Lin Yu sat on the Arhat bed in the bright room of the main room, holding a book in his hand, pretending to groan, but in fact, he was listening to the movement outside with his ears pricked up.

Xiaomei was sitting in the duty room, and faintly heard what seemed to be Zhu Lingling's voice crying outside, "Someone is dead!" Someone died", I felt a little strange, I just wanted to go out to see, but I was afraid that the eldest prince would find out and be beaten, so I had to suppress my curiosity and still sit there waiting for the door.

Who knew that it didn't take long for a sound of footsteps outside, Xiaomei got up and went out to look, only to find that everyone was coming over with the princess and princess.

Her eyes were very sharp, and at a glance, she saw that Hongyu, Zizhu and Zhu Lingling were escorted by several mothers-in-law, and their faces were pale.

Xiaomei hurriedly stepped forward and curtsied: "I've seen the princess and princess!"

Lin Taofeng's eyes narrowed slightly: "What about the eldest son?"

Seeing that the prince's face was like frost, the princess looked solemn, Xiaomei didn't dare to say more, and stretched out her hand to point in the direction of the main room.

Lin Tao strode towards the main room of Lingfeng Courtyard.

Princess Li hurriedly followed.

At this time, Lin Yu had already heard the movement outside, and hurriedly ran out with the book: "Father, princess!"

Lin Tao said in a deep voice: "Where is your inner study?"

Lin Yu was a little stunned, and before she could speak, Zhu Lingling said, "Lord Wang, the eldest prince's inner study is over there!"

She pointed to the East Wing.

Lin Yu was stunned.

Lin Tao strode towards the east wing.

When the little servant dragged out the corpse from under the Luohan bed in the dark room in the north of the east wing, Lin Tao immediately looked at Lin Yu.

Lin Yu's eyes widened, and the book in his hand fell to the ground with a "snap".

He muttered, "She...... How did she ...... No way......"

Princess Li's voice was gentle: "Ah Yu, what is 'impossible'?"

Lin Yu didn't even look at Princess Li, closed her lips, and didn't say a word.

Lin Tao instructed his relatives to follow Guan Yue: "You check it!"

Guan Yue's family has served as a servant in Qingzhou Prefecture for generations, and Guan Yue herself has served as a servant for many years, and she was saved by Lin Tao by fate, so she came to Lin Tao's side to wait.

When Guan Yue took a few servants to inspect the corpse, Lin Tao and Princess Li came to the Ming Room and sat down on both sides of the Eight Immortals Table in the Ming Room.

Lin Tao instructed the little maid Xizhao: "You go to Qinglian Courtyard and invite the second son and the maid in the second son's courtyard to come over!"

The dead maid was the maid in Lin Jia's courtyard, and Lin Jia had to be called over anyway.

Lin Yu knelt on the ground in a daze, and when he heard Lin Tao's words, he suddenly opened his mouth and immediately kowtowed: "Father, this maid is the maid of the second brother, and the son doesn't know why he came to the son's room!"

Princess Li took a sip of the teacup, her face solemn: "Lord Wang, when Ajia comes, let's ask again, we can't let the innocent child bear the charge in vain!"

A moment later, Lin Jia, dressed in a moon-white brocade robe, walked in with the sunset, followed by water wattles and hollyhocks.

Lin Tao looked at Lin Jia, who was thin, and told the ins and outs of the matter, and then subconsciously lowered his voice: "Ajia, what's going on?"

Lin Jia thought for a while and said, "Xiliu brought me tea yesterday evening, because she was too reckless, she spilled the tea on me, I quarreled with her a few words, she ran out crying, I ignored her."

Princess Li smiled and said, "In that case, do you have any witnesses?"

Yu Yu agreed, and was about to go out of the queue, but Shui Yu suddenly came out of the queue, squeezed Yu Yu aside, and bowed first, and then said loudly: "Lord and princess, the slave and maid have an inside story to report!"

