Dress up as a sickly person to capture the villain princess!

"I have already made up my mind who did this. I am afraid that he can only use this trick of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west to lure the tiger away from the mountain once."

"If he fails to kill me this time, I will kill him next time."

Zhao Changlin was lying on the couch with her back against the pillow. Her blood and energy had eased a lot. She was holding a bowl of medicinal food in her hand.

Drinking slowly.

"I just didn't expect that the affairs of the palace have always been handled by my father himself. Although I have placed people there, my vision is limited."

She quickly analyzed the major mistake she had made in this matter, which was to dispatch personnel to focus on investigating her own assassination.

Instead, he ignored the mouse that took a detour.

Moreover, Ling Tong had already sent over a detailed investigation file this morning, which showed that his father had been poisoned by a foreign poison that was colorless, odorless, and had a slow effect.

If consumed in small amounts, it is beneficial to the body, but if consumed in excess, people will gradually develop hallucinations, and may even conflict with other foods due to the long-term accumulation of toxicity in the body.

There is a risk of sudden death.

Zhao Changlin closed his eyes, lowered his eyelashes, and looked at the white porridge and medicinal food in his hand. He already understood something in his mind.

His father took the medicine on his own initiative, but Zhao Changlin had no idea of ​​the purpose behind it.

Maybe... my father is someone I want to see, someone I miss.

"Then what are your plans for the future, Your Highness?"

Xia Zhiyuan raised her eyes and glanced at the palace maids standing on both sides of His Highness's tent. As expected, the guilty palace maid did not come to the tent today, but instead kept asking for sick leave.

Perhaps before long, the shadow guards under His Highness' command will be able to track down this senior palace maid.

I'm afraid that at this moment, she is like an ant on hot pan, anxious and busy.

"Of course I have to have a good talk with that group of people about my coronation ceremony."

Zhao Changlin put the medicinal food in her hand aside. She had already finished half the bowl of it. She lifted the quilt and got out of bed.

"I want to see who wins this game of chess."

Her body was no longer as fragile as it had been a few days ago. After lying in bed for a few days, it was time for her to get out and move around. Zhao Changlin had already sent his shadow guards to inform princes and dukes in various places of the emperor's death.

and provincial bureaucrats.

He wanted to use the pretext of "investigating the cause of the emperor's death" to buy enough time and win over enough officials in Lingzhou City as his trump card.

This is a bit too beautiful.

Since he is the legitimate crown prince of the empire, he should obey the emperor's will and succeed to the throne himself. That is the loyal choice for the empire. If he has any second thoughts, he would be a traitor.

If the time is predicted correctly, the first batch of officials from various provinces and departments who will learn of the emperor's death will rush here this afternoon. Together with the group of confidants brought by the emperor for hunting, almost all the backbones of the court will be present.

“The fun has just begun.”

Zhao Changlin walked to the clothes rack, picked up his soft armor and slowly put it on, but saw the familiar red rope tied to his soft armor.

"Zhiyuan, these few days will definitely not be peaceful. I will order someone to send you back to the Xia family."

There was no trace of sadness on her face. Zhao Changlin just gave the order as if he was determined to die together.

"Your Highness...what if Zhiyuan says that Zhiyuan won't go back?"

"At this point, Your Highness, even if Zhiyuan wants to stay out of this, I'm afraid he can't get away from it."

The scene of Xia Zhiyuan hurriedly walking towards Zhao Changlin with the tiger talisman in front of all the court officials that day has long been remembered.

"I was abrupt... I didn't consider your situation for a moment, but if you stay in the princess's mansion, you will definitely be in greater danger."

Hearing Zhao Changlin's uncertain words, Xia Zhiyuan smiled lightly, leaned forward, looked into His Highness' eyes, and said seriously: "So, Zhiyuan believes that Your Highness can protect Zhiyuan safely."

The fingers that were originally wearing soft nails gradually paused. When the fingertips touched the cold leather, Zhao Changlin felt his breathing quicken.

His face felt slightly hot and he quickly avoided Xia Zhiyuan's sight, tightly grasping the knot of his soft armor in his hand.

She seldom promised anything to others because Zhao Changlin didn't like to owe others anything.

But this time, she wanted to agree to Xia Zhiyuan's request, even though Zhao Changlin knew in her heart that Xia Zhiyuan might have said this as a joke, or to cheer herself up.

But she just wanted to agree, there was no other reason.

If a king cannot even keep the things he likes, how can he protect his position as the leader of a country and the safety of the people of the world?

“That’s…that’s it.”

"Then I promise you, I will protect you."

There was a momentary pause in her words, as if she had just stuttered, and in the instant she became majestic again, turning into the high and mighty princess.

"Hoo...Hoo...Dear host...This system is finally back online...Host, are you alright?"

"Just now, this system sensed that the favorability value of your capture target has increased! It seems that the communication network has been completely repaired!"

The cheerful voice of the system rang in Xia Zhiyuan's mind, which really proved the old saying that a day without seeing you feels like three years.

Xia Zhiyuan used to dislike the noisy system, but now he misses the noisy sound of the system in his ears.

After all, if there was no system, Xia Zhiyuan felt that it would be really difficult to fight those old foxes. He still had the hangman with him, so he felt more at ease.

"I'm not dead, can you please stop being so loud... Also, don't you have any... "apology" for the system service crash?"

"I still get a few draws as compensation when I get disconnected while playing games. I'm telling you, it can't be gone. If it's gone, go to the backstage and file a complaint!"

The connection was not disconnected early or late, but just at the most important time. If it were any other time, Xia Zhiyuan would just treat it as nothing happened, as it would be the same whether the system was on or not.

"Okay, host, we have received your complaint and report about the background. Please wait a moment and I will serve you right away—"

"Oh, by the way, dear host, your capture target's heart rate for you has increased by 5%, congratulations, 10 points have been credited~"

"Host, please remember to pick it up in your mailbox~"

Then the system's voice suddenly stopped. It seemed that it was helping him to appeal the problem. Xia Zhiyuan was very satisfied with the system's attitude.

At least this system doesn't curse or swear. Instead, it works diligently. If there is any problem, the system will take the initiative to contact the backend and will not embarrass its host.

To some extent...there's nothing wrong with it except that it fails at critical moments.