The stepson of the Lin family of the Red Chamber

"Brother, I'll see you off." King Qi got up and was stopped by Lin Yao as soon as he took a step, "You stay here with Yu'er, I'll be back soon, no need to see you off."

King Qi thought that Daiyu was still poisoned, so he didn't refuse.

She said she was going back to get things, but in fact Lin Yao was just putting on a show.

Although some detoxification pills are prepared at home, most of the pills are still in the backpack.

It's just that the existence of the backpack can't be known by others, Lin Yao can only run back with a lot of trouble, pretending to take the things, and hurried back to Qi Wang's mansion.

Although Daiyu ate a lot of poisonous red cloud pomegranates, Lin Yao had a lot of rare treasures in her hands. After spending dozens of detoxification pills, Daiyu finally got rid of the poison.

After detoxifying Daiyu, Lin Yao detoxified King Qi.

"Yuan Xin, you should pay more attention in the past few days, don't let others see the clues." Lin Yao ordered, and went into the palace.

Hearing that Lin Yao asked to see her, the emperor immediately asked someone to come in.

"Aiqing is from King Qi? How's the situation?" the emperor asked with concern.

Lin Yao said, "Sister Chiyunliu ate a lot, King Qi didn't eat much, although they were all poisoned, but I just went back to get detoxification pills, after trying dozens of kinds, I successfully detoxified them, "He said and took out the detoxification pill from his sleeve, "This is the detoxification pill."

Hearing this, the emperor breathed a sigh of relief.

Lin Yao presented the detoxification elixir to the imperial court. The emperor trusted Lin Yao so much that he poured one and ate it.

After a while, Lin Yao checked the emperor's pulse.

"The poison has been cured."

"There are still a lot of detoxification pills in here, the queen and the prince..."

Lin Yao said, "This detoxification pill is dedicated to the emperor by the minister, so the emperor will naturally dispose of it."

The detoxification pill that can cure this kind of strange poison is not an ordinary thing, and the emperor is not willing to let Lin Yao suffer.

"The poisoning incident cannot be publicized now, so the rewards will be suppressed for the time being. When the situation subsides, I will reward you again."

"This is what a humble minister should do, and he dare not ask for rewards."

"If it wasn't for the painstaking efforts of You Aiqing, I'm afraid that I won't know who will kill me when I go to hell. This reward must be given, and you are not allowed to refuse."

When Lin Yao heard the words, she couldn't refuse anymore.

Lin Yao didn't stay in the palace for a long time, he frequently went in and out of the inner palace, I'm afraid it will arouse others' suspicion.

After this day, Lin Yao did not enter the palace again for several days.

February [-] is Daiyu's birthday.

Lin Yao has always attached great importance to this younger sister, and it happened to be Xiu Mu, so Lin Yao came to celebrate Daiyu's birthday in person.

Today's Daiyu is Princess Qi, with a noble status, and many people want to please Daiyu.

But Daiyu doesn't plan to hold a big birthday party, and only eats at home.

Because Jia Min is an elder, it is not easy to come to the door in person, so he only prepared a gift and asked Lin Yao to bring it over. Gu Fulan took her son to the palace with Lin Yao.

There are only two masters in the palace, Daiyu and King Qi, plus Lin Yao's family of three who came to celebrate Daiyu's birthday.

A few people had dinner, Lin Yao stayed in the palace for a while, and then returned home with his wife and children.

February was at the time of the examination, and before the examination was over, it was discovered that someone was cheating, the emperor ordered the closure of the Gongyuan, and a thorough investigation was carried out immediately.

Among the people who participated in the test at this moment was Lin Yao's cousin Luo Wencheng. Lin Yao was not able to participate in the case because of avoiding suspicion, so the emperor invited his little uncle Ruan Yiran.

Ruan Yiran was only in his thirties, and he was in his prime. After accepting the case, he immediately led people to investigate.

The chief examiner this time is Lu Hongwei, Minister of Rites, and Luo Jinhua, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, is assisting.

The one involved was Luo Jinhua, who assisted the Minister of Rites to invigilate the exam.

Luo Jinhua is from Huzhou, he was born in a poor family, he is a neutral person in the court, and he does not please any prince.

However, after the cheating broke out this time, it was reported that Luo Jinhua belonged to the prince.

As soon as Lin Yaofu heard the news, she felt something was wrong.

The crown prince's position is as stable as Mount Tai, coupled with the previous Chi Yunliu incident, Lin Yao is sure that the crown prince has been framed.

And the person who framed the prince is probably the second prince Yuwang.

Lin Yao hasn't been summoned by the emperor during this period, and she doesn't know what's going on in the palace.

Ruan Yiran was ordered to investigate the fraud case, everything from personal evidence to physical evidence pointed to the prince, Ruan Yiran felt overwhelmed.

He knew the prince's character, and the prince would not do such a thing.

What's more, the position of the crown prince is not threatened now, why would the crown prince do such a thing?

There is absolutely no reason.

Seeing that half a month has passed, Ruan Yiran's investigation still hasn't made any progress, but the censor is staring at the prince again, all kinds of impeachment, menacing, it seems that someone is instigating behind his back.

At the end of February, Ruan Yiran asked Lin Yao to meet privately in his other courtyard.

"It's definitely not good for you to find me at this time." After arriving at the other courtyard, Lin Yao said so when she saw Ruan Yiran.

