That night, Lin Sishen lay on the cloud couch and tossed and turned. She thought about many things, about her elder brother, Yun Liu, the second prince, and Shen Qingwen. The intricate relationship between them made Lin Sishen feel a little exhausted.

When she finally drifted off to sleep, she suddenly heard a slight noise on the window coffin next to her.

Lin Sishen opened her eyes and slowly sat up. She turned her head and glanced in the direction of the bed. She held her breath and listened to the faint sound of breathing. Then she turned her head and carefully pushed the wooden window open a gap.

An emerald green bird nimbly slipped in through the gap, then landed on the back of Lin Sishen's hand and looked up at her. It jumped on her hand as if taking credit for the credit. Lin Sishen curled her lips and raised a finger. Stick it between your lips: "Shh."

The little bird seemed to understand human speech, and stood obediently on her hand without moving, looking at Lin Sishen with dark eyes the size of mung beans.

Lin Sishen skillfully took out a small bamboo tube from between its legs, then rubbed its little head, took out the secret message in the bamboo tube, and then looked at the cold white moonlight that spilled from the gap between the windows and coffins. Read the small print on the secret letter.

After a long time, Lin Sishen raised her eyes and took a deep breath. She crumpled the thin paper in her hand into a ball with a complicated expression. Just as she was stunned, something hard suddenly pecked her cheek.

Lin Sishen turned her head and saw that the little kingfisher had jumped onto her shoulder at some point and was pecking at her face with its sharp beak.

"You are hungry?"

Lin Sishen chuckled and raised her hand, and the little kingfisher jumped onto her index finger obediently. After each bird looked at each other, Lin Sishen quietly got up and planned to go to the table to get some cakes for it to eat.

There was also a plate full of sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the jade plate on the table. Lin Sishen tiptoed and took a small piece, crushed it in the palm of her hand, and was about to take the kingfisher back to the screen. Who knew that the kingfisher actually fell from her hand? He flew away. After fluttering his wings and flying around the room, he flew to the bedside, slipped through the gauze and ran in quickly.

Lin Sishen took a breath of cold air, fearing that the kingfisher would wake up Shen Qinghan, so he followed him.

After gently opening the white gauze curtain, Lin Sishen caught a glimpse of Shen Qinghan lying on the bed. She was wearing a thin middle coat, her fair and delicate face glowed with a warm luster in the dark, and her loose black hair was slightly exposed. Messy.

Shen Qinghan, who was sleeping soundly, seemed to have lost a touch of coldness, tranquility and gentleness. She put her hands on her belly, closed her eyes and breathed slowly, while the naughty little kingfisher actually stood on her slightly heaving heart. He tilted his head and looked at Shen Qinghan's face curiously.

Lin Sishen slowly knelt down beside the bed, her throat rolled almost imperceptibly. While she stared at Shen Qinghan's face, she slowly extended her hand to the little kingfisher standing on her heart.

The moment he caught the kingfisher, Lin Sishen breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it didn't scream or jump around. Just when Lin Sishen was about to retract his hand with joy on his face, Shen Qinghan, who was lying on the bed, quietly opened his eyes. .

There was a trace of laziness in her cold and deep eyes. She slowly lowered her eyes and looked at Lin Sishen's hand hanging over her heart. Then her eyes fell faintly on Lin Sishen's face. After the two looked at each other for a long time, they sighed. Qinghan's eyes dimmed and she opened her lips and said, "Master Lin, what do you mean?"

Lin Sishen's expression was stiff. She retracted her hand with a sneer, then spread her palm to expose the little kingfisher in front of Shen Qinghan. She coughed lightly and explained: "This little thing sneaked into the house. I don't want it to disturb me." Princess, please rest, now..."

Shen Qingwen's eyes fell on the little kingfisher in Lin Sishen's palm, and then he looked up at her again, with a cold, lazy expression and no words. It was impossible to tell whether she believed what Lin Sishen said.

His actions just now were really hard not to make people think. Lin Sishen lowered his eyes with a guilty conscience and stepped back step by step: "Sishen didn't mean to offend, so I won't disturb the princess' rest."

She opened the gauze curtain and walked out quickly, but Shen Qingwan's voice suddenly came from behind her: "Why don't you rest so late? I remember that you have to go to the Ministry of War early in the morning."

Lin Sishen turned his back to the bed and sighed helplessly: "I really can't sleep. Maybe I have too many things to worry about."

