Chapter 520 Cleansing the Emperor's Side

The third prince roared, "You beast, you actually murdered your brother!"

Xiao Lin did not have a high profile among the princes.

He was not usually favored by his father, the emperor.

They actually dared to be so audacious as to try and seize the throne!

Xiao Lin's still-childish face was beaming with smiles.

"Why is Third Brother's memory so bad? I am doing this openly and honestly to share the burdens of Father and Mother."

But you never took me seriously, and now you're dying at my hands. How pathetic.

My brother should thank my third brother. If it weren't for you, how could the throne, which was within my grasp, have fallen into my hands?

So, Third Brother, you should die.

The sword pierced the third prince's heart.

Blood splattered directly onto Xiao Lin's face.

Even in his final moments, the Third Prince couldn't believe it.

He actually died at the hands of a child.

With the Third Prince dying with his eyes wide open in disbelief, everyone in his residence was slaughtered.

The soldiers behind Xiao Lin stepped forward. "Young Master, shall we go and rescue the Crown Princess now?"

Xiao Lin laughed loudly after hearing this, "Qin Jinzhi and I have a blood feud, why should I save her? Besides, if she doesn't die, how can I sit on the throne? Have the people watching at the city gate sent any messages?"

The soldier replied, "The men are already waiting outside."

Xiao Lin waved his hand, "Let him come over."

Soon a soldier ran in and knelt on one knee.

"Your Highness, Qin Jinzhi died outside the city gate, and the people who led the attack on her have been killed on the spot."

The bribed bodyguards beside the Third Prince stepped forward.

"Your Highness, I have already given the Third Prince a false order to surround the palace. We can proceed now."

Xiao Lin smiled and looked at him, "You did very well, so I'm going to give you a reward."

The guard's smile had barely formed when a long sword pierced through his left abdomen.

With a ferocious expression, he asked, "Your Highness, why!"

Xiao Lin looked at him and said, "I'm naturally afraid that this ungrateful dog will bite me. Since you can betray Xiao Zhuo, you can betray me too. Go and be buried with your master!"

The guard fell to the ground, pointing at Xiao Lin, and died with his eyes wide open.

Xiao Lin turned around and shouted, "All soldiers, listen to my command and follow me into the palace!"

The army left to him by his maternal grandfather had long since infiltrated the capital.

If it weren't for that idiot Xiao Zhuo insisting on getting rid of Qin Jinzhi...

He really didn't know when that opportunity would come.

After everyone left the Third Prince's residence.

The bodyguard who was killed opened his eyes.

He stood up and tore off the device containing the blood sac from his left abdomen, faking his death.

He then took out a porcelain bottle from his pocket and poured the liquid inside onto his face.

He raised his arm and wiped his face clean.

Ryuichi's face was revealed.

Long Yi looked at the fake wound on his abdomen and thought to himself with a smug satisfaction.

His acting was superb this time; the Crown Princess will definitely praise him!

He then flew away from the Third Prince's residence.

Outside the palace.

Before the Third Prince's men could react, they had already been killed by Xiao Lin's men.

As Xiao Lin shouted for help, he led his men into the palace.

His men completely surrounded the palace.

The palace gates were closed.

The city gate was slowly opened.

Fang Xiuran stood smiling in front of the city gate.

"Your subject, Fang Xiuran, respectfully welcomes the Crown Princess back to the capital!"

Then, he bowed deeply.

Qin Shi'an said with a smile, "Mr. Fang, how have you been?"

Behind me, I could hear the sound of horses' hooves clattering on the stone pavement.

A white horse emerged from the sky.

They reared up and neighed in front of Qin Shi'an.

Qin Shi'an walked to the white horse and patted her head.

"Beautiful flowing clouds."

At the city gate, a man crying with snot and tears streaming down his face ran towards Qin Jinzhi.

"Too-female-"

Li Jin slid down to his knees at Qin Shi'an's feet and grabbed Qin Shi'an's leg tightly!

"Your Highness! You're finally back! I've missed you so much!"

Qin Shi'an tried to pull his leg out.

It didn't twitch for a moment.

Qin Shi'an looked at Li Jin with amusement, "Steward Li, you seem to have gained some weight."

Li Jin cried and said, "I miss you so much. You always said that too much trouble and too little food will shorten your life. I will heed your teachings and try to live a long life so that I can watch over the Prince's Mansion for you for a long time."

Qin Shi'an patted his shoulder, "I know what you mean. Go back to the manor and prepare. After you've finished dealing with the rest, I should offer incense to my grandfather."

Li Jin quickly wiped away his tears and snot and stood up. "I'll go back and prepare right away!"

As he spoke, he walked into the city, turning back every few steps.

Long Yi arrived at the city gate at this moment. "Your Highness, everything is ready."

Qin Shi'an mounted his horse, a wild smile on his face.

"Come with me to the palace and purge the court of corrupt officials!"

White horse, young lady.

They patrolled the streets and headed towards the palace.

Xiao Lin's troops were terrified when they saw Qin Shi'an.

She's already dead outside the city!

And just as Qin Shi'an appeared.

A large number of Thousand Bird Guards approached the palace gate.

The leader's eyes welled up with tears when he saw Qin Shi'an standing alive before them.

"Your subordinate greets Commander Qin!"

Qin Shi'an said, "Prince Xiao Lin colluded with the Yang family's traitorous faction, intending to commit treason. His crime deserves to be punished."

The Thousand Bird Guards moved at the sound.

After all of Xiao Lin's men outside the palace were killed.

The palace gates were slowly opened.

A figure appeared at the doorway.

Dressed in a thousand-bird robe, she looked up at Qin Shi'an.

Qin Shi'an, with his elbows resting on the saddle, said with a smile, "Commander Cui is a little late."

Cui Ying stared at Qin Shi'an for a long time before bursting into laughter.

Qin Shi'an led Liu Yun into the palace.

In front of the Hall of Diligent Governance, Xiao Lin was forced to kneel on the ground.

Yun Que, Yun Jin, A Jiao, and A Man stood guard in front of the Emperor and Empress.

The moment I saw Qin Shi'an.

The emperor and empress immediately distanced themselves from the crowd.

Qin Shi'an was embraced by the two men as soon as he dismounted.

None of the three spoke.

Xiao Lin looked completely incredulous when he saw Qin Shi'an.

"Impossible, this can't be! She's clearly dead!"

At this moment, the Fifth Princess Xiao Congyun and the Tenth Princess Xiao Linglong were also escorted to the front of the palace by the Thousand Bird Guards.

The two of them understood everything when they saw Qin Shi'an.

Xiao Congyun stared intently at Qin Shi'an, "So it was you! You orchestrated all of this! Father! Qin Jinzhi is the real traitor!"

Qin Shi'an simply looked indifferently at the three people kneeling on the ground.

The Empress touched Qin Shi'an's face with both hands.

"You've lost weight."

Qin Shi'an forced a smile, "Grandmother too."

Upon hearing this, the Empress could no longer hold back her tears.

The emperor spoke up: "Ah Ying, your granddaughter is back. You should be happy."

Qin Shi'an looked at the emperor and said, "Grandfather, you should know what seeing me means."

The emperor simply wiped away his tears and patted Qin Shi'an's head.

Then he burst out laughing.

The laughter was filled with boundless joy.

"The victor is king, the loser is villain; human will can conquer nature!"