son, don't mess around

After leaving the courtyard, servants from the mansion came to report that people from various families were already ready to take action.

Those who came to visit the palace waited for a long time, but still did not see Prince Lin and the Crown Prince show up. Some people began to get angry.

If it were an ordinary person, the servants in the palace would naturally ignore him.

But the identities of these people who came to visit were not simple. They were all well-known elders and important figures in Linjiang City.

These people had extremely high prestige in the eyes of the people of Linjiang City back then, and even now they are still respected and loved by many people.

In the past, even the prince himself had to show some respect to them. Now that these people were making trouble in Prince Lin's mansion, naturally the servants in the mansion were miserable.

They couldn't scold them, nor could they hit them, and they had to treat them like masters, fearing that they would get into trouble if they didn't treat them well.

"Your Highness, they want to force their way into the palace to see the prince and His Highness. I have stopped them temporarily, but they are not willing to give in. I am afraid of hurting them. What should I do now?"

"Also... there are rumors in the city that are not good for our palace..."

Facing the servants coming to report, Lin Jiangnian was nonchalant and still did not take the matter to heart: "Let them make a fuss, they can curse and quarrel if they want. Just treat them well."

"Remember, don't do anything, don't hurt them, and be polite. Our palace is a place where courtesy and reason are important. Don't let them catch you."

"As for the rest, let them be!"

"Yes!"

After receiving a positive response from His Highness, the servant went down to handle the matter with peace of mind.

Since His Highness has said so, the servants naturally stopped worrying. His Highness is right. Those old guys like to make trouble, so let them do whatever they want!

After the servant left, Lin Jiangnian did not return to his room, but turned to go to the princess. When he arrived at the courtyard, he learned that the princess was not there and had gone out in the morning.

"Where is the princess?"

In the courtyard, Lin Jiangnian asked.

"do not know."

Jinxiu sat bored under the eaves, tearing the flowers and plants she had picked from the yard. The ground in front of her was already covered with the "remains" of the flowers and plants.

Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and chuckled, "As the princess's maid, you are not qualified for the job!"

Jinxiu glanced at His Highness and rolled her eyes: "As servants, how can we control where the princess wants to go?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at Jinxiu who was rolling her eyes in front of him, and couldn't help but stretched out his hand to pinch her cheek: "Don't give me that, you are not an ordinary servant."

"You are your princess's right-hand man. Don't think I don't know."

Jinxiu slapped away His Highness's mischievous hand with some dissatisfaction, glared at him angrily, and rubbed her fair and delicate face: "Your Highness really thinks highly of me~"

"I am just a poor little servant who is not loved by anyone. I am a pitiful servant who is bullied and dares not resist. How can I compare to Your Highness~"

Listen, what a sarcastic statement.

"Miss Jinxiu mocked this prince. I'm afraid she deserves to be punished again, right?"

Lin Jiangnian looked at her with a smile, not quite a smile.

Jinxiu's face immediately flushed with shame, and she looked away angrily: "Your Highness, you..."

"You just know how to bully me!!"

His Highness only knows these tricks, and it's like this every time. He wants to bully her as soon as he disagrees with her.

"Wasn't it Miss Jinxiu who started it?"

"Humph!"

"Okay, I'm just kidding you."

Lin Jiangnian approached slightly and said, "I really don't know where your princess is?"

"do not know."

Jinxiu curled her lips. The princess went out in the morning and she didn't ask.

The princess is so capable that Jinxiu doesn't worry too much about if she goes out and gets in danger.

"alright."

Lin Jiangnian nodded. He came to find Li Piaomiao and originally wanted to discuss the details with her.

When they met yesterday, they learned that she was going back to Beijing. Lin Jiangnian also had to make preparations early and leave with her, first taking a detour to the Jiang family in Jiangnan, Chuzhou, and then Li Piaomiao would continue northwards to return to Beijing.

Although the journey is a bit far, it is much better than the two of them separating now.

Lin Jiangnian could vaguely sense that Li Piaomiao didn't really want to leave just like that.

Both of them knew very well that they didn’t know when they would meet again after this separation, and they didn’t know... in what form and in what capacity they would meet!
So before that, Lin Jiangnian still needs to work hard.

Let the relationship between the two of them get closer!
At least the next time they meet, they won't come to the point of fighting!

……

"correct!"

Lin Jiangnian suddenly thought of something and glanced around the courtyard: "Where's An Ning?"

"do not know."

