Lin Ruoxi and Lin Jingxuan rode a carriage to the Zhennu Official's house and got off the carriage. Lin Jingxuan helped Lin Ruoxi get out of the carriage, and the two of them stood by the door of the house.

Lin Jingxuan raised his hand and knocked gently on the door of the house. After taking a few glances, he saw a pale servant in his forties opening the door. He saw Lin Jingxuan and Lin Ruoxi dressed in fine clothes. He guessed that these two people

His status must be very noble.

Lin Jingxuan asked without any warmth in his voice: "Has the virgin official been in the house?"

The housekeeper shook his head: "My master was called out early in the morning, but before leaving, he gave me a letter and said that if anyone comes looking for her, she will give this letter to him..."

The housekeeper looked at Lin Ruoxi and Lin Jingxuan up and down, took out the letter and said: "It seems that you are the ones the master wants to give it to." [

Lin Ruoxi took the letter, but Lin Jingxuan worriedly stopped Lin Ruoxi from opening the envelope. Lin Ruoxi nodded slightly towards him, indicating that the letter was not harmful at all and was safe. Lin Jingxuan then withdrew his hand.

, Lin Ruoxi opened the envelope.

After seeing the contents of the letter, Shixing saw it clearly. It turned out that the virgin official had lured Situ Zhan and Situ Bin away, and also to the palace, saying that he wanted to report Empress Wu's sins to the emperor?

Lin Ruoxi's heart skipped a beat and she quickly grabbed Lin Jingxuan's hand: "Jingxuan, let's go!"

Lin Jingxuan nodded and got into the carriage with Lin Ruoxi. Lin Ruoxi asked the driver to drive the carriage towards the palace.

Lin Jingxuan asked in confusion: "Fourth sister, why are we going to the palace? Are we going to find Empress Wu?"

Lin Ruoxi shook her head: "Jingxuan, it seems that my guess is good. The Zhennu official wanted to frame the Pingyang Marquis Mansion. She deliberately said that she was willing to inform the emperor of all Queen Wu's crimes and let the emperor punish Queen Wu's crimes. Fourth brother

My sixth brother and I were really bewildered by her sincere acting skills. They listened to her words and were about to enter the palace with her to meet the emperor."

Lin Jingxuan exclaimed: "Fourth sister, you mean to say that the Zhennu official wanted to see the emperor again and then bit back Situ Zhan and Situ Bin, saying that the Situ family forced her to say slanderous words about Empress Wu? Let the emperor rule over the entire Situ family.

crime?"

"Jingxuan, everything you said is right, but I always feel that this matter is not that simple."

Lin Jingxuan also felt that this matter was too strange. Why should we talk about it at this time today instead of arranging this situation a few days later or a few days in advance?

Lin Ruoxi and Lin Jingxuan were both lost in thought. They were silent all the way until the carriage entered the palace. Lin Jingxuan had a golden waist card so he could enter and exit the palace gate easily. As soon as they entered the palace, Lin Jingxuan and Lin Ruoxi rushed to the emperor's study room.

They walked away, but when they reached the main hall, Lin Ruoxi and Lin Jingxuan stopped.

What came out of it was the sullen King Mao Li Mao and the official Zhennu with a sinister look on her face. The official Zhennu didn't look proud now, but her eyes were still full of calculations.

Seeing Lin Ruoxi, the virgin official brushed her body slightly towards Lin Ruoxi: "Miss Situ, I didn't expect you to come back to the palace. Are you looking for a slave?"

"Prince Zhen, you are really insidious!" Lin Ruoxi glanced at King Mao, who had a gray look on his face. She probably guessed something. She smiled and said, "It seems that you have disappointed Official Zhen."

But the virgin official shook her head and said: "They are all grasshoppers on a rope, no one can escape." She glanced at Li Mao meaningfully and laughed contemptuously.

Li Mao clenched his fists, wishing he could smash the virgin official's head, but he still maintained a warm smile. The real smiling tiger was not the prince, it seemed that it was Li Mao, and it had to be her.

"Priest Lady, everyone walks at night sometimes, so you have to be careful!"

