Troubled times: Start practicing spiritual practice by taking care of your sister-in-law.

Chapter 685: The Lin Family Cannot Stay

after one day.

Yelang Palace, the emperor's bedroom.

The autumn scenery was bleak in the deep palace. The eunuchs and palace maids were waiting outside the bedroom, standing quietly.

The bedroom was brightly lit and filled with a soothing musk scent, with a faint hint of medicine mixed in.

On the dragon bed, an old man with a dry and sallow complexion was lying quietly on the dragon bed. There was a large amount of gray and black air between his brows, and he looked like he had one foot half stepped into the grave.

However, the Yelang monarch Xingluo was not yet sixty years old. As a middle-grade warrior, he should be in his prime, but at this moment he was like a dying tree.

"Come, father, drink the medicine." At this moment, a voice sounded.

Xing Luo tilted his head slightly to look, and when he saw the person coming, his emotions suddenly became extremely excited. A hoarse "woooo" sound came from his mouth, and his whole body was shaking violently. But despite his great efforts, he could not even lift a hand, and his turbid eyes were filled with anger.

The person who came was Xingluo’s third son, the third prince Xingyin.

He sat down beside the dragon bed, holding a medicine bowl in his hand. He gently stirred the medicine with the spoon in his hand, then scooped up a spoonful, blew it gently on his lips, and handed it to Xingluo's mouth.

But Xingluo kept his mouth shut and turned his head away.

Once or twice.

After several attempts, Xing Luo refused to drink the medicine obediently. Xing Yin also lost his patience and threw the spoon in his hand to the ground with a "bang". Xing Yin stood up, pinched Xing Luo's mouth with one hand, and when the other's mouth opened, he held the medicine bowl in the other hand to Xing Luo's mouth and rudely poured the medicine into his mouth.

"Cough cough." The medicine flowed out from Xing Luo's mouth, and Xing Luo started coughing. Some of the medicine even splashed directly on Xing Yin's face.

Xingluo's yellow jacket was soaked by the medicine.

Xing Luo only drank a small half of the bowl of soup, and the rest flowed onto Xing Luo's body and the dragon bed.

After the medicine was finished, Xing Luo lay on the dragon bed and kept coughing. He wanted to say something, but in the end all he uttered was a hoarse "woooo" sound.

Xing Yin casually threw the empty bowl aside, wiped the soup splashed on his face with a handkerchief, and looked at Xing Luo beside him. He did not leave immediately. After thinking for a while, he spoke his true feelings:
"Father, you taught me this. If you want to achieve great things, you must do whatever it takes. There is no family affection in the royal family. The eldest brother is not as good as me. He is not as talented as me, nor as cruel as me. He is indecisive and can only read some useless sage books.

When I was regent, I managed Yelang in an orderly manner and the treasury was full, but you didn't even praise me at all. The eldest brother only did some insignificant things, and you made him the crown prince.

Benevolent government? What Yelang needs now is not benevolent government. Father, just wait and see. Yelang will only get better and better in my hands, even better than the emperor grandfather. I will let you live to see this day. "

After saying that, Xing Yin stood up and was about to leave when he suddenly remembered something and turned back to say, "Father, I will take care of our mother now, so don't worry."

This time, Xing Yin left the bedroom without looking back.

As soon as I walked out of the palace door, an almost shrill "woooo" sound was heard from the bedroom.

Xing Yin was standing outside the bedroom. An armored soldier walked up quickly and whispered something in Xing Yin's ear.

Xing Yin nodded and said to the maid beside him, "Help His Majesty take a bath."

After saying that, Xing Yin left quickly.

……

In the study room of the Third Prince’s Mansion.

"Your Highness, this is a list of people who have entered and left the city in recent days. Among them, the Lin family and the Diao family from Jincheng, and the Li family and the Xu family from Beijing are the most suspicious." The butler presented the investigation list to Xing Yin.

Xing Yin took it and started to look at it. Of course, the list contained not only some names, but also detailed identity information.

"Jincheng Lin Family?!"

Xing Yin seemed to have thought of something, and said to the housekeeper: "If I remember correctly, some time ago Diao Hong said that the Jincheng Lin family colluded with Lou Wo and arrested the head of the Lin family. What did you find out during the investigation?"

"Your Highness, this is true. However, according to my understanding, the Jincheng Lin family did have business dealings with Lou Wo, but our two countries were still very friendly at that time. As for Diao Hong's statement that the Lin family and Lou Wo were colluding, there is no solid evidence except these transaction records, and the Lin family and the Diao family are business competitors, so I think that this matter is nothing more than Diao Hong trying to use your Highness's power to bring down the Lin family." said the butler.

Xing Yin frowned, realizing that he was being used by Diao Hong.

But he was not very angry, he liked such smart subordinates.

The reason why he can remember Diao Hong.

Because Diao Hong is very good at helping him make money.

Of course, just because he is not angry doesn't mean that Xing Yin doesn't care about Diao Hong.

Xing Yin's face was tense, and he said in a deep voice, "Go and call Diao Hong to me."

"promise."

……

On the other side, the Diao family’s mansion in Kyoto.

in the hall.

Diao Hong had a gloomy face and looked worried. It was already this late and the people he had sent out should have come back to report to him, but up to now, no news had been sent back.

At this moment, the servant hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Master, the housekeeper of His Royal Highness the Third Prince is here."

Not long after the servant finished speaking, he and the housekeeper appeared in front of Diao Hong.

Diao Hong greeted him with a flattering look on his face, saying, "Master He, what brings you here?" Butler He did not exchange pleasantries with Diao Hong, and said with a straight face, "Your Highness invites you."

"Your Highness is looking for me?" Diao Hong's expression froze for a moment, and then he said, "Master He, I wonder what Your Highness wants to talk to me about?"

As he spoke, Diao Hong secretly stuffed gold leaves into the hands of the butler.

After counting the number of slices with the housekeeper, his expression softened and he revealed some things to Diao Hong.

Diao Hong's expression changed immediately.

It was indeed as Lin Luo had guessed, the Third Prince did not instigate the attack on the Lin family. After all, there was no hatred between the