Chapter 97 Reminder
As expected, what Lin Yingxue expected was that Murong Xun was no longer satisfied with the situation of being evenly matched with the prince. Within a few days, the originally calm situation began to turmoil - an important official under the prince was impeached and bribed.
At this time, Lin Yingxue was chatting with Murong Yue in the palace to relieve her boredom, "How about the princess trying this tea?" She pushed the cooked tea to Murong Yue.
Lin Yingxue didn't like drinking tea very much. Until she was reincarnated in this life, she suddenly liked to taste tea. Occasionally, she would cook tea by herself, because when she was cooking tea now, her mind could maintain unprecedented peace, which was a state of mind.
"Oh!" Murong Yue sighed with a frown, picked up the teacup and took a casual sip, then put the teacup down again.
Since Lin Yingxue entered the palace this morning, she may have heard dozens of sighs alone. I really don’t know how Murong Yue was young and was raised in her hand since she was a child, so she had so much trouble.
She smiled and shook her head, then asked casually: "Has the princess encountered something unhappy?"
When Murong Yue heard Lin Yingxue ask, she nodded vigorously and signaled Lin Yingxue to look at the guard at the door with her eyes, "I sneaked out of the palace again and again to annoy my father. Now that my father has sent so many people to look at me, I have to follow me without leaving any steps in the imperial garden. I am almost annoyed and almost suffocated!"
So that's it. Lin Yingxue smiled and comforted: "The emperor is also afraid that something will happen to the princess, so he takes care of it more strictly. The princess must also understand the emperor's painstaking efforts."
"What painstaking efforts!" Murong Yue had obviously been depressed for a long time. When Lin Yingxue mentioned this topic, her complaints were like pouring beans on bamboo tubes, and she couldn't stop: "I don't care about that much. In short, the father didn't let me go out for fun and sent someone to watch me, it was not good for me..."
Lin Yingxue sat aside and heard Murong Yue complaining helplessly for half an hour, and finally couldn't help saying: "The princess actually wants to leave the palace, but it's not impossible."
When Murong Yue heard Lin Yingxue's words, she stopped talking and looked at Lin Yingxue with her bright eyes and said, "What's the solution? Yingxue, say it quickly, say it quickly!"
Murong Yue asked, and then came to Lin Yingxue's body and shook Lin Yingxue's body excitedly.
Lin Yingxue was shaken by Murong Yue and almost broke up. He hurriedly answered: "Has the prince not entered the palace these days to pay tribute to the Empress?"
Murong Yue didn't know why Lin Yingxue suddenly asked this question, but she nodded and said, "Yes, my elder brother used to come to the palace to pay his respects to his mother every two days, but it seems that he hasn't come for several days recently."
Of course, the important minister under the prince who was reported to accept bribes has been imprisoned. The prince was busy trying to catch people and trying to separate the relationship. He must have been very busy. How could he have time to come to the palace to pay tribute to the queen?
Lin Yingxue thought in her heart, and replied calmly: "The prince hasn't come to the palace these days. The queen must want to know the prince's current situation. The fourth princess might as well go to the queen's place for a walk. The queen will definitely agree to the princess to go out and see the princess."
After Lin Yingxue said the queen, Murong Yue's eyes lit up immediately. She stood up without saying a word, "Yingxue, you are waiting here, I will beg for my mother now, we will leave the palace and have fun!"
As he said that, without waiting for Lin Yingxue to answer, Murong Yue ran out in a flash.
Looking at Murong Yue's back as she gradually faded, the smile on Lin Yingxue's face gradually faded. She lowered her head and picked up the tea on the table and took a sip of it. Her black eyes flashed with a deep glimmer.
When the prince had an accident, the queen, as the prince's biological mother, was naturally very anxious, so Murong Yue would definitely agree to it under the guise of going to see the prince.
Sure enough, Murong Yue came back shortly after a while and said excitedly: "My mother has given me the waist card for leaving the palace. We will go to my elder brother's mansion to catch a walk. After seeing my elder brother, I will go to Li Ji's place to have a snack. Li Ji's snacks are so delicious, and even the skills of the imperial kitchen are not as good as..."
Murong Yue chattered constantly with excitement, but this excitement continued to the Prince's Mansion and disappeared completely.
As soon as he entered the Prince's Mansion, Murong Yue felt that the Prince's Mansion was peaceful and warm, but today there was a heavy atmosphere. Although the prince was still talking to her in a whispering voice as before, Murong Yue could clearly feel the prince's absent-mindedness and anxiety today.
"Brother, has something happened recently?" Murong Yue was in the deep palace and did not know anything about the court. In addition, the palace servants around Murong Yue received the orders of the emperor and the empress, and usually never mentioned the matters in the court in front of Murong Yue, so Murong Yue knew almost nothing about the current situation in the court. Therefore, she didn't know where the prince's troubles came from.
