Chapter 360 Clues
She claimed to be ill and would not attend court today. Since she was ill and had no time to take care of state affairs, it was naturally difficult for her to arrange a marriage for Lin Lanting.
She had thought it wouldn't be too late to arrange the marriage tomorrow, but her father and Lan Ting were in such a hurry that they didn't even prepare any gifts. It was obvious that they were wary of her.
Lady Xia knelt down and begged for mercy, "Your Majesty, I have wronged you. I am so happy, how could I have done anything wrong?"
She did intend to try to reveal the arranged marriage to Xiao Zhian, and then Xiao Zhian would certainly tell Lin Lanting, but Xiao Zhian had not returned to the palace from the Prince's Mansion, so her plan had not yet been implemented.
The Queen's brow darkened. "Since you're happy, I will still fulfill your wish. If you can't be my principal wife, then I'll make her my concubine. The Lin family has few descendants, so having more concubines would be a good way to expand the Lin family."
Lady Xia felt a chill run down her spine. Her thoughts had been seen through by the Empress. She kowtowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. I will live up to your expectations."
She dared not have any other thoughts anymore, otherwise, she would be doomed.
The Empress glanced at her and was about to ask her to leave when the Chief Eunuch bowed and entered the palace. "Your Majesty, Grand Secretary Cen and several others have knelt at the palace gates, begging Your Majesty to invite the Crown Prince back to court on an auspicious day."
"Bang." A porcelain cup fell to the ground. The Queen said in a cold and vicious voice, "Who gave them this warning?"
She didn't believe that if no one reminded them, those people would change their minds and come after her.
Since the eunuch was favored by the empress, he would naturally do things in a very thorough manner. When he learned that Grand Secretary Cen and several others had come to the palace, he sent people to investigate. Now that the empress asked about it, he relayed everything that Father-in-law Lin had said to the empress.
Upon hearing this, the Queen dropped another teacup to the ground and gritted her teeth, "Father."
He ruined her plans again. Did he really think she wouldn't dare to kill him?
She knew that Shi Yu would not leave Feng Zhao easily. What he said that day was just a counterattack against her and a show, in order to make her look unkind. Cen Daxueshi and others did not know the truth and took it seriously.
Today she claimed to be sick because she wanted to let the world know that Shi Yu had made her, his mother, sick and to give Shi Yu the label of being unfilial.
As time went by, Shi Yu still did not pack his bags and leave. If word got out that Shi Yu ignored the kneeling pleas of Cen Daxueshi and others, everyone would know that his words about leaving that day were all lies, and then her accusations of being an unkind mother would naturally be of no use.
But all of this was ruined by his father. Like Lan Ting, he sided with Shi Yu. A hint of murderous intent flashed in the queen's cold eyes. "I will convey the order to the Lin family tomorrow."
If they are unkind, don't blame her for being unjust.
At the same time, in the Prince's Mansion.
Shi Yu said to Jingzhe, "No need to pack your bags."
Lin Lanting was surprised, "You really plan to leave?"
Shi Yu smiled and said that packing up was just an attitude, and they didn't necessarily mean leaving. Of course, if the queen didn't give in, they could pretend to leave and just take Qingyan on a tour.
He said nothing more to Lin Lanting after that, and said with a bow, "Thanks to my grandfather, I probably don't have to leave for now."
Lin Lanting also thought of what his father had said and sighed in his heart. The queen probably hated even his father. However, his father was unwilling to go along with the queen, so it was only a matter of time before they turned against each other.
"The marriage is finalized. I am going to the Lin family's ancestral land to tell my late mother the good news."
It is natural to discover what happened on the ancestral land.
Shi Yu smiled, "Thank you for your hard work, future brother-in-law."
This joke made Lin Lanting's old face blush. For this marriage, the father and son were indeed a little unkind.
Thinking of this, he turned to Wei Shijun's yard before leaving.
Although Wei Shijun felt it was a bit absurd and confusing to have such a swift and decisive engagement, it was a fake marriage after all, so she went back to the yard, washed up, and lay down on the bed.
Before I fell asleep, there was a knock on the window again. It was Lin Lanting.
Wei Shijun wondered if he had anything else to do, so she got up and opened the window.
Seeing her hair loose, Lin Lanting knew she was going to sleep, and not daring to disturb her, he said bluntly, "Miss Wei, I'm here to apologize to you on behalf of my father.
My father has been reluctant to interact with others these past few years, staying at home all day long. As time goes by..."
He pointed at his head and said, "He's a little different from ordinary people here. However, he's a very easy person to get along with. He only does this when he's happy. If he's not happy with someone, he probably won't speak."
