The Destiny that Hasn't Ended
CHAPTER 28 "END of part.1"
"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.
"You're always being responsive. Don't worry, soon the Emperor's throne will soon be yours Yuan'er"
"All thanks to the foster mother. I'm so grateful"
Wait for me Zi'er, soon I will reach you. (voice of Yuan).
***
"I can't sit here quietly. It's been 2 days since Xuan was locked up but still hasn't found any evidence" said the impatient Lin Zi.
"Your Majesty, what are you going to do?" ask Ruyu.
"I have to do something"
Lin Zi hurriedly followed by Ruyu and her three friends. He stepped quickly towards the meeting hall. In front of the hall he saw many scholars and students who were kneeling demanding the Emperor to abdicate and receive punishment. Lin Zi thought of a place where he would definitely get help. He rushed to go there.
Before long, Lin Zi had reached the front yard of a small, worn-out pavilion. Slowly he entered the pavilion.
"It looks like the Empress missed me so much that she had to come to the exile pavilion to see me" Liu Ying said welcoming Lin Zi.
"I won't be stale anymore. What if we make a deal?" tawar Lin Zi's.
"Deal? It looks like the Empress is already very desperate" Liu Ying quipped.
"Alright, since I already know the current condition of the palace, I won't be stale anymore either. I can ask my father to help the Emperor. But instead, I want you to kneel down and beg me. And also I want you to leave the Empress position immediately, how about?" continued Liu Ying making an offer.
"Please! How could a concubine ask the Empress to kneel" Ruyu said spontaneously.
Lin Zi raised her hand hinting for Ruyu not to interfere.
"Are you able to guarantee that this matter will end soon and that the Emperor will return to his throne?"
"Of course"
Lin Zi was silent for a moment to think and make a decision. This was all he could do for Jing Xuan. Origin Xuan could stay alive, he did not mind to endure anything.
"Your Majesty, you can't do it. it will lower your self-esteem." Ruyu said trying to change Lin Zi's mind.
For now, this is all I can do. Whether now or later, this fate will still happen.
Lin Zi lowered her body until her knees touched the floor. Both hands are held together in front. The four servants of Lin Zi followed his movements while crying.
"I plead with Consort Wei to help the Emperor overcome this matter"
Lin Zi started to bend her body. His servant cried out while calling out his name. But Lin Zi did it anyway. He got up and bowed again, got up and bowed again. Liu Ying was very surprised, he had not expected Lin Zi to do so.
You let me go for your throne, and now it won't make any difference. I don't care if you're still an Emperor or not, I just want you to stay alive. Even if I am not with me, though I can only miss and look from a distance. I want to see you smile again like back then...
***
Lin Zi had been in his residence. Now she is sitting at her dresser. He looked at himself in the mirror and opened drawer number 2. He picked up a worn dagger that he had not touched for several years.
"Ruyu, can you help me?" lin Zi asked the girl behind her while looking at the dagger in her grasp.
"This time what are you going to do, Your Majesty?" ask Ruyu back.
"Please give this dagger to Prince Yuan" said Lin Zi holding out the dagger.
"This is all? No messages or letters?" ryu asked as he took the dagger.
"none. Just give it to him, he'll understand"
"Your Majesty"
Is this really the end for us? After this, how can we meet again? I didn't even expect to return to my world. After what I've been through here, I won't be able to go back.
Later that night, after Yuan received the dagger, he rushed up his horse towards the palace. At that moment Lin Zi was preparing to pack some clothes for her to carry. Behind him were 4 servants who knelt down begging him not to leave.
"Your Majesty, if you must go, please take us with you" Ruyu said in tears.
"Right Your Majesty, take us with you" Xing Nan added.
"I won't be able to pay you. After this I am no longer the Empress. I am just an ordinary girl" said Lin Zi who was still busy folding her clothes.
"It doesn't matter if it doesn't pay us, just feed us and stay. We beg Your Majesty." said Yi Wei.
"I also don't know if I can eat and have a place to live. Don't trouble yourself to keep following me"
I might as well disappear..
"Then how should we live in this palace? We've never had an employer as good as you, if you go...." Ruyu kept asking.
Lin Zi took out four folded sheets of paper from her sleeves.
"I've prepared this for you. This will be my last power as Empress" said Lin Zi, giving the paper to her four servants.
They also opened the paper.
"Your Majesty, this is.." murmured Ruyu read the inscription on the paper explaining that she was relieved of her duties.
