Chapter 378 The truth
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Lin Zhaoyan and his party quickly arrived at Lingyun Temple, and Xuan Wen had already sent someone to wait there.
When Lin Zhaoyan and the others got off the carriage, the man immediately came up and said, "Miss, everything is arranged. Can you set off now?"
He was going to set out for Yanling. This was Lin Zhaoyan's plan early in the morning. He handed over the escape route and matters to Xuanwen.
Lin Zhaoyan brushed his skirt and nodded, "You take them away first, and I'll follow you."
She also has a roadmap, and the reason she stayed was because she wanted to inquire about the current situation of the Hou Mansion.
She turned around and hugged the seventh prince out of the car, and said softly, "Rui'er, you and your brothers and sisters will leave first later, okay?"
The seventh prince opened his eyes wide and looked at her without saying a word, but his pitiful little eyes and aggrieved expression all showed that he was not happy.
He was a sensitive and introverted child, and now he has experienced this kind of thing again, so he relies on her very much. Lin Zhaoyan was also worried that he would have something unexpected if she was not around, so he thought about it and decided, "Okay, Rui'er will follow his sister!"
As soon as these words were spoken, the Seventh Prince really pursed the corners of his lips and rushed into Lin Zhaoyan's arms happily.
Seeing this, others also expressed their intention to leave with Lin Zhaoyan.
Lin Zhaoyan was helpless, but thinking that there was no big difference between going early and late, he stopped saying anything and took them to the red plum forest in the back mountain.
Master Jingyi had already said hello, and in addition, Manshuang and Manhua have been staying in Lingyun Temple these days, Lin Zhaoyan was not worried about any changes, but he didn't expect that there was another person waiting for her here besides Master Jingyi.
A person she could never have imagined.
Lin Zhaoyan hugged the seventh prince tightly and looked at the man in front of him with a cautious smile on his face, perhaps, he could be called her master.
Master Jingyi looked at her with awkward face. His expression was very embarrassing, "Zhao'er...I, I don't know..."
"Master, it's okay." Lin Zhaoyan naturally knew that it was Master Jingyi who betrayed her. However, Xue Shenzhi was able to find this place and his ability was really not to be underestimated.
I just don't know what his purpose is.
Because she disrupted his plan, she came to take revenge on her?
"Why? My little apprentice doesn't know me anymore? I taught you how to practice martial arts a year ago. I forgot about being a teacher so quickly. It's so sad." Xue Shenzhi's frivolous voice interrupted her thoughts.
Hearing his inappropriate words, Lin Zhaoyan frowned even more, pushed the seventh prince to Young Master Feng Qing, and then he learned from his tone and joked: "What? The plan was broken by me but failed. Now he came to the door?"
Xue Shenzhi raised his hands, looking innocent. "God can tell, you are the only female apprentice in my life. How could I harm you if I love you too much?"
Lin Zhaoyan sneered, "Is that true? Since that's the case, I still have something to do. Please go back. See you again in the future."
Xue Shenzhi was not annoyed by her, but instead looked innocent and said seriously: "I'm not here to find you, why should I go back?"
"What?"
"I'm here to meet an old friend. Meeting you was just a beautiful accident." He blinked at her, speaking with an ambiguous look on his face.
However, Lin Zhaoyan's hair stood up and his body was covered in goose bumps.
What the hell is he doing?
Will you be old friends?
Joke. Who else is there except Master Jingyi who hasn't been out of Hongmeilin for a few years?
Where did his old friend come from? He doesn’t know how to make a draft when he tells lies!
Lin Zhaoyan was about to make a sound of sarcasm when he ran into Master Jingyi's embarrassing expression. He glanced at Xue Shenzhi again, but saw that his eyes were full of meaning.
Lin Zhaoyan's heart skipped a beat and suddenly remembered what Xiao Qi had said to her.
He said that Xue Shenzhi was actually from Shengjing. He left Shengjing because of some things. He left without hesitation and left his wife and daughter. The reasons he gave were particularly high-sounding. Xiao Qi was very disdainful of this and sarcasticized her several times.
She used to think that Xiao Qi and Xue Shenzhi were inconsistent. She deliberately said it exaggeratedly and smeared him, but now she thinks it is not impossible.
