[Because of Li Xiaochen's death, Emperor Xiaohao had a very difficult time as emperor. In order to control the officials under him, his personality gradually became cruel.]
Lin Yuxin sighed inwardly.
When she was reading the book, she only felt sorry for the characters. Now, she's already involved. Because of the Lin family, she's changed the plot, and this will have a butterfly effect on the subsequent events.
[Judging from this Gu poison incident, it was an unknown variable. The book doesn't describe this Gu poison incident, only how many people died due to the drought.]
However, in retrospect, because of her, the matter of the Northern Frontier's Gu poison has been exposed in this life, bringing the Northern Frontier's conspiracy into the open, which may not be such a bad thing after all.
[Furthermore, she had previously found it strange and had some suspicions. The timing of this Gu poison was too opportune. She suspected that someone in the court was colluding with the Northern Frontier to trip her up and kill Li Xiaochen—killing two birds with one stone! However, she had no evidence and didn't know who this person was.]
Lin Yuxin's expression softened as she thought about it, though her brows remained furrowed.
Seeing Lin Yuxin deep in thought, Li Xiaochen didn't disturb her. He was tired from talking so much, so he just watched Lin Yuxin mutter to herself.
He felt extremely calm and fortunate. He thought he almost missed seeing her, and he thought that the sudden, heavenly voice was just his hallucination. But his girl really did appear in front of him.
He felt that it was worth dying because he could see her one last time before he died.
When Lin Yuxin came to her senses, she saw Li Xiaochen looking at her with a lovestruck expression, which made her feel very uneasy.
She touched her face and asked blankly:
"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"
"Mmm! There are flowers, I can't get enough of them!"
Li Xiaochen smiled and said.
Lin Yuxin realized she had been teased and glared at him angrily.
"Are you hungry? Wang Yu had someone cook some porridge for you. Eat some to replenish your strength."
Lin Yuxin stopped arguing with him and asked with concern.
"I'm not hungry right now, I don't want to eat."
Li Xiaochen shook his head. His injuries were still aching, and he had no appetite.
"Okay, then you should rest first. We'll talk business when you're awake."
Lin Yuxin nodded, tucked the blanket around him, and said softly.
Li Xiaochen was indeed at his limit. With such serious injuries and having talked with Lin Yuxin for so long, he couldn't hold on any longer.
He nodded, closed his eyes, and fell asleep.
Lin Yuxin waited for a while, then got up and went out.
"Princess!"
Wang Yu, who was guarding the door, bowed and greeted Lin Yuxin when she came out.
"Okay, you stay and watch over him! I'm going to meet that magistrate Liu Shuijin!"
Lin Yuxin spoke calmly, then walked towards the study. Tiger saw her in the yard and quickly followed, waddling behind Lin Yuxin.
Wang Yu bowed again to Lin Yuxin's retreating figure, watching her leave. Looking at the tiger behind her, his lips twitched. He had a premonition that the tiger was probably going to cling to the princess.
Wang Yu withdrew his gaze and continued to stand guard at the door.
Lin Yuxin walked into the study. There were two people guarding the door. When they saw Lin Yuxin coming, they quickly bowed.
"Princess!"
When they saw the princess's tiger, they were both shocked. Such a big tiger? How could it be here?
"Hmm! Is Liu Shuijin still inside?"
Lin Yuxin nodded, and then asked about Liu Shuijin's situation.
"Yes, ever since the princess left, our subordinates have been guarding this place, and he hasn't come out."
The guard on the left quickly came to his senses and answered respectfully.
"Alright, this princess will go in and take a look."
After Lin Yuxin finished speaking, she went inside, leaving the tiger at the door. However, the tiger was quite self-aware and did not go inside. Instead, it took two steps back and lay down in the corridor.
His eyes were fixed on his two henchmen at the door, his mouth agape and drooling.
The sight of it made the two people at the door break out in a cold sweat, their legs trembling with fear.
The two looked at each other and could see the pain and fear in the other's eyes.
Waaaaah! Princess! Please come out quickly! This tiger is staring at me so closely, I can't take it!!!
If you don't come out soon, this tiger is going to eat me! Help!!!
When Lin Yuxin entered the study, she saw that there was another person guarding it, but he was guarding the exit of the basement.
When the man saw Lin Yuxin approaching, he bowed respectfully.
"Princess!"
"Hmm! You can go out first. I have some questions for Lord Liu."
Lin Yuxin waved her hand and said calmly.
"yes!"
The man respectfully withdrew, but as soon as he reached the door, he saw a tiger guarding the entrance and was so frightened that he almost screamed.
The guards at the door quickly reached out and covered his mouth, preventing him from making a sound.
"Keep your voice down. The princess is still inside. Do you want to call her out and let her know that you, a dignified guard of the royal palace, are afraid of tigers?"
The one on the left said in a low voice.
"Mmm! Ugh!"
The person whose mouth was covered stammered for a while, indicating that he wouldn't shout. "Let go quickly! Otherwise, he'll either be scared to death by the tiger or suffocated to death by you."
The person on the left also clearly noticed something was wrong, and quickly let go of his hand, chuckling sheepishly.
The guard whose mouth was covered rolled his eyes, but after this ordeal, he wasn't so afraid of the tiger anymore, so he asked in a low voice:
"Where did this tiger come from? Why is it lying here? It's kind of scary."
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