Zhao Huayin's cold eyes did not shy away from looking at Zhao Huaqin.

Zhao Huayin did not lower the curtain until Zhao Huaqin's carriage disappeared.

"What are you looking at?"

Seeing Zhao Huayin staring out the car window, Shen Bi couldn't help but ask.

"Nothing, mother, let's go back home quickly."

"You have to go back quickly. Such a big thing happened today. The whole capital is probably in chaos. I don't know how your father is doing."

"Don't worry, mother. If father isn't in the court, he will be in the mansion. He will be safe."

Zhao Huayin held Shen Bi's hand and comforted her softly.

"The flower viewing and garden party is an annual event in the capital. I didn't expect such a big change to happen this year. Even His Majesty is missing. I am still shocked when I think about it.

We were able to return safely today, thanks to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin who sent someone to protect you."

Speaking of this, Shen Bi thought of Yan Qi who was driving a car outside.

He pressed Zhao Huayin's palm and asked,

"Yinyin, tell mother the truth, was it your plan that the King of Qin came to rescue you today?"

Zhao Huayin quickly shook her head. She was also surprised that Yan Qi would come back today.

"Mother, I didn't know His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin would come. We really didn't make an appointment in advance."

Seeing Zhao Huayin say this, Shen Bi stopped asking questions.

However, as a prince, he was driving a carriage outside, and seeing how much he cared about Zhao Huayin, Shen Bi could see it.

The timing and place are not right now, Shen Bi plans to go back and talk to Zhao Huayin about it.

Yan Qi drove the carriage very steadily. After successfully sending Zhao Huayin back home, he also had to go and clean up the mess.

Yan Qi and King Jin had already noticed something about King Xuan's actions today.

Ever since Zhao Huayin ordered Qingshuang to pass on a message to King Jin, King Jin and Yan Qi have been very busy these past few days, seizing the opportunity to investigate King Xuan.

The more they investigated, the more they found something strange about Prince Xuan's Mansion.

Screams could be heard from a courtyard in Prince Xuan's palace every day, as if someone was being tortured there.

Yan Qi's secret guards wanted to go into the yard to find out what was going on, but unfortunately they failed after trying several times and were almost discovered.

Another thing is that there is a mysterious man in black robe in Prince Xuan’s mansion. It seems that he has just arrived in Prince Xuan’s mansion not long ago, but Prince Xuan wants to see him every day.

King Xuan would stay in that courtyard for a few hours every day, and would spend the rest of his time in the palace accompanying Emperor Hui.

During this period, King Xuan often went to the palace to accompany Emperor Hui, prepared things that Emperor Hui liked, and stayed with him all day.

Empress Yun took the initiative to marry several beauties to Emperor Hui.

It can be said that Concubine Yun and her son were truly favored by the emperor during this period, and Emperor Hui would feel like something was missing if he didn't see King Xuan for a day.

This series of actions caused Yan Qi and King Jin to speculate that King Xuan must be preparing to do something.

I just don’t know how he planned it, but he was definitely aiming for the supreme position.

The reason why Yan Qi was so sure was because King Xuan had lost contact with Concubine Yun's maternal family, the Xie family.

Before the downfall of the Xie family, they must have found a way to send a message to King Xuan.

King Xuan knew clearly that as long as the Xie clan, the maternal family of Concubine Yun, ceased to exist, he would have no chance of becoming the crown prince.

Perhaps it was because of this that King Xuan wanted to take a risky move.

King Xuan first secretly took Emperor Hui out of the imperial city in order to create a commotion at the flower-viewing garden party.

This way, Emperor Hui would be injured, and then the imperial guards could be mobilized in the name of protecting the emperor.

Once the imperial guards arrive, together with King Xuan's own troops, most of the defense of the capital will be in my hands.

Family members of all officials in the capital would attend grand events such as the flower-viewing and garden-party, as long as the venue was under control.

King Xuan could then threaten these officials to obey him, otherwise he would kill their wives and children.

What King Xuan did not expect was that Emperor Hui was so useless that he fainted after being stabbed only once.

King Xuan had carefully prepared scenes of protecting the emperor and caring for him sincerely, but in the end, none of them worked.

