[Red Mansion] Adopted daughter and child

After the news spread, the Lin family naturally also got the news.

The whole family looked at Guiling up and down, their eyes were full of love and affection for Guiling, but he didn't think there was anything wrong: "I didn't suffer a loss before, but Princess Shile's reputation will be ruined after this encounter."

Lin Liu sighed: "I just inquired about the news a while ago, Princess Shile has always been unscrupulous in the palace, has a bad temper, and is known to be arrogant. It’s just to say, but in fact, she has long lost her reputation among the royal family and those who are close to the royal family.”

Therefore, after this incident happened, it would not have much impact on Princess Shile's life.

Fame is important if it is important, and it is not that important if it is not important.As long as you are powerful enough, you can silence those who spread the word.

Prince Zhongshun obviously has the power, that's why Princess Shile doesn't care about reputation.

Guiling opened his mouth, and suddenly said: "If only my family has the same power as Prince Zhongshun's residence."

Lin Liu paused, and at that moment, countless thoughts flashed through her mind.

But no, now is the wrong time.

She must wait for the war recorded in the original book to come and consume the food in the treasury before she can...

Lin Liu licked her dry lips, and raised her head after she calmed down.Then it was discovered that Lin Ruhai's eyes were also turbulent, as if countless storms were brewing.

The father and daughter looked at each other, and quickly looked away.

As the eldest son of the Lin family, Guiling's marriage is more important than other children's marriages. After all, Guiling's wife is the clan's wife, and she has to take care of the entire Lin family.

Although the Lin family is small and doesn't have so many human relationships, being Guiling's wife is much easier than other clan wives.But Guiling's generation has six children and four boys, and the Lin family will definitely have more people.

In this case, Guiling's marriage naturally cannot be casual.

Otherwise, Jia Min would not have chosen carefully before, and would not be able to make a decision for a long time.

But now, a princess has ruined all the plans of the Lin family.

Lin Liu hesitated for a moment and then said, "Perhaps we should go and find out, is there any other secret behind Miss Hu's elopement?"

Everyone looked at Lin Liu, and Guiling even asked, "Didn't Miss Hu elope, or was she kidnapped? If so, wouldn't she be implicated by me?"

Lin Liu shook her head: "On the day of the Lantern Festival, I will never be wrong. I just think it's a coincidence that Miss Hu eloped, and other girls my mother favored were engaged during this time. I always feel that there may be other people meddling."

Originally, she didn't feel it, but from the words and deeds of Princess Shile, she got a glimpse of a sense of disobedience——

I always feel that Princess Shile backed down too easily when Gui Ling first got engaged.According to her temperament now, shouldn't she be relentless and entangled at that time?

Jia Min thought about it and thought it was right: "I will let someone investigate."

Lin Liu smiled: "Mother doesn't need to do anything. I asked Lin Er to investigate Miss Hu before, but before the results were found out, the Hu family missed the truth. Now it is much more convenient for Lin Er to continue the investigation than mother to investigate from the beginning."

"It's a pity that Prince Zhongshun's family name is too high, and there is the emperor's holy decree to bestow a marriage. Otherwise, if we really find out something, we can just use the investigation results to annul the engagement."

Guiling looked at this, then at that, and said with a smile: "Why do you worry too much about me? Marriage is less restrictive for men than for women. After the heroine gets married, if her husband doesn't allow her, it will be difficult for her to go out." , but the man has no such worries. If the princess's temper does not change after marriage, I will pack up my burden and leave directly, and there is nothing wrong with me."

If it weren't for being the eldest son who had to bear the burden of the family, he would have preferred to travel around.

His words seemed to have inspired others, and Lin Liu immediately said: "According to Princess Shile's appearance, no one knows whether she will act as a demon in the future. Just in case, it is better to let Gui Lingwai To be an official, avoid the princess for a few years. Anyway, he must get married after I get married, and there are at least three years in which he can operate. Gui Ling chooses to be an official outside, even if it is the Zhongshun Prince's House, it can't be much say what."