Looking at Master Jingyi again, she looks so beautiful that she is incompatible with the simple and simple temple, but she chose to become a monk and live in seclusion in this plum tree. She could not find anything in the past, and her eyes always showed sad emotions.
Could it be...will these two people...
Lin Zhaoyan widened his eyes, feeling that the worldview was about to collapse.
Xue Shenzhi and Master Jingyi...
If it is true, this combination is too weird!
However, Xue Shenzhi did not give her a chance to think deeply, but took a step forward, blocking Lin Zhaoyan's gaze from seeing Master Jingyi, and said to her: "But since I have met you, I really have a few words to say to you. After that, you can travel around the world. If you don't want to see me, I promise that I will never appear in front of you again."
Lin Zhaoyan didn't know whether he was moved by his words or because he was shocked and was a little dazed, but in any case he agreed by a devil.
When she came to her senses, there were only the two of them left in the room.
Lin Zhaoyan took a step back with caution, "If you have anything to say, hurry up and say it!"
Xue Shenzhi saw her standing by the door, looking like she was about to run away anytime and anywhere, and couldn't help laughing, "If I really want to harm you, do you think you can live until now?"
Lin Zhaoyan curled his lips, "It's always good to be careful about people like you."
Xue Shen was speechless.
He simply didn't want to argue with a child, so he got to the point, "Did you be so hostile to me after listening to what Xu Xiujin said?"
Lin Zhaoyan looked at him in surprise.
Xue Shenzhi's expression "I know it" was like "his kid, I just said a few words in front of him that you would be able to harm their superior plan. He said something to scare you in front of you, and scared you so much that you didn't even dare to be stunned by Yanling. He rushed back to Shengjing in disheartened. He was such a silly girl."
When Lin Zhaoyan heard his words say sarcastically, he immediately became angry, "Whether I am stupid or not has nothing to do with you, I only know that you are not a good person!"
She didn't know whether that prophecy was true or false, she only knew, no matter whether it was true or false. Xue Shenzhi wanted it to be true, it was true!
Since ancient times, emperors have been using any means to go to power. It is very common to rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let go of one such thing. As long as Xue Shenzhi intentionally harms her. If this sentence is said, she will be sure to die.
So Xu Xiujin told her at that time, "Now there is a transaction between Xue Shenzhi and Zishu. Zishu must ascend the throne to help him, so he will never allow anyone to disrupt Zishu's pace, and you are the same. Now your status in Zishu's mind is extraordinary. He was injured several times and even had the idea of marrying you as a wife. Marrying a wife will definitely distract him, so Xue Shenzhi couldn't tolerate your existence. He was once a friend of Yu Botong forgot his age, and Master Mingyi was quite familiar with him. The prophecy only required him to let Master Mingyi say it out, which would definitely harm you and him.
What's more, Zishu is hesitating now. He loves you, but he doesn't want to give up his persistence for so many years. You have caused him so much pain. Do you want him to give up everything for you? You can't have both a country and a beauty. If he chooses to give up you, maybe he will just feel regretful and nostalgic in the future. But if he is blinded by love and gives up thousands of miles of mountains and rivers, he may also blame you in the future. Do you really want to be a pair of resentment with him in the future? If you don't want to, you should let go as soon as possible, so as not to make Zishu entangled and suffer, and also regard it as... to be freed from yourself."
Every word and every sentence at that time was vivid in my ears, cruelly cutting off her still young love.
But she still naively thought that as long as she took the initiative to break Xue Shenzhi's plan and made him unable to make a big fuss with this prophecy that was not true or false, she could be with Xiao Qi again. So at the beginning, she was determined and ruthless to see for Xue Shenzhi, and she just wanted to relax his vigilance.
But she forgot that in Xu Xiujin's words, in addition to saying that Xue Shenzhi had bad intentions, also pointed out a fact, that is, Xiao Qi was also hesitating.
At that time, she thought Xiao Qi's hesitation was not trying to hurt her, but now she knew that he was just unable to give up on the country and could not give up on her.
So no matter whether Xue Shenzhi's prophecy is true or false, as long as he is willing to believe it, even if she ruins Xue Shenzhi's conspiracy like now, he will not marry her.