She was afraid of being stopped, so she hurriedly said: "Lord, princess, Xiliu has been accepted by the second son, Xiliu told the slave maid, saying that she is pregnant and belongs to the second son, presumably the second son refused to admit it, killed the fine willow, and deliberately blamed the eldest son!"

Yu Yu glanced at Shui Jing, came out of the column and saluted uprightly, and said slowly: "Princess, the slave maid has been waiting for the second son last night, and the slave maid can guarantee that the second son has not left the Qinglian Courtyard last night, and the little maid on duty in the duty room of the Qinglian Courtyard can also prove it!"

Ah Cheng, who was on duty, immediately came out of the ranks, proving that Lin Jia had never been out of Qinglian Courtyard.

Shui Jing glanced at Princess Li, saw that she was silent, and didn't look at herself at all, and said in her heart at the moment: The princess arranged me to the second son's side, originally to harm the second son, but the matter has come to this point, I can only persevere to the end, so I can get the princess's trust!

She immediately said: "Lord Wang, after the fine willow ran out last night, the slave maid saw Yu Yu and Ah Cheng go out, and it didn't take long for the second son to go out, and he came back after about half an hour!"

Princess Li sighed and looked at Lin Tao helplessly: "Lord, Ajia, this kid ......"

Yu Yu knelt on the ground, straightened his back and said, "Lord and Princess, how can you prove that the second prince has gone out based on the testimony of Shui Jing alone?" What if Shui Jing was instructed to kill the second son? ”

Princess Li didn't expect the usually silent maid beside Lin Jia to be so brave at this time, she smiled coldly, looked at Yu Yu, and her big eyes were full of coldness.

Yu Yu was not afraid, looked at Princess Li's gaze, and then turned to Lin Tao: "Lord Wang, the body was found in the eldest prince's study, how can we people in Qinglian Courtyard enter Lingfeng Courtyard?" Why didn't the prince ask the person on duty in the Lingfeng Courtyard? ”

Lin Taofeng looked at Yu Yu with deep eyes, and said in his heart: This maid beside Ah Jia is loyal to the lord, and she has a good mouth!

He put down the teacup: "Tell the people in the rotating room of Lingfeng Courtyard to come over too!"

After Xiaomei was called in, she kowtowed timidly, no one dared to look, and lay on the ground and said: "Sister Xiaoliu did come to find the eldest prince yesterday evening, and the eldest prince followed Miss Xiaoliu out, and then about a cup of tea, the eldest prince came back by himself......"

Lin Yu didn't expect that the situation was obviously favorable to him, but this Xiaomei stood up and said something unfavorable to herself.

He was furious in his heart and looked at Xiaomei viciously.

At this moment, Guan Yue, who was inspecting the corpse, walked in: "Lord Wang, the female corpse was drowned, and she is four months pregnant in her womb."

Lin Tao stared at Guan Yue: "Can you be sure that you are four months pregnant?"

Guan Yue replied "yes".

Princess Li let out a long sigh and said, "Lord Wang, Ajia's child is really true, even if the maid in the room is pregnant, what is this?" I'll take the house! This kid actually drowned a good girl......"

Lin Tao sneered, and his phoenix eyes looked at Princess Li: "How can you be sure that this child must be Ajia's?"

Princess Li glanced at Shui Jing, her big eyes were full of innocence: "Lord, it was Ajia's own maid who said it!"

Lin Tao looked at Lin Jia.

Lin Jia's handsome face smiled brightly, and a pair of cute little tiger teeth appeared from time to time: "Princess, if Xiliu is indeed four months pregnant, it is now October, and four months ago it was June, but since the eighth day of the fifth month, my son has been accompanying Lord Xia of Zhizhou to arrange the prevention and control of locusts in various counties in Qingzhou, and he did not return to the palace until August, and then the son went out again a few days later, and he did not return to the palace until October!"

After that, Lin Jia and Lin Tao were almost identical, and Xiu Changfeng had a smile in his eyes, and said, "Princess, I don't know yet, I can take people's chastity hundreds of miles away and make people pregnant!"

