Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1270: Entering the Palace by Order
Under pressure from Prince Jin's Mansion, Mingye Pavilion had no choice but to spread the news to the General's Mansion and the Lin Mansion that they were hired by someone to assassinate Lin Jinyan many years ago, causing her to almost die, and then put the blame on Chu Chengyao.

Lin Jinyan knew the news earlier than the general and the Lin family. She sent a letter to An Zhixian, but only received a written reply: asking her to wait for news and that she would be given an explanation when the matter settled down.

After pacifying Lin Yanqing and Lin Siyuan who were about to go to the palace to meet the emperor, Lin Jinyan was about to go to Mingye Pavilion in person to find out the truth, but when she learned that Gu Hongzhang intended to lead troops to wipe out the Mingye Pavilion's branches in the suburbs of Beijing, she changed her route and rushed to the General's Mansion.

After sending away the servants, Lin Jinyan had a long secret conversation with Gu Hongzhang. When they left, the memorial from the General's Mansion was delivered to the palace. With the emperor's permission, Gu Yichen led the city guards sent by the emperor to the entrance of Mingye Pavilion.

The members of Mingye Pavilion had already run away, leaving only an empty hall. Gu Yichen smashed things to vent his anger before withdrawing his troops back to the city.

The actions of the General's Mansion attracted attention. Those who were interested sent spies to investigate. They found out the truth in half a day:
Qin Zongliang, the eldest son of the Duke's Mansion, in order to help the crown prince eliminate dissidents, threatened the underworld sect Mingye Pavilion, assassinated the young Lin Jinyan, and put the blame on Prince Jin.

After everyone who should know the news knew it, the Lin Mansion and the General's Mansion submitted a memorial to the palace, asking the emperor to conduct a thorough investigation.

Before the memorial was handed to the emperor, the empress had already ordered Lin Jinyan to enter the palace and sent a carriage to pick her up.

After receiving the imperial edict, Lin Jinyan immediately ordered Hong Jiu to go to Buyehou. After discussing with the elders what to say when entering the palace, she changed her clothes and waited for Hong Jiu to return and got on the palace carriage.

When leaving the mansion, he met Lin Jinyun who came to the mansion. He had not seen Lin Jinyun for a few days and he looked gloomy and irritable. Lin Jinyun came here to ask Lin Jinyan for help. Seeing this situation, he did not have the courage to stop the palace carriage and could only watch the carriage go away.

Lin Jinyan followed the maid into Fengqi Palace. Before she could perform the ceremony, she was called by the Queen affectionately. She pulled her aside to talk about her personal matters, and then brought the conversation back to the past: "Heaven has pity on him. He suffered a life-and-death crime at such a young age. When they found out that it was done by Prince Jin, I couldn't believe he could do such a cruel thing.

Now, I don’t know who is spreading rumors about my eldest nephew from my mother’s side. You have seen Zongliang, a very kind-hearted child. How could he do such a vicious thing?”

Lin Jinyan glanced at Xier, who was a little further away from the Queen than the last time they met, and said:

"The prince has a reputation for being virtuous. He was able to personally bury the body of a loyal servant and settle the widow of the loyal servant. He also loves his wife and children very much. He would definitely not do such a thing.

My grandfather and grandpa also don't believe that it was the prince who did it. We ask Your Majesty to conduct a thorough investigation, just to find out who is behind it."

The Queen tried again to find out the attitudes of the Gu and Lin families towards this matter. After listening to Lin Jinyan's explanation, she was very satisfied with the two families' awareness of the current situation.

After putting his mind at ease, when he looked at Lin Jinyan again, the kindness in his eyes became more genuine. He took the opportunity to praise the prince's character and implicitly revealed to Lin Jinyan that he loved and approved of the prince like a daughter-in-law.

Lin Jinyan pretended not to understand and just followed suit in praising the prince's character, not mentioning anything else. Taking advantage of the Queen's attentiveness to her at this moment, she found an excuse to thank Concubine Yu and proposed to go to Wangshu Palace.

When the queen heard this, her smile faded a bit. She wanted to refuse, but when she saw Lin Jinyan staring at her without blinking, with eyes full of admiration and hope, she didn't want to upset Lin Jinyan at this juncture, so she forced a kind smile and agreed to Lin Jinyan's request.