"Your Majesty, if the National Teacher brings that female physician into the palace, should we also summon Prince Mo? After all, she is supposed to accompany Prince Mo to White Blind Mountain. Meeting him today would give her a clear idea of what to expect,"
"Moreover, Your Majesty, the matter of saving His Highness Prince Lin is urgent. If the female physician has entered the palace, Your Majesty could take advantage of summoning Prince Mo to issue a royal decree directly. Then, even if Prince Mo is reluctant, he will have no choice but to accept it."
He glanced at the Emperor cautiously and suggested.
"Good, your idea is not bad."
The Emperor was very pleased upon hearing the suggestion, and a smile unconsciously appeared on his face.
"Guizi, you have done a service to remind Us. There shall be a reward. Furthermore, summon Prince Mo to the palace at once!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Upon receiving the command, Guizi bowed and retreated, ordering someone to summon Prince Mo to the palace.
Not long after, outside the imperial palace, two luxurious carriages met and could only proceed one behind the other.
Suyang lifted the carriage curtain to look at the other carriage, his face stern. He muttered something to his coachman, and soon Suyang’s coachman walked over to the other side and spoke a few words to that coachman.
The other coachman was unceremonious, driving his horse forward without even leaving a glance for Suyang’s coachman.
Suyang watched the whole scene and hummed softly in the carriage.
"Who is in the carriage ahead?" Lin Caisang asked from within her carriage, her eyes closed, addressing Suyang.
"It’s Prince Zijin’s carriage. That person... it’s best left unsaid." Clearly, Suyang was irritable when mentioning this person, not wanting to see them at all.
Lin Caisang murmured softly.
Prince Zijin was none other than her brother Molian’s full-blooded brother.
Unfortunately, she had heard that Prince Zijin was a vicious and malevolent person. Despite being only sixteen years old, he had already committed numerous heinous deeds that went against heaven and humanity.
"Is he also entering the palace?"
"He probably heard that you, miss, are entering the palace and wanted to see for himself," said Suyang.
What he didn’t say was that he didn’t believe Prince Zijin was just there to see what was happening. The prince had already made a special trip to his residence’s doorstep before, if not for the sake of seeing Lin Caisang once.
Now, at last, there was a legitimate reason; how could he miss such an opportunity? He certainly hurried to the palace.
"See for himself? Does Prince Zijin also wish to accompany us to White Blind Mountain?" Lin Caisang opened her eyes and asked.
Hearing her words, Suyang let out a sneer.
Prince Zijin, wanting to go to White Blind Mountain? Even with ten times the courage, he wouldn’t dare venture into such a dangerous place.
But what Suyang was really curious about was whether Prince Zijin, knowing that Prince Mo was going to rescue Prince Lin, would really do nothing and just watch? He feared that the prince was likely intent on kicking him while he was down.
"From your expression, it seems like you’re quite wary of him. Is he... very frightening?" Lin Caisang saw that he did not answer, and asked again, seemingly casually.
Suyang let out a soft snort, expressing his current mood.
He didn’t feel anything particularly frightening about it, but as for Sui Zijin...
"Such a person only deserves to be called ’sly and cunning.’ What’s there to be afraid of?" What’s truly fearsome is his mother, always pretending to be as pure and kind as a white lotus, but her heart is darker than black."
"The National Teacher certainly dares to say anything, truly the Emperor’s favorite," Lin Caisang spoke faintly.