At this point, Lin Tao actually understood everything, and instructed Guan Yue: "The red jade and purple beads of Lingfeng Courtyard are not effective in waiting for the eldest prince, and the rod will be punished for thirty; The water wattle of Qinglian Courtyard slandered the master, and the rod was punished for thirty, and Yu Yu and Ah Cheng loyally protected the lord, and each was rewarded with one hundred taels of silver! ”

Guan Yue replied "yes" and went to execute it.

When Hongyu and Zizhu heard this, the whole person was soft there-thirty rods on the body, it would definitely kill people!

The two of them trembled and looked at Lin Yu, tears rolling down their noses one by one: "Big Prince! Big Prince, help! Help, my lord! Help—"

Lin Yu knelt there without saying a word.

He knew that his father knew what he was doing, but he was just a maid, and although his father was angry, he was only scolding and beating a few times, but he was not afraid.

And he just has to resolutely refuse to admit it.

Shui Jing was also so frightened that her face panicked, and she hurriedly pounced on Princess Li in a panic, and hugged Princess Li's thigh: "Princess, help!" Help me! Princess, slave maid—"

Princess Li never took the maid's life seriously, and immediately raised her willow eyebrows, and her big eyes were full of disgust: "Don't drag this cheap maid away!"

Guan Yue saw that the prince gave him a look, and hurriedly waved his hand to the little guys.

The little ones rushed up and grabbed the red jade, the purple bead, and the water thorn, gagged and dragged them into the courtyard.

Listening to the dull "poof" sound made by the wooden canes in the courtyard hitting the human body one after another, Lin Tao glanced at Princess Li, and then looked at Lin Jia: "Ajia, Ayu, follow me to the outer study."

Lin Jia replied "yes", gave Yu Yu and Ah Cheng a look, and then followed his father out.

Lin Yu also followed.

Yu Yu and Ah Cheng took the opportunity to follow and went out.

Lin Tao saw Yu Yu and Ah Cheng following behind Lin Jia, thinking of their loyalty to Lin Jia, he didn't say anything.

There is a purple gold incense burner on the rosewood shelf in the outer study, and the incense of agarwood is burned inside, and the elegant fragrance permeates the large study.

After Lin Tao sat down on the red sandalwood carved wreath chair behind the bookcase, he first instructed Guan Yue: "Put the eldest prince in the west wing and think about it behind closed doors, and then let him out in a month."

After Lin Yu was taken away by Guan Yue, Lin Tao looked at Lin Jia: "Say, what's going on?"

Lin Jia raised his eyes to look at his father, thought for a while, and then said: "Daddy, the fine willow is a fine work that Princess Li put in my room, and she poisoned my tea several times, and I saw through it." Later, the eldest brother fell in love with her, and after making her pregnant, he threw her into the well of Shuijing Pavilion, trying to frame me, but Zhu Lingling saw it. Yu Yu learned from Zhu Lingling and told me, I ordered someone to fish out the body of Xiliu that night, sent it to the eldest brother's study, and countered his body with his human way. ”

He looked at Lin Tao with clear eyes: "The next dad should have seen it!"

Lin Tao had actually guessed it, he looked at Lin Jia quietly, and said, "This palace ...... Don't stay still, your imperial uncle has ordered someone to send a message to let you go to the capital at the end of the year. ”

Lin Jia replied "yes".

Lin Tao looked at his son with some sadness.

This is his eldest son, his most beloved son, and he may have to be a son to someone else in the future, and he is afraid that his own father will not be able to recognize it......

Unconsciously, Lin Tao's eyes moistened: "In the remaining two months, you still have to work hard and make some achievements in this position, so that others can't say anything!" In addition, if you have time, come and accompany me more, and ...... in the future I don't know if you'll ever go back to Qingzhou in the future......"

Lin Jia let out a "hmm", and there was also a trace of sadness in her heart.

Lin Jia originally thought that he would spend the last two months in Qingzhou peacefully, but later he realized that he was wrong.