Seeing that he was wavering, the queen was already confident. She thought that life was nothing but greed. Wouldn't it be easy for her to control a small county magistrate?
The Queen scoffed lightly, "Go away now. I will send someone to tell you what to do tomorrow."
"yes."
Lin Han staggered stiffly to his feet from the ground and walked out like a wandering soul.
After Lin Han left, the Queen's eyes became sinister.
"Your Majesty, do you really just want to humiliate Lord Xie?" Shaoyao asked.
The Queen scoffed. "Just a complete loss of face? That's meaningless. Lin Han was the official who risked his life to travel to the capital to report the plague. If he were to die at Xie Xianyu's hands, or be seriously injured, your Majesty would think it was someone who concealed the Qingzhou plague? And who was so audacious as to deceive their superiors and subordinates and kill the official who reported the plague in front of the Emperor?"
Shaoyao praised repeatedly: "Your Majesty, what a good plan!"
The Queen smiled maliciously. She was the one who suppressed the disaster in Qingzhou. Prince Xuan was already imprisoned. If Your Majesty learned that Prince Xuan had failed to govern Qingzhou effectively and had not allocated money for disaster relief, it would be an even greater crime.
It would be better to put this sin on Xie Xianyu's head.
The King of Qi is nothing to be feared. The only powerful force behind him is Xie Xianyu. As long as Xie Xianyu falls, the King of Qi will be nothing.
"Xie Xianyu is so attached to that Xu that he even went to Qingzhou himself to snatch the bride back. If he knew she was still involved with Lin Han, how could he possibly let Lin Han live? I'm afraid he'd be so enraged that he'd kill her without a burial place!"
At the right time, I was exactly what the Queen wanted.
The next morning, the horn sounded and the hunt officially began.
Xie Xianyu accompanied the emperor on a hunting trip, so he got up early in the morning. Wanruo was still asleep. She was a bit accustomed to her bed. She tossed and turned yesterday and couldn't fall asleep until midnight. At this moment, she hadn't even opened her eyes.
He pulled her into his arms, bent down and kissed her cheek: "When I come back, I will bring you a rabbit?"
She frowned, as if she was disturbed, rubbed her head against his arms, found a comfortable position and continued to sleep.
He took a deep breath, and finally let go of her hand. He tiptoed out of bed, dressed himself, opened the tent, and walked out.
Wanruo slept until noon before finally waking up.
As Cuizhu was dressing her, she said, "According to the rules, we have to go to the palace for lunch today. The Empress will host a banquet to entertain officials and their wives."
Wanruo frowned when she heard that.
The thought of the Queen giving a banquet made her feel uncomfortable, but since everyone else was going, she would be in no mood not to go.
"Young Madam, are you going to claim illness and not go?"
"I was fine yesterday. This excuse is a bit fake. At this critical juncture, it's better not to ask for special treatment."
"yes."
When Wanruo finished dressing up and was about to go to the palace, she paused, opened the drawer, took out a packet of medicine powder and hid it in her sleeve.
After entering the palace, the palace maid led Wanruo into the inner hall to wait.
"Why hasn't anyone come yet?" Wanruo asked.
Palace maid: "It's still early, Madam Xie, please wait a moment."
Wanruo was alert and felt something was wrong. She hadn't come early, so how come there was no one there?
But the palace maid had already retreated.
She felt uneasy, and after sitting for a while, she immediately stood up and went outside to take a look.
But at this moment, the palace door was opened and a man in green clothes walked in.
Her expression froze instantly: "Lin Han?"
Lin Han stared at her in a daze. Half a year had already passed since they last saw each other. She had changed so much. She was now so dignified and respectable. Where was the appearance of the poor orphan girl she used to be?
If she had ever stood before him like this, he would never have dared to have even the slightest desire for her.
"Wanwan." He walked towards her.
Wanruo, however, had already realized something. She clenched the powder in her sleeve tightly, took a step back, and stared at him intently: "Did the Queen send you?"
"yes."
Her heart suddenly clenched and cold sweat broke out all over her body. The queen was so cruel that she deliberately found Lin Han to ruin her reputation!
"Don't make a sound, or they'll call someone and you'll lose your reputation."
There was more hatred and vigilance in her eyes when she looked at him. She never expected that the man she once thought was kind-hearted and could be entrusted with her life would turn out to be so hateful!
She stared at him, and with a flick of her fingers in her sleeve, she tore open the powder bag. "What do you want to do?"
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