son, don't mess around

at the same time.

Linwang Mansion, backyard.

Lin Jiangnian was lying in the rocking chair as usual, with his eyes half closed and a lazy look on his face.

Under the eaves nearby, Jinxiu, who was watching this scene, couldn't help but ask, "Your Highness, don't you want to go and take a look?"

"What are you looking at?" Lin Jiangnian asked lazily.

"Of course, I'm going to watch the interrogation of Chen Hongsheng in the government office!"

Jinxiu looked at Lin Jiangnian, her pretty face full of confusion.

Today was the day when Chen Hongsheng was being interrogated in the government office. The news had already spread, causing a stir among the people of the city. Even though Jinxiu was in the Linwang Mansion, she could hear the heated discussions coming from outside the palace from time to time.

Countless people gathered at the government office to witness this wonderful drama. However, Lin Jiangnian, the instigator of the incident and the one who planned all this, stayed at home as if he had nothing to do with it, as if he didn't care about it at all?

This made Jinxiu somewhat puzzled and confused!
"The government is interrogating Chen Hongsheng. Your Highness, don't you want to go and take a look at this important matter?"

"What did you do in the past?"

Lin Jiangnian still looked lazy and uninterested: "What's so interesting about the interrogation?"

Jinxiu was stunned and blinked.

"Your Highness, aren't you worried?"

"worry about what?"

"What if something unexpected happens?"

Jinxiu couldn't help but say.

"Chen Hongsheng is not a simple man. He will never surrender easily. Your Highness, if you go over to take a look, it will be bad if something unexpected happens!"

"Accidents that are supposed to happen will always happen."

Lin Jiangnian was lying in the rocking chair, still looking lazy.

After listening to this, Jinxiu always felt that the prince's tone was strange, as if there was something else behind his words.

"Your Highness, did you anticipate something?"

Jinxiu looked at Lin Jiangnian who was lying in the rocking chair. She was intelligent and quickly realized that His Highness might be hiding something from her.

"No."

Lin Jiangnian shook his head, and saw Jinxiu staring at him faintly, obviously not believing it. He then grinned and waved at her, motioning her to come over.

But Jinxiu is not Xu Lan, so she will not be fooled by His Highness.

She stood still and pouted, "Your Highness is hiding something from me!"

Seeing that Lin Jiangnian was so steady as a rock, Jinxiu quickly guessed that His Highness might have a backup plan.

"how come?"

Lin Jiangnian waved his hand: "I just want to be lazy and don't want to join in the fun."

As he spoke, he chuckled again: "There are too many people in the government office today, and it's not suitable for me to show up at this time."

The case of Chen Hongsheng was originally supposed to be handled by the Lin Wangfu, but Lin Jiangnian handed the case over to the government office in order to divert the conflict and strengthen the control of the palace over the government office.

On the other hand, Lin Jiangnian had no intention of showing up in person.

Given Lin Jiangnian's current status in the eyes of the people of Linjiang City, if he does not show up, it will be more beneficial to the spread of his reputation.

Jinxiu frowned slightly, naturally a little unconvinced: "Your Highness, if you don't go over, aren't you afraid of problems?"

"…What if Chen Hongsheng refuses to plead guilty?"

Lin Jiangnian said happily: "Miss Jinxiu, do you think he will plead guilty?"

Now it was Jinxiu's turn to be stunned: "What, what do you mean?"

After a brief thought, Jinxiu quickly realized something and widened her eyes slightly: "Could it be that Chen Hongsheng had no intention of pleading guilty from the beginning?!"

"if not?"

Lin Jiangnian smiled and said, "If he admits his guilt, he will never be able to turn things around!"

Protecting a death row inmate and robbing the execution ground was tantamount to defying the laws of the dynasty and tantamount to treason. If Chen Hongsheng pleaded guilty, his fate would be self-evident.

Jinxiu was stunned for a moment, then finally reacted: "So, Your Highness, you anticipated this from the beginning... Chen Hongsheng will definitely refuse to plead guilty?!"

Yes, robbing the execution ground is a capital crime of treason!
Even if it was Chen Hongsheng, if he pleaded guilty in public, he would be dead.

Therefore...he will never plead guilty!

"I guess so." Lin Jiangnian nodded and did not deny it.

After meeting with Chen Hongsheng a few days ago, he had already expected that Chen Hongsheng would not plead guilty.

"That……"

Jinxiu looked at Lin Jiangnian in confusion: "If he doesn't plead guilty, Your Highness, aren't you worried?"

"Why worry?"

Lin Jiangnian raised his eyebrows and smiled: "The evidence is irrefutable, so what if he doesn't plead guilty?"

"But……"

Jinxiu frowned, she always felt that things were not that simple.

