"Your Majesty must think twice." Liu Qiuchan said to the emperor with anxiety in her eyes.
Lin Zhan didn't know what happened, but he knew that the current situation was not good, so he knelt down obediently and said to the emperor in a baby voice, "Brother-in-law, please don't be angry. Did I do something to make you angry? You can punish me, and I have no complaints."
After the words fell, the emperor's sullen face did not improve at all, but he snorted coldly and continued, "I let you stay in the palace and take good care of you because you are the only sister of the late Queen Lin, but I didn't expect you to be so vicious and actually teamed up with people in the underworld to harm others."
Such words made Lin Zan even more confused. When did she collude with the gangsters to harm others?
When she thought of this, she suddenly remembered Murong Hui's extremely strange look just now. Could it be... Lin Zhan looked at Murong Hui who was kneeling there in shock.
Murong Hui once again showed Lin Zhan an evil smile, then lowered his head and said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, everything I said is true, there is absolutely no falsehood."
After the words fell, the emperor became even angrier, and Si Xueyi also cried sadly, looking at Lin Zhan with accusatory eyes and said, "Miss Lin, I don't think I have offended you, why do you hurt me time and time again, can't you tolerate me?"
What on earth is going on? Lin Zhan was still confused at the moment and had no idea what was going on.
Jun Beiqi, who was standing next to him, spoke to the emperor in a cold voice, "Father, Murong Hui is a cunning and treacherous person, and his words can only be trusted to a certain extent. There is no evidence to prove that Murong Hui and Lin Zhan were in collusion to kidnap Si Xueyi."
Just a few simple words made Lin Zhan instantly understand why the emperor was so angry.
It turned out that Murong Hui had pinned the blame on himself for the kidnapping of Si Xueyi, saying that he and he were in cahoots.
When he thought of this, Lin Zhan turned pale with anger, and pointed at Murong Hui with his little finger and said, "You are talking nonsense!"
"Whether I am talking nonsense or not, Miss Lin knows it very well. When I was locked up in the woodshed, it was Miss Lin who came to the woodshed to help me treat my injuries, and she also asked me to take Miss Si away after I was cured. I am not lying about this matter."
Murong Hui spoke calmly, as if he had already got Lin Zan under control.
After all, when they were in the woodshed, Lin Zhan did tell Murong Hui to take Si Xueyi away, and now he didn't know how to argue.
The emperor also said with great dignity while sitting on the top. "Lin Zhan, do you have anything else to say?"
“Your Majesty, Lin Zhan is so jealous at such a young age. It must be because Xue Yi is a girl with the Phoenix Star Fate. Lin Zhan is afraid that Xue Yi will take away all her love, so she did such a thing. She has a really vicious heart.” Concubine Qin also added fuel to the fire.
Liu Qiuchan quickly played the emotional card and brought up the deceased Queen Lin. "Your Majesty, Lin Zhan is Queen Lin's only sister after all, and the last descendant of the Lin family left in the world. No matter what mistakes she made, please spare her life for Queen Lin's sake."
The emperor was already very suspicious, and there were many rumors in the palace that Lin Zhan was a disaster star, and things related to Lin Zhan kept happening one after another.
All these things combined became the last straw that broke the emperor's trust in Lin Zhan.
So the emperor directly locked Lin Zhan in Hanfang Pavilion, which was equivalent to imprisoning him. No one was allowed to visit him without the emperor's token.
During this process, Lin Zhan knelt there quietly without saying anything. When she was dragged away by the guards, she looked up and said something to the emperor. "Your Majesty, take care!"
The emperor sitting above was a little moved, but he still hardened his heart and asked the guards to take Lin Zhan away.
In this way, Lin Zan and her personal maid Bixia were imprisoned in Hanfang Pavilion. Except for the two of them, all other maids and eunuchs were assigned to serve in other palaces.
Apart from three meals a day, Lin Zan could not see any other people. After a few days, Bixia found that the standard of the meals delivered was getting worse and worse. This morning, there was only a bowl of white porridge and a plate of pickles. She immediately became angry.
"The people in the imperial kitchen are always flattering the powerful and bullying the weak. The young lady has just lost the emperor's favor, and they are using these foods to ruin her. It really makes me so angry. I'm going to go and seek justice from them right now." Bixia said as she was about to force her way out with the food box.
There were two guards guarding the door of Hanfang Pavilion. As soon as Bixia stepped out of the palace gate, she was stopped by the two guards.
Lin Zhan was afraid that something might happen to Bixia, so he quickly pulled her back and patted his chubby belly and said sensibly, "Sister Bixia, I'm fine. I ate so many good things a few days ago, and they were all stored as fat. I'll just eat porridge and pickles for a few days and consider it as losing weight."
Seeing her young lady being so sensible, Bixia felt sad.
At this moment, Liu Qiuchan, who was in Kangfu Palace, looked at the lotus cake on the plate with sore eyes. "I don't know if Zhan'er is eating well? If the emperor punishes her, will she not eat well and sleep well? No, I have to go see the emperor."
After saying this, Liu Qiuchan specially put on the clothes that Lin Zhan had specially made for her, ready to please the emperor, so that he would calm down and release Lin Zhan.
But what Liu Qiuchan didn't expect was that she didn't meet the emperor, but met Concubine Qin instead.
"The Empress is really devoted to Lin Zhan. I think she is asking the Emperor to release Lin Zhan!" Concubine Qin was laughing so hard at the door of the imperial study, looking like a smug villain.
Liu Qiuchan was angry, but she also knew that she couldn't argue with her in front of the door of the imperial study, so as not to upset the emperor, so she didn't mention pleading for Lin Zan.
Seeing that she was enduring in silence, Concubine Qin became more aggressive and wanted to say something, but the door of the imperial study opened at this moment.
The eunuch who was in charge of the emperor came out, and Liu Qiuchan hurriedly stepped forward and said anxiously, "Eunuch Liu, the emperor wants to see me."
"Please go back, Your Majesty. The Emperor is very busy right now and cannot see you." Eunuch Liu said to Liu Qiuchan very respectfully.
Liu Qiuchan became even more anxious when she learned that the emperor did not want to see her, but she did not expect that the emperor did not see the queen but met Concubine Qin.
This made Concubine Qin even more proud, and she swaggered into the imperial study in front of Liu Qiuchan.
Liu Qiuchan silently clenched her fists and could only wait for an opportunity to rescue Lin Zhan.