Shen Qingwan slowly sat up, raised her hand and took out a white porcelain bottle from under the pillow, and then said softly: "Come here."

Lin Sishen pursed her lips, and after hesitating for a while, she slowly walked over. After opening the gauze curtain, she saw Shen Qinghan sitting beside the bed. She was holding a porcelain bottle in her hand. She raised her eyes and glanced at Lin Sishen. Finally, she lowered her eyes slightly: "Come closer and lean over."

"Oh." Lin Sishen didn't know why, but she did as Shen Qingwan said. She walked closer and then bent over, her eyes wandering and she didn't know where to land.

Shen Qingwen came closer, raised her hand and pulled Lin Sishen's collar, then placed the porcelain bottle in her hand upside down on Lin Sishen's neck, and slowly poured out a drop of milky white liquid from it, which dripped on Lin Sishen's collar. .

"This fragrance has a soothing and hypnotic effect. Just put a drop on your clothes or between your pillows and you can sleep soundly all night."

Shen Qingwan's face was very close. Lin Sishen closed her eyes and smelled a faint fragrance floating in the air. Shen Qingwan's warm breath as she spoke hit her face. She couldn't help lowering her eyes and caught a glimpse of it. Shen Qingwan lowered her eyebrows, her cold face showed a hint of gentleness, and her perfectly shaped red lips were slightly opened and she exhaled like a blue.

Under such dim light, both of them were wearing thin Chinese clothes and were alone in a room. They were so close, and it was inevitable that there would be no trace of charm.

Lin Sishen lowered her eyes and remained silent until Shen Qingwan loosened her hand and moved farther away. Then she turned her head slightly to avoid Shen Qinghan's sight and whispered her thanks in a low voice: "Thank you, Princess."

Shen Qingwen nodded coldly, and then handed the porcelain bottle in his hand to Lin Sishen: "You don't have to be so polite. Just put this porcelain bottle under your pillow."

Lin Sishen took the porcelain bottle, and her heart, which had calmed down after smelling the fragrance, became confused again. When she hurriedly left and lay on the cloud couch, she closed her eyes and her mind was filled with the scene she had just glimpsed when Shen Qinghan was close to him, that low The beautiful face with drooping eyebrows is as gentle as water.

Is she always so gentle towards others?

After thinking about it for a while, Lin Sishen finally fell into a deep sleep and waited until the daylight came out when he woke up the next day.

She hurriedly got up and planned to go to the study to wash up so as not to disturb Shen Qinghan. Unexpectedly, she rummaged in the closet for a while but couldn't find her official uniform, and she couldn't help but feel a little confused.

After putting on her coat, she opened the door and walked out. She happened to meet Mo Zhu who was tending orchids in the yard, so she asked casually.

Yesterday, Lin Sishen didn't even change out of her official uniform. She accompanied Lin Sitao and Lieutenant Li to practice swordsmanship, and she was tainted with the smell of sweat and alcohol. Mo Zhu glanced at her and said, "The princess ordered the slave to wash the young master's official uniform last night."

It was cleaned after blowing all night, and the servant put it in the study room early in the morning."

Lin Sishen gathered his coat and was silent for a long time before he said, "I need to go to the Ministry of War early today."

After putting on his official uniform, Lin Sishen walked out of the mansion, but happened to meet General Lin who was hurriedly returning from the mansion. Lin Sishen raised his eyebrows calmly and asked: "Father, why did you come back from outside so early in the morning?"

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"Sigh." General Lin sighed with a tired look on his face: "The prince suddenly sent someone to invite me to the Duke of Qing's Mansion in the middle of the night yesterday. We had a secret talk all night. I just returned home now. I have to go to the morning court soon."

General Lin didn't seem to want to talk to Lin Sishen about the secret conversation he had with the prince last night. His face was tense and tired, and he just asked Lin Sishen if he was going to the Ministry of War, and then returned to his residence to change into his official uniform.

Lin Sishen didn't ask any questions. After walking out of the mansion, she walked slowly around to the back door of the general's mansion. As expected, she saw the pot of clivia placed by the door.

She got the news last night. Someone in the court wrote a secret letter and presented it to His Majesty. The secret letter pointed out that the prince had privately exchanged letters with the Lao envoys several times, and even submitted several letters to His Majesty.

It is a letter written by the Lao envoy to the prince, and a reply written by the prince himself.

