As night fell, Lin Yinan was alone in the house, sitting by the window with the window open, looking at the starry sky in a daze. His soft eyes chased the stars he could see one by one, and the pale white moonlight fell on Lin Yinan.
It made him look a little hazy and ethereal.
Lan Ruoling stood at the corner of the yard, looking at Lin Yinan's side face in a daze. Taking Lin Yinan's leisurely and indifferent expression into her eyes, Lan Ruoling pursed her lips and walked towards Lin Yinan.
"Master, the seventh prince is here."
After Lan Ruoling finished speaking, Lin Yinan remained in the same posture, unhurried and unhurried. If it weren't for the flash of displeasure in her eyes, Lan Ruoling would have almost thought that he didn't hear her words.
"I know, let's go down." Lin Yinan stood up slowly, walked out of the room and came to the front hall where Lin Yixiang was. Opening the door and looking at the man in the room, Lin Yinan's mouth corners turned up slightly and he whispered: "It's so late.
Oh, what kind of wind has brought Brother Qi here?"
Lin Yixiang turned to look at Lin Yinan. Although he looked smiling, the smile never reached his eyes. His eyes were still as cold as ever. Lin Yixiang chuckled softly: "I haven't seen you in some days. Come and see you."
That’s all, don’t think too much about it.”
"Really?" Lin Yinan obviously didn't believe Lin Yixiang's words. He walked to Lin Yixiang and sat down. Lin Yinan was not in a hurry to ask him the purpose of coming here. Instead, he cooperated with him word by word and said nothing.
Nutritious polite words.
"My father is going to marry the crown prince." Lin Yixiang finally changed the subject and said something that made Lin Yinan feel less boring. "What do you think?"
"Me?" Lin Yinan was a little surprised that Lin Yixiang would ask himself this question, "It's a matter of course, isn't it? What do I think? Can it affect the selection of the Crown Princess? Seventh Brother, just say what you want to say.
There’s no need to beat around the bush like this, it sounds tiring to me.”
Lin Yinan looked at Lin Yixiang calmly, and his words were so direct that Lin Yixiang couldn't help but sigh. "You are still like this. You haven't changed since you were a child. Have you been feeling better recently?"
"As you said, I have never changed, including this body of course. I drink medicine every day and live a good or bad life. Whether I die or not, it's just a matter of one day earlier and one day later. It makes no difference."
"Then you haven't thought about getting a concubine to celebrate your happiness?"
"Are Seventh Brother joking with me?" Lin Yinan raised his eyebrows slightly and said leisurely: "Do you think my illness can be cured by a happy wedding? Or is it because after getting married, Seventh Brother felt that there was a lady here?
I feel more comfortable around you, so you start to worry about me? But Seventh Brother, I heard that Xia Yao is no longer in your house a long time ago? The beauty hidden in the golden house is nothing more than that, doesn't my father feel sorry for you?
?"
"You don't need to worry about my affairs." Lin Yinan mentioned Xia Yao, which made Lin Yixiang's tone suddenly stiff.
"Then Brother Qi doesn't need to worry about my affairs. I have no interest in women, and I have never thought about marrying a wife. If Brother Qi has nothing else to do, I will go back and rest." Lin Yinan was obviously worried.
Not liking Lin Yixiang's behavior, he stood up and glanced at Lin Yixiang lightly. Lin Yinan took advantage of the situation and walked out of the house.
"Not interested? Then why did you spend a high price to buy back a girl today?" Lin Yixiang said anxiously after Lin Yinan took two steps: "I'm curious, what kind of maid is worth five hundred taels."
"Seventh Brother is always so well-informed." Lin Yinan stopped and turned around as Lin Yixiang wished. "Is it more than five hundred taels? It's just a maid, and it's worth your trip so late, Seventh Brother. It seems
The prince really doesn’t have much for you to do recently.”
"Brother, you always have so many strange people here. If the maid can't do it, how about leaving Lan Ruoling to me?"
"Whatever, it's yours if you can take it away, I don't mind."
Lin Yinan nodded happily, something that Lin Yixiang didn't expect. Lan Ruoling is a celebrity in the capital, no, it can be said to be a celebrity in the entire Xia Lai Kingdom. Although she is a woman, she has extraordinary skills, and she is a member of the Ministry of Punishment.
The only woman. Some people even say that more than half of the prisoners in the prison were captured by Lan Ruoling.
"You don't want to avenge your mother?" Lin Yixiang said coldly, finally telling the point of his visit this time.
"That's my business, not to mention you're here, right? With my ruined body, it's good to be able to save my life now. I don't want to think about other things. I don't care how you and the prince torture me, but remember
Come on, don't try to get my idea. I have said before that I will not argue with the prince, but I will not become the prince's faction. I still say this now, and it will not change in the future. How do outsiders say that?
, please give the prince a message, just say that I am not interested in the throne, and it is impossible for my father to pass the throne to me, a person who may not have a tomorrow if he survives today. Do you have anything else to ask?"
