Chapter 359: Attending the Palace Banquet
Three days later, in the main hall of the Seventh Prince's Mansion.
Lin Baoer, who was having breakfast, widened her eyes and lost her voice, "Palace Banquet?!"
Lin Zhishen nodded and wiped the corner of his mouth, "It's okay if you don't want to go. This is just an idea."
He wanted Lin Baoer and Jiang Yuzhi to be his maids and go to the palace banquet together. With them, they might be able to find something that he couldn't find.
And by then he would definitely be trapped and unable to leave, and then he might need Lin Baoer and Jiang Yuzhi to take action.
Jiang Yuzhi put down his chopsticks tremblingly and swallowed his saliva, "Brother Zhishen, what if... what if I accidentally offend someone, you will get me out, right?"
Lin Zhishen laughed, "Don't worry, of course, but you still have to be careful. If necessary, it's best not to argue with my royal brothers. After all, they are not as easy to talk to as me."
He teased, and even made a joke in this serious atmosphere.
Jiang Yuzhi couldn't laugh at all, and his face was sad, and he couldn't even enjoy his meal.
"But who organized this palace banquet?" Lin Baoer asked curiously.
Wasn't the Emperor of Jiang critically ill? Why would he organize a palace banquet at this time? What was the purpose?
Hearing this, Lin Zhishen narrowed his eyes and said coldly, "The current empress."
As for why she organized the palace banquet, according to her, the emperor was seriously ill and there was a lot of illness in the palace, so she needed to organize a palace banquet to get some vitality to help the emperor get rid of his illness. Maybe the illness would get better on its own.
But anyone with a discerning eye knew that what he said was nonsense. If a rush of joy could cure the disease, then what was the point of the doctor?
So she must have a purpose for this trip.
But whether it was a ghost or a god, we had to participate to know.
No one could refuse to organize this palace banquet with the emperor as an excuse, and Lin Zhishen was no exception. The invitation to the banquet had already been delivered to him.
After thinking for a while, Lin Baoer finally agreed, "I'll go."
Lin Zhishen never spoke to them easily, and since he did this time, it proved that he really had something important that needed them to do for him.
Seeing her say so, Jiang Yuzhi, who was hesitant, immediately agreed, "I'll go too!"
She was not afraid! She believed that Lin Baoer and Lin Zhishen would definitely keep her safe!
"What do you need us to do for you?" Lin Baoer asked directly.
Lin Zhishen's face was solemn. "This palace banquet will not only be attended by all the princes and princesses, but also by civil and military officials. They may also bring their relatives. Therefore, there will be at least a hundred people attending the palace banquet. There will be a lot of noise when there are too many people. I want you to take advantage of the chaos to investigate everywhere to see who is not at the scene and who is abnormal."
"With so many people, can Sister Baoer and I keep an eye on them?" Jiang Yuzhi widened his eyes in disbelief.
Lin Zhishen smiled and said, "You don't have to stare at everyone, just stare at my brothers and sisters, preferably the fourth brother, the sixth brother, the third sister, the ninth brother, and the twelfth brother."
These people either have ulterior motives or are in the enemy camp with the second prince, so they must be guarded against.
As for the others, they only need to be taken care of.
Lin Baoer nodded thoughtfully.
"When will the palace banquet start?"
"Early tomorrow morning."
Early the next morning, Lin Baoer and Jiang Yuzhi dressed up and got on the carriage to the palace.
"Sister Baoer, I'm a little nervous." Jiang Yuzhi grabbed Lin Baoer's arm, so nervous that she couldn't speak clearly, "I, this is my first time... the first time I do this..."
Lin Baoer thought it was funny, patted her and comforted her, "Just tell me if you find anything, you don't have to leave the palace banquet, just be careful."
She had seen such scenes when she was one or two years old, so naturally she didn't change her face even if the sky collapsed.
"Okay." Jiang Yuzhi tried to prepare herself mentally.
After getting off the carriage and entering the palace, the two began to follow Lin Zhishen cautiously, not daring to look around.
"Isn't this the Seventh Prince? You're back now? I thought you couldn't attend this palace banquet?" A frivolous and teasing voice came, and Lin Baoer took a quiet look.
The man looked only a little like Lin Zhishen, with an arrogant expression and contempt, as if he didn't take Lin Zhishen seriously.
"Sixth brother." Lin Zhishen said lightly, "I came back a month ago. It seems that the Sixth Prince is not very familiar with the news." The
Sixth Prince's face darkened for a moment, then repeated his smile, glanced at him provocatively, and walked past Lin Zhishen towards another person, "Fourth brother, you are finally here. If you didn't come, the Seventh Prince would have killed me."
"Really?"
This was a gentle voice. Lin Baoer looked up, but she didn't expect to meet a pair of smiling eyes as soon as she raised her eyes.
Although his face was as gentle as jade, Lin Baoer felt uncomfortable, as if she was being stared at by a poisonous snake.
It seemed that this person was the Fourth Prince who was fighting against the Second Prince.
"Seventh brother has always been indifferent to everything. It's a great thing that you can provoke him to hurt you." The fourth prince smiled lightly, took the initiative to walk towards Lin Zhishen and patted him on the shoulder. "After a year of absence, I didn't expect that we would meet again at the palace banquet. I heard that you wanted to find a time to invite you together after you came back, but I didn't expect that I was so busy that I couldn't get away. Seventh brother won't blame me, right?"
Lin Zhishen took a step back without leaving a trace and smiled. "How could that be? I brought a gift for fourth brother when I came back, but I was busy with some things. That's why I didn't send it to you in time. I will send someone to send it after the palace banquet is over."
"Hey! Why send someone? It happens that we two brothers haven't seen each other for a long time. Why don't you come to my place to get together after the palace banquet is over?" The fourth prince smiled and seemed confident, and didn't seem to be afraid of Lin Zhishen's refusal.
After a while, Lin Zhishen agreed, "Okay."
The abandoned Sixth Prince was very dissatisfied and said, "Fourth Brother, I want to go too!"
"Okay, let's go, I will definitely treat the two younger brothers well." The Fourth Prince laughed.
Looking at this scene of brotherly love and respect, Lin Baoer secretly complained in her heart.
This Fourth Prince is a smiling tiger at first glance. Maybe this gathering is a banquet for Hongmen. I don't know if Lin Zhishen can handle it calmly.
But now is not the time to think about those things.
"Why did the Seventh Prince bring two beautiful girls to the palace banquet? Are they relatives?" The Fourth Prince suddenly asked, his eyes fixed on Lin Baoer with interest, examining her.
Lin Baoer was silent, neither looking up nor speaking, pretending not to hear.
Lin Zhishen smiled, took a step forward, stood in front of Lin Baoer, and explained, "I was accidentally injured when I went out. The doctor said that I had to change the medicine every two hours. I didn't worry about troubling the people in the palace, so I brought two people with me in case of emergency.
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