The content of the letter was nothing out of the ordinary. It was just that the envoy from Laos requested the prince to intercede in front of His Majesty and ask His Majesty to approve the trade between Shanxi and Laos. If the negotiation was successful, the prince would be presented with the treasures of Laos.

To express gratitude.

The prince's reply also seemed extremely official, but it also revealed his intention to promote peace talks between Shanxi and Laos.

Although there is nothing excessive in the letter, it is confirmed that the prince has secret contacts with the Lao country. In addition, the Lao secret agent who assassinated the emperor a few days ago, and the letters that were revealed at this time all lead the old man to

The emperor suspected that the prince was secretly colluding with Laos.

The old emperor was suspicious by nature. After Chun Lie was assassinated, he had been sending people to secretly investigate how the Lao secret agent sneaked into the palace. As expected, it was found out that the assassin entered the palace after being recommended by a steward of the East Palace. Although the steward

His position in the East Palace is not high, but he is actually the prince's subordinate.

The prince has been in trouble one after another in recent days. The matter of Manxiang Tower was ignored by the emperor, and now he is suspected of colluding with Laos to assassinate the emperor.

He felt that he was in trouble, so he called the ministers who supported him to the Qingguo Palace overnight to find countermeasures. However, he was really eager for quick success, and he dared to collude with party members and spies at this juncture. No wonder he was led by the second prince.

All this was carefully arranged by the second prince. From the beginning when he learned that the prince was secretly building an underground gambling house, to when he learned that the prince was in contact with the Lao envoy, he kept silent and pretended not to know. It was only after the old emperor was assassinated that he began to slowly

Take your time and reveal everything the prince has done.

Thinking about it, he wanted to completely defeat the prince.

Lin Sishen even suspected that the Lao assassin sent to assassinate the emperor might have been arranged by the second prince.

When Lin Sishen arrived at the Ministry of War, he sat down and was sent by the Minister of War to pick up a document from the Ministry of Household Affairs. Lin Sishen rushed over without stopping.

When they entered the courtyard of the Ministry of Revenue, they saw many officials from the Ministry of Revenue hiding in the corridor, and their eyes fell on the two figures pulling together in front of the courtyard.

Lin Sishen raised his eyebrows and looked up with some confusion.

Li Qizheng, wearing official uniform, was seen standing dejectedly in front of a woman in gorgeous clothes, with a dazzling five-fingerprint hanging on his handsome face.

The woman in gorgeous clothes was short in stature and had a pretty face, but her expression was slightly mean. She sneered and looked at Li Qi in front of her, and said sarcastically without hesitation: "Why, I'm speechless. That cheap maid is already here."

If you are pregnant, should you do it yourself or wait for me, the princess, to do it."

The gloom in Li Qi's eyes flashed, he stepped forward and took Princess Qingyao's hand, and whispered: "Princess, we should go back to the house to discuss these private matters."

The Minister of Household Affairs of Ma Ye, a dignified county, was reprimanded by his wife in front of so many colleagues and had his personal affairs exposed. It was really laughable.

Moreover, Princess Qingyao's voice was quite loud. Lin Sishen could hear it clearly from a distance.

Princess Qingyao is the second daughter of the fourth prince. She is the same age as the prince, and the two have a close relationship. Princess Qingyao has a perverse and domineering temperament, and is well-known in the capital. After Li Qi entered the prince's palace, he was often scolded and ordered by her in public. This

It's something everyone knows.

Li Qi comforted Princess Qingyao in a low voice, but she didn't care about Li Qi's face at all. After slapping his hand away, she pointed at him and cursed: "You want face, but I don't want face, right?"

You have raised so many vixens outside, but now you are so bold that you are causing trouble in the palace, do you think that the princess is blind?"

Lin Sishen looked at it with a smile but said nothing, then walked aside and walked through the courtyard, going to the inner hall to find someone to get the documents.

After taking the paperwork, Lin Sishen planned to leave. When he passed a side hall, he caught a glimpse of a man dressed as a servant. After cleaning up the fallen leaves in front of a door, he placed a potted plant in a row next to the stone steps.

Clivia.

Lin Sishen paused. She looked away without changing her expression and slowed down her steps and walked forward.

Li Qi walked over quickly with his head lowered, and almost matched up with Lin Sishen, but luckily Lin Sishen sidestepped and dodged. Then he raised his eyes and glanced at Lin Sishen, and then said in surprise: "Why is Mr. Lin here?"