Lin Ruhai nodded decisively: "This is very good. Now that the princess is angry, there are still your own mistakes. We know the inside story, so it's not good to make a fuss about it. But you are not perfect. Sooner or later, there will be a day when the princess will make mistakes. If you go to the yamen to make a fuss like today, this time or twice, those officials might not blame you because they sympathize with you, but the number of times is too many..."

"Cultivate yourself, govern the family, rule the country and bring peace to the world," Lin Ruhai said with a bit of anger, "If others think that you can't even manage the Qi family, your future promotion will also be affected. It's better for you to avoid her. .”

Guiling didn't expect the princess to make such a fuss, and there would be such benefits, so naturally there was nothing wrong with it.

So the next day, Lin Ruhai started looking for someone, and in a very short period of time, he decided on the place and position of the foreigner——

Jinling should be the magistrate of Tianfu.

Lin Ruhai's arrangement of Guiling in this position also has his own deep meaning: "After you arrive in Jinling, do a good job, and you'd better become Zhen Yingjia's deputy."

When Guiling knew that he was going to work in Jinling, he felt a little disappointed at first, but according to his father, there seemed to be other deep meanings in it: "Did my father have other arrangements for me?"

Lin Ruhai looked at Guiling, and thought that he would take on the heavy responsibility of the entire Lin family in the future, so he didn't hide anything from him, and told him what he, Lin Liu, and Ji Song had decided to control the world's food in order to threaten the court. Longevity.

After finishing speaking, he said: "Now the emperor disregards my family's wishes, and regardless of the status and temperament of the two of you, he forced you to marry Princess Shile. It's too sensitive to say, marrying her into the family is tantamount to making trouble for myself."

"Although we don't know if we will take the worst path in the future, we must always be prepared now, otherwise when things happen, we will be unprepared, and we are afraid that the whole family will suffer."

Gui Ling was puzzled: "But if I go to Jinling, even if I become Zhen Yingjia's deputy, what can I do?"

The two were talking when there was a sudden knock on the study door.

The father and son shut up at the same time, and Guiling stepped forward to open the door, seeing that it was Lin Liu, he was relieved.

Lin Liu smiled and said, "What are you talking about?"

Gui Ling closed the door, and then said: "My place of office and official position are down, and I can take office after I ask the emperor to resign tomorrow."

"Where did you decide?"

"The magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture in Jinling."

"Very nice place," Lin Liu smiled, "Father should have told you about our food preparations, right?"

"Correct."

"Jiangnan is a land of fish and rice. Almost one-third of the country's grain is produced here. In order to keep this place free from waste, it is best to arrange for someone to guard it here."

Lin Ruhai nodded: "It is because of this that I asked you to try your best to climb to the position of Zhen Yingjia's deputy. As the Supreme Emperor's confidant, Zhen Yingjia has always been a key for the Supreme Emperor to control Jiangnan. With him, Jiangnan is the Supreme Emperor's possession."

"But now, the emperor has tolerated this to a certain extent, and has begun to collect evidence from the Luo Zhen family. Although he is too emperor, the emperor does not dare to search for evidence in a big way, and the efficiency is not high enough. After finding it, he has to wait for an appropriate time. Damn it. But for us, it's a really good opportunity."

"When the Zhen family falls, the emperor will definitely find a confidant of his own to take Zhen Yingjia's place, and if you have become Zhen Yingjia's deputy at that time, with my relationship, the emperor will not hesitate at all, and will definitely choose you directly."

Zhen Yingjia's position is very important. As long as Guiling can really climb to the position of his deputy according to the plan, then relying on the emperor's fox and pretending to be a tiger, like Zhen Yingjia, he will become the emperor of the south of the Yangtze River. What.

Lin Liu then explained: "Before, because the Jiangnan generation was mixed and there were too many people watching, I couldn't even build a granary in the local area. If your trip goes well, I can also build a granary in Jiangnan. When the plan is implemented , it will be smoother.”

