Emperor Kangxi gave the Crown Prince half a month to investigate. In fact, if the Crown Prince wanted to, he could immediately produce evidence of the Lin family's crimes. It was he who sent people to stop the Ministry of Justice from continuing the investigation.

When he had it done, the Crown Prince left behind the evidence verified by the Ministry of Justice.

Looking at the files on the table, the Crown Prince couldn't help but worry. What should he do now?

At times like this, he couldn't help but think of Songgotu. If Songgotu were here, he would have someone to talk to.

The Crown Prince felt truly caught in a dilemma, and just then, someone came to report: "Your Highness, Consort Lin requests an audience."

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince couldn't help but feel angry. If the Lin family hadn't gone too far, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation.

Displeased, the Crown Prince said in a rather unpleasant tone, "I will not see you."

After saying that, the Crown Prince remembered that she was pregnant and added, "She is heavily pregnant, so let her go back and rest well. We will visit her again after she has settled into her pregnancy."

Although angry, the crown prince at least knew he shouldn't take his anger out on a pregnant woman.

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Lin heard the eunuch's message outside the door. Although she was somewhat disappointed that the Crown Prince did not see her, she also felt comforted by his concern.

So Lin went back.

A few days later, the Crown Prince finally "investigated" and found out that the evidence was conclusive that the Lin family had protected Third Master Lin in murder and abuse of power.

As Kangxi looked at the evidence presented by the Crown Prince, he thought to himself that it would have been better not to get involved in this matter in the first place.

Looking at the evidence, Kangxi still thought about the pregnant concubine in his harem, so he decided to be lenient.

"The Lin family has committed numerous evils. Now that the evidence is conclusive, all members of the Lin family who hold official positions in the court shall be dismissed and removed from office. For the next three generations, no member of the Lin family shall be allowed to serve as an official in the court. Those involved in this matter shall be executed at a later date, and the women in their families shall be exiled to the frontier..."

Emperor Kangxi believed he had already dealt with the matter leniently, but the Crown Prince did not think so! With this punishment, the Lin family, which had no heir, was completely finished.

The Crown Prince was dissatisfied, but no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only keep it to himself. When facing Emperor Kangxi, he had to face reality.

He now understood that although the Crown Prince appeared to be extremely noble, he was ultimately just the heir apparent, not the emperor.

The Crown Prince lowered his head, concealing the dissatisfaction in his eyes, and said in a very respectful tone, "Father Emperor is right. I was confused in this matter. I will definitely learn from this and there will be no next time. I hope that Father Emperor can forgive me this time."

Seeing his attitude, Kangxi couldn't help but think of the Crown Prince when he was a child.

When the Crown Prince was young, he would also make mistakes. At that time, he carefully taught him, and the Crown Prince corrected his mistakes. This made Kangxi see the Crown Prince who was young again.

With this sense of nostalgia, one naturally can't get angry.

"Let this matter drop. You are the Crown Prince, the heir apparent. A ruler must have the world in his heart. Anyone can cover up what the Lin family has done, but you cannot. I understand your thoughts. The women and children in your harem are important, so you can spoil them. But you must be able to distinguish between what is more important and what is less important. This world will be yours in the future. You must understand that!"

Upon hearing this, the Crown Prince knew in his heart that his father, the Emperor, would probably think that he was wasting time on beautiful women.

"Your subject understands. Your subject thanks Your Majesty for your guidance. Your subject will take this as a warning and will think things through carefully in the future, and will not do such a rash thing again."

Seeing that he had a good attitude in admitting his mistake, Kangxi nodded and said, "It's good that you understand. Come and see the memorial again tomorrow!"

The crown prince breathed a sigh of relief. With those words, he was completely at ease, and it seemed that the matter would truly not be pursued any further.

"Yes, Your Majesty, I will come tomorrow."

Kangxi said a few more words and then dismissed the Crown Prince.