Ruan Yiran shook his head, "I'm exhausted from investigating this fraud case, and now someone is impeaching me, saying that I shielded the prince. But the prince married my wife's natal niece. With this relationship, I have no way to refute it. "

Lin Yao didn't make a sound.

"You are talking."

Lin Yao looked at him, "What do you want me to say?"

"You can say whatever you want." Ruan Yiran sighed, "Tell me, why do all the evidence point to the prince? There are also witnesses, and even under severe torture, they are still biting the prince."

Lin Yao frowned upon hearing this, "It's really weird."

"You also feel that there is a problem?" Ruan Yiran suddenly recovered.

Ruan Yiran knew that Lin Yao had a flexible mind.

"The prince's position is as stable as Mount Tai. The prince has no reason to get involved in this kind of fraud case, but all the witnesses and material evidence point to him. Isn't this a big enough problem?" Lin Yao said.

Ruan Yiran rubbed his forehead, "I know all this, it's because they clung to the prince, survived the torture, and still bit the prince, it's amazing, why don't you suspect that there is something wrong with the prince? These two days There are more and more people impeaching the prince, if there is no evidence to prove that the prince is innocent, under the pressure of civil and military officials, even if the emperor favors the prince, the prince will have to be punished."

"Will it be abolished?" Lin Yao asked with a frown.

Ruan Yiran choked, "It's not a big mistake, how can I abolish the prince? It's just a few months of closed doors, but it's possible."

Lin Yao frowned, "This time the fraud case is so big, the literati and students now have a very bad impression of the prince, if they can't prove the prince's innocence, even if the prince is not deposed, in the future, among the civil servants, I'm afraid they will have to Not to be embraced."

"Could it be that the person behind this just wants to damage the reputation of the prince?" Ruan Yiran also frowned.

Lin Yao shook her head, "He wasted so much effort just to ruin the prince's reputation? Isn't this making a big deal out of a molehill?"

After this, there should be a 'big gift' for the prince.

"Those who were arrested also insisted that they are the crown prince?" Lin Yao asked.

Ruan Yiran said, "Whether it's the arrested officials or the judges, they all point to the prince's actions."

"That's not right. Even if the crown prince wants to do this kind of thing, he won't show up in person. How do these arrested candidates know that the person behind it is the crown prince?" Lin Yao said.

Ruan Yiran said, "So, there is a big problem here."

Even though they all knew they had lied, they still refused to let go after being tortured, which is helpless.

"Have you checked their family background? Has anyone arrested their family members and threatened them to frame the prince?"

Ruan Yiran sighed, "I've thought of this a long time ago, and I've had someone check it out. There's no such thing."

"No?"

"I'm sure not. These people all have parents and are in good health. I also specially invited the imperial doctor to check their pulse to make sure that none of them are poisoned and there is no possibility of any threat." Ruan Yiran obviously considered everything.

Lin Yao frowned.

"But that doesn't prove that they haven't been threatened," Lin Yao said blankly, "It's not just their family that can be used to threaten others, but also other things, such as interests, feelings, and the future. Wait, wait. There are too many possibilities..."

Ruan Yiran got a headache when he heard it, "This...how can anyone start to investigate this?"

"Hmm... the Hanlin Academy scholar who was involved, named Luo Jinhua, how did you find out? He also said that it was the crown prince's work?"

Ruan Yiran said, "He is the leader."

"I want to meet this Luo Jinhua." Lin Yao said.

Ruan Yiran frowned, "He is a felon in the court now, what do you see him doing?"

"My younger sister is married to King Qi, and King Qi and the prince are brothers. If something happens to the prince, King Qi will be implicated, and my sister will suffer as well." Lin Yao explained, got up and said, "This matter cannot Just let it continue like this.”

"Can you make Luo Jinhua confess?" Ruan Yiran said.

Lin Yao shook her head, "It's hard to say until you meet someone."

Ruan Yiran didn't want the prince to be unlucky either, so after thinking about it, he said seriously, "I'll take you to see him."

Ruan Yiran is the imperial envoy appointed by the emperor to investigate the fraud case. Even if the censor impeached Ruan Yiran for protecting the crown prince, the emperor did not replace him to investigate the fraud case. It can be seen that the emperor trusts Ruan Yiran very much and will not waver at all.

Since Ruan Yiran is in charge of this case, Ruan Yiran naturally has the right to take Lin Yao into prison.

Lin Yao met Luo Jinhua in the prison.

Lin Yao once stayed in the Hanlin Academy, and Lin Yao naturally recognized this Hanlin Academy bachelor, but she was not familiar with him.

"Lord Luo."

Luo Jinhua didn't expect to see Lin Yao in prison, his face remained unchanged, "Master Lin is very capable."

"Master Luo, why did you bite the prince." Lin Yao ignored Luo Jinhua's sour words.

Luo Jinhua snorted and ignored him.

"Did King Yu tell you to do this?" Seeing that he didn't answer, Lin Yao pursed her lips into a smile, and then asked suddenly.

Luo Jinhua was taken aback for a moment, and then said calmly, "In order to exonerate the prince, Mr. Lin actually wanted to put the crime on Prince Yu's head. It seems that the prince's younger brother married a good wife."

The prince's brother is the king of Qi, and his wife is Lin Daiyu.

And Lin Daiyu is Lin Yao's younger sister.