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Zhan Lin also noticed that Xu Li'er wanted to die.

He and Cui Huaiji worked together on the left and right to distract her attention.

Xu Lier was caught in a dilemma and her dagger was knocked down by a suddenly thrown stone.

The imperial guards immediately rushed over to restrain her.

Xu Huai Ni, who was successfully rescued, gasped for air and touched his neck in horror, and there was blood on his hands.

The fear has not yet dissipated.

On the other side, Cui Huaiji immediately rushed into the ruined temple and untied the hemp ropes on Song Jin's hands and feet.

The fire crackled and popped.

Song Jin rubbed his numb wrist and looked straight out of the court.

She didn't notice the tension and worry in Cui Huaiji's eyes when he looked at her.

[Why did the eldest princess ask for death? Didn't she want justice? ]

Cui Huaiji turned his head and saw Xu Lian'er being escorted, kneeling in front of the emperor. Xu Huai Ni screamed and hid behind him, yelling for him to make the decision.

“That’s enough!”

The emperor interrupted everyone with a deep voice, lowered his eyes and looked at his eldest daughter, feeling a little reluctant, "Lian'er..."

Xu Li'er looked up and spoke word by word, "Your Majesty, please demote me to a commoner, expel me from Sheng'an, and never allow me to return to the capital!"

The emperor was shocked. "You...what did you say?"

Xu Huainian behind her was also stunned. She didn't want to drive Xu Lian'er away...

Xu Li'er spoke again: "I, your son, request to be demoted to a commoner and expelled from Sheng'an."

“…”

The emperor was silent.

His Ren'er's personality is becoming more and more like her mother.

He saw clearly what happened today.

He was also willing to fulfill her wish, as a way of making up for his many years of debt.

"...Okay." The emperor swallowed hard, holding back the itchiness in his throat, "From today on, the eldest princess Xu Li'er will be demoted to a commoner, expelled from Sheng'an, and will never be allowed to return!"

"Father——"

Xu Huai Ni exclaimed. He was so frightened by his warning look that he didn't dare to speak anymore.

Xu Ren'er got what she wanted and knelt down solemnly to express her gratitude.

At least she left and Wang Anlin could live safely.

"Thank you, Father!"

The emperor sighed. He actually heard the words "Father" in such a situation.

A father and daughter ended up in this situation.

Feng Hai lamented that fate was playing tricks on him. If the imperial concubine had not died, perhaps the eldest princess would not have become like this.

"Go, go back to the palace!"

Xu Huai Ni was about to say something, but Feng Hai grabbed her, shook her head silently, and forcefully dragged her away.

Xu Li'er remained kneeling without moving.

Until everyone around the ruined temple left, leaving only her and Wang Anlin.

The footsteps stopped beside me.

She heard Wang Anlin ask her: "Princess, I don't understand."

He didn't understand what her purpose was in doing this today.

Xu Lian'er straightened up, looked at him and smiled, "Consort, you don't have to understand. I know that you approached Xu Huaini later to find evidence for me, but how can there be evidence? You will only put yourself in a difficult situation. You and I have been married for several months, not to mention the deep relationship between husband and wife, but I hope you can be safe."

She knew very well that Wang Anlin had angered that man.

In order to save him, she was willing to leave.

Wang Anlin made sense of her vague words and asked, "Is someone threatening you?!"

At the cost of his life.

Blame him for acting impulsively without considering the consequences.

"No." Xu Li'er staggered to her feet and brushed his hand away. "You don't have to think too much. You protected me on the day of our wedding, and I will return it to you today."

The only fig leaf she had under the public eye was given to her by Wang Anlin.

She was glad that she had chosen him as her husband, but it was a pity that they were not destined to be together.

*

The news that the eldest princess had been demoted to a commoner spread quickly.

In order to cover up the scandal of the sisters' murder and blur the facts, the emperor imprisoned the eighth princess in the palace for half a year as a warning.

This ending is not very good.

Song Jin stood under the eaves and sighed.

On the night of the temple destruction, Xu Lier told her a secret.

In fact, she had always understood that Xu Huainian did not poison her voluntarily, and she had no choice but to do this. She had no other choice but to do what the man told her. Fortunately, she could control the final outcome.

As for the shops under Xu Lier's name, they all belonged to Wang Anlin.

In order to make up for kidnapping her, Xu Lier stuffed a note into her sleeve.

Thinking of this, Song Jin clenched the note in his hand, turned around and walked towards Cui Huaiji's yard.

After a night, soft, fine snow had already covered the ground.

There has never been a heavy snowfall in Sheng'an since the beginning of winter.

The temperature has dropped sharply recently, and there is a fear that a snowstorm is coming.

Song Jin was walking under the corridor wrapped in a thick cloak. The cold was everywhere. Even with Mrs. Tang in her arms, she still felt cold.

My fingertips were so cold that they were stiff.

"Master..."

She was about to pass through the moon-shaped gate when she unexpectedly saw the brazier in the courtyard.

Butler Zhao waved at her with a smile, "The county master has only been in Sheng'an for a short six months, and his experience has been really rough. I, the old servant, took the initiative to make a brazier for the county master to get rid of his bad luck."

Song Jin glanced at Cui Huaiji who was standing nearby.

Obviously, his instructions were indispensable.

If you think about it carefully, she is indeed quite unlucky.

Song Jin lifted her skirt and stepped over the brazier, "Thank you, Uncle Zhao, and thank you, Lord Hou."

Cui Huaiji raised his eyebrows and asked, "Why does Miss Song thank me?"

Song Jin frowned, his eyes shining like stars: "Master Hou saved me last night!"

Cui Huaiji said nothing and turned back into the house.