As the head of the Chen family, Chen Hongsheng would not plead guilty, so he must have a backup plan. The Chen family and the other noble families in Linjiang City would not watch him fall into the hands of the Linwang Mansion, and would definitely stop him secretly.

In this case, will things really end so simply?
"Don't let your imagination run wild. Things are not as complicated as you think!"

Lin Jiangnian quietly looked at Jinxiu's pretty face. When she showed her slightly serious expression at this moment, her whole body had an indescribable attractive temperament.

Pleasant to watch!

Want to bully!
"From the moment he entered the government office, his fate was already determined. If he had confessed his guilt directly, he might have been able to barely retain the image of a loving father who had to break the dynasty's laws to save his son..."

"What if he doesn't confess?"

Jinxiu asked.

Lin Jiangnian looked at Jinxiu and waved at her: "Come here, I'll tell you."

Jinxiu immediately became alert and refused to be easily fooled.

However, after a while, curiosity surged in her heart, and she couldn't help but speak: "Your Highness, please tell me quickly."

"You come here first!"

"Your Highness, just speak directly."

"This is top secret information. I'm telling you secretly so that no one else can hear it."

beautiful:"……"

The backyard was empty, without a single person in sight.

Only ghosts can hear it!

Although she knew that His Highness was talking nonsense and his motives were not pure, Jinxiu was curious and finally glared at His Highness with resentment before reluctantly moving to His Highness' side.

"Your Highness, what are you doing..."

As expected, Jinxiu had just approached His Highness and had no time to be alert when she was pulled into Lin Jiangnian's arms.

Jinxiu lost her balance and fell into Lin Jiangnian's arms.

The soft jade is in my arms, filled with fragrance and tenderness.

Without giving Jinxiu a chance to struggle or resist, Lin Jiangnian took her slender waist and leaned close to her ear, whispering, "Of course I'm telling you something in private..."

Feeling the hot breath beside her ears, Jinxiu's delicate body trembled, her body softened a little, and her face flushed with shame: "Your Highness, you... don't..."

Lin Jiangnian had already figured out Jinxiu's physical weaknesses, and with a light move, he quickly grasped Jinxiu's vital points. While "bullying" the girl's delicate body in his arms, Lin Jiangnian whispered in Jinxiu's ear: "Chen Hongsheng has to endure this crime even if he doesn't admit it. If he doesn't admit it, what awaits him will be ruin..."

"Anyway, he must be finished!"

At this moment, Jinxiu could no longer hear what Lin Jiangnian was saying. Under the constant "bullying" of His Highness' evil hands, she soon blushed and gasped. Her beautiful eyes were filled with shame and anger as she tried to stop him, but she was powerless.

Instead, it seems more like hesitating but still willing!

"Your Highness, you, you...are bad..."

Jinxiu gritted her teeth, feeling extremely ashamed and angry.

Just as Lin Jiangnian was about to take a step closer and carry out the next step of "training" on the girl whose body was gradually becoming soft in his arms.

"Your Highness?!"

Outside the door, a quick and crisp voice broke the silence in the yard.

Jinxiu, who was originally blushing, suddenly woke up, struggled to get up from Lin Jiangnian's arms in a panic, quickly moved away from His Highness, and tidied her clothes. Her pretty face was all red, like a peach in early spring, so juicy that people couldn't help but want to taste it.

After tidying up her clothes, Jinxiu glared at His Highness with a look of shame and anger, and then glanced nervously outside the courtyard.

Then... just run!
Jinxiu fled in panic and soon disappeared.

Lin Jiangnian was a little annoyed. Why did an ignorant maid come to ruin his good deeds at this time? !

He stood up with a sullen face and went outside the yard.

Outside the yard, there was standing a pretty little maid, one of the pair of maids in Lin Jiangnian's yard.

At this moment, the little maid was a little nervous and excited, but soon, she saw the prince walking out with a dark face. She was stunned for a moment and opened her eyes blankly.

Your Highness...why do you look unhappy?
Why is the look in his eyes looking at me unkindly?
The maid became nervous.

"Your Highness, Your Highness..."

"Something happened?!"

Lin Jiangnian spoke in a bad mood, with a bad look on his face... If this little maid couldn't tell something serious today, he would have to teach her a lesson.

"Your Highness, outside, outside..."

The little maid just thought of something, and hurriedly lowered her head and said anxiously: "Come, there are so many people coming!"

After hearing what the maid said, Lin Jiangnian realized something and narrowed his eyes: "Who are the people here?"

"I don't, I don't know, but it seems that there are, there are... people from the Zhou family, the Wu family, and many, many more..."

"They are very aggressive and want to see the prince..."

The maid looked nervous: "Your Highness, you, you go and have a look."

