The man who knelt on the ground and committed an accident crawled to Shen Muzhou's feet, kowtowed a few times and said: "Ask the Ninth Prince to surround my life, I can't die, the smuggler of salt is to give medicine to the old mother at home to cure the disease, she is old and disabled, without me, I will wait for death." ”

"I don't want to sell salt, but this huge capital doesn't treat the poor, and the doctor needs at least one or two silver to consult and catch medicine, so how much do I earn a day when I go to work? 100 copper plates, my mother can't afford to take medicine, and the children in the family are difficult to wrap their stomachs, so they will starve to death. I beg the prince to spare my life for the sake of my mother, my child. I don't dare anymore, I don't dare anymore! ”

The man's face was honest and honest, and when he knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, a pair of dirty and dark hands trembled and touched the tips of Shen Muzhou's shoes, and finally he was afraid of soiling the pair of high-grade deerskin boots, so he withdrew his hand and supported it on the ground.

An old woman with a cane in her hand, she was like a withered tree, hunched back, even standing there was all the strength of her body, and there was a small doll beside her, and they begged for mercy for the man in the audience.

They turned their backs to Lin Yanxi and couldn't see their appearance clearly.

Shen Muzhou glanced gloomily at the people in the audience, and the old woman and the child quickly lowered their heads.

There was no emotion on his face, and when he saw Lin Yanxi in the audience, his eyes paused for a moment and quickly moved away.

Seeing that Shen Muzhou didn't react, the man stood up and was about to run away, muttering in his mouth: "I can't die, my mother and children can't live anymore if I die, I can't ...... Ah......h

The moment he turned around, his body was pierced by a white blade, and blood dripped down the blade on the execution table, and the old woman and the child watched the only relatives they could rely on die on the execution table.

Shen Muzhou didn't have any expression on his face, his heart was as cold as the knife in his hand that killed an unknown number of lives, after retracting the knife, he subconsciously looked in the direction of Lin Yanxi, where there was no longer her figure.

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Restaurant, in the Tianzi room.

Lin Kite's body was only covered with a layer of tulle, her fragrant shoulders were half exposed, and her red lips were charming.

Shen Qingyun held her in his arms, rubbed his hand on her lips and said, "So anxious to see this palace? ”

Lin Yuan smiled shyly, her lips opened and closed slightly, and she gently swallowed his finger and said, "You're not in a hurry?" ”

Shen Qingyun smiled in understanding, pressed her down on the bed, and buried her head in the socket of her neck.

She suddenly pulled up the veil, pushed Shen Qingyun away, and said with a look of wanting to refuse and welcome: "Since Lin Yanxi recovered her IQ, she has pressed me everywhere in the mansion, and now she has snatched away the power of the Taifu Mansion, I think sooner or later you will be hooked by her!" ”

She pretended to be angry, and left a line of tears, which looked even more moving.

"What nonsense?" Shen Qingyun quietly removed his arm and sat on the edge of the bed.

Lin Yuan's face changed, and he quickly smiled and coaxed him: "People are just afraid of losing you." ”

Shen Qingyun's face was gloomy and he didn't raise his eyes to look at her, and continued: "Do you know what this palace likes about you? From the first time I saw you, I knew that you and I were the kind of people, with eyes full of desire and ambition. ”

Lin Yuan lowered her eyes, her face was more ugly, and her smile was stiff on her face.

He continued: "If you are ambitious, you need to be smarter to achieve great things, and if you are just a little clever, your ambition will harm you." ”

Lin Yuan's voice was a little astringent: "I don't understand what the prince means. ”

The gloom in his eyes when he looked at her sideways was terrifying, and he asked, "Oh? Don't you understand? ”

They all knew in their hearts what happened when Lin Yanxi didn't return that night.

Taifu's attitude towards his marriage to Lin Yanxi is still unclear, and he needs someone to help him act in Taifu's mansion and be his eyeliner.

Lin Kite is the most ambitious, and he is also the best to control.

Lin Yuan knelt on the ground, with tears in her eyes and said: "I really love you so much, Qingyun, I can't lose you, I am confused for a while, don't blame me." ”

"Ugh." Shen Qingyun stretched out his hand to help her up and said, "How can I blame you, it's too late to hurt you." ”

He took out a small bag of things from his cuff and gave it to her, "It's the queen's birthday in two days, you can find an opportunity to give her this before she enters the palace." ”

Lin Yuan hesitated for a moment, and did not take the medicinal powder, the current Lin Yanxi is different from the past, and she is no longer the fool who can be at her mercy.

"Don't worry, this medicinal powder is colorless and tasteless, no one will notice it, as long as I cook rice with Lin Yanxi, in order to save face, the Taifu will beg me to marry her, and then I will propose to admit you into the East Palace together, and you two sisters will be equal wives regardless of whether they are small or small."

"It's not a disappointment to you."

Lin Yuan knew that this was her best ending, to be a flat wife, to enter the East Palace, and after Shen Qingyun succeeded to the throne as emperor, it was not impossible for her to be the queen.

Now you have to endure it.

She obediently took the medicine bag and said, "Iris'er is willing to help the prince's brother." ”

The haze on Shen Qingyun's face was swept away, he smiled and took her into his arms, peeled off a thin layer of soft veil on her body, and the snow-white skin came into view, he breathed sluggishly, and kissed her anxiously.

The two snuggled up to the bed for a while, and thick smoke drifted in through the crack in the door.

"Oh no, no, it's on fire!" Outside, someone shouted, and then there was a messy footstep.

The restaurant is divided into three floors, the first and second floors are places to eat and listen to stories, the third floor has never been open to the public, there are special people to guard and serve, it is the prince's special place for private meetings with people, and the stairs in and out are also hidden at the back door.

