Cang Ying said angrily, "Why aren't you going inside to find the Crown Prince? What are you doing arguing with me!"
"If anything happens to the Crown Prince, the whole country will be in chaos."
Shen Xu rolled his eyes. "Then you'd better stand still."
"All talk and no action."
Cangying: ......
Zhao Cong rushed into the house and immediately saw Lin Qingwan hiding in the corner. She had obviously poured water from the basin onto herself, but unfortunately, the moisture on her clothes had been dried by the fire and they looked wrinkled.
Zhao Cong's heart finally settled. She covered her mouth and nose with a damp handkerchief, but she had already fainted without her noticing.
The fire was too big; the little bit of moisture couldn't support it at all.
There were no signs of struggle, nor were there any screams; she was simply curled up in the corner...
Zhao Cong felt a sharp pain in her heart when she breathed; was she silently waiting to die?
Did she think no one would come to save her, or did she think she was going to die sooner or later anyway?
Zhao Cong took off his gold-embroidered dragon robe and covered the person's head with it. When he bent down to hug her, he heard his heart pounding harder and harder, and his hands trembled uncontrollably when he touched her.
The burning pain of the flames on the skin was hard to ignore, but Zhao Cong remained unfazed.
He recalled that many years ago, when his mother passed away, he discovered that his medicine and incense were poisoned. He had also huddled in a corner, covering his nose with a damp cloth, and waited all night in the dark.
Watching the incense burn out, and seeing the palace maids and guards outside the door deliberately arrive half a moment late.
No one saved him then.
At first, he would go to his father, but he could never find any evidence. His father would be unhappy, scold him, and punish him.
Later, Zhao Cong realized that no one would save him.
He held the unconscious Lin Qingwan tightly in his arms, so tightly that he suppressed his own breath.
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