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Linjiang City.

Government office.

Yu Feng paced back and forth in the lobby, looking solemn and somewhat uneasy.

He is not having an easy time these days.

Since that day, when Prince Lin returned to Linjiang City and arrested the young master of the Chen family, the atmosphere in Linjiang City became increasingly tense.

No one can guarantee whether this is the result of the Prince of Lin acting on impulse or the Lord of Lin signaling behind the scenes as a warning to the noble families in Linjiang City.

Ever since Prince Lin was attacked, undercurrents have been surging in Linjiang City, and a delicate balance has been maintained. However, this balance has been broken since the return of the Prince of Lin.

As a result, the pressure on Yu Feng, the prefect of Linjiang City, became even greater!

Although he was an official appointed by the imperial court, he was promoted by the royal palace. In Linjiang City over the years, he also maintained subtle connections with various noble families.

Therefore, he could not afford to offend either the Linwang Mansion or the other noble families in Linjiang City.

more importantly……

He has a close private relationship with the Chen family, and even the murder of the young master of the Chen family is inextricably linked to him.

After the young master of the Chen family got into trouble, Yu Feng had been secretly trying to find out the situation. He also went to the Prince Lin's Mansion in person to try to ease the relationship between the two families.

But was turned away!

As undercurrents are becoming more and more turbulent in Linjiang City, the Chen family has mobilized a lot of connections to put pressure on the Linwang Mansion both overtly and covertly.

This made Yu Feng feel a little uneasy.

Others may not know, but he knows the character of Prince Lin best!

He fought for more than ten years and led his army to invade more than a dozen countries in southern Xinjiang, suppressed rebellions and destroyed countries. He conquered nearly a quarter of the land area for the Daning Dynasty and made such great military achievements. He was a king of a different surname.

Moreover, he is the only king of a different surname who has been conferred the title of king in the past hundred years since the founding of the Daning Dynasty. How could he be easily threatened?
The aristocratic families headed by the Chen family have been entrenched in Linzhou for many years and have grown stronger day by day. They control a lot of Linzhou's economic lifelines, control people's livelihood, have students all over the country, win over scholars from all over the world, and even privately raise guards and soldiers, which seems to have the capital to confront the Linwang Palace.

But even so, can they really challenge the Lin Wang Mansion?
Yu Feng knew that the reason why these people from the noble families were so restless was that they speculated that something had happened to Prince Lin. He was either seriously injured or... had already died.

On the other hand, the confidence comes from... the imperial court!
The biggest support for these people must be the support of the imperial court. Otherwise, even if they were given a hundred courage, they would never dare to turn against the Lin Wang Mansion.

The conflict between the imperial court and the Linwang Mansion will break out sooner or later. For the aristocratic families in Linzhou, they need to weigh the pros and cons of the family and take sides early.

But the problem is that these aristocratic families have the support of family heritage of dozens or even hundreds of years. Even if they stand on the wrong side in the end, they can still protect themselves with the family's accumulation over the years, even if they suffer heavy losses.

But for Yu Feng, the prefect of Linjiang City, he had no family background, let alone connections in the court. If he took a wrong step, he would be doomed.

Especially since the Chen family is now frantically testing the Lin Wang Mansion, Yu Feng has a close private relationship with the Chen family. If anything happens to the Chen family, he, as the prefect, cannot escape the blame.

More importantly...he was the one who handled Chen Junru's case this time. He was an insider and also the one who protected the criminal.

Now, the Prince of Lin is keeping a tight grip on the young master of the Chen family. Once he finds out the truth of the matter, he will not have a good ending.

Therefore, Yu Feng was worried.

These days, he has been walking around, trying to ease the conflict between the Chen family and the palace. But the prince of Lin always avoids him. He has been to the Chen family several times in private, but to no avail.

This result made Yu Feng feel more and more uneasy.

He knew in his heart that the only person who could solve this matter right now was Prince Lin...

But no one knows what the current situation of Prince Lin is.

Now, the only person who can make the decision in Lin Wang Mansion is the Prince Lin.

Thinking of this, Yu Feng suddenly stopped and made up his mind: "Someone come!"

"grown ups."

Outside the door, a yamen runner quickly walked in.

"Prepare the car. I need to go to the palace."

As soon as Yu Feng finished speaking, the sound of hurried footsteps suddenly rang out, followed by a figure rushing in in a panic.

"My lord, something bad has happened!"

"What's going on? Why are you so flustered?!"

When Yu Feng saw the pale and panicked yamen runner, his heart sank slightly and an ominous premonition came to his mind.

"Lin, someone is coming from Prince Lin's Mansion..."

The bailiff's voice trembled slightly.

"Someone is coming from Prince Lin's Mansion?!"

