The sudden screams chilled everyone's hearts, and Lin Jinwen's first reaction was to pull Gu Qinglin over to protect him behind him.

They followed the screams and saw that Zhou Rong, who had a broken right arm, was holding a sword in his left hand, and blood was still dripping from the sword.His face was gloomy, and his eyes were full of anger, looking at Zhou An who was kneeling on the ground.

Zhou Rong took advantage of the diversion of everyone's attention just now, and suddenly drew out the sword from the waist of the guard beside him and slashed at Zhou An.He has broken his right arm, and people will instinctively ignore him, thinking that he is harmless, or that even if he is harmful, he can be easily stopped.

Zhou An's face was in pain, and blood was splashed on his face. The pain made his eyes red, and with that distorted face, he looked like a ghost crawling out of hell.

Everyone knew what had happened after seeing it. Zhou Rong's right arm was unexpectedly and cruelly chopped off by Zhou Rong.Although his right arm didn't fall directly to the ground, but Zhou Rong's strength was so strong that his arm would definitely be disabled.

After Xiao Rugui came to his senses, he stepped forward and kicked the sword in Zhou Rong's hand.Zhou Rong avenged his arm being scrapped, his face was distorted with joy, he didn't care about his current situation at all.

When Xiao Rugui pushed him down, Zhou Rong looked up at Zhou An, who was crying from pain, and said, "One arm for another, is Second Brother satisfied?"

After saying this, he laughed again, and tears came out of the laughter.He roared in a hoarse voice: "Second brother, your heart is so cruel and hard, is your body also made of flesh? Do you know what pain feels like? But compared to being pierced into the body by the teeth of a beast, being It’s the pain of tearing your arm back and forth, you’re just being cut by a sword, so the pain isn’t bad.”

These days when Zhou Rong was destroyed, he kept thinking about who killed him.Of course, at first he considered Concubine Xian and Zhou Rui.When he knew that the emperor wanted to make Zhou Rui the crown prince, his whole body collapsed, and he even wished to die.

When he came today, he was ready to fight Zhou Rui, but he also knew that the emperor's birthday banquet was heavily guarded.Since he was injured, Zhou Rui didn't know whether he was guilty or he had received advice from Concubine Xian and Mrs. Wen, so he had no contact with him at all.

Maybe it's the fear of revenge.

At the banquet, he has been watching all these developments with cold eyes.All kinds of ups and downs and changes in his heart were ignored during the journey, he could only say that he once thought Lin Jinwen had harmed him.

In the end, he finally found his murderer, Zhou An who was hiding in the dark.To be honest, he suspected all the people in the palace, but he never thought about Zhou An.

Now that I think about it, he was really stupid.

In the palace, he has always been unknown, he knows that his mother and concubine's life experience, generally no one can help him.Even if he was sent to be raised by Concubine Liu Gui by the emperor, he didn't dare to expect anything extravagantly.

Concubine Liu Gui treated him neither salty nor cold, and never fought for him.He was a little disappointed in his heart. After all, as a prince, no one can have no idea about the throne. He thinks that an ordinary person can't be so calm.

But he quickly adjusted his emotions, and he thought there was nothing wrong with it, when he moved out of the palace and had his own mansion when he became an adult, he could be an idle prince.

When he first got the emperor's appreciation, he was both scared and stunned.

When he was panicked, when he went to pay his respects to the noble concubine that day, he overheard the conversation of two inner eunuchs. At the beginning, one of the inner eunuchs said that someone in the animal house knew a big secret about Concubine Liu Gui, saying Coming out can shock the entire palace.

However, the secret is very important and cannot be revealed. Another person said that he is in the animal house, and the animal house also has a big secret, which can hurt people with ferocious beasts.

Both of them wanted each other to tell the secret, and then agreed to go to the animal room to drink and chat.

When the two left, there were medicine bags left on the ground.

Zhou Rong picked up the medicine bag at that time, he smelled it and there was nothing special.In his heart, he didn't trust what the inner eunuch said, how can a beast hurt a person just by relying on a medicine bag.After thinking about it, he threw away the medicine bag.