Upon returning to the Qianqing Palace, the Crown Prince couldn't help but feel remorse; he had indeed acted rashly regarding the Lin family matter.

It's really not worth him taking such a big risk for a small family like the Lin family.

While filled with regret, the Crown Prince also harbored resentment towards Yinzhen. He always felt that Kangxi's discovery of this matter was inextricably linked to Yinzhen, but he had no evidence.

He was in the wrong to begin with, so he could only harbor resentment in his heart.

The news of the Lin family's crimes being presented by the Crown Prince spread the very next day. Upon hearing the news, Yinzhen immediately sent someone to the residence of Tian Wenjing and his sister to inform them.

After the messenger left, the brother and sister felt a surge of satisfaction at having avenged their great enemy, but at the same time, they couldn't help but feel sorrow as they thought of how the Lin family had persecuted them to the point of ruin and death.

Overall, however, this is good news for the brother and sister.

They made their way to the capital with great difficulty, risking their lives to appeal to the emperor, all in the hope of bringing the wicked to justice. Now that their wish has been fulfilled, they feel a great sense of relief.

As his emotions subsided, Tian Wenjing couldn't help but sigh again, "It's fortunate that we met Prince Yong on this trip. If he had withstood the pressure from the Crown Prince, how could we have gotten our revenge?"

Upon hearing this, Tian Xiaomei couldn't help but laugh and said, "Brother, you really are a nag. You've said it so many times. We will remember the great kindness of Prince Yong. We have no way to repay it now, but we will remember it and repay it one day."

Tian Wenjing nodded upon hearing this: "That's right. I will serve as an official well and hope that one day Prince Yong will be able to use me."

Tian Xiaomei: "Then brother should take good care of his injury first."

Tian Wenjing smiled and said, "My sister is right. Take good care of yourself and recover from your injury."

The brother and sister finally had a good time that day.

Yinzhen had a famous doctor from the capital treated Tian Wenjing's injury, and the medicine used was of the highest quality. He recovered quite quickly. The Lin family members who deserved to be executed were executed, their treasury was confiscated, and their relatives were exiled.

Just as things were settling down, Tian Wenjing's injuries were completely healed.

After Tian Wenjing recovered from his injuries, he went to the Ministry of Personnel to complete the necessary paperwork and other formalities for taking up his post in the local area. Only then did he plan to visit the Yongjun Prince's Mansion before taking office as a farewell gesture.

On the day the brother and sister visited, Yinzhen happened to be away, and Tong Cheng'er hosted them.

Tian Wenjing, a man, was quite reserved in front of Tong Cheng'er. Although Tian Xiaomei was a woman, she didn't know Tong Cheng'er at all and they had nothing to talk about.

Tong Cheng'er couldn't possibly chat about gossip with a girl who didn't grow up in Beijing, nor could she start talking about storybooks right away.

We couldn't talk about too much; in the end, we found that the only things we could talk about were clothes, jewelry, and food.

After seeing the Tian siblings off, Tong Cheng'er couldn't help but think back to her days in her boudoir. Back then, she didn't like to talk about clothes and jewelry with unfamiliar people, but now she's started to take the initiative to talk about clothes and jewelry.

Thinking about it, Tong Cheng'er couldn't help but laugh.

Looking back now, I realize that I was still wary of the Qing Dynasty and of the outside world back then.

Having no friends in my past life, I retreated into an invisible and intangible box from the very beginning of this life. Looking back now, I realize I wasn't aware of it at the time, but it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Meanwhile, on the other side, let's talk about the Tian siblings who left the Yongjun Prince's Mansion.

After the two left, they boarded a carriage to the inn. They were leaving the capital the next day, and had already checked out of the small courtyard they had temporarily rented in the capital yesterday and settled in an inn.

Inside the carriage, Tian Xiaomei was still somewhat dazed.

"I never expected that the Princess Consort of Prince Yong would be so beautiful."

Beautiful and charming—that was Tong Cheng'er's first impression of Tian Xiaomei.