The Destiny that Hasn't Ended
CHAPTER 27 "DEJA VU"
"How's it?" ask a woman sitting on her dresser to see her reflection in the mirror.
"Tonight His Majesty the Emperor will spend the night with Consort Wei. It seems like the Queen Mother often asked Consort Wei to serve the Emperor" Ruyu reported.
Lin Zi smiled, yet not a smile of happy people.
He stood up then approached Ruyu. He brought his lips closer to Ruyu's ears, and whispered something. Slowly Ruyu's eyes widened.
"Your Majesty, but it's." said Ruyu in surprise.
"Just do my word!"
Ruyu also went towards the Emperor's residence.
"Your Majesty, the Queen's servant is asking to see you" one eunuch reported.
"Let him in"
Liu Ying immediately approached the Emperor sitting at his desk and grabbed onto his shoulders. Although Xuan was feeling uneasy, but there was still the Queen Mother's servant watching over. He can't act freely.
"Honor Your Majesty the Emperor" Ruyu said in a salute.
"What's wrong?" asked Xuan without further ado.
"The Empress fell ill Your Majesty"
"illness?" said Xuan immediately stood up.
"Right be Your Majesty"
"Go back, I'll take care of the Empress tonight" Xuan ordered Liu Ying.
"Your Majesty, allow the servant to come see the Empress" Liu Ying asked.
"As far as you go!"
Xuan immediately left with Ruyu towards the Lin Zi residence. Shortly thereafter Liu Ying followed with a tray containing one bowl of porridge.
Xuan was now sitting on Lin Zi's bedside, while Lin Zi was sitting leaning back.
"Honor Your Majesty the Emperor and the Empress" said Liu Ying who was now standing 3 meters away from Lin Zi's bed.
"Your Majesty, I brought you porridge. I heard you had a fever, so I definitely don't have a taste for rice"
Ruyu took the tray Liu Ying was carrying while Lin Zi tried to avert Xuan's gaze. At that moment Ruyu took the opportunity to insert the white powder she had been holding. Ruyu thrust the tray at Xuan. Without hesitation Xuan bribed it to Lin Zi.
"Consort Wei, did you make this porridge yourself?" ask Xuan.
"Right, Your Majesty, I made it with my own hand"
"I didn't expect, it turned out to be Consort Wei." said Lin Zi disconnected from feeling nauseous.
"Zi'er? You why?" tanya Xuan frantically looked at Lin Zi who started coughing.
Lin Zi held onto his neck and spewed blood right before Xuan.
"Call the healer, hurry up !!" xuan's orders to Ruyu who was trembling.
"Ti. is impossible" murmured Liu Ying who began to tremble in fear.
"Guards ! Catch Consort Wei right now!" xuan shouted at the guards guarding outside.
Two bodyguards came in and held Liu Ying.
"Your Majesty, I didn't do it! How could the servant poison the Empress in the presence of His Majesty the Emperor?!" liu Ying defended himself.
"You mean the Empress poisoned herself?!"
Xuan clenched tightly onto Lin Zi's limp body.
Deja vu, right? Feel what I feel when you set me up. Feel how people look when they see you with a derogatory and degrading look. Listen to all the people behind you!
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The morning sunlight pierced through the crack of Lin Zi's room building. Slowly the girl opened her eyes. He looked up at the sky and blinked his eyes a few times. His eyeballs began to turn and found a sleeping girl sitting on the floor leaning against Lin Zi's bed. The two tanks were folded in front and his head was placed on top of it. Lin Zi raised her right hand and gently rubbed the head of the still slumbering girl. Sensing the touch on her head, the girl slowly opened her eyes.
"Your Majesty, you are conscious" said the girl immediately raising her head.
"You cried all night?" tanya Lin Zi looked at Ruyu's still wet cheeks.
"Hamba is very worried about you, Your Majesty.. How can you order such a servant." said Ruyu who returned to tears.
"I'm fine, don't cry anymore" Lin Zi said with a smile.
Ruyu helped Lin Zi to sit down because of Lin Zi's still weak condition.
"Right now the condition of the palace became chaotic due to the arrest of Consort Wei. However Consort Wei had Minister Wei as her father and Empress Dowager as her support" Ruyu told Lin Zi.
"You're right. I risked my life to set him up. Too bad..."
"Where is he now?" continued Lin Zi asking for Liu Ying's whereabouts.
"Right now he was in the seclusion pavilion. The ministers rejected his death sentence. So His Majesty the Emperor was forced to comply with their request"
"Your Majesty, Consort Zhen came to visit" said Yi Wei who had just entered Lin Zi's room.
"Let him in"
Yi Wei resigned himself to being replaced by Zhen Yiyi who walked over to Lin Zi.
"Honour to Her Majesty the Empress"
"I heard you were poisoned, how are you doing right now?"
"I'm fine"
"Don't you think this is too rash? You're even putting your own life at risk"
Ruyu was very surprised. His hands were trembling again. How could Yiyi know about this matter? But Lin Zi looked still calm. His expression did not change one bit.
