Sikong Zhan naturally wouldn't agree to let Lin Jinghan go to the capital alone. He knew the emperor's feelings for her very well! Furthermore, the emperor had not only overthrown the prime minister, but also purged the court, completely eradicating his influence in the capital! His methods far surpassed those of the previous emperor and were truly too dangerous!
The red Sikong Zhan said nothing and was about to kill the minister who delivered the imperial edict with his sword.
"Stop!" Lin Jinghan stopped the red Sikong Zhan: What's the point of killing the messenger? If I kill him, will the emperor let her go? If I kill him, will the emperor let go of the Pingnan Marquis Mansion and the Mu Prince Mansion?
She wrote a letter to the emperor and gave it to the minister who delivered the imperial edict.
"Tell the emperor that I will go to the capital within three days and ask him to stop doing things that harm others and benefit himself."
"Jinghan!" Red Sikong Zhan was very unhappy and held her in his arms, "You are not allowed to go!"
"Ah Zhan, I must go." Lin Jinghan looked at the two Sikong Zhan affectionately.
"Lin's Trading Company is no longer just mine. So many people rely on it for their livelihoods. Some of them even scrape together enough money to open branches! If I allow the emperor to close the trading company, wouldn't that be forcing them to die?
"I have already made a promise in my heart to everyone who joins Lin's Trading Company that I will help them become rich together and never let them regret joining the Lin's.
Besides, the Pingnan Marquisate and the Muwang Palace are so innocent, how could I possibly implicate them?"
The black Sikong Zhan frowned, "But Ouyang Ji obviously has bad intentions, he..."
"I still have you, don't I? As long as Prince Jingnan is still here, no one will dare to touch Princess Jingnan, right?" Lin Jinghan smiled confidently.
"Also, I've been training for the past few months, and my internal strength, swordsmanship, and sorcery have all made significant progress. Even if I can't defeat a hundred enemies alone, I should have no problem escaping on my own after the negotiations break down."
The two Sikong Zhan looked at each other and finally nodded helplessly.
The black Sikong Zhan smoothed her hair and said, "I will send secret guards to protect you. You must remember that your own safety is the most important thing."
Lin Jinghan raised her eyebrows and smiled, "Don't worry, I'm not stupid. Ouyang Ji better be smart and not embarrass me, otherwise I will make the whole capital a mess!"
Lin Jinghan arranged the business and set off for the capital two days later.
It has to be said that the emperor was cruel enough. In just two days, he actually closed down the Lin's trading companies in two cities, truly harming others and not benefiting himself.
As soon as she entered the city gate, Lin Jinghan was surrounded by people from the Dali Temple. Although the new Dali Temple Minister Zhang He was ordered to arrest people, he was polite to her, "Princess Jingnan, please!"
Not only was Lin Jinghan not shackled, she was directly put into a carriage and "escorted" all the way to the Dali Temple to be imprisoned.
You know, the shackles that the Dali Temple puts on people who practice cultivation are the same as the Binding Rope, which can restrict their cultivation. They were so tolerant of her, which really surprised Lin Jinghan.
Not only that, her cell was independent of other cells, and it was no exaggeration to say that it was a boudoir. Even her three meals a day were comparable to the royal banquets in the palace.
Lin Jinghan had been in the cell for several days, but no one had come to question her. Unable to help but feel bad, she asked the person who brought her food, whom she only saw every day, "When will you, the master, come to see me?"
The man put down the food, bowed respectfully, shook his head, and left.
Lin Jinghan didn't want to waste time in the cell. She thought that since they didn't want her to suffer in prison, she would force them to see her! When the second meal was about to be delivered, she cruelly fed herself a poison pill.
The person who delivered the meal came in on time. Lin Jinghan took a bite of the meal, then threw the bowl to the ground and wailed in pain.
"Ah, it hurts! It's poisonous! Help me!"
The person delivering the food panicked and hurried to notify the people outside. Lin Jinghan took the opportunity to put the poison she had been poisoned with into the food.
Sure enough, the Dali Temple Minister rushed over in a hurry and brought the imperial physician with him.
How could an ordinary doctor cure the poison Lin Jinghan had inflicted? The imperial physician was helpless and could only feed her an antidote pill before quickly notifying the emperor of the situation.
Ouyang Ji was discussing important matters with his trusted ministers. When he learned that Lin Jinghan was poisoned and dying, he immediately left all the ministers behind and rushed to the Dali Temple.
"The Emperor has arrived!"
Following a loud chant, the Dali Temple Minister immediately knelt down before the emperor and said in fear, "I am guilty!"
"I will ask you about your crime later! Go and find out who poisoned Miss Lin immediately. If anything happens to her, you will lose your head!" After the emperor said that, he rushed to the Dali Temple Prison without stopping, followed by all the imperial doctors.
In the cell, Lin Jinghan had a lifeless face, half lying on the bed, staring at the cell door, staring blankly at a group of people at the door who were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.
"Miss Lin!" The emperor arrived and was heartbroken to see her like this. He immediately asked someone to open the cell.
"What have you done to the Lin's Trading Company?" Lin Jinghan was still lying there, not moving a finger. She just rolled her eyes and stared at the emperor. Her voice was so weak that it seemed like it would break at any moment.
Seeing this, the emperor became even more anxious and glanced at the imperial physician, "Go, treat Miss Lin!"
Then he said to Lin Jinghan, "I always keep my word. Miss Lin, don't worry. Since you are here, I will definitely not make things difficult for others. Lin's Trading Company has resumed normal business."
"If that's the case, why did the Emperor lock me up instead of interrogating me?" Lin Jinghan smiled palely, as if unable to endure the pain of the poison. She hunched over, but stared at the Emperor stubbornly and asked:
"If I'm guilty, I should let the law punish me. Why do you keep me under house arrest and have people poison me?"
"I will definitely find out the truth about your poisoning and give you justice!" The emperor showed his embarrassment. "But you are, after all, the daughter of Prime Minister Lin. Although I cherish you, I cannot leave you alone. I will temporarily inconvenience you for a while. After a while, when the incident with Prime Minister Lin has passed, I will release you. Don't worry, during this time, I promise that no one will threaten your safety again!"
Lin Jinghan knew that the emperor was not telling the truth, and she also understood that even if she asked again, she would not get anything out of him. Since she had already poisoned herself, she might as well use the poison to help herself escape, which would be better than being locked up here all day, knowing nothing and being able to do nothing.
"The emperor wants to lock me up, but I have no complaints." Lin Jinghan trembled in pain and said through gritted teeth,
"Your Majesty, please consider our pleasant cooperation and promise me that no matter what happens in the future, you will never touch the Lin's Trading Company again."
"Okay, I promise you!" Anyway, she would be his queen soon, so the emperor agreed happily.
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