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

Chapter 492: A Gift to the Emperor

But this time, it wasn't Lin Rusi who responded, but the two guards standing at the door.

"Did you not understand what Master was saying, or were you just saying those words to get Master to let you off the hook?"

"I only wanted to let the Crown Princess know my loyalty, after all, the Crown Prince..."

Before he could finish speaking, several sharp gazes suddenly swept over him, frightening the magistrate into silence.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally walked out, looking back every few steps.

"Madam, the magistrate has sent someone over with more gifts."

"I won't accept it. Tell him to get lost. If he disturbs my rest, I'll deal with him directly."

The guard looked at the county magistrate kneeling before him with a mocking gaze.

Never expecting this, he felt his body turn cold and nervously pulled out a silver ingot and stuffed it into the other person's hand.

The two exchanged a glance, and in the end, they put the silver into their pockets.

"May I ask you why the lady is unwilling to see me?"

"Naturally, it's because you said things you shouldn't have. If you had been more discerning in your speech, things wouldn't have turned out this way."

Things that shouldn't have been said?

After a brief deliberation, the magistrate ultimately decided that Li Jingyang's fate was still unknown.

"It seems that it really hasn't been found."

Thinking of this situation, a smile appeared on his lips.

But the next moment, he met a pair of eyes through the window frame, and was so frightened that he fell to the ground.

Never expecting it to be like this, the magistrate tried to speak several times, but found himself unable to utter a word.

After finally managing to find a sound, and only managing to utter the word "tai," the window was slammed shut with another loud bang.

Upon hearing the noise, the guards immediately grabbed the man and threw him to another location.

"I'm afraid the master won't see you again at this time, so please, magistrate, don't insist any further."

"But I have many things to say. I would like to ask you two to say a few kind words to the Crown Princess so as not to delay important matters."

Upon hearing this, the guard simply reached out again and took two more silver notes from his hand before a slight smile appeared on his lips.

Once he saw the greed in their eyes, the magistrate breathed a sigh of relief and quickly walked out.

What do you think he'll think?

"The two of us will give him a glimmer of hope, but you..."

Lin Rusi looked to the other side, just about to say something else, when she noticed a few more people in the courtyard. She immediately looked away and threw a few things out.

The person who came in was startled and wanted to ask for clarification, but was scared away by what almost hit his face.

"Get out of here, all of you! Don't leave a single one behind!"

"Yes."

The guards understood that this was a signal from Lin Rusi, and led the group of people who did not want to leave away to a distance, making sure they could see the door before they stopped moving.

"Won't our master say we're not serving them well?"

"No, you'll only be scolded if the master sees you."

Upon hearing this, one of them sensed something was wrong and quietly ran away.

When he arrived at the magistrate's office, he knelt down with a thud.

But that was all he did.

The magistrate understood what his subordinates were thinking, so he threw a silver ingot aside and coughed twice to urge them to tell him what he had heard.

Suddenly, he took a bite out of the silver ingot with his hand, and then revealed a silly grin.

"The lady shooed us all aside; she was most likely doing something in the room."

"I knew she wasn't that simple. These two are exactly alike."

The magistrate glanced at the people still in the room, immediately waved them away, and then quickly wrote a letter.

However, they suddenly found themselves in a dilemma about how to send him off.

After all, the people brought by Lin Rusi were no ordinary martial artists, and sending them away like this would likely be noticed. He frowned in annoyance.

"Forget it, this matter is probably not that simple. It's better to send it out as soon as possible so that it can be resolved sooner."

Having thought things through, the magistrate handed the letter to a trusted servant and quickly left.

Just when they thought the matter was over, the letter was snatched by the secret guards, and the person was replaced by one of their own.

Lin Rusi looked at the item in her hand, but her face showed neither joy nor sorrow. Instead, she handed the item to the guard who had delivered it earlier.

"If you present this to the Emperor, he can decide how to dispose of it with a single word."

"Is it just a sentence?"

The guard clearly wanted to say something more, but his arm was grabbed.

Suddenly grabbed by his companion, he was still trying to figure out what the other person was going to do when he saw that the free hand pointing to the opposite side.

Never did I expect it to be like this. After hesitating for a while, a mournful cry suddenly came from the room.

"The Crown Prince is a bastard! If I had known it would turn out like this, I shouldn't have married him..."

Before they could finish speaking, a thud came from inside the room. The two quickly pushed open the door and saw Lin Rusi lying on the ground.

None of this had been discussed beforehand. The two men were filled with panic, and they still wanted to send the person back to Li Jingyang's side to find an explanation.

Before they could even make a move, one of them changed his expression slightly and immediately understood what the other meant, so he put the person on the bed.

"What are you still looking at? Go find the magistrate and a doctor to diagnose the lady. Don't wait any longer and go out to find a miracle doctor!"

"What god..."

Finally understanding what this meant, he immediately turned around and rushed out to find the county magistrate.

By the time the group arrived at Lin Rusi's room, one person had already quietly left.

"What is the magistrate still watching for? Why did he suddenly let out a mournful cry and end up like this?"

"I don't know the answer to that, but please trust this doctor; he is the best doctor we have here."

Upon hearing this, the guard looked at the person on the bed with slight concern, but upon seeing the Grand Tutor's troubled expression, a smile appeared on his lips.

However, in the instant that everyone saw it, that expression had already vanished.

"What's going on? Don't stay silent, speak up!"

"A mental illness requires a mental cure. Even if I were to prescribe medicine, I would not be able to wake the lady up."

"So we just have to watch someone faint in the room?"

The doctor glanced calmly at the impatient magistrate in front of him, shook his head, and wrote down a prescription.

Upon receiving a prescription, a barely perceptible smile appeared on the magistrate's face.

The guards didn't miss this scene, but in order not to ruin their master's plans, they could only remain silent.

Upon hearing the news that Lin Rusi was unconscious, Li Jingyang, who was outside, wished he could rush in right now.

But the guards who went out to deliver the message forcibly kept him there, preventing anyone from getting any closer.

"Get out of my way! Who gave you permission to contradict your master like that?"

"This is what the lady instructed. She said that the Crown Prince must not appear in front of the county magistrate."

Nonsense!

Li Jingyang stared intently at the magistrate's residence for a long time before letting out another sigh.

“If she is even slightly harmed, I will make you all die with her.”