[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-the-prince-wants-to-assassinate-me-every-day":3,"chapter-the-prince-wants-to-assassinate-me-every-day-the-prince-wants-to-assassinate-me-every-day-chapter-690":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","The Prince Wants to Assassinate Me Every Day",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},1143585,1487,"Chapter 690 - 276: The Death of Xie Ruilin (Part 1)","the-prince-wants-to-assassinate-me-every-day-chapter-690",690,"\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong opened her eyes just as dawn was about to break.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Awake?\" Lin Qianyu asked her gently from the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She stretched languidly, \"What time is it now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The third watch of the morning (around 3-5am),\" Lin Qianyu answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have I slept that long?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You slept quite well,\" Lin Qianyu smiled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong moved her body and stood up from the chair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced at Xie Ruilin, noticing the blood beneath her that had flowed and covered the floor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The deathly pallor of her bloodless cheeks, and her motionless figure, made Xie Ruotong think for a moment that Xie Ruilin had already died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went over and put her fingers under Xie Ruilin’s nose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To her surprise, there was still a faint breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned her gaze to Song Yanqing and approached him, \"Xie Ruilin is not dead yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yanqing moved his eyelids and looked up at her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Still unwilling to talk?\" Xie Ruotong asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yanqing nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m really losing patience,\" Xie Ruotong said bluntly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone unmistakably carried immense impatience.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong did not press further. She turned around and walked over to Xie Ruilin, \"Can you still speak?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruilin did not move at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have any last words?\" Xie Ruotong continued to ask.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone, indifferent even in kindness, was chillingly cold-blooded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruilin still did not respond.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Xie Ruotong quietly waited for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me the dagger,\" Xie Ruotong extended her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Qianyu handed her another dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong took it, about to plunge it into Xie Ruilin’s heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Yanqing,\" Xie Ruilin suddenly spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her voice was very soft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong could hear it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it must have been very hard for Song Yanqing to hear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m sorry,\" Xie Ruilin said, \"I just love you so much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yanqing showed no reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was unclear whether he truly did not hear or had chosen to endure in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I love you so much, so much that I deceived you, it was me who saved you that year,\" Xie Ruilin’s voice was full of pain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet no more tears could flow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I love you so much, that’s why I did so much, sorry for what I did to Xie Ruotong...\" Xie Ruilin’s eyes moved slightly, looking at Xie Ruotong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong remained utterly indifferent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The miscarriage...\" Xie Ruilin’s voice choked up, \"had nothing to do with Xie Ruotong, I caused it myself, it was I who intentionally blamed it on Xie Ruotong...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, it seemed Song Yanqing had some reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His gaze turned toward Xie Ruilin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Xie Ruilin could hardly see clearly anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Darkness came in waves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wave after wave, a detachment from reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She knew very well that perhaps in the next moment, she would die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Yanqing, if you do survive...\" Xie Ruilin’s voice faltered, growing weaker, \"you must live well, you must live well with the person you love...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly didn’t want to.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To hinder the happiness between Song Yanqing and Xie Ruotong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until the very moment of true death.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She suddenly hoped that her death could pave the way for them to be together again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruilin closed her eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After closing her eyes she said, \"Brother Yanqing, I have no regrets, loving you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As her voice trailed off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruilin was engulfed in complete darkness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All reality had nothing to do with her anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She left this world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a day and night of torment, finally, she would never wake up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dagger in Xie Ruotong’s hand was still not used.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her expression was cold and indifferent as she spoke to the prison guard, \"Take Xie Ruilin’s body to be buried in the mountains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you command,\" the prison guard quickly left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruilin’s body was taken away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the interrogation room, in the end, only Song Yanqing was left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yanqing watched as Xie Ruotong walked over to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruilin was sent away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, it’s his turn.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you have any last words?\" Xie Ruotong was forthright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Really, patience exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had spent an entire day and night with Song Yanqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, still, nothing was gained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yanqing seemed to move his lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he said nothing at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You can’t speak anymore?\" Xie Ruotong asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Xie Ruilin had just made such a heartfelt confession, saying he did not regret loving him even whilst facing death, yet Song Yanqing showed no reaction; probably, he couldn’t speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yanqing’s silence was not because he couldn’t speak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn’t bring himself to say it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought, without him, his Xie Ruotong would certainly live a better life.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t wish to taint her path to happiness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then let it be.\" Xie Ruotong waited for Song Yanqing for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yanqing still did not speak again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She lifted the dagger in her hand, aiming for the position of his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One stab and he would undoubtedly die.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her eyes tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not a hint of forbearance in their depths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment the dagger was about to plunge into his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Xie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar male voice suddenly emerged in the interrogation room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong’s gaze flickered slightly as she turned around.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Wu suddenly appeared here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lord Wu?\" Xie Ruotong was quite surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shouldn’t Xiao Wu be accompanying the Prince at this time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How did he suddenly appear in the prison?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Prince sent me to call for General Xie; the Prince has matters to discuss with you,\" Xiao Wu explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\" Xie Ruotong agreed without hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She turned around, intending to stab Song Yanqing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then follow Xiao Wu to the Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Xie.\" Xiao Wu suddenly called out to her again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong’s eyebrows tightened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Prince instructed not to kill Song Yanqing for the time being,\" said Xiao Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong then stared intently at Xiao Wu, \"He won’t disclose Prince Xiao Jinsen’s whereabouts, not even if it kills him, I’ve tried all means of interrogation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But a servant can only execute the Prince’s orders,\" Xiao Wu said helplessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong pursed her lips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dagger she was holding was trembling involuntarily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"General Xie, please follow me into the palace quickly,\" Xiao Wu urged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong clenched her teeth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She put down the dagger, truly not even giving Song Yanqing another glance, and left with Xiao Wu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She dropped a sentence as she left, \"Lock him up in the dungeon!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Song Yanqing was fortunate, he survived for the time being.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn’t know whether he should feel relieved?!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also didn’t know what the Prince was keeping him alive for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All he knew was.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong hadn’t managed to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And he was filled with reluctance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong promptly followed Xiao Wu to the Imperial Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Imperial Palace, due to the death of both the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, was draped everywhere in white silk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Giving off an exceptionally desolate and bleak atmosphere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xie Ruotong entered the sleeping quarters where Prince Xiao Jinxing was residing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Prince Xiao Jinxing’s eyes were filled with exhaustion, the dark shadows under them clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Presumably, he too had been sleepless.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, the death of the Emperor and the Empress Dowager was a matter of grave importance for the Daxuan Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did he have to manage the funeral arrangements for the Emperor and the Empress Dowager, but he also had to stabilize the court’s situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One could imagine how busy that would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind must be weary, as much as his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your servant greets Your Highness,\" Xie Ruotong saluted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did Song Yanqing reveal the whereabouts of Xiao Jinsen?\" Prince Xiao Jinxing queried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your Highness, I have subjected Song Yanqing to extreme torture, but he has said nothing,\" Xie Ruotong replied.\u003C\u002Fp>",1299,"2026-06-03T12:20:42.924Z","2026-06-03T12:20:46.858Z",1,"novelbin.me","c18ecb5d2554a2bec40ea5d35fe5044e6fda8d99a8a1e0345a1805bfd05ecf2e","the-prince-wants-to-assassinate-me-every-day-chapter-691","the-prince-wants-to-assassinate-me-every-day-chapter-689",1279,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fthe-prince-wants-to-assassinate-me-every-day-cover.jpg"]