In the palace, he was a prince who had no power and was not very favored. He took the medicine bag and asked someone to check the contents. It was fine if nothing happened. If something happened, he would definitely bear the brunt of being implicated.

So it is best to dispose of it directly.

But he really wanted to know about Concubine Liu Gui's great secret.No matter how concubine Liu Gui raised him, no matter how concubine Liu Gui liked him, if Concubine Liu Gui really had any secrets, he couldn't please him.

Zhou Rong hesitated for a while, but followed the two secretly to the animal room.The animal room was very loosely staffed at that time, and the two eunuchs were walking along a small path, and no one noticed them.

Zhou Rong only heard one sentence when the two were drinking, saying that there was something wrong with Concubine Liu Gui's life experience, and then the two started drinking.Zhou Rong waited for a while to see that they had already talked about something else, so he left.

Later, Lin Jinwen was ordered to investigate the chaos in the animal house.The eunuch who gave medicine to the beast to hurt people was lucky to say that the fourth prince had been there the day before the beast house riot, and he wanted to stimulate the tiger to hurt people with the medicine package.

After Zhou Rong was injured, Lin Jinwen already suspected that something was wrong with Zhou An.When he was interrogating in the animal room, he asked if the eldest prince had ever been to the animal room.

Others thought that he asked because the eldest prince pushed him and held grudges in his heart.Only Lin Jinwen knew best in his heart that he was trying to test whether Zhou An was playing tricks inside.

The eunuch was originally very temperamental and asked to eat the eight treasures of the imperial meal, but after he asked such a sentence, he said that Lin Jinwen was a poor person, and even made fun of the fourth prince's visit to the animal house He said it, and then bit his tongue and killed himself.

Naturally, it was impossible to hide this matter from the emperor, and Zhou Rong's personality changed drastically after his arm was broken.The emperor still cherished him very much at the beginning, but he gradually alienated him a bit.

As for what the eunuch said, firstly, it was to test Lin Jinwen for Zhou An, and secondly, it was to plant the seeds of doubt in the emperor's heart, and completely determined Zhou Rong's retreat.

At that time, the emperor suspected that it was Concubine Xian but there was no real evidence, but he couldn't help muttering in his heart, what did Zhou Rong do in the animal room, did he really want to hurt someone with a tiger?So is it Zhou Rui or someone else that he wants to hurt?

The emperor didn't ask Zhou Rong what was going on, and the incident ended with the eunuch Fu Fu being jealous of the emperor deliberately raising tigers and hurting people.

Everything is clear now.

As for why Fuqi cooperated with Zhou An, in Lin Jinwen's view, Zhou An should have chosen Fuqi.It is much easier for him and Concubine Xian to do things in the dark than in the open.

Concubine Xian ignored them, but they could check many things about Concubine Xian and Zhou Rui, and it was easier to get in touch with those people.

Blessing has something to do with Concubine Xian, and any accidents in the future can be blamed on Concubine Xian, no one will suspect that he is a fool.Even if the emperor believed in the concubine Xian at the beginning, he would not reply after many times.

The same is true for Fang Meiren.It was full of loopholes but firmly grasped the emperor's sight, allowing him to firmly fix the Wen family and Zhou Rui, and at the same time get rid of another thorn in his side, Zhou Xiang.

As for why Fufu is so obedient, his house was raided by the emperor, leaving him alone and becoming a eunuch.This ancient man has always attached great importance to reputation, if Zhou An can rehabilitate him afterwards, or even restore the Liu family's reputation, he will naturally be moved.

That fake Fang beauty should also have the same background.With a miserable life experience, in order to avenge the emperor, he was used by Zhou An, and became the supporter of his way to the throne, and also became one of the bones under the throne.

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Zhou Rong's melancholy laughter and questioning voices mixed with Zhou An's painful muffled groans resounded in the attic, making people's hearts cold for no reason.In this situation, people don't know whether to say it is karma, or whether it should be said that power is deceiving people's hearts.

And the guard whose sword was taken by Zhou Rong knelt on the ground and trembled.This matter was not his fault, but Zhou Rong took the sword and stabbed Zhou An without him investigating, and the emperor would only vent his anger on him if he blamed him.

