Chapter 386: An's Dream
In the end, the queen couldn't persuade Xiao Zhian and agreed to let him leave the palace.
But secretly instructed the eunuch beside Xiao Zhian, "Follow the Second Prince, and report back to me truthfully what he said and did."
Although Xiao An had just acted coquettishly with her as before and persuaded her to agree, she could see that the child was hiding something.
Perhaps he dreamed more than she imagined, but he said nothing. Was it because he no longer trusted her, or because he couldn't bear to destroy the relationship between them as mother and son?
The queen was thinking about something and went to Xiao Pei's room again.
She was still lying straight, but this time the man could no longer use words to provoke her. His eyes were open, but they were empty and his expression was dull.
Although his soul was dispersed, the life-resisting formation and soul fire were still there. Xiao Pei was still an immortal living dead, but he no longer had the normal thinking ability.
"Xiao Pei?"
Hearing the queen's voice, Xiao Pei's eyes slowly turned and he looked at the queen blankly.
The Queen reached out and pulled him up, "Get up."
Xiao Peizhen held her hand and climbed up.
The Queen had never seen Xiao Pei so obedient before. She was stunned for a moment, then burst into laughter. When she had finished laughing, she said, "Xiao Pei, go lie down on the bed."
Xiao Pei lay down obediently without hesitation. The queen didn't expect that the unconscious Xiao Pei could be so well-behaved.
She gestured for Xiao Pei to lie down a little further inside, and Xiao Pei did as she was told. She then lay down beside him, tilting her head to gently stroke Xiao Pei's face, which looked like it was chiseled by a knife and an axe, "You are more likable when you are quiet.
If I had known you would be so obedient if I hadn't gathered souls for you, I wouldn't have mobilized so many people to select those scholars. Now I'm still under suspicion, but fortunately, they don't have any evidence."
Although Xiao Pei was well-behaved now, he didn't know how to respond. The queen looked at him for a while, and a sneer appeared at the corner of her lips.
"Well, I'll let you rest for a while and teach you a lesson, so you know who holds your life in their hands.
You've become a well-behaved person thanks to some unexpected luck, but our Xiao An has other thoughts. You two, father and son, really give me a lot of worry. How can I make him trust me alone?"
Of course, Xiao Zhian had no idea what the Queen was planning. When he arrived at the Prince's Mansion, he did not rush to see Lin Lanting. Instead, he went to find Shi Yu.
The old ancestor saw that Shi Yu was not in good spirits, so he just said the important things and left without staying long. When Xiao Zhian arrived, Shi Yu was resting in bed.
Seeing that his face was pale and he looked weak, Xiao Zhian was startled, "Brother Crown Prince, what's wrong with you?"
If there is nothing wrong, the prince will not lie in bed during the day.
"It's okay, you will be fine after a few days of rest. Why are you back?" Shi Yu asked.
Xiao Zhian lowered his head and said, "I'm worried about my uncle's injury."
Thinking of something, he said to the eunuch beside him, "Go tell my uncle that I will go see him later."
"Your Highness, you are injured..."
"Why, as your master, I can't order you around anymore?" Xiao Zhian's face darkened.
Seeing that he was angry, the eunuch left reluctantly.
Shi Yu knew that Xiao Zhian probably had something to say to him, so he signaled Dong Zang Jingzhe to go out and guard as well.
But before letting the two men go out, he gestured to them to move the low couch by the window to the front of the bed so that Xiao Zhian could lie down on it.
Xiao Zhian's injuries had not healed yet, and he was indeed uncomfortable sitting. He didn't care whether his posture was elegant or not, and simply let Dong Zang help him climb up.
After they lay down, the two brothers were the only ones left in the room. He joked, "Now it seems like we're in the same boat."
Shi Yu twitched the corner of his mouth.
There were more than just the two of them injured in the mansion, there was also Lin Lanting's engaged couple.
After Xiao Zhian finished speaking, he also thought of the two of them. His voice dropped and he asked directly, "Brother Crown Prince, will you kill me?"
After returning to the palace, he thought about it for a long time. No matter what happened in the dream, he believed in the prince in reality, so he decided to ask him directly.
Shi Yu's brows furrowed.
Thinking of Xiao Zhian's strange behavior that day, he was silent for a moment and asked, "Will Xiaoan hurt me or the people he cares about, or do something that is detrimental to the people?"
"No." Xiao Zhian shook his head.
Shi Yu laughed, "Then why did the prince want to kill you?"