Guiling immediately understood the importance of his trip, and his expression was extremely serious: "Father, sister, please rest assured, I will definitely live up to my trust."

Lin Liu smiled and shook her head: "Safety is the most important thing. Everything we do is for our family. If something happens to you, it will be the end of the story."

Guiling nodded naturally: "I will be careful."

Lin Liu was relieved, and then looked at Lin Ruhai: "Lu Sui seems to be very talented in business. He has only been in Gusu for a few months, and he has already opened his cloth shop in Guangdong and Guangxi, and further encroached on the whales. Swallow the large high-end market in Jiangnan."

Miraculously, he successfully avoided all the calculations and dangers encountered in the process, and used it as a ladder to climb directly to another step.

It is said that even Zhao Shishi suffered a loss at the hands of Lu Sui.

Although it was only a small loss, it was enough to show Lu Sui's talent in business.

Now sending Guiling to the south of the Yangtze River is also because he is worried that Lu Sui's behavior of opening up the market is too fast and attracts other people with malicious intentions.If it's just a trick in the market, with the backing of the Lin family, even if Lu Sui suffers, it's fine.

The most worrying thing is to take advantage of strength and be tricked by people using official means.

The means in the officialdom have always killed people without blood, and once they are tricked, they will at least sit in prison for a period of time; on the contrary, the means in the market are at best to make Lu Sui bankrupt.But with the Lin family around, he can always start all over again.

Lin Liu smiled: "I am going to hand over the grain and cloth-related business from Jiangnan to Lu Sui. There seems to be some problems with the ledger Jiangnan sent during this period. I can rest assured that Lu Sui is watching."

This was the first time Lin Ruhai knew that Lu Sui was talented in business, so he was naturally taken aback.

After thinking about it, he asked, "Did Lu Sui delay his studies because of distraction?"

Lin Liu smiled and shook his head: "When he went to Jiangnan, he made a promise to me that he would pass the exam. He also said that he is not stupid, so he knows that if he fails in the exam, he will want to do what he likes later. Things will be difficult."

Lin Ruhai was taken aback for a moment, and then cursed dumbfoundedly: "Lu Sui, that brat, I really should call him back to the capital, and let him taste the fried pork with bamboo shoots."

Lin Liu and Guiling looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.

After the three discussed it properly, they went out together and went back to their own rooms to rest.

The next day, Guiling resigned to the emperor.

It was the first time for the emperor to know the news, and he couldn't help looking at Guiling in surprise: "Isn't it good to stay in the capital? With your talent and learning, you can be promoted after a few years of serving as a servant. On the contrary, if you are a foreigner, you must make achievements during your tenure." Otherwise, promotion will be difficult."

Guiling shook his head: "Father said that I lived too comfortably since I was a child, and my ideas are immature, so I won't achieve much if I stay in the capital. It's better to be an official outside for a few years. After some experience, I can make achievements in the officialdom. .”

The emperor also heard about Shile Princess making a big disturbance in the Hanlin Academy. He coughed a few times and said with a little embarrassment: "But because of Shile? I also know that she is acting absurdly, so people called her to reprimand her." , so that she would know the seriousness."

If the emperor really felt that her behavior was inappropriate, why didn't he say that he called people in front of her to reprimand her a few days ago?Saying this now is just a play, really not!

Guiling smiled and shook his head: "The princess is innocent and frank, what's wrong? I really want to experience it, and it's only a few years. The wedding date is set, and I will return to Beijing. Perhaps the emperor doesn't know that the eldest sister in the family is not yet married. And the wedding will have to wait at least two or three years, and as my younger brother, the wedding will naturally be later."

So you can rest assured that he is not escaping marriage.

The emperor smiled: "So that's the case. Speaking of which date are you leaving? Where are you going to work, and what is your official position?"

Guiling replied one by one: "In two days, we will start our journey to Jinling and serve as the magistrate of Yingtian Prefecture."

