Chapter 423: Suspicious
Jiang Zixuan, who was far away, saw a woman dressed as a woman, and saw that her body seemed to be very similar to Lin Kite, he looked at it, but found that the person was indeed Lin Kite.
"Miss Lin, why are you here?" Because of the last time Lin Kite rescued him in the autumn, Jiang Zixuan felt very close to Lin Kite in his heart, so he stepped forward and asked with concern.
"Jiang Gongzi, what a coincidence, there is a candied fruit shop outside the palace, the candied fruit is very famous, and the imperial chef in the palace can't make that taste, I have some desire to eat recently, so I ran out to buy some and take it back." Saying that, Lin Yuan raised her hand and raised Jiang Zixuan for the candied fruit she had specially bought before returning to the palace.
Jiang Zixuan was not interested in these women's favorite snacks, but when he saw Lin Yuan open the bag, he looked over with great interest, and saw that the delicately packaged paper bag was filled with some dried flowers and fruits and some dried plums, which at first glance were the gadgets that the boudoir women usually like to eat.
"It's worth it for you to run out of the palace just to buy this, it must be delicious." Jiang Zixuan didn't expect that Lin Kite, who was a little cold on weekdays, was actually a foodie, and he felt that she was extraordinarily real and cute, which was really different from other women from other families he had seen.
"That's right, I'll give you some, if you like it, you can go next time, this store is not far from here, it's very famous, you can find it as soon as you ask." Saying that, Lin Yuan fiddled with the paper bag in his hand, wanting to distribute the candied fruit in the bag to Jiang Zixuan.
"No need, Miss Lin, I've never been used to eating these gadgets, but since you like it, I'll bring you some next time you enter the palace, and it will save you from running all the way out just for this bite." Jiang Zixuan looked at Lin Yuan with a smile and said, his tone was gentle with something he didn't notice.
"Thank you then." Lin Yuan said politely, of course she wouldn't believe that Jiang Gongzi would deliberately remember her preferences.
The two talked for a while, Jiang Zixuan was worried that Lin Yuan was not safe outside the palace alone, so he chatted while walking, and sent her to the gate of the palace before turning around and leaving, Lin Yuan turned around and walked towards the Forbidden City.
The magnificent and coveted Forbidden City in the eyes of ordinary people was like a huge cage in Lin Kite's eyes, and she thought about her own thoughts and walked slowly on the road paved with stones.
She was so absent-minded that she didn't even notice the new emperor walking by her.
"Kite, why are you here?" At this time, the new emperor had just come down from the early court, and was walking towards the imperial study surrounded by the inner servants, but on the way, he saw Lin Kite's thin figure appear on the road, looking at her as if she had just returned from outside the palace, full of worries.
"Your Majesty ......" The new emperor's voice dragged Lin Yuan back from her thoughts, she looked at the new emperor who suddenly appeared in front of her in a trance, and subconsciously bent down to salute him, but was stopped by the new emperor raising his hand.
"They all said they don't have to salute when they see me." The new emperor's hand fell on Lin Kite's wrist and said in a gentle tone.
"Look at my memory, your noble status always can't help but want to salute, I suddenly missed the candied fruit sold in the east of the city after dinner last night, thinking that it is not far from the palace, so I went out to buy, and when I bought it back, the palace door has been locked, and I can't stay in the inn overnight before coming back."
Lin Yuan gently broke free of the new emperor's hand, narrowed the distance between the two, and then explained, saying that she took the candied fruit in her hand to show him in front of the new emperor.
"If you like to send a palace person out, why run out in person, I will accompany you back." The new emperor thought of Lin Kite's thoughtful appearance, he didn't believe Lin Kite's words in his heart, but he didn't show it on his face, but naturally took the candied fruit in Lin Kite's hand and walked side by side with her in the direction of the dormitory where Lin Kite lived.
The Forbidden City is very large, there is a short distance from the east gate to Lin Kite, and after the two of them walked for a while, Lin Kite's breath was a little unstable, and she felt a little tired.
"What's wrong with you? Is it unwell? On weekdays, this journey is nothing to Lin Kite, looking at Lin Kite's physical exhaustion, the new emperor asked in some surprise.
"It's okay, Xu has been living in the palace recently and doesn't do anything, and I feel a little tired when I suddenly go out for a walk." Lin Yuan thought in her heart if it was because she was pregnant, she often felt tired recently, but she said lightly.
"I'll pass you the sedan chair." Saying that, the new emperor gave an order to the attendants beside him, and the attendants quickly brought over a sedan chair, and Lin Yuan thought that the fetus in her womb was not hypocritical, so she sat down directly.
Looking at Lin Kite's move, the doubts in the new emperor's heart deepened, usually Lin Kite never seems to trouble others, what's wrong with her today?
"Your Majesty, presumably you still have a lot of official business to do, so you don't have to send it." Sitting on the sedan chair, Lin Yuan looked at the new emperor and excused himself.
