☆, We might be able to reach that position in Chapter 240.
"Um."
"Did Your Majesty make a special trip out of the city to give me some instructions?"
"Changyi is a kind-hearted child. After spending a few years with you, he has become even more pure. I know it's difficult to keep him pure forever, but I hope, I just hope—"
"Your Majesty, I understand. Rest assured, the Prince has no ill intentions, and I will keep an eye on him for you."
The emperor then revealed a genuine smile, and sighed, "How could I have been so blind before? I've seen him more than a dozen times, how come I never noticed how much he resembles his mother? If I had noticed earlier, my son and I could have been reunited sooner."
"Perhaps it was not the right time before, but now it is the right time for you and your son." Zhao Yunjing bowed and said, "Your Majesty, I respectfully see you off and wish you a safe journey."
"Isn't Minister Zhao curious about where I'm going?"
"I am not curious, because I know that Your Majesty will eventually return to the palace."
The emperor laughed heartily and rode away.
Not far away, Li Changyi stood quietly on the edge of the field, watching the small group of horses drive away. He raised his eyebrows, then bent down to carefully observe the growth of the seedlings and the water and soil conditions.
Si Jiu clearly had something to say, but he was tongue-tied and couldn't utter a single word for a long time. It was Li Changyi who spoke first. He asked Si Jiu, "Si Jiu, how much of what the Emperor told me today was true and how much was false?"
Sijiu thought for a while and said, "Sijiu is dull and can't really tell how much is true and how much is false, but Sijiu feels that no matter how much of what he said is true or false, the Emperor really hopes that you will make something of yourself. Master, Sijiu feels that if you really make something of yourself, or even become as good as Zhao Yunjing, then we may not be unable to reach that position."
"What, even you think that I've done all this for that position?"
"Si Jiu just felt that this was human nature."
Li Changyi then smiled.
Yes, when he was just a subject, he wanted to follow Zhao Yunjing and make some achievements to bring glory to the Chen family. So when he became a prince, it was only natural for him to covet the position and want to be the emperor.
That night, Li Changyi didn't sleep at all. As soon as it was light, he went to find Zhao Yunjing again.
Unfortunately, Zhao Yunjing left the city before dawn because something had happened.
The accident occurred in the paddy fields of Fangjia Village, the same area they had patrolled during the day.
Overnight, all the rice seedlings in the hundreds of acres of paddy fields withered, each one drooping and looking lifeless.
The field was filled with a strong smell of medicine; it smelled like poison. It was obvious that someone had poisoned the paddy field!
"Have you caught them yet?"
"Your Highness, not yet."
"What does Zhao Yunjing plan to do?"
"Lord Zhao said, find that person, behead him in public, and those who plead for him will be punished the same as him!"
Li Changyi nodded and hurried towards Fangjia Village.
Autumn had already arrived, and it was only just dawn. The morning dew soaked people's clothes in no time, leaving them feeling chilly. Zhao Yunjing was only wearing a white undergarment, and his shoes were not even tied. One can imagine how anxious he was at that moment.
He was now soaking wet, his undergarments covered in mud, as were his face and head. If Li Changyi hadn't been so familiar with his figure, he wouldn't have believed that it was the ever-calm Zhao Yunjing.
This was probably the most pathetic Zhao Yunjing had ever been in all these years—at least that's how it appeared to outsiders. But at this moment, in his heart, nothing mattered except saving these seedlings; his image and who was standing in front of him were completely unimportant.
He just wanted to save all the rice seedlings on these hundreds of acres!
This is Fangjia Village's food ration for the second half of the year! The villagers of Fangjia Village started plowing the fields and transplanting rice seedlings with him as soon as the floodwaters receded. He cared the most about the fields in Fangjia Village and inspected them the most. But it was Fangjia Village that was the one that suffered the most trouble!
He didn't even need to think; the other party was targeting him. Whatever he valued most, the other party would destroy!
Li Changyi walked over: "Brother Zhao—"
Zhao Yunjing turned around, stared at Li Changyi, and approached step by step: "It's you."
"Brother Zhao, calm down, no—"
"If you're a man, come at me directly. You attacked Ah Jiao before, and this time you're attacking Nong Tian. Li Changyi, you're not a man!"
Xie Jiang and Song Chengyu were standing nearby, and upon hearing this, they both stared at Li Changyi.
Li Changyi was truly speechless with bitterness. He had just opened his mouth when Zhao Yunjing lunged forward and grabbed him by the neck: "It's you!"
Li Changyi could sense how angry Zhao Yunjing was from the force he used, and she panicked a little, thinking that if this madman went berserk, she would really be doomed.
"Hey! Someone, take care of him! I didn't do what he said! Pull him away right now!"
Zhao Yunjing was very strong, and it took Xie Jiang, Song Chengyu, and Sijiu a great deal of effort for the three of them to pull him away.
Zhao Yunjing stared intently at Li Changyi. If that look could kill, Li Changyi would probably be dead a thousand times over.
"It really wasn't me. I just received a mission from Father yesterday, the same one as yours. Your failure is my failure. I'm not that stupid to drag myself down with you. I have a thousand ways to get back at you. A lose-lose situation is the worst possible strategy. Do I look like that kind of stupid person?"
But if it wasn't Li Changyi, who could it be?
"Sir, we've caught him!"
It turned out to be the village head of Fangjia Village!
When Zhao Yunjing saw Fang Lizheng, it felt like he had been stabbed in the chest. Apart from the pain, he felt nothing else. He couldn't understand why the youngest village head in Nanjiang City would do such a despicable thing. When he mobilized everyone to rush to plant the seeds, Fang Lizheng was the first to respond.
He walked over and stared at Fang Lizheng: "Why you?!"
Why can't it be me?
"Why?!"
“My parents are gone, my wife and children are gone, I’m the only one left breathing in the whole family, no one talks to me, no one cares if I’ve eaten or thirsty. You, all of you have families, but I don’t, I have nothing left… Lord Zhao, I have no relatives! But why can they still be reunited with their families! I’ll let them starve to death! I’ll make everyone like me, an orphan no one pities!”
Fang Lizheng laughed heartily, but then burst into tears and collapsed to the ground, unable to straighten his back.
Zhao Yunjing never expected that Fang Lizheng, who always had a bright smile and was kind to everyone, actually had a problem in his heart.
It was also his fault. Someone like him who suddenly lost all his relatives should have received proper comfort, but because he saw that Fang Lizheng was not acting strangely at all and was actively starting a new life, he ignored it, which led to today's tragedy.
He had previously said that he would behead the culprit as a warning to others, but he hesitated for a moment when faced with Fang Lizheng, who was determined to die.
When the people of Fangli Village heard the news, they rushed over. After learning that Fangli Zheng was behind it all, everyone fell silent. After a long while, someone finally stepped forward to speak:
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