Chapter 283: Embattled
Soon after Xinzhou left, Gui Shinan and Feng Jintai also left Jingpei Palace. Lin Yiren didn't know what arrangements Lin Qitan had for exterminating the remnants of the Xuan Kingdom, but judging from the previous situation, Gui and Feng must have to do their best to be busy before they could give Lin Qitan an explanation.
At noon, Gu Liuying sent someone to deliver a bowl of white fungus pear sweet soup to Lin Yiren. Lin Yiren couldn't help but recall the sweet pear soup that Gu Xiaofan served to him, Yanxu and Nangong Ji on Jiaobao Island...... The sweet soup is as white as jade, moist and translucent, and sprinkled with some orange osmanthus flowers, with a light fragrance, but because Gu Xiaofan forgot to peel off the lotus heart, the taste is sweet and bitter, and it is difficult to eat.
Gu Xiaofan...... A slight smile curled up at the corner of Lin Yiren's lips, and he scooped up a spoonful of sweet soup and put it in his mouth. He still remembered the strange look on his face when he was sipping the sweet soup at that time, and the smug look when Gu Xiaofan served the sweet soup to Lin Yiren.
"Delicious, right?" Gu Xiaofan's delicate and small nose was slightly sweaty, her cheeks were slightly flushed as white as jade, her dark eyes were as bright as stars, her eyelashes were as thick as butterfly wings, and her tone was extremely proud.
Gu Xiaofan once said that she would cook sweet soup for him again, but later, she was bitten by a sea snake. In Douwu Night Market, she also specially learned to make baked cakes for him, but because Nangong Ji said that it was impossible for him to eat this kind of crude food, Gu Xiaofan did not give him the baked cakes made by himself.
Lin Yiren slowly tasted the sweet soup, and an indescribable longing suddenly surged in his heart...... He wanted to see Gu Xiaofan, wanted to hear her voice, wanted to see her smile, even if he just looked at her from afar, he could clearly feel that his dry heart was nourished a little bit.
Lin Yiren even thanked Shen Youtong a little, it was Shen Youtong who gave him a reason to bring Gu Xiaofan back to Xiao'an, and if Yanxu agreed, he could even bring Gu Xiaofan into King Yu'an's mansion.
Thinking that in the cold Bei Que Zhu Palace, there would be Gu Xiaofan's figure and smile, Lin Yiren had some faint expectations, she didn't belong to him, but he could see her for a few more days and listen to her for a few more days, which was much better than going with her after the royal Baiju banquet.
The maid saw that Lin Yiren loved white fungus pear sweet soup, and immediately went to Gu Liuying's palace to ask for a bowl, Gu Liuying learned that Lin Yiren loved sweet soup, and her heart was extremely happy.
In the afternoon, Lin Yiren rested for an hour, quietly thought about how to enter the Nine Xuan Cave to steal the bone fairy grass after returning to Xiao'an, and gradually had a plan in his heart. Soon, Lin Yinyin came to find Lin Yiren, complaining that he was worried about Lin Yitan's punishment, and he didn't dare to sneak out of the palace to play with Su Zhuoyun.
Lin Yiren couldn't appease Lin Yinyin, so he had to take her to fish by the pond in the apse. The pond of Jingpei Palace is not big, it is nothing more than a quiet and pleasant landscape, fortunately, there are a lot of fish in it, and for a while, the sky above the palace is full of Lin Yinyin's cheers.
When it was almost unitary, Lin Yinyin was finally a little tired, so Lin Yiren asked the maid to take Lin Yinyin to rest, and he also returned to the hall by himself.
Back in the palace, Lin Yiren drank a cup of tea and read the book for half an hour, and Xinzhou rushed back to Jingpei Palace.
"Is it going well, didn't you encounter anything?" Lin Yiren closed the page and put it on the desk.
"Everything went well. "Xinzhou Dao," the subordinates thought, since they have already gone to the drunken gate, it is better to watch the competition between Miss Gu and Bai Er Gongzi and come back, so that the prince can rest assured. ”
"Which one is the first to compete today, Xiao Fan or Bai Jiqing?" said Lin Yi.