Thinking that he was going to implicate the whole family, the guard's heart was no different from the sky outside.

The emperor stood up, he looked at Zhou Rong and then at Zhou An, his eyes were filled with snow, it was so cold that it made people shiver.

The emperor didn't think about letting Zhou An fall to the ground and bleed to death or just die from such pain, he called the imperial doctor to come.

The first reaction of the guards and palace servants in the pavilion was to look at Lin Jinwen after hearing the emperor's order, and Lin Jinwen stood there with his eyes closed.The emperor said angrily: "Why, my words don't work anymore?"

Xiao Rugui kicked the guard who was kneeling on the ground calmly, and the guard raised his eyes and went out as quickly as possible.

Before the imperial doctor came, Zhou An gritted his teeth and endured the pain. He lay on the ground and looked up at Lin Jinwen and said word by word: "You are really smart and clever. It's within your expectation. In this way, you don't have to take action to get rid of me at all, and then you can become a prince and emperor with a clean hand. The outcome of our princes has been determined, and they are all in your hands. piece."

Speaking of this, he cracked his mouth, he didn't know if it was hurt or he thought it was ridiculous, he looked at Xiao Rugui, looked at Old General Liu, looked at the guards of the Imperial Forest Army and said: "Aren't those people who helped you afraid in their hearts? Since ancient times, birds have been killed, rabbits and dogs have been cooked, with your wrist, they are afraid that they will still be grateful to you when they die."

Xiao Rugui and Old General Liu naturally had no expression on Zhou An's discordant remarks.However, some of the Royal Forest Army behind him looked at each other, their hands holding sharp blades trembled a little.

Lin Jinwen smiled, and said lightly: "You will die if you do many unrighteous actions. After you do these things, you will eventually become what you are now. If I do such things in the future, people will come to me to ask for help. Be fair. I don't worry about it myself, and I won't trouble you to worry about it for me."

Zhou An laughed softly, and he said: "You said it nicely, but you and I are essentially the same kind of people, both of whom can be determined for the purpose. If you are really that great, you will find me Why didn't you explain the conspiracy to the emperor, so that so many people would not die. You are just waiting for this opportunity. We all kill each other, and you are reaping the benefits. I think even if I don't do this You will do it too, won't you?"

"Of course it's not like that." Just as Zhou An finished speaking, Gu Qinglin spoke, and he said, "How could he be like you." How did Lin Jinwen reveal his secret? Would the emperor believe what he said? ?

Lin Jinwen followed what Zhou An did to calculate all of this, and finally became the winner, but they are still different in essence.Lin Jinwen never took the initiative to calculate who he had harmed in the past.

These are facts, but the facts spoken from the mouth of the winner are always covered with a veil, especially for such a pitiful loser, it can always give people a different feeling.

Zhou An gritted his teeth and said, "What's the difference? He doesn't have blood on his hands now, so won't he have blood on his hands in the future? After becoming an emperor, I'm afraid I can't do anything about it."

Gu Qinglin wanted to say something else, but Lin Jinwen grabbed his hand and patted it, and then said to Zhou An himself.He felt that Gu Qinglin was too honest, and there was no need to explain any reason to Zhou An, who was dying and wanted to give him a back.

The more you give him face, the easier it is for him to put his nose on his face, and the more he will seduce people's hearts.

So Lin Jinwen said indifferently: "You are really interesting. If you fail, you can admit that you have failed. If you are so obsessed with nagging, you will not succeed. Instead, you will make others look down on you. The problems you just mentioned, you think I have no brains Is it a fool? Shall I tell the emperor so that you can take the opportunity to kill me? Can I still stand here today? You see, I didn’t listen to you. Not only did I stand here today, but I also beat you .”

"Judging from what you've done, you're not such a naive person. Why did you suddenly have such a different style of painting? And you're right, as an emperor, there are indeed many things beyond your control. I really don't like seeing blood very much, but if anyone is stupid enough to commit crimes in my hands, I don't mind letting him know how the word blood is written."