The Zhennu official smiled lightly: "Your Highness, Prince Mao, your servants usually don't leave the house at night. I don't bother His Highness Prince Mao. The Queen is still waiting for your servants. Mr. Jingyu, His Highness Prince Mao and Miss Situ, my servants."

Farewell!"

The virgin officer smiled strangely, turned and left.

Lin Ruoxi sighed softly and looked at her back, feeling that this matter could not be settled like this.[

Lin Jingxuan, Lin Ruoxi and King Mao left the emperor's palace and walked in the long alley. Lin Jingxuan couldn't help but asked: "King Mao, why did you meet the emperor with the virgin official?"

King Mao's face froze: "Originally, Situ Zhan and Situ Bin were going to meet the father with the virgin officer, but I always felt that it would be more convincing if I brought her to meet the emperor. As long as I fan the flames from the side, it will definitely be

Put Empress Wu in

The disadvantage of being severely punished is that I never expected that when this virgin official met with the emperor, he would say that I forced him to speak ill of the queen and slander the queen, and that this matter was related to the Pingyang Hou Mansion. What's more, it was even more shocking.

What makes me angry is..."

Li Mao clenched his fists, and his original warm smile disappeared and became extremely serious: "Someone actually presented a memorial to my father, saying that the eldest son and the third son of Pingyang Marquis had evil intentions. They met several times and conspired to betray Zhongliang.

General kill

He died, and is now on the run, intending to form an army into the palace to rebel. My father was so angry that he told me about this, and also said that he wanted me to be grounded in the palace for half a year and asked me to think about it... It seems that my father wanted to control my mother and me.

Concubine, and the entire Pingyang Marquis Mansion."

After Li Mao said this, Lin Ruoxi and Lin Jingxuan looked at each other and finally understood why the Zhennu official used this strategy. To add fuel to the fire? Her wishful thinking was really good!

Even if Lin Ruoxi couldn't see the eldest son and the third son of the Situ family, she could still feel that Queen Wu must be behind this incident and framed the eldest son and the third son of the Situ family.

Li Mao sighed deeply, and first went to Lanxin Palace to see Concubine Situ Hui and told Concubine Situ Hui everything about what happened today.

Lin Jingxuan and Lin Ruoxi returned to Pingyang Hou Mansion.

In the mansion, Mrs. Situ, Situ Zhan, and Situ Bin were all standing outside the gate of the Hou's mansion, looking into the distance with eyes full of joy and longing.

Seeing Lin Ruoxi and Lin Jingxuan's carriage approaching, and seeing Lin Ruoxi getting off the carriage, their expressions were still full of joy.

Lin Ruoxi knew that they must not be welcoming her back to the house. With such a big scene and happy mood, it seemed that there was only one thing left to do, and that was to welcome Marquis Pingyang back.

Lin Ruoxi walked up to Mrs. Situ and asked with a smile: "Mother, you are all standing here to greet someone?"

Mrs. Situ excitedly held Lin Ruoxi's hand, still looking happy: "Ruoxi, let me tell you good news. Just now, the guards around your father have sent a letter to the Hou Mansion in advance, saying that your father will be here soon.

Back home."

"It is indeed a good thing for my father to come back!"

In fact, Lin Ruoxi didn't think so in her heart, because Pingyang Hou Situyu rushed back to Pingyang Hou Mansion after receiving the secret message from her. But somehow, according to her calculations, she should be able to come back to see the old lady before she died.

The old lady never thought that Situ Yu didn't come back. He couldn't even make it back for the old lady's funeral. Someone must have delayed him, and the only person who delayed him was Empress Wu.

Since Empress Wu can delay Situ Yu's schedule, she must have a conspiracy.

Lin Ruoxi thought this, but did not tell Mrs. Situ these suspicious words.

Over there, Lin Jingxuan had already called Situ Zhan and Situ Bin aside. He said softly: "Guan Zhen did not inform the Emperor of Queen Wu's crime in front of the Emperor. Instead, he bit King Mao and said that he had slandered Queen Wu. The Emperor."

I was very angry, but fortunately I only punished King Mao by banning him from the palace for six months."