Lin Yixiang looked at Lin Yinan's eyes seriously. He did not believe that Lin Yinan did not desire the throne at all. Among so many princes, no one did not desire that position. Even if he knew that there was no hope, even if he only had
I can be forced to help others seize the throne, but deep down in my heart, I still think about how great it would be if I could be the emperor one day.
"No." Lin Yixiang was silent for a while, stood up, walked to Lin Yinan, and said, "Remember what you said, otherwise it will be very difficult for me."
"Go slowly, I won't send you off."
Lin Yinan finally sent Lin Yixiang away. Looking at Lin Yixiang's retreating figure, Lin Yinan lowered his eyes and walked to his own courtyard.
It seems that Lin Yixiang still doesn't know that the person he bought back today is Xia Han. If he knew, he would definitely try his best to get it back, although Xia Han may not know the truth of the matter. Lin Yinan knows that Xia Yao is dead. It's just that
He found it funny that even today, Lin Yixiang still refused to admit Xia Yao's death for the sake of his own reputation. Did he think that he really did it so seamlessly?
The whole Xia family was killed entirely because Lin Yixiang and Lin Yichen jumped over the wall in a hurry. They were afraid that Xia Zhenkun's collusion with Fan Bang would be spread and ruin their good deeds, so they were so cruel.
.After all, Xia Zhenkun, that old stubborn man, although said to be from the prince's faction, is still loyal to the emperor.
When Xia Zhenkun died, Lin Yinan felt that it was a big loss for Lin Yichen and the others, but he didn't have any other feelings. On the other hand, it was a pity for Xia Yao. The most beautiful woman in Xia Lai Kingdom died so tragically at the hands of a rogue bandit.
Next. Does she know the reason for her death? What was it?
It was getting late into the night, but Lu Zhiyao still couldn't sleep. Scenes of what happened during the day appeared in her mind, making her feel irritable and restless. Is Xiaohan's life in danger now? Is what Lin Yinan said true?
? As long as she takes the silver, can he really let her go? And two thousand taels of silver is indeed not a small amount. Where should she get the money?
Lu Zhiyao tossed and turned and couldn't fall asleep, so he finally got up and walked out of the room, blowing the night breeze to wake himself up. In the dead of night, Lu Zhiyao could clearly hear the sound of the night wind. In the dignified Prime Minister's Mansion, two thousand taels of silver should still be enough
Yes? But I don’t know... is there enough Ye Lianrong?
Lu Zhiyao thought for a moment, then walked towards Ye Lianrong's room. Standing in Ye Lianrong's yard, Lu Zhiyao clenched his fist, lit the incense he had prepared in advance during the day, and passed it in through the gap in the window.
After a while, Lu Zhiyao didn't hear any sound in the house, so he opened the window cautiously, and after observing the room, he jumped into the house. Covering his breath, Lu Zhiyao walked to the inner room facing the bed.
Looking in the direction, Ye Lianrong was nowhere to be seen, so she relaxed a little.
It seems that Lu Yuanzheng called Ye Lianrong over tonight. However, it may be that Ye Lianrong took the initiative, probably because of Lu Zhiqing's matter.
The opportunity given to her by God should not be wasted. Lu Zhiyao quickly picked a few places to search, and finally when she saw the stack of banknotes, Lu Zhiyao was so happy that she almost laughed out loud.
Returning to the room as quickly as possible, Lu Zhiyao threw the banknote on the table. I wonder how Ye Lianrong would react when she found out that the banknote was stolen? She dared to tell Lu Yuanzheng and search for the lost money with great fanfare.
? How was she going to tell Lu Yuanzheng the source of this large amount of money? Or... was it that something else was lost?
No matter which one it is, Lu Zhiyao is sure that Ye Lianrong will be so angry that she will jump to her feet. As for whether she can doubt herself, it is also an important thing. Lu Zhiyao must consider the consequences and countermeasures in advance.
OK.
Lu Zhiyao sat at the table with his chin in his hands, thinking sadly for a long time, then suddenly smiled and stood up with a relaxed look on his face.
After finding pen, ink, paper and inkstone, Lu Zhiyao wrote a letter with a smile on his face, then went out to the door of Lu Yuanzheng's study and stuffed the letter through the crack in the door.
In this way, Ye Lianrong is really a mute eating Coptis chinensis, unable to express her suffering.
Now that the money is in hand, when should we pick up Xiaohan? Lu Zhiyao kept telling himself not to worry and ruin things. Now that he was at the eighth prince's house, it would be difficult to explain if he was caught by that man.
After returning to the room, Lu Zhiyao lay happily on the bed with her arms around the banknotes. For the first time, she discovered that the thing she disliked the most in the past would be so useful one day. People die for money and birds die for food. Look,
It's time for her to face the truth.
One night passed, the Prime Minister's Mansion still looked so peaceful on the surface. Lu Yuanzheng got up early to go to court, Ye Lianrong finished washing and applied exquisite makeup on herself, and Lu Zhiqing was still troubled by allergies. But all this happened when Lu Yuanzheng returned
In the mansion, after entering the study, things seemed to begin to change.
