There is a god in the sky

Chapter 347 Revenge 16

"Your Highness, please don't come any closer!"

The emperor led his entourage to an abandoned palace. It was so remote that the emperor might never have set foot here in his entire life without a guide.

He heard Lin Jieyu's cries for help.

Shen Lan was anxious and wanted to rush in to save the person, but Zhao Jinxiao stopped her.

"Miss Shen, you must not act rashly without the Emperor's orders!"

Aren't you going to save them?

Zhao Jinxiao glanced at the emperor and said in a low voice, "I didn't hear the crown prince's voice."

If the Crown Prince's voice isn't heard, then the person inside might not be the Crown Prince.

The emperor raised his hand and waved, and everyone stopped in their tracks.

He walked in alone, his hands clenched into fists behind his back.

"You wretch! Today I'll make sure you suffer a terrible death!"

"Your Highness, please point out any offenses I may have committed, and I will certainly correct them!"

Lin Jieyu's voice was soft, and she sounded like an extremely gentle woman.

But her pleas did not earn the prince's leniency.

Hearing the sound of a sword being drawn, the emperor frowned, kicked open the door, and roared, "Insolence!"

"Ah..." A scream echoed from the palace.

Shen Lan didn't care about anything else. She rushed past the Imperial Guards and went inside. She was so frightened by the scene inside that she turned pale.

The Crown Prince was seen with his back to the door, embracing Lin Miaoniang tightly.

"Drip, drip..." Liquid was dripping onto the ground.

A pool of blood gradually spread beneath the Crown Prince and Lin Miaoniang.

Shen Lan couldn't see Lin Miaoniang's face, but she called out with a sliver of hope, "Miaoniang?"

The prince snapped out of his daze, forcefully pushed away the woman in his arms, and turned his head in a daze.

Shen Lan rushed over and caught Lin Miaoniang before she landed.

A dagger was stuck in her chest, right in her left breast. With Shen Lan's experience, she could tell at a glance that the knife had pierced her heart.

She laid Lin Miaoniang flat, intending to stop the bleeding, but dared not touch the dagger.

There is no operating room, no medicine, and no technology to suture a heart.

Her hands trembled, and she didn't know where to start. She was so anxious that tears streamed down her face.

"Miao Niang... hang in there..."

"Lan'er..." Lin Miaoniang didn't expect to see her. She raised her hand to touch her, but Shen Lan held it tightly.

Her hands were stained with blood, but she wore a satisfied smile.

She leaned against Shen Lan's chest and whispered, "Lan'er, I have to go first..."

"No, we haven't had a proper talk yet, and we haven't gone home together."

"Going home...I want to go home...I miss my parents..."

Lin Miaoniang's breathing grew weaker and weaker. Shen Lan didn't care about anything else, pulled out the dagger, and pressed her sleeve against Lin Miaoniang's wound.

The crown prince was completely bewildered until a slap landed on his face.

"You unfilial son! Look what you've done!"

The crown prince immediately knelt down and loudly protested, "Father, I am innocent! This vile woman framed me!"

"Shut up!"

The emperor kicked him away, walked over, and said, "Consort Lin, do you have any last wishes?"

"Your Majesty... After I die, I wish to return to my roots... like fallen leaves."

"Okay." The emperor agreed immediately.

Lin Miaoniang smiled, grabbed Shen Lan and said, "Lan'er, take me home..."

"Okay, I will definitely take you home. Let's go home together."

Feeling the organ beneath her palm stop beating, Shen Lan's tears fell even harder.

Zhao Jinxiao led the imperial physician in, who felt Lin Jieyu's pulse, shook his head and sighed, "Your Majesty, Lin Jieyu is gone."

Shen Lan looked up, her eyes sharp, and asked, "Is there no possibility of saving him?"

"The person is already dead, how can they be brought back to life? I heard that your ancestors were imperial physicians, do you have a way?"

Shen Lan wasn't oblivious to his sarcasm. She snatched the medicine box from him, emptied its contents, and took out a set of silver needles.

"What are you doing?" the imperial physician shouted, reaching out to snatch the silver needles, but Shen Lan pushed him away.

She swiftly drew out silver needles and placed them on various parts of Lin Miaoniang's body.

The bleeding was stopped, but nobody cared. No matter how much you disturb a corpse, it's impossible for it to come back to life.

The emperor left with the crown prince, but he was more heartbroken by the death of Consort Li than by the death of a concubine.

But all these grievances pale in comparison to the mistakes the Crown Prince made.

Shen Lan felt a shadow fall over her, blocking her view, and said in a deep voice, "Please move aside!"

The person squatted down and straightened Lin Miaoniang's clothes.

"It's no use, she's already dead."

Shen Lan looked up and met a pair of eyes devoid of joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness.

These eyes took her back to more than a decade ago, when she had always loved these eyes and their owner.

Li Ge stood out in that remote town—outstanding in appearance and intelligence. He was one of the few young people who could keep up with Shen Lan's train of thought.

She asked in a hoarse voice, "Is this also part of your plan?"

She noticed when she pulled out the dagger that Lin Miaoniang's wound was at the wrong angle.

The crown prince was a head taller than her, so if he had stabbed her, the blade would have been pointing downwards.

However, her dagger was inserted from the bottom up, making it seem more like she stabbed herself.

Shen Lan recalled the conversation she overheard outside the door. Although it sounded flawless, the simulated voice was never as natural as the real one.

She had been taught ventriloquism by Lin Miaoniang when she was a child, and she never expected that Lin Miaoniang would learn it so well.

Li Ge replied coldly, "Would you believe me if I said no?"

"I believe you," Shen Lan replied firmly.

Li Ge's expression finally softened, and he said in a low voice, "Miao Niang is too foolish. She is risking her life to achieve her goal. If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have gone along with her."

Shen Lan continued what she was doing, saying without looking up, "I need needle and thread and strong liquor, the sooner the better."

Li Ge agreed without asking what she intended to use it for, and then turned and left.

The palace was already remote, and once people left, it became exceptionally quiet and empty.

A moment later, it was Li Ye, not Li Ge, who came in to deliver the items.

Behind Li Ye was another person dressed as a eunuch, with his head down and half of his face hidden under his high collar.

He knelt beside the corpse, wanting to speak but not daring to interrupt Shen Lan's actions, so he could only take a handkerchief to wipe Lin Miaoniang's cheeks.

He moved gently, as if treasuring a precious jewel, meticulously depicting Lin Miaoniang's features.

Shen Lan stitched up the wound on Lin Miaoniang's heart, but various emergency methods failed to restore its beating.

She was discouraged.

"How did you end up in the palace?" Shen Lan asked Shen Zhiyuan, puzzled.

The palace is not a marketplace; not just anyone can enter, especially since he had obvious scars on his face.

“Li Ge sent people to escort me into the palace.”

Shen Zhiyuan did not know Lin Miaoniang's whereabouts at first. When he entered the palace, he thought that Li Ge only needed him, so he came happily.

As a result, we saw this scene.

Hearing Shen Lan's calls and looking at the person lying motionless on the ground, his heart, which had been dead for a long time, gradually began to beat again.