Prime Minister Lin was busy at home all day, and he wanted to come up with a big move to prove his loyalty and value to the emperor. He also wanted to make a big move after returning to the court to scare the jackals and remind them of the fear of being dominated by him in the past.
Otherwise, if he doesn't show up for a month, those people will dare not take him seriously.
Lin Xiafeng knew about the prince's recommendation of Jin Yongde before her father. After three seconds of shock, she almost bit her teeth to pieces.
"Why? Why is this happening! This idiot!"
It was a good move, and he was about to win, but he insisted on smashing the chessboard to pieces. This would allow Prince Duan to turn the tables and regain the emperor's trust. How could there be such a stupid person!
Just when she was about to explode with anger, someone suddenly started crying and shouting at the gate of the yard, making her head almost explode.
"Caiwei! What's going on outside? Who's shouting?"
"My dear Miss, it's the Seventh Concubine from the Second Young Master's courtyard who's clamoring to see you."
"Seventh Aunt?"
Caiwei had an expression on her face that she didn't want to mention it at all, "It's Miss Ming Ruoxi of the Ming family."
With a bang, Lin Xiafeng flipped all the teapots and teacups on the table to the ground. "That shameless bastard dares to come here!"
Lin Xiafeng was really about to explode. Why was he surrounded by these idiots who were more likely to cause trouble than to help?
She helped Ming Ruoxi become Princess Duan, and even accepted the imperial edict, but she made herself a concubine!
She helped the prince gain the support of the court officials and the emperor's favor, but in the blink of an eye, he personally lifted up the Prince of Duan who had been suppressed with great difficulty.
Why is everyone against me, why!
Outside the yard gate, Ming Ruoxi was crying, making a fuss, and shouting, as if she would not give up until she came in and saw Lin Xiafeng.
Lin Xiafeng supported himself on the table and took several deep breaths before calming himself down. He returned to his chair and sat down. He softly instructed Caiwei, "Go and bring in that Seventh Aunt."
"yes!"
Before Ming Ruoxi arrived, her shouting had already pierced Lin Xiafeng's eardrums, "Xiafeng, you must vent my anger for me. Those bitches are simply lawless. I can't live here anymore!"
Lin Xiafeng looked at Ming Ruoxi, whose face was covered in wounds and whose hair was disheveled like a mad woman, and asked with a smile, "You can't live here, so where do you want to go? How about I send someone to take you there?"
Ming Ruoxi's crying stopped abruptly as if someone had suddenly grabbed her neck.
"Xia Feng, what do you mean?"
"I don't mean anything, didn't you say that yourself?"
Ming Ruoxi looked at Lin Xiafeng who was sitting high up in the seat. Although she had a smile on her face, that smile made her feel icy cold and creepy.
“I…I’m not…”
"Nothing?" Lin Xiafeng stood up from his seat and walked over to Ming Ruoxi. "Who do you think you are? A high-ranking rich lady? Do you think your father is still the top official in the Golden Palace? Wake up, Ming Ruoxi!"
"Lin Xiafeng! What do you mean?"
"What I mean is, here, you are just a concubine with no status. Everything that happened to you today is your own fault, so you'd better remember your identity and stop yelling and annoying me!"
"I...you...you are absolutely unreasonable. Lin Xiafeng, you are destroying the bridge after crossing it and turning your back on me! You are so insidious!"
"I'm crossing the river and then destroying the bridge? Which river did you take me across with this bridge?"
"I……"
"But you! I worked so hard to bring you to the palace, let you see the emperor, and even risked my dignity to ask Concubine Yun to speak well of you in front of the emperor and marry you to His Royal Highness Prince Duan! What about you?"
"How did you repay me? You caused my father to be punished by the Emperor, kneeling at the Meridian Gate and reflecting on his mistakes at home for a month! Do you know what it means for a Prime Minister to not attend court for an entire month?"
Ming Ruoxi was as stiff as a stick, and was so overwhelmed by the aggressive Lin Xiafeng's yelling that she even forgot to speak.
"You are simply a jinx. Anyone who meets you will be unlucky! So you'd better stay away from me in the future and don't let me see your disgusting face again!"
Ming Ruoxi felt wronged and angry, tears streaming down her face. "Who the hell do you think you are? How dare you speak to me like that! Even though I'm your second brother's concubine now, my father is still a second-rank official, and I'm still a legitimate daughter!"
"You keep saying I'm a concubine, but you're not even a lowly bastard daughter of a concubine. In the past, you weren't even worthy of carrying my shoes. What qualifications do you have..."
Before Ming Ruoxi could finish her words, Lin Xiafeng slapped her across the face, causing her to scream and feel dizzy. Being born out of wedlock was a constant pain in Lin Xiafeng's heart.
This was the first time in Ming Ruoxi's life that she was slapped in the face. She covered her face and glared at Lin Xiafeng fiercely. Not only did she not make Lin Xiafeng retreat, but the other side of her face was also slapped and it hurt.
"Lin Xiafeng, you bitch, you're looking for death!"
When she raised her hand to fight back, Caiwei grabbed her arm tightly.
