Chapter 384 Cannon Fodder Stand & Cold Tyrant 27
Prince Rui stared at Lin Xiruo: "Do you want to enter the palace?"
The tone was inexplicably dangerous, Lin Xiruo thought that she just wanted him He was just coaxing himself, but he kept arguing and immediately stared at him without speaking or admitting.
Prince Rui sneered twice, suddenly got up and left the carriage, and the two broke up on bad terms for the first time.
After that, Prince Rui did not return home. Lin Xiruo was so angry that she went directly back to her parents' home and complained to Meng. The two were chatting when they suddenly heard a noise coming from outside, and then there was someone The maid came in to report that there was a fire in the house.
I put on my clothes and went out, and sure enough I saw a fire somewhere in the northeast soaring into the sky, burning in the night.
She asked in surprise: "Where is that?"
Meng's face suddenly changed as she looked at it: "Quick, go put out the fire!"
However, the fire was too strong. After they had put on their clothes and were waiting in the house, the mother-in-law came back in a state of embarrassment and said that the house had been burned to rubble and only a charred corpse was found.
Lin Xiruo was surprised: "Aunt Li is dead?" She already knew that it was Aunt Lin Zhi's courtyard that was on fire.
The mother-in-law nodded.
Explanation, the maid on duty tonight was lazy and went to find someone to play with. Nothing happened, but Aunt Li was burned beyond recognition.
She turned pale with fright and looked at Meng.
Mr. Meng quickly turned the Buddhist beads in her hand and looked at her mother-in-law: "No one is allowed to tell anyone about what happened tonight. Just say that no one lives in the burned yard. Shut everyone up!" Zi Fei nodded quickly and ran out to make arrangements.
Meng Shi looked at Lin Xiruo: "Lin Zhi must not know about this matter."
Lin Xiruo also nodded repeatedly. If Lin Zhi knew that her aunt was gone, she might fight them to the death and no longer be under control.
Then Mrs. Meng hugged her daughter and entered the house. The mother and daughter did not take this matter to heart. On the contrary, after learning what their daughter said to Prince Rui, they kept scolding her and blamed her for not telling Prince Rui. Which man can tolerate the woman he likes saying such things and asking her to go back and apologize to Prince Rui tomorrow?
But she sighed in her heart. Her daughter looked shrewd in vain and was spoiled by their couple.
However, after hearing the news from the palace, His Majesty seems to be very fond of Linzhi, that little bitch. I don’t know whether it’s because of her skill or because of her daughter. If it’s the latter, then Aren't they at a disadvantage?
The next day,
When Lin Zhi woke up, Song Zi had already found out from the eunuch who was out of the palace purchasing that there was a fire in the Shangshu Mansion yesterday, but it only burned an empty room and no one died.
She gave a playful smile. It seemed that the Lin family planned to keep hiding it from her so that they could continue to take advantage of it.
"Madam, Xiao Dezi went to visit the address you gave me. Everything is fine, Madam. However, he felt that the atmosphere in our Cuiwei Palace was very good and wanted to come to honor you, but Xiao Dezi felt that he was there. It’s more useful, so I declined it for you. Do you think it’s appropriate?”
Ling Zhi glanced at him. , Songzi is considered her confidant. These connections were developed after he became the steward of Cuiwei Palace. He smiled and said: "I will naturally believe what you do, so this arrangement will be good."
Let him go later. Luyi gave some money to him and the little Dezi. She was not stingy at all when it came to money.
Songzi was particularly happy. After saying a lot of good things, she left happily.
What he was most happy about was that Lin Zhi trusted him.
Ling Zhi called Lu Rong over again and asked her if there was any movement from Lu Qi. Lu Rong said that Lu Qi had written a letter and was going to send it outside the palace, but they kidnapped it and then took out the letter.
The content inside was exactly about Lu Ru’s death. I wonder if they sensed their suspicion of her, so they rushed to send it out. "Empress, would you like to..."
