Chapter 8: Clear Goal

After dressing up, Shen Ruyu sneaked into the Shangshu Mansion and headed for Lin Zhiyu's yard with a clear goal.

She sent someone to find out that Lin Zhiyu's clothes were wet by the people she arranged in advance. When she was about to change clothes, she hesitated for a moment, took out a handkerchief from her arms, and carefully touched the pattern on it, muttering to herself, "Your Highness, for you, Yu'er is willing to give up everything, even if it means marrying someone else, I am willing."

"I just hope that Your Highness will not let Yu'er down for her deep affection for you."

The handkerchief was embroidered with a bamboo forest in ink. In the thick ink, a small word could be vaguely seen, but Shen Ruyu held it tightly.

She put the handkerchief against her heart and tears fell in a daze.

But as staggering footsteps were heard in the corridor, Shen Ruyu pinched her sleeves, gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, took a deep breath, and walked towards the road that Lin Zhiyu had to take to return to the back house like a warrior.

As she walked, she tore her dress into a mess to facilitate the implementation of the next plan.

Who knew that as soon as she turned to the corridor -

"Ah!"

Shen Ruyu was splashed with sewage!

The fishy smell flowed along her hair and exploded at the tip of her nose, making her almost faint.

Looking at the old woman in front of her in disbelief, Shen Ruyu was shaking with anger, "Where did this blind old woman come from! How dare you splash dirty water on me?!"

She was domineering, but Wang Pozi threw the copper basin to the ground, put her hands on her hips and cursed, "Where did this woman come from? How dare you break into the backyard of the Shangshu Mansion! You must want to take advantage of the good things in my Shangshu Mansion to commit a theft. Someone, come! Catch this thief and drive him out of the Shangshu Mansion!"

With a strong female voice, Shen Ruyu, who was choking from the smoke, was put in a sack. After a round of punches and kicks, she screamed, "How dare you! How dare you, a bunch of slaves, hit me?"

"I'm the daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

"If my father knew, he would kill you all!"

Shen Xuelan, who had rushed over after hearing the noise, had been warned in advance. Seeing this, she calmly scolded: "How dare you steal in the name of the Prime Minister's Mansion! Old woman Wang, send this shameless thief to the authorities!"

Shen Ruyu was frightened when she heard this, and then the stench made her eyes roll back and she fainted.

A handkerchief slowly fell to the ground.

Shen Xuelan bent down and picked it up.

She found that Shen Ruyu was splashed all over by the sewage, but the handkerchief was very clean.

She couldn't help but feel strange. After checking it over and over again, she found a small "Chu" character in the ink-like cloud. Her expression froze, and she suddenly clenched her handkerchief tightly, suppressed the shock in her heart, and walked quickly to the front hall.

Back in the front hall, Shen Xuelan nodded secretly to Lin Zhiyu.

Lin Zhiyu immediately raised his voice: "Everyone! Today a female thief sneaked into my inner house. Now I have sent this female thief to the government. Please check if there is any property missing!"

He shouted loudly, and the guests immediately started to search.

Soon, the news that the eldest son of the Shangshu Mansion was sneaked into the back house by a female thief on the day of high school spread in Yanjing City.

What was even more surprising was that the female thief was Shen Ruyu, the only daughter of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

"That Shen Ruyu was still talking nonsense in front of his parents. It was only because of my eldest brother's invitation that he went to the back house." At dinner time, Lin Mobai told everything he had found out. "Fortunately, the prefect was very observant and asked Shen Ruyu for evidence. When Shen Ruyu couldn't produce it, he pretended to be unconscious. I heard that when the prime minister went to redeem the woman, his old face turned red. Hahaha..."

Speaking of the prime minister's embarrassing look, Lin Mobai laughed out loud.

Shen Xuelan and Lin Qiming looked at each other and saw worries in each other's eyes.

Although this incident saved Shen Ruyu from losing his loyalty to Lin Zhiyu in the Shangshu Mansion, there was also the matter of the prime minister's brother-in-law. I'm afraid that the prime minister's mansion has already held a grudge against him.

"Everyone should be careful in the future." Lin Qiming reminded.

Back in the house, Lin Qiming and Shen Xuelan discussed countermeasures.

"The prime minister has always been petty and I'm afraid

he will take revenge." Lin Qiming said, "My wife, you have to be very alert in the inner house in the future." Shen Xuelan took out the handkerchief that had been hidden for half a day, "Husband, look at this."

After Lin Qiming finished reading it, his expression was also daunted.

"This is... This is the handkerchief of the third prince? How could it fall from Shen Ruyu?!"

Both of them had guesses in their hearts, but no one spoke.

Lin Baoer lay between the two of them, rolling her eyes.

[You are really worried and confused! If General Daddy really wants to get rid of future troubles, he should completely get rid of the Prime Minister's Mansion. ]

[Anyway, the Prime Minister's Mansion is forming cliques for personal gain, and has long been in collusion with the third prince Song Chu! Shen Ruyu, who has a false appearance but a false heart, has long been secretly in love with Song Chufang. He plotted against his elder brother only to win over the power of the Shangshu Mansion and serve the Third Prince! Fortunately, his elder brother is smart and careful, and has handled this matter well, otherwise the Shangshu Mansion will be forced to fight for the throne in the future, tsk tsk tsk! 】

Ha...

Lin Baoer yawned.

The baby's body is too sleepy, go to sleep first!

Lin Qiming and Shen Xuelan huddled in front of Lin Baoer and watched. Both of them listened to Lin Baoer's "words", but their hearts were hanging.

If you are lucky in the battle for the throne, you will be promoted step by step.

If you are unlucky, the whole family will be killed!

Baoer is so young, how can they bear to let her go?

"My husband, since the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Shangshu Mansion have already been in such a mess, it is better to take the initiative and find out the mistakes of the Prime Minister's Mansion first, so as to protect yourself." Shen Xuelan looked at Lin Qiming and said earnestly.

Lin Qiming was born a military general. He was loyal to the emperor and the country. He never calculated others. He just wanted the world to be stable and there would be no wars to fight. But if the war to seize the storage started, there would be rivers of blood! By then, it would not only be the Shangshu Mansion that would be injured.

Lin Qiming also had this idea, "Although I am in the court, I don't care about conspiracies, but even for this family, I have to be careful and have a good exchange with the Prime Minister's Mansion!"

The couple reached a consensus, but they did not sleep all night.

At dawn the next day, Lin Qiming visited the Eastern Palace, but there was news that the Third Prince Song Chu wanted to marry Shen Ruyu.

Lin Qiming said, "The Third Prince took the initiative to ask for Shen Ruyu's hand in marriage because he couldn't bear to see her reputation ruined."

"Your Majesty was just about to appease the Prime Minister's family, but when he saw the Third Prince acting like this, he gave him a huge reward."

"These two have actually brought their clique-like secrets to the surface! Your Majesty is old, and has handed over all matters to the East Palace. When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince entered the palace to stop it, the Third Prince had already exchanged his engagement letter with Shen Ruyu. I'm afraid this matter is set in stone."

Shen Xuelan coaxed the still sleeping Lin Baoer, rocking her gently, and said softly: "At least it proves that what our Baoer said is right."

"The enemy is in the dark, and the Shangshu Mansion has been mobilized. Fortunately, the enemy is in the light, and we are prepared."