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

Chapter 353: The Empress with Amnesia

"Huh? Your Highness, are you kidding me?"

Lin Rusi was stunned for a moment, clearly not believing it.

But she knew even more clearly that Li Jingyang wouldn't lie to her.

Hesitating for a moment, she pursed her lips: "Your Highness, please explain more clearly. Wasn't Master doing this for the Central Plains? Why is he..."

"When I learned that you had come to the Western Regions, I immediately came to find Tian Lingzi, but he drugged me and imprisoned me."

"How could this be..."

Before Lin Rusi could finish speaking, soldiers suddenly appeared out of nowhere.

Seeing this, Li Jingyang also grabbed Lin Rusi's waist, pulled her into his arms, lowered his voice, and spoke again in a voice that only the two of them could hear: "Hold on tight to me, I'll take you away."

As soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly channeled his inner energy.

Several guards had already gathered around, but Li Jingyang still didn't take Lin Rusi and leap into the air.

Lin Rusi immediately turned her head to look and lowered her voice to remind him, "Your Highness!"

However, she was met with Li Jingyang's shocked face.

I was a little confused for a moment. What went wrong?

Seeing his appearance, Lin Rusi was startled, but she could only bite her lip tightly and dare not make a sound.

"Who are you?!"

The guards whispered orders and quickly surrounded them.

At this moment, Li Jingyang's heart was filled with shock.

Why can't he use his martial arts?

In an instant, his face turned extremely ugly.

At that moment, he suddenly remembered a sentence from Tian Lingzi: "Don't try to struggle anymore. Anyway, even if you escape, you still won't change anything."

At the time, he didn't take it to heart.

But now that I think about it, it might be related to the medicine Tian Lingzi gave me.

The head guard seemed to recognize Lin Rusi. He wasn't surprised when he saw her. "Miss Lin, come with me to see someone."

Upon hearing this, Lin Rusi frowned and stood up.

Seeing this, Li Jingyang subconsciously grabbed her wrist.

Lin Rusi shook her head at him: "Who wants to see me?"

"Girl, you don't need to worry about so much. Besides, just come with us."

Hearing this, Lin Rusi was also stunned for a moment. Looking at Li Jingyang, she hesitated for a moment: "Don't worry, Miss, he will be fine. We will ask him to get some rest."

Upon hearing this, even if Lin Rusi didn't want to agree, she had no way to refuse: "Okay, I'll go with you."

Regardless of whether it was a threat or something else, Lin Rusi didn't want Li Jingyang to get hurt because of her.

They saw them with their own eyes and led Li Jingyang to a safe place.

Lin Rusi finally came to her senses and followed the others.

But she never expected that the place she was going to was the Empress's palace.

Slowly standing still in the main hall, Lin Rusi subconsciously looked up and saw a woman in a phoenix robe sitting silently in the main seat.

Strangely, the woman's expression was somber, as if she had no interest in anything in the world.

More importantly, the other person seemed to carry an aura that did not belong to this palace.

Thinking back to what Tian Lingzi said, Lin Rusi was even more confused.

To be honest, she didn't doubt what Li Jingyang said.

His Highness wouldn't lie to me, but...

Although there were inconsistencies and lies in Tian Lingzi's words, she became even more certain of them.

There is one thing that Tian Lingzi may never have lied to himself about from beginning to end.

That's about the origins of this empress.

As Lin Rusi sized up the Empress, the Western Region Empress was also sizing her up: "Who are you?! Why have you infiltrated the palace? And who is the man who came with you?!"

"Your Majesty, I am from the Central Plains, I am..."

Lin Rusi paused for a moment, then spoke quietly.

However, before she could finish speaking, the words "Central Plains people" were uttered, she was interrupted by the Western Regions Empress: "Central Plains people? You, a Central Plains person, have infiltrated the palace, what do you want?! What is your purpose! Quickly confess the truth, and I might spare your life!"

The Queen of the Western Regions, with a cold and stern expression, questioned him fiercely.

Seeing this, Lin Rusi came to her senses and quickly explained, "Your Majesty, I am indeed from the Central Plains. I came here for Your Majesty's sake. I came to the palace because my master instructed me to come and find you."

"Looking for me?" The Empress of the Western Regions looked on with confusion.

At the same time, Lin Rusi finally remembered that before coming here, Tian Lingzi had said that he must drug the Empress.

He told her to wait until she woke up and then tell her everything, but Lin Rusi didn't do that.

Right now, it's obviously impossible for her to drug the Empress.

Therefore, Lin Rusi sighed helplessly: "Your Majesty, you are actually my master's fellow disciple, but..."

As she spoke, she paused slightly, her eyes silently observing the Empress's expression.

She knew that the Empress might not believe her based on such an explanation alone.

"Your Majesty, you were bewitched by the Emperor, causing you to lose your memory and become a different person. Moreover, he used you to kill your master."

Lin Rusi's words were concise, mainly because Tian Lingzi didn't say much about it either.

She wasn't involved and had no idea about it.

"You may not believe what I'm about to say, but my master gave me a powder, saying that if I put it in your mouth, you'll remember."

Lin Rusi quickly stepped forward and handed it over.

But the Empress had no memory of it, and clearly, she didn't believe it at all.

Her face was cold as she poked at the powder on the table: "But why should I believe you? Besides, who knows if you were sent by someone to harm me?"

Lin Rusi couldn't explain, and stared at her silently for a long time: "Your Majesty, my husband and I are now in your hands. How dare I do anything? Even if I don't care about myself, I should think about my husband's life."

Her voice was calm, yet subtly seductive: "If you don't believe me, you can try. I'm right here. If anything happens, you can take it out on me."

"Are you trying to provoke me?"

The Empress sneered, then turned her gaze to the powder in her palm. Before Lin Rusi could speak, she drank it all in one gulp.

Do you know why I believe you?

After taking the medicine, the Empress clutched her stomach in pain and asked this question.

"why?"

Lin Rusi didn't understand either. She had even planned to leave the letter behind and find a way to take Li Jingyang out of the palace, not caring about anything else.

Seeing this, the Queen of the Western Regions raised her lips and said, "He used to think of me the same way."

As she spoke, her face showed even more pain.

Immediately, the powder seemed to take effect, and she felt many images flash through her mind.

As she watched those scenes flash before her eyes, the Empress shook her head frantically, her eyes instantly reddening.

"How could this be... I don't believe it!"

She opened her mouth, and after a long while, she finally uttered these words.

But before she could finish speaking, her face turned pale and she fainted.

Seeing this, Lin Rusi quickly escorted the Empress to her bedside.

Tian Lingzi is right. As long as the Empress takes this medicine, she will lose consciousness.

Thinking of this, she sighed, increasingly unable to understand what her master wanted to do.

Time flew by, and it wasn't until late at night that the Empress slowly opened her eyes. Only then did she see Lin Rusi waiting there.

Seeing this, she looked puzzled, as if she hadn't expected Lin Rusi to be watching over her by her bedside.

"Why aren't you leaving yet?" the Empress asked, puzzled.