The servant was so frightened that he quickly put her feet down and said immediately: "Madam, I am sorry for the offense. I will leave now."

Just as the male servant took a few steps forward, Lin stood up straight and stuck close to him, "Why are you running?"

The slender white hand gently stroked the servant's cheek, and the servant turned around, trembling all over.

"What are you afraid of?"

"You are much stronger than the master."

Lin's fingers lightly stroked the man's collar, her fingers were cold and powerful, and gradually moved down to his waist and abdomen.

"You say you're scared, but you're also moved. You're more powerful than the master."

The room was filled with charming incense, and Lin pressed her soft body towards him. The male servant could only watch himself suffer.

The ambiguous sounds in the house did not stop until the second half of the night.

After the matter was settled, the servant put on his clothes and hurried out of Lin's room.

Lin propped up her sore body and stood up with a satisfied look on her face.

"This young man is different. He is several times more powerful than the old man."

Dongxiang came in and placed a bowl of tonic medicine on the table.

"Ma'am, drink it."

Lin smiled complacently, with a cunning look in her eyes.

"When I get pregnant and leave the side courtyard, I will let the Jiang family's children know what the abyss is."

She put down the bowl in her hand and said meaningfully: "When I am pregnant, I will find a chance to kill this servant without leaving any trace."

"Yes, ma'am."

……

In Lanyue Courtyard, Shen Mi was sleeping in a daze in her room.

It felt like in the middle of the night, Bai Ze came in through her window again and stood guard by her bed.

When Shen Mi woke up, Bai Ze was gone.

Qinghe brought hot water for her to wash up, but Yunlan came in just when she was halfway through.

"Miss, I saw a male servant enter Lin's room in the side courtyard yesterday."

"I didn't come out until the middle of the night. Dongxiang was guarding outside the door at that time. I could only watch from a distance and didn't know what was going on in the room."

Shen Mi put down the handkerchief in her hand and looked at Yun Lan with a frown.

"Did the Lin family really take this path?"

Yun Lan nodded helplessly: "I guess that male servant will be killed soon to silence him."

"For something so shameful, Lin naturally hopes that as few people as possible will know about it."

Shen Mi sneered: "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it yourself."

"I'm afraid my father is not the only one who knows about the collapse of the magpie branch."

Speaking of which, Shen Mi's innocence was due to Lin's drugging.

She lowered her eyes and said calmly: "The Duke's Mansion is behind the Lin family. If she were to die in the Shen Mansion... I'm afraid it wouldn't be appropriate."

"I told Dad about the Ta Que Zhi incident last time, but he just didn't believe it."

"I guess I have to find another way to make Dad believe it."

She stood up from the chair, walked to the cabinet, took out a wooden box, took out a few pieces of jewelry from it, and handed them to Yunlan.

"My mother's death is really strange."

"You can ask someone to find out whether there is any useful information from the coachman and the nanny who accompanied my mother when she returned to the Shen family from Yishui."

Yun Lan held the bracelet Shen Mi handed over in her hand and nodded slowly: "Yes, Miss, I will do it right away."

……

After Shen Mi finished breakfast, he went into the palace with Marquis Pingyang again.

In the carriage, Shen Mi saw that Pingyang Hou looked unhappy, so he asked tentatively: "Dad, what happened?"

Pingyang Hou sighed, raised his eyes and looked at Shen Mi gently.

"Mi'er, Daddy is fine. Daddy just thinks I'm confused."

"I trusted the wrong person for so many years and almost harmed you and your siblings."

"If I could start over again, I would rather go to hell to atone for my sins."

Shen Mi pursed her lips tightly, seeing what Pingyang Hou was thinking.

She asked, "Besides the imperial decree of His Majesty, why did Daddy marry Lin?"

"Just because you look 70% like your mother?"

Pingyang Hou raised his eyes to look at her, "It was hard to disobey the emperor's order at that time. Now I really regret it."

"From now on, you, Li'er, and your two brothers, all need to be well. Dad just needs to see that you are safe."

"When my father goes to hell, he will go to your mother to atone for his sins."

The more Pingyang Hou said this, the more uneasy Shen Mi felt.

"Dad, don't say discouraging words. It's not too late now."

Marquis Pingyang smiled bitterly and sighed.

Less than a moment later, they finally arrived at the gate of the palace.

In the Queen's Fengyi Palace, Shen Mi was still taking the Queen's pulse and giving her acupuncture as she did yesterday.

During this process, the queen never took her eyes off her.

Shen Mi is calm, fearless, and thoughtful. She is an extraordinary girl.

