After refusing marriage, she was pampered by the prince who acted as a shield.

Chapter 358: The Empress Disappears

Her words were very resolute, and there was also a hint of grievance on her face.

But besides feeling wronged, she felt more that Li Jingyang didn't trust her.

"Asi, you know perfectly well that's not what I meant."

Seeing this, Li Jingyang quickly took the divorce papers and put them away.

Lin Rusi snorted coldly and said impolitely, "Whether that's what you mean or not isn't that important. Your Highness, just tell me whether you want me to leave or stay. I don't care about anything else!"

"I won't kick you out, okay?!"

Seeing that she was truly determined, Li Jingyang felt extremely flustered; he knew Lin Rusi all too well.

If he signs the divorce papers today, he will never receive Lin Rusi's forgiveness again.

"Will Your Highness mention me leaving again? Or will you stay behind?"

Lin Rusi immediately followed up with a question, her face still devoid of a smile.

Now, Li Jingyang didn't dare say anything more and could only go along with her words: "Of course, I won't mention it again!"

"Senior Tianlingzi, please examine His Highness's body."

Seeing him compromise, Lin Rusi's face turned cold, and she looked at Tian Lingzi again.

Although Tian Lingzi has been doing his best to treat Li Jingyang during this time, Lin Rusi's attitude towards him has not changed.

Seeing this, Tian Lingzi sighed, and although he felt helpless, he still nodded.

An angry woman is not to be trifled with!

Seeing the two enter the room, Lin Rusi did not follow them in, but instead waited outside the room.

Tian Lingzi moved incredibly fast, and soon finished examining Li Jingyang's body.

But when he learned the result, he became very serious.

"It's true that she's been poisoned, but judging from her pulse, it was poisoned by people from the Western Regions."

The two walked out of the room together, and only then did Tian Lingzi speak.

Upon hearing this, Li Jingyang subconsciously met Lin Rusi's gaze. Their eyes met, and their expressions were ambiguous.

"Do you have an antidote, senior?"

Lin Rusi frowned and immediately asked again.

Hearing this, Tian Lingzi shrugged, his eyes full of helplessness: "There should be people from the Western Regions royal family, but I don't know the specifics. You'll have to ask the Empress."

As soon as he finished speaking, Tian Lingzi looked completely innocent.

Lin Rusi didn't speak, she just remained silent. She stared at Li Jingyang for a long time: "Your Highness, you always abandoned me and went on adventures alone before. Now it's my turn, isn't it?"

But after she finished speaking, Li Jingyang's expression immediately changed.

"no!"

He widened his eyes and rejected the idea without thinking: "Asi, even if you're going, you should take me with you. Besides, this is my business, so of course I'm going with you."

As he spoke, his expression turned somewhat displeased.

But Lin Rusi's face was full of unquestionable certainty: "You still have Gu worms in your body. If they control you, you won't even have consciousness. How can you help?"

Her words were sharp, and she stared directly into Li Jingyang's eyes.

But the man disagreed: "So what? With your mediocre skills, how could you possibly beat someone?"

Perhaps out of exasperation, Li Jingyang snorted coldly, his words laced with sarcasm.

Lin Rusi instantly became angry. She slammed her hand on the table and stood up: "Is that so? So you're complaining that I don't know martial arts and that I'm a burden to you?"

"Of course that's not what I meant!"

Li Jingyang instinctively retorted, a hint of panic flashing across his face.

But Lin Rusi wouldn't listen to any of that. She casually waved her hand and said, "Yes, I don't know martial arts, but I know how to drug people..."

"you……"

Upon hearing this, Li Jingyang instinctively felt somewhat uneasy.

But before he could speak, everything went black.

The last scene before he closed his eyes was of Tian Lingzi and Lin Rusi standing together.

Immediately afterwards, his body lost its balance.

Seeing him fall, Lin Rusi immediately stepped forward to help Li Jingyang up, and then handed the object to Tian Lingzi: "Senior, I've been to this palace once before, I can go by myself, you're not going to help me take good care of His Highness."

"Are you okay by yourself?"

Tian Lingzi frowned and looked her up and down.

Lin Rusi nodded: "Yes, of course I can."

After saying that, she slowly got up and took out the outfit that Tian Lingzi had given her.

Before leaving, she stared intently at Tian Lingzi for a long time: "I hope that when I return, Senior Tian Lingzi, you will still be here."

……

That very night, Lin Rusi sneaked back into the palace.

However, she did not expect that not long after she left the palace, the Empress's palace had completely changed.

She casually grabbed a palace maid she had seen a couple of days ago: "Sister, where is the Empress?"

"You still have palace maids to manage the Empress, I think you should worry more about yourself."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Rusi was puzzled and then asked again.

"It's meaningless. Everyone in the palace is in danger right now. You'd better find a way to leave quickly."

The palace maid finished speaking in a hurry and quickly left.

Now, Lin Rusi was even more confused.

She asked several palace maids before she learned that the Empress had disappeared.

Knowing that the person she was looking for wasn't there, Lin Rusi naturally didn't plan to stay any longer.

She looked around for a while and then prepared to go back.

Just then, someone grabbed Lin Rusi's wrist.

Just as she was about to retaliate with a chop to the neck, the man quickly spoke up: "Sister Lin, it's me, it's me!"

Lin Rusi then saw clearly who it was: Sangji.

She was no ordinary person; she was the Empress's personal maid.

During the time she was in the palace, Sangji took good care of her.

"Sangji, you..."

Lin Ruxiang was about to say something, but before she could speak, she noticed that Sangji's expression was not good.

In the silence, Sangji said, "Sister Lin, let me take you to see Her Majesty the Empress."

Is the Empress still in the palace?

Realizing this, Lin Rusi did not refuse: "Okay."

Sangji led her out through the secret passage, winding and turning for quite a while.

Then they arrived at a secret underground room.

At this moment, the Empress had changed out of her luxurious clothes and into a simple Western Region outfit.

"Your Majesty, what are you doing here? And why...?"

Lin Rusi frowned, a hint of confusion in her eyes.

Seeing this, the Empress sighed and remained silent for a long time.

"It's all because of you that the Emperor ordered the Empress to be hunted down."

Before she could speak, Sangji spoke first.

Her voice was filled with displeasure, a stark contrast to her previous attitude.

Upon hearing this, Lin Rusi was not angry.

What happened last time was because she was too reckless.

Thinking of this, she hesitated for a moment: "I'll take you out."

"Get out. You're a woman, and your martial arts skills are mediocre. How can you take me out?"

Upon hearing this, the Empress naturally did not believe it and immediately refused, saying, "Fine, I'll stay here for now and wait until I find a way before I leave."

Seeing her hesitant look, Lin Rusi also frowned and began to think: "Your Majesty, what are you thinking about? Since I was able to sneak in smoothly, naturally I can also take you out smoothly."

After a moment of silence, she raised her head, a resolute glint in her eyes.