??53: Chapter 53: eting the Empress Dowager
53: Chapter 53: eting the Empress Dowager
Chu Baihan greatly detested the atmosphere of the Imperial Palace of Yan Country.
She diverted her gaze and wanted to sit in the carriage and leave.
But suddenly, at that mont, a tall figure appeared by her side, grabbed her wrist, and pulled her away.
“Prince Lin, what do you an by this?”
Upon recognizing it was Yan Lin, Chu Baihan stiffened up like a thorn bush, her tone chillingly cold.
A few maidservants also spoke up in dissuasion, “Eighth Prince, we are ordered to escort the Princess back to her residence.”
“I will explain this to father myself,” he said firmly, brooking no doubt.
“Let our Princess go!” Nan Xing fud.
Back then, this man had almost killed their Princess.
What did he intend to do today?
However, as she stepped forward, Ziyi blocked her way.
“Don’t worry, our master will not harm your Princess,” Ziyi explained.
“Ridiculous.
I will not believe your words.”
As her words fell, she started fighting with him.
Hearing the sound of the scuffle behind her, Chu Baihan’s face changed.
“If you co with , Ziyi will not hurt your maidservant, otherwise…”
“A noble Prince Lin, resorting to such an tactics?” Chu Baihan’s tone was dripping with sarcasm.
But Yan Lin acted as if he hadn’t heard a thing and continued pulling her close.
Chu Baihan stared at his firm, unyielding profile, feeling both angry and annoyed.
She really wanted to pull out a silver needle and stab him to death.
But thinking that she still needed to infiltrate the National Treasury, killing him now would be disadvantageous for her, so she had to suppress her hatred.
She remained silent, her face cold as she followed him, quite curious to see where he intended to take her.
After a while, when she stopped at the doorway of East Bright Hall, her heart tightened slightly.
“Princess, do you still rember this place?”
Yan Lin glanced sideways, his deep gaze trying to discern sothing on her.
Was he still doubting her?
Chu Baihan’s eyes flickered, but eventually she replied calmly, “Prince Lin, do you an to tell
that the palaces of Yan Country resemble those of Nanduan Kingdom?
Unfortunately…
our Nanduan Kingdom has no East Bright Hall.”
Seeing her like this, Yan Lin’s eyes stung briefly.
But he was still not ready to give up.
He still had a strong feeling that she was connected to Chu Baihan.
“Co in, the Empress Dowager has missed you these years,” he said hoarsely, exhaling deeply.
For a mont, Chu Baihan thought his tone sounded sowhat weary.
Suppressing her emotions, she pretended not to hear his words and slowly walked into the palace.
As soon as she entered, she could sll a strong scent of dicine.
Was the Empress Dowager’s health…
already in such a state?
“The Empress Dowager can hardly leave her bed now.
The Imperial Physicians are at their wit’s end.
Father intends to have Liu Shuxin consult, but she refused, insisting on waiting for your return…”
As Yan Lin spoke these words, his deep eyes were still fixed on Chu Baihan.
Chu Baihan felt oppressed.
However, she dared not show even a trace of it on her face.
She couldn’t expose the secret that she was still alive, she couldn’t die again.
“I do indeed pity the Empress Dowager’s condition, but Prince Lin, your words perplex .
I have never been to Yan Country, so how could I know the Empress Dowager, and why would she wait for ?”
Chu Baihan tilted her head, her face full of suspicion.
Still unable to probe anything, the lancholy in Yan Lin’s deanor deepened.
“But has Linlin arrived?”
At this mont, a hoarse voice echoed within the palace.
This voice was also very familiar to Chu Baihan.
After all, it was this voice that had protected him many tis in the past.
But why did this voice sound so old and weary now?
Yan Lin followed and circled around the screen to enter the room.
Soon, Chu Baihan saw the Empress Dowager lying on the bed, the nanny feeding her dicine.
Upon hearing movents, the Empress Dowager wanted to get up with difficulty.
“Is it Linlin who has co?
Soone co and help , I need to get up…”
“Empress Grandmother, I’ll co over; you do not need to get up.”
Yan Lin led Chu Baihan to the bedside.
It was then that Chu Baihan noticed the Empress Dowager’s hands continually groping about as if she couldn’t see.
“In recent years, the Empress Grandmother’s eyesight has worsened, and now she can no longer see,” Yan Lin said in a hoarse voice.
In the past, it was he who was blind, now… it was the Empress Grandmother.
“Linlin, who are you talking to?
Has Han Girl returned?” the Empress Dowager’s expression brightened as she hurriedly reached out to pull soone.
“Empress Grandmother,” Yan Lin grabbed her hand.
He turned back, whispering to Chu Baihan, “You closely resemble my late Princess Consort, the Empress Grandmother’s favorite.
She used to call her Han Girl.
On the day she passed away, the Empress Dowager sat all night in the Prince Residence.”
Hearing Yan Lin’s words, Chu Baihan also felt very distressed.
Indeed, the Empress Dowager still rembered her.
She had died, and there were still people who grieved.
“Since last year, the Empress Grandmother has been sowhat delirious, constantly feeling that my Princess Consort will return,” Yan Lin continued to speak.
Suddenly, the Empress Dowager’s other hand grabbed Chu Baihan: “Is that you, Han Girl?
Have you truly returned?”
Looking at the expectant face of the Empress Dowager, Chu Baihan very much wanted to speak the truth.
But in the end, reason stopped her.
She took a deep breath, whispering softly, “Empress Dowager, I am not the Princess Consort of Lin, I am the Princess of Nanduan Kingdom, here for a royal match.”
“For a royal match?”
Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager’s expression fell, and she quickly pulled away from Chu Baihan’s hand.
She angrily said, “If you want a royal match, seek another Prince.
Lin has Han Girl, and he can’t marry another.”
Chu Baihan’s eyes stung, and several tis she nearly cried, but she fiercely held back.
Biting her tongue, the taste of blood sowhat revived her senses.
She said coldly, “Rest assured, Empress Dowager, the man I fancy is not like Prince Lin, I absolutely do not covet the position of Princess Consort.”
“How dare you speak to the Empress Dowager like this?” Witnessing Chu Baihan’s sharp tone, the nanny rebuked her quietly.
The nanny who had protected her in the past now spoke to her like this.
Chu Baihan felt conflicted, yet there was nothing she could do.
Hearing her forceful words, Yan Lin’s eyes darkened.
His Princess Consort would not speak to him like this, nor would she treat the Empress Dowager so coldly.
Thus, she truly was not Chu Baihan.
The last sliver of hope in his heart extinguished, his deanor gradually grew colder.
After a long ti, he said coldly, “Princess, since you’ve co to the East Bright Hall and claim to have dical skills, I’ll trouble you to check on the Empress Dowager.”
“I only know a bit about dical skills; dicinal practice isn’t really my specialty.
Prince Lin should seek soone more proficient.”
After dropping those words, Chu Baihan turned and left directly.
It wasn’t that she was heartless toward the Empress Dowager…
but after everything she had been through, she didn’t deserve to be soft!
Outside, she found Ziyi and Nan Xing still sparring.
Her expression slightly hardened, she walked over slowly and swiftly immobilized Ziyi’s acupoint.
“If you’re idle, better tie up your Prince, and stop him from recklessly biting others.”
She coldly said this to Ziyi and then took Nan Xing and left.
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