After the eldest daughter was reborn, the whole family knelt down and begged for forgiveness

Tianshu had never seen the princess. For a long time, he secretly helped the young Lin Xun to ask the servants in the palace about the rumors about the princess, and pieced those rumors together to form the appearance of "mother" -

Few people know that the seemingly cold-blooded regent actually longed for the warmth of family affection when he was young.

Princess Tianji was the daughter of a branch of the Jinling Ji family and the cousin of King Tianji, and fell in love with him at first sight.

The princess is stunningly beautiful, and she and the prince are a perfect match, but she seldom goes out, and few people in Kyoto have seen her true appearance.

But those who served her said that she had a gentle temper and was a dignified and kind mistress.

Tianshu developed his ability to find out gossip at that time, but somehow this matter was later known to the old princess who lived in Shuiyunju.

Ever since she lost her son, the old princess has been very secretive about what happened back then. When she learned that Lin Xun had sent people to inquire about the old people, she dismissed those servants without a word...

Because of the taboos surrounding royal affairs, Lin Xun had very few memories of his parents.

His father was a young hero who single-handedly annihilated the Tianxuan Sect and rescued the people of more than a dozen cities; his mother was from the Ji family and was very much in love with his father.

The couple was looking forward to the birth of their baby, but being pregnant with him was very difficult. Her favorite dish was Jinling's rouge goose breast!

The goose breast soaked in rose juice had a faint floral scent, and in Lin Xun's eyes it looked like it was soaked in blood...

……

Lin Xun's eyes became gloomy. If one looked closely, on the left side of his face in the darkness, a vine-like pattern spread out, as if it was going to swallow him whole.

Tianshu and Hanguang swallowed their saliva nervously, thinking that Lu Zizhen should not have gone far, and it should be in time to bring him back...

"Your Majesty, would you like to dine with me?"

The girl's clear voice broke the originally heavy and stagnant atmosphere...

There was a window in the study, and the sunlight shone through the window onto the girl's face, like a piece of crystal jade, enough to dispel all the darkness and haze.

then……

He didn't even need to take medicine, his eyes were still clear, and he said, "This dish is cold, let them change some, it's a good opportunity for you to taste the cooking skills of the palace."

What Tianshu and Hanguang were worried about did not happen!

The way they looked at Xiao Xuetang seemed to be filled with gratitude. One of them quickly took the food box away, and the other said, "Miss Xiao, please sit down for a while. I will be here soon."

Xiao Xuetang...

She was just being polite to Lin Xun and had no real intention of having dinner with him!

At this moment, Xiao Xuetang's mind flashed with the scene of her and Lin Xun in the bedroom, and her ears felt a little hot...

She shouldn't have been unable to refuse Langya's coquettishness and come to the study room... This is tantamount to walking into a trap.

Xiao Xuetang was fidgeting, but Lin Xun seemed to be calm and asked her calmly, "What are you thinking about?"

After lunch, Lin Xun saw that Xiao Xuetang looked absent-minded, so he asked, "What are you thinking about?"

Xiao Xuetang replied: "I was wondering if your poisoning...was related to the late emperor."

Lin Xun was stunned with a smile on his face...

Seeing this, Xiao Xuetang subconsciously apologized: "Sorry, I overstepped my bounds."

"what."

Two voices sounded at the same time.

Lin Xun said calmly, "When the late emperor was alive, he gave me two choices. One was to inherit the position of Tianji King and become a rich and idle king from then on. The second choice... is a more difficult path."

It is a road of life and death, and a road of supreme power.

At this moment, the light and shadow are long, time and space are disordered, as if returning to ten years ago...

Someone held a brocade robe and a jade seal in front of him. He heard the man say, "Huai Zhang, I have placed high hopes on you since you were a child. You are not an ordinary child. I believe in you..."

What do you believe in him?

Should I believe in his ambition of not being willing to be inferior to others, or believe in that ridiculous comment that can save the people from danger?

At that time, the royal family was in decline. The civil officials under his command were unlucky, the military generals were not brave in battle, and the eunuchs controlled the government amid internal and external troubles. He actually placed all his bets on a child who was not even twenty years old.

In the end, he won, but he also lost...

Lin Xun sat between the light and shadow, looking towards the direction of the palace, his black eyes seemed to devour all the sunlight that fell into his eyes——

He seemed to be standing on the broken tiles and ruins of the eternal moonlight and dark shadows, a desolate and silent scene.

"Your Majesty!"

Xiao Xuetang let out a low cry subconsciously, and looked at Lin Xun as if he wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to start.

She has always tried her best to avoid the sensitive and delicate side of her nature that is similar to Xie's. It is sad to invest too much delicate emotion in anyone or anything.

So she never makes herself sad.

But inevitably, in front of Lin Xun, at that moment, the indifferent yet fragile side of the man in front of her aroused the sensitive empathy in her nature...

She felt sorry for Lin Xun. Was she sorry for the young man who was forced to make the choice before he was even twenty? Or was she sorry for the man in front of her, who should have been in charge of the world but could only stir up trouble behind a mask?

At this moment, Lin Xun was standing there, feeling as if he was about to be swallowed by the darkness, when he suddenly saw a slender white hand pulling his sleeve.

The black and white colors form a sharp contrast, just like a slender yet tenacious flower blooming in the dark.

Lin Xun lowered his eyes and met her helpless and distressed expression. His gloomy expression suddenly turned into a self-deprecating smile, and he said, "Don't look at me with such sympathy... The reason why I am like this today is that I lost the bet that year. If I had won that year... then the one on the throne would not be Lin Jingyou's lineage."

Lin Xun regarded what happened back then as a bet between himself and the late emperor, and now he was just willing to accept the defeat.

Fortunately, Emperor Yonghui was not the kind of person who could not tolerate others. On the contrary, he was born in the royal family, and as an emperor, he still cared about those ridiculous family ties.

It is not clear whether this is a blessing or a curse for Lin Xun.

If Emperor Yonghui had been a little more selfish and cruel, Lin Xun would have caused unrest in the world long ago.

After hearing what Lin Xun said, Xiao Xuetang realized that he had misunderstood Emperor Yonghui.

But as Lin Xun said, Emperor Yonghui could tolerate him when he was alive. If something happened to Emperor Yonghui, whether it was the crown prince or Lin Shaoshu who ascended the throne, Lin Xun would probably become a thorn in the eyes of the new emperor...

"So, you don't want to support the King of Yue?"

Thinking of what Xiao Yu said before, that Lin Xun seemed to have close contacts with the King of Yue and the Zheng family, she couldn't help but blurt it out subconsciously.

Lin Xun didn't seem to be surprised why Xiao Xuetang mentioned Lin Shaojin, and just said lightly: "This is the worst option."

He really has this plan...

Xiao Xuetang made a "tsk" sound in her heart. In front of Lin Xun, her mouth was always faster than her brain, so she asked, "Then what's the best strategy?"

Lin Xun looked at her deeply. In the sunlight, the dark mist disappeared from his narrow and deep eyes, which looked particularly beautiful. He said, "The key to the best strategy lies in you..."

Xiao Xuetang was so shocked that she almost stood up, and she felt a little guilty thinking that maybe Lin Xun had guessed that she was reborn... right?

Lin Xun said, "If we can get what the Marquis of Yong'an has, maybe everything can be turned around."

Xiao Xuetang breathed a sigh of relief...

At this moment, Tianshu came over in a hurry, first glanced at Xiao Xuetang, and then said: "My Lord, something bad has happened to the Yong'an Marquis' son!"