The Imperial Observatory once said that the throne would go to the Shen family, and now it seems that it will definitely be Shen Mi.

Shen Mi saw that the queen was staring at her, but she didn't look up. She just lowered her head and concentrated on her own work.

Treating her was just a cover. Could it be that the Queen was trying to please her?

After the acupuncture, Shen Mi took away the needles and smiled at the queen, "Your Majesty, your pulse seems to be much more stable now. I think you will recover soon."

"Tomorrow, I will give you acupuncture for the last time."

"Your Majesty is ill and needs to rest. I will not disturb you."

The queen said, "Well, you go down first."

Shen Mi nodded, turned around and walked out of the Queen's bedroom.

As soon as she walked out of the courtyard of Fengyi Palace, she saw a man in a golden robe coming towards her, blocking her view.

Smelling the unfamiliar breath, Shen Mi subconsciously raised her eyes and saw the prince with a stern expression standing condescendingly in front of her.

There was a hint of sarcasm in his eyes.

Shen Mi immediately knelt down and said, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

The prince had a sullen face and walked closer to her, sizing her up closely with his eyes.

"Lift your head."

Shen Mi bit her lip and raised her head slightly, and what she saw was the prince's gloomy face.

The two looked at each other and the prince frowned slightly.

He always felt that Shen Mi's eyes were particularly familiar.

It was so familiar that he wanted to cut it out with a knife.

These eyes were clearly charming, but they constantly revealed disgust towards him, as well as an inexplicable murderous intent.

He narrowed his eyes subconsciously and asked in a low voice: "Are you the second young lady of the Shen family, Shen Mi?"

Shen Mi bit her lip and spoke slowly: "Your Highness, it is this servant."

The prince narrowed his eyes and looked at her. "Have we met before? Or do you have a grudge against me?"

"You know what I hate most is the way you look at me."

"I really don't like your eyes."

When the prince's cold voice fell, Shen Mi's hands in her sleeves tightened slightly, and she looked up at him.

"Your Highness, have you forgotten that I met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince at my third sister's coming-of-age ceremony?"

"My eyes were given to me by my parents, so they look the same to everyone."

The prince's eyes were dark and he said coldly, "Yes, I forgot that I met you at Shen Shu's coming-of-age ceremony."

He sighed: "Shen Mi, you are indeed a rare beauty."

"However, if you want to please the Queen Mother and let me look at you more, you are wrong."

"It's not a good thing for a woman to be scheming."

"If you want to win my heart, it's best to do less of this kind of laborious work."

The prince said this and left.

Looking at the prince's back as he left, Shen Mi almost laughed out of anger. Deliberately approaching him? How ridiculous.

After the prince entered Fengyi Palace, he saw the queen sitting on a chair drinking tea.

He said, "Mother, the King of Qi is dead."

The queen's face froze and she put down the teacup in her hand.

"What did you say? Why did the King of Qi die out of nowhere?"

The prince sat down on the chair with a sullen face and spoke in a cold voice.

"I heard that he died of illness during exile, and my father has sent someone to bring his body back."

"The coroner examined the body and confirmed that he died of illness."

"I have asked someone and found out that when the King of Qi was exiled, he saw a woman wearing a bamboo hat in the suburbs of Yanjing."

"But I have inquired from many sources, but I still don't know the identity of this woman."

He clenched his fists, feeling a little uneasy.

"The King of Qi was demoted. It's not that simple."

"How could such a secret matter as embezzling military funds be revealed to the emperor's ears for no reason?"

The prince became more and more anxious the more he thought about it.

"I always feel that there is a hidden hand behind the scenes, pushing these things forward. I can't see it, and I can't touch it."

The queen put down the teacup in her hand and looked at the prince who was a little frightened at the moment.

"Jing'er, are you thinking too much? Maybe that woman is the concubine that the King of Qi keeps outside the palace."

"Now, the Duke's Mansion has sent news that they are waiting for Lin to conceive a child, regardless of whether it is a boy or a girl."

"It would be best if it's a boy. If it's a girl, at worst, we can just replace her with another one. The Lin family will find a way to let her inherit the title."

"Before your father's birthday, your mother will also talk to him and ask him to marry Miss Shen to you. You and I will plan step by step."

The prince had a sinister look on his face.

"Shen Mi wants to please the Queen Mother and get close to me, humph."

"A woman with such a mindset might not be welcomed by the ministers even if she enters the East Palace."

He said coldly: "I don't like her eyes. No matter how beautiful they are, they make me feel upset."

"The day I ascend the throne will be the day she dies."

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