is about a sister who married into a wealthy family and likes to meddle in her parents' affairs. She looks down on the girl who is engaged to her younger brother and uses various means to break up the two.

Unable to separate the couple, the couple deliberately had people smear the girl's reputation. The girl's reputation was ruined, and her family was also pointed at and despised by the world. The girl was so upset that she committed suicide.

The younger brother found out the truth about the girl being slandered and wanted to find his sister to clear his fiancée's name. The sister was unwilling and was even more worried that her younger brother would reveal the matter to others and ruin her reputation. She would then be disliked by her in-laws, so she killed her younger brother.

The younger brother was lucky enough to escape the disaster. Many years later, he became successful and came back to seek revenge on his sister.

"What a meddlesome sister, such a vicious sister, she even doesn't let her own brother go."

Xiao Zhian slammed the table angrily.

What emerged in his mind was the dream and Lin Lanting who was still lying in bed. His heart suddenly sank and he could hardly breathe.

He asked the eunuch to give a sum of money to the troupe owner and let them perform here for ten consecutive days to warn the world.

When the shopkeeper saw that the second prince attached great importance to this story, he asked the storyteller to tell it for a few more days.

What happened here was soon reported to Shi Yu by the secret guards.

At this time, Shi Yu was in Lin Lanting's room.

Lin Lanting also heard the secret guard's report and bowed, "Thank you very much."

The story was thought up by Wei Qingyan. The opera troupe belonged to Shi Yu, and many of the onlookers were hired by them. It was also Shi Yu's idea to let Xiao Zhian take the opportunity to visit the teahouse.

The purpose is naturally to spread the story and resonate with the people. They took the initiative, and even if the queen wanted to ruin Wei Shijun's reputation, she would think twice.

With this story in mind, whether the people believed the rumors spread by the queen was a small matter, but substituting the sister in the story for the queen was a big matter.

In addition, Lin Lanting and Wei Shijun happened to be injured. If the queen had any common sense, she would not bring up Wei Shijun's experience again.

"No need to thank me, she is Xiaoyan's sister, and she is also my sister."

Shi Yu smiled slightly, "Have you thought it through? If you accept her, then you must accept everything about her. Don't use her scars to hurt her in the future."

By then, given Qingyan's protectiveness, he would definitely not let Lin Lanting off.

"Won't."

Will not slander her.

Lin Lanting's reply was simple but his tone was firm.

Seeing his serious attitude, Shi Yu stopped talking and continued on the previous topic, "Based on the Queen's reaction that day, her poisoning of Chilie must be true.

Now that she has promised to return the national seal to me, she must be eager to see how I respond, so I won't activate those chess pieces for the time being.

However, we have to be on guard, and we need your help in this matter. Find all the pawns she has planted in Chilie."

Lin Lanting has been keeping an eye on Chi Lie's movements, so naturally he has his own channels. If Shi Yu were to make arrangements now, it might not be too late.

Lin Lanting nodded without hesitation and said, "I will fully cooperate with Your Highness."

Chilie has the intention to invade, and the fault lies with those in power; the people are innocent. Moreover, the plague is difficult to control. Once the Chilie plague spreads, Fengzhao, which lives next door, will certainly be affected, just like in Zhian's dream.

He agreed with Shi Yu's approach.

Shi Yu nodded, "You should take good care of yourself and get well soon. It's time for Feng Zhao's soldiers to start training."

This is something Lin Lanting had wanted to do for a long time, but the Queen didn't care. Now that Shi Yu takes it seriously, Lin Lanting can't wait to go to the military camp tomorrow.

After the two discussed the arrangements in detail, Lin Lanting asked, "Is there really such a thing as rebirth in this world?"

When Shi Yu just told him all this, he was shocked and couldn't help but confirm it again.

"have."

Shi Yu replied confidently, "Otherwise, how can you explain why an eight-year-old child would be so calculating? How can you explain her many actions?"

Even Shi Dehou was manipulated by her all his life, but he really couldn't understand why God would give such a devil a chance to be reborn.

Lin Lanting was silent.

He couldn't explain it, and the only way to explain it all was to say that the queen was reborn. Then, "If she was reborn, then she would naturally know that she would conceive a child with congenital defects.

Could it be that for this reason, she plotted against my third sister and her husband, the emperor, to have my third sister give birth to you and then switch you?"

Shi Yu nodded, he thought so too.

"If that's the case, then in my previous life, Lin Qianning must have been a favored concubine of Emperor Feng Zhao. That's why I, born to her, would have been made the crown prince.

Only then could Shi Dehou seize my body, return to Fengzhao as the crown prince, and compete with Zhian for the throne."

But his statement was inconsistent with Wei Qingchu's speculation.

In the evening, after Wei Qingyan returned home, the couple told each other the news they had received during the day before going to bed, and they both frowned at the same time.

"In Zhian's dream, Lin Wanzhi was the queen in her previous life, and Xiao Pei was her brother-in-law. If she was so obsessed with Xiao Pei.

Why after being reborn at the age of eight, she did not choose Xiao Pei, but still chose Emperor Feng Zhao?

If it was for the position of Empress, with her reborn prophethood, she could have helped Xiao Pei seize the throne. Even if Xiao Pei didn't want to compete with Emperor Feng Zhao, she still had the love spell that could control Xiao Pei to do her bidding.

Considering Qingwu's high opinion of Xiao Pei, if he really wanted to seize that position, he might succeed.

Wei Qingyan was puzzled, "Why didn't she have it?"

Shi Yu said, "There is another point that is suspicious. If she had successfully married into the royal family in her previous life and became the mother of a country, then she could have achieved her goal by simply following the development trajectory of her previous life. Why did she still want to seize the Lin family's luck?"