Lin Sishen raised his hand and signaled: "Come and get a document."

Li Qi nodded absently, and after the two exchanged a few words, Li Qi hurriedly walked to the courtyard that Lin Sishen passed by just now. Lin Sishen stood behind him and glanced lightly.

When he saw Li Qi looking aside subconsciously as he passed the stone steps, Lin Sishen curled his lips and left the household.

At night, Lin Sishen changed into night clothes. Since the second prince's Clivia was displayed, Lin Sishen had to go see Liu Ce.

Lin Sishen was standing in the house wearing black clothes. She glanced at the bed, and she could vaguely see Shen Qinghan's figure through the gauze. She knew that Shen Qinghan had not fallen asleep, and she also knew that Shen Qinghan had already guessed where she was going.

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She seemed to be waiting for Shen Qingwan to speak, so she didn't leave for a long time.

Sure enough, before waiting long, Shen Qinghan suddenly raised her jade hand and lifted the gauze. She stood in front of the bed and looked at Lin Sishen. Her eyes fell lightly on Lin Sishen, and she opened her lips and asked: "The second prince wants to see you?"

Lin Sishen nodded, and then said softly: "I wonder if the princess has anything to say."

Maybe he felt that Lin Sishen was still on the right track, so the corners of Shen Qinghan's lips slightly raised: "The second prince will definitely ask you about anything unusual that I have done recently."

Lin Sishen shrugged and said, "Then I'll tell you the truth. The princess has done nothing unusual recently."

After saying this, seeing Shen Qingwan smiling and saying nothing, Lin Sishen took the opportunity to ask: "Does the princess know about the prince?"

Shen Qinghan succinctly said two words: "Know."

In fact, you should know without asking. How could Shen Qinghan not know about such a trivial matter? Lin Sishen thought for a moment, looked up at her and finally said what she wanted to ask: "The Lao assassin who assassinated His Majesty in Spring that day. I wonder if the princess has any clue about his identity?"

Shen Qingwen did not answer her question directly. Instead, he chuckled and asked, "You should be suspecting that the assassin was arranged by the second prince, right?"

Lin Sishen expressed a conjecture in his mind: "The second prince is indeed suspected. This is all too strange. While the Lao country sent envoys to the capital to discuss trade matters, it also sent people to assassinate His Majesty. If the second prince The prince wanted to take advantage of the fact that the prince had private connections with the Lao country, and took the opportunity to send someone pretending to be a Lao spy to assassinate His Majesty, so as to pin the charge of liaison with the enemy on the prince's head, which actually makes sense."

Shen Qingwen shook her head. She looked at Lin Sishen with a cold and calm look. She seemed to be reminding Lin Sishen intentionally or unintentionally: "But if this matter is really planned secretly by the second prince, then the consequences he will have to bear will be too great." Some. He is now evenly matched with the prince, so there is no need to take such a risk to unseat the prince."

Lin Sishen was moved. She lowered her eyes and said softly: "The Lao Kingdom is the same as the Jin Kingdom. There are two major factions in the court, one is the leader and the other is the war leader. The people who sent envoys to the Jin this time are the people from the leader and the peace faction. .If the main war faction does not want Jin and Laos to trade, it seems possible to send someone to assassinate His Majesty. But to place someone into the palace in a short period of time, someone must help. The assassin may not be sent by the second prince. Yes, but the assassin sneaked into the palace, and I'm afraid the second prince may have done something about it."

Sure enough, Lin Sishen's words made Shen Qinghan nodded slightly: "The second prince is indeed involved, but he is not the mastermind, he just took advantage of the east wind."

Lin Sixen looked at Shen Qingwen intently, and suddenly asked: "Perhaps the princess had guessed the direction of this matter from the beginning. From the assassin assassinating Your Majesty, to the bombing of the underground gambling house in Manxiang Tower, and even to the fact that someone The princess seemed to know all about informing the prince."

When Shen Qingwan heard this, she just glanced at her lightly and did not deny it.

Seeing her expression like this, Lin Sishen secretly took a deep breath. This woman Shen Qinghan was too scary. She had a calm and calm face, but secretly knew everyone's every move.

Shen Qingwen seemed to have guessed what Lin Sishen was thinking at this time. Looking at Lin Sishen's expressionless face, she asked softly: "Do you think people like me are scary?"

