Lin Zhiya fainted in public.
She lay on a bamboo mat padded with a fox fur cape and fell into a long dream.
In the second year of Zhaoli, Lin Zhiya entered the palace and became a beauty after five years. She did not get the sign-in system, Zhao Xiaoxiong was also adopted by Nian Zhaoyi, and Zhao Chen's misunderstanding of her gradually deepened.
Half of Zhao Chen's court was occupied by the Nian family. Nian Zhaoyi seemed to have drugged him, and Zhao Chen became more and more violent, beating and killing officials at will.
In the seventh year of Zhaoli, it snowed heavily. Lin Zhiya's soul came to this body and was stunned to find Nian Zhaoyi coming on the snow.
Her hands were already frozen. Lin Zhiya pulled at her thin clothes. There was no one in the hall. The elite soldiers brought by Concubine Nian were guarding outside the door.
Lin Zhiya gritted her teeth and said, "What are you doing here?"
Nian Zhaoyi sat down opposite her and calmly smoothed her dress. "Today, that little bitch Chi Rong was executed. You didn't save her. You must be very disappointed, right?"
Lin Zhiya stood up and was about to leave. She came to the door angrily, but was stopped by the elite soldiers.
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These people demonstrated the power of Concubine Nian, who had absolute power in the harem.
Lin Zhiya turned around and bent down to Nian Zhaoyi, "Chi Rong is dead, please let me go and let me leave here."
Nian Zhaoyi laughed triumphantly and threw down a bottle of poison: "If you want to leave, you must drink this. Your body will be sent out of the palace in a swill bucket tomorrow."
Lin Zhiya stared at the bottle of poison without saying a word.
Nian Zhaoyi likes to appreciate her cousin's lonely attitude, which is a good medicine to relieve her stress.
Nian Zhaoyi said: "Chi Rong is too stupid. She really thinks that she can squeeze into the palace just because of her old relationship with the emperor. In fact, once she enters the palace, I can kill her at my will."
Nian Zhaoyi: "She can only blame herself for causing trouble at this critical moment. We are the only two people in the palace who can compete with each other. She can't see the situation clearly."
Lin Zhiya said, "No one in this world can cure you, right?"
Nian Zhaoyi's eyes were fierce: "The Chi family has been transferred out of the capital, and the young general of the Chi family is also at the border and can't come back. I won't even let him know the news of Chi Rong's death!"
The poison on the table was the last words that Zhaoyi Nian left for Lin Zhiya, "If you don't drink it, it will be your turn soon. By then, the Fifth Prince will hate me. Just imagine how he will live in the future!"
Lin Zhiya sat alone in the room. After a long time, a voice woke her up.
A round-faced maid was lying on the crack of the door: "Lady Lin, the fifth prince will come tonight. I will guard the outside for you."
Lin Zhiya stuffed the poison into her sleeve and put on some rouge and powder in front of the bronze mirror, trying to look better.
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In the seventh year of Zhaoli, on the Spring Festival, the air was very cold.
The palace was decorated with lights and firecrackers were being set off outside. Lin Zhiya stayed in the yard and looked up at the fireworks.
Today is the last deadline given to her by Nian Zhaoyi. Nian Zhaoyi said that she doesn’t want to see Lin Zhiya again next year.
Lin Zhiya received news in the morning that Lin Yiyuan had been demoted to a remote town as a supervisor, and his mother and unmarried younger sister had also left with him.
She is the only one in this huge palace.
She was unable to end her life on her own. Lin Zhiya felt calm but unwilling to give up. She waited until the firecrackers were all set off and the palace gradually quieted down.
A group of guards kicked the door open: "Concubine Lin wanted to kill Queen Nian. The poison in her hand is the evidence. Queen Nian ordered us to arrest Concubine Lin."
Lin Zhiya was taken out of the yard by the guards. She was going to be imprisoned and wait for a confession, but Lin Zhiya knew that Nian Zhaoyi would not let her live to see that day, and she would be "dead of illness" in prison.
In prison, Lin Zhiya couldn't sleep all night. Cold water was poured on her body and the guards were waiting for her to sign.
Lin Zhiya just said: "Thank you for your trouble, but I don't want to die in an ugly way and make the Fifth Prince sad."
At noon, Lin Zhiya received Zhao Chen's imperial edict. Zhao Chen hastily judged Lin Zhiya's guilt, but he did not want to execute her later... but asked her to go to the border, immediately.
Is Zhao Chen still conscious? Lin Zhiya's eyes lit up and she stood up excitedly.
The round-faced maid was waiting for her with a bundle, "Lady Lin, please leave quickly. If we are late, the Queen will catch up with us and we won't be able to leave."
She went to the border. Lin Zhiya hoped that one day Zhao Chen would wake up, and then she might be able to reunite with the fifth prince and her mother.
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The eighth year of Zhaoli, the first month after Lin Zhiya left.
Zhao Chen called in old Imperial Physician Yu to take his pulse. He no longer called on people from the Imperial Hospital.
There was a sense of hostility between Zhao Chen's brows, and his whole body was filled with irritability. The atmosphere of the palace made him breathless, and he wanted to tear it all apart.
Only when he was with Concubine Nian could Zhao Chen feel a moment of relaxation.
Thinking of this, a trace of suspicion flashed across Zhao Chen's face. He had already asked all the servants in the hall to leave, and asked the old doctor Yu: "What is wrong with my body?"
Doctor Yu said tremblingly: "I feel that the emperor's pulse is not right, as if he took a poison prescription from southern Xinjiang. However, I really don't understand this... The poison doctor in southern Xinjiang is too weird."
Zhao Chen smashed the table over: "Get out, all of you, get out, you are all trash!"
At this time, an old woman in black cloth came in. Her hands were wrinkled like tree bark. "Your Majesty, the old prime minister spoke rudely to the queen. The queen wants your Majesty to punish the old prime minister."
The old lady Guanshu was brought by Nian Zhaoyi, who said that she was there to treat her body.
Zhao Chen sneered. Is Prime Minister Liu up to no good again? Just execute him. None of these old officials are content.
But for a moment, a glimmer of clarity flashed through Zhao Chen's mind. Prime Minister Liu's crime did not deserve the death penalty... The next moment, Zhao Chen was overwhelmed by the surge of irritability and cruelty.
Just before giving the order, Zhao Chen suddenly remembered to ask, "Did Doctor Guan Shu come from Southern Xinjiang?"
The old lady Guan Shu smiled strangely, "Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. I am indeed from Southern Xinjiang. Now I serve the Queen. Zhao is my home."
A sharp shout came from outside the hall, piercing Zhao Chen's heart like a knife.
Zhao Chen was sweating profusely, and a crack appeared in his heart that was beating continuously and as hard as stone. He just wanted to say that this was impossible.
The eunuch who reported the news knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, a dragon robe was found in the Lin family's house. It has been verified that Lord Lin made the dragon robe privately! The accomplice Chi Lesu has confessed."
Zhao Chen was about to be swallowed by the ferocious emotions. He shouted, "Send Chi Lesu to see me!"
Chi Lesu, the eldest son of the Chi family, the new top scholar, the most upright and uncorrupted person.
He wore white clothes to mourn Chi Rong, and in order to prevent his younger brother at the border from being moved by the queen, he verified the Lin family's rebellious intentions in the hall.
This was the only time Chi Lesu lied.
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