"Brother Crown Prince." Xiao Zhian propped up his upper body with his arms, bringing himself and Shi Yu closer. "I had a dream. In the dream, you gave me poisoned wine."
The poison penetrated his intestines and caused him immense pain. He seemed to still be able to feel the pain in his dream.
"But the prince brother in my dream is different from you now. The you in my dream is polite to me on the surface, but treats me badly in private.
There was no sister-in-law or Miss Wei San in the dream, but my uncle and Lady Xia were married, and my mother had indeed long wanted to arrange a marriage for my uncle."
He also knew what his grandfather was doing. He didn't know what it meant before, but after experiencing that dream, he understood.
My grandfather didn't want the Queen Mother to arrange a marriage for my uncle. If it weren't for Miss Wei San, and if my grandfather hadn't made such a fuss, the Queen Mother might have already arranged a marriage for my uncle and Lady Xia.
That coincides with the dream.
So, he was confused.
He became even more worried. He was afraid that his mother would really attack his uncle as she did in his dream.
He wanted to ask for help from his brother the prince and his sister-in-law, asking them to help protect his uncle.
Shi Yu quickly figured it out. Xiao Zhian's dream must be his memory from his previous life.
No wonder he suddenly advised the queen to give up power that day. I guess in his dream the queen was in power and did something extremely bad, so that Zhian felt that the queen was not worthy of being in power.
How come Xiao An's dream was different? And how could Xiao Yan not be by his side?
Could it be that in the previous life, Shi Dehou succeeded in taking over another person's body?
If Shi Dehou succeeded in taking over Xiao Yan's body, he would have died in his teens. Naturally, he would not have been able to offer his soul fire to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan would not have been able to come back to life.
But why was Shi Dehou able to take over another body successfully in his previous life?
While he was lost in thought, he heard Xiao Zhian say again, "Brother Crown Prince, my uncle is dead."
His voice was choked with sobs. "Can you let him stay in the Crown Prince's Mansion to recuperate? Can you let the doctor from Da Wei treat him?"
The Lin family is the Queen Mother's family. It is much easier for the Queen Mother to do anything than in the Prince's Mansion. He also does not trust the imperial physician left behind by the Queen Mother.
During the last assassination attempt, Shi Yu saw that the Queen had murderous intentions towards Lin Lanting. Hearing Xiao Zhian's words, his heart still tightened as he looked at Xiao Zhian with red eyes.
He felt a little complicated, but finally said, "Okay, Prince Brother agrees."
Regardless of whether Zhian is his biological brother or not, he is always sincere to his brother and his heart is kind.
Patting his shoulder, he said, “Zhi An, don’t tell anyone about these dreams. Leave your worries to me, brother.
Those are just dreams, you... just be yourself as before."
Don't get involved in anything.
He saw clearly the pain on Xiao Zhian's face that day, and he seemed to be carrying a heavy burden at the moment, which showed that Xiao Zhian's previous life must have been unbearable.
But since that was his previous life, and this life is different from the previous one, he is willing to protect his younger brother as much as possible.
Perhaps, Zhi'an's happiness is not much left.
There has to be a break between Shi Yu and the Queen, and Zhi An chose to come here today, probably because he no longer trusts the Queen in his heart.
After hearing what he said, Xiao Zhian loosened his arms and buried his face in the pillow.
Before Shi Yu could say anything else, Dong Zang knocked on the door and came in, his expression solemn, "Master, the Dali Temple Minister sent someone to report that Liang Yongan and Yuepin committed suicide out of fear of punishment."
Originally, tomorrow was the day the two would be executed.
After the fact that the concubine's son was switched was exposed, Shi Yu planned to postpone the punishment of the two and re-examine them in an attempt to make them give up the queen.
But too many things happened in these three days, and he and Wei Qingyan hardly had a moment's rest. Now, the procedure of postponing the execution has not been completed, and the person has died.
Although he repeatedly instructed to keep a close eye on the two, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple was once the Queen's man, and there must be her people under him. If the Queen wanted to silence him, it would be difficult to guard against it.
Shi Yu knew very well that such difficulties were just the beginning.
After hearing this, Xiao Zhian's body stiffened slightly. After Dongzang left, he raised his head again and said, "Brother Crown Prince, I have something else to tell you."
He is not stupid. How could a man like Liang Yongan commit suicide out of fear of punishment? He was silenced. The only person who could do such a thing quietly in the Dali Temple was probably his mother.
Therefore, he decided to reveal more to his brother, the Crown Prince. He could not allow his mother to make mistakes.
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