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Although the palace's banquet was a family banquet, Lin Shu had already experienced it when she was living in the Tzu Ning Palace. It seemed to be extremely harmonious, but it was actually extremely chaotic, and she didn't know when a poisonous snake that was spitting its tongue came out from the corner of the wall, "Why does Eighth Prince want to open this matter in front of everyone? "If that's the case, then there's a barrier between Eighth Prince and the empress dowager, and even the empress dowager …"

In her mind, Eighth Prince had always been a gentle and refined person. Originally, when he was living in Tzu Ning Palace, she only remembered that the people in the different palaces all liked Eighth Prince, and were always willing to come and serve them. Eighth Prince also didn't dislike them as servants, and would even speak amiably with them … After staying in the Tzu Ning Palace for that period of time, she had heard many good things from the Eighth Prince.

Even she felt that this Eighth Prince seemed to be a person without a temper … Otherwise, she wouldn't have begged Lu Jingran to go into the palace to see the Eighth Prince.

"I'm afraid that Eighth Prince has no other choice!" When Lu Jingran thought about the furious look the Eighth Prince had yesterday, he didn't even pay attention to his signals. He enunciated every word with a sonorous voice, and even he couldn't help but try to make peace for the Eighth Prince. "The Eighth Prince knows that the empress dowager has always doted on the Princess Changze, and if she really told this matter to the empress dowager in private, the empress dowager might even help the Princess Changze suppress it."

"You should know the personality of the empress dowager. She's always been protective of her husband. Even if she really loathed the Princess Changze because of this, she wouldn't reveal it in the open …" "Esteemed Empress Dowager has raised the Princess Changze for eight or nine years after all. If this scandal were to be exposed, it would only be a slap to Esteemed Empress Dowager's face."

"Yesterday, when I went to find the Eighth Prince, the Eighth Prince came up with this idea. If this matter spreads to everyone, then we'll force the emperor to investigate this matter thoroughly, not to mention, you're the daughter of the Assistant Minister of the Department of Third Rank. With how bold and reckless the Princess Changze is, the emperor will be the first to thoroughly investigate this matter.

Thinking about how dangerous yesterday's situation looked, and how Eighth Prince spoke with such certainty, Princess Changze kneeled on the ground and cried with a face full of tears. The words that came out said that Eighth Prince had wrongly accused her … Even Lu Jingran felt that the Princess Changze was not very smart. Normally, the Eighth Prince stayed deep within the palace and it was rare to see them leave the palace.

But Princess Changze's words were all about the relationship between Lin Shu and the Eighth Prince since the beginning and end of the conversation. What kind of status did Eighth Prince have? A few days ago, the was picking wives for the princes and the emperors. With so many young ladies from aristocratic families, the Empress Zhang could not even find one who was satisfied.

But Princess Changze didn't say anything. Heh, not to mention if there were any results from her killing Lin Shu, based on what she said yesterday, Empress Zhang would definitely not let her off.

Lu Jingran's lips curved into a faint smile. "You didn't see Esteemed Empress Dowager yesterday, but the empress dowager said at that time that although the Princess Changze's personality is somewhat arrogant, his conduct isn't bad. But because the empress dowager completely offended the empress dowager yesterday, before she could finish speaking, the empress dowager had already stood up in a hurry. "If it wasn't for the emperor stopping them, Esteemed Empress Dowager and Esteemed Empress would have had an argument on the spot."

Empress Zhang was his sister by blood. He knew very well what kind of character Empress Zhang had, to gain a filial reputation, he would follow Empress Dowager Wang everywhere, but if something really happened, Empress Zhang wouldn't care about the comfort and discomfort in his heart. "Your Majesty, just tell me, this will be investigated, Fourth Miss, don't worry."

Lin Shu nodded, "Then I will have to thank Uncle Jingtang … If I have the chance, I should also properly express my gratitude to Eighth Prince. "

"Uncle Jingtang must definitely taste the meat of the Linglong Pavilion's small kitchen today. The last time you left with National Duke Ning Palace Grand Madam, I sent someone over to deliver the food over to Green Pine Academy … This time, you must try it. I ordered the kitchen maid to place some quail eggs in the East Slope Meat and burn them together. The taste was very good. "

On that day, not only was the food sent back, but after that day, there were even people who ridiculed her for being flattering, wanting to curry favor with Grand Madam Palace's Grand Madam.

Without even thinking about it, she knew that those words came from Lin Lian's mouth. However, she did not know who served the tea in front of the Grand Madam Palace that day, and was even more filial than those who served the Grand Madam.