Lin Jiangnian was not surprised to hear the little maid's words, and his eyes were calm.

What is coming will always come!

It’s about time!

……

Outside the Prince Lin's Palace, it was very lively.

The open space outside the Prince Lin's Mansion was almost full of sedan chairs and carriages, gathering countless figures. All of these carriages and sedan chairs were luxuriously decorated and worth a lot of money.

The people who got off these carriages and sedan chairs were also either rich or noble, and they were all the most important figures in Linjiang City.

Today, we gather at Linwang Mansion.

These important figures who were usually blocked from entering the Prince Lin’s Palace were allowed to enter the palace smoothly today under the guidance of the servants in the Prince Lin’s Palace.

At this moment, many figures had already gathered in the reception hall of the palace.

"Brother Wu, what do you think?"

In the hall, many people looked at the middle-aged man who was at the head of the crowd.

Today, when the government interrogated Chen Hongsheng in public, these people from the noble families united together and prepared to attack the Lin Wang Mansion! The power of the united families should not be underestimated, and even the Lin Wang Mansion could not completely ignore it.

They came today to force the emperor to abdicate!

But what no one present had expected was that when they came to the palace before, they were either turned away or given a perfunctory response.

Many people couldn't even enter the main gate of the Lin Palace.

But today, when they arrived at the Prince Lin's Mansion, they found that the palace did not stop them, and the servants even welcomed them into the palace respectfully. They also told everyone that His Royal Highness would show up to meet with them and answer their questions!
Everyone from the various families present was stunned!
There’s no way to fix it for them all at once!
They came here today with great momentum in order to join forces and seize the opportunity to force the Crown Prince to make concessions.

Now, they have almost confirmed that something has happened to Prince Lin, and Prince Lin’s Mansion is leaderless... This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!

A mere prince of the Lin prince could not stop them no matter what.

If the Prince of Lin can be forced to give in, he will no longer have any dignity in the future. In this way, the Prince of Lin's Mansion will no longer be able to dictate to their family!

But now that they had just arrived and were about to launch the attack according to their plan, they suddenly learned that the prince would show up to meet everyone later, which immediately disrupted their plans!

No, they were just about to start scolding!

As a result, the palace’s attitude suddenly changed for the better?
...Why did the prince suddenly want to see them?
This made many people feel that something was unusual... Could it be that the prince had foreseen something in advance?
Wu Xian looked deep and frowned slightly.

He was also a little unsure about the situation in the palace today, or had the prince already anticipated that they would come to the palace today to force abdication?

"Don't worry, everyone!"

Wu Xian glanced at everyone and said calmly, "We are here today for the greater good. As part of Linjiang City, we should do our best to work together to maintain the order and stability of Linjiang City."

"Since His Royal Highness is willing to see us today, this is naturally something we are happy to hear. Everyone, please be patient and wait and see how His Royal Highness responds to us."

As a leader in the aristocratic family, Wu Xian had great prestige. When he spoke, many people fell silent.

Although Wu Xian did not say it explicitly, his meaning was very clear - first see what the Prince Lin is up to, and then take action when the opportunity arises!

Indeed, they had joined forces to come here today. Everyone present was either rich or noble, and they almost represented most of the powerful forces in Linjiang City.

Even if it is the Prince Lin’s Mansion, we dare not offend easily!

This is also the reason why they dared to gather here today to force the emperor to abdicate!
They came here today, ostensibly for Chen Hongsheng's matter, but in reality, their purpose was ultimately for their own benefit.

At this moment, everyone in the hall was thinking different things and whispering to each other. Many big figures from various families and forces in Linjiang City gathered here, and even the courtyard outside the hall was filled with figures, dozens of them.

Just as everyone was talking, the gate of the courtyard not far away, which was originally open, was suddenly closed!
"boom!"

Following a few noises, everyone present saw this scene, and many of their pupils shrank and their expressions changed drastically.

"what happened?"

"Who closed the door?!"

"what happened?!"

In an instant, everyone in the courtyard realized that something was wrong. Why was the door closed for no reason? !
An ominous feeling instantly rose in everyone's hearts, just as the crowd was in an uproar.

"Everyone, please be patient!"

Just then, a dull voice was heard.

Everyone looked over and saw a man in his thirties, dressed in gray and black brocade clothes, with a sword on his waist, and a cold aura.

He was standing in the yard, looking gloomy, staring at everyone with a neutral expression.

"General Wu? What's going on?"

Someone in the crowd spoke in surprise.

This person is Wu Yue!
He looked calmly at everyone in the hall and the courtyard and said indifferently.

"I have an important matter to discuss with you today, ordered by the prince!"

"Important matters are confidential and should not be leaked lightly. Please understand and stay calm. There is no need to be nervous!"

"..." (End of this chapter)