Chapter 123: All Just Ants
What did Yunji do?
Do you want to find out what she knows?
Feeling the cold armor, like a sharp blade, it seemed to cut not only her face, but also her life.
If you answer carelessly, the blade will fall.
"The prince didn't say anything, so I won't ask."
"Oh? Aren't you supposed to talk about everything?" Queen Lin frowned slightly, obviously dissatisfied with the answer.
"I don't understand other things, but after being a slave for five years, I also know that there are some things that you can only live longer if you don't know them." Su Rui looked directly at Queen Lin without showing any fear.
Looking at her pair of beautiful and charming peach blossom eyes, Queen Lin's smile deepened, so deep that it was impossible to see the expression in her eyes, let alone what she was thinking.
A moment later, a thin layer of sweat covered Su Rui's forehead before someone came to report, "Your Majesty, Prince Yong has arrived and wants to take Concubine Su back to the palace."
Empress Lin then removed her hand and returned to her previous demeanor, smiling and saying jokingly, "You really care about you so much that you come to me so late to ask for me, as if you were afraid that I would eat you."
Su Rui was also wondering why Yun Ji came so quickly.
Now that the emperor knows about it, shouldn’t Yun Ji and the emperor have a lot to talk about when they meet?
So fast, is there a problem over there too?
Looking at Queen Lin, Su Rui had a bold guess in his mind.
Queen Lin seemed to be able to guess what Su Rui was thinking, but she just waved her hand nonchalantly and said, "Go ahead. Don't let that foolish boy think that I won't let him go and rush in again."
It is a serious crime for the brother-in-law to break into the emperor's sister-in-law's bedroom without being summoned. Su Rui didn't know what was going on with Yun Ji, so he didn't dare to delay and hurriedly retreated.
Queen Lin curled up the corners of her mouth in a playful smile and turned back to continue pruning the branches.
When Su Rui walked out of Fengqi Palace, she saw Yun Ji standing outside with an anxious look on his face.
Seeing her come out, he quickly stepped forward, grabbed her hand and asked, "Are you okay?"
Su Rui shook her head. "It's okay. Where's the prince?"
"We'll talk on the way."
Su Rui also understood that this was not the place to talk, so she followed Yun Ji, and the two of them walked out of the palace, one in front and the other behind.
It was not until they reached a relatively quiet palace road that Yun Ji whispered to Su Rui about the situation in the Yangxin Palace.
"The emperor is under house arrest?" Su Rui widened her eyes in surprise. She had never imagined that Queen Lin had such great power in the palace that she could actually put the emperor under house arrest.
This was far bolder than the guess in her mind.
But if you change your mind, it fits everything.
It was Queen Lin who deliberately let them in today.
Just let them see with their own eyes that she has the final say in this palace.
Queen Lin never thought of torturing her or teaching her a lesson, because in Queen Lin's eyes, she and even Yun Ji were just ants.
She didn't care whether they knew the inside story, how much they knew, or whether they had evidence.
But she would not look down on the ants. Instead, she would let the ants see the gap between them, which was a huge difference.
If they were stubborn and insisted on fighting against obstacles, they would not be able to leave as easily as they are today.
Moreover, she held the emperor in her hands.
Suddenly, Su Rui knew.
Queen Lin is the latter.
She just felt that the eldest prince deserved to die.
She didn't care about her children, she didn't care about her husband, she didn't care about anyone who stood in her way.
Su Rui thought that she had already become heartless and cold-hearted about the matter of rebirth, but she could not be as hard-hearted as Queen Lin.
What can't such a person do?
Not to mention the Lin family, just Queen Lin...
Just as my heart was trembling with shock at what happened today, my hand felt warmly wrapped around it.
It was Yunji's hand that held hers.
"Don't be afraid."
His voice and big hand seemed to carry some kind of power, dispelling the fear and uneasiness rising in Su Rui's heart.
She raised her eyes, looked at his profile and his determined eyes, and came back to her senses.
She chose the thigh herself and is now on this path. It is useless to be afraid. Why bother?
"I'm not afraid. I'm yours in life, but I'm not planning on dying for now." Su Rui held Yun Ji's fingers with her backhand, then took the initiative to pull Yun Ji and walked quickly, saying, "Let's go back to the palace, Your Highness."
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At the same time, thousands of miles away.
Prince Long was on his way back to the capital with an army of 100,000 when he received a letter from the capital. He opened it and saw the contents. His eyes lit up immediately. He looked at his younger brother, General Tang, and said happily, "Fourth brother, our Tang family's opportunity has arrived."
General Tang was inexplicable.
Prince Long said little, but just slapped the letter in his hand against his chest.
General Tang took the letter and frowned at its contents. "With the First Prince's death, the position of Crown Prince is in turmoil. And with the Second Prince not in the capital, I'm afraid there will be a storm brewing. How can there be any chance?"
"The Second Prince is not here, but Prince Yong is here. He is also the orthodox royal family and was the most favored choice for the crown prince by the late emperor." Prince Long was beaming with joy, and his words lent hidden meaning.
General Tang's expression changed, and he looked back, signaling Prince Long to be careful with his words and actions.
"What are you afraid of? We're all family." Prince Long didn't care at all, instead raising his voice even louder. "As long as Li Li marries that boy Yun Ji and becomes Prince Yong's consort, why shouldn't we support him? Wasn't that what the Lin family did back then? If his Lin family can do it, why can't our Tang family?"
General Tang felt reluctant to mention Tang Yuli, but before he could open his mouth, the messenger received a carrier pigeon, quickly took out the note from the bamboo tube, and handed it to Prince Long.
Unfolding it, Prince Long's expression changed, as if he was considering something. He then said to General Tang, "Alright, we've arrived. You can lead the troops back to the garrison and hand them over. I will return to the capital directly from Lin'an to report."
Lin'an, that's not where the second prince is.
Realizing that the note might contain something, General Tang grabbed Prince Long's reins and whispered a reminder: "Brother, the best way to succeed is to defend the building. Playing both sides is not necessarily the best way to succeed."
"I know, why do I need you to teach me? Just do what you should do. Don't worry, I will not treat Li Li unfairly no matter what." Pulling back the reins, Prince Long turned his horse's head and headed in another direction with his two hundred guards.
General Tang could not return to Shengjing. He could only watch the rolling yellow sand raised by Prince Long's horse's hooves, recalling what Tang Yuli looked like when she was a child, and wondered if the girl looked exactly like the one in the portrait.
Even though he was worried, he knew that his elder brother would not treat his daughter badly.
Prince Yong?
If he is sincere to Li Li and has the potential to be a wise ruler, it is not a bad idea to support him.
Thinking of this, General Tang temporarily put aside all his worries and disagreements and led his troops to the garrison.
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