Chapter 434 The Phoenix Robe Has Been Tampered With

"You're just making fun of me." Lin Xingman blushed at Lin Luoxi's teasing, but she was even more looking forward to Xiao Jingchen's reaction when he saw her in her red wedding dress tomorrow.

Just as Lin Xingman was thinking this, the sound of the palace delivering wedding clothes came from outside the room.

Lin Luoxi immediately opened the door and had the palace maids bring in all the wedding clothes that Lin Xingman would need to wear the next day.

To ensure everything went perfectly, Lin Luoxi had Lin Xingman try it on on the spot. Otherwise, with such a grand event tomorrow, it would be difficult to handle any unexpected incidents.

"Why is this wedding dress so big?"

"Someone, go and inform the Emperor immediately."

"Who handled this phoenix robe?"

"If you don't talk, you'll lose your heads."

To be fair, Lin Luoxi's caution paid off. She had just helped Lin Xingman try on the phoenix robe when she discovered that the size was completely different.

His face instantly turned cold. This was a phoenix robe meant for the Empress, and someone had actually tampered with it.

This means that person definitely didn't want Lin Xingman to become empress, and wanted to embarrass her tomorrow, or even prevent her from becoming empress.

Thinking of this, his face turned ashen as he glared at the palace maids and eunuchs, trying to find clues from them.

They probably didn't expect that Xiao Jingchen would arrange for someone to marry into her princess's mansion, nor did they expect that even on the last night, Lin Luoxi would still make Lin Xingman try on the clothes again out of concern.

"Princess, have mercy! Even if we had ten lives, we wouldn't dare..."

Staring at them like that, the palace maids and eunuchs were so frightened that their legs trembled.

"Hmph, if you don't tell the truth today, you can expect to lose your heads!"

"White Tiger, come in..."

Seeing that these people weren't telling the truth, Lin Luoxi immediately let Baihu in to intimidate them.

"Luo Xi, what, what's going on?" Lin Xingman, who had just transformed into human form, still didn't understand.

"Your phoenix robe has been tampered with. They probably wanted to embarrass you at your coronation ceremony and sabotage it."

"The person who did this either had their eye on the Phoenix position for a long time, only to have it snatched away by you, so they turned against you..."

Therefore, she was most unwilling to get involved in the royal family's mess because although the royal family held high positions and great power, there were also many people watching them, and if she was not careful, she would be doomed.

However, fate played a cruel trick on her; the more she tried to distance herself from the royal family, the more fate seemed to bind her to them.

"Leave things here to me, you just focus on being a good bride." Lin Ruoxi knew that Lin Xingman was unaware of such treacherous and cunning schemes, so she reassured Lin Xingman that she would investigate this matter.

"Princess, Princess..." The palace maids and eunuchs kneeling on the ground, seeing the white tiger staring at them with its blood-red mouth wide open, could not bear it and began to kowtow to Lin Luoxi and beg for mercy.

"If you're scared, then reveal who's behind you. Otherwise, when the Emperor arrives, things won't be so simple."

Lin Luoxi saw the palace maids and eunuchs banging their heads on the floor, even as their foreheads bled, but she didn't soften her heart in the slightest.

If they came openly and honestly, she would think more highly of them.

As a result, she could only vent her anger on the phoenix robe. She really looked down on people like that, who were like rats in the gutter, disgusting.

The news that Lin Xingman's phoenix robe had been tampered with spread throughout the princess's residence, making everyone feel insecure.

Even Lin Wenqian, Lin Wentao, Lin Luoning, Xie Hanchuan, and others who had run away came to Lin Luoxi's courtyard to see if there was anything they could do to help.

“Princess, Princess, it was Miss Shen Jifeng, the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Shen’s mansion, who touched the phoenix robe.”

One of the palace maids finally remembered something, and under the pressure of the tiger and Lin Luoxi, she trembled and told them what she knew.

"You mean the Prime Minister Shen's daughter touched the phoenix robe? This phoenix robe is an extremely important item. Where did she touch it?"

Lin Luoxi still didn't believe the palace maid's words and kept asking the questions that were on her mind.

"Princess, Princess, this servant deserves to die! This servant shouldn't have been greedy for money and accepted Miss Shen's bribe..." The palace maid didn't expect Lin Luoxi to be so intelligent, and she immediately got to the point, so she was frightened and confessed everything.

"Brother Wenqian, Brother Hanchuan, I would like to trouble you two to make a trip to Prime Minister Shen's residence." Xie Hanchuan and Lin Wenqian hold the highest official positions here, and if they go, Prime Minister Shen should not dare to refuse.

"No need, I've already brought the person." Xiao Jingchen, who was in the palace, also knew that there was a problem with the phoenix robe he had sent.

After some interrogation, it was learned that she was the daughter of Prime Minister Shen, so he immediately ordered people to arrest Shen Jifeng and bring her to Lin Luoxi's side.

"Since you're here, I'll leave this matter to you..." Lin Luoxi immediately handed over this thorny issue to Xiao Jingchen when she saw him step forward.

"Luo Xi, this matter involves your senior sister, you can't just sit idly by." Xiao Jingchen looked at Lin Luo Xi with a troubled expression.

"Benefits!" This bastard is using her as a pawn to deal with Prime Minister Shen, so he can reap the benefits without lifting a finger!

"If you resolve this matter, I'll reward you..."

"Come on, those rewards you promised in the military camp haven't been delivered yet." Damn it, the Xiao family just loves to make empty promises.

She could go without food for three years just by eating the large vase that Xiao Jingchen drew.

"Didn't we already agree to exempt you from taxes for five years? What else do you want?" Xiao Jingchen really couldn't do anything about Lin Luoxi, who was so stubborn.

"I want to retire immediately and go back to my hometown, Quanzhou, to farm." There are too many cunning people in the capital; I've never encountered anything good since I last came here.

"Don't even think about it. The capable should do more, especially an all-around general like you. How could I bear to let you bury your talent?"

Other requests might be granted, but Xiao Jingchen would never agree to this one.

"You can't accomplish this, you can't agree to that, what kind of emperor are you..."

She was wrong. She had been encouraging Xiao Jingcheng to become emperor, thinking he could be an independent and powerful emperor. But now he had to rely on her for everything, which was exhausting.

Lin Wenqian and the others were shocked to hear Lin Luoxi speak to Xiao Jingchen like that.

The palace maids and eunuchs on the ground were even more terrified and trembled with fear.

The fact that Lin Luoxi dared to speak to the emperor like that, and that the emperor didn't blame her, shows that Lin Luoxi still holds considerable influence in the emperor's eyes.

"Ahem, I can grant you a thousand acres of fertile land and several hundred acres of superior land..." As he spoke, Xiao Jingchen's voice grew softer and softer, knowing that the conditions he was offering were far too meager.

"Xiao Jingchen, don't I look like I was born to be a farmer?"

Otherwise, why would they only know how to reward people with fields and land?