"Don't know?" Lin Jiangnian looked at Jinxiu.

But Jinxiu rolled her eyes and said, "Who knows where she went? She's that old, she wouldn't be lost."

"How's your investigation going?"

Lin Jiangnian remembered that Jinxiu had said that she wanted to find out what was going on: "What happened to An Ning?"

"do not know."

"do not know?"

"She won't say."

Speaking of this, Jinxiu sighed: "I went to ask her, but she was like a mute and just didn't want to say anything. She is also very stubborn, and no matter how I asked, I couldn't get any answer."

Jinxiu is powerless!

She did notice that something was wrong with An Ning, but she didn't know what was going on.

Jinxiu had no choice but to go find the princess, who went to see An Ning. When she came back, Jinxiu asked the princess about it. But the princess didn't say much, just told her not to worry.

don’t worry?
How can I not worry about this?!
She was naturally worried that her good sister suddenly became like this.

However, since the princess said so, Jinxiu did not continue to ask.

But there are still some doubts in my heart!
An Ning, what happened to this silly girl?
Nothing major has happened to you recently, right?

No one provoked her, so it couldn't have become like this for no reason?

Could it be that the little girl has reached the age when she is sad about the passing of time?

Or, are you trapped by love?

Jinxiu was thinking wildly and denying this possibility at the same time.

An Ning is not the kind of melancholy and weak girl. She usually looks silly and not very smart.

But when it came to killing people, his methods were extremely quick and decisive, completely inheriting the princess's quick and decisiveness, and ruthlessness.

As for being trapped by love...that's even more impossible!

How could that silly girl, who is so young, understand the matters between men and women?

Not to mention being trapped by love! An Ning grew up in kendo, and then stayed with the princess in the palace. In addition, she was introverted and timid, and almost never contacted any outsiders. There was no condition for her to be trapped by love.

If you really count it, the only person of the opposite sex that An Ning has had the most contact with in her life seems to be His Highness...

Jinxiu was lost in thought, her eyes inadvertently falling on the prince in front of her.

At this moment, when this thought came to her mind, Jinxiu was suddenly stunned.

She stared at His Highness for a few seconds, then looked at the handsome and sunny face in front of her for a while.

Then, Jinxiu's gaze gradually became solemn.

The relaxed smile on his face gradually disappeared, and his eyes began to become suspicious as he stared at Lin Jiangnian in front of him!
"what happened to you?"

Lin Jiangnian noticed the change in Jinxiu's eyes.

Jinxiu didn't say anything, still staring at the prince in front of her, the smile on her face completely disappeared.

She stared at His Highness for a long time without saying a word.

The suspicion and speculation in her beautiful eyes grew stronger, and her expression became more solemn.

"Your Highness, you..."

After a long time, Jinxiu opened her mouth and wanted to ask something.

But, in the end, I didn't ask.

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's okay!"

Jinxiu seemed to come back to her senses, retracted her gaze, shook her head, and suppressed her speculation: "There are some things I haven't figured out."

"what's up?"

"One, some small things..."

Jinxiu made up an excuse and stood up suddenly: "I, I'll go see where An Ning is and find her!"

After saying that, Jinxiu left in a hurry without waiting for Lin Jiangnian to answer.

Seeing this scene, Lin Jiangnian was a little confused.

This girl is a little abnormal?

What happened to her?

……

The news that Chen Hongsheng was arrested and taken to the Linwang Mansion quickly spread throughout Linjiang City.

That night, people from the Prince Lin's Mansion surrounded the Chen family. The scene was so huge and there was a lot of noise that it was impossible to block the news.

When the news spread throughout Linjiang City, it caused an uproar again!

If they had only captured an ordinary family head, the people would not have reacted so strongly. But over this period of time, as the grievances between the Lin Palace and the Chen family continued to ferment, countless people were already extremely concerned about the Chen family.

Especially after Chen Junru was kidnapped, many people suspected that it was the Chen family who staged the incident themselves, and they criticized the Chen family verbally and even threw stones and rotten eggs offline to express their contempt, disgust and anger towards the Chen family.

In short, the Chen family is now in an extremely embarrassing situation!

In any case, the Chen family has provoked the anger of the people and it is impossible for them to remain immune!
It was in this context that the news suddenly came that Chen Hongsheng, the head of the Chen family, was captured by the Prince Lin's Mansion, which naturally instantly sparked public opinion.