Lin Sishen suddenly laughed in a low voice. She shook her head helplessly and sighed: "I'm just glad that I didn't choose to stand opposite the princess."

Shen Qinghan shook his head coldly and said: "It's just that I have to prepare for this much longer than you. I am not a scheming person, I just know how to prepare for a rainy day."

"The princess is too self-effacing." Lin Sishen didn't think so. From the moment he guessed the person Shen Qinghan chose, Lin Sishen knew that her courage and strategy were far superior to others.

Facing the calm woman in front of him, Lin Sishen couldn't help but continue to ask: "The princess once said that the balance has not tilted yet, so we don't need to take action. What if the balance begins to tilt because of this?"

Shen Qingwan said lightly: "No one wants to see the balance tilt. Even if it really tilts, someone will right it."

Lin Sishen closed her eyes and chuckled: "So the time the princess is waiting for is when the scales are righted again, right?"

If the prince falls, the emperor will naturally not let the second prince's family dominate. He will definitely support another person to check and balance the second prince, and that person is the person Shen Qinghan is really planning for.

If that day comes, I am afraid that the situation in the DPRK and China will become even more dangerous.

Shen Qinghan's clear eyes were stained with a complex expression. She looked at Lin Sishen intently and suddenly asked softly: "I wonder if Mr. Lin has ever blamed Qinghan?"

Lin Sishen shook her head seriously, and she sighed softly: "What do I blame the princess for? Even without the princess, the General's Mansion can't escape from it. With the princess here, I feel more relieved. I just hope that the princess will return the favor." Remember the promise you made to me before, whether I am here or not."

"You..." Shen Qingwan's expression changed slightly. She looked at Lin Sishen with some hesitation. Then she suddenly turned her back to Lin Sishen and whispered: "You will see it with your own eyes."

After a brief silence, Lin Sishen looked at the thin middle coat on her body. After hesitating for a moment, he couldn't help but remind her: "The night breeze is a bit chilly. Princess, you should take a rest early."

Shen Qingwan turned his head and glanced at her, as if he had thought of something, he raised the corners of his lips and said with a chuckle: "You think I am you, with such a weak body."

Lin Sishen frowned slightly, snorted and retorted: "My body is not that weak. If I hadn't been soaked in cold water for so long in order to save the princess, I was sick."

Shen Qingwan couldn't help but mocked: "It seems that Mr. Lin's memory is not very good."

Lin Sishen spat and said dissatisfiedly: "Is it possible that the princess wants to default on the debt? It was because I saved you in the first place, but I was sick for more than half a month, and then my body became weaker and weaker."

Hearing what she said, Shen Qingwan didn't refute any more. She looked at Lin Sishen with a half-smile and said, "Just pretend that you saved me. Then I marry you even though I know you can't do it. Is that considered repayment of gratitude?" ?”

Lin Sishen rolled his eyes at her, touched his face and said with a smile: "I am one of the most handsome young men in the capital. I don't know how many unmarried girls are crying and asking to marry me. The princess said this as if she didn't. It seems like someone is willing to marry me."

Shen Qingwan stared at Lin Sishen's feminine and beautiful face, bit her lip and said, "You can't tell he's handsome, but you can tell he's thick-skinned."

Lin Sishen is still very confident about his face: "Is it possible that you can still pick out a more handsome young man than me from the capital? Do you know that some people outside say that you just fell in love with my face, so you insist on marrying me?" mine."

Shen Qingwan walked slowly to Lin Sishen. She seemed to be smiling but not smiling, but she was silent. This alarm sounded in Lin Sishen's heart, and he couldn't help but quietly take a step back.

Shen Qingwan looked at her face and suddenly raised his hand, and his white fingertips gently brushed Lin Sishen's eyebrows. Lin Sishen did not avoid it, but closed his eyes slightly, and then heard a chuckle in his ear.

"If Mr. Lin had such an appearance as a woman, he would be even more attractive."

Lin Sishen's breath suffocated. She took a step back with a trace of embarrassment and said with a smile: "The princess is really joking. If I am a woman, how can the princess marry me?"

Shen Qingwan retracted her hand, stood tall and tall, blinked her narrow, clear eyes slightly, and said jokingly, "If you can't marry, you can get married."

"Princess, please rest early. I'll leave first."

When Lin Sishen heard this, her ears hidden in her hair turned red unknowingly in the darkness. She pursed her lips and left a word, then jumped out of the window as if she was running away, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.

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