"Perhaps Lan Ling is indeed the Imperial Advisor, but if he wants to perform a ritual to suppress a person's fate, he needs to rely on someone else."
"Just like the fingers I saw in that dream, they didn't look like Lan Ling's fingers at all, they looked more like Shen Nanxun's!"
Hearing Chi Tang's words, Emperor Huiwu suddenly understood: "That's right. If Lan Ling could really suppress other people's fates so easily, how could he have fallen to such a state?"
Although Lan Ling was not imprisoned, she was still under the control of others.
At the very least, he doesn't dare leave the Princess's residence now.
Chi Tang also said, "I've been wondering for a while what the relationship is between the Imperial Preceptor and Shen Nanxun. I later found out that Hongling, the maidservant by Shen Nanxun's side, is not from the Earl's mansion, but seems to be a female disciple of the Imperial Preceptor!"
"The Imperial Advisor's female disciple?"
"Yes. So now it seems more like the Imperial Preceptor sent his female disciple to monitor Shen Nanxun, and at the same time wanted to control Shen Nanxun at any time. If he really wanted to perform the ritual through Shen Nanxun."
Emperor Huiwu nodded.
This conjecture is not impossible.
The eldest princess didn't quite understand, but there was one thing she did understand.
"Tangtang, do you mean that Lan Ling can't suppress Chen Yi's destiny?"
“Your Highness, perhaps Lan Ling can do it. But with me here, I will absolutely not let anything happen to Brother Chenyi.”
Chi Tang subconsciously touched the lotus mark between her eyebrows.
In fact, neither Emperor Huiwu nor the eldest princess knew about the lotus mark.
Apart from Chen Yi and the Chi family, no one knew.
Chi Tang didn't want to tell anyone, but if anything happened to Brother Chenyi, she would definitely not stand idly by.
"Do you have a solution?"
Emperor Huiwu asked.
Chi Tang said, "Your Majesty, actually, when I was confronting Shen Nanxun before, I heard him say that I was able to come here because of them."
I was wondering why they went to such lengths to summon my soul here from a thousand years in the future.
It couldn't be that they summoned me specifically because I restrained them, could it?
Everything in the universe has its counterpart. So I was thinking, if Heaven gave the Imperial Advisor such abilities, then there must be something that can restrain him.
And I am that being.
My arrival was not something the Grand Preceptor and his advisors summoned on purpose. Rather, they sensed it and chose to take the initiative.
Many subsequent events proved that I did indeed possess the ability to restrain the Imperial Advisor.
It's less about ability and more about talent.
The ability that God gave her.
She thought that her space was about to disappear, and she would no longer have precognitive dreams, probably because the Imperial Advisor was about to go offline.
He can no longer cause trouble, which is why he did this.
"But if the Imperial Advisor really can only accomplish these things by relying on Shen Nanxun, then why didn't he do anything when Shen Nanxun was arrested?"
Emperor Huiwu calmly countered with a question.
According to Chi Tang's reasoning, Shen Nanxun is indispensable to the Imperial Advisor.
So when Shen Nanxun was arrested, how could the Imperial Advisor not do something?
"Perhaps the Imperial Advisor did it, but failed?" Chi Tang thought of the deceased Hong Ling.
They have been unable to find out who killed Hongling.
Now that I think about it, it's very likely that Lan Ling did it himself!
It just so happens that the Eldest Princess came to visit the Chi family that day, but Lan Ling did not go with her, so Lan Ling had the time.
She remembered that her brother Chenyi had said that Lan Ling's kung fu was very good.
"Hongling was sent by the Imperial Advisor to monitor Shen Nanxun, but also to protect him. There was also that man in black. But the Imperial Advisor probably didn't expect that the sword fanatic Ru Fan was sent by Brother Chenyi to my house to teach Changsheng. So that person couldn't take Shen Nanxun away."
As for Hongling... she probably liked Shen Nanxun. She could tell that Shen Nanxun was determined to die, so she did not carry out the Grand Preceptor's orders.
The Imperial Advisor could do nothing; in fact, he had to worry about whether Hongling would betray him. That's why, on the day Shen Nanxun died, when the Princess came to my house, he happened to be able to go out alone to assassinate her.
"...That day, right, I remember that the clothes he took off that day had a faint smell of burning paper. He told me that he was worshipping an old friend in the backyard. Later, I also asked the servants, and they did see him worshipping an old friend in the backyard. So I didn't suspect anything."
The eldest princess quickly told what she knew.
What seemed like normal behavior before now seems to have so many flaws.
“It must be him, he must have killed Hongling!” Chi Tang said with certainty.
Emperor Huiwu clasped his hands together and tapped them lightly, his mood relaxing slightly: "In that case, Lan Ling is likely bluffing, and he may no longer be able to suppress other people's destinies."
“Indeed. But even if he still has that ability, I can still protect Brother Chenyi.” Chi Tang’s confident tone reassured the other two.
Emperor Huiwu sometimes couldn't quite understand Chi Tang's mysterious abilities, so he never investigated them thoroughly.
Therefore, they did not know about the golden lotus between her eyebrows.
"Just in case, I will have Chenyi rest at home during this period, and you and Chenyi can stay together every step of the way. Whether you stay at the Princess's residence or at the Chi family's residence, it's fine."
Emperor Huiwu's affection for Huo Chenyi remained unchanged.
She felt even more guilty after learning Huo Chenyi's true identity.
"I will send more Imperial Guards to protect you." Emperor Huiwu was still worried, so he couldn't help but say, "Why don't you stay here, Duanhui? Have Chenyi come to the palace as well, and you can all stay in the palace."
That way he can feel more at ease.
Princess Duanhui gave a bitter smile: "I... I'm really worried. I'm afraid he really knows where my child is, what if..."
"Your child? What do you mean by that, Your Highness?"
Chi Tang, perceptive as she was, seized upon these words and asked a question.
Princess Duanhui inadvertently let slip the secret, and subconsciously glanced at Emperor Huiwu.
This incident can be considered a royal scandal.
She didn't know if her brother would allow outsiders to know.
"It's alright. Tell Chi Tang. Maybe Chi Tang will know where the child is."
Emperor Huiwu did possess this much magnanimity.
The most crucial point is that Chi Tang is practically fed by God; she has that kind of ability, and if she knew about it, she might even be able to help them solve their problems.
Princess Duanyang then told Chi Tang about it.
However, it was not stated that Huo Chenyi was Emperor Huiwu's child. This matter concerned the royal family and could not be told to others casually.
"...When Lan Ling threatened me, he revealed that he knew the whereabouts of that child, which is why I kept the child."
"Actually... perhaps I know where Your Highness's child is. However... you might not be able to bear it."
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