Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1165: Serious In-Laws
Royal study room.

After the morning court session, the Crown Prince came to see the Emperor to discuss the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue. Taking advantage of the fact that the affairs of the Ministry of Revenue involved Elder Tang, he mentioned Minister Liu:
“Although the Lin family has split up, they are blood relatives after all. Even if Minister Liu and Grand Tutor Lin have little contact, they are still legitimate relatives.

I heard that the illegitimate granddaughter of Minister Liu who was brought into the Prince of Jin's Mansion went to look for her aunt who married into the second branch of the Lin family a few days ago.

Ronghuatang opened yesterday, and the second wife of the Lin family also went to show her support. I guess their private relationship is not as strained as rumored.

Elder Tang often drinks tea and plays chess with Grand Tutor Lin. Even if he doesn't give Liu Shilang face this time, as long as Liu Shilang can persuade his relative, Grand Tutor Lin, to come forward and ask Elder Tang for mercy, it's almost certain to happen."

After saying this, the prince looked relieved as if he had found a solution. He bowed and left, leaving behind a sentence:
"Taifu Lin only listens to my father. If Minister Liu can't persuade me, I'd better ask my father to help me."

The emperor watched his eldest son leave, his thoughts surging in his eyes, and he quickly sorted out the key points of his eldest son's words:
The second brother is not a lustful person. Over the years, many people have wanted to get someone into the backyard of the Prince of Jin's Mansion, but only Minister Liu succeeded. The Liu family and the Lin family are relatives, and the Lin family is as close to the General's Mansion as a family...

It is true that Lin Yanqing has not taken sides with anyone at the moment and only listens to him, but if he is dragged into this, there is no guarantee that he will not have other thoughts.

It was rumored at the beginning that the second son had lost his composure after drinking and was forced to take the Liu family's daughter as a concubine. He also did not take the Liu family, which had shallow roots, seriously. Now it seems that his second son's thoughts are deeper than he thought.

If this is really the case, then the concubine of the Liu family alone is not enough to bind the Lin family. I am afraid that the second brother has other tricks up his sleeve.

Thinking of this, the emperor immediately ordered Zheng Cheng to investigate.

There were no secrets in Lin Siran's mansion, and Lin Jinyan had no intention of hiding anything, so the news was quickly found out and reported back to the palace.

Upon learning that Chu Chengyao was targeting Lin Wanrong again, the emperor immediately thought of Chu Chengping who had just returned from the palace:
The fourth son was ruthless. If the second son succeeded, he would be seriously ill again if he knew that the woman he loved had become his sister-in-law. It was Chu Chengyao who had used the prince's hand to harm the fourth son, and it was Chu Chengyao who had conspired to snatch the fourth son's sweetheart.

In addition, this time he had wronged his fourth son, causing him to be heartbroken and vomit blood. The emperor already felt a little guilty, so he couldn't help but turn towards Chu Chengping.

Upon hearing that Concubine Ming wanted to see Lin Wanrong, the Emperor summoned Lin Wanrong to the palace the next day in the name of the Empress Dowager.

Thinking about the opening of Ronghua Hall, Lin Jinyan said a lot of good things about him in front of everyone, as if she was just doing things for the emperor, especially the sentence: May Tianchu prosper. It really won his heart.

He then changed his words and asked Lin Jinyan and her sister to enter the palace together tomorrow.

After giving the order, the emperor paused:
"How is Wangshu Palace doing lately?"

After Zheng Cheng replied that everything was normal, he stopped talking to the emperor and quietly glanced at the emperor who was reviewing the memorials:
Recently, there has been a replacement for Concubine Yi, and I haven’t thought about the one in Wangshu Palace for a while. In the past, whenever Lin Jinyan entered the palace, she would go to Concubine Yu, so this is the reason why she remembered her.
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Lin Mansion
After politely sending away the eunuch who delivered the message, Lin Yanqing was still confused.

The Empress Dowager gave some silver, and Lin Jinyan was going to go to the palace to express her gratitude today, but the Empress Dowager said that it would be excused because she had to worship Buddha today.

Less than half a day later, word came that Lin Jinyan would enter the palace tomorrow and would bring Lin Wanrong with her.

Lin Jinyan knew why she entered the palace, and said warmly:
"It's not that easy to guess what the Queen Mother is thinking. Maybe Sister Mingzhu met the Queen Mother and talked about how Sister spoke up for me yesterday, so the Queen Mother wanted to take a look."