After Xiao Hao left, Lin Yuxin looked at her second and third brothers and said with a serious expression:
"The prince has gone to find a way to get into the palace to check on the emperor. Let's deal with the situation outside the palace first and cut off their escape route."
"Sister, you tell me."
Lin Shaoyang nodded heavily and looked at Lin Yuxin.
Lin Shixiao also lost his previous nonchalance and became serious.
"Second brother, go and send a message to eldest brother, telling him to take his trusted men to Bailing Temple to meet up with the prince's personal guards and await orders."
"Then you send a message to your maternal grandfather, saying that when the time is right, you should make your move. Your maternal grandfather knows what that means."
Lin Yuxin bluntly assigned Lin Shaoyang a task.
"Okay, Second Brother understands!"
Lin Shaoyang nodded in agreement.
Seeing him nod, Lin Yuxin then said to Lin Shixiao:
"Third Brother, go out and do me a favor right now!"
"Okay, go ahead!"
The three siblings of the Lin family plotted at home for an hour. After an hour, the two brothers, Lin Shaoyang and Lin Shaoyang, went directly out of the mansion.
Lin Yuxin went back to her own courtyard to rest, without even telling her mother. The fewer people who knew about her return, the better.
She and Li Xiaochen had planned to go directly to the capital, but they found many unfamiliar soldiers checking them at the city gate, carrying their portraits.
Although it wasn't done too openly, it was obvious that the soldiers guarding the city gates had been replaced; they were now all under the command of Xiao Guojiu, in case they suddenly returned to the capital.
Li Xiaochen decided to disguise himself, and Shui Mei happened to have the ability to disguise herself. So Li Xiaochen transformed into an old man, and Lin Yuxin into a woman.
Shui Mei and Xue Ying didn't travel with them anymore because their main focus was on Li Xiaochen and Lin Yuxin, so it would be safer for them to separate from them.
Lin Yuxin, supporting the elderly Li Xiaochen, had just reached the city gate when they were stopped:
"examine!"
An official took out an abstract portrait and compared it to Lin Yuxin and Li Xiaochen.
Lin Yuxin stared at the painting, her lips twitching. Who painted this? They'd turned her into a snake demon! That pointed chin, those abnormally large eyes—wasn't that the snake demon from Calabash Brothers?
All that's missing is a snake's tail.
Lin Yuxin was getting impatient seeing that the official was still comparing things; if they kept comparing like this, it would get dark soon.
So she secretly pinched her leg, and tears streamed down her face! Then, looking up at the official who was inspecting them, she sobbed:
"Sir! My name is Cuihua. This is my father-in-law. I came to the capital today to take him to the city for medical treatment. He has tuberculosis, but my husband doesn't care about him and just gambles away all our money. I thought I'd take him to the city to try my luck and see if we can buy some cheap medicine and find a kind doctor to examine him and see if he can be cured!"
Lin Yuxin spoke at length with great emotion, and Li Xiaochen even coughed in perfect unison, coughing hard, coughing repeatedly until his cheeks turned slightly red, as if he were about to cough himself to death at any moment.
Lin Yuxin thought that if the two of them lived in modern times, they would definitely become movie stars! Their acting skills are just unmatched.
When Lin Yuxin mentioned that the old man had tuberculosis, the officials all backed away with disgusted expressions. Now, seeing the old man coughing so badly, their faces turned extremely ugly.
"What bad luck! Coming out when you're sick? You might as well just stay home and die! Do you really think all the doctors in the capital are charities? What bad luck!"
One of the guards, who had a bad temper, said with disgust.
"I am a wife after all. If I do nothing, my husband will beat me! Waaah!"
Lin Yuxin said with a heartbroken expression.
"Alright, alright, we're not here to listen to your complaints. We'll let you in after the inspection."
An official with a slightly better temper frowned and interrupted her sobbing. He examined the portraits of the two people again, then shook his head at his colleague, waved his hand, and said:
"Go in!"
"Thank you, sir! Thank you, sir!"
Lin Yuxin quickly wiped away the tears on her cheeks, and helped Li Xiaochen, who was coughing so hard he felt like his lungs were going to burst, walk into the city.
After Lin Yuxin helped Li Xiaochen into the city and they had walked some distance, she released him. Li Xiaochen stopped coughing.
"I never expected Madam to be such a good actress!"
Li Xiaochen, with his old-fashioned face, bantered with Lin Yuxin.
"No, don't say sweet nothings to me with that face on your face, I can't take it."
Lin Yuxin quickly stopped herself, looking at Li Xiaochen's unfamiliar old face with great disdain.
"Is my wife looking down on me?"
Li Xiaochen refused to listen and even took Lin Yuxin's hand, looking at her with deep affection as he asked.
Lin Yuxin: ...I really want to hit him!!
The two didn't have time to play around; they simply found a secluded spot and waited for Xueying and the others to return with Xiaohao.
Half an hour later, Xiao Hao finally entered the city and met up with them. However, when Lin Yuxin saw Xiao Hao again, she couldn't help but burst into laughter, leaning on Li Xiaochen.
"Haha, Shui Mei is really talented! She actually dressed Xiao Hao up like a girl! Haha, Xiao Hao, you look so cute like this!! I love it!"
As she spoke, she pinched Xiao Hao's face until it was deformed, but she couldn't bear to let go.
Xiao Hao had a dark expression on his face until he met Lin Yuxin. He had already decided in his heart that Shui Mei would have to wear women's clothes for the rest of her life!
But seeing his sister laughing so happily, the slight annoyance in his heart lessened considerably. Oh well, his sister likes girls, so what's wrong with him pretending once?
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