The emperor nodded and didn't say much.

Guiling waited for a while, then said goodbye and left.

After he packed his things, he planned to leave directly, but after thinking about it, he still wrote a letter to Prince Zhongshun's mansion.

But without waiting for a reply, Guiling took a boat down the river and went straight to Gusu.

When Guiling left, Princess Shile was still in the palace.

By the time she came out of the palace, Guiling had been gone for several days.After she learned of this, she was so angry that she smashed a room full of precious porcelain, but everyone had already left, and she had no choice.

Thus, Princess Shile went to the gate of the Lin family and found Gui Ling's sister Lin Liu.

When seeing Lin Liu, Princess Shile was stunned for a moment, then pouted unhappily, went straight to the stool next to Lin Liu and sat down: "You are the adopted daughter of the Lin family, Lin Song's sister?"

Lin Liu's eyes flashed: "Princess Hui, I am indeed Lin Song's sister."

Princess Shile looked at her from top to bottom, and snorted: "I think you are nothing more than that, you are just an adopted daughter with unlucky parents, and I don't know what Lin Song thinks, but he really regards you as a sister , Every time I see something, I will buy you a copy."

Lin Liu smiled, but didn't answer.

Because of the attitude of Lin Ruhai and Jia Min, when facing Lin Liu, other people always respect her as the real Lin family's daughter. This is the first time someone has said so bluntly that she is just an adopted daughter of the Lin family and not worthy of a long life. Treat her like a sister.

Although it sounded very angry, Lin Liu was strangely not angry at all, but felt a bit of pity for Princess Shile——

This girl was obviously spoiled by her family, and there was nothing lovable about her except for her appearance.According to her temperament, even if she didn't use the imperial decree to force Guiling to marry her, she would definitely not be able to be happy after marrying Guiling.

Because Guiling has a big temper, living together with the two of them will definitely cause sparks to hit the earth, and it will explode sooner or later.

A person like Princess Shile is only suitable to marry her loyal follower: the kind of suitor who is loyal to her no matter what she is good or bad, no matter what her personality is.

After a few more years, Princess Shile will lose all her support...

Lin Liu calmed down instantly, watching the princess slapstick, it was like performing a monkey show, not only not angry, but also wanted to throw her a few bananas as a reward.

Princess Shile gave Lin Liu a strange look, and saw that she was not angry at all, frowned, and became even more unhappy: "You are not the biological child of the Lin family, but you have occupied the resources belonging to the Lin family, shouldn't you treat Lin Song a little bit?" People are grateful to Dade? As Lin Song's fiancée, shouldn't you take good care of me?"

She's having a hard time, and neither should anyone else.

Princess Shile never thought that she could be willful in every way before, but it was because Prince Zhongshun loved her and doted on her, so the entire Prince Zhongshun's mansion dared not offend her, no matter how much she wanted to torment the concubines and concubines in the mansion, As for her father's second concubine, they dared not speak out because of Prince Zhongshun.

But now, she is in the Lin family, on someone else's territory.

Lin Liu has no obligation to tolerate Princess Shile, let alone tolerate her in every possible way.After all, she doesn't need to rely on Prince Zhongshun for food.

The Lin family is afraid of Prince Zhongshun only because of the emperor behind him.

But will the emperor blame the Lin family because Princess Shile went to find fault with the Lin family?of course not.

After all, the emperor dotes on Princess Shile not because she thinks she is "innocent", but because she is loyal to the prince.Because Prince Zhongshun is his direct brother and has been a supporter who has steadfastly followed him since he was a prince.

He might try to save face for Prince Zhongshun because he suffered a loss in Lin Ruhai's hands, but he would not condemn the Lin family because a little girl failed to find fault.

Princess Shile doesn't have such a brain, but Lin Liu sees it clearly.

Lin Liu narrowed his eyes, and smiled lightly: "If the princess came here today to find fault, I advise you to give up. No matter whether you are used to it or not, Lin Song and I grew up together when we were young. We have a deep relationship with each other. Your fiancée who just met once is different."