Situ Zhan and Situ Bin looked at each other, full of surprise. They were thinking, if it were their brothers who brought the virgin officer to the audience today, and they were not the emperor's princes, slandering the queen, the mother of a country, would be a serious crime.

Then wouldn’t they have to die?

Lin Jingxuan sighed softly: "The matter has come to this, let's not act rashly, and..." He thought for a while but stopped because he saw Lin Ruoxi shaking her head in his direction, seeming to have guessed Lin Jingxuan's identity.

move.

Lin Jingxuan waved his hand and said: "It's okay, I forgot what I wanted to say. In short, you two must not want to learn anything from the Zhennu Official's mouth, let alone attack the Zhennu Official easily."

Situ Zhan gritted his teeth bitterly and said: "Yes, this virgin official has mastered such magical skills. No matter how hard you kill her, you can't kill her. It's better to stay as far away from her as possible."

Situ Bin snorted coldly: "I think if one day Empress Wu can be used to kill the virgin official, this is the best way, and she will definitely be willing to die in the hands of Empress Wu." [

His words awakened Lin Jingxuan and Situ Zhan. They both said that Zhennu was invulnerable and could not be killed, but she also had a fatal weakness, which was Empress Wu herself.

Lin Jingxuan and Situ Zhan were both thinking about this matter. Suddenly, a brown horse appeared at the entrance of the long alley, with a middle-aged man in a brown coat sitting on the horse. As the horse got closer and closer,

We can also clearly see the man's face, with thick eyebrows and starry eyes, a handsome appearance, and a man's righteousness all over his body. He is none other than Pingyang Hou Situ Yu.

Mrs. Situ waved her hand towards Situ Yu: "Master Hou, Master Hou!~"

Situ Yu rode a horse to the gate of the Hou Mansion, jumped off the horse gracefully, came to Mrs. Situ, stretched out his big hand and took Mrs. Situ's small hand, and said with great concern: "Madam, I must be worrying you.

!”

Mrs. Situ shook her head: "Master Marquis, as long as you can come back safely!"

Situ Zhan, Situ Bin and Lin Ruoxi all came over and called Situ Yu excitedly.

"Father!~"

"Father, you are back!"

"Father!~"

When Situ Yu saw his three children, his vision gradually became hazy. When he remembered that his second son had died, he felt even more sad and painful.

"Fourth child, sixth child, Ruoxi... I wish you well!" Situ Yu took a deep breath, looked at his children, and felt filled with emotion.

He suddenly looked at Mrs. Situ: "Madam, old lady, she..." He didn't even dare to say the next words and had already stopped.

Mrs. Situ lowered her beautiful eyes: "The old lady has passed away..."

Situ Yu's heart beat twice. If he hadn't been delayed for five days on the road, how could he not see the old lady for the last time?

His second son is gone, and the old lady is also dead. God, do you really have the heart to make him sad like this?

Lin Jingxuan sighed deeply, knowing that Situ Yu would be heartbroken, but due to his status as an outsider, he still did not go to say hello to Marquis Pingyang, interrupting his sustenance and longing for this relationship.

Lin Jingxuan nodded slightly towards Lin Ruoxi, then turned and left.

Situ Yu held back his tears, took a deep breath, and said: "Madam, please lead me, I want to see the old lady and Han'er!"

Mrs. Situ nodded choked with sobs, turned around and looked at Lin Ruoxi and the two Situ brothers, so the three of them asked the Situ Mansion to prepare a carriage, and the Situ family headed towards the place where the old lady and Situ Han were buried.

Lin Jingxuan returned to Jingyuhou Mansion in a carriage. Just as he was about to get off the carriage, he saw a woman in a long red dress and a red cloak slipping in front of him who had just gotten off the carriage. Her smile was as beautiful as the clouds: "

Jingyu, why did you come back?"

Lin Jingxuan sighed helplessly: "Hey, I don't want to mention it anymore. This battle has been lost."

Princess Izumo smiled, stretched out her hand and patted his shoulder: "Okay, don't be downcast anymore. When I saw you a few days ago, you refused to see me. I didn't expect you to be thinking about how to deal with Empress Wu...
To be continued...