"I'm perfectly fine, no need for my parents to worry." Song Tangxue felt a sense of satisfaction looking at the two disheveled people, and smiled faintly.
Song Tangxue pushed the two away and left without looking back. Song Tangli was already in dire straits; who could save them now?
That evening, Song Tangli received a letter from her parents. She opened it with great joy, only to find it was a death sentence. Song Tangli could no longer sit still and turned to Lianzhi to ask, "Have you finished digging the hole I asked you to?"
Lianzhi nodded with difficulty and advised, "The Empress's confinement was ordered by His Majesty himself. It's not good for her to run away like this."
"Are you jealous of Her Highness's happiness?!" Lin Mama immediately retorted with a stern look, "Her Highness is pursuing love, pursuing the Crown Prince, and you are just an obstacle in her path!"
"With the Crown Prince to back us up, what's there to fear from the Emperor!" Granny Lin was recruited into the Crown Prince's residence later and had not undergone rigorous training in the palace. Her perspective was like that of a frog at the bottom of a well. If she were placed by Song Tangli's side, she would inevitably make a big mistake sooner or later.
Lian Zhi concealed the coldness in her eyes: "Your Majesty, His Highness the Crown Prince's reputation has only recently improved. If he is impeached because of you, His Majesty will certainly be furious!"
Song Tangli had already applied exquisite makeup, her eyebrows slightly raised, with an ambitious look of certainty: "Lianzhi, you've been by my side for so long, but you haven't learned a single bit of cleverness. His Majesty's health is getting worse and worse. In the future, won't this world belong to the Crown Prince?"
"Besides, only a few of us know about this. How could it possibly reach His Majesty's ears?" Song Tangli casually fiddled with the tassel.
Lianzhi stopped trying to persuade him. Good words are useless against a damned devil, and if you can't persuade someone, then just let them go.
After carefully dressing up, Song Tangli crawled out through the dog hole in the backyard. Because there wasn't enough time, and the dog hole was a bit small, by the time Song Tangli crawled out, her carefully designed makeup was a little messy.
What's even funnier is that Song Tangli asked Granny Lin to come along, but Granny Lin was too big and got stuck in the dog hole, blocking everyone behind her.
The person behind her pretended to tug at her a few times, feigning tears and anxiously saying, "Granny Lin, what should we do?"
Ever since Lin Mama caught Song Tangli's eye, she's been picky and has no respect for any of the servants.
He kept giving orders to this person and that person, while he just sat there with a handful of sunflower seeds, talking the whole time.
They seemed to be particularly enjoying this illusion.
The palace servants in Zhaoling Palace saw through the situation but didn't say anything. They simply did as they were told, which was something Lianzhi had instructed them to do beforehand.
Song Tangli tried to pull her out from the outside, but couldn't. Gritting her teeth and stamping her foot, she gave up on Granny Lin and ran towards the sunset on the only way for Li Zhaoxian to return to the mansion.
Time waits for no one.
Song Tangli wore a light white long dress, her jet-black hair was tied into a ruyi bun, and she only had a plum blossom white jade hairpin inserted in it. She also had a pure white flower in her hair, but her eyes were not as bright as before.
Her eyes were filled with a mixture of desire and ambition. She stood weak and pitiful under the trees, the orange-red sunset falling on her. The orange and white colors intertwined, and in an instant, she captured Li Zhaoxian's heart.
The figure that haunts his dreams, the one he has thought of countless times in the past, Song Tangli, who captured his heart from the very first meeting.
Song Tangli smiled slightly, the corners of her mouth turned up, revealing a faint dimple on her lips. When they first met, snow was falling all around, and Song Tangli, dressed in white, stood among the red plum blossoms, her beauty surpassing even that of a bridal sedan chair.
Today, the colorful sunset paints the red plum blossoms, spreading them behind her. A touch of white amidst the orange hues, the plum blossom from many years ago still shines brightly today.
Unlike the ambiguous atmosphere of mutual affection between the two in front of her, Shan Xing's eyes widened in disbelief. This was a place where the emperor had ordered her to stay at home! How dare she do this?
But it was obvious that his master was bewitched, and at this moment, he only had Song Tangli in his mind and eyes.
Li Zhaoxian, somewhat dazed, slowly approached Song Tangli along the road paved with the setting sun, his eyes filled with a dazed look as if they were meeting for the first time.
Song Tangli bowed gracefully: "Tangli greets Crown Prince Brother."
The voice was soft and sweet. The little dumpling from back then had become his wife. Li Zhaoxian was in a daze. He raised his hand and touched Song Tangli's cheek. Her face was as smooth and radiant as ever.
Li Zhaoxian inevitably succumbed to despair. The anger he had suffered at Song Tangxue's hands these past few days was now completely dispelled. Song Tangxue's rejection had infuriated him, and now he had finally found an outlet for his frustration.
Li Zhaoxian immediately led his men back to Zhaoling Palace. Fortunately, Li Zhaoxian hadn't completely lost his mind and remembered that Song Tangli was under house arrest, so he went to Zhaoling Palace via a side path.
I followed Shan Xing with trepidation, while the people in front of me were being affectionate and talking about how much they had missed me these past few days, completely oblivious to everyone else.
"Crown Prince, I thought you were ignoring Ali." Song Tangli tilted her head slightly, pitifully tugging at Li Zhaoxian's arm.
Looking at his fair wrists revealed by the movement, Li Zhaoxian felt inexplicably irritated; the red marks on them seemed to still be right before his eyes.
The memories of their wedding night suddenly flashed before his eyes. Li Zhaoxian withdrew his arm and stopped in his tracks. The guards of Zhaoling Palace rubbed their eyes when they saw the Crown Prince and Crown Princess arrive together, as if it were all a hallucination.
Song Tangli's eyes darkened, but she still smiled sweetly the next second: "Crown Prince, believe me, I can explain anything."
Li Zhaoxian took a step back, neither agreeing nor disagreeing, but seeing her attire, he ultimately did not turn away and followed her into the Zhaoling Palace.
Inside the Zhaoling Palace, all the palace servants knelt on the ground, with Lianzhi kneeling at the front. Song Tangli coldly glanced at the group of people.
"Crown Prince, let's go inside." Song Tangli pulled the person, leaving a group of palace servants outside staring at each other in disbelief.
Na Shanxing wiped the sweat from his brow: "Miss Lianzhi, how could you let the Crown Princess go out on her own? If word gets out, His Majesty will blame you, and the entire Crown Prince's residence will suffer!"
Lian Zhi also looked bitter: "Our dignity is no match for Lin Mama's words."
Shan Xing slapped his forehead: "Where's Granny Lin?"
When the blame is brought down, at least someone has to take the fall. This whole mess happened because of the Crown Princess, and the Crown Prince got angry without even knowing the facts.
Shan Xing sighed deeply, rubbing his forehead: "What kind of mess is this?"
"Granny Lin helped the Crown Princess escape from Zhaoling Palace, but she's still stuck in the dog hole," Lianzhi said helplessly, pointing to the backyard.
Shan Xing flicked his whisk, sighed softly, and led his men to the backyard. There, Lin Mama was still stuck inside, squeaking and yelling, her two fat legs dangling in the air.
The voices on the other side of the wall were still shouting: "Where have you little brats been! You never answer when I call you to do chores, and you don't answer now either?"
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