Anyway, I'm no longer a human being, so I might as well never be one again. Don't blame me, Dad, Lin Lanting said in his heart.
Wei Shijun shook her head and said, "General Lin, don't worry about this."
It's not that she didn't notice that Father-in-law Lin was satisfied with her, but she didn't expect that he had a problem with his brain. No wonder he retired from the court. It was a pity.
Thinking of this, she turned around and took out the seal from the table, "I'll give this back to you."
Since her brain is not working well, she cannot accept such an important thing casually, and she should not have accepted it.
Lin Lanting's eyebrows jumped. He didn't expect the backlash to backfire. He hurriedly said, "Please perform the whole act. This shows how much your father values you. Keep it for now."
As he spoke, he took out a jade bead with Maitreya Buddha carved on all six sides from his bosom and said, "I really liked the jade pendant that the young lady gave me before, so I asked for this as a gift in return.
"Young lady, please don't refuse. The Queen and my father are not people who can be easily fooled. I took this item to the temple to be consecrated, and the Queen's people know about it."
Wei Shijun, “…”
She glanced at the jade pendant hanging around his waist, but ultimately did not ask for it back. People in the martial arts world value morality, and since he said he would cooperate in the acting, then let him act. She took the jade bead from his hand and hung it around her neck.
A fleeting smile flashed across the depths of Lin Lanting's eyes, but it quickly disappeared. After saying goodbye to Wei Shijun in a serious tone, he returned to the Lin Mansion and took two followers to buy gold ingots, incense, candles and other items and went straight to the Lin family's ancestral tomb.
Not long after he left, a secret guard knelt in front of Wei Qingyan.
That day, Wei Qingyan felt suspicious about Aunt Wang and Scarface, who asked Wei Qingyan to help find their son's whereabouts, so he asked the secret guards to keep an eye on them.
The secret guard came to report this matter.
They checked the scarred man, whose surname was Liu. He was a small businessman who ran a grocery store and had moved to the imperial city fifteen years ago.
The house I bought is next to Aunt Wang. I have been her neighbor for the past fifteen years and have taken good care of her who lives alone.
Aunt Wang is in poor health. She has been relying on the obsession of waiting for her son to come back to sustain herself all these years, but now she is at the end of her strength. Perhaps she lost her temper when she learned yesterday that her son was still alive, and she developed a high fever last night.
Seeing that the old woman had a high fever, the secret guard was thinking about whether to go back to the Prince's Mansion to secretly get some medicine for the old woman. But then he remembered Wei Qingyan's suspicion, so he made some noise in the house and put the feverish and confused Aunt Wang on the ground.
The sound was not loud, but it was loud enough for the Liu family next door to hear.
Sure enough, not long after, Scarface came over. Seeing Aunt Wang lying on the ground, he thought she had fallen off the bed due to a fever. He was so frightened that he cried out, "Mom."
"Is he really Aunt Wang's son?" Wei Qingyan pondered.
That day, she saw that Scarface had a ruthlessness that seemed to have killed someone, and was definitely not a kind-hearted person, but he was willing to stand up for Aunt Wang, and the worry and concern in his eyes were too strong.
This made her suspicious.
The secret guard said, "Yes, he called a doctor for Aunt Wang, but the doctor said that Aunt Wang was already on her last legs. After the doctor left, the scarred man knelt by the bed and cried bitterly in regret.
He spoke a lot in a disjointed manner, the general meaning of which was that he used to be a peddler, but by chance he learned martial arts when he was young, and in order to make more money, he became a secret escort.
That year, he and his accomplices took on a convoy mission to escort a newborn baby out of the imperial city. Unexpectedly, they were intercepted and killed on the way. The child was snatched away, and all of them were killed.
He was lucky and still had a breath left. Seeing that he could not win the fight, he simply held his breath and pretended to be dead. However, he heard the black-clad men who were trying to kill them mention a noble person in the palace.
Knowing that those were the nobles whom he could not afford to offend, he simply scratched his face and hid in the mountains with his injured body. When he recovered and quietly returned home, he found that someone was following him near his home.
He tracked down the person who was following him and found out that he was a member of the Lin family, a noble in the palace, and a member of the Lin family. He was worried that he would bring trouble to Aunt Wang, so he left the imperial city and hid outside for several years before returning to the imperial city. However, he still did not dare to recognize Aunt Wang.
"Lin family? In the palace?"
Wei Qingyan murmured, then turned to Shi Yu and saw that he had already given the order, "Bring both mother and son here secretly."
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