Prime Minister Xia said in annoyance: "Who cares? I don't care whether I have this son or not."
Mei Fei shook her head and said, "You are really crazy. You only have this one son. No matter how foolish or stupid he is, he is yours after all."
Prime Minister Xia sneered, "Really? He is my son, but he won't be the last one."
He sat down, holding the white porcelain teacup in his hand. His expression changed from gnashing his teeth to being indifferent. He just sat there with a gloomy face.
Concubine Mei felt an indescribable horror when looking at his face.
He was very different from before, as if he was calculating something in his heart, calculating it at all costs.
After Zi'an left Yilan Palace, he walked quickly towards the lake.
She walked very fast, and the guard Daquan followed her very quickly.
When he found that Zi'an was not heading towards Yueqing Palace, he stopped Zi'an and said, "Wait a minute, aren't you going back to Yueqing Palace?"
Zi'an did not stop. This was still the territory of Yilan Palace. He would be safe only after leaving here.
A guard caught up with him from behind, and Da Quan asked, "What happened?"
The guard said, "The queen ordered that she must be brought back. If she can't be brought back..." He made a killing gesture.
Daquan's eyes turned cold, and when he looked up, Zi'an was gone. He stamped his feet and said, "Something bad has happened. You take people to block the roads on both sides and don't let her run away. Everyone else follow me and chase her!"
Besides Yilan Palace, there is Xiwei Palace along this road.
However, Daquan guessed that Xia Zian would not dare to go to Xiwei Palace, and he could not enter Xiwei Palace because the entrance was heavily guarded. As long as the exits on both sides were guarded, Xia Zian would not be able to escape.
However, after searching around the Yilan Palace, there was no trace of Zi'an.
Daquan went to the gate of Xiwei Palace and asked the guard, "Did you see a woman in green clothes walking by just now?"
The guard of Xiwei Palace stepped forward with a sword in hand and said coldly, "No one has been here. Go away."
Daquan had no choice but to leave, but he did not dare to search the area outside Xiwei Palace on a large scale.
At the same time, the guard Afa also brought people to the outside of Yilan Palace.
The two groups met, exchanged information, and then went on to search separately.
There are guards on both sides, so it's impossible to get out.
Daquan led the group to patrol the lake for a while. Suddenly, an idea came to his mind. He squatted down to look at the grass by the lake. There were traces of trampling. Could it be that he had swam across to the other side
He thought for a moment and raised his hand, "Go through the corridor and go to the other side. If she swims over, she will definitely swim around the side in order not to alarm us, and we can still intercept her."
He took the lead and ran along the lake, staring into the lake as he ran. Sure enough, he saw movement in the water, something moving slowly, and its green clothes matched the willow trees hanging down to the water.
"Chase them quickly, in the lake." Daquan ordered.
Several palace guards hurriedly ran over, determined to stop Zi'an before he got ashore.
Zi'an had indeed fallen into the lake. She knew it would not be easy to hide from those people. The Yilan Palace area would definitely be blocked. Moreover, she could not run past the Xiwei Palace, otherwise those people with bows and arrows would shoot and she would become a hedgehog.
The only way is to swim to the other side.
Although my mind and this body are not very coordinated, fortunately I can still swim, just a little slowly.
In order to avoid being discovered, she could only swim around the lake. There were willow trees hanging down by the lake, where she could hide.
Zi'an looked back while swimming and found someone running around the lake. She knew she had been discovered.
She came ashore at a corner and ran away from the rockery.
Ah Fa saw Da Quan chasing along the lake, so he followed him.
This area was full of green trees and was well shielded. In order not to alert the Xiwei Palace, they were all hiding very carefully.
After going around in a circle, I crossed to the other side.
This is an abandoned palace with almost no one coming in and out. Only palace maids come to clean it every month. However, since no one lives here, the cleaners only come once a month.
Ah Fa noticed a figure swaying in the peony bushes in front of him. Without thinking, he took off the bow and arrow on his back, squatted down, bent the bow, and the arrow flew out.
The arrow cut through the air and headed straight for the flowers.
There was the sound of metal penetrating into skin, and someone fell to the ground with a thud.
Ah Fa walked over and saw a man lying in a pool of blood among the flowers. Ah Fa turned him over and saw his face. He was shocked to find that it was Xia Lin, the only son of Prime Minister Xia.
Xia Lin's whole body was twitching, blood was oozing from his chest, his eyes were wide open, his face was distorted, and he was in great pain.
Seeing this, Daquan turned Xia Lin around, pulled out the arrow from his back, and said to Ah Fa, "Let's go. We haven't been here before."
Ah Fa's hands and feet were cold, "Oh my God, Prime Minister Xia only let me kill his daughter, but not his son."
"Hurry up!" Daquan looked around and saw that the people he led were about to catch up. He said sternly: "Shut up, this didn't happen."
After saying that, he dragged Ah Fa away.
Zi'an was hiding in the rockery and saw this scene from afar. She jumped into the water and swam over like crazy.
When she climbed ashore, Afa and Daquan had already left with the palace guards.
Zi'an stumbled over and looked at Xia Lin, whose pupils had dilated. She covered Xia Lin's chest with one hand, but could not stop the blood from flowing out.
Xia Lin grabbed her wrist and forced himself to stand up. Blood flowed out of his mouth. He held onto Zi An tightly, "Sister... Sister..."
"Linlin, don't be afraid. Big sister is here, big sister is here!" She tore open her clothes with one hand, wrapped the wound, and touched Xia Lin's face helplessly with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "It's okay, big sister is here, big sister is here!"
She couldn't let Xia Lin die, she couldn't. She didn't care whether her feelings for Xia Lin were left by the original owner or she just pitied the child, she only knew that she couldn't let Xia Lin die.
"Big sister... Daddy wants to kill you, run... run..." Xia Lin said, and his voice became lowered, "It's so cold, so cold..."
Zi'an burst into tears, leaned down and hugged him, pressing his wet face against his cold face, "It's okay, Linlin, big sister is here."
“Sister, I’m scared, I’m scared of daddy…” Xia Lin’s whole body was shaking, his childish face was full of fear. He wanted to reach out and hold her, but his hands sank as soon as they were raised.
Zi'an held his hand, pressed it against his heart, and kept comforting him, "Don't be afraid, I'm here, don't be afraid."
Xia Lin smiled, his smile was as pure as the cloudless sky, his eyes were a clear blue, there was a smile on his lips, his eyes were wide open, wide open...
Zi'an fell to the ground, the pain in her heart almost tore her into pieces.
Her heart was screaming "no" but she had to accept this result.
With trembling hands, she untied the cloth bandaging Xia Lin's chest and tied it around her own arm. She lowered her head and kissed his eyes. Tears dripped onto his cheeks. She stared at him for a moment, wiped away her tears and stood up.
Linlin, big sister will help you get revenge, definitely!
After Zi'an left, the door of the abandoned palace opened, and an old man in gray clothes walked out. He held a pipe in his hand, and after taking a puff, he waved his hand, "Xiaopang, move that kid in."
A short, fat, toothless boy walked out of the temple. He looked at him and asked, "Old man, the person is dead."
The old man stretched himself and tapped his pipe against the wall. "How could anyone die under my watch? Take them back."
After saying that, he stood up and went in.
The boy carried Xia Lin on his back and chased after him, "Grandpa, are you sure Xia Zian is the successor of the golden needle technique?"
(End of this chapter)