Both worlds are like dreams

Chapter 399 Invisible Hand

Xue Huang looked at his somewhat paranoid eyes and couldn't help but tremble in her heart, "What are you planning?"

"Don't worry," Mo Yunchen straightened her messy hair, "It will be over soon."

"I don't care what you're going to do, but you can't hurt anyone I care about."

"You care about too many people. I can't promise you anything."

Xue Huang's eyes became colder, "Don't make me hate you more!"

Mo Yunchen smiled, "If hatred can entangle you and me for a lifetime, I would love it."

"You are just a lunatic."

"That's right! I have always been this kind of person. Stay here and I will come to see you when I have time." After saying that, he left without looking back.

Xue Huang silently clenched her fists and watched the gate of Changqing Palace close before she spoke, "What do you think he wants to do?"

"Don't you think that ever since Mo Ruilin was appointed as the crown prince, everything seems to be driven by an invisible hand?"

Xue Huang thought for a moment, "I do have this feeling. Do you mean that Mo Yunchen is behind all this?"

"The dispute over the succession was originally unresolved, but it suddenly intensified rapidly due to the worsening of Emperor Ling's illness. Mo Yunchen has always been very calm about your identity, including the fact that he would be ordered to be transferred back to the northern border. It seems that he had expected it a long time ago."

"Indeed, then what do you think he wants to do?"

"Two dogs fight, play off."

"You mean he wants to intensify the fighting between the various factions, push the fifth brother to that position, and then become the next Shen Congfeng?"

"If this is really the case, then you have to understand that this is the only way to win. Mo Yunchen is a sharp sword that will not be held by anyone, but you have to be his scabbard and seal his edge, so that you can protect the people you care about."

Xue Huang remained silent.

She lived in Changqing Palace like this, and just as Emperor Ling promised, no one treated her unfairly, and her food, clothing, housing and transportation were all provided according to the etiquette for a princess.

But no one took the initiative to talk to her. The maids who came in and out did their job well and left after everything was done.

Xue Huang didn't like other people around her, but now she can have some peace and quiet.

She ate on time every day and spent the rest of her time practicing martial arts. Occasionally, she would drink tea under the peach tree to calm herself.

However, a few days later, Emperor Ling summoned her and asked her to meet him in the imperial study.

Xue Huang was not surprised, she was certain that Emperor Ling would definitely meet her.

On the eve of sunset, Xue Huang was taken to the imperial study.

After entering, she found that only Ling Huang was slumped in a chair waiting for her.

After Xue Huang paid her respects, she asked, "Why doesn't Your Majesty leave someone to serve you?"

Ling Huang's answer also surprised her, "I have no one I can trust."

"Then His Majesty summoned me alone. Does that mean he trusts me more?"

Emperor Ling waved his hand, motioning her to come forward, and then pointed to a scroll on the table in front of him, "Open it and take a look."

Xue Huang looked at the scroll that was very old but well-preserved, slowly opened it, and saw a picture of two middle-aged men playing chess in a pavilion.

One of them was undoubtedly Emperor Ling, and the other one had eyes and eyebrows very similar to hers. The previous person with eyes and eyebrows similar to hers was her brother, Prince Jingchen, but the person in this painting was obviously not of the right age.

Xue Huang was a little bit unbelievable, "He is..."

"A lot of people say you look like someone, don't you think? It's your father, the emperor."

“When was this painted?”