Hearing this, Yu Feng's heart was shocked.

Why would someone come to Prince Lin’s Mansion?
"Who is coming?!"

Yu Feng had just asked in a deep voice when he heard a burst of hurried and orderly footsteps coming from outside the hall. The next second, several fully armed black shadows appeared in his sight and broke into the courtyard.

These dark shadows were restrained and murderous, and they instantly controlled and surrounded the entire lobby.

Yu Feng's pupils suddenly shrank.

"The visitor is evil!"

This thought suddenly popped up in his mind.

The next second, a woman in armor walked into the yard.

Yu Feng only took a glance and recognized the woman's identity...Lin Qingqing.

The commander of Prince Lin’s personal army.

The most trusted subordinate of Prince Lin!
Why is she here?

The ominous feeling in my heart became stronger and stronger.

"Commander Lin!"

Yu Feng suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, forced a smile on his face, stepped forward and was about to speak.

Unexpectedly, Lin Qingqing, who had stepped into the courtyard, just glanced at him expressionlessly and waved her hand: "Catch him!"

The next second, two dark shadows appeared silently beside Yu Feng and took him down without waiting for him to react.

Yu Feng showed a look of horror: "Lin, Commander Lin...you, what are you doing?!"

Lin Qingqing just glanced at him coldly and said loudly: "Linjiang City Prefect Yu Fengzhi broke the law and colluded with traitors to kill people. His crimes are extremely serious. I am here by the order of the prince to arrest you!"

Yu Feng's heart trembled and his eyes suddenly widened.

The ominous premonition in my heart finally came true at this moment!

Prince Lin... is going to attack him? !

"It's unfair, it's unfair!"

Yu Feng was terrified and tried to struggle and explain.

If he was caught, he would probably be finished.

But Lin Qingqing obviously didn't have the patience to listen to his explanation, and waved her hand: "Whether he was wronged or not, the prince will decide for himself, take him away!"

Then, Yu Feng was forcibly suppressed.

Lin Qingqing looked around. At this moment, most of the runners and officials of all ranks had gathered in the government office, all with terrified looks in their eyes.

No one knew why the Lin Wang Mansion suddenly made such a big fuss and sent out so many people to surround the government office, even the prefect was captured.

Lin Qingqing looked at everyone and said in a cold voice: "This commander is here on the orders of the prince to temporarily take over the affairs of the government office. If anyone is dissatisfied, just raise your voice!"

It was quiet all around, no one spoke.

Who would dare to be the first to speak out at this time?
Even though they knew that the palace had suddenly and forcibly taken over the government office, and that this was such an outrageous act... who would dare to say it? "Since there is no such thing, that's good!"

Lin Qingqing's cold eyes swept across the faces of everyone present, "This commander will temporarily take over the prefecture, and I hope everyone can cooperate well."

……

The news that Prince Lin's Mansion suddenly sent people to take over the Linjiang City government office and arrested the prefect Yu Feng spread throughout the streets and alleys of Linjiang City in an instant.

Caused an uproar!
This news is really too shocking!
Even though everyone knows that Linzhou is the fief of Prince Lin, Prince Lin has the final say in Linjiang City.

But no matter what, Linjiang City is still nominally under the jurisdiction of the imperial court and still has a management team of the imperial court.

At least in name only!
Most of the time, the Linwang Mansion would not directly interfere in government affairs. Even if it did intervene, it would only be done secretly.

There has never been such an act of directly sending people to occupy the government office and arrest the prefect.

This is undoubtedly a serious challenge to the majesty of the imperial court! One cannot help but wonder... Is the Lin Wang Mansion really planning a rebellion? !

No matter whether it was the noble families or the common people, when they heard the news, they all felt incredible for the first time.

Just as the rumors among the people became more and more intense, the Prince Lin’s Palace quickly responded.

Lin Qingqing, who temporarily took control of the government office, cleaned up the government office in a very short time. Then, taking advantage of the heated public opinion, he re-opened Chen Junru's case and made it public.

……

"Master, something bad has happened!!"

Chen Mansion.

The butler rushed into the hall, his face anxious, "Master, the government office has just re-examined the young master's case..."

In the hall, Chen Hongsheng's face was gloomy. When he heard the news, he clenched his fists suddenly.

I had expected this to happen!

"how?"

The housekeeper looked anxious and said in a deep voice: "Prince Lin sent Lin Qingqing to take over the government office and re-examine the young master's case. They produced a lot of evidence to prove that the young master had violated the woman named Xu Xianglian..."

"The woman named Xu Xianglian confessed everything..."

"At the same time, there is also the young master's confession... The young master personally admitted that he ordered his men to beat Sun Yuan to death..."