At most, he is just a concubine.
"You deliberately put it to death and let Lin Zhaoyan disappear from this world, thinking that I could not use the so-called prediction to plot against you, but now you are not safely with Xiao Qi, but escaped. Why, have you seen the essence clearly?" Xue Shenzhi suddenly spoke coldly again.
Lin Zhaoyan was even more shocked when he heard this. He stared at Xue Shenzhi, not understanding what he meant.
Listening to his words, it seems that everything is under his control.
"Since ancient times, emperors are so loving, the palace is not a good place, and being a queen is not an easy job. If you are not careful, you will either die or be neglected as a puppet. Do you think it is interesting?"
Lin Zhaoyan frowned, "What do you... mean?"
Xue Shenzhi chuckled, "It's not interesting, I just don't want to see you get into the fire, so I'll find a way to let you give up on yourself."
Lin Zhaoyan looked at him in shock.
"Don't look at me like this. I never thought of harming you. I've always been helping you." Xue Shenzhi shrugged, his expression still wasn't serious, but his words rarely became serious. "As far as I know, there are not many good things that have become emperors, so don't think that Xiao Qi is good to you now. If you really want to wait until he becomes emperor, you are one of his many concubines, and you may even become a victim of political interests."
Lin Zhaoyan gritted his teeth, "You know why you still have to cooperate with him, and you also have to try different ways to encourage him to be the emperor!"
"Because he must be the emperor!" Xue Shenzhi replied with confidence: "He must be the emperor, and you must not enter the palace, so you are destined not to be together, that's that simple!"
"Why?" Lin Zhaoyan frowned. She also knew that it was meaningless to be entangled with this now, but she still wanted to ask clearly.
"Why?" Xue Shenzhi murmured, with a sarcastic and sad smile on his face, "Because only when he becomes the emperor can he rectify the unjust case of that year, and... seek justice for your grandfather and the group of people who died in vain."
Grandfather?
Xu Sheng?
Is it Xu Sheng who was killed by a whole family back then?
Lin Zhaoyan looked at him in surprise, "Who are you? You just did this to get me away from Xiao Qi?"
Xue Shenzhi avoided the important and said lightly: "At that time, I saw that the relationship between you two was increasing day by day. I knew that this was not a good phenomenon, but I really knew that it was difficult for men and women who were trapped in love to listen to others' persuasion. Besides, I had no position to persuade them, so I could only think of this method to make him hesitate and let you give up. The facts proved that he could not stand the test, and you were indeed able to be calm and free after experiencing these things."
Lin Zhaoyan couldn't help laughing, and was very angry and laughed, "Why do you impose your point of view on me? If you think it's not good to enter the palace, I can't enter the palace. If you think it's not good to be a queen, you think it's such an immoral way to force me to let go? Have you ever considered my feelings? Have you ever thought about me if I'll be sad, painful, and despair? And do you know that I live in fear every day, afraid that one day you will harm me without my preparation! Do you know how I have lived these days?!"
Lin Zhaoyan was so angry that she never expected that she had been fooled by alone for so long!
Xue Shenzhi did not feel any regret or guilt at all, but said coldly: "Otherwise? Tell me, what do I want to say to separate you? Besides, I simply used your psychology to stage such a good show. The He family and the Marquis of Jian'an had a dog biting a dog and killing each other. The dog emperor was also so angry that he fell ill in bed. All the people who were sorry for your Xu family were retribution back then. What was wrong? Which one was not worth your calculation? Even if you did it again, I would do this! Lin Zhaoyan, no matter what, you cannot forget everything the He family and the Xiao family had done to the Xu family. You cannot forget this hatred, do you know?"
Lin Zhaoyan saw his hatred eyes and suddenly figured out something, "So you should stay away from Shengjing even if you abandon your family and your son, and then look for opportunities to avenge the Xu family, right?!"
Sure enough, Xue Shenzhi's face turned pale.
Seeing this, Lin Zhaoyan sneered even more, "I don't want to be controlled by hatred like you, and then forget the beauty and happiness that exists around you! Do you know how many innocent people you will kill? Do you know that you keep shouting to take revenge, and Xu Sheng's only daughter, my mother, died in the palace!"
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Chapter completed!