Princess Shile stared, with a very ugly expression: "Do you know my identity? How dare you speak to me like that? Believe it or not, I will go to my father to help me teach you a lesson."

Lin Liu shook his head with a smile: "If Prince Zhongshun is really so unreasonable, I can only admit it. But now that Prince Zhongshun is not here, Princess Shile should go back as soon as possible. The two of us sit together and look at each other. I hate it, why should the princess ask for trouble?"

Princess Shile wanted to say more, but was grabbed by Xue Baochai who was beside her.

Xue Baochai was picked up from the bed by Princess Shile early this morning, saying that she wanted to introduce someone to her.She believed it, that's why she went out with Princess Shile.

Who knew that Princess Shile asked her to go out to the Lin family.

And I said before that I wanted to introduce someone to her, but listen to what Princess Shile said from the moment she entered the door. Which sentence is not poking at the human lung tube?

That is to say, Miss Lin is open-minded, or she doesn't want to argue with the princess, otherwise anyone who hears the princess's words will have someone beat her out on the spot.

In this way, the princess did not give up!

Xue Baochai finally understood that her visit today was just to show the princess: at first, she might have thought of making her a military adviser, but now...

Xue Baochai pulled him back, and turned to look at the maidservant of the princess: "The princess is not feeling well, why don't you hurry up and help the princess?"

Several servant girls hurried forward to help him up.

Princess Shile seemed to want to speak, but Xue Baochai quickly cut it off: "Miss Lin, I'm sorry, the princess felt dizzy when I woke up today. The reason I spoke like that just now was because I was unwell. And please Miss Lin don't take it to heart."

Lin Liu glanced at Xue Baochai: "May I ask who you are?"

Xue Baochai smiled: "The little girl Xue Baochai is from the Xue family in Jinling."

Lin Liu suddenly nodded: "Hello, Miss Xue, don't worry, I didn't take Princess Shile's words to heart. After all, she is young, and she grew up with a lot of love, so it is normal for her to speak poorly."

Xue Baochai squeezed out a smile: "Thank you Miss Lin for your understanding."

Princess Shile felt that Lin Liu's words were wrong, and was about to speak, but she heard Baochai say in her ear: "Princess Lin, Miss Lin is Mr. Lin's sister after all. I heard that Mr. Lin's childhood enlightenment Mr. Miss Lin, the relationship between the two of you is extraordinary, for your sake, let's leave the Lin family as soon as possible."

Princess Shile didn't take it seriously: "Anyway, by the time I get married, she's already married. Even if I offend her, what can I do?"

Xue Baochai: "..."

She knew Princess Shile was stupid before, but she never thought that she could be even more stupid than she imagined.

Lin Liu listened to the conversation between the two, and said with a smile: "Princess Shile, I can sue."

Princess Shile stared: "How dare you!"

Lin Liu smiled: "My sister and brother are just gossips, don't they have to be picky and picky, can't say anything?"

Princess Shile's eyes were as wide as copper bells, and she wanted to say more unwillingly, but was cut off by Xue Baochai again: "Miss Lin misunderstood, the princess has absolutely no malice towards you. The princess is not feeling well, we will first I'm leaving. I'm really sorry."

As he said that, he pulled Princess Shile and walked out.

Seeing that the situation was not good, several servant girls quickly supported the princess and left the Lin family.

After leaving the gate of the Lin family, Xue Baochai was really relieved, and let go of Princess Shile.After returning to Prince Zhongshun's mansion by car, Xue Baochai knelt down in front of Princess Shile with a plop.

She knew very well that her actions today would definitely make the princess unhappy.

But even if he wanted to please the princess, Xue Baochai didn't want to offend others.After all, if she was retaliated against, Princess Shile would not protect her.

Princess Shile was indeed very angry, so she directly ordered Xue Baochai to rest at home for a month.

