The emperor had made his decision, and Lin Jingshan couldn't block Lin Wanrou's chance to enter the palace, so he had to agree first, "I will do my best to persuade her after I return."

Fortunately, he had just sent someone to invite the eldest princess to the palace. He didn't need to go back to persuade her. The eldest princess would soon come to see the emperor in person. When the time came, with the eldest princess as her aunt, things would be much easier. Even if he couldn't fight for the position of empress, he should at least strive for the position of noble concubine. Otherwise, if Wanrou's rank was lower than that of virtuous concubine, how could he hold his head up in front of his cousin?

You have to know that his official position is higher than that of his cousin, Lin Daxueshi, and his cousin's daughter is the virtuous concubine, so his daughter's position must be higher than that of his cousin's daughter.

The emperor and Prime Minister Lin talked about a lot of important court affairs. While Prime Minister Lin was waiting, the eldest princess finally entered the palace.

Upon hearing that the emperor wanted to take Lin Wanrou into the palace, the eldest princess did not comment. She only told the emperor some interesting stories from his childhood and talked about the deep affection they had for each other over the years.

When the emotions were almost building up, the princess tactfully expressed her thoughts:

"Wanrou has always been proud and a bit childish. This time, she enters the palace to serve the emperor together with her cousin, the virtuous concubine. If Wanrou does anything wrong, the emperor must not be angry with her."

"Of course, I will definitely pamper my cousin Wanrou and won't let her suffer any grievances in the palace." The emperor had already made up his mind to confer the title of imperial concubine on Lin Wanrou. The reason he didn't mention it before was that he wanted to wait for the eldest princess to speak in person. Now that the emperor's goal was achieved, he gave the eldest princess this reassurance.

The three of them exchanged pleasantries again. This time, they were not talking about important court affairs, but about the royal family affairs, and they were in a happy mood.

Not long after, the chief eunuch came in and whispered something to the emperor, saying that Prince Jingnan had already set off towards the imperial study.

Seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, the princess and Lin Jingshan exchanged a glance and said with a smile, "I still have to go to the Empress Dowager's palace to pay my respects. I will take my leave now."

After the princess left, Lin Jingshan wanted to find an excuse to leave as well, but the emperor didn't give him the chance. "Aunt is leaving now. I still have some things to discuss with the Prime Minister. My dear, please stay with me and talk for a while."

The emperor failed to find any evidence against Prince Jingnan, and he didn't know what Prince Jingnan was going to do this time. Naturally, he was happy to have Prime Minister Lin by his side to help him deal with Prince Jingnan.

As usual, Sikong Zhan was pushed in by Lin Jinghan, and the couple did not perform any formal ceremony to the emperor.

The Prime Minister was left behind, so he naturally guessed what the Emperor was thinking. Before Lin Jinghan could even open her mouth to greet him, his father, he turned cold.

"How dare you! How should you behave when meeting the Emperor? Did the nanny teach you in vain? Kneel down!"

"The nanny taught me this, and Jinghan naturally remembers it in her heart. The nanny said, 'Marry a chicken, follow the chicken; marry a dog, follow the dog.' Jinghan will of course stand by the prince." Lin Jinghan directly put the blame on Sikong Zhan, not giving Lin Jingshan any face.

The Prime Minister was about to continue scolding when Sikong Zhan said something casually, interrupting Lin Jingshan.

"Princess, you are right. I like to see you and I advance and retreat together."

This time, Lin Jingshan lost both his dignity and face, but he couldn't get angry in front of the emperor. He was so angry that his face turned green.

"That's all right." The emperor said magnanimously, "Prince Jingnan has been investigating the case for a day now. Have you made any progress?"

The emperor was sure that Sikong Zhan would not gain anything, so he was naturally not worried that he would say anything bad.

"I'm truly disappointed with the princess's expectations. The palace servants have questioned everyone one by one, but they haven't been able to find out the cause of the princess' poisoning." Sikong Zhan shook his head and sighed, "It seems that investigating cases is not really my forte."

"Prince Jingnan's ability is naturally on the battlefield." The emperor praised him half-heartedly, and then said,

"In that case, how about we hand this case over to someone who's good at it?"

This time, he failed to capture Sikong Zhan in one fell swoop. The emperor could not confront him head-on for the time being, so he wanted to let him leave the palace as soon as possible so that he could implement his next plan.

"Very good." Sikong Zhan nodded. "In that case, I will wait for the emperor's good news."

How come this sounded as if the Emperor was doing something for Prince Jingnan? Lin Jinghan almost laughed out loud.

The emperor was displeased, but did not express it. He only ordered the eunuchs to lead the way and escort Prince Jingnan and his wife out of the palace.

Also leaving the palace was Lin Jingshan, who was specially kept by the emperor but was of no use.

However, the emperor has many ways to make Lin Jingshan useful. For example, now, Lin Jingshan caught up with Lin Jinghan and blocked Sikong Zhan's wheelchair.

"Jinghan, you've been married for quite some time now. You were injured a few days ago and couldn't go out, so it was okay that you delayed your visit. But now that you're well again, you should definitely go home and visit."

"Prime Minister, my prince is still ill. Jinghan is really not in the mood to do anything else. Let's talk about this matter after my prince gets better." Lin Jinghan felt like she was facing a stranger when facing her biological father. What's more, just now in the imperial study, Prime Minister Lin had deliberately made things difficult for her, so she naturally didn't have a good face towards him.

Prince Jingnan and his wife didn't even give the emperor face. Prime Minister Lin knew long ago that they would not agree to return home. This was exactly the result he wanted!

"Although you were not raised in the Prime Minister's Mansion, you did come from the Prime Minister's Mansion after all. Now that you have become a princess, you don't recognize your biological father. Princess Jingnan is so arrogant!" Prime Minister Lin said angrily, throwing his sleeves.

"It seems that the temple of my prime minister's mansion is too small to accommodate the huge Buddha like Princess Jingnan!"

Minister Lin directly accused Lin Jinghan of being unfilial. If this matter were to be spread out, Lin Jinghan would definitely be criticized.

Lin Xiang treated his own daughter so harshly. If the original owner were here, she would be heartbroken. But Lin Jinghan was different. She had no good feelings towards the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion and didn't care about what Lin Xiang did. Since Lin Xiang dared to make her unhappy, she didn't mind retaliating.

"What are you talking about, Prime Minister? Jinghan has lived to this age because of my adoptive parents who have been worrying about me. Although the Prime Minister did not fulfill his responsibility in raising me, Jinghan now has a good home thanks to the Prime Minister. Jinghan is naturally grateful to the Prime Minister for his kindness and is thinking about you all the time." Lin Jinghan acted very sincerely.

"It's just that the prince's poison cannot be cured without Jinghan. Jinghan thinks that the prince's poison cannot be delayed, and the prime minister is in his prime. He should be able to wait until the day when the prince recovers. Then I will go home and thank the prime minister for his gift."

Every word Lin Jinghan said seemed to express gratitude to the Prime Minister, but upon closer thought, it seemed as if every word she said was mocking the Prime Minister, mocking him for not raising her, and mocking him for marrying her to a dying man.