"From now on, you can move on with your life freely. You don't have to be tortured or not sleep all night"
"Your Highnessaaaaa" muttered the four servants Lin Zi together.
In the early hours of the morning, Lin Zi walked away from her pavilion unbeknownst to anyone. All four of his servants fell asleep on the floor as they accompanied him all night. Soon he was in front of the side door of the palace. He prepared to ride a dark brown horse and someone approached him on horseback from the opposite direction.
"Zi'er... This time are you really sure? the young man asked immediately before Lin Zi.
"We have to hurry" said Lin Zi who then made his horse run fast.
Yuan followed him behind. The horse kept running until the morning.
Meanwhile, the newly released Xuan immediately went towards the Nu Huang pavilion to inform him that the matter had been resolved so Lin Zi did not have to worry anymore. He walked in haste, and when he got there he immediately opened the closed door with his own hands. He searched every corner of the room, but the room was empty. He found a hairpin and a letter that Lin Zi left on his pillow.
Jing Xuan. I'm sorry I had to do this. This is all I can do to keep you alive. Someday we may meet again. Either you find me, or I find you.
Jing Xuan was truly unable to say another word. Then a servant entered the room.
"Where's the Empress?" xuan asked on a familiar face.
Ruyu's hands started shaking and she immediately knelt down.
"The empress has gone, Your Majesty." reported Ruyu in a raucous voice.
"Per..GI...?" muttered Xuan who was extremely shocked.
"In order to restore your position, the Empress made a deal with Consort Wei" added Ruyu who now began to cry.
"Your Majesty, report!" said a bodyguard who arrived to enter the room.
"Thousands of soldiers have attacked the border in the east. Please give me your orders!"
"The border has been attacked? Who did it?"
"Hamba doesn't know His Majesty either. But all those soldiers wear the same battle robe as ours"
The soldier said that made him both shocked and angry. Both of his hands clenched tightly.
"Jing Yuan!" mumbling Xuan.
Xuan hurried to give the order to strengthen the border by sending 3000 soldiers.
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Ciiiiietttttt Duaaarrrrrrrr
The sound of the fireworks eruption stopped Lin Zi's horse steps. He looked up. It was a signal of war. And it was coming from the direction behind it which meant that the signal was coming from the palace. It made him very worried and without a second thought he immediately returned. While Yuan had no choice but to follow Lin Zi. On the way, he was stopped by a man riding a dark horse.
"What's going on?" yuan asked the man.
"Our soldiers have attacked the border. And some of them have entered the palace!"
"What does.... Yuan, don't tell me you.." murmured Lin Zi guessed.
"Didn't I order to call off the assault?!" yuan said with a high tone.
"Concubine Fei took command and continued the plan"
Lin Zi no longer cared about anything. He rode his horse back to the palace. Yuan who felt guilty towards Lin Zi followed him all the way to the palace.
2 hours later Lin Zi and Yuan had entered the palace gate. Many corpses of soldiers were lying on the ground. Where is the blood. He continued to enter the palace deeper and deeper into the front of the meeting hall. There he saw the war going on. Hundreds of lifeless bodies have fallen. His eyes were then on the left side. He saw someone he knew very well grasping his sword tightly and slashing at anyone who attacked him. Lin Zi did not want to stay silent, he immediately got off his horse.
"What are you gonna do? It's very dangerous! I will definitely protect Xuan for you"
This is what I finally said. I really hate to say it. But I hate it more when I can't do anything for you (the voice of Yuan)
Yuan immediately advanced into the crowd of people who were fighting and drew swords. Lin Zi who could not remain silent also entered the war. He picked up the sword and began swinging it at every soldier who attacked him. Xuan who saw him tried to approach him to protect him, but there were too many warriors who stopped his steps. Xuan gradually began to be overwhelmed. Hands, feet, to his back were hit by a sharp sword slash. His legs began to weaken and he fell down. Lin Zi immediately turned her gaze to look at Xuan's state.
"Jin Xuan!" shouted Lin Zi ascertaining Xuan's state.
Xuan was trying to see Lin Zi. When it was a sword swung by a soldier slashing at Lin Zi's back. Xuan looked up at Lin Zi who had fallen. His left hand was trying to reach a hair pin that had fallen. He clasped the hairpin tightly.
I'll protect you
I'll protect you
I.... will.. protect you !!! (xuan's inner voice)