From aristocratic officials to ordinary people, everyone was extremely surprised and shocked by the news.

The other noble families were in a panic, they had never expected that the Lin Wang Mansion would suddenly do such a thing... Was the Lin Wang Mansion's attack on the Chen family just the beginning?
Does it mean that Prince Lin’s Mansion will start taking action against these aristocratic families?

Officials from aristocratic families and royal palaces were even more uneasy. The officialdom of Linjiang City was a huge field of interests, and the intricate relationships within it could not be sorted out with just a few words.

If the Lin Wang Mansion really wanted to take action against the noble families, the consequences would be unpredictable. For them, this was the last thing they wanted to see.

As for ordinary people, their thoughts are very simple!

Prince Lin suddenly arrested the head of the Chen family?

Good catch!

Great catch, really great catch...

Your Highness is simply the epitome of an upright judge who is not afraid of power and is fair and selfless!
After Chen Junru was kidnapped, many people suspected that it was related to the Chen family, but they could not find any evidence.

On the other hand, Chen Junru's past deeds had offended countless people, and many people hated this dandy boy. Naturally, the Chen family was also hated.

But since the Chen family is a famous family after all, even at this level, it is definitely not something that ordinary people can imagine dealing with.

There's nothing anyone can do except curse behind their backs!
The family's heritage is unimaginable!

Therefore, almost no one could imagine that the Prince Lin's Mansion would take action against the Chen family!
But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did just that!
What's more, they did a big thing and directly captured the head of the Chen family!

what does this mean?
It’s confirmed!

"I told you that Chen Junru was rescued by Chen Hongsheng, right? You still don't believe me. I told you long ago that besides his father, who else would save him?!"

"That's right, they made up some kind of cult to deceive us and treat us as fools?"

"They even dared to arrest the head of the Chen family. The Chen family is doomed now!"

In Linjiang City, public opinion was in an uproar, and countless people applauded and praised.

But at the same time, there are still other voices.

"It's hard to say. The truth about who kidnapped Chen Junru has not yet been revealed!"

"As a reasonable person, I have to say that things may not be that simple, and the Chen family is not that easy to deal with!"

"Indeed, Prince Lin has lost his mind this time. Even if the Chen family did it, so what? Everyone knows that it is not good for both parties to completely break up. If it really comes to this, Prince Lin may not be able to do anything to the Chen family! Unless, the prince is really ready to make enemies with all the noble families..."

"..."

Almost overnight, the news spread throughout Linjiang City, and at the same time, it spread out of Linjiang City and quickly spread throughout Linzhou.

And the Prince Lin’s Mansion was also extremely lively!
Countless people flocked to visit!
Among them were many prominent figures from various aristocratic families. Even though they were rejected by the palace again and again, these people still did not give up and insisted on demanding to meet the prince.

It’s even getting worse!

At the same time, some other questioning voices gradually emerged in Linjiang City.

Without any evidence, the Prince of Lin directly sent troops to surround the Chen family and forcibly captured the head of the Chen family. This move was tantamount to defying the laws of the dynasty and mobilizing troops without permission. Was it an attempt to rebel? !

At the same time, there were also comments that the Crown Prince was incompetent and unfit for office... As a prominent figure in Linjiang City, the head of the Chen family had made an indelible contribution to the development of Linjiang City. Is it reasonable for him to be captured by the Crown Prince?

And more importantly... why did no one stop His Royal Highness the Crown Prince from doing such a foolish and reckless thing?
Where is the prince?
Your Majesty, it seems like you haven’t appeared for a long time?
Many people finally realized something belatedly...where was their prince?

It seems that there has been no news of the prince since he was assassinated and seriously injured last time!

During this period of time, many things happened in Linjiang City, causing a lot of uproar. And it seemed that all of this was done by the Prince of Lin.

My Lord, there is still no news!
Even this time, the respected elders in Linjiang City were alarmed, and with the help of the servants, they came to the palace in person, wanting to see the prince!

But the prince still didn't show up!

This is very unusual!
Not only did the prince not show up, the entire Linwang Mansion was not right. Even the Linwang Army had been experiencing considerable turmoil during this period.

It seems to be related to the fact that Prince Lin has not shown up for such a long time!

Considering that the Prince Lin's Mansion had been keeping a low profile for the past few months, and that the Prince Lin had acted so recklessly, a terrifying thought gradually emerged in everyone's mind.

Your Majesty, could it be... that something really happened?! (End of this chapter)