Lin Jinwen said the last two words lightly, but his eyes were full of disdain, and he seemed to be aloof and arrogant as an emperor.

Zhou An had dealt with Lin Jinwen several times, and he also knew that this person had always spoken differently, and he was very poignant.In the past, he was just a bystander, but now he has become the bearer. Lin Jinwen expressed his thoughts so openly, and he couldn't find any words to justify for a while.

When Wang Zhong walked in, he happened to hear Lin Jinwen's last words. His heart froze, and he hurried over with Yaotong.

Zhou An has been bleeding during this period, and his head is a little dizzy. The words of sowing discord just now were forced to say, but now he feels dizzy after being stimulated by Lin Jinwen in such an upright way.

Zhou An was seriously injured, Wang Zhong was going to carry him down for treatment, and after getting the emperor's consent, he was going to leave.

When passing by Lin Jinwen, Lin Jinwen suddenly smiled and said lightly: "Second prince, you can hear what my grandfather said just now. Qizhen Guogong wants to make the stupid second prince the emperor, and in the future he will use the emperor to make the princes. In the future It's better to be honest, otherwise the fourth prince, the fifth prince, won't let you go, and I will ask the imperial doctor to adjust the prescription for you, so as to cure your stupid disease."

There was no threatening word, but there were threatening words everywhere, which finally made Zhou An faint from the excitement.

After Zhou An left the stage, Lin Jinwen felt that the emperor's birthday could finally come to an end.

The emperor's face was a few years old. Looking at Lin Jinwen, he couldn't tell what it was like in his heart.

The emperor said: "It's all like this, it's time for you to leave the palace."

Xiao Rugui hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, when should the crown prince move to the East Palace?"

Logically speaking, the emperor's birthday was originally on the last day of the twelfth lunar month in the cold winter. At this time, the court hall had already been sealed, and the seal would have to wait until after the Lantern Festival.At that time, the emperor's will to establish a crown prince will be known to the four realms, and Lin Jinwen will become the real crown prince of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

It is also feasible for Lin Jinwen to enter the palace after the Lantern Festival, but Xiao Rugui was afraid of long nights and dreams, so he suggested: "The emperor and the crown prince just met each other, so it is better to spend a reunion year in the palace together. Although no one has lived in the East Palace, the people inside Things are always tidied up, and the rooms are clean, and letting the House of Internal Affairs arrange them overnight will not delay the emperor and the crown prince's worship of their ancestors for the reunion year."

"Your Majesty, this old minister thinks what Commander Xiao said makes sense." Old General Liu also hurriedly said.

The emperor looked at Xiao Rugui with heavy eyes, and he felt that his heart was in great pain.He thought he was not blind to see people, Lin Jinwen was one, and so was Xiao Rugui.Why didn't he see that the connection between Xiao Rugui and Lin Jinwen was so deep, and how could Xiao Rugui have so many eyes.

The emperor looked at Lin Jinwen and said angrily, "What do you think?"

"I think Commander Xiao is right." Lin Jinwen climbed up the pole and said, "I also want to have dinner with the emperor."

The emperor found a trace of familiarity in his current attitude, but the emperor knew that this was not his true face.The emperor originally wanted to say that he would not be able to swallow the meal with Lin Jinwen.

When the words came to his lips, he felt extremely boring again.

He said: "Then open the palace gate tomorrow and welcome you into the East Palace."

Lin Jinwen smiled slightly and said, "Your Majesty, you don't need to be so troublesome. We are already in the palace. We can move into the East Palace tonight. Your Majesty only needs to send a few servants from the House of Internal Affairs."

Today's snow is heavy and too many things happened. Tomorrow the capital will definitely be full of storms, and he will definitely become the object of discussion in the whole capital.The things in the palace were spread out, and the taste had already changed when it reached other people's ears.

If he goes back to Lin's house tonight, then Xiao Rugui and Liu Junxi must send someone to guard him to avoid any trouble.But on their way into the palace tomorrow, there must be a lot of people watching.