Lu Jingran shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Today, I did not come with my ancestor, I came alone by myself in the name of giving medicinal ingredients to the Grand Madam, I am afraid I will have to leave soon … I actually want to ask you this, that little servant Wang Pei was discovered by the officials yesterday morning, was it also your doing? "

Lin Shu nodded.

Lu Jingran felt that the woman in front of him was becoming more and more difficult to read. Not to mention the guards, this was something that a normal family wouldn't dare to do, "According to my investigations, Wang Pei's death doesn't seem to have anything to do with the Princess Changze?"

Lin Shu was not the only one who kept guards privately, those following him were all left behind by his grandfather, they had followed his grandfather's orders for their entire lives, and now they could be considered as his death soldiers.

It wasn't too hard for him to find out.

Lin Shu nodded her head again, "The people around Uncle Jingtang are truly powerful." Even the officials had not managed to find out about this information after a day or two, yet Lu Jingran had used around the same amount of time to investigate the matter to the point where there was a high chance that it was not too far off.

Lu Jingran's expression changed again as he looked at her, "Then does Fourth Miss know that if this matter is discovered, your reputation will be swept away as well? Now that the Assistant Minister Lin is located in the Department of Internal Affairs, everyone says that the Assistant Minister Lin will definitely pay respects and enter the pavilion in the future. If this murder case is truly related to the Assistant Minister Lin, then the Fourth Miss will likely become the sinner of the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion for all eternity … "

These words were a reminder to everyone.

If a girl offended her family, her days would be very difficult. Actually, she could clearly explain the few words in the letter yesterday, but he couldn't stop worrying.

"Does Uncle Jingtang think I should not say anything and do nothing?" It is already the beginning of autumn, and the trees have already begun to show traces of autumn, but it is unable to match up to the depressed look on Lin Shu's face, "Perhaps to many young noble families, I shouldn't have done this, but have the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion given me protection over the years? What happened, the first one who wanted to push me out, even if I became the sinner of Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion, what was there for me to be afraid of? What is there to lose? "

As she said that, she raised her head to look at Lu Jingran, who was taller than her by a head, and a bitter smile spread from the corner of her mouth, "Does Uncle Jingtang think that I'm ruthless and heartless?"

"No, no!" Lu Jingran shook his head, afraid that she would misunderstand, "I am just afraid that your life in the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion will not be good."

He's a man. His mother has plenty of ways to torment him, let alone a girl like her. She can easily ruin her reputation and make life worse for her than death!

Lin Shu even smiled, "Uncle Jingtang, you don't have to worry about me. If I didn't even have that much ability, I would have died thousands of times already. Now, everyone in the capital knows that the servant beside Wang Pei was killed by someone, all we can do is wait and see. "

The current Lin Pei and Princess Changze were too busy to take care of themselves, she wanted to see how the two of them would deal with this situation.

Only then did Lu Jingran relax, after all this was the inner chamber, he should not stay for long, and warned Lin Shu to be careful before he left.

Lin Shu slowly walked toward her Linglong Pavilion, but Actinin Qin stood by her side and said softly, "... This morning, the Nanny Chen came over before the young lady had woken up, and said that you don't have to go back to Green Pine Academy anymore. Now that the Grand Madam is like this, it can be said that the heavens have opened their eyes, and you don't want to fight with a person who is about to die. "

In this residence, most likely no one else would be as concerned about the Grand Madam as he was.

Lin Shu knew how important she was to Actinin Qin, and how important Grand Madam was to him. "In the future, I won't go to the Green Pine Academy anymore …" That day, she said those words with a little bit of impulse. If she really fought with the Grand Madam, the one who would get angry in the end would be herself.

Actinin Qin started chattering again, "... After you left the study last night, Master did not rest for more than four hours before leaving hurriedly. She has not come back even at this time, why do you think Master helped Princess Changze plead for mercy? It is obvious that the Old Master is unable to save herself at this time! "

Lin Shu laughed, "Do you think he is that kind? He valued power more than life itself. He would never allow his reputation to be affected … But Princess Changze is a stately princess, and has the protection of the empress dowager and the King Rui. It would be a heinous crime, and it would be as easy as flipping his palm to save his life. "

"If I'm not wrong, he definitely wants to push Wang Pei's death onto Princess Changze. Now that he wants to sell me in front of Princess Changze and get Princess Changze to help him carry the vat when the time comes … There is some quarrel between husband and wife that caused Princess Changze to be tempted to kill. This reason is not inconsistent with Princess Changze's personality. "