If Emperor Hui felt that King Xuan was willing to protect him at the risk of his own life, he would take care of him in every possible way.

Emperor Hui would certainly let Prince Xuan enter the palace to accompany him. By then, with Concubine Yun in the palace, Prince Xuan and his mother would be able to control Emperor Hui.

For this plan, King Xuan had already spent a huge amount of money to find a sorcerer, as long as there was no one else around Emperor Hui.

It would definitely make Emperor Hui give up the throne without anyone noticing.

It wasn't just Emperor Hui who was incompetent. I'm sure King Xuan still can't figure out what went wrong.

When he heard the guards report that the mansions of the officials who had defected to his side were on fire, and the officials who he had planned to coerce were not in their mansions.

King Xuan was filled with panic.

The city defense camp in the capital was powerful, so King Xuan chose to take action when Yan Qi was not in the capital in order to avoid their attack.

But something went wrong.

If you can’t bring the officials you want to coerce to the scene, how can you make them work for you?

King Xuan was still angry when he fled the scene. The fathers and brothers of the two women who died had opposed him in the court.

With them setting an example, who would dare not listen to me?

It was such a bummer that we had to leave even though the raft was already ready.

The carefully planned plan failed, and King Xuan could only take Emperor Hui away. The only option now was to let the sorcerer take action in advance!

Yan Qi had almost guessed King Xuan's plan and knew that if King Xuan fled with Emperor Hui, they would definitely return to the mysterious courtyard in the palace.

Shen Bi got out of the car and thanked Yan Qi again.

Yan Qi’s sudden appearance made Zhao Huayin seem to have a thousand words to say, but she didn’t know where to start.

Zhao Huayin only bowed to Yan Qi seriously and said, "Your Majesty, please be careful on your way and make sure you return safely."

Yan Qi also had a lot to say, but now he had some important things to do and it was not the time to be sentimental.

"Wait for me. I'll come find you when I'm done."

Zhao Huayin's ears suddenly turned red when she heard Yan Qi's blunt words in public.

After giving the instructions, Yan Qi took the horse from his attendant and rode away.

The person had already walked far away, but Zhao Huayin still stared at Yan Qi's back for a long time, feeling a little lost, as if they would not see each other for a long time after Yan Qi left.

"The people have gone far away, let's go in first."

Shen Bi reminded softly.

Zhao Huayin came back to her senses and felt a little embarrassed. Her face turned red and she walked forward to hold Shen Bi's arm and acted coquettishly.

Shen Bi saw everything from the side, and smiled as he took Zhao Huayin's hand and went back home.

When the mother and daughter returned home, they found that Minister Zhao was not there. After asking the steward, they learned that the Prime Minister had urgently summoned the officials to the cabinet to discuss matters.

"Since it's official business, it must be safe. Go back and freshen up, get some rest, and don't worry about your father."

"Then I'll go back first, and mother should rest first."

When Zhao Huayin returned to her yard, the first thing she did was to take out all the evidence of what Zhao Huaqin had done and ordered Liuyun to deliver it to Zhao Huaqin's father.

Also sent along was a handwritten letter from Zhao Huayin.

Zhao Huayin wanted to see, with these things, could Zhao Huaqin still go out?

Only after doing all this did Zhao Huayin feel really tired.

Dianxue had already prepared water, and Zhao Huayin took off all her clothes and soaked in the warm water.

Zhao Huayin squinted her eyes comfortably, but the comfort did not last long, as she suddenly felt a sharp pain on the back of her hand.

Her throat seemed to be tightly strangled by a pair of invisible hands. Zhao Huayin wanted to struggle, but her hands and feet could not move at all, and her cries for help were stuck in her throat.

At that moment, Zhao Huayin was filled with despair and watched her body slowly slide into the water.

Before Zhao Huayin lost consciousness, she thought that today she finally met the person she had been thinking about for a long time. It was a pity that she didn't have the time to have a good word with him.

"Bang!"

"girl!"

It was the sound of a basin of water falling to the ground, mixed with a little bit of snow's crying.

Zhao Huayin fell into complete darkness.

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