[Has the habit of saying sweet things.]

Song Jin trotted after him.

"My Lord, I still have something to say!"

Cui Huaiji kept walking, "Let's go inside, it's cold outside."

"good!"

Butler Zhao silently watched the two people enter the house and said with emotion: "The mansion is becoming more and more popular."

Shi An did not comment.

In the past, the Quling Marquis Mansion was cold and lonely; it was only lively where the fox slaves were.

Cui Huaiji was running around to handle important affairs for His Majesty, and the Marquis's Mansion gradually became unpopular.

It is also because there is less work to do this year that Cui Huaiji can stay in the mansion for a long time.

Song Jin took off his cloak as soon as he entered the house. "My Lord, you seem to have a lot less time recently?"

"Well, your majesty is in trouble, and I have to stay and control the situation."

Song Jin seemed to be thinking about something.

[From your Majesty's expression last night, it seems that nothing serious has happened. I wonder if this poison can be cured.]

Cui Huaiji looked at her calmly.

In his eyes, Song Jin is already a person who can predict the future.

Maybe she can solve the current situation.

"Didn't you come to look for me, why are you standing there in a daze?"

Song Jin came back to his senses and took out the note, "This is what the eldest princess gave me last night."

Cui Huaiji took the note.

The emperor was poisoned because of his fifth younger brother.

Cui Huaiji's eyes darkened. "Who else knows about this?"

"It's just me and Lord Hou."

The fact that His Majesty was poisoned has not been disclosed to the outside world. How did the eldest princess know that His Majesty was poisoned?

What happened last night is also full of doubts.

The moment Song Jin saw the note, he knew that things were not that simple and that it was probably related to the Fifth Prince.

[The Eighth Princess looked a little strange last night. If I want to find out what happened, I have to ask her.]

But now the eighth princess is imprisoned in the palace and no one is allowed to visit her.

If it was really done by the Fifth Prince, what was his purpose in doing so?

Everyone knows that the emperor has ignored the eldest princess and forced her to this point, which is of no benefit to anyone.

"I hope you will pretend that you don't know anything about this matter. It will not be good for you to know too much."

Song Jin nodded. She didn't want to get involved now.

She couldn't stand being threatened again and again.

【Speaking of which, isn’t New Year’s Eve coming soon? 】

Cui Huai sent a meal.

This year's New Year's Eve is only two months away.

Does time pass so quickly?

*

This winter, Xiaoxue seems to be particularly fond of Sheng'an.

Song Jin couldn't remember how many times it had snowed.

I thought it would snow heavily given the cold weather these days, but it turned out to be a false alarm.

However, there has been light snow for several days in a row, and the snow accumulation in the yard is quite thick.

Song Jin squatted under the eaves, poking at the snow curiously.

"My wife."

Qing Wu came over with a letter in his hand. Seeing that she was joking, he couldn't help but say to her, "You caught a cold last night. Why don't you take care of yourself?"

Song Jin withdrew his hand guiltily, and took the letter from her hand like a thief covering his ears to change the subject, "Whose letter is it?"

Qing Wu was angry and helpless, "Shopkeeper Qin, my lady must drink the cold-repelling soup today. You can't refuse it just because it's bitter!"

Song Jin looked away and pretended to read the letter, "Hmm? Something went wrong with the pearls in Zhaiyue Tower?"

A pearl trading shop under the name of Zhaiyue Tower sold a batch of pearls a few days ago. Some fake pearls and poisonous pearls were mixed in with the pearls sold.

Forget about the fake pearls. The poisonous pearls that were sold have already caused the death of a young lady.

The matter was reported to the Ministry of Justice, and Zhan Lin has sent people to investigate.

The Zhaiyue Tower was implicated by this incident and began to close its doors to visitors.

Qing Wu saw that her face was getting uglier and uglier, "Madam, what did Manager Qin write in the letter?"

Song Jin frowned slightly, "Qing Wu, I suspect someone in Sheng An wants to attack me."

A series of events happened one after another, all related to her, and she couldn't help but suspect that someone wanted to harm her.

Qing Wu pondered for a moment, "Could it be that the tall trees in the Moon-Picking Tower attract the wind and have offended some people's interests?"

"Nine out of ten."

Song Jin shook off the snow on his body, "Qingwu, prepare the horses, let's go to Zhaiyue Tower."

"yes."

Qing Wu turned around and prepared to make arrangements, but then she remembered something and hurriedly called her back.

Looking back, Song Jin had already run away.

Qing Wuqi laughed: "My lady! Don't think you can escape the cold soup by going to Zhaiyue Tower!"

Song Jin covered his ears tightly.

Don’t listen, don’t listen, don’t listen!

A quarter of an hour later, Song Jin appeared leisurely under her murderous gaze.

[I'm not familiar with pearls, so this is a bit troublesome.]

[Looks like I need to send a message to my father for help. ]

Not far away, Cui Huaiji was standing in the corridor holding Hei Yao. Upon hearing this, he just glanced at the fox slave in his arms.

"Something happened at the Zhaiyue Tower?"

Shi An was about to report this to him, "This morning, a couple sought justice for their daughter who died tragically. Since this matter was related to Zhaiyue Tower, the Ministry of Justice stepped in to resolve it."

"The county lord should be going to the Moon Picking Tower right now."

Cui Huaiji lowered his eyes and thought, "Where is the Ninth Prince now?"

Shi An thought for a moment and said, "In a brothel."

Cui Huaiji's eyes suddenly turned cold, "Throw him to the Zhaiyue Tower!"

"yes!"

Shi An lit a candle for the Ninth Prince in his heart.

Among all the princes, only the Ninth Prince dared to visit brothels openly.