Xue Baochai breathed a sigh of relief, it was just that she would not enter the palace for a month, which was much better than what she had expected, that she would lose her qualifications to attend the school as a princess.

but……

Princess Shile asked Xue Baochai to be lifted from the ground, and looked at her suspiciously: "You said that the adopted girl of the Lin family is so beautiful, and it seems that the Lin family has never thought about hiding her background. She and Lin Song grew up together. Growing up, Lin Song didn't like me, could it be because he fell in love with that adopted daughter?"

Xue Baochai raised her head abruptly, and she said that when the princess first found her today, her attitude was obviously normal, but she had been wondering why the princess's attitude suddenly changed after seeing the eldest girl of the Lin family.

The original root here?

She simply didn't know what to say about Princess Shile!

Xue Baochai swallowed her saliva, and forced a smile: "The princess was joking, if Mr. Lin really fell in love with his sister, the two of them would be engaged directly. How could it be possible for the young lady of the Lin family to be engaged to Mr. Feng's family?" ?”

Shi Le frowned: "Even if Lin Song doesn't like it, what if the adopted daughter likes Lin Song and provokes our relationship?"

Xue Baochai was almost dumbfounded, what kind of self-confidence did she have to think that Lin Song would definitely like herself?

She adjusted her expression and said with a smile: "The Princess is thinking too much. The eldest daughter of the Lin family and the son of Feng's family are in love with each other, and the relationship is deep. How could she like her younger brother?"

Shi Le was not happy: "How can Feng Zifeng deserve to be compared with Lin Song?"

Xue Baochai smiled: "Don't you say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder? Miss Lin can be in love with Mr. Feng's parents who are obviously inferior to Mr. Lin. Doesn't this mean that Mrs. Lin is not interested in Mr. Lin?"

Shi Le thought for a while, then nodded: "You are right."

Seeing that Princess Shile had nothing else to say, Xue Baochai hurriedly said goodbye and left, not daring to stay in Prince Zhongshun's mansion anymore, for fear that the princess would say something shocking to the world again.

Lin Liu didn't know that Shi Le's hostility towards her came from her guess.

Of course, even if she knew it, she would only take it as a joke and not take it to heart——

Even Ji Song, who in her heart is just the younger brother next door, took her a long time to adjust her mood and gain a new understanding of the relationship between the two.Change it to Guiling?Sorry, she's not interested in her own brother!

Princess Shile has never been to the Lin family since the last meeting.

The Lin family was only happy about this, and they didn't bother to pay attention to Princess Shile's life in the palace.

It didn't take long for Lin Er to investigate all the causes and consequences of Miss Hu's elopement.

It turns out that Ms. Hu has a cousin who grew up as a childhood sweetheart. She has a deep affection for her cousin, so she does not hesitate to anger her parents and wants to marry him.

It's just that her cousin doesn't seem to have any interest in her, and always treats her as if she is far away.

When Miss Hu was about to give up and wait for marriage, and waited for the sedan chair of the Lin family to marry her, Miss Hu's cousin regretted it again, so he turned around and chased his wife. It didn't take much effort to let Miss Hu The old love for him rekindled, and the two soon got together completely.

But at this time, the Lin family and the Hu family were already engaged, and the Hu family's parents would naturally not agree to their marriage. They even felt that Ms. Hu's cousin didn't know what was good and bad, so she seduced Ms. Hu and drove him out of the Hu family. .

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long for Miss Hu to pack her bags and elope with her cousin.

During the whole process, there was almost no shadow of Princess Shile.

After Lin Er carefully investigated Miss Hu's cousin, he found that during the period after the engagement between the Hu family and the Lin family, his hands suddenly became much more generous. gold leaf.

But Miss Hu's cousin is only borrowing from Hu's family, and has no extra money at all except the monthly silver given by Hu's family.

And these monthly silver, he will also use most of it to buy pens, inks, papers and inkstones, so he is naturally stretched. In order not to be ridiculed for being shabby, he is not even willing to go out to socialize.

