After the eldest daughter was reborn, the whole family knelt down and begged for forgiveness

"Mr. Wen is the one my mother left for me."

what! ?

When Lin Shaoshu finished speaking, Xiao Xuetang's eyes flashed with shock, and he subconsciously said, "This is impossible!"

Mr. Na Wen is ambitious and ruthless. In his previous life, he helped Lin Shaoshu do many shady things in secret. His ultimate goal was to gain the position of the world's number one strategist.

Since he came to Lin Shaoshu, Lin Shaoshu has become more and more greedy and better at concealing...

From the first time she met Mr. Wen in her previous life, Xiao Xuetang knew that Mr. Wen was not a good person. However, Lin Shaoshu did not listen to her. He treated Mr. Wen as his think tank and confidant and obeyed his every word.

Concubine Xie hoped that Lin Shaoshu would stay away from the political disputes. When she was dying, she left a lot of money to Xiao Xuetang and Lin Shaoshu. Her ultimate wish was that they would grow up safely and stay away from trouble after they had the ability to protect themselves...

Concubine Xie, there is absolutely no way you would leave a dangerous person like Mr. Wen by Lin Shaoshu's side!

There must be some misunderstanding.

Seeing Xiao Xuetang's confidence, Lin Shaoshu said with some displeasure: "Sir has extraordinary talent. Mother kept him by my side in the hope that I could take back everything that originally belonged to us!"

A hint of coldness flashed across Lin Shaoshu's gentle eyes. It was clearly June weather, but Xiao Xuetang felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.

"So Tangtang, you will always stand by me. No matter what the cost... you will help me, right?"

At this moment, Lin Shaoshu looked at Xiao Xuetang, and a strange color flashed in his eyes.

Xiao Xuetang's heart skipped a beat and he asked, "What do you want to do?"

Under Xiao Xuetang's vigilant and suspicious gaze, Lin Shaoshu took the flower basket from the servant and placed the freshly picked poppies in front of Concubine Xie's spirit tablet.

A big fire that year reduced the courtyard of Prince Jianglin's mansion to ashes. The poppies that Concubine Xie had carefully cared for were also burned to ashes, but some seeds were left behind.

Later, Xiao Xuetang picked up the seeds, carefully nurtured them, and they took root and sprouted, and finally bloomed again.

Last year, Lin Shaoshu received a special gift on his birthday, which was these resurrected poppies. Xiao Xuetang gave them to Lin Shaoshu to comfort him as he missed his mother.

Lin Shaoshu treasured these flowers very much and specially assigned the gardener in the mansion to tend to them in the flowerpots. He used a special method to make the poppies that originally bloomed in autumn bloom in midsummer so that they could be used to commemorate Concubine Xie.

Xiao Xuetang looked at those brightly colored poppies and thought of Concubine Xie, with mixed feelings.

At this time, Lin Shaoshu slowly spoke: "The East Palace has the support of the Wang family behind it, and its position in the court is indestructible. The only one who can compete with the East Palace is the Regent."

"It's just that the emperor's uncle never participated in the fight for the throne and stayed out of it. The Wang family was afraid of him, but the two of them had always maintained a delicate balance of power in the court. The Wang family and the regent were too powerful. There was no third party that could break their evenly matched balance, so I could only survive between the two of them over the years."

Speaking of this, Lin Shaoshu's usually peaceful face now had a hint of distortion and ferocity.

Xiao Xuetang shifted his gaze from those Concubines to Lin Shaoshu. The shock in his eyes calmed down. He looked at Lin Shaoshu and said, "So, it was you...you sent assassins to kill the prince yesterday and framed Lin Xun."

Lin Shaoshu's expression flickered slightly and he wanted to deny it, but Xiao Xuetang was so quick-witted that he could see the clue from his slightly changed expression.

"It's a good plan indeed!"

Xiao Xuetang laughed, but said in a very cold voice: "In this way, you can provoke a struggle between the East Palace and the Regent, and you can break the balance of the court and reap the benefits afterwards."

Lin Shaoshu also saw the mockery in Xiao Xuetang's eyes, frowned slightly, and said: "Xuetang, don't speak so harshly."

"My mother was originally the Princess of Lin, but my father demoted her to a concubine... My identity meant that I was destined to be deeply trapped in this political swamp from the beginning. If I don't plan ahead, once the Crown Prince ascends the throne, you and I will be implicated in the end!"

Seeing Lin Shaoshu making such a high-sounding statement about his ambitions at this moment, Xiao Xuetang sneered and said, "It is reasonable for you to deal with the East Palace, but why do your people want to frame Lin Xun?"

"Anyone who can assassinate the prince at close range is definitely not an ordinary person. With the current strength of the guards in the Third Prince's Palace, it is impossible to do it. Lin Shaoshu, what kind of people are you working with?"

Facing Xiao Xuetang's clear gaze, Lin Shaoshu's eyes flickered slightly and he said, "Tangtang, you just need to help me keep in touch with the Xie family. Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."

Xiao Xuetang sneered, "I won't ask anything, and you will just treat me like a fool and eventually drag me and the Xie family into the abyss of no return!"

In her previous life, she was stupid and trusted Lin Shaoshu too much, and she was content to be a tool for Lin Shaoshu. She gave him money when he needed it, and wrote to his uncles when he needed the reputation of the Xie family. In the end, Lin Shaoshu ascended the throne and became the emperor, while she and the Xie family both ended up with a bad ending.

In the past, Xiao Xuetang thought that it was Ye Jin's fault that caused the rift between her and Lin Shaoshu; but now it seems that even if Ye Jin was not there, Lin Shaoshu's narrow-minded personality would probably not tolerate her or the Xie family.

Lin Shaoshu didn't expect that Xiao Xuetang was not ignoring him now, but the words he said were as sharp as a knife, and every word pierced his heart.

His expression changed again and again, and then his expression became very ugly and he said, "Xiao Xuetang, you questioned me like this in front of my mother's spirit today, is it for the Xie family or for Lin Xun!"

Ye Jin's words that day lingered in Lin Shaoshu's ears like a maggot-attached curse. He looked at Xiao Xuetang with red eyes.

When Xiao Xuetang saw his expression become so dangerous, her heart skipped a beat and she silently took a few steps back.

But after a moment, Lin Shaoshu's expression relaxed, and his eyes became gentle and affectionate again, looking at Xiao Xuetang: "Tangtang, no matter what I become, you have to believe me that what I do is for our future."

Lin Shaoshu's tone was still guilty at first, but he became more and more confident as time went on...

Yes, it was obviously those people who owed him money. He was just taking back what belonged to him. What's wrong with that?

Even if his methods are not honorable, those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters.

And he did all this not just for himself, but also to avenge his mother and for his and Xiao Xuetang's future...

"So Tangtang, you can forgive me no matter what I do, right?"

Lin Shaoshu's lips suddenly curled up into a smile, a familiar gentle and affectionate smile, but it made Xiao Xuetang feel creepy.

"what are you up to?"

Xiao Xuetang had just finished questioning when she suddenly felt a black screen in front of her eyes. Someone pressed her acupoints from behind...

"Don't be afraid."

It was Lin Shaoshu's voice, gentle but with a deadly madness...