Chapter 453: Dissociating
The Lan family couldn't help but feel secretly delighted.
Over the years, they have always wanted Lan Yu to promote other brothers of the Lan family.
Lan Yu agreed verbally but always gave them a perfunctory response.
Even though Lan Hong was arrested this time, Lan Yu did not give in.
She even turned a blind eye to the Lan family's affairs.
Doesn’t Lan Yu love her daughter Ji Xiangyun very much?
When Ji Xiangyun marries into the Lan family, who will Lan Yu choose to support?
Is she the brother she grew up with, or her biological daughter?
A bucket of water woke the two people up.
When Ji Xiangyun learned what had happened, he slapped Young Master Sun of the Lan family twice.
Young Master Sun is the apple of the family's eye and has been pampered since childhood.
When have you ever been insulted like a slap in the face?
Without thinking, he slapped back twice.
Blood immediately oozed from the corners of Ji Xiangyun's mouth.
She looked at Young Master Sun in horror: "How dare you hit me! My father and mother have never hit me, how dare you hit me!
I want you to die!
I will definitely let my father chop off your head."
Ji Xiangyun screamed and roared like a madman.
With a 'slap' sound, the old lady of the Lan family slapped her in the face: "Ji Xiangyun, are you calm?"
Wen Yan and the guests were invited to a courtyard.
To put it nicely, it means telling them to rest, but in reality it is a disguised form of house arrest to prevent the news from leaking out.
Wen Yan and Ying Zhilin sat in the corner.
Wen Yan whispered to Ying Zhilin, "The door opened strangely just now. I thought I heard a 'pop' sound."
Ying Zhilin raised his hand, which was interlocked with Wen Yan's. "Anyway, it wasn't me who did it. You were holding my hand the whole time."
Wen Yan felt a little embarrassed.
She wanted to pull her hand back, but Ying Zhilin held it so tightly that she couldn't do it at all.
Wen Yan had no choice but to change the subject: "Tell me, how long will the Lan family keep us locked up?"
"I don't know." Ying Zhilin replied.
If he and Wen Yan could be given a single room and provided with three meals a day, it would not be impossible for them to be locked up for ten days or half a month.
Wen Yan: "..., didn't you say you couldn't come last night? Why did you appear outside my house just now?"
Ying Zhilin put his fist to his lips and coughed lightly: "I thought about it later. The Lan family is the most trusted dignitaries of the emperor. It's better not to make enemies with them, so I rushed over."
As soon as he entered the Lan Mansion, he was found by Yuan Xiaotou's men and brought to Wen Yan.
"Oh." Wen Yan responded and stopped asking questions.
have to!
It’s a nice day, but we’re done chatting again.
**
Imperial Palace.
The emperor finished his official duties for the day, frowned, and suddenly remembered something. He asked the chief steward, "How is the investigation going on regarding Lin's petition to the Ministry of Works and Jingzhao Prefecture?"
Steward Liu stepped forward and replied seriously, "We've already found out. Yesterday... the Fifth Princess wanted to create physical contact with Ying Zhilin. She pretended to sprain her ankle on the street and approached Ying Zhilin."
"Then what?"
"Ying Zhuangyuan must have seen through the Fifth Princess's tricks, and he jumped onto the back of a big man on the side of the road.
He even urged the big man to carry him to the hospital for treatment, leaving the Fifth Princess behind."
"Puchi...Puchi!" The emperor couldn't help laughing. He didn't want to laugh out loud, but he couldn't help it.
He said to General Manager Liu: "This Ying Zhilin is quite interesting."
The chief steward raised the corner of his mouth, but still forced it down.
They were the fifth princess and the number one scholar, he had no right to laugh at them.
The emperor thought for a moment and then said, "Where is the fifth princess? Where is she? Call her to see me."
The fifth brother, relying on his favor, became more and more lawless.
It's time to give her a wake-up call and make her behave herself.
Chief Steward Liu immediately replied, "Your Majesty, the Fifth Princess went to the Lan Mansion to attend the Spring Festival Banquet today. It's still early, so the Fifth Princess should not have returned to the palace yet."
"Spring Banquet? Shouldn't it be the Thai Palace's turn to host it today? Why is the Lan family hosting it?"
Chief Steward Liu reminded him, "A few days ago, the King of Thailand came to the palace and said that there was no female member in the family who was in charge, so he refused to hold this year's Spring Festival Banquet. Concubine Lan then took over the matter on behalf of the Lan family."
The emperor vaguely remembered that this was indeed the case.
"Forget it, let her go." The emperor put the matter aside, shook his sleeves and stood up. "Let's go, take some tea and cakes and go find the queen."
"Yes." Manager Liu heaved a sigh of relief and responded. Before he could leave to make arrangements, a young eunuch hurried in.
The eunuch knelt on the ground in a panic and reported: "Your Majesty, there is an accident in the Lan Mansion."
Who dares to cause trouble in the Lan Mansion?
"What's going on? Tell me about it."
The guard on duty narrated the incident tremblingly.
This matter concerns the fifth princess, and I don’t know whether I can save my head.
The emperor was furious: "How dare you use such despicable means on my most beloved daughter!
Go, bring all the people from the Lan Mansion into the palace. I want to personally inquire how they plan to hold the Spring Banquet.
Also, send secret guards to thoroughly investigate this matter."
"Yes." Manager Liu immediately ran out to pass on the order.
Lan Mansion.
After the young eunuch delivered the imperial eunuch's order, he made a special trip to Wen Yan's courtyard.
His eyes were sharp as he scanned the faces of everyone present. "If even a single word of what happened today gets out, everyone here will be held responsible. Do you understand?"
Those who were planning to use this as a topic of conversation all looked away guiltily.
Afterwards, they were sent away one by one.
On the carriage back.
Wen Yan glanced at Ying Zhilin quietly and said hesitantly: "Um...you should have guessed what happened in the next room!
I did all of this.
That woman is the fifth princess, Ji Xiangyun, and the man is the eldest grandson of the Lan family."
"So what?" Ying Zhilin lowered his eyes and didn't look at Wen Yan's face.
"Whether it's the Lan family or the Fifth Princess, they are people you and I can't afford to offend.
When the emperor hears the news, he will surely be furious and will definitely order a thorough investigation of the matter.
The things I did revealed a lot of clues, and sooner or later they would be traced back to me. I would be skinned alive if I didn't die.
Fortunately, we divorced a long time ago, so you don't have to come to me again. I will also announce our divorce as soon as possible so that you won't be implicated."
Wen Yan first analyzed the pros and cons with him and tried to exaggerate the matter.
Although it concerns the reputation of the royal family, she feels that the emperor will not punish her severely.
After all, she still has cards like Meng Chifei, the Jing family's salt wells in Shu, and 'A Little Ink'.
Ying Zhilin is different.
He just entered the officialdom.
If the emperor made any slight move, he would not be able to hold on.
What's more, she really wanted to break up with him.
Ying Zhilin slowly tightened his fists on his knees, and then uttered a cold laugh.
The voice made Wen Yan's back tingle with laughter: "What are you laughing at?"
“I laugh at myself.
Today in the Hanlin Academy, I was panicking and had a premonition that something would happen to you, so I rushed to find you regardless of everything.
But you, you just want to cut off ties with me.
I must look ridiculous if I rush in.”
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