The host ruthlessly crushes scum in the small world

After all, no one expected that Shi Yixi, who was specially sent by the emperor, would actually deliver a message to the barbarians.

Later, Ji Yisi continued to send messages to the barbarians, but he always led them into a pit, and in the end, the barbarians finally surrendered.

"It's alright, I think this mission is almost over!"

Lin Chuyun nodded. This mission would end as soon as Shi Yixi died!

"Princess, Shi Yixi wishes to see you!"

Zhu Chu walked in and saw what her princess and Ji Yisi were talking about, so she waited until now to come in and report.

Upon hearing this, Lin Chuyun raised an eyebrow and looked at Ji Yisi. Ji Yisi nodded; he had always trusted Lin Chuyun.

"I heard you want to see me?"

Lin Chuyun looked at Shi Yixi, who was slumped on the floor of the cell, wearing prison clothes, covered in dirt, and with disheveled hair. Judging from the bloodstains on his body, he had probably been tortured. Shi Yixi rushed forward after hearing the noise, but fortunately, the cell cage blocked his way.

"Why won't you marry me?! You were so good to me before! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be in this situation!"

Looking at the crazed Shi Yixi and hearing his explosive remarks, Lin Chuyun burst out laughing in anger. So Shi Yixi knew how good the original owner had been to him back then, yet he still treated the original owner that way!

"What are you talking about? Why should I marry you? I'm good to you? Are you kidding me?"

"No...that's impossible! You clearly..."

Lin Chuyun looked at Shi Yixi, who clearly didn't believe her, and continued speaking.

"That's not for your own good! That's just out of pity. You think you can act like a big shot with just the title of top scholar? Why don't you take a look in the mirror?"

"You're lying to me! You must be lying to me! You clearly saw me with other rich girls and you were so heartbroken you even fell into the water!"

"That's because your foot slipped! Stupid! But if you know that, why did you do that before?"

Shi Yixi wasn't excited this time. He looked at Lin Chuyun, whose face was full of smugness, as if she was pleased with the decision she had made earlier.

"If I hadn't done that before, how could you have paved the way for me? It's such a pity I was just one step away! Why did you fall into the water! Why?? Do you still like me now, that's why you're asking me!"

Shi Yixi ran her fingers through her hair, trying to tidy it up with her hands.

"Don't worry, as long as you rescue me, I'll still marry you, right!"

Lin Chuyun suddenly felt that Shi Yixi was completely self-centered, even thinking that anyone who came to him was treating him differently. Lin Chuyun found Shi Yixi's behavior amusing.

"Don't forget, didn't you ask me to go and marry into a foreign power?"

"That's all a lie, it's all to force the emperor! If he doesn't let you go, he'll naturally arrange for other ministers' daughters of marriageable age to marry into that border region. But which minister would want their daughter to marry into that border region? That would naturally cause a rift between the emperor and his ministers, making things much easier!"

"What if Father Emperor agrees to let me marry into his family?"

Shi Yixi looked up at Lin Chuyun with disbelief on his face.

"Don't you know how much the emperor dotes on you? Maybe you don't appreciate your good fortune. There's no way the emperor would marry you off to a barbarian tribe! Even if he's forced into it, he'll still protect you!"

Lin Chuyun's heart stirred. The emperor doted on the original owner so much, how could he not notice her difference? She recalled how the emperor's expression had been somewhat off when she had brought it up before.

"Where's Ming Xiaxia? She's pregnant, and this is how you treat her??"

Shi Yixi scoffed.

"How could I not know Ming Xiaxia? She's been coming to my side ever since she saw I was better. It just so happens that I need her too, so it's a win-win situation. I just didn't expect this plan to fail, so naturally I have to make the most of her!"

Lin Chuyun shook her head, lost interest, and turned to leave. Shi Yixi hurriedly stepped forward.

"Please save me! If you get me out of here, I'll marry you!"

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Lin Chuyun turned around and looked at Shi Yixi. Shi Yixi thought that Lin Chuyun was about to agree to save him.

"I forgot to tell you, what I said when I came here was true. I only felt sorry for you before, but I've realized you're not worth it."

After Lin Chuyun finished speaking, Shi Yixi's eyes instantly dimmed. But only Lin Chuyun knew that the reason the original owner had paid attention to Shi Yixi, besides his status as the top scholar, was also because she had never seen anyone like him before—someone who, even when facing certain death, still maintained their principles.

However, the original owner didn't realize that Shi Yixi had begun to change ever since she started paying attention to him. Because of the princess's attention, the shrewd ministers naturally took extra care of Shi Yixi, and he gradually began to experience the taste of power.

"Father, why are you here?"

Lin Chuyun sensed something unusual outside the cell, so she quickly ended her conversation with Shi Yixi. Upon exiting, she indeed saw the Emperor.

Lin Chuyun and the emperor walked along a path, but Lin Chuyun knew that many hidden guards were probably watching her from the shadows.

"Father, you knew all along, didn't you!"

They eventually reached a pond, where Lin Chuyun and the emperor sat facing each other. The emperor looked at the face before him, which was exactly the same as his daughter's, yet her demeanor was completely different.

"Yes, I knew as soon as you woke up!"

Lin Chuyun was surprised, after all, she hadn't expected the emperor to know so early. Lin Chuyun hesitated before speaking.

"Then why are you?"

"I have considered the possibility that my daughter might have been switched, but she still has the birthmark from when she was born. How could she have been switched? So I wondered if some demon had possessed my daughter's body. That's why I took the incense from the Imperial Advisor. The Imperial Advisor said that any demon would reveal itself!"

When Lin Chuyun heard the word "fragrance," she thought of when she had just transmigrated. The emperor had sent people to deliver incense every day for those few days, asking her every day if she had lit the incense. The main problem was that the incense had a very strong smell, which gave her a headache as soon as she smelled it.

"But why wasn't it brought back later?"

"Later I discovered that you were doing something for my daughter. You even agreed to help Shi Yixi, whom I had repeatedly told to stay away from, as soon as you arrived. So I know it was my daughter who asked you to do it."

Lin Chuyun looked up and saw the emperor's eyes were already red-rimmed. She didn't know how to start the conversation. After all, the time she had been in this small world meant that the original owner of this body was merely a foundation upon which she had been built, and now the original owner was most likely already...

"But I just want to ask if my daughter has been wronged..."