"Okay, you go back and have a good rest, and I'll go to see you when you're free." The new emperor noticed Lin Kite's strangeness, and he also wanted to find the secret guard to inquire about Lin Kite's recent movements, so he no longer insisted on sending her, and after a few words, he turned around and walked towards the imperial study.
Back in the imperial study, the new emperor summoned the secret guard he had placed beside Lin Kite and asked him about Lin Kite's recent movements.
"Back to the emperor, Miss Lin has been very quiet recently, has been staying in the palace and rarely goes out, when she left the palace some time ago, she was very cautious, she seemed to notice that someone was following, but she did not get rid of the surveillance of her subordinates, she went out of the palace in addition to doing some things, often contacted the young owner and the eldest son of the household Shangshu family, Jiang Zixuan, the subordinates were far away, and they didn't hear what they said clearly." The man in black said respectfully, and he told the new emperor everything he had seen.
"Alright, you go down and continue to watch his every move closely."
"Yes." After saying that, the man in black quietly left the imperial study, as if he had never appeared.
The new emperor knew about Lin Kite's meeting with the young owner before, and he was not surprised by this, but he was a little wary of Jiang Zixuan, when did the two of them become so familiar?
Speaking of the young owner, the new emperor inevitably thought of his sister, he has been busy with things recently, he has not seen the princess for a long time, thinking of the princess The new emperor is a little worried, and at noon he came to the princess's bedroom, planning to accompany her to dinner.
"Brother, why do you have time to come over to accompany me today?" Looking at the new emperor who suddenly appeared in front of her, the princess said in surprise.
Since the last time he returned to the palace, the new emperor has been busy dealing with court affairs, he is already very busy, and in order to envelop the Jiang family, the rest of the time is spent accompanying Concubine Jiang, and he has not come to the princess palace for a long time, so he is very surprised by his appearance.
"I've been too busy lately, so I'll take the time to come and see you today, can I have dinner with you?" Looking at the princess's somewhat emaciated cheeks, the new emperor felt guilty in his heart, since he entered the palace, he had done too much, but he didn't care enough about his sister.
"That's great, brother." The princess said excitedly.
Because of the company of the new emperor, the princess ate this meal sweetly, and used half a bowl of rice in addition to being happy.
"Don't be too thin in your daughter's family, it's still as cute as you used to be, and you should pay attention to your body without your brother in the future, and don't be picky eaters." The new emperor's soft gaze fell on the face of the princess, whose face was somewhat similar to his own, and said with concern, as he spoke, he sandwiched the princess's cold vegetables into her bowl.
"Hmph, brother, you say so, but in my heart I don't like the thin and slender Sister Lin." For the man's duplicity, the princess understood in her heart, and she pouted.
"You are the most noble princess in the world, no matter how tall or short, fat or thin, there will naturally be people who are willing to marry you in the future, what do you think of Lihan?"
Looking at the appearance of the princess, the new emperor smiled dotingly, and he raised his hand to touch the broken hair on the princess's forehead.
Now that the princess is not young, it will not be long before she has to think about getting married, and after the last time she sacrificed her life to save her life in the autumn, the new emperor felt that he seemed to be a good choice.
"Brother, I'm still young, why are you talking about this, you are so unwilling to support me, and ah, even if I marry, I won't marry someone like Lihan." Hearing the princess's name, the princess pouted and said.
"Sooner or later, you have to get married, you can be willful about other things, but this matter must be favored by your brother, and you will not hesitate to hurt yourself in order to save you in the autumn hunting ground, such a person is rare in the world, your status is noble, and my brother does not ask you to marry any Wangmen family, but there is one thing, you must find someone who treats you sincerely in the future."
The new emperor looked at the princess in front of him with a little daughter's heart, and said with a serious expression.
"What, he didn't save it at all, if it wasn't for the young owner to appear that day, I'm afraid that I and Lihan would have entered the belly of the python now." Seeing that the new emperor regarded the person who saved his life as Lihan, the princess finally couldn't help but tell the truth of the matter, and it was obviously her young farmer's brother who saved her that day.
These words blurted out without thinking, and after saying that, the princess realized that she had lost her words, and she quickly stopped her mouth and looked at the new emperor's face with some nervousness.
"The young owner was also there that day? It turned out that he went to the autumn hunting grounds. After hearing the princess's words, the new emperor's face flashed with a gleam, for the last time he met the white tiger in the hunting ground, he never believed that it was an accident, but the people who investigated the matter did not find strong evidence.
But at this time, when he heard that the young owner was also there, the new emperor suddenly guessed the truth of the matter, the young owner and his own blood feud did not share the sky, and it was definitely no coincidence that he appeared there, and now it seems that this matter was planned by the young owner.
"My brother is not, he is here to save me." Looking at the appearance of the new emperor, the princess guessed in her heart that he must think that the person who harmed him was the young owner, and the princess was a little flustered.
"You don't have to explain to that man, he wants to kill your brother, do you know?" Seeing the princess's worried appearance for the young owner, the new emperor was furious, paused, he waved his hand, and said coldly: "You go back to your bedroom to rest, I have my own conclusion on this matter!" ”