Zhu Lan is dead

It's not wrong for them to speculate like this. Zhou Lixiao had a deep understanding of this matter back then. Since he was a person who had been there, he would not slacken his suspicions and precautions. Not long after Zhou Huaiqi was awarded the crown prince, the late emperor fell ill and was bedridden. I'm sorry, since then, the internal and external collusion, up and down disagreement, can be described as all kinds of behaviors.

Theoretically, the crown prince should not have any contact with the court officials, especially the important court officials, that is the vortex located at the center of power. After all, the crown prince has his own East Palace system, which is self-contained, and is also the assistant of the left and right officials. It is a great threat to the emperor's rights.

This has been the case in all dynasties, especially those in high positions. If they commit a serious suspicion, they will not be able to escape.

It's just that Zhou Keyin is so confused now, Zhou Lixiao didn't bear to abolish him, but reprimanded him beforehand, which already showed Zhou Keyin's status in the eyes of the emperor.

Coupled with the fact that the current situation is unclear and the crown prince is so stubborn, it is impossible for Zhou Lixiao to act resolutely to scare the snake, so he can only make a bad plan.

"It seems that it is really troublesome..." Lin Fu narrowed his eyes, his expression was a little deep.

Lin Jiangzhuo smiled, "Father is worried about what to do, no matter how they do it, it's just the Zhou family's own bad luck."

"I'm not worried about anything." Lin Fu said, "It's just that if something happens, it's better to prepare as soon as possible."

Lin Jiangzhuo raised his eyes and looked at him with his fingers on the fruit plate, "What is father planning to do?"

Lin Fu said: "Judging from the current situation, it is difficult for Zhou Keyin to become a great talent."

"Really?" Picking up a dried plum and throwing it into his mouth, he said indifferently: "He is not suitable for the emperor's career. He has a strong scholarly spirit and a sick body. I'm afraid it will be difficult for this ten thousand li country."

Lin Fu smiled meaningfully at him and said, "My son is quite far-sighted, such outstanding insight deserves four words."

Lin Jiangzhuo smiled lazily and said, "Father has praised him absurdly. My son usually regards his father's words and deeds as his standard. If he still doesn't make any progress, I'm afraid he will disappoint his father."

"Haha." Lin Fu started to talk, and unknowingly looked at his eldest son with admiration, but suddenly thought of something in his heart, and couldn't help saying: "I haven't seen Ci Jing for a long time, I don't know, it's okay, It's better to let her come back these few days, your mother and I have been thinking about her all day long."

The smile on the corner of his mouth froze suddenly, and even the expression in his eyes became dark. How could he almost forget that since his idiot sister was exposed with that bastard Zuo Yi, there has been no news for a long time.

After the interrogation at court that day, the death of Wang Lu still had a considerable impact. After all, Wang Lu's status as a dignified and dignified marquis cannot be ignored. Such an unexplained death will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among some veteran officials, but Zhou Lixiao made a mistake. In one move, the whole game is lost. Since they have already cleared their charges with false testimony, if they forcefully identify them again at this time, it will inevitably leave a bad influence.

Although they also caused a lot of losses and their vitality was greatly injured, they managed to save their lives, but Zuo Yi could not escape with the identity of Wang Lu's adopted son. Zhou Lixiao had no choice but to exile Zuo Yi to a remote area to serve as an army.

As for the other relevant persons, all were sentenced to death without exception.

It's just that he doesn't know how Lin Cijing is safe. After all, the incident is so big that Yu Changqi must have dealt with it long ago. It's just that this person is the closest to Zhou Lixiao on weekdays, and he doesn't have any feelings for Cijing. He should have confessed to Zhou Lixiao long ago.

And according to Zhou Lixiao's temperament of killing others, this kind of thing must be unbearable, but now that the turmoil has passed for so long, but there is still no movement, could it be that Yu Changqi left it to deal with it in private?

I thought about it several times in my heart, but I couldn't come up with a result after all. He didn't intend to confess to Lin Fu about the matter between Lin Cijing and Zuo Yi before, and it was too late to explain it now. Well, that silly sister of his has never asked for any favors in her life, so it must be hard to be left alone in the palace now.

No matter what, he, as the elder brother, has to be responsible. It seems that he has to choose a time to explain.

With a calm smile on his face, Lin Jiangzhuo said: "Father, don't worry, my son will pick a time to go to the palace to say something."

