Early the next morning, when Lin Xiaoyou woke up, the position outside the bed was still neat, and it was obvious that Xiahou Yichen had not returned all night after leaving.

She sat up half-propped up, black and supple green silk pouring down from her shoulders, and her beautiful face with the haze of just waking up from sleep was so beautiful that the incense who came in to serve was stunned.

"Princess, wake up. It's too cold in winter, why don't you lie down for a while? Seeing that she was wearing a thin undershirt, Xiangqing hurriedly stepped forward and took the clothes prepared next to her and put them on her, for fear that she would catch a cold again.

Lin Xiaoyou shook his head, looked at the empty bed, remembered what happened last night, how could he still be sleepy. "The prince didn't come back all night?"

"Yes, last night, Princess, you slept first. The prince came to see you before leaving, and he hasn't returned home since he went out. Xiangqing replied while neatly serving her to dress.

Lin Xiaoyou nodded, thought for a moment and ordered: "Xiangqing, help me embroider two purses." ”

"Two? Is there one for the prince? Hearing that Lin Xiaoyou was going to embroider a purse, she immediately laughed smartly.

Lin Xiaoyou glared at her helplessly, leaned close to her ear and replied in a stretched voice, "Yes." ”

"Hate the princess." Xiangqing smiled and covered her devastated ears to dodge, and said very seriously: "However, such a thing as giving a purse has to be done by yourself to show sincerity." ”

Do it yourself? Lin Xiaoyou squinted at her and sighed: "If this princess can do it, will she still call you?" ”

Xiang Qing was speechless, and could only accept this glorious and arduous task.

After a while, Duoduo came in with hot water, "Princess, I prepared red date porridge for you this morning, Lan Yu is decocting the medicine, and drinking the medicine after breakfast, which is good for the spleen and stomach." ”

"Okay." Lin Xiaoyou smiled at her and said with concern: "In recent days, the weather has been cold. Duoduo, pay more attention to keeping your injured leg warm. There aren't many things to do in Shihuan Courtyard, you can rest more, and let Sister Lan and Xiangqing do the rest. ”

"Yes, thank you for your concern." Duoduo said thank you indifferently, turned her head to Xiangqing and said, "The porridge prepared in the kitchen, Xiangqing, you go and bring it, the princess has me here." Saying that, he stepped forward and squeezed away the incense without a trace, and Fu Lin Xiaoyu went over to wash and comb.

Xiangqing frowned, the good mood just now was swept away, and she turned around and left without saying anything.

After washing, Duoduo picked up the wooden comb and carefully pulled Lin Xiaoyu's hair.

Her meticulous expression fell into Lin Xiaoyu's eyes through the bronze mirror, and she always felt that something was wrong. Since Duoduo returned home from injury, she seems to be a lot more taciturn, not as cheerful as before.

After taking a closer look, I suddenly found that she was wearing a very familiar wooden hairpin on her head. The wooden hairpin was simply carved with a knife, and it was extremely ordinary, but it shocked her heart.

By the time Duoduo summoned her back to her senses, her hair had already been tied up.

"Princess, but what did I not do well?" Seeing that she had been staring at herself, Duoduo asked with concern.

Lin Xiaoyou stared at her for a long time, and smiled reluctantly, "Duoduo, how old are you?" ”

I didn't expect her to ask a question suddenly, Duoduo was stunned for a moment, and reacted: "Nineteen." ”

Nineteen, Lin Xiaoyou muttered and moved her lips, wanting to ask her if she had a crush on her, but she hesitated and didn't say anything

The atmosphere was a little sluggish for a while, "Stand down." ”

At this time, in the main hall of the palace, Lin Lanhai was gushing about Wu Jingren's crimes. Unexpectedly, he did not continue to intercede for him, but took the initiative to request a strict investigation of the Wu Mansion, and cited countless pieces of evidence of Wu Jingren's corruption and perversion of the law, as well as a list of the nominal properties of the Wu Mansion, which was converted into more than two million yuan, which was staggering.