"No, just keep an eye on her." Seeing Lu Rong's brows furrowed, Lin Zhi said more seriously, "I know you are afraid that she will leak the secret, but with so many people watching, nothing will happen. Go down."
Lu Rong had no choice but to leave, but her expression was still bad. She was not worried about Lu Qi leaking the secret, but she found that Lin Zhi valued Songzi more and did not rely on herself at all, which gave rise to a sense of crisis.
Worried that he was useless, she would eventually kill him.
After all, she is the only one in the entire Cuiwei Palace who knows His Majesty’s thoughts about the Third Miss. If the matter is revealed, His Majesty may not touch the Third Miss at all. If she does not like the Third Miss, the result will be even worse.
So much so that I felt extremely anxious.
Lin Zhi could actually tell that she was worried, but she didn't care at all and continued to sleep after breakfast.
Now that she has no worries, all she needs to do next is attack Xiao Yuan, and then the male protagonist’s plan will come to nothing.
It was rare to feel relaxed and sleep soundly.
In the imperial study room, Xiao Yuan also got the things that Gao Peng found out. He opened it and read it, and laughed angrily: "Prince Rui's side concubine?"
Gao Peng's scalp was numb, he found out Shi was also shocked. He didn't expect Prince Rui and the Lin family to be so courageous that they dared to change things under their noses.
"Although I had heard before that Prince Rui and the concubine of Shangshu Mansion were very close to each other before leaving the palace, but later when Lin Xiruo entered the palace, Prince Rui married the concubine of the Lin family. The slave thought that although he was looking at things and missing people, But..." Who would have thought that King Rui would be so crazy that he would exchange his concubine with Lin Xiruo.
What's more important is that if she hadn't married Prince Rui, the entire capital would not have known about Lin Zhi.
In addition, Lin Zhi didn’t see anyone before she got married, and she couldn’t even leave the yard after she got married.
Who would have known that she and Lin Xiruo were obviously not born from the same mother, but they actually looked so similar. If His Majesty hadn't suddenly asked him to check this, he would have never known that the concubine in the harem was quietly changed. .
He hesitated for a moment: "Your Majesty, is it the eldest lady of the Lin family or that person who lives in Cuiwei Palace now?" I don't know how to call him.
Then I thought about the sign that Prince Rirui had entered the palace before, and I was shocked. "Prince Rirui's side concubine entered the palace yesterday. Are the two of them discussing how to plot against you? The servants surrounded Cuiwei Palace!"
Secretly hating that I was blind, I still thought that Cuiwei Palace was good. I said good things in front of His Majesty many times and almost hurt His Majesty.
Xiao Yuan slowly shook his head: "No, this person in the palace has no guts to harm me. Besides, you didn't find out that there was a fire in Shangshu Mansion last night, and the person who died was the biological mother of the concubine."
< br>Pointing at the letter, he said, "Go, find the person and send him to Huangzhuang."
Gao Peng subconsciously accepted the order, but after going out, he still didn't understand why His Majesty asked him to find Lin Zhi's biological mother. Isn't he already dead? The people guarding the place said they were all burnt to black. Could it be that they stole the body and turned the man in the palace against the Lin family?
The more I thought about it, the more I realized that this was the case. I sighed, "Higher, your Majesty is still higher."
Xiao Yuan looked at the paper about Lin Zhi, the concubine of the Lin family. The biological mother was deliberately given to his son by the old lady of the Lin family and the Meng family. She was not liked by Lin Shangshu. She could not even eat good food since she was a child. Being locked up in a small courtyard.
When I was more than ten years old, I was almost beaten to death by my legitimate daughter. I had to wash my clothes with cold water in winter, and my hands turned red from the cold.
The biological mother was still frail and sick, and had to keep embroidering handkerchiefs in exchange for money to buy medicine... Until Lin Shangshu planned to take advantage of her, she was sent to Prince Rui's Mansion in a sedan chair.
A report came from outside the palace: "Your Majesty, Concubine Yi is here."
He put it away: "Come in."