"To take down Concubine Wei, you should have dropped her father first. After all, the Wei minister had an important role in this kingdom. He mastered the students and scholars. He can control public opinion. I think sooner or later he'll definitely act"
"It seems you know very well the ins and outs of the ministers.."
"I really like politics, so I know the background of the ministers. It's just that my father sent me to be a concubine along with my sister"
"Then can you help me?"
"Sorry Your Majesty, but I cannot help you. The servant also has a family. Although the servant did not want to be a concubine, the servant more did not want to lose the servant family. The purpose of coming here is actually just to tell you, that His Majesty the Emperor actually never touched us. At that moment I dared to ask him why he did it. He said he still wanted to keep a promise he could never keep"
"Keeping up a promise he'll never keep?"
Jing Xuan, is that really true? You still keep that promise. A promise I even broke.
Yiyi's words made Lin Zi aware. He should not have gone this far and made Xuan trouble. He did not want to lean on Xuan, but in fact Xuan was still an umbrella to him. An umbrella that will protect it from the heavy rain.
"Your Majesty is serious" said a servant who ran into the room.
"Xing Nan, what happened?" asked Lin Zi at his servant who looked extremely panicked
"Suri's mother has been murdered!"
"What???!" lin Zi was very surprised.
"Can you say it in more detail?" pinta Yiyi's.
"Saying upon returning from guarding the Empress, His Majesty the Emperor met the Queen Mother at her residence. Then there was a fight between them. After that His Majesty the Emperor came out with an extremely furious expression. And the next morning, the Queen Mother was found lifeless in her room with the dagger of His Majesty the Emperor stuck in her heart"
"Then where is Jing Xuan now?" asked Lin Zi very worriedly.
"The Emperor's Majesty is currently locked up in his residence. Scholars and court students have now petitioned, demanding the Emperor abdicate immediately and be put to death for his iniquity to the Queen Mother"
"Ruyu, quickly help me prepare!"
"But Your Majesty, your condition is still weak"
"Just do my word!"
Lin Zi immediately prepared and rushed towards the Taijing pavilion with Ruyu and Yiyi. Arriving in front of the pavilion, his steps were stopped by the bodyguards guarding the pavilion.
"Sorry Your Majesty, but His Majesty the Emperor is not allowed to see anyone" said one of the bodyguards.
"You dare to block my way? I am the Queen of this country! You want me to chop off your heads one by one?" lin Zi threatened.
The bodyguards looked at each other and Lin Zi immediately barged in alone. His quick steps turned into ordinary steps when he saw the person he was so worried about sitting at his desk with his hands propping his head. Lin Zi walked over to him and the man started to raise his head when he heard the sound of footsteps approaching him.
"Zi'er.." Xuan muttered as he stood up.
Lin Zi continued to step up and immediately grabbed the body of the man before her. Both of his hands wrapped around Xuan's shoulders. His legs were on tiptoes as Xuan was 20 cm taller than him. The water is no longer blocked.
"I'm sorry.I'm sorry.." said Lin Zi stinged with tears.
"It's not your fault, why are you apologizing?" said Xuan replying to Lin Zi's embrace by rubbing the back of Lin Zi's head.
"If only I had known earlier, if only I had not been too rash.."
Xuan took off Lin Zi's embrace and touched the girl's cheek in front of him.
"Whether you're rash or not, all this will happen. I've asked Hao Yi to investigate the matter of the Queen Mother's murder, so don't you worry too much, ok?" said Xuan aligned his face and wiped away Lin Zi's tears that started to stop dripping.
If I go. (the inner voice of Lin Zi).
"Are you gonna be okay?"
"I'll be fine. I just need to look for evidence to prove that I am innocent" Xuan explained trying to calm Lin Zi's heart.
If I really leave, will you be able to live your life as usual?
"What can I do to help you?"
"none. Don't interfere with this matter. I don't want you to fall and take the punishment. Go back and wait, everything's gonna be okay"
"How can I just sit around waiting while you face death? How did this all happen?"
"That dagger was a Father's gift when I won my first battle, and I always kept it, never using it at all. And now the dagger is stuck in the body of the Queen Mother"
"Jing Xuan, all the evidence points to you. They won't believe you either. What if Hao Yi could not find the culprit? What if you really had to be put to death? What if.."
Lin Zi said disconnected as a warm touch silenced her lips. He slowly closed his eyes and felt a deepening kiss.
"I'll be fine, I promise" Xuan said later.
Meanwhile, in a secret room, a woman in her 40s was talking to a man wearing black.
"Hows it? Is it going well?" ask the woman.
"Everything goes according to the plan of the Madam. The current state of the palace became chaotic and soon the Emperor would definitely be executed"
"It's too early to be happy. Have you prepared the soldiers? We must be on guard if our original plan fails"
"I've arranged for all the soldiers, the foster mother need not worry" said a man who had just entered the secret room.
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