He only went out for fun for several days a year and had visited all the fun places. There was nothing else worth going to, and Lin Jiuxi was too embarrassed to go out every day.

Today, while walking in the mansion, she unexpectedly came to Nangong Jing's study. There were many books and some interesting magazines in it. She picked up one at random and sat down to read, and she was actually absorbed in it.

The anecdotes magazine wrote about Baihu Prefecture and Yuzhou City, as well as the beautiful scenery and mountain features of some nearby towns. The descriptions were so detailed that you felt as if you were there.

After reading half of it, Lin Jiuxi found that the book was really well written. It turned out that there were so many interesting places outside Baihuzhou City. It was a pity that it was an extraordinary period and we couldn’t go out. However, the book just mentioned that there was a temple at the intersection of Baihuzhou and Yuzhou City. It was rumored that there was a secret room hidden in the temple, which could lead directly to somewhere inside the two cities. I don’t know whether it was true or not.

After reading it, Lin Jiuxi didn't take it to heart and didn't think much about it.

He casually pulled out a piece of white paper and tore it. After a while, a cartoon-like little man appeared on the paper. Lin Jiuxi smiled and said, "You look quite cute like this."

Suddenly a picture flashed through my mind, a temple?

Lin Jiuxi quickly opened the book he had just read and read the part describing the temple again. An idea came to his mind, and he shouted to the outside: "Awu, Awu, are you there?"

Ah Wu was Nangong Jing's secret guard. He was left to Lin Jiuxi when he left. Unexpectedly, he would come in handy now.

No one came in from outside, but a dark shadow suddenly flashed out from the bookshelf next to him, and his voice was a little cold: "What do you want, Princess?"

"Come and take a look at this!" Lin Jiuxi pointed to the place where he had seen the description of the temple just now and showed it to Awu.

"I think there should be a secret room in this place. How about you go and take a look?"

Ah Wu's face darkened: "Princess, it's all said above that it's just a rumor. Rumors are not to be believed. Besides, there is a secret room hidden in this temple. If it is a secret room, how could it be written into the book? How could it be preserved until now?"

What Ah Wu said is not without reason.

It’s just that Lin Jiuxi is too idle now, and all the people have been arranged out. Once he finds that Li Mao and his men have appeared, he will immediately take Liu Yuan’s family to evacuate.

Lin Jiuxi doesn't need to worry about it at all.

That's why she thought of asking Ah Wu to go to the temple to see if there was the secret room mentioned in the book.

Unexpectedly, Ah Wu still didn't want to go.

"Awu's book says this is a rumor. Do you understand rumors? Go and help me check it out. If you really find it, there might be some gold, silver, treasures or some martial arts secrets, right?"

Lin Jiuxi's eyes were shining when he talked about this.

Ah Wu looked at him as if he were an idiot, breaking Lin Jiuxi's fantasy: "If the princess really had any gold, silver, treasures, or martial arts secrets, they must have been taken away long ago, and it is impossible for them to be preserved until now."

It had been a long time since anyone had argued with Lin Jiuxi, and both of their sentences were aimed at attacking her.

"If you don't want to go, I'll go by myself. Anyway, the prince asked you to protect me. If anything happens to me, you can't escape responsibility."

Ah Wu's eyes twitched, and he waited for a long time before saying, "I am willing to go, Princess, just wait patiently."

Lin Jiuxi then smiled and said, "That's right, go and pay attention to safety, go early and come back early!"

Awu said yes and disappeared.

In the Nanzhao Palace, today is the day for beauties to enter the palace. Originally, this year beauties were to be recruited from all over the country and sent to the palace, but because of Nangong Jing's rebellion, the scope of the selection has been narrowed down again and again, and only some women of appropriate age are selected from the families of officials in the capital for the selection.

General Lin spent money to get some connections and got a spot for Lin Luwan so that she could also participate in the draft.

The day before Lin Luwan left, Rong always held her hand and said reluctantly: "My daughter, you will enter the palace tomorrow, I can't bear to leave you!"

Compared to Rong's sadness, Lin Luwan was very happy. She persuaded her mother instead, "What's there to be reluctant about? As long as your majesty takes a fancy to your daughter in the palace, you will be waiting for great wealth and honor in the future. I'm so smart, mother is just waiting for me to give you an imperial decree and make others envy you to death!"

His ambitions were high and his tone was full of pride, as if he could get it tomorrow.

After hearing this, Rong also felt that it was best for her daughter to enter the palace.

"I heard that you are the oldest one to enter the palace this time. I am worried that His Majesty will dislike you!"

She was only seventeen years old, but Rong treated her like an old woman in her thirties or forties. Lin Luwan said unhappily, "Although mother and daughter are the oldest among the many concubines, so what? As long as His Majesty likes her, that's all!"

Lin Luwan has been spoiled since she was a child and has been taught by Rong every day. All she has in her heart is power and wealth, so she doesn't know what she wants most.

The mother and daughter talked for a while, and Lin Luwanwan suddenly asked: "Mother, is cousin Hai still in the mansion?"

When Rong Hai was mentioned, Rong's face suddenly became long.

"Your uncle took her away a few days ago."

Lin Luwan raised a beautiful smile and said deliberately, "That's a pity. I wanted to give my cousin a pair of shoes, but I didn't expect him to leave so soon. But is there something wrong with my uncle's family?"

Rong said with an ugly face, "Don't mention him in front of me. It's useless. I just found out a few days ago that Brother Hai was having an affair with a woman in a brothel and somehow got her pregnant. She even told everyone at home about it. Your uncle kept it a secret and never told me about it. If it wasn't for your aunt letting it slip that day, I would have thought Brother Hai was a good kid!"

As soon as Rong finished speaking, he added, "Tomorrow is a good day for you. Don't mention your cousin Hai anymore. If anyone asks about them in the future, just say that you have cut off all ties with his family!"

Lin Luwan had never thought that her mother's heart could be so cruel, but she didn't know that Rong did this for her.

After all, if word gets out that their relative's child has lived in the mansion for so long, such gossip could cost the woman her life.

"Mom, I know!"

On the second day, Lin Luwan got up and dressed before dawn. She was still dressed until dawn. There was already a carriage waiting outside General Lin's mansion.

After bidding farewell to her parents in the main hall, Lin Luwan got on a carriage and headed straight for the palace.