"Miss Gu and Jian Jingran compare first. "Xinzhou Dao," Jian Jingran made it clear when he came to power that Miss Gu had saved his life, so he thought he was defeated without a fight. The people in the ring were full of praise for Jian Jingran, and they all said that the children of Jian Mansion would repay their kindness, which was indeed extraordinary. ”
"Where's Bai Jiqing?"
"Bai Ergongzi met a powerful opponent today, the two of you came and went, and the fight was really dark, and then the man's blade was knocked away by Bai Ergongzi, and then he was defeated. "Xinzhou Road.
"Being able to be on an equal footing with Bai Jiqing can be regarded as a master. "Lin Yi is humane.
What the prince said was, so the second prince of Bai and the man sympathized with each other, and after getting out of the fight, they made an appointment to go to the restaurant to drink. ”
"It's not a bad thing that the children of Baifu like to associate with chivalrous people......" Lin Yiren groaned slightly, "What did the Owl Team say about Shen Youtong's anger the night before?"
"The Owl Team said that after Miss Gu released the Gu poison and left Fengqing Mountain, Shen Youtong had ordered someone to whip Shen Yunpeng, as if Shen Yunpeng had gone against her will and did not let anyone retreat. Because there were many masters in Xiling Palace at that time, the Owl Team didn't dare to get too close, so they could only hear a few words, and they really couldn't understand the reason. ”
Shin Yoon-peng ...... Retreat......" Lin Yiren looked at the Yueyue Fire Candle and thought for a moment, "A few days ago, didn't the Owl Team see the remnants of Xuan Guo leave Yifan in batches?"
"Yes. Xinzhou thought for a moment, "Could it be that they secretly turned back again?"
Lin Yiren frowned slightly, "In this way, Shen Youtong wants to preserve his strength and order everyone to retreat, while Shen Yunpeng and the rest of the Xuan Kingdom have other plans." ”
"Lord Wang," Xin Zhou said in a low voice, "It seems that the assassination of the emperor was done by Xiling Palace." ”
The Lyim jaw ...... In order not to involve Xiling Palace, the assassin did not apply poison to the arrows, and the assassination failed, and the remnants of Xuan Guo lost a group of cadres, how could Shen Youtong not be angry and lash Shen Yunpeng...... But the assassins were clearly annihilated, and Lin Qitan also ordered someone to block the news, who would be the person who could report to Xiling Palace in time?
"Xinzhou," Lin Yi said, "you go and bring the man who presented the imperial chrysanthemum to the emperor." ”
"Yes. Xin Zhou bowed and retreated.
After an hour of incense, the middle-aged man who presented jade carved chrysanthemums and bamboo slips to Lin Yitan in the West Pavilion that day followed Xinzhou into the palace of the Lin Yiren.
"Do you know about the assassination of the emperor the day before yesterday?" said Lin Yiren.
"Yes. The man replied calmly, "Although the grass people did not follow the emperor to the Xiaoyin Pavilion, they overheard a few words from the soldiers of the Yulin Army and guessed something. ”
"You ran to report the letter and dared to come back, it's not a small boldness. Lin Yiren sneered.
The man was slightly stunned, "The grass people don't know what the prince means. ”
"There are really a lot of tricks in Xiling Palace," Lin Yiren said coldly, "I don't know if the imperial chrysanthemum is the meaning of Shen Youtong or Shen Yunpeng?"
"Xiling Palace...... The middle-aged man's eyes gradually darkened, and then he showed a strange smile, "Do you want to know, what secrets are hidden in the imperial chrysanthemum?"
Lin Yiren's eyebrows jumped, and he looked directly at the middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man took out a sharp dagger from his sleeve, and his movements were neither fast nor slow, as if he was just taking a handkerchief.
"Presumptuous!" Xin Zhou's pupils shrank suddenly, and he drew his sword out of its sheath and blocked it in front of Lin Yiren.
"Lord Wang," the middle-aged man wiped his dagger with his sleeve, "have you ever heard of murder?"
Lin Yiren's heart sank, and he immediately felt that something was wrong. The cold light suddenly flashed, and the middle-aged man raised the dagger and stabbed it into his abdomen.
Lin Yiren and Xinzhou were stunned.
"King Zhen kill me-King Zhen kill me-" The middle-aged man stumbled out of the palace, and his terrible shouts echoed in the sky above Jingpei Palace, "King Zhen wants to kill me and kill my mouth......"