"En." Lin Fu nodded, but after a while, the maid from the outer court came over suddenly, bowed to the two of them and said, "Master, is there someone coming to see you outside the door?"

Feeling bad for a while, Lin Jiangzhuo frowned, "Who?"

"Monsoon Bamboo."

"..." The buds in his hand suddenly turned into powder and fell from his fingers.

Seeing that Lin Jiangzhuo didn't speak, Lin Fu couldn't help but said: "Ji Fengzhu? Isn't that Ji He's son? You have already settled with him last time, why are you here again?"

Lin Jiangzhuo suppressed his anger and forced a smile: "It's a deal if it's settled, but Ji Fengzhu probably remembered that his son said he wanted to buy him a drink last time, so he came here."

But Lin Fu said seriously: "Ji Fengzhu has a temperament, if you don't learn something well, you should have less contact with him in the future."

"Yes." Lin Jiangzhuo stood up, "Then the son will go and dismiss him first?"

*

"What are you here for?"

When he went out the door, he saw that Young Master Ji was wearing a gold silk soft robe, embroidered with emerald butterflies, waving a folding fan at the foot of Yuejian Mountain, fanning out when he used it, his head gathered and his tail loose, so ostentatious.

The anger that Lin Jiangzhuo had held back all the way finally couldn't help but flow out, he pulled Ji Fengzhu by the sleeve and pulled him to an alley not far from the gate of the mansion.

Ji Fengzhu smiled shamelessly, "Of course I came to look for you, sir, no, I didn't bring anyone with me?"

Lin Jiangzhuo looked at him and felt his stomach churning, "Now you can get out, I don't need you to look for it!"

After finishing speaking, he was about to turn around and leave, but Ji Fengzhu waved his fan in a leisurely manner without stopping him, "Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that I will tell your father about the two of us?"

His figure paused, and the fist hidden in his sleeve resisted hitting Ji Fengzhu's face. Lin Jiangzhuo turned around and raised his eyebrows to look at him, "Do you think your nonsense will be believed?"

"I'm not talking nonsense, the facts are still in front of us, sir, do you dare not believe it?" Ji Fengzhu still had a shameless expression on his face, "What's more, the Prime Minister of the country believes that he has his own judgment, so don't bother Mr. Lang Rejected me."

The murderous intent in his eyes was released without any concealment, and even the words he said seemed to be filled with icy scum, "Young Master Ji is open-minded, so you are not afraid of what you say, your father..."

"No, no, no." Ji Fengzhu suddenly cut off his words, "Everyone in the capital knows what kind of person I am. Even if my father knew, he would beat me up at most, but you are different, sir. You are the eldest son of the Prime Minister's Mansion, if this matter is made public, where will your father's face be put?"

"..." Is this a problem? He is too careless. Now that Ji Fengzhu can say such words, he is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He has nothing to do with such a shameless person. I'm afraid that he is too shameless to deal with. After all, such shamelessness is more effective than those dog skin plasters sold by charlatans.

After a long time, the fist in his sleeve loosened, thinking that this person is still useful, Lin Jiangzhuo let go, "What do you want?"

Seeing the person in front of him finally relaxed, Ji Fengzhu couldn't help smiling and leaned forward, the fan in his hand "slapped", and raised Lin Jiangzhuo's chin with one hand, "I don't know if Mr. A story?"

"Okay." Lin Jiangzhuo looked at him and squinted his eyes, as if the garden was full of peach colors, and there was a crimson crimson, looking extremely evil.

*

The palace garden hidden under the snow seems to disappear into the world, silent.

Under the green eaves of the hour glass, the palace lanterns were dim, and the door and window of the Library Pavilion were quietly pushed open a gap.

The person standing in front of the desk was concentrating on flipping through the pages of the book, writing with heavy ink in his hand, his brows and eyes were calm and gentle, and he didn't notice the figure approaching behind him at all.

"Well……"

His mouth was covered suddenly, and his body was dragged into his arms without any scruples. The wolf hair between his fingers fell to the side, splashing a deep stain on a page of the book.

"it's me."

The familiar voice rang in his ears, Zhou Keyin calmed down and stopped struggling.

Seeing that he was off guard, the people behind withdrew their hands, and the hands on their shoulders pulled over to the person whose back was facing him, allowing Zhou Keyin to come face to face with him.

After seeing the person in front of him clearly, Zhou Keyin was a little surprised and said: "How did you get in, this is the Library Pavilion..."

