Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1139 Goodbye, Old Friend
Zhou Yuexue was eating the loquats that Mrs. Zhou had peeled herself, and when she saw Shun'er, who looked flustered and covered in dust, she asked in confusion:

"What's wrong? Didn't you go buy cherry puffs?"

Shun'er was out of breath, with tears of fear in his eyes:
"I met...I met my cousin..."

Zhou Huaili: "Why are you panicking when you meet him?"

He turned to look at Zhou Yuexue and put on a flattering smile:
"I heard that Jin'an entered the Imperial Academy and will often accompany Your Majesty in the future. This relationship cannot be severed. You are also blood relatives, so you should interact more often in the future."

Without waiting for Zhou Yuexue to speak, Shuner said anxiously:

"It's not the second cousin, it's the eldest cousin! He's waiting for the princess outside the mansion!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the Zhou family's father and daughter both changed their expressions.

Zhou Yuexue sat up straight: "Lin Jinyun?"

Seeing Shun'er nod, Zhou Yuexue found an excuse to send Zhang Ying'er and the maids away. Zhou Huaili also hurriedly sent Madam Zhou and several children away, and asked anxiously:
"When did he come back? Why is he outside the mansion?"

Shun Er shook her head: "I don't know, my cousin looked very scary, as if he wanted to eat me alive, so I was so scared that I ran back in a hurry."

Zhou Yuexue's face turned pale. She waved her hand to let Shun'er go downstairs to change clothes. She looked at Zhou Huaili, who was slumped in the chair and sweating profusely, and asked him to send someone to find out when Lin Jinyun would return.

Zhou Huaili agreed without hesitation and went to find the housekeeper to inquire. After learning that Lin Jinyun had been back for a few days and everyone in the Lin family had seen him, Zhou Yuexue's original hope that no one had seen Lin Jinyun disappeared.

Hearing that Lin Jinyun was still outside the mansion, Zhou Yuexue forced herself to calm down and thought for a long time. She asked Zhou Huaili to find an empty yard, avoid the servants of Prince Jin's Mansion, and bring Lin Jinyun into the mansion. She talked to Lin Jinyun alone.

Worried that Lin Jinyun might hurt himself, he brought four strong servants from the Zhou family to follow him.

As early as when he met Shun'er, Lin Jinyun could no longer deceive himself that the near-murder incident had nothing to do with the Zhou family.

Seeing his beloved who had married someone else again, Lin Jinyun was overwhelmed with emotions.

Looking at Zhou Yuexue, who was in tears and full of worry, but did not dare to go forward alone.

Lin Jinyun stared at the person he had been thinking about for a long while, his heart was stirred up and tears of reason filled his eyes. He was filled with anger and sadness. When he glanced at the four servants behind Zhou Yuexue, he actually forced out a self-deprecating smile:
"Your humble servant... greets Princess Jin."
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Chu Chengyao went to the palace to meet the emperor to report on government affairs. Before entering the palace, he went home and brought back some anti-poison pills, which he gave to the emperor to show his filial piety and loyalty.

Although the emperor had his own calculations in mind, he smiled and praised a few times.

Chu Chengyao smiled meekly and left the palace. He happened to meet Hua Yuncheng who came to see the emperor together. After exchanging a few words of greeting, he watched Hua Yuncheng go in. On the way out of the palace, Chu Chengyao kept thinking, what did his good father want to do by asking Hua Yuncheng to come into the palace alone?
And how to investigate the Ministry of Personnel and the inconspicuous Hanlin Academy...

Hua Yuncheng, who was in the hall, stood up after paying his respects, and saw the anti-poison beads on the table. He praised Chu Chengyao for his filial piety.

Hua Yuncheng said that Chu Chengyao had expressed his love for the anti-poison beads long after the Queen Mother's birthday banquet ended:
"At that time, I thought that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin liked it, so I planned to give it to him early. His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin...had been recuperating in the mansion for a while, and I had never seen him. So I gave it to him as a wedding gift. It turned out that it was intended for Your Majesty."