Back in Changkun Palace, Lin Yan sat on the couch and was a little distracted.

Mu Qing thought that she was still worried about the prince, poured her a cup of tea, and comforted her: "Niangniang doesn't have to worry too much, the slave maid is not completely angry with the prince when she sees the emperor's move, but some of them are to protect the prince." The emperor took the initiative to punish the prince in the name of 'less stubbornness', that is, it is better to define this matter than to let someone with a heart take advantage of it, and it is rumored that the prince is ruthless and vicious, and deliberately murdered. ”

Less stubborn, to put it mildly, he is young and ignorant, and his temperament is a little naughty.

But if it is rumored that the prince is ruthless and vicious, and deliberately murdered, it will be different, that is, there is a major problem with the prince's morality.

The Jiang family's matter, at first glance, is calculating, and I am afraid that there will be a follow-up move waiting for the future. The emperor is like this, and it can be regarded as the trick behind them.

What Mu Qing said, Lin Yan was anxious and didn't understand it at first, but when she came back, she had already figured it out.

What's more, the emperor is right, the prince should really fall and suffer a loss, so that he can remember it for a long time.

A woman can easily calculate him, who is not a cunning fox in the court, if he can't learn to look at people's hearts, how can he fight with those people in the court in the future?

The battle in the court will only be a hundred times more dangerous than the battle in the harem.

However, Mu Qing didn't understand a little, and said to Lin Yan: "It's just that the slave doesn't understand, what is the intention of Jiang Cairen's move." To say that she is staring at the position of the crown prince, she still doesn't know whether the one in her belly is a man or a woman, even if she is born and raised enough to be seen by the emperor, it will take several years. This didn't do her any good at all, and she didn't look like a thankless person, and the slave couldn't figure out her purpose. ”

Lin Yan said: "If you look at who benefits from this matter, you will know who instigated it." ”

Mu Qing frowned and asked, "You said it's Concubine Wu?" ”

Only the second prince and the prince are close in age, and they are often compared with the prince in the court, and the prince's character is the most beneficial to the second prince.

Lin Yan speculated: "It was probably the idea that the second prince gave to the concubine. "With Concubine Wu's temperament, if she could come up with such a method, she would have used it a long time ago, and she wouldn't have waited until now.

Mu Qing still didn't understand: "Why should Jiang Cairen listen to the concubine?" She should know that this matter is not good for her at all, and if she doesn't get it right, she will easily get into trouble.

Lin Yan said: "There can only be two reasons, the Jiang family has a handle in the hands of the concubine, or the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion has a handle in the hands of the Wu family, and is subject to the jurisdiction of the Wu family." ”

Not long after the Jiang family entered the palace, although they often had small means, their bodies were still clean. So most likely, the Wu family has the handle of the Zhongshan Marquis Mansion in their hands. The Wu family persecuted the Zhongshan Hou Mansion, and the Zhongshan Hou Mansion held the Jiang family's relatives in their hands, and the Jiang family did not dare to disobey orders.

Mu Qing sighed.

Lin Yan instructed again: "Let Mu Zhi go and pass the word to the Duke of Wuguo, and let the Lin family go to check the family background of the Marquis of Zhongshan." ”

She wanted to see what the Wu family had in their hands to hold the handle that held the lifeline of the Zhongshan Hou Mansion.

Mu Qing said yes, and then went down to order Mu Zhi.

When she came back, Lin Yan instructed her again: "Prepare some things that the prince likes to eat, and let's go to the Taimiao Temple to see the prince." ”

The temple is on the east side of the palace, some distance from the harem.

Lin Yan rode the phoenix to the front of the Taimiao Palace, and then helped the palace maid's men get out of the carriage.

Taimiao is the place where the royal ceremony is held, but whenever the royal ceremony is held, Lin Yan has to attend with the emperor, so there are not a lot of them.

Lin Yan raised her eyes and glanced at the majestic and solemn palace on the top, and walked up the stairs step by step, entering the Taimiao, and then saw the tablets dedicated to the royal ancestors and heroes.

The hall was a little dim and underlit, eerie, with white candles lit all around, and the crown prince knelt in front of the royal ancestor, his body straight, looking a little stubborn and stiff.

He had his back to her, and she couldn't see the expression on his face, not knowing if he was sad, aggrieved, or angry now.

Lin Yan raised her feet and walked over slowly, walked directly in front of him, and then looked at him condescendingly.

The prince knew that she was coming, but he did not raise his eyes to look at her, his face was gloomy, and his lips were pursed, as if he was enduring great anger.

Lin Yan sighed, took the food box from the palace maid's hand, put it on the ground, and said, "Eat something, I heard that you haven't eaten a grain of rice since the morning." ”

The prince said: "You go, don't you come to see my jokes." ”

Lin Yan snorted and said, "Do you think I'm here to see your jokes?" The people who watch your jokes are outside. ”

Lin Yan waved her hand and asked the palace people around her to go out, and then took out the food in the food box with her own hands, handed him the rice, and ordered: "Eat!" And he said, "Thou shalt kneel here for three days, and if thou hast not eaten enough, thou shalt have strength." I don't want to see a prince who faints from hunger in the temple and ends up being carried out. ”

The prince waved his hand and slapped the dinner in her hand, and said angrily: "Don't worry about it. ”

Lin Yan's face was cold, and her face was also angry, she put the food back into the food box, and said in a cold voice: "Since you don't eat it, don't eat it, I see that you don't know what you're wrong with, you just think about it here hungry." ”

As he spoke, he stood up again, looked at him condescendingly, and said sarcastically: "Before the New Year is over, he was punished to kneel in the Taimiao, do you think you are still very wronged?" Do you know what the consequences will be for you if the Jiang family really has a miscarriage? ”

The prince stood up angrily, jumped to his feet angrily and said, "It's that slut who calculates me, and it's none of my business when she sees red." It was his father who was unconscious, and he was so fascinated by her that he couldn't distinguish between right and wrong, so that a woman could play around. As he spoke, he grabbed her arm again, his eyes were red and angry: "Look at what is good about him, he is addicted to women, he can punish my son for a woman, and he still spoils the slut of the Jiang family, why do you still like him......"

Lin Yan stretched out her hand and slapped him on the face, forbidding him to continue these rebellious words, and then looked at him with a cold expression.

The prince covered his face and looked at her with wide eyes in disbelief. She beat him just because he said a few words about his father, not her?

Lin Yan looked at him: "You are not qualified to say this about him, at least so far, he has done his best to be benevolent to your son." And you, have you ever respected and understood your father? ”

The prince said angrily: "You still speak for him......"

Lin Yan interrupted him and said: "He punished you for your own good, you are angry that the Jiang family has seen so many eyes, even if you are the crown prince, the emperor can't be too partial to you." The emperor just asked you to kneel in the temple, which was already a light punishment for you. ”

The prince opened his mouth and wanted to argue, but Lin Yan said again: "You always say that your father is stupid and doesn't know right from wrong." What about you, a woman can make you so irritable and do something that does not conform to your identity, and she can calculate you, where did you go when you were smart? ”

The prince was speechless. (To be continued.) )