Chapter 56 Chapter 56 Warmth and tenderness.
The door was suddenly pushed open, and the glaring sunlight made it impossible for the girl to open her eyes.
Her eyes slowly focused on the person who walked into the room with the light behind him. Soon the door was closed again and she heard the sound of it being locked.
“Ah—ah!”
After adjusting to the light in the room, the girl finally saw the face of the person who came. The face was blurred with blood, and she almost didn't recognize it as Lin Zhen. After screaming, she quickly covered her mouth.
"What's wrong with you!" The girl hurriedly stood up and stepped forward to support Lin Zhen.
"I'm fine." Lin Zhen pushed her hand away, walked to the couch and sat down.
Seeing that Lin Zhen was so quiet, the girl didn't dare to go up and talk to her. She turned around and rummaged around the room, found a clean handkerchief, slowly moved in front of Lin Zhen, and tentatively wiped her face.
Seeing that Lin Zhen's face was mostly covered in blood, with only one wound, the girl finally breathed a sigh of relief, but her heart soon tightened again: "This wound is so deep..."
The girl stayed quietly by Lin Zhen's side, and this went on for night and day.
The night was pitch black and no one came to light the lamp. She had searched the room thoroughly but could not find a tinderbox.
Lin Zhen suddenly spoke, the first time she had spoken in two days. "I'm sorry. I've caused you trouble and prevented you from escaping the palace."
The girl shook her head. After a moment's silence, she remembered that Lin Zhen couldn't see her movements in the dark, so she continued, "No, no, the chances of me escaping were slim to begin with. Tomorrow I'll go out and beg His Majesty, admit my mistake, and ask him to release me."
"No!" Lin Zhen suddenly reacted violently. She grabbed the girl's hand tightly and said, "Don't beg him."
"I mean... I don't have to beg him to let me go."
The girl asked the reason, but Lin Zhen refused to speak again.
After two days of not sleeping, she couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep leaning on Lin Zhen. In the middle of the night, there was a sudden fire outside the door and noisy sounds everywhere.
"Wake up! Wake up!" Lin Zhen slapped her awake.
"What's wrong……?"
"Shh..." Lin Zhen raised her hand to signal. She handed a candlestick with a sharp copper needle to the girl. "There seems to be a riot in the palace. Take it."
"Every corner! Search them thoroughly!"
A familiar male voice came from outside the door. Lin Zhen settled the girl down and slowly walked towards the door.
"General!" Shizhu said with a fist salute.
"Hasn't found it yet?" Ji Sui's hair was disheveled, dust and dark red blood clotted on his jaw, and there was a murderous look between his brows. "Impossible, Bai Ce must have heard it wrong. Keep looking, keep searching."
"General, it's almost dawn. Soldiers must deploy their forces quickly and defend the palace gates, otherwise—"
"Search!" Ji Sui ordered again. Shi Zhu lowered his eyes and responded, waving his hand to take away most of the soldiers in the yard.
Ji Sui was wearing silver heavy armor over his black suit. His eyes fell on the locked door. He slowly took off the armor on his head, held it to his side, and strode up the stairs.
Under the moonlight, the long sword was swung, emitting a dazzling silver light.
The iron lock fell and the door was shaken open.
The night wind blew up Lin Zhen's sleeves. She narrowed her eyes slightly and subconsciously covered them with her hands. When she slowly put them down, Ji Sui was standing in front of her.
Lin Zhen's lips moved slightly, but before he could make a sound, he was pulled into his arms by a powerful force.
The silver armor was cold and hard, but the breath beside her ear was hot and scorching. She slowly raised her hand and stroked his back.
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Hall of Eternal Life.
The emperor, wearing only a close-fitting undergarment and a bright yellow robe, sat on the dragon throne, looking coldly at the soldiers who surrounded him.
"Do you know that treason is a serious crime punishable by the death of nine generations of your clan? Put down your swords now, and His Majesty may spare your lives!" Wang Teng waved his whisk and stood in front of the emperor.