This kind of novelty would be rare in several dynasties. The Imperial Forest Army in the palace needed Xiao Rugui to sit and suppress it, even if Liu Junxi and Old General Liu led people outside the palace to protect him into the palace.

People in ancient times didn't have any place for entertainment, but they did have a desire to watch the excitement. It was the first time he appeared in front of everyone as a prince, and he would definitely attract many people to watch.

Human curiosity has existed since ancient times, but he knows his biggest shortcoming, which is unknown.In case some scholars knelt on the ground where he passed by and asked the emperor to clarify his identity and prevent him from entering the imperial city.

At that time, if the common people are so incited by some passionate words, isn't all he has done in vain?Now that he has become the prince, he doesn't need to care about those forms, the key is to firmly hold his position.

After the new year's seal was opened, he stood in the crowd, and his status as the prince would not be easily shaken by anyone.

It would be better to live in the palace directly. All the discussions and rumors outside the palace have nothing to do with them. After people's interest subsides, some people will more or less acquiesce to him as the prince. If they appear in front of everyone again, the situation will definitely be better than now many.

The process, while somewhat unorthodox, is fine as long as the outcome is good.

The emperor: "..." He felt that he had misunderstood Xiao Rugui just now. Perhaps Xiao Rugui didn't have much intellect at all, and he was all literary with Lin Jin.Only Lin Jinwen could do such a shameless and righteous thing.

Lin Jinwen really didn't discuss this matter with Xiao Rugui. Xiao Rugui's ability to talk to the emperor in this way is only because he agrees with him. The emperor will probably never understand this.

The emperor looked at the smiling Lin Jinwen expressionlessly, and finally said, "You can do whatever you want. But, you said you entered the palace early? Where is he?"

Others were also a little curious, Lin Jinwen said: "Your Majesty, don't worry, Qing Lin and I will personally pick him up and enter the East Palace early."

What the emperor hates to see most now is Lin Jinwen's expression. He staggered his eyes, and when he was about to shake his sleeves to leave, he saw Mrs. Wen and the others again, so he stopped abruptly and said, "What are you going to do with them?"

Seeing everyone's eyes on them, Mrs. Wen knew that it was finally his turn, and he said sincerely with a bitter and decadent attitude: "Your Majesty, the mistakes made by the old minister will be clearly written down in the sky prison." Come out, the veteran is willing to bear all the consequences, just to make up for past mistakes."

Mrs. Wen has already stated his attitude by saying that he is willing to stay in the sky prison. By doing so, he can at least stabilize the followers behind him.

Lin Jinwen breathed a sigh of relief, if Mrs. Wen planned to beat him to the end, he could still deal with the matter, but the process would definitely be bloody.

The emperor saw that everything was like this, and this time he really lifted his foot and left.

After the emperor left, Lin Jinwen asked Xiao Rugui to put everyone in prison except Lin Songren.

After Lin Jinwen opened his mouth, Old General Liu said solemnly: "His Royal Highness, suppress him too."

"Oh?" Lin Jinwen raised his eyebrows. He thought that Old General Liu would want to know about the Liu family. It would be most appropriate to ask Lin Songren about such matters.

After asking, whether to kill or cut is up to General Liu.

Old General Liu didn't hide his thoughts, he said softly: "The old minister wants to see the imperial concubine first." When he said the words "imperial concubine", he was full of bitterness.

Lin Songren was shocked when he heard it. He looked at Lin Jinwen and moved his mouth, as if saying that he also wanted to see Concubine Liu Gui.

Old General Liu had various feelings in his heart. In order to avoid being suppressed by the emperor, he dragged his family away to the northern border. He guarded the frontier there for most of his life, but he did not guard his daughter.What happened to his daughter in the capital, they don't know and can't find out.

Now he just wants to know one answer, even if his daughter hates him, he will admit it.

Lin Jinwen quickly understood what Old General Liu was thinking, and said, "The weather is fine today, so grandpa will take someone there."

As for Lin Songren, Lin Jinwen raised his eyes and said casually: "The noble concubine probably doesn't want to see Master Lin."

After saying this, Lin Jinwen shook Gu Qinglin's hand and said, "It's been a few hours, let's pick it up early."

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