No one could have imagined that a mere servant of the Ministry of Officials, who was not inconspicuous, was actually more powerful than most of the people present. It also makes people think deeply about where these unknown belongings come from.

While everyone was worried, Lin Lanhai's posture of wanting Wu Jingren to die immediately made the adults present chill. Especially the officials who have a close relationship with Lin Lanhai on weekdays, they are even more disgusted in their hearts, and they are secretly vigilant and make up their minds that they must not associate with him in the future.

Who doesn't know the relationship between Lin and Wu, now that there is an accident in Wufu, Lin Lanhai turns his face and doesn't recognize people, and he doesn't miss the old feelings at all, such a shameless behavior is undoubtedly a villain.

The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook. It is said that a companion is like a tiger, who doesn't have his own thoughts. In case he is in trouble one day, Lin Lanhai can betray even his own family so ruthlessly, let alone outsiders like them. One day, I'm afraid I'll get even worse and rush to stab them.

Lin Lanhai sang a one-man show in the hall with an awe-inspiring appearance of righteous annihilation, but he didn't know that his behavior not only did not win the appreciation and approval of the officials, but frightened everyone so much that they secretly separated from him, and deeply sympathized with Wu Jingren, who was in-law with him.

Every time he counts Wu Jingren's crimes, there are more doubts in the hearts of hundreds of officials. I doubt how much sin Wu Jingren has done in his previous life, so that he can stand up to a brother-in-law like Lin Lanhai in this life.

Although Wu Jingren committed a crime, how can it be said that the two families are relatives. Even if he wants to avoid suspicion, even if he just ignores it, he can make everyone understand if he doesn't intercede for him. Or standing on a rational position to criticize this matter, it can also make everyone praise the selflessness.

But he didn't have any of that. Not only did he not say a good word for Wu Jingren, but he was the first person to stand up and bite him to death.

Standing in this place with a hundred senses, no one is a fool. Each has a scale in his head, and several of the officials are innocent, and they know it. Doing things for the emperor will naturally encounter a lot of favors. As long as people don't catch the handle, the emperor will turn a blind eye and pass it. If you have to leave your tail for people to catch if your hands and feet are not clean, you deserve to think you are unlucky.

As the saying goes: the authorities are confused, and the bystanders are clear. Lin Lanhai's move was just a big taboo, he thought that his move to fall into the well could be dissociated from the Wu Mansion. In fact, on the contrary, he didn't realize that the more anxious he was to put Wu Jingren to death, the more he could arouse the suspicion of others.

People will think: Why is he in a hurry to send Wu Jingren to death? Could it be that the two governments have some secret that cannot be seen? Once people's curiosity is hooked, it is difficult to extinguish the truth.

Everyone frowned and lowered their heads and pondered in different ways, only Xiahou Yichen and Taishi Yi Hongyuan, who were at the head of the hundred officials, had calm faces, and they couldn't see what they were thinking.

After Lin Lanhai impassionedly stated Wu Jingren's guilt, he suddenly knelt on the ground and shouted: "Your Majesty, Weichen is guilty. I think that at the beginning, it was Weichen who appreciated his talent for serving the country, so he took him step by step to sit in the position of the servant of the ministry. Unexpectedly, Weichen didn't know people clearly, and almost made a big mistake, so he was willing to ask the emperor to punish him. ”

His sudden action made everyone scoff, but it was just a trick to cover his ears and steal the bell, but he was smart and took the initiative to give himself a painless charge, and he was the first to strike. I can't know people clearly, compared to the emperor's suspicion, this is nothing, and it will make people think that he is sincerely repentant.

"Huh." Before Xiahou Yixuan could speak, a slight smile sounded in everyone's ears, and a lazy voice slowly said: "Lord Lin doesn't have a handle in Wu Jingren's hands, that's why he wants to send him to death like this." ”

He said the common thoughts in the hearts of all the officials, and when he heard that voice, Lin Lanhai shuddered violently.