"We have all the evidence, including the young master's own confession..."

"Right now, the people in Linjiang City are very excited and are pointing their spearheads at us... Outside the palace, there are still many people shouting and cursing!"

The housekeeper had an extremely ugly expression on his face. He had not expected that the Prince Lin would really fall out with their Chen family.

This means to force the Chen family into a dead end!

"Master, the situation is extremely unfavorable to us now..."

The housekeeper's face was pale and he was completely confused.

Although it was expected, they never expected that the Prince Lin would be so cruel and use public opinion to deal a severe blow to the Chen family.

During this period of time, public opinion has always been centered around the Prince of Lin. Whether it was the previous collusion between the Prince of Lin and the Chen family, or the news that the Prince of Lin was an imposter that spread among the people a few days ago, this Prince of Lin has become extremely popular in the city.

And now, when the truth of the Chen Junru case was made public, it naturally became a hot topic!
Even if the Chen family wanted to suppress public opinion on this matter, it would be completely impossible.

"The aristocratic and powerful family took possession of a decent woman, cruelly beat her husband to death, and even colluded with the government to confuse right and wrong..."

All elements are complete!

Nothing can trigger the anger of ordinary people more than news like this.

At this point, no one cared whether the prince of Lin was real or not. Many people even automatically attributed the news to the Chen family's slander.

How could the Prince Lin be fake?

It must be the Chen family’s revenge and smear campaign!

Those who had questioned Prince Lin some time ago were also slapped in the face.

The truth is revealed!
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is worthy of being His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Although he is a little dandy, he is truly not afraid of the powerful and wealthy!
If he said to arrest Chen Junru, he would arrest him. If he said to find out the truth, he would find out the truth... Your Highness is a true character!

Even the matter of sending people to take over the government office was praised by the people!
The prefect Yu Feng was exposed for shielding Chen Junru and became the object of people's scorn. This actually confirmed the legitimacy of Lin Wangfu's takeover of the government office.

This series of news caused the Chen family's reputation in Linjiang City to plummet.

"It turns out that Lin Jiangnian is coming for our Chen family!"

In the hall, Chen Hongsheng's face was gloomy.

As if he had aged a dozen years overnight, Chen Hongsheng was gloomy and filled with a violent anger.

That Prince Lin is really good at guiding public opinion, or rather... this public opinion was probably his scheme from the beginning to the end!
He really came for the Chen family, and Chen Junru was just an opportunity!
At this moment, Chen Hongsheng realized that he had underestimated the Prince of Lin.

"He is attacking me, and even more so my Chen family!"

Chen Hongsheng closed his eyes, expressionless.

I thought silently in my heart.

"master……"

The housekeeper asked anxiously: "What should we do next?"

Chen Hongsheng had a gloomy face and did not speak.

Public opinion cannot shake the foundation of his Chen family for the time being... This incident cannot bring down his Chen family.

His Chen family has been operating in Linjiang City for many years, and it is not so easy for them to fall.

But this time, I'm afraid it will really hurt my bones!
It is even very likely that you will never recover!
What made Chen Hongsheng even more terrified was that... this Prince Lin led public opinion to target his Chen family this time, but did not kill them.

They didn't kill them all!
He could have used the incident with Chen Junru to attack the Chen family, or even...

But he didn't!

From the beginning to the end, Lin Jiangnian, apart from making the truth public and guiding public opinion, did not press the issue any further, nor did he completely break off relations with the Chen family...

This is what Chen Hongsheng fears the most!
If Lin Jiangnian took this opportunity to attack his Chen family, his Chen family would naturally have the strength to fight back. On the other hand, they could also unite with people from other families to resist...

After all, no one can guarantee whether or not he will become the next target of Prince Lin's Palace.

In this way, the various families in Linjiang City can be united.

But, the Prince Lin did not do that!

The message he revealed from beginning to end was... This prince was only targeting the case of Chen Junru, and it was just a warning to your Chen family.

Apart from this, there is no other plan!
But the more this happened, the more uneasy and alert Chen Hongsheng felt.

Is the purpose of Prince Lin really so simple?
Or……

He had anticipated this and was ready to take it step by step... He planned to boil the frog in warm water, slowly dividing his Chen family and the other families in Linjiang City, and then...

Defeat them one by one? !
Thinking of this, Chen Hongsheng broke out in a cold sweat.

He had a feeling that the purpose of this Prince Lin would definitely not be so simple.

If they just sit there and wait for death, the Chen family will definitely not have a good ending.

The appetite of this Prince Lin is definitely not small!

Thinking of this, Chen Hongsheng narrowed his eyes, and a fierce murderous intent flashed across his eyes.

A long-planned idea slowly came to my mind again.

"..." (End of this chapter)