Lan Linxue and Lan Shanyang both kept serious expressions, pondering each other's thoughts, and neither was willing to speak first.
After dismissing all the eunuchs and maids, Jing Quan quickly poured Lan Linxue a glass of water, then went over and helped her up with heartache, saying softly, "Your Highness, what are you doing? How could you bear to let yourself get like this? Look at you, you haven't eaten or drunk anything for the past few days, and your complexion looks terrible."
As he spoke, Quan Jing carefully placed the tea in Lan Linxue's hands, and then quickly went to the side to bring her a bowl of bird's nest porridge.
Lan Linxue managed to drink a couple of sips of water, but as soon as she saw the bowl of porridge, she shook her head and said, "My throat hurts, I can't eat!"
Quan Jing quickly looked down and saw a deep purple scar on Lan Linxue's neck.
Quan Jing immediately exclaimed in alarm: "Oh dear, Your Highness, how can you possibly eat with such a serious injury? What were those damned servants doing? They let Your Highness suffer such a severe injury! The ligature marks on your neck are about to swell up. You won't be able to eat, let alone speak!"
At this point, Quan Jing started crying.
Instead of wailing, she wiped her tears with her sleeve, saying, "How pitiful our Crown Prince is! He lost his mother at such a young age, and his growth has been filled with hardship. He's always been preyed upon by wolves and tormented by tigers and leopards. How much suffering he's endured, how much worry the Emperor has had! We thought that now that he's older, our Crown Prince could live more comfortably, and the Emperor could rest easy. But who knew that the little wolves and tigers would grow up too? He hasn't had a single good day, and our Crown Prince has been driven to the brink of despair, even jumping off a cliff! If something really happens to him, how will the Emperor live? How will the deceased Empress rest in peace?"
At this point, Quan Jing burst into tears, collapsing to the ground and sobbing as if her father and mother had died.
Lan Shanyang originally wanted to take this opportunity to teach his son a lesson and completely dispel his evil idea. So, whether he hanged himself or burned down the house, he wanted to ignore it. In short, he would keep both of them going until they were dead.
As a result, upon hearing that Quan Jing was crying about Lan Linxue jumping off the cliff, he immediately felt uneasy.
Her perfectly healthy son was driven to jump off a cliff by someone. Luckily, Qin Kou'er was there that day. Otherwise, if her son had really been killed, she really wouldn't have been able to go on living.
Thinking of this, Lan Shanyang's heart immediately softened. She looked up at Lan Linxue and saw that she was indeed pale and weak, with a striking purple mark on her neck. Coupled with her unparalleled beauty in the sky, she looked truly pitiful.
Lan Shanyang is the kind of person who absolutely cannot feel sorry for someone, especially for Lan Linxue.
Whenever he thinks about his son suffering and being harmed by others, no matter how much trouble Lan Linxue has caused or how many people he has wronged, he immediately forgets everything and only thinks about the topic of "why should his own son be bullied by others!"
He was the emperor, and his son was the crown prince. If even his own son could be bullied, what was the point of being emperor? Where was his dignity? How could he face his deceased wife?
If Lan Linxue hadn't caused such a ruckus, he wouldn't have done this to his son. He would have arrested and severely beaten the people who bullied Lan Linxue long ago.
Thinking about all this, Lan Shanyang's thoughts immediately changed, completely and utterly changed.
For example, right now.
Although Lan Shanyang's face remained cold, he stood up and walked to Lan Linxue's side. "Lift your head and let me see!"
Lan Linxue was perfectly aware of her father's feelings.
From the moment he started crying, he knew his father would definitely let him go this time.
He and Jing Quan have used this self-inflicted injury tactic countless times since they were children. Every time he gets into trouble and his father is about to punish him severely, Jing Quan pulls this stunt, and then he adds a pitiful look—it never fails. Lan Shanyang will definitely end up protecting his own and causing trouble for others.
So, when Quan Jing started crying, he immediately put on a pitiful act, as if he were being bullied, to show Lan Shan Yang.
Lan Shanyang only glanced at him and felt that her son was really pitiful. Although he had done something wrong, he must have been forced to do it by others.
At this moment, Lan Linxue heard the instruction to raise her head and immediately obediently looked up.
If he continues to act stubborn or stubborn at this point, then he is the biggest idiot and moron in the world.
Lan Shanyang, upon seeing the wound, immediately flew into a rage and roared at the scene on the ground: "The Crown Prince hanged himself, didn't they save him in time? Did they have the guts to just stand by and watch? Go! Take one of you outside out and give him twenty lashes. Remember this lesson!"
Upon hearing this, Quan Jing immediately stopped crying, quickly stood up, said "Yes," and walked out.
Upon exiting the door, he saw Lan Qingtian still leaning against the entrance, idly fiddling with a dagger. He smiled, nodded, and said softly, "It's all done! Your Highness needn't worry!"
Lan Qingtian immediately spat and glared at the room with disgust, muttering under her breath, "They're all scoundrels! They never learn! They're already feeling sorry for their son! I don't know who said they wanted to send him a sturdier hanging rope."
Quan Jing quickly comforted Lan Qingtian, "Your Highness, please don't dwell on those things! Harmony in the family brings prosperity!"
Lan Qingtian glanced lazily at the panoramic view and said with a wicked smile, "It must be you, old man, sitting on the ground crying again! It's really strange, you and Lan Linxue have been performing this double act for so many years, how could Lan Shanyang still fall for it!"
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