Everyone raised their heads to look at the owner of the voice, and saw that the red figure was looking at Lin Lanhai with a little smile at the moment, "The official department is in charge of the assessment, appointment, transfer, and award of officials across the country, and selects good talents for the imperial court, ranking first among the six departments. In such an important position, Lord Lin is indeed guilty of cronyism. But for the sake of Lord Lin, you have a good attitude in admitting your guilt, the imperial brother will definitely open the net, right? ”

Xiahou Yichen talked and laughed freely, and then transferred Lin Lanhai's so-called crime of not knowing people to cronyism. The meanings of the two are completely different, the charges are not at the same level at all, and he will have to suffer a lot if he opens the net.

When everyone is blind, he can forgive if he can't understand people. Nepotism and abuse of power for personal gain involve a wide range of issues. For example, buying and selling officials, once involved, no matter what the reason, it is unforgivable.

Listening to his words, Lin Lanhai was really panicked, and shouted at Xiahou Yixuan, "Your Majesty, Weichen has been wronged, since Weichen has been responsible for the secretary of the ministry, he has been conscientious and conscientious, and he has never dared to do anything out of line." Weichen's mansion has not changed for decades, and there are several upright properties under his name, which can be traced. This proves Wechen's innocence. ”

He has become a big official step by step, and he has seen too many lessons from the past. If nothing else, let's just say that his predecessor, the official department of Shangshu, was exposed for buying and selling officials, embezzled and took bribes, and the whole family was imprisoned together and sentenced to grooming. On the day of the execution, the emperor ordered hundreds of officials to go and watch as a warning. His bloody end is still a nightmare for him.

Xiahou Yixuan smiled faintly and said softly: "Lord Lin doesn't have to be nervous, I naturally believe in you." ”

Hearing this, the officials sneered in their hearts, saying that, it was the emperor because there was no evidence. When you find the evidence, hmph, you can see how he kills you.

In short, his behavior just now has made the seeds of doubt take root in people's hearts, no matter how they quibble, it is difficult to turn the tables in vain.

What an important position is the secretary of the ministry, if there is really a trend of corruption to confuse the talents of the court, and the officials are not clear, and collude to stand in line, then the court and the central government will definitely be dark. When those who have a disobedient heart fish in troubled waters, the trouble caused is enough to bring disaster to the country.

Such a serious crime is an accomplice to the rebellion, and the nine clans will be punished.

"Lord Lin said it well, who doesn't know that Wu Fu and you are in-laws, and your wife is Wu Jingren's own sister. Besides, Wu Jingren is a servant of the ministry, your right and left hand, you dare to say that you don't know anything about him? A small official in Wu Mansion has more than 20 industrial deeds, land deeds, Zhuangzi, and shops under his name, each of which is worth a lot of money. Among them, Zhuangzi and pavement, the least of the five Zhuangzi have good fields and 100 tilts, and the good ones even have more than 200 tilts. There are a total of fifteen shops, eight of which are in prime locations, five are in the middle, and the remaining two are in relatively remote locations, not including the current housing in Wufu, with a total value of more than two million taels of silver. "Yang Feizhi, as the chief official of the Imperial History Observatory, is responsible for supervising every move of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and his eloquence is not comparable to Lin Lanhai. As soon as he blurted out his righteous words, he only made the hundred officials gasp. With such a huge amount, no one would believe that Wu Jingren was not corrupt.

After speaking, he pointed his finger at Lin Lanhai and asked in a forced voice: "Lord Lin, can you explain to us, if you don't know, you won't impeach sooner or later, why do you want to impeach Wu Jingren today?" I think you didn't report it, deliberately concealed it, and covered it up. ”

He broke through the key point with one sentence, causing hundreds of officials in the court to talk and whisper, and the eyes of Lin Lanhai were disgusted and contemptful.