"Thank you for telling me." Lin Jinghan folded her hands and bowed slightly. And then, nothing happened...

"You, don't want to know the whereabouts of Wu Yan, and his true identity?" Sikong Zhan looked at Lin Jinghan in surprise, and had an urge to knock her head open to see what was inside: I have never seen someone who does not play by the rules so well!

"I do!" Lin Jinghan gave an affirmative answer, then changed the subject, "But I will never sell myself out for an enemy."

"You call this 'selling'?" Sikong Zhan frowned, very unhappy with Lin Jinghan's use of the word. "A wise bird chooses the right tree to roost in. I am your best choice right now. Whether it's the future of your adoptive father and brother, or everything about Wu Yan, or even reuniting with your biological father, Lin Jingshan, as long as you want, I can help you."

This is because Lin Jinghan is a good doctor who can cure his poison, so he doesn't care about what she did to him before, and he has tolerated her again and again. Now he is even taking the initiative to make concessions. If it were someone else, who had received benefits from him and dared to go against him like this, he would have slapped him to death long ago!

"I'm really touched that you're so considerate of me..." Lin Jinghan's thoughts raced for a moment, but she didn't show it on her face. Then she smiled and said, "But, I like my freedom."

If her mother was right, her biological father, Lin Jingshan, was the prime minister. When this man mentioned Lin Jingshan, his tone didn't waver at all. Lin Jinghan concluded that the man in front of her was definitely of high status! At least not lower than the prime minister!

His status was higher than that of the Prime Minister, and the man's identity was about to be revealed! At this moment, Lin Jinghan said that she was not at all weak, that would be a lie.

However, now that things have come to this, she can't go back on her word, and she doesn't want to. She secretly thinks: As long as I don't offend anyone to death, it's fine!

"Naive! The freedom you want cannot protect you and your family." From a very young age, Sikong Zhan knew that the weak can only be bullied. Only by becoming stronger can you get everything you want. Everything else is false.

Therefore, over the years, he has been building his own power, not for the supreme position that everyone covets, but just to ensure that no one dares to stop him when he wants to do what he likes, and he doesn't mind dealing with those who dare to stop him one by one.

"Maybe you are right, but I want to try." Lin Jinghan looked at Sikong Zhan confidently and met his disdainful gaze.

"Heh..." Sikong Zhan took one last look at Lin Jinghan, stood up, and flew away in an instant.

Sikong Zhan's voice came from my ear - "I'll wait and see!"

Lin Jinghan was quite surprised that the man just left without making things difficult for her.

She breathed a long sigh of relief. No one knew that her tightly clenched palms were already wet with sweat. If she held on any longer, sweat would probably drip through her fingers...

At this moment, Lin Jinghan still didn't know that it was because of this confrontation that the stingy, overbearing, and conceited King Jingnan actually went to the trouble of personally plotting against her...

On the second day, the people from Huichun Hall left one after another, and Sikong Zhan never appeared again.

After confirming that no one was watching nearby, Lin Jinghan discussed with Lin Dayong and Lin Lixuan and left home the next day, planning to live in a completely new place. This way, no matter Wu Yan, Jun Ye, or the mysterious man, they would not be able to find them for a while.

Donglin State, the capital.

An explosive piece of news swept the entire capital: Prince Jingnan defeated the Kingdom of Nanzhao, but was poisoned on his way back to the capital!

The emperor has sent all the imperial doctors in the palace to treat Prince Jingnan, but they all came to the same conclusion - he will not live long!

At the same time, another shocking news came out: Prince Jingnan, who had never been interested in women, actually submitted a petition to marry the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister, and the reason was "love at first sight"!

Of course, it was impossible for Prince Jingnan, who was terminally ill with poison, to write this memorial. It was said that this memorial was written before Prince Jingnan was poisoned, and was now presented to the emperor by his sister Sikong Ling.

The emperor, who had received the memorial, was sitting in the imperial study. He looked at Princess Yong'an and rubbed his brows. "Aunt, the Prince of Jingnan was a man of great military achievements. His last wish before his death was to marry my cousin Wanrou. How can I refuse?"

"Your Majesty, I only have one daughter, Wanrou, and Wanrou has been close to you since she was a child. Her heart and eyes are full of you, her cousin. If you let her marry Prince Jingnan, wouldn't that be asking for her life and my life?" Princess Yong'an took out a handkerchief and slowly wiped away the two tears from the corners of her eyes.

The eldest princess was the wife of Prime Minister Lin Jingshan. Upon hearing the news, she rushed to the palace. She would never let her daughter marry a dying man!

The emperor has always been respectful to this aunt. The eldest princess has also made a lot of efforts for him to sit on the throne. This time, Prince Jingnan really gave him a difficult problem.

He had been on the throne for less than a year. If he rejected Prince Jingnan's final wish, who knew what the imperial envoys would say about the new emperor. Furthermore, Prince Jingnan had distinguished himself in battle, and the Jingnan Army under his command only knew him, not the emperor. If this matter wasn't handled properly, and it caused a mutiny within the army, he wouldn't be able to remedy it.

After careful consideration, the emperor made up his mind: he would have to let down his aunt and cousin in this matter.

The emperor was about to speak when he heard the eunuch come in to report: "Your Majesty, the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate requests an audience, saying he can help the eldest princess with her worries."

Isn’t the eldest princess’s worry right now Sikong Zhan’s proposal?

"Announce!" The emperor breathed a sigh of relief. To be honest, the eldest princess was quite powerful at the moment. If he displeased her, it would be very detrimental to his plan.

A moment later, a middle-aged man walked into the imperial study. At first glance, he seemed to be full of righteousness. Although he was a civil servant, he had an indescribable sense of decisiveness and ruthlessness.

This person was none other than the Left Censor-in-Chief of the Censorate—Yan Deyu.

After the emperor and his ministers exchanged greetings, Yan Deyu directly stated his purpose:

"Hearing that Prince Jingnan is seeking to marry Prime Minister Lin's eldest daughter, I remembered an old story. I remember that before Prime Minister Lin married the eldest princess, he had a wife. And on the day that Madam Lin divorced Prime Minister Lin, she was found to be pregnant."

Lin Xiang had a wife before her. This matter was a taboo for the princess, and no one in the capital dared to mention it. After so many years, the princess herself was about to forget about it. When Yan Deyu brought up this matter, the princess immediately became unhappy.

"Master Yan, are you really here to relieve my worries?" Isn't he here to add fuel to the fire?

"Of course!" Yan Deyu said confidently, "If Prime Minister Lin's ex-wife gave birth to a daughter, then she would be Prime Minister Lin's legitimate eldest daughter."