The eighth year of Zhaoli, the first month that Lin Zhiya arrived at the border.
She told the youngest son of the Chi family, Chi Xuanye, the news that Chi Rong was killed by Nian Zhaoyi. Chi Xuanye cut off Lin Zhiya's hair with a knife, wanting to kill her with murderous intent.
Lin Zhiya said coldly: "You can continue to play deaf and dumb."
General Chi ordered her not to go near the army tent, so Lin Zhiya slept back to back with the round-faced girl all night.
They picked up a lot of wood and started a fire. Sparks occasionally flew out and made tiny popping sounds.
The firelight reflected on the faces of the two people. Lin Zhiya asked the round-faced girl curiously: "Do I know you? Why did you follow me here to suffer?"
She said: "In the palace, the queen often beat the servants with a stick. I was afraid that I would be beaten to death by her. I used to be a third-class maid in the beauty's courtyard."
Lin Zhiya said: "Where is your home?"
The round-faced girl replied, "In Shaocheng, Xuanzhou, I have been away from home for seven or eight years. My parents should have raised my brother... I don't know if the money at home is enough."
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Lin Zhiya said: "Go home, back to Shaocheng."
The round-faced girl said, "What about the beauty? Go with me and wait until the emperor knows that the beauty did not harm the queen."
Lin Zhiya wondered, when would this day come?
At this time, a horse galloped by, and the rider on the horse held up a letter and shouted, "A letter from the Chi family! Chi Lesu has confessed his crime, and the entire Lin family has been executed for treason!"
There was a bright red spot on the snow, Lin Zhiya's hands were covered in blood, and she fainted.
The mother who had been demoted had walked such a long way and should be packing her luggage at this moment, muttering about how useless Lin Yiyuan was. How come her entire family was executed?
In front of the eunuchs from the capital, Chi Xuanye insisted that Concubine Lin who was sent here had died of illness.
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In the eighth year of Zhaoli, the second month after Lin Zhiya arrived at the border, the weather in the capital had gradually warmed up, but it was still snowing at the border.
Lin Zhiya no longer wears women's clothes, and the round-faced girl is dressed up as a soldier.
Lin Zhiya learned some medical skills from the military doctor. She helped the military doctor during the day and went to learn martial arts with Chi Xuanye at night.
According to Chi Xuanye, "It's too boring here. Teaching Lin Zhiya martial arts is as fun as playing with a cat, even though she can't learn anything special."
As usual, Lin Zhiya was waiting for General Chi at the old place, listening to the soldiers doing drills outside and Han Ye's horse chewing hay.
She waited for a long time. An hour had passed since the usual time, but Chi Xuanye still hadn't arrived. Instead, there was a commotion in the army.
The person carried in this time was Chi Xuanye. He was hit by a poisoned arrow and his upper body was soaked with blood.
Because of the Chi family's involvement, the emperor wanted to recall Chi Xuanye and issued several imperial edicts in succession. The army retreated overnight due to harassment by horse thieves and bandits, and Chi Xuanye had been in a coma for two days.
The military doctor also ran away, so Lin Zhiya had to stay with Chi Xuanye and apply herbal paste on his wounds.
Chi Xuanye said in a half-awake state: "What medicine did you use? Why does it feel so spicy? Lin Zhiya, please don't poison me to death."
Lin Zhiya said quietly, "I've tried every medicine I could find. Who knows what it is?"
Chi Xuanye's eyes were wide open, but his delicate face weakened his fear. After a while, he said, "I need to go downstairs to relieve myself."
Lin Zhiya helped him out of the tent, where he was frozen by the snow. After a while, Chi Xuanye came back with difficulty, huddled in bed.
Lin Zhiya said: "Don't worry, General Chi, I will always watch over you."
Chi Xuanye didn't know whether he heard it or not, and closed his eyes.
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As expected, Chi Xuanye's injuries did not heal. The poison on the arrow was from southern Xinjiang, and no one here could cure it.
Chi Lesu sacrificed himself and the Lin family, but ultimately failed to save Chi Xuanye. How could Nian Zhaoyi leave Chi Xuanye, this evil wolf? When she thought that Chi Xuanye was still alive, she felt like a knife was hanging over her head.
Lin Zhiya and the round-faced girl left the border. Lin Zhiya sometimes thought of the scene when Chi Xuanye asked her to leave that evening.
She missed the Fifth Prince. The last time she saw him was on the Spring Festival.
The people who went to southern Xinjiang came back without finding the antidote. Old Lady Guanshu was the only one who knew the antidote.
On the day Lin Zhiya returned to the palace, Concubine Nian wanted to hang her in front of all the civil and military officials in the court. The Fifth Prince even forced the emperor to abdicate in order to plead for his mother.
After the chaos ended, Zhao Chen slapped Nian Zhaoyi, who wanted to punish the Fifth Prince, and told her never to set her sights on the Fifth Prince, who must be the Crown Prince.
The fifth prince stood in front of Lin Zhiya. He had grown into a young man, and his eyebrows and eyes looked very much like Lin Zhiya. He clenched his fists, and blood flowed out of his palms: "Mother, I buried my grandmother. She has been thinking about you."
He whispered to Lin Zhiya: "I don't want to be the crown prince, I just want Nian Wanyan to die."
The fifth prince hacked the old woman Guanshu to death with a knife. Nian Zhaoyi screamed in fear. Many poisonous snakes came out of the old woman Guanshu's body, and her hideous appearance scared away everyone.
Even Zhao Chen was stunned, and the ministers shouted: "Witchcraft... It's witchcraft. It turns out that such evil people are harming our Zhao State."
Zhao Chen's deep-seated hatred for witchcraft made him angrily question Nian Zhaoyi: "Nian Wanyan, what on earth did you do!"
Nian Zhaoyi did not dare to recognize the old woman who was about to turn into water, and said tremblingly: "I don't know, I just took her in because I felt sorry for her."
The old woman who was watching the tree said hoarsely, full of hatred: "You stole the throne, and without me you will all die. Queen, do you really not care about the favor I stole the throne for you?"
Poison! Poison! The old lady Guanshu used up her last bit of strength to tell Zhao Chen that Nian Zhaoyi had used poison to control Zhao Chen, but she completely turned into a pool of water and disappeared.
Everyone knew that Concubine Nian used witchcraft. Zhao Chen's brutal character, which had been fostered by the drugs, was completely exposed, and Concubine Nian was put on the gallows by Zhao Chen.
Zhao Chen: "Sometimes I wonder why I have become like this. It turns out that you cursed me with witchcraft."
Nian Zhaoyi cried and said, "I didn't do that. The emperor is just sick. That's why he is like this."
Zhao Chen smiled coldly: "Then it must be the medicine you gave me that made me sick."
Nian Zhaoyi said: "Your Majesty, please don't kill me. I still want to play music for you."
Nian Zhaoyi was eventually released, and she placed a drug on the pipa that would relieve Zhao Chen's addiction.
This was given to her by the old lady Guanshu. She first made Zhao Chen addicted to a drug. Without this drug, his thinking would become confused and his temper would become bad.
Only by placing the corresponding medicine in the air can Zhao Chen's mood be temporarily relieved.
Three days later, due to the death of old lady Guanshu, Nian Zhaoyi's medicine ran out, and Zhao Chen looked at her with murderous eyes.
Lin Zhiya went to ask the young imperial teacher to tell her fortune, and it turned out that she was the one whose luck was stolen.
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