Lin Liu looked at Lin Er and frowned: "Is that money given by Princess Shile?"

Lin Er nodded: "I found out that the person who gave him the money was none other than Princess Shile's personal servant girl. She didn't seem to want to hide her identity, she was always looking for someone openly, and then gave the money to settle the matter."

So it's easy to find out.

Lin Liu looked at it and sighed, this is indeed something that Princess Shile would do, but it's a pity for Miss Hu, I'm afraid she thought she was eloping with a beloved man, but she didn't expect that the other party was with her just for money .

But it was just like that, regardless of whether Miss Hu was a pity or not, she chose to elope and put Guiling's face under her feet.

Lin Liu threw the information aside and stopped paying attention to this matter.

A few days later, Ji Song came to the door.

Lin Liu looked at him in military uniform, and was stunned: "Why are you dressed like this?"

Ji Song turned around in front of Lin Liu: "Does it look good?"

Lin Liu laughed: "It's very beautiful, the most beautiful in the world."

Ji Song smiled, walked in front of Lin Liu, and said with some disappointment: "After discussing with General Feng Tang, I have already decided the day to join the army, and it will be tomorrow."

Lin Liu was stunned: "So anxious?"

"Because I found some clues." Ji Song's expression was gloomy. "With the help of General Feng Tang some time ago, I finally knew why my father took the whole family out of the capital so impatiently."

"It turns out that he accidentally found out that the former crown prince, Prince Yizhong, had an affair with the Empress Dowager's concubine, and successfully gave birth to a child."

Lin Liu's expression was shocked: "Are you sure, you didn't make a mistake?"

Ji Song bowed his head and smiled wryly: "I also hope that I was wrong, but I found out this matter myself, and because I couldn't believe it, I tried to ask the queen's sister to help me find an old man in the palace. Then confirm the news."

Although Lin Liu had guessed this possibility a long time ago, after the guess was verified, she still found it ridiculous: "Who is that concubine? Is she still alive?"

Ji Song shook his head: "She is my father's concubine sister, but she died after giving birth to the child."

"Disease?"

"Suicide."

"Why?" Lin Liu didn't understand, "She dared to have sex with the former prince, how could she choose to commit suicide?"

"She didn't do it voluntarily." Ji Song thought of the news he had found, with a sad face on his face, "The prince was tricked by his brother, and he originally wanted him to have a relationship with the concubine Zhen who is still favored today, but because Mrs. Zhen The concubine is cautious, and Prince Yizhong also knows the importance, so he left Dowager Zhen's palace in time. Then, in a corner, he met someone who was going out to bask in the sun..."

His sister-in-law.

His concubine sister-in-law was cowardly and was used to being a little transparent without fighting or grabbing, so even though her life was not good after entering the palace, she managed to save her own life.

"My father didn't have a good relationship with her, and he never helped her. After more than ten years, I almost forgot that I still have a concubine sister in the emperor's harem." Ji Song smiled, "Who would have thought that I would suddenly receive a News of her death."

"Because he knew her temperament, even if he didn't care, my father still managed to ask someone to investigate the cause of her death."

"After many years of investigation, I finally found out some clues during the period when the Supreme Emperor fell ill and abdicated. But the eunuch who was bribed by my father was silenced as soon as there was news that my sister-in-law seemed to be pregnant." Ji Song's eyes were blank, "My father realized something was wrong at the time, and immediately cleared up all the clues, but he was still one step behind. It was known that he was investigating."

Lin Liu blinked: "No, why didn't your father tell the Supreme Emperor directly after he knew about it?"

"Before he found out about it in time, he was arrested and imprisoned for taking bribes. And..." Ji Song lowered his head, "My father only knew that my sister-in-law had an affair with others, not that it was the former prince. , I don’t know that she didn’t kill two people.”

He didn't know anything, only knew that his family violated the palace rules and had an affair with others. Even if Ji Song's father realized the danger and wanted to tell the Supreme Emperor, he couldn't produce evidence at all.