"Ming Ruoxi! Seventh Aunt! Do you really know how to write the words 'seeking death'? People who lack self-awareness are truly pathetic and ridiculous!"
"Throw her back to my second brother's yard and tell the second young master's wife to take good care of the mad dog in their yard. If it comes out and bites people again, don't blame me for being rude!"
Lin Xiafeng's "I'm not polite" was not directed at Ming Ruoxi, but at her second sister-in-law.
This was clearly telling the people in Lin Chengxuan's yard that she hated Ming Ruoxi and asked them not to let her go.
In reality, who in the entire Lin family didn't despise Ming Ruoxi? If it weren't for her, would the pillar of their family have endured such a terrible ordeal, and would their official career have faced such a crisis?
Ming Ruoxi is really a person without tact. It was obvious when she distributed the cattle to the villagers.
Now that her whole family has gone to the northern border, she still acts like a legitimate daughter, unable to face reality and judge the situation.
Lin Xiafeng is the prince's concubine. Even the legitimate sons and daughters of the Lin family have to be polite to her and smile at her. But she is jumping up and down and shouting here. She deserves to be beaten!
…
After sending Ming Ruoxi away, Lin Xiafeng's anger finally subsided a little.
After regaining her senses, she knew that now was not the time to be depressed and blame others. She must not lose to Qin Qingyao and Ling Jingxuan again this time, absolutely not!
She locked herself in the study. Even though she was heartbroken, she still tried hard to recall everything she had experienced in her past life, and tried hard to think of any means by which she could turn the situation around and deal with Prince Duan.
Then her eyes suddenly lit up. How could she forget that there was one thing she could do, not only could she bring bad luck to Prince Duan, but even Dugu Yu would be in trouble!
In his previous life, Prince Duan actually bribed a general under Dugu Yu, and the two of them jointly withheld supplies from 200,000 soldiers in the Northwest Camp in order to train their own private army!
As a prince, raising a private army without authorization is a crime of treason!
At that time, he was almost killed by Qin Qingyao and Dugu Yu, but she rescued Prince Duan and helped him destroy the evidence and turn the tables!
Thinking about it now, Lin Xiafeng was so angry that her whole body was shaking and sweating like rain! She shouldn't have helped him, she should have let him die!
Fortunately, God has mercy on her and given her a chance to be reborn. This time, not only will she not destroy the evidence, she will also take the evidence into her own hands and let the prince's people expose it!
Haha, rather than saying that Prince Duan hid it from Dugu Yu and colluded with his generals, it would be better to say that Prince Duan and Dugu Yu colluded to rebel. The emperor would be more willing to hear it and more likely to believe it!
Who made Dugu Yu unlucky enough to lose the original account book? He also tacitly allowed the Ministry of War to help him compile a fake one. What's the difference between his covering up and conspiring with Prince Duan!
Originally it was really difficult for her to obtain evidence, but now, Qin Qingyao brought disaster upon herself by bringing Zheng Mingxuan and the other four men to the palace to serve as secret guards. Isn't all this a natural outcome?
"Hahahaha, Qin Qingyao, I want to see how much time you have left to come up with plans for Ling Jingxuan this time! Let's see which of the two of them you can save this time!"
…
The evidence Lin Xiafeng wanted was Qin Qingyao's handwritten account book.
She still remembered that when she first received it, although the items were clearly written on it, the specific amounts were all a string of very strange numbers.
She burned it immediately at that time and had no time to study it, but this time, she was going to take it back and take a good look at it!
June 20th
During this period, Prince Duan has visited the Qi family three times. Everyone can see that he is very satisfied with this marriage and cares a lot about the young lady of the Qi family.
Academician Qi was also quite moved, especially since Prince Duan came not only to visit his future princess, but also to visit his son, Qi Zhongyuan, who had been forgotten by everyone.
Ling Jingxuan was really shocked when she met Qi Zhongyuan for the first time.
He had thought that this man, having suffered a great blow, would become a drunkard at home, living in poverty. Unexpectedly, instead of giving up on himself, he immersed himself in a sea of books.
Many of the books he had read were not even read by Prince Duan himself.
Sure enough, Qin Qingyao was not wrong about him. Putting aside his personal character, Qi Zhongyuan was indeed a knowledgeable and talented person!
But his self-confidence has been severely hit, so now he just reads books at home and refuses to go out. I don’t know who he is competing with.
Prince Duan came several times, and although Qi Zhongyuan chatted with him politely, there was always a silent and deep awkwardness between the two of them.
Qi Zhongyuan had no intention of making friends with him, and his rejection was evident in his words.
Grand Secretary Qi was also very helpless. "Thank you for your concern, Your Highness Prince Duan. My son now deeply feels that his knowledge is limited and his experience is insufficient. He has devoted himself to books. If he wants to read, let him read."
Ling Jingxuan sighed softly, "It's a good thing to study hard and make progress, but seeing Zhong Yuan like this... I'm always worried that he'll exhaust himself."
Academician Qi was really touched and extremely satisfied with his son-in-law, so when Ling Jingxuan suggested that he take Qi Zhongyuan out to bask in the sun, he did not object.
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