Although Chu Huaijin did not explicitly state that he did not want to depose the empress, his departure and the sharp look in his eyes before he left were enough to make all the officials tremble in fear. All of them began to feel nervous.
He kept wondering if the emperor had seen him just now. Could it be that he had said something wrong and the emperor had acted up…
For a moment, the civil and military officials who had been working together just a moment ago suddenly felt threatened.
Chu Huaijin held back his anger as he stepped on the marble floor and walked along the white marble fence in the huge palace.
A slightly short white marble pillar appeared in his line of sight.
The early autumn wind blew on his face, bringing with it a hint of coolness, extinguishing the scorching heat that had been unwilling to leave.
" Brother Jin…you're amazing." A delicate voice sounded.
It was a girl with loose hair and a Weigenxue blue headband.
Dressed in a snow-white silk dress, she clapped her hands and looked at him with incomparable joy.
He was wielding his sword, and the tip of the sword was like a snake in his hand, constantly swimming in the air.
However, his fingers accidentally twitched and the sword left his hand, flying towards the girl in white. Seeing the sword pointed at the girl's face, he was so scared that his whole body froze. He flew up subconsciously and hugged her, blocking in front of her. The sword brushed past their hair and nailed her hairpin away. It only took a moment for it to hit the white marble stone pillar with a whoosh, cutting off a little of the top.
The force was not strong enough. If one was not observant, one would not be able to see it with the naked eye.
" Brother Jin…" The young girl was so frightened that tears streamed down her face. She hugged him and cried non-stop.
"It's alright, it's alright now, Ying 'er." He hugged her back, and the two of them leaned against the pillar for a long time.
When he left, he realized that her orchid hairpin had been pierced by the sword and shattered into pieces.
For that hairpin, he had searched for good jade in the palace and even specially took it outside to make a hairpin made from his own drawing for her.
He still remembered that when she received the hairpin, her eyes were so bright and sparkling like the brightest stars in the starry sky…
Unfortunately, times had changed, and things had changed. Those things back then…were not true to him at all.
He forced himself to believe that he treated her so well only because he wanted revenge. The hatred of killing his mother was irreconcilable.
He left resolutely and unknowingly arrived at the imperial garden.
Looking at the jujube tree in front of him, he still remembered that time when she heard that he liked to eat dates. On his birthday, she climbed up the jujube tree without telling anyone and secretly came to pick the dates. In the end, after climbing up, she couldn't come down. She waited on the tree for four hours before a palace maid passed by. She saw it and called him over.
When he carried her down, he hugged her tightly.
"Silly girl, do you know that I've been looking for you in the palace for four hours and I've almost gone crazy?”
That's right. At that time, he was really about to go crazy, but all his emotions were immediately shut down the moment he saw her, leaving only comfort in his heart.
At least he didn't lose his silly girl.
……
And…there were too many more.
They had grown up together since young. In the palace and the Lin Manor, they had too many memories in common.
But what had made them reach this point today?
Hatred…
If he wanted revenge, he had to sacrifice her. Who asked her to be a member of the Lin family? Who asked the Lin family to kill his mother? They even wanted to use her to plot against their West Chu Empire.
Therefore, he wanted to get rid of the Lin family. That was right.
Shen Pan 'er stood far behind the fake mountain and watched Chu Huaijin step on the cobblestone path. She watched him stare at the trees and grass in a daze and felt extreme hatred in her heart.
She knew all these things. Before she entered the palace, she had already sent people to inquire about them.
She had bribed the eunuch who had served Chu Huaijin and told him about all the interesting things that had happened between him and Lin Yueying when he was young.
But now, seeing him stepping on the things of his youth to search for their lost memories made Shen Pan 'er panic.
Chu Huaijin was a person who placed too much emphasis on relationships and righteousness. It was precisely because of this that he had always remembered his mother's hatred. He had remembered it until now and was unable to extricate himself.
"Emperor, emperor, the Empress Dowager's funeral is over.”The chamberlain came forward in a panic and kowtowed on the ground, wailing.
Chu Huaijin was jolted awake from his memories. Empress Dowager Lin was dead. The murderer who killed his mother was finally dead.
He sighed." I understand. Inform the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare for the funeral.”
Empress Dowager Lin was dead, Lin Mocheng was locked up in prison, and the Lin family was convicted. They were about to face the punishment of being raided and exterminated. What should she do about that woman?
When Chu Huaijin thought of her, his heart couldn't help but clench. It was as if someone had tied him up with something. It was uncomfortable and depressing…
He flung off his robe and strode back to the palace. He needed to vent so that he could suppress the inexplicable love he had for that woman.
……
The Empress Dowager's funeral was very grand.
Chu Huaijin had said that although the Lin family had committed a crime, the imperial court was the imperial court, and the harem was the harem.
Empress Dowager Lin had been the empress dowager for more than twenty years and had been the empress dowager for more than ten years. She had always worked hard and made great contributions. After her death, she was conferred the title of Empress Dowager Xiaowen. At the same time, Chu Huaijin had also decided on the position and posthumous title of his birth mother.
On the surface, the status of the two former empress dowager seemed to be the same, but in some incomprehensible details, Chu Huaijin made his mother much higher.
Everyone praised him for his actions, saying that their emperor was too filial. Everyone knew that Empress Dowager Lin was not his biological mother, and even though the Lin family had committed such a huge sin, he did not suppress Empress Dowager Lin. Instead, he gave her the highest standard of mourning.
Lin Yueying had heard everything the outsiders said through Qing Li. Although she knew that everything they said was fake, what could she do?
Although she was still the Empress in the palace, she had long been placed under house arrest. Other than the imperial physician who treated her, no one else could enter.
She was like a human pig whose limbs had been broken and locked in a jar. She could think, but she could not move.
There was no turning back for the Lin family. All the direct descendants and collateral descendants of the Lin family were locked up in prison. If not for Empress Dowager Lin's funeral, they would have been beheaded long ago.
Moreover, it was said that her father would also be sentenced on a certain day, but she could not do anything. The only thing she could do was to cry on her pillow in the dark.
From now on, she would no longer have to lament that the man did not spend the night when she woke up the next morning. After that, he never came again.
"Niangniang…Niangniang, something bad has happened…Old Master…Old Master has committed suicide in prison.”Qing Li came in from outside. When she saw her, she cried and fell to the ground.
" Wha…What…" Lin Yueying had just sat up on the bed when she swayed weakly and couldn't help but lean on the bed.
"Father, father is dead?" Her tears were like broken raindrops that kept falling and hitting the bright green bed curtain.
Now, he hated her, and she hated him…
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