Lin Jingmo took the token to the west gate of the palace, and saw the Forbidden Army and Zhang Yiqian waiting at the west gate from a distance, so she hid behind the lamppost, waiting for an opportunity to escape, but she didn't see any intention of leaving.<
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Lin Jingmo hid behind the lamp, not knowing what to do: Why are they here? Are they waiting for me?
When she was worried about how to leave, Shang Shixu pulled her out from behind the lamppost.
"Shang Shixu! You..." Lin Jingmo was dragged by Shang Shixu and walked towards the west gate.
Lin Jingmo tried his best but couldn't break free.
Sure enough, when they arrived at the door, several Forbidden Army guards stopped them. Zhang Yiqian on the side said: "Your Majesty has an order. You are not allowed to enter the palace without being summoned. Lin Jingmo entered the palace privately and has evil intentions. Let me catch him!"
As they spoke, several forbidden soldiers walked towards Lin Jingmo, and Lin Jingmo subconsciously hid behind Shang Shixu.
"Wait!" Shang Shixu spread out the emperor's token in his hand and said, "Who said she was not summoned to the palace?"
Upon seeing this, Zhang Yiqian took a few steps forward and came to Shang Shixu to take a closer look: "It is indeed His Majesty's token..."
He snorted coldly and said: "Huh, this token doesn't mean anything. Shang Shixu, the reason why you can sit in the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue today is all because of Master Zhongshu Ling. Now you dare to disobey his order?"
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When Lin Jingmo heard this, she looked at Shang Shixu. After all, there was a murderous hatred between them, and she never believed in Shang Shixu.
Sure enough, Shang Shixu put the token back into his arms, took the scroll from Lin Jingmo's hand, unfolded it towards Zhang Yiqian and said, "Why don't Zhang Shangshu take a look at this first!"
Zhang Yiqian frowned and said: "Xian?"
"Yes, Xian!" Shang Shixu said: "This is the posthumous title given by Your Majesty to the late Minister Lin Yuanzhi! My husband and I entered the palace as summoned to ask for the posthumous title from Your Majesty. How can we say that they entered the palace without being summoned?
?"
Lin Jingmo looked at Shang Shixu's back in surprise: I didn't expect that he was actually helping me!
Zhang Yiqian's words flickered and he said in disbelief: "Lin Yuanzhi colluded with Beiyan and intended to rebel. How could your majesty give him the word "virtuous"?
Shang Shixu rolled up the scroll and said: "Lin Shangshu was loyal to the master during his lifetime and was deeply loved by the people. Whether it is rebellion or treason, there is no real evidence. How can he be accused of such a big crime just by saying nothing? Besides, look at it.
For the sake of the late Queen Lin Kongqing, how can we, as ministers, guess His Majesty’s thoughts at will?”
Zhang Yiqian, however, refused to give up easily and said: "Even if His Majesty gives Lin Yuanzhi a posthumous title, even if you really have a palace that His Majesty only summons to enter, the court is currently investigating the case in the North, and Lin Yuanzhi is suspected of colluding with Lu Anmin
, Now we want to arrest his daughter Lin Jingmo and investigate, please let Shang Shangshu get out of the way."
Hearing this, Lin Jingmo knew what it would mean if she was taken away, so she grabbed the corner of Shang Shixu's clothes from behind. Upon seeing this, Shang Shixu directly raised his hand and held Lin Jingmo behind him.
The two people looked at each other, and Lin Jingmo was heartbroken at the moment: Are you going to... hand me over to him?
Unexpectedly, Shang Shixu used a little force in his arms to hold her in his arms and said, "Lin Jingmo married me three years ago. She is my wife, Shang Shixu."
Zhang Yiqian chuckled and said: "We won't do anything to your wife, we just... have some things we want to ask her."
"Ask?" Shang Shixu raised his chin and said, "My wife is just an ordinary housewife. She has not broken any laws. How can I allow you to ask whatever you want?"
"This..." Zhang Yiqian looked at Shang Shixu, the two of them were at war with each other, and no one wanted to take a step back.
Lin Jingmo was nestling in Shang Shixu's arms. She never thought that the safest place in the world would be Shang Shixu's arms.
She understood that it was ostensibly a question, but in reality it was to get testimony against Lin Yuanzhi out of her mouth. She was not afraid of death, but she was afraid that she would inevitably lose her words under severe punishment and ruin her father's good life of being honest and honest for the people.
Reputation.
At this moment, Chen Mianzheng led the imperial army to the west gate.
Lin Jingmo raised his head and glanced at Shang Shixu, who said softly to her: "Don't be afraid."
He saw Shang Shixu holding Lin Jingmo tightly and confronting Zhang Yiqian, refusing to let Lin Jingmo go to them. He said with a sneer: "Congratulations to Lord Shang Shu on your promotion. We are all our own people, why bother to make things worse?"
If you get out of control, if you become an official in the same court in the future, if you lower your head and don't raise your head to see each other, wouldn't it mean that you have lost your harmony?"
Shang Shixu's face became expressionless again. He took out the imperial edict in his arms and said, "It's not that I want to embarrass you two adults, but His Majesty's edict is here. He wants me and my husband to go to Zhao Prison and bring it back at this moment.
Father-in-law Lin Yuanzhi was buried with honors."
After that, he glanced at Chen Mianzheng meaningfully and said: "Your Majesty's illness is about to be cured, why do you need to kill them all? After all, she is the most beloved sister of His Majesty the Queen, and she has no influence on us at all.
, if His Majesty is good and makes him suspicious and investigates the matter carefully, wouldn’t Zhongshu Ling not gain more than he loses?”
When Chen Mianzheng heard this, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes: Your Majesty, will he be fine soon...
Chen Mianzheng's goal has always been Lin Yuanzhi. Now that Lin Yuanzhi is dead, his goal has been achieved. Even if he cannot be proven guilty of treason, fortunately he committed suicide. The arrest of Lin Jingmo was also to send Zhang Yi away.
It's just a favor.
He glanced sideways at Zhang Yiqian: In terms of intelligence, how could Zhang Yiqian compare to Shang Shixu?
He holds Shang Shixu's weakness and can kill him at any time. With such a useful person being used by him, why should he break up with him for Zhang Yiqian? He just wants a woman.
Thinking of this, Chen Mianzheng waved his hand towards the guard at the door and said: "Since my son has the emperor's order, let's do it quickly."
After saying that, the door was opened, and Shang Shixu took Lin Jingmo's hand and ran out of the palace gate.
Zhang Yiqian looked at Chen Mianzheng in surprise and said, "Lord Zhongshu Ling! What is this?"
But Chen Mianzheng said to Zhang Yiqian with a cold face: "The imperial edict has been brought out, what else is there to say, just let her go, there is no need to bother her any more. She is a girl, you are afraid that you will not have the chance to kill her in the future
?"
After Zhang Yiqian heard this, he finally understood and said: "Crossing the river, tearing down the bridge, unloading the mill and killing the donkey. I never thought that someone with your status as a secretary would do such a thing? I'm not afraid of the things I helped you do."
Shake it out?"
Chen Mianzheng sneered at Zhang Yiqian's words and said disdainfully: "Zhang Shangshu speaks carefully! We are all in the same boat when it comes to those things. Cooperate with me. You have both money and beauty. Don't be too greedy.
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After Zhang Yiqian heard this, although he was still unhappy, he said no more and walked away.