Lin Yuan hurriedly got dressed, but this coat was thrown on the corridor just now when the two of them were lingering in the corridor, and now the coat has long since disappeared.

She pulled Shen Qingyun's sleeve and said anxiously, "The coat is still in the corridor." ”

Shen Qingyun opened the door and wanted to go up the stairs from the back door, but the billowing smoke drifted up from under the stairs at the back door, and the two had no choice but to return to the room.

He calmly glanced at the room and said, "Go through the window." Leave the coat alone. Outside the window is the backyard, where the carriage is waiting, waiting for the carriage to buy you a new one. ”

Shen Qingyun pushed open the window with great effort, and suddenly squatted down, he pulled Lin Kite's sleeve, and motioned for her to quickly squat down and hide, and a bunch of people gathered under the window for some reason.

I watched the smoke billowing into the room.

All the roads had been blocked, and there was only one way for him to go, and that was to go down the stairs from the main entrance.

"Kite, I'll go downstairs first, you wait upstairs, my guards will come to save you."

Because it was a tryst with his lover, he did not bring a personal guard or attendant, but only a groom and asked him to wait downstairs.

Lin Yuan grabbed Shen Qingyun's sleeve and refused to let go, and carefully called his name: "Qingyun, don't leave me, cough cough." ”

The smoke in the house was already choking people, and Shen Qingyun guessed that the fire outside would soon spread, so he pulled his sleeve back from her hand.

"Well, I'll come to your rescue soon, and you don't have any coats on your side, so you have to wait for me here just to keep your own reputation."

"Don't go downstairs, wait for me to find a guard to save you."

Shen Qingyun said another word of advice uneasily, and ran to the stairs leading to the main entrance without looking back.

Lin Yuan looked at his back as he left in a hurry, and sneered in her heart, her name had been ruined as early as the day she climbed onto the prince's bed.

Lin Yanxi, Lin Ze, and Jiang Wan sat around a table to listen to the storytelling, and waited for a long time, and finally saw the prince running down the stairs in a panic.

"Brother Prince, what a coincidence." Lin Yanxi's eyebrows inadvertently raised, and he stopped him.

Shen Qingyun saw that the Taifu family looked flustered, and after stabilizing his mind, he found that the diners on the first and second floors were all leisurely, how could they look like they were half on fire.

He fell for this little girl's trick.

Shen Qingyun greeted Lin Ze gently and politely: "Does Taifu also like the storyteller here?" ”

Lin Ze saluted with a smile on his face: "The old minister has seen the prince. ”

Shen Qingyun nodded, saying that he had left beforehand.

Lin Ze had followed Shen Qingyun for many years, and he could see that Shen Qingyun's face was flustered, his words flickered, he looked at Lin Yanxi sideways again, his face sank, and he walked upstairs.

He had long heard that the third floor of this restaurant was chartered by dignitaries, but he didn't expect it to be chartered by the prince.

Jiang Wan glanced at Lin Yanxi, didn't say anything, and followed Lin Ze upstairs.

By the time they reached the third floor, the smoke had mostly cleared, but it was still foggy, and a woman's intermittent cry could be heard from one room.

Lin Ze's heart tightened, he was extremely familiar with the cry, he pushed the door in, and stood in place.

"Daddy......"

Lin Kite was only wearing a thin undershirt, the tulle was scattered on the ground, and the bedding on the bed was messy and ambiguous.

She lowered her eyes in horror, not daring to look at Lin Ze's shocked and disappointed eyes.

Lin Ze angrily picked up the teacup on the table and threw it on Lin Kite's head, Jiang Wan took the lead to protect Lin Kite.

"Evil obstacles! You're going to lose my face! Lin Ze was so angry that he trembled, he couldn't fight if he wanted to, and he couldn't scold when he wanted to.

Jiang Wan instructed the Yu Gu who followed behind: "Why don't you go and get clothes for the eldest lady to put on." ”

Yugu has been serving by Jiang Wan's side since she was a child, she married Taifu, and Yugu also married together, and the two were inseparable.

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Taifu Mansion.

Lin Ze sat in the lobby without saying a word, and Jiang Wan dismissed the subordinates in the mansion, leaving only Yugu to follow her.

Lin Yanxi also sat on the circle chair on the side, sipping tea, and looking at Lin Kite kneeling on the ground with a pair of big eyes, looking like he was waiting to see a good show.

Xu Xiaoniang also came to the lobby, protected her daughter behind her and said, "Master, Lin Yuan was still young because she was coaxed by a man and made a big mistake. ”

Lin Ze clenched his fists, tried his best to hide the anger and shame in his heart, and said, "What kind of person is the prince? Will there be a shortage of women around him? Will you take the initiative to take a fancy to Lin Kite and coax her to dedicate herself? ”

Xu Xiaoniang was blocked and had nothing to say, and began to come to the same old routine again, tears did not fall, and howled: "It's all my fault, I didn't teach my daughter well, if you are angry, come to me!" Don't be embarrassed. ”

Lin Ze flipped the table in front of him with a gloomy face, and said angrily: "Coming at you? The reputation of our Taifu Mansion, my status in the court, and the relationship between me and the crown prince can't afford to lose you and your uncompetitive daughter alive! Stupid woman! ”

Lin Yanxi couldn't help snickering, blowing tea foam in a small mouth, which was very interesting.

Jiang Wan sat next to her, secretly twisted Lin Yanxi's arm, she rubbed her arm in pain, looked at Jiang Wan's face, quickly sat up straight again, and pulled up her little face.

Lin Yuan wiped her tears, suddenly pointed at Lin Yanxi, glared at her resentfully and angrily, and said, "It's her!" It's all Lin Yanxi calculating me! ”