The servant of the Xiao family seemed to know the inside story, and his expression of contempt mixed with sympathy when he looked at Lin Zikui.

Seeing that Lin Zikui brought his bag and his servant, he said, "I came here at full speed, so I can't bring your servant with me. Let your servant walk to Jinling by himself!"

Lin Zikui looked at the horse he was riding. It was his only horse, so it was indeed inconvenient to take Mo Liu with him. Naturally, he couldn't let Mo Liu walk there either.

The servant shouted, "Hurry up! If you're late you won't be able to get through the city gate!"

Mo Liu stood silently at the threshold of the Taoist temple: "Sir, I can walk over. Go first! Master Xiao must be discussing marriage with you, so don't delay."

Lin Zikui turned around and looked at him: "No need, it will take two or three days to walk along the way. Mo Liu, you stay at Xingzhi Temple, I will be back in a few days."

Mo Liu nodded: "Okay, sir."

Lin Zikui got on the horse of the Xiao family's servant, and the two of them rode together.

He didn't bring much with him except the whistle arrows given by Xiao Fu, some calligraphy and paintings, and a little silver money, which he planned to buy some gifts for his future father-in-law when he arrived in Jinling.

But what can I buy with this little money?

Whenever this happened, he would sigh inwardly, thinking that he was too poor to even afford a gift, and that he would definitely be filial to his father-in-law in the future.

As night fell, a horse entered Jinling City just before the city gate closed.

Lin Zikui said while sitting on his horse: "Young man, can you take me to the residence of Grand Secretary Tang? It's so late now, and I'm not well prepared. How about... I go to visit Master Xiao at his residence tomorrow morning?"

The servant shook his head: "That won't work. My master told me to take you back to the Xiao Mansion to discuss matters immediately!"

"Well... okay then."

When the horse arrived at the gate of Xiao's house, the servant was about to lead Lin Zikui in when a servant came out quickly. He was someone close to Master Xiao and said to the servant, "We can't let Master Lin in now. Let him come tomorrow. Send him away!"

The servant turned around and said to Lin Zikui, "Well, my master has finished his meal and is going to rest. He told you to come back tomorrow."

Lin Zikui also breathed a sigh of relief: "Very good, very good."

The servant said: "Then I won't see you off. Farewell, Master Lin."

Lin Zikui nodded, then left with his bag on his back.

At this time in the Xiao Mansion, Lord Xiao was having a headache seeing Wen Shengli kneeling on the ground begging him.

"Sir Xiao, I sincerely want to marry Miss Xiao, please let her marry me!"

"Sir Wen, we are both officials in the same court. If you cherish my daughter, why would you treat her like this..."

"I... it's all my fault. I was moved by emotion but didn't stop at courtesy. When Miss Xiao marries me, I will definitely treat her well!"

"Ah... this, ah," Lord Xiao sighed repeatedly, at a loss for words, "You should get up first. Tomorrow, I want to talk to Lin Zikui. He has already arrived in Jinling. If he refuses to cancel the engagement, this matter will have to be discussed in detail."

After coming out of the Xiao Mansion, Lin Zikui went to find the way.

He was not very familiar with Jinling and had not been to the Tang Mansion twice. In addition, it was dark and he could not see clearly. He wandered around but could not find the way. There were few pedestrians on the road.

At this time, Lin Zikui passed by a solemn mansion and saw a gorgeous carriage parked at the door.

But a young man with luxurious clothes and handsome appearance got out of the car.

Lin Zikui walked up quickly and asked the man holding the horse, "Excuse me, where is this? Do you know how to get to the residence of Tang Mengyang, the Grand Secretary of Jianji Palace?"

"This is the Duke of Changguo's Mansion."

The groom asked, "Which street is the Mr. Tang you are looking for?"

Lin Zikui thought: "It should be Taiping Street."

"Then which way should we go?" The coachman kindly showed him the way. However, the young man who just got off the carriage accidentally saw Lin Zikui's outfit.

He couldn't help but look her up and down and asked, "What grade is this? She's wearing the same mink coat as me, the prince?"

The servant beside him said, "My Lord, this... looks better than what you have on!"

"No?"

However, Lin Zikui didn't hear it and thanked him and left.

The prince stared at his back and muttered, "Who is he? He's so arrogant."

After entering the mansion, a heroic and beautiful woman came forward and said, "Sui'er, your cousin will be coming out of the palace soon. Today is a rare family dinner. The last time you saw him was seven years ago. Hey, Sui'er, why do you look so unhappy?"

Yan Sui: "Oh, aunt, it's nothing. I just saw a scholar wearing the same mink coat as me, and I was wondering."

The beautiful woman laughed and said, "You may have seen it wrong. I only made one mink fur coat like this for you, and your cousin made one for you."

Yan Sui: "But, isn't my cousin in that Taoist temple? When did he come back? What is he doing in the palace..."

"His Majesty has ordered him to enter the palace, so don't ask. It's cold outside, come in quickly."

Yan Sui walked in and looked at the dining table: "Why is there so much meat..."

"Your cousin said that he's been hungry and thin lately. Poor thing, he doesn't like to eat and has no sense of taste, so make more for him."

Lin Zikui found the Tang Mansion and after he revealed his identity, the guards quickly let him in.

Tang Mengyang seemed to be busy with work, and hurriedly came out in his white inner garments: "My dear brother, why did you come back to Beijing so suddenly? Why didn't you tell me in advance? I'm still preparing something. Have you eaten yet? I'll ask the kitchen to heat it up for you!"

Lin Zikui was indeed hungry, and he covered his stomach embarrassedly: "Brother Tang, I came back in a hurry. Master Xiao suddenly asked the servants to come to Xingzhi Temple to look for me, so I rushed back."

"Lord Xiao is looking for you? Oh...Lord Xiao is looking for you." Then Tang Mengyang knew what was going on.

The affair between Lord Wen and Xiao Ting was finally exposed!

In order to entertain Lin Zikui, Tang Mengyang withdrew halfway from the bed and enthusiastically prepared a room for him.

When his male favorite heard the words "Mr. Lin" and "my dear brother", he knew who was coming.

Every time Mr. Lin came, Tang Mengyang would briefly hold him down and say in a very arrogant tone, "Don't talk. If you talk, it will be vulgar."

The male favorite would say: "What do you mean by not vulgar? Is it like your brother Lin? Isn't it just that he can compose a few lines of poetry and make a couplet..."

"What do you know? How can he write poetry? His articles are unrivaled in the world and have great implications!" Tang Mengyang said in an enchanting tone, "Only people like him are worthy of me."

However, every time Lin Zikui came, Tang Mengyang would not let him out and hid him tightly.

The male favorite could not bear it any longer, so in the middle of the night when Lin Zikui went to bed, he sneaked out with a lantern, intending to go in and see how handsome this Young Master Lin was that made the master miss him so much.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he sneaked in and walked to the bed with the lantern, intending to take a look at Lin Zikui's face, a hand suddenly stretched out from behind and covered his mouth!

"Ah!" He screamed silently and struggled desperately. In his panic, he seemed to have accidentally broken something and heard a crackling sound.

The man behind him pressed him hard and whispered, "Don't make a sound, it's my master!"

"Master? Master...Why, why is it you?" The male favorite was so frightened that his whole body went limp and he almost fainted.

Even with such noise, Lin Zikui could not be woken up. If one were closer, one would have discovered that he was sleeping very soundly, and it was obvious that he had been drugged.

Why did Tang Mengyang appear in Lin Zikui's room in the middle of the night?

Not only did she come to see him because of her feelings, but also because of a small incident that happened a few days ago.