Gradually, the coughing sounds in the room slowed down, and after a while, Lin Jinghan came out pushing a wheelchair.
"Since the emperor has summoned me, I will go." Sikong Zhan sat in a wheelchair. Although his face was pale, he did not look as gray as a dying person.
Prince Jingnan didn't cough to death. The eunuch chief was relieved and winked at the young eunuch beside him. The young eunuch understood and hurried over to Sikong Zhan, "Your Highness, let me push you."
Lin Jinghan's eyes became stern as she glanced at the young eunuch and said, "Not just anyone can push the prince's wheelchair!" After that, she pushed Sikong Zhan and slowly walked forward.
The young eunuch was startled and took two steps back involuntarily.
The chief eunuch stopped Lin Jinghan not far away and sneered, "Princess Jingnan, the emperor said that Prince Jingnan must enter the palace alone. Today, I'm afraid that the servants will have to push Prince Jingnan's wheelchair."
"Are you sure?" Lin Jinghan stopped and stared at the chief eunuch. The cold light in her eyes startled the chief eunuch and he subconsciously took two steps back.
When the eunuch chief came to his senses, Lin Jinghan had already pushed Sikong Zhan away. Wiping the cold sweat from his forehead, the eunuch chief did not try to stop Lin Jinghan. He waved his hand and led his men to follow Lin Jinghan's footsteps.
After the group walked away, Tang Xun dared to wipe the sweat from his forehead: Oh my God, He Chao actually dared to go to the palace in front of the prince, and Xin'er even went with him! What if this is exposed?
Turning around, Tang Xun was startled to see the "Princess" walking out. "Princess?"
"Brother, it's me!" Tang Xin made a face and took off the mask, revealing her true appearance - an oval face, willow-shaped eyebrows, smiling eyes, and a naughty dimple, which was beautiful and lively.
"Xin'er?" Tang Xun looked at his sister, then at the direction the prince and princess had left, and asked, "Who was that person who just entered the palace?"
"It's the prince and princess." Tang Xin recounted what had just happened in the room.
It turned out that because he had anticipated that the emperor would summon Prince Jingnan to the palace as soon as possible, Sikong Zhan ordered people to detonate the gunpowder three hours after they set out to return to the capital. When the eunuch who delivered the emperor's order arrived, he had just secretly returned to Prince Jingnan's mansion.
Just now, when Tang Xin returned, the real owner was replaced by two fake people.
Tang Xun finally felt relieved: Now that the prince was back, they didn't have to worry about anything.
Even though Sikong Zhan was sitting in a wheelchair and looked sick, his aura was still powerful. The eunuchs in the palace did not dare to make things difficult for him. They took Prince Jingnan all the way to the imperial study in a sedan chair and then put the sedan chair down.
Lin Jinghan jumped down from the sedan chair and pushed Sikong Zhan towards the imperial study.
"Princess Jingnan, please stay! No one is allowed to enter the imperial study without being summoned!" The eunuch guarding the door walked around Sikong Zhan in the wheelchair and stopped Lin Jinghan.
"The poison in the prince's body can only be controlled by me, the princess. Wherever the prince goes, I will go there. You are stopping me, but do you want to murder my prince?" Lin Jinghan's tone was cold, and there was no warmth in her eyes.
Last time, she came to the palace alone and was schemed against by the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, mother and son, but she was powerless to fight back. This time, she came in with a golden thigh, and she had to get back at them. Besides, her prince had said that they couldn't bring shame to the Jingnan Palace, so when facing these eunuchs who were relying on the power of others, the more ruthless they were, the better - of course, she herself was not a fox relying on the power of others! At most, she was a wife relying on her husband's power...
Oh, a country girl, really thinks she's a princess? The eunuch still stopped Lin Jinghan, showing no sign of backing down. "The Emperor has only summoned Prince Jingnan. Please wait outside. There are plenty of imperial doctors in the palace, so there's no need for you to worry about it."
Lin Jinghan got angry when she heard the eunuch's sarcastic voice. She was thinking about whether to break the eunuch's hand, but Sikong Zhan made a move:
"How can you stop my princess?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a bang, and the eunuch was blown away by Sikong Zhan's energy.
"Cough cough..." Sikong Zhan coughed twice, and his face seemed to become paler.
The eunuchs and palace maids around were stunned - they would never have thought that the seriously ill Prince Jingnan would disregard his own health and forcefully use his internal energy just to stand up for a princess who would only bring shame to the Prince Jingnan's Mansion!
"Let's go." Sikong Zhan said softly.
Lin Jinghan glanced at the frightened palace maid, smiled, pushed the wheelchair, and strode into the imperial study.
The emperor had heard the noise outside, and a eunuch was reporting to him about the "disrespect" of Lin Jinghan and Sikong Zhan.
There were several ministers standing nearby, discussing something in low voices.
"Greetings, Your Majesty." Sikong Zhan bowed to the emperor, still lying in the wheelchair, with no intention of performing a salute, not even pretending.
Sikong Zhan did not salute, so Lin Jinghan was naturally not stupid enough to salute. In order not to hinder Sikong Zhan, she also imitated Sikong Zhan and bowed, "Your Majesty, your servant greets you." Then she continued to hold on to the wheelchair, without caring about the emperor's face at all.
The emperor looked at Lin Jinghan with dissatisfaction: This woman was so respectful when she saw him last time, but this time, she actually dared to ignore the emperor's majesty. After he deals with Prince Jingnan, he will make her pay!
"Prince Jingnan, Wu Yan said that you led the troops to destroy Jile Village. Is this true?" He handed Wu Yan's testimony to the eunuch beside him. The eunuch took it respectfully and passed it to Sikong Zhan.
Sikong Zhan didn't even look at the testimony in the eunuch's hand. Lin Jinghan reached out and took it, opened it, and put it on Sikong Zhan's legs.
Sikong Zhan glanced at the testimony and quickly read it through. What was written there was indeed the situation when he broke through the Jile Village that day, without any exaggeration. This Wu Yan was quite honest.
"That's right. Wu Yan took over the mountain and became its king. He committed many evil deeds and posed a serious threat to the security of the towns near Bugui Mountain. On the way back, I destroyed him." Sikong Zhan sat up straighter and said solemnly:
“I know that the Emperor must have wanted to get rid of Wu Yan, otherwise he wouldn’t have sent troops to encircle and suppress him so many times. However, he was unable to defeat Wu Yan and had to return empty-handed.
This time, the Jingnan Army has made great contributions in suppressing the bandits. Although this achievement is insignificant compared to the victory over the Nanzhao Kingdom, even a small mosquito is still meat. Moreover, suppressing bandits is a good thing that benefits the country and the people. The emperor summoned me here, I wonder what reward he wants to give the Jingnan Army?"
Lin Jinghan looked at Sikong Zhan in shock. Wasn't he attacking Jile Village to avenge Dai Shao? How could this be misinterpreted as a sign of concern for the country and its people? Although she had long witnessed Sikong Zhan's shamelessness, she had never imagined that this fellow's shamelessness would reach such a level! Really, when it comes to shamelessness, he ranks second, and no one dares to rank first!
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