Emperor Jin

Chapter 158
She said faintly, her hand couldn't help tightening her grip on the silk handkerchief, almost smashing it into pieces.

The bright red ink marks trembled under her fingers, the empress narrowed her phoenix eyes, and murmured: "People from the Yuan family..."

As if she couldn't bear the coolness of the night, she shivered suddenly, and said with a forced smile: "There are so many wars, and it's not surprising that the seal of the Yuan family's royal family fell into Chen Jin's hands one after another."

Having said that, her green fingers tightly clenched the veil and refused to let go.

The ink pad was already very thin, and it was distorted. Such a picture was reflected in her eyes, but it was like a ghostly shadow, and a coolness rose from her heart.

The queen smiled wryly, as if pinching a ball of fire in her palm, she let it go lightly, and the veil fell to the ground lightly.

There was silence in the room, as if even the air was stagnant.He Yuan peeked at the queen anxiously, but saw that her expression was changing, and she was actually in a daze.

After a long time, she sighed and said to He Yuan: "Let's not worry about this kind of speculation for now. Find out Chen Jin's accomplices is the top priority."

"Send six hundred miles to hurry, and the arrest department will detain all the survivors of the Southern Tang Dynasty in the capital..."

The queen smiled coldly, "Just a few cabinet ministers will be in charge, so those people have to sift through one by one. If any fish slip through the net, don't blame me for being ruthless."

As soon as He Yuan heard it, his heart became clear—the queen was deliberately trying to make the adults worry, he memorized the words with a low eyebrow, and hurriedly backed away.

The queen was the only one left in the hall. She stared at the silk handkerchief on the ground, bit her lips tightly, and her eyes seemed to be tainted with madness.

"This thing is covered on the veil, I'm afraid it's used as a token..."

She lowered her head, there was a sudden awe in the brows, the glare in her eyes almost destroyed everything——

"Could it be that there are still people in the Yuan family living in this world...?"

Word by word, voices full of resentment and horror filled the hall. The queen vaguely saw her hideous and distorted face from the gleaming lacquer plate, sobbed, and almost gnawed her silver teeth.

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Baojin was half-slanted between a pile of low logs, and a gap was split between his blood-losing lips due to thirst.

In the dark dense forest, the low growls of beasts made one's hair stand on end. Only the figure of Ang Zang approaching not far away could bring her some vitality.

The emperor's clothes had been torn short, but he still didn't look distressed. He handed over a bamboo tube clumsily, which could hold some water.

"You drink."

A light sentence, concise and to the point.

Bao Jin took the bamboo tube, and said faintly and pleasantly, "Where did the water come from?"

The emperor pursed his lips and said nothing, but twitched the corners of his lips slightly as an answer.

Bao Jin drank it all in one gulp, only felt that it was refreshing and sweet, so he couldn't help asking: "Where did you get it?"

The two walked for two days, and they were currently in the middle of the dense forest, but they didn't see a single person along the way. Then the emperor remembered with a wry smile that this stretch of hundreds of miles was all hunting gardens belonging to the Li Palace, and people were not allowed to trespass without permission .

I thought it was very close to the palace, but after Baojin secretly deduced the direction from the stars, he found almost desperately that this was the northernmost end of the palace. With the injuries of the two of them, and the lack of food and water, the hardships were not enough. Outsiders also know.

Baojin was curious, so he couldn't help tugging at his sleeve, and asked a question.

The emperor only felt dizzy for a while, and he could hardly stand up. He fell to the ground weakly, and his face was very ugly.

"What’s wrong with you?!"

Bao Jin was taken aback, and when he got closer, he found that his lips were covered with blisters, and his skin was unusually hot.

"dew……"

The emperor said in a low voice.

"what?"

Bao Jin was in a daze, and the emperor couldn't bear it and said angrily: "What you just drank was the dew I collected."

He let out a low growl, his eyes stared at him again, he couldn't help leaning against the tree, panting heavily.

Baojin felt a pain in his heart—he gave me water, but he was so thirsty!
She didn't think about it anymore, she stood up straight, picked up the bamboo knot and walked out.

"Do you want to feed the beast?!"

The weary voice was a little low, but with hidden worries, Bao Jin said without turning his head: "I'll find some more dew."

The emperor was taken aback, then laughed and said mockingly: "Do you think this dew is the fruit on the tree, obediently waiting for you to pick it?"

Before he could finish speaking, Baojin had already entered the depths of the forest. He was anxious and angry, but he was helpless, but there was a faint sweetness in his heart. For the first time in his life, he felt that he was as powerless as a kid.

A sense of frustration welled up in his heart, the emperor only felt that the rising sun above his head was getting darker, almost engulfing the two of them.

(End of this chapter)