"What's the problem? I can even enter and exit the most well-equipped villa in the world at will. What else is there?"

Zhou Keyin heard that he only thought he was joking, but he didn't take it to heart. After getting along with this person for so long, he has generally understood his temperament. They seem to be confidants. Now that they are old, the way the two get along is much more generous than before.

Seeing his indifferent expression, Wo Xuan didn't care too much, let go of his hand, leaned on the desk and looked around for a while, looked at Zhou Keyin and said: "Is there nothing to eat here, I'm hungry gone."

Zhou Keyin smiled helplessly, "You just said it before, this is the Library Pavilion, how can you talk about food and drink?"

He curled his lips a little bored, "No food, not even water, Zhou Lixiao is so kind to you!"

"..."

When he said this, Zhou Keyin couldn't help lowering his head. Seeing that the person in front of him looked dazed, Wo Xuan immediately realized that he might have gone too far, and rushed over to explain: "I'm wrong, don't worry..."

"No." Zhou Keyin raised his head and smiled slightly at him, "I let Father down."

"Don't think too much, am I being too hasty?" Wo Xuan held his shoulder with a gentle tone.

But Zhou Keyin said seriously: "Actually, what you said is correct. The flood in Qutian shouldn't be easy to send people to help. The incident in Nanling back then is vivid in my mind. If my father is confused now, it is not my fault. Wait until you can afford it."

"What are you going to do?"

"I will continue to play the emperor's father and let him take back his life."

Wo Xuan said: "Aren't you afraid of leaving a bad impression on your royal father?"

Zhou Keyin, however, had no scruples, "If my father has a grudge against me because of this, then I will be unable to take the position of crown prince long ago!"

With a calm expression, but firmness in his eyes, Zhou Keyin continued: "Don't worry, my uncle Zhang Lin has been guarding Qutian for a long time, and he will definitely not make mistakes."

"That's good." Hearing the words, Wo Xuan felt relieved, "I'm worried that you will make your father unhappy by your indiscreet words."

Zhou Keyin said with a smile: "I should know how to deal with it, but it makes you worry too much?"

As he said that, there was a hint of guilt in his eyes. Wo Xuan knew that Zhou Keyin's ears were soft, and his disposition was also extremely soft. It would be too easy to fool a person who can be coaxed into guilt with a few words.

But in his heart, like a cat's paw, he looked forward to seeing this person hurt by him more and more, so he couldn't help but smile more benignly and harmlessly, "You don't have to take it to heart, since you have reached this point, why do you have to be so alien to me?"

Zhou Keyin felt a little grateful in his heart, but he didn't know where to start. He just thought of something in a blink of an eye and said: "Liandi is not young anymore, and your marriage has already been decided according to the emperor's appearance. She is anxious. If there is any What's wrong, how many of you..."

"His Royal Highness!" Wo Xuan grabbed his chin and smiled innocently, "You know she doesn't like me!"

"..."

"Would you rather let your sister marry someone she doesn't like? Do you think she will be happy?"

Zhou Keyin was a little surprised, "But don't you like her?"

Wo Xuan suddenly felt a little helpless, looking at Zhou Keyin's innocent appearance, he felt a little itchy and unbearable, thinking that Zhou Keyin would understand his intentions early so that he could hit him, and couldn't help but said: "Which eye of yours saw that I like her?" ?”

"This..." Zhou Keyin lowered his brows, his slender eyelashes cast a small shadow on his porcelain-white skin, "Why would you propose marriage to the emperor if you don't like her?"

"You are really stupid and naive!" Wo Xuan almost laughed angrily, "Since ancient times, how many marriages between the two countries are willing? It's just for the sake of interests."

"..."

It's not that he doesn't know, it's just that he can be the master of the country's affairs, not to mention that this person is willing, even if he marries a person who has no affection for others or himself, he will do it. How much is the question.

But Liandi is different. She was spoiled by her parents and empress since she was a child. How innocent is she to be dedicated to someone she doesn't like when she only has one chance in her life?

The freedom she hoped for at the beginning was only to bring her happiness. Even if she gave up everything, but now that the simple vow can be easily said, can it be guaranteed to be easily fulfilled?

After a long time, Zhou Keyin looked up at him seriously and said, "If you really marry Liandi, I hope you can promise me one thing?"

Wo Xuan's smile gradually disappeared, "What?"

"Give her freedom."