The empress set out to return to the palace, and Lin Xiaoman, as the crown princess, followed her back.
After returning to the palace, Lin Xiaoman played the role of a good sister who cared about her younger sister. She just watched Little Sister Wang, who had only a small cut, lying on the bed pretending to be seriously injured and dead.
After the scene of "the second princess was seriously injured and dying", Lin Xiaoman was called to the imperial study by the empress.
Lin Xiaoman: It must be time to assign a task!
Sure enough, the empress dismissed all the maids and guards, and then very seriously gave her an important task - to go to the south to conduct a secret investigation!
The Empress said, as the saying goes, open investigations and secret visits are not enough, there must be secret visits! Although she sent an inspector to the south, others are not trustworthy. The inspector may be bribed by the local officials in the south with a large sum of money. Therefore, you, the Crown Princess, must go in person!
The empress specifically instructed that more corrupt officials must be investigated, and it would be best if they could be eliminated in one go, so as to rectify the corruption among local officials in the south.
Lin Xiaoman guessed that the empress felt that the two corrupt officials in her previous life were too small and had too little money, so it would be best to catch them all in one fell swoop.
The local officials are so complicated and deeply entrenched...the task is arduous!
Lin Xiaoman, who was released, was filled with distress. She had agreed to have a vacation with delicious food and drinks, but the result... It's hard to describe. She was indeed a hard-working person.
Before returning to the Princess's Mansion, Lin Xiaoman first went to his own estate in the suburbs, pretending to inspect the territory. While no one was paying attention, Lin Xiaoman threw a lot of potatoes and sweet potatoes everywhere.
After secretly fixing bugs and smuggling crops, Lin Xiaoman returned to the Princess's Mansion and dived into her study to practice, while also thinking about how she could catch all the corrupt officials as quickly and efficiently as possible.
Another day has passed.
At the court on the second day, as soon as Empress Huangyuan appeared on the scene, there was thunder and lightning in her rage, violent storms and heavy rain, and a wave of map artillery bombardment came at her head.
The people below were all shocked and shrank like quails.
Today, no one dared to offend anyone, no one made any report, and even the argumentative censors kept their mouths shut.
After a furious outburst of indiscriminate attacks, since no one took the initiative to speak, the empress named several heads of judicial departments and inquired about the progress of the assassination incident.
The leaders of the judicial organs were terrified and almost all knelt down, saying, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I am incompetent..."
Only the Dali Temple Minister spoke up, "Your Majesty, while examining the assassin's body, I discovered from a few small details that the assassin's identity... is related to the Yongding Marquisate."
When the Dali Temple Minister said this, the Yongding Marquis, who had been hiding in a corner pretending to be calm, was so frightened that his face suddenly lost all color and turned pale.
The Marquis of Yongding cursed in his heart, "Old woman, you slandered me and framed me! If you can't find the real culprit, you're putting the blame on her!"
"Your Majesty is wise, I am innocent!" Marquis Yongding knelt down with a thud and immediately cried out for justice, followed by a long speech, full of heartfelt words of loyalty to the emperor and the country.
"Your Majesty..." The Minister of the Supreme Court babble on, recounting the details of the identity check she had discovered, and finally said, "Marquis Yongding, please explain."
Shocked and bewildered, unable to explain himself, the Marquis of Yongding could only say, "Your Majesty, someone must have framed me and wants to kill me!"
The Empress: "My Lords, what are your thoughts on this?"
Then, the court was divided into three factions.
The majority are neutral people who just watch the show and do not express their opinions.
Marquis Yongding's political enemies launched all kinds of attacks, as if they had seen it with their own eyes: It must have been her who did it!
There were even countless additional reasons, including: Marquis Yongding was dissatisfied with the marriage granted by Your Majesty and held a grudge, so he attempted to rebel.
Marquis Yongding cried out for injustice throughout the whole process.
Although she was indeed dissatisfied with the arranged marriage, she was just planning to have her son act out a sad drama and pretend to be sick, and then find a master to predict that their horoscopes were incompatible, thus ruining the marriage.
Rebellion or something? Did she think she had lived too long?
The Yongding Marquis' Mansion has been passed down for a hundred years and has considerable influence. The friendly forces all stood up and spoke for the Yongding Marquis.
After a heated debate, the Empress made the final decision.
Lin Xiaoman, a bystander, originally thought that the empress would take the opportunity to dismiss Marquis Yongding from his post, but he did not expect that the empress would say something about her willingness to believe Marquis Yongding and get affirmation from loyal ministers, which made Marquis Yongding burst into tears of gratitude.
Empress: I believe it wasn't you who did it, but...
Yes, but what followed was that Marquis Yongding had to prove his innocence. The empress gave the task of tracking down the real murderer to the "suspect" Marquis Yongding, and asked her to find out the truth about the assassination within a month.
Empress: If we can’t find out…
The empress didn’t say the rest, but everyone understood.
Empress: If you can't find out, then it must be you! Otherwise, how could you not find out?
Lin Xiaoman: Tsk tsk.
I have to say, what a superb move.
The plot was set up by the Empress. Even if the Marquis of Yongding found out, what could he say? Furthermore, since the Empress set up the plot, there would definitely be no clues. If the real culprit can't be found, what can he do? He can only find someone to blame!
And this scapegoat cannot be just anyone, we must find someone who satisfies the empress.
If the empress makes this move, Marquis Yongding will definitely have to hand over a big fish in order to save himself.
After the assassin incident was temporarily over, the empress praised her second daughter Huang Lingjin for her loyalty in saving her, and revealed her mother's worry for her daughter, once again reinforcing Huang Lingjin's (Little Sister Wang's) "serious injury and critical condition".
The ministers hurriedly said, "The Second Princess is a lucky person, and she will be fine."
Then, the empress praised Lin Xiaoman for his bravery in the hunting ground, saying that hunting down the King Kong brown bear was definitely something worth showing off and being glorious.
The court officials who knew that Lin Xiaoman and General Yu had formed a team were all praising them on the surface, but secretly they all suspected that General Yu had cheated for his daughter-in-law Lin Xiaoman!
After the empress praised her, she recalled Lin Xiaoman to the palace on the pretext of the "grand wedding" and gave her a month's leave to concentrate on preparing for the wedding.
You don't have to attend court for a month, which means you don't have to show up in front of everyone. Well, it's convenient for secret visits.
The ministers were somewhat puzzled by the Empress's arrangement, but they were just wondering what it meant. Was the Empress supporting the Crown Princess or was she planning to depose her?
After discussing a few more things, the court was dismissed.
Lin Xiaoman didn't have to go back home and could just stay in the palace.
Because he was about to be sent out, last-minute training would not increase his combat power much, so Lin Xiaoman went straight to the Imperial Hospital and looted a lot of poisons.
Small amounts of medicine powder must be prepared, especially the essential medicine for robbery, murder and arson - the knockout drug.
Not less, not less!
She spent the whole afternoon making medicine. In the evening, a maid came and told her that the empress wanted her to have dinner with her.
After having dinner with the empress, Lin Xiaoman was led to the imperial study. The empress gave him all kinds of instructions with a feeling of "a mother worries about her child even when he is thousands of miles away".
Although it was a secret visit, the Empress, as an old mother, was worried because the eldest brother's martial arts skills were too low.
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