The soldiers in silver helmets and iron armor stood with their swords drawn, not giving in at all.
Ji Bai carried Lin Zhen into the hall and placed her on the couch as if no one was around.
"What a romantic! Just like your useless mother!" The emperor sneered coldly.
Ji Sui ignored him, knelt on one knee in front of Lin Zhen, slowly poured tea and brought it to her dry and chapped lips.
Lin Zhen looked up at him. His thick, long black eyelashes drooped down, covering his eyes, and she couldn't see his expression.
But she guessed that Ji Wei must have known her life experience for a long time.
Although my father was not the culprit who killed the eldest princess and Ji Yuanju, their deaths were related to my father.
Lin Zhen guessed Ji Bai's life experience from the information told by Princess Zhaoning. The so-called "serious illness" of the princess at that time might have been her pregnancy, so her concubines asked Qionghua Palace for a large amount of peach kernels.
Lin Zhen had been with Qi Yushi for some time and had some understanding of daily medicinal materials. He knew that peach kernels had the effect of promoting blood circulation and inducing miscarriage.
Although he was the eldest princess's son, he had never made his identity public, and the incident happened in Feixue Tower where the seventh prince of Dian lived, so his background was naturally self-evident.
The eldest princess would rather have an abortion than go to Dian to marry a foreign prince. It seems her background was not a happy one.
The eldest princess disliked the seventh prince and hated him.
So when she picked him up on the street five years ago, he would be ragged and still illiterate at the age of fifteen.
He lived in his mother's disgust and hatred for fifteen years.
Lin Zhen felt a sudden pain in his heart, which was much more painful than the wound on his forehead.
She lowered her head and forced herself to swallow the sour taste along with the hot tea from the tea bowl he was holding.
After settling Lin Zhen down, Ji Sui stood up and walked step by step towards the emperor who was sitting on the throne.
The emperor already knew that Ji Sui had been secretly collecting maps of the palace's defenses and gathering troops from Yizhou; he simply wanted to seize the opportunity to capture them all. He had kidnapped Lin Zhen simply to gain more control.
What was beyond his expectation was that the news of Lin Zhen's presence in the palace would leak out, and Ji Rui, like an out-of-control madman, went deep into the palace and kidnapped him without regard for his own safety!
"As I expected, there are fewer than three thousand guards who have infiltrated the palace. The thirty thousand cavalrymen from Xuanfu outside the city will arrive at dawn after receiving the news. If you dare to harm me in the slightest, you will be reduced to pulp under their iron hooves in an instant."
With the Xuanfu troops and the Mobei army, he was sure that Ji Sui had no way of escaping.
Ji Sui's face was gloomy. "Who hurt her, you?"
Ji Sui suddenly drew his sword and pointed it at the emperor. Wang Teng angrily shouted, "How dare you! His Majesty is the highest authority and your uncle, how dare you commit such an act of disrespect!"
Ji Wei seemed to have heard something funny. He sneered and waved his long arm. A bloody head suddenly rolled down the steps.
The girl hiding behind Lin Zhen took a breath and quickly covered her mouth tightly.
Ji Sui said calmly, "Hang his head at Zhengyang Gate. Whoever dares to attack will have the emperor's head hung up next time."
Upon hearing this, the emperor's eyes were bloodshot. He hated this out-of-control situation and regretted that he was too kind and did not get rid of this despicable and dirty thing earlier.
"You bastard, how dare you!" The emperor clenched his fists and stood up angrily. His knees suddenly hurt and he fell back down. "Ah - you, you -"
Ji Sui slashed the emperor on the knee and pointed his sword at his throat.
Lin Zhen hurriedly stood up, "Ji Sui, stop it!"
All the way to the Hall of Eternal Life, the ground was covered with blood. Lin Zhen knew that he could do anything at this moment.
The emperor saw Ji Bai's madness and cast a pleading look at Lin Zhen, "Lin Zhen, as long as I am not dead, I promise you that I will overturn the verdict for Prince Chen and your father! Lin Zhen..."
"Shut up."
Ji Sui raised his hand again, and the emperor's hair crown was cut off, and his white hair fell down, making him look even more weird and miserable. He opened his eyes wide in fear for a moment, and then fainted.
The noisy sound finally disappeared, and Ji Sui turned around to support Lin Zhen who was walking towards him.
She placed her hand on his cold wristband, looked him in the eye, and whispered, "The Mobei Army will reach the capital in three days. Withdraw before dawn!"
Ji Sui looked at her deeply, his eyes scanning her face carefully. He reached out and smoothed her frown, "Don't worry about me. It's just the Mobei Army. 80,000, 100,000? Or 200,000?"
"The troops from Yizhou are about to march into the capital. Let's see who arrives faster." His thin, bright red lips were stained with blood, like poisoned petals, beautiful yet chilling. "Lin Zhen, I want you to be my queen."
Lin Zhen pushed his hand away and shook her head, "No, I don't want to be a queen."
His cold, wet lips suddenly kissed her forehead, "Lin Zhen, you are too weak now, you need to rest."
Under the eerie cover of iron armor, before dawn, the palace servants had replaced all the necessary equipment in the Changsheng Hall according to Ji Sui's requirements.
The exquisite imperial meal was served on the table, and Ji Sui held her and sat down.
"I can do it myself." Lin Zhen tried to take the silver chopsticks that Ji Sui held in front of her, but he dodged her and said in a deep voice, "You're injured."
Lin Zhen had no choice but to let him feed him the food mouthful by mouthful.
After the meal, Ji Wei helped her go to the inner hall.
There was a rustling sound behind him. Lin Zhen turned around and saw the girl sticking half of her body out from behind the table.
"don't want!"
A sharp hidden arrow was fired before her voice, which was slightly deflected by her voice and hit the girl's shoulder.
"Anyone who dares to leak the information will be killed without mercy!" Ji Bai's stern voice was heard, and the two soldiers in iron armor immediately drew their swords and crossed them across the girl's neck.
After dinner, Lin Zhen's strength had recovered a lot. She walked quickly to the table, pushed away the guards, and pulled the girl up from under the table.
"Sister... I, I'm hungry..." The girl looked at Lin Zhen with bright eyes. She didn't cry out in pain, but said she was hungry first.
Lin Zhen smiled lightly and breathed a sigh of relief. He turned to Ji Sui and said, "She was locked up with me and hasn't eaten in two days. She's just hungry. She didn't intend to go and tell anyone."
As Lin Zhen spoke, he helped the girl treat the wound. Fortunately, it was just a scratch.
Before she had even finished bandaging her shoulder, the young girl had already emptied the food on the table, ignoring the injury on her shoulder.
Ji Sui picked up Lin Zhen from the ground with displeasure and said, "Keep an eye on her and don't let her leave the Changsheng Palace."
After leaving a warning, he carried Lin Zhen to the inner hall.
It was already 10 noon, and the light shining through the screen window was extremely dazzling.
Ji Sui carried Lin Zhen into the couch, then stood up and drew all the curtains, leaving only dim light in the room.
Ji Sui sat on the edge of the bed and gently covered Lin Zhen's eyes with his big hands, "You should get some sleep."
Lin Zhen closed her eyes, but her heart was uneasy. She felt that Ji Bai was like a person standing on the edge of a cliff, who could fall into the abyss at any time.
His rebellion has no justification, so he is bound to have many opponents. Now he is mentally unstable and violent. Even if he succeeds in killing the king and taking the throne, the capital will be shrouded in blood.
But she didn't know how to stop him...
After a while, Lin Zhen slowly opened his eyes.
Ji Sui leaned over and asked, "What's wrong?"
She reached out from under the quilt and held his cold fingertips tightly. "Don't go anywhere. Stay here with me, okay?"
Ji Sui clasped his fingers together, his peach blossom eyes full of tenderness and affection: "Okay, I will always be with you."
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