The woman behind him began to feel uneasy again, and Tang Mumu raised her hand to stop the maid who was coming over.

"Since it's Miss Lin, why not let her have dinner with us? Lord Lin, please ask the servants to go back first."

Lin Qingyuan looked embarrassed, but after a while he waved his hand to let the servant go down. Tang Mumu turned around, tidied up Miss Lin's hair, and pulled her into the house.

"My daughter's name is Lin Ke. Three months ago, she got caught in the rain and had a fever. After she woke up, she... Now her intelligence is only that of a five-year-old child. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you all."

Lin Qingyuan raised his hand and wiped his eyes as he spoke. Seeing her father crying, the little girl quickly squatted beside him and rested her head on his legs, "Daddy, don't cry, don't cry, Daddy, smile."

Tang Mumu felt a little bit reluctant. Miss Lin looked like a little girl of only fifteen or sixteen years old. Such a good girl has become like this. The Lin family must be extremely sad.

Tang Mumu pulled Lin Ke back to sit next to him and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, Xiaoke. Your daddy didn't cry, and your daddy smiled if you behaved well, okay?"

Lin Ke stared at Tang Mumu, and after a moment he said with a smile: "Sister, beautiful sister, Daddy, beautiful sister."

"Don't be rude." Lin Qingyuan immediately frowned and lectured, but Tang Mumu stopped him and smiled at Lin Kexiao.

"Master Lin, don't blame her. She doesn't want this to happen. Since she likes me, let her sit next to me."

Lin Qingyuan stood up and bowed to Tang Mumu, his voice trembling, "Thank you, Princess. After Ke'er fell ill, no one was willing to get close to her except her family. Princess, you didn't abandon me. I would like to thank you on behalf of Ke'er."

"Master Lin, please get up. This is not the court, and I am not used to you being so polite to me."

Lin Qingyuan sat back down, and finally nothing else happened at the dinner table. When leaving, Lin Ke wanted to follow Tang Mumu, but Lin Qingyuan coaxed her back to her own room, and then he sent Rong Yan and the others back to the yard.

"My humble abode is simple, so I have to trouble you, Your Majesty and Princess, and Lord and Madam Song to stay here temporarily."

"Master Lin, you are welcome. You don't have to see me off tomorrow morning. I want to go to Liancheng first."

Lin Qingyuan suddenly knelt down in front of Rong Yan, which really scared the others.

"What does Lord Lin mean?" Rong Yan asked calmly without going forward to help him up.

"Your Highness, the people of Huai County are suffering. Since Your Highness is here, please give the people an explanation. I am here to thank Your Highness for his kindness."

He was crying with every word he said. Tang Mumu and Ji Chu looked at each other, and stepped forward, one on each side, to help Lin Qingyuan up. Somehow, during the day, Lin Qingyuan seemed to be of the right age, but now he looked like he had aged ten years, with a haggard and decadent face, which made people feel heartbroken.

"Why is Lord Lin doing this? Just like you said, since His Highness is here, he will not abandon the people of Huai County. Even if Lord Lin doesn't do this, His Highness will still have to investigate the matter. Lord Lin does this because he doesn't trust His Highness and Lord Song?"

Lin Qingyuan trembled all over and explained quickly: "No, no, that's not what I meant. I just... just..."

I just put all my hopes on Your Highness.

"Lord Lin, there is no need to say more. I understand in my heart that the people of Huai County will know about the missing disaster relief silver after tonight. Tomorrow, I will have to rely on Lord Lin to appease the people of the city and buy me more time."

Lin Qingyuan waved his sleeves and bowed to everyone again, "I will remember your kindness in my heart."

After Lin Qingyuan left, the four of them walked into the courtyard together. The moon was high in the sky. It would be the Mid-Autumn Festival in less than a month. They didn't know if they could make it back in time to reunite with their families.

"We will be leaving for Liancheng early tomorrow morning. Let's have a good rest tonight."

"You knew that Lin Qingyuan was deliberately luring us to Liancheng, so why did you deliberately go along with him?" Tang Mumu could see that Lin Qingyuan had something to hide. She still thought that Lord Lin was a good official and was unwilling to doubt him.

Rong Yan looked at her and said, "Now that you know, you should go and take a look."

The next day, before dawn, the group set out again and returned to Liancheng. Tang Mumu did not let his guard down along the way, fearing that there was a trap waiting for them to fall into.

"Your Highness, why do I feel like you're not nervous at all? Even if you're the God of War, you can't be so willful, right?" Tang Mumu was unhappy when she saw Rong Yan's relaxed look.

I was always worried about his injury, but he rushed to Liancheng even though he knew there was a problem.

"There will be no ambush. Lin Qingyuan deliberately asked us to come to Liancheng to reduce our troubles." Rong Yan replied indifferently.

The actual location where the disaster relief silver was lost was the back mountain of Huai County, which was only one mountain away from the Huai County government office. Prince Shun's people were in Huai County, and they thought that they would definitely go to the back mountain to investigate, and even if they set an ambush, they would only set it up in the back mountain. He agreed to let Lin Qingyuan go to the back mountain just to fulfill his wish.

"How did you know?" Tang Mumu was tired from walking, so he found an empty space and sat down and continued, "I think that Lord Lin has something to hide. I was so foolish that I kept believing him. And you clearly knew that he deliberately asked us to come to Liancheng, but you still jumped into the trap."

Tang Mumu was very dissatisfied with Rong Yan's decision. What if there were another group of assassins hiding in Liancheng waiting to kill them? After so many fights, she didn't want to fight anymore.

"Princess, you don't understand this. Ayan came to Liancheng just for our personal safety." Song Jinyu also came over and said.

Tang Mumu didn't understand, "Lin Qingyuan deliberately asked us to come to Liancheng, can't you see that?"

"There are people from Prince Shun in Huai County. Lord Lin deliberately asked us to come to Liancheng so that he could negotiate with Prince Shun's people himself."

"Prince Shun? He was the one who entered the palace with you that day. I remember his name seemed to be Rong Yu."

Rong Yan kept staring at her, and Tang Mumu felt a little uncomfortable with him looking at her.

"What are you looking at me for? Am I wrong?"

"No." He just wanted to see clearly how she would react when Prince Shun was mentioned, but Tang Mumu's reaction was perfectly normal. After living a new life, not only had everyone's trajectory changed, but even the relationship between Tang Mumu and Prince Shun had changed.

"According to what you said, Lord Lin did this to help us, but why did he do this? If this matter is really related to him, the person who wants your life the most is Lord Lin, so why would he protect us? Isn't he afraid that if he offends Prince Shun, he will die?"

After saying this, Tang Mumu seemed to have suddenly thought of something and stood up, "Master Lin is in danger."

Everyone looked calm. This reaction made Tang Mumu very unhappy. She felt that she was the only one who was kept in the dark.

Considering the status Lin Qingyuan holds in the hearts of the people, if something happened to him, I'm afraid many people would be sad about it.

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