What's more...

"My father believed in the wrong person and told my grandfather about it."

Who would have thought that his father-in-law would also be involved?

Lin Liu paused for a moment: "Wait a minute, why do I always feel that there is something wrong with this? By the way, that child, if your sister-in-law is ready to commit suicide, why did you give birth to that child again? Wouldn't it be nice for a child to die together?"

She didn't think suicide was right, but Ji Song's behavior logic was contradictory.

Ji Song obviously found out that something was wrong, and asked people to investigate the matter carefully: "She didn't find out that she was pregnant at first, and after she found out, she couldn't get the medicine if she wanted to have an abortion. When she realized that she couldn't go on like this, she was afraid that Ji Song would be implicated. At home, when she was about to commit suicide, she was found pregnant by the former prince's people."

"Perhaps you don't know, that period was the time when the Supreme Emperor persecuted the First Crown Prince most ruthlessly, but the First Crown Prince was unable to make up his mind to force the palace because of the love between father and son. But those forces under the First Crown Prince could not wait any longer. They He knows better than the first prince that between the first prince and the Supreme Emperor, you will die or I will die. So after finding out about this, he kept the first prince's knowledge away and forced my sister-in-law to give birth to the child, and then told the first prince."

"Then use this child as a threat to force the former prince to rebel against the palace."

The former prince failed, and the group of people who forced the former prince into the palace also died cleanly, but the forces of the four kings and eight princes who did not persecute the former prince retained some of their power by relying on the glory of their ancestors.

At the same time, the secret was kept.

They knew very well that if the affair between the first prince and the concubine of the Empress Dowager broke out, those who helped the first prince to exchange the civet cat for the prince would definitely not be able to please them.

So when they found out that Ji Song's father was investigating what happened back then, and had already found part of the truth, they acted preemptively and killed him directly.

Lin Liu was stunned for a while, and then asked: "Then who is doing the aftermath for them? It can't be the emperor, right?"

"It's the Supreme Emperor."

"???"

"I also just found out that the four princes and eight princes hid those weapons. They didn't want to rebel at the beginning, but did things for the Supreme Emperor. They helped the Supreme Emperor cultivate power and create opportunities to seize the throne. The Supreme Emperor will be the first prince. After the prince is gone , still have a lot of faith in them.”

"What is the picture of the Supreme Emperor? He is going to die!"

"So within a few years, the Taishanghuang gave up after finding out that he was not in good health. But his behavior inspired the four kings and eight princes, and the previous opening of the door of convenience also created conditions for the four kings and eight princes, so in the Taishanghuang After letting go, the four kings and eight princes did not give up, but continued to build weapons, planning to wait until the Supreme Emperor went, if the Emperor liquidated them, they would directly conspire against them."

Lin Liu raised her eyebrows: "So, why did the Supreme Emperor help the four princes and eight princes to deal with the aftermath?"

"They set up a trick and asked my grandfather to lead my father to stroll around the place where they originally hid their weapons. The Supreme Emperor misunderstood that my father found evidence of the rebellion of the Four Kings and Eight Dukes, so they shot my house directly..."

Lin Liu was stunned, unable to recover for a while——

The real culprit behind the extermination of Ji's family turned out to be the Supreme Emperor.

Lin Liu looked at Ji Song suddenly: "So you..."

"I want to join the army. The higher I climb, the more power I have in my hands. Only then will I have the ability to avenge my family." After finishing speaking, Ji Song lowered his head so that people could not see the expression on his face clearly, "I know The Lin family has not yet made up their minds to face the imperial court, so..."

"The marriage between us is void."

After saying this, Ji Song drooped his brows and eyes, almost crying.

He worked hard for so long, and finally developed a relationship with Lin Liu, and it seemed that the relationship between the will and the shadows was clear, but he suddenly learned the news.

Between the hatred of his family and Lin Liu, he was caught in a dilemma.

But in the end, he still had no choice but to choose revenge.