"It's okay." Seeing Murong Yue frowning, the prince quickly restrained his emotions and said with a smile: "You little girl, don't worry about your elder brother. Recently, my elder brother is busy with official business and has no time to go to the palace to respect his mother. You have to go to the front of the elder brother and talk to her for him. Do you know?"
Every time she goes to the Queen's harem, she always gets rumored to a lot of rules, so she doesn't like to go! Murong Yue curled her lips and thought to herself in her heart, but she still answered: "I know! My elder brother is just as nagging as the queen..."
"Okay, I know you will definitely not be able to stay in my mansion. I will send a few guards to follow you, you can go out to play on the streets by yourself, remember to come back before the evening, and I will arrange for someone to take you back to the palace." The prince obviously had something else to do, so he hurriedly explained and got up and left.
Seeing this, Lin Yingxue quickly stood up and said, "Your Highness the Prince, please stay!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the prince immediately turned around. After seeing that the person who called him was Miss Lin’s fifth lady whom he had just met today, the prince couldn’t help but wonder: “Is there anything wrong with Miss Wu?”
"That's right. Yingxue just happened to know Mr. Zheng, the guest minister in the mansion. Since I came here today, I want to visit him. If the prince is free, why not take me there?" Lin Yingxue said calmly.
When I wanted to see Zheng, I just found a servant to report it and lead the way. In fact, he didn't need to lead the way in person, but the prince has always been very well-educated and Lin Yingxue is Murong Yue's friend, so the prince did not refuse, but replied with a smile: "Then please come with me."
Lin Yingxue nodded, then turned to Murong Yue, who was confused and said, "Then please wait for me here for a while."
"Go and go!" Murong Yue was obviously in a good mood when she was able to come out to play today. She waved her hand and asked Lin Yingxue to go and go back quickly, while she sat down leisurely.
Seeing this, Lin Yingxue smiled and walked towards the backyard with the prince.
"What's wrong?" When I arrived at the back garden, I saw Lin Yingxue suddenly stopping, and the prince couldn't help but ask in confusion.
Lin Yingxue did not rush to answer, but saluted the prince with apology first, and then said, "Please forgive me for your crime. In fact, Yingxue doesn't know Mr. Zheng, but she just wanted to say something to the prince alone, so she lies like this."
When Lin Yingxue said these words, she had a calm demeanor. When she was in the front hall before, the prince only thought Lin Yingxue was an ordinary lady with a quiet personality, but now he feels that Lin Yingxue is not simple as he looks at it.
"Since that's the case, the fifth lady might as well sit down and talk." The prince pondered for a moment. He did not look down on Lin Yingxue because Lin Yingxue was a teenage girl. Instead, he changed his face and asked Lin Yingxue to sit down in the pavilion in front of him.
The prince's courtesy and respect made Lin Yingxue feel better about the gentle and elegant young master in front of her. She nodded and sat down while whispering: "The fourth princess is still waiting in the front hall, so I will just tell a long story, so it won't take too much time for the prince."
Before the prince could answer, Lin Yingxue explained the thoughts he had sorted out before coming: "Mr. Gao is now in prison for accepting bribes. Although this is a big crime, it is not a big problem, because after all, this is a personal character of Gao Da. Even if everyone knows that Mr. Gao is the prince's member, it will not have much impact on His Highness."
"What the prince should be worried about now is the whereabouts of the disaster relief official bank." Lin Yingxue deliberately paused to look at the prince. After all, she did not have her own power now, so it was difficult to find any useful news. Everything she knew now was inferred through folk rumors and previous life experiences. As for whether this speculation was accurate, even she herself was not sure.
However, when she heard what she said, the prince did not correct or refute her, which proved that her current speculation was correct. So Lin Yingxue followed her thoughts and said: "Mr. Gao was ordered to bring the food for disaster relief to Xijiang to provide disaster relief, but he accepted bribes from local officials in Xijiang, so he was reported and impeached. What's even worse is that after Mr. Gao was imprisoned, the official silver he brought with him did not fly away, so now some people say that Mr. Gao was greedy for disaster relief."
"The former is just an ordinary crime of accepting bribes, but embezzling disaster relief silver is a serious crime that implicates the nine clans. Moreover, if Gao Da made a fuss in prison, his prince was greedy for the money, and then someone found the official silver in the prince's mansion, then his prince would not be able to clear his prince if he jumped into the Yellow River... If he really reached that situation, it would be a real crisis for his prince."
After Lin Yingxue's interlocking analysis, the prince immediately broke out in a cold sweat. He originally thought that the official silver would disappear and reported it to the court directly. Anyway, stealing the official silver would be a death sentence. Even if ordinary people took it, they would not dare to use it. At that time, as long as the court took action, they would definitely be able to recover the official silver.
Once Guanyin is found, he can clear the charge of corruption in Gao Sachs. If only one crime of bribery is left, as Lin Yingxue said, it will be much easier, but he never thought that Guanyin suddenly disappeared was actually for him!
If things really come to what Lin Yingxue expected, then his position as the prince, who was already in turmoil, would definitely be hit hard!
Chapter completed!