"Thank you, thank you." Lin Rushu could only utter these two words, despite having so much to say.
Xiao Zhixing helped her up. "Don't be so polite with me. Come on, take me to offer incense to Lord Lin. I still need to leave the city."
Lin Rushu almost burst into tears again, her heart filled with gratitude and emotion.
Upon entering the Lin residence, the Lin family members expressed their deepest gratitude to her.
Xiao Zhixing offered incense to Lin Xiudao, comforted Lin's mother for a few moments, and then hurriedly led everyone away with the assassin's head in hand.
Back at the camp at Wuliting, Luo Mangong had already returned to the palace to report.
"Eagle One, investigate for me." Anyone who dares to assassinate her will be skinned alive by her.
"yes!"
Xiao Zhixing pondered. This method couldn't be from the emperor or the imperial system, nor could it be from the Northern Barbarians.
Before long, the matter alarmed Xiao Yuanshan and the emperor. After all, six lives were lost on the street, and the Imperial Guard quickly reported it.
"Which scoundrel dared to assassinate my son? This is outrageous! Men, go and investigate!"
Xiao Yuanshan was angry at home, yet he dared to assassinate his daughter in the street. Has he forgotten his former temper?
He's not someone to be trifled with anymore.
Inside the palace.
Zhao Yunqi reacted quickly. As the emperor, his influence extended throughout the land, and he soon obtained a lead.
Xiao Zhixing was looking at his camera when he saw this and raised an eyebrow. Was it her?
In the dead of night, Zhao Yunqi and Luo Mangong appeared at Feixia Palace.
Consort Zhang, Zhang Xiu, knelt at the gate, waiting quietly for something.
Zhao Yunqi entered the main hall, put his hands behind his back, and looked down at her.
Both of them remained silent.
"Demote her to the rank of concubine, seal the palace gates, and let her live a life of vegetarianism and chanting Buddhist prayers," Zhao Yunqi said first.
Zhang Xiu raised her eyes and smiled gently, "Your Majesty, may I ask if she is your child?"
"Don't you already know the answer in your heart?" Otherwise, you wouldn't have sent someone to assassinate him.
"Haha, haha, I want to hear it from you myself." Zhang Xiu slumped to the ground, her smile strange.
"Fifteen years have passed. This is the first time you have stepped into this cold Feixia Palace, the first time you have spoken to me. I am overjoyed."
Zhao Yunqi remained calm, "Zhao Lin..."
"No! Your Majesty, please don't hurt Lin'er!" Zhang Xiu stood up, finally becoming anxious. "He knows nothing! It was all my doing!"
“You have the heart of a loving mother, but unfortunately…” Zhao Yunqi turned around, “I will not do anything to him, but I cannot guarantee what Xiao Yuanshan and Yuan Sheng will do.”
He won't protect him; it's up to fate.
Zhang Xiu crawled a few steps on her knees, pleading urgently, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, that is your only son! Please protect him! It was all my impulsiveness. Besides, Xiao Zhixing wasn't harmed. I beg you—"
Zhao Yunqi stepped out of the gate of Feixia Palace, his expression cold and indifferent. "If only I had known this would happen, I wouldn't have done it in the first place."
Zhang Xiu's face turned pale, and tears streamed down her face.
At this moment, a young eunuch rushed over and knelt down with a thud, his face full of panic. "Your Majesty! The Imperial Concubine! His Highness the First Prince! His Highness the First Prince..."
Zhang Xiu felt a chill run down her spine, a bad premonition rising in her heart. She screamed and asked, "What's wrong with Lin'er?!"
The little eunuch lay on the ground crying, "Your Highness, Your Highness's injured leg is completely broken, the bone marrow is shattered!!"
Zhang Xiu's face went blank. She suddenly jumped up, looking like a madwoman, shouting, "Who? Who did this?!"
The Yanshan Mountains were in chaos, and Lin'er's leg was injured. It had only just begun to heal and was about to recover when it was completely crippled!
The young eunuch stammered in fear, "It was...it was His Highness himself..."
Zhang Xiu stood there, frozen, as if struck by lightning.
Zhao Yunqi left Feixia Palace and, instead of returning to Shengde Hall, went to Xianyin Tower, the highest building in the palace.
Standing on it, you can overlook the entire night view of Beijing.
Luo Mangong waved for an inconspicuous eunuch to leave and then reported to Zhao Yunqi:
"Zhao Lin used a golden ruyi to smother himself in the quilt and broke his own leg. The imperial physician Gang'er examined him and said that he was completely crippled. Even if he recovered, he would be lame."
Zhao Yunqi looked down at Shengjing at night, "When did Zhao Lin develop such courage? I've always misjudged him?"
Luo Mangong remained silent.
The Emperor System said, "It seems we all misjudged each other."
His ability to decisively cripple his own legs shows a courage that is quite different from his usual weakness and incompetence.
A thought struck Zhao Yunqi: "Does he know about his past...?"
Otherwise, as the only prince, he would be so cautious, since he usually only ignored him and did not mistreat him.
Now, he has completely ruined his promising future.
"Go and find out how he injured his leg during the Yanshan Rebellion."
Now that I think about it, perhaps his injury...
[Hiss, could he have injured himself on purpose?]
[No, I didn't even realize it. Zhao Lin is crippled like that? Does historical record say his legs were crippled?]
[Wait a minute, Zhao Lin is the emperor's only son, why would he depose himself? Even tigers don't eat their cubs, our goddess doesn't have that kind of power to force the emperor to kill his own son, does she?]
[Hmm? Hmm? Background? What is Zhao Lin's background?!]
[Oh my god, could it be what I'm thinking?!]
[Tsk, the palace certainly has many secrets, this is interesting!]
No wonder Zhao Yunqi was so cold to Zhao Lin. We previously thought it was because of Consort Zhang that he disliked this son.
[Wow, Consort Zhang is something else! She actually cuckolded the emperor! And what's even more unbelievable is that that scoundrel Qi didn't kill her and their child?!]
[Wow, so Zha Zha Qi doesn't have any offspring?!]
[Breaking news! Is this karma coming back for this scumbag?]
Ah, I remember now. Everyone ignored his conversation with the Empress Dowager earlier, assuming she was just complaining about his lack of offspring.
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