"Oh." Rong Qingqing wasn't sure if he had taken her words to heart, but she didn't say anything more.
If he believes her, he will naturally take precautions; if he doesn't believe her, no matter how much she says, it will be useless.
Seeing that he was about to leave, she remembered something and asked him to confirm, "By the way, is Prince Su alright?"
In the evening, she heard from the servants who had returned from their outings that Prince Su had been murdered.
She always felt that someone like Prince Su couldn't have been killed so easily.
"Hmm." Xie Jingrun glanced at her, and seeing her relieved expression, asked, "What, are you concerned about him?"
“He is my biological father, of course I have to care about him,” Rong Qingqing said matter-of-factly.
"Is that so?" Xie Jingrun raised an eyebrow. "But why won't you call him 'father'?"
Rong Qingqing was taken aback for a moment, and said somewhat awkwardly, "I'm just not used to it yet, I'll start calling it sooner or later."
"Is that so?" Xie Jingrun gave her a half-smile.
Rong Qingqing paused for a moment, then said, "Of course."
Xie Jingrun smiled slightly. "Go to sleep early." With that, he left her room without lingering.
Rong Qingqing breathed a sigh of relief.
It's good that Xiao Zhen is alright.
Although I knew he was unlikely to be in any danger, I was still somewhat surprised and worried when I heard the news brought back by the servant.
Now that Xie Jingrun confirmed he was alright, she finally felt a little relieved.
The next day, the weather was calm and peaceful.
As night fell, Rong Qingqing had just lain down in bed when Xiao Tao, her face pale, hurriedly walked in.
"Miss, a fight has broken out outside."
Rong Qingqing sat up abruptly. "What?"
"Uncle Tian said that a lot of soldiers have poured into the streets outside. Judging from the sound, they seem to be heading towards the palace," Xiao Tao said worriedly. "With so many soldiers suddenly entering the city, does something big have to happen?"
Upon hearing this, Rong Qingqing's heart pounded.
From the moment she learned that Emperor Zhaojing had announced Xie Jingrun's identity as a prince, she knew that something big was about to happen.
Many things happening now have deviated from the original plot, such as Situ Jin being suddenly crippled, which was not part of the original story.
Perhaps from the moment she told Xie Jingrun that Situ Jin was going to poison Emperor Zhaojing, many plot points had already deviated from their intended course.
In the original book, Emperor Zhaojing announced Xie Jingrun's identity as a prince later in the story, but now it has been brought forward. Furthermore, even Xiao Zhen, who did not appear in the original book, has returned from Suzhou.
In the original book, after Xie Jingrun's identity as a prince was revealed, Situ Jin could not hold back and could not wait for Emperor Zhaojing to die from poison. So he joined forces with Situ Wuji to force Emperor Zhaojing to abdicate in favor of Feng Mo.
However, Situ Jin did not expect that on the night of the coup, before her conspiracy could succeed, Emperor Zhaojing died of poison. Although Feng Mo eventually ascended the throne, his position was still somewhat illegitimate.
Because Emperor Zhaojing died suddenly, and the coup had already caused an uproar in the court and among the people, in order to silence public opinion, Situ Jin's faction could only grant Xie Jingrun a fiefdom, allowing him to leave the capital safely.
However, it was later learned that before Emperor Zhaojing passed away, he issued another imperial edict to pass the throne to Xie Jingrun, and that edict had been delivered to Xie Jingrun by his confidant.
After that, Xie Jingrun, in his legitimate capacity, launched a campaign against Feng Mo.
The two sides fought a battle.
However, Feng Mo is the male lead, Xie Jingrun is the villain, and the ending is Xie Jingrun's crushing defeat.
The sudden influx of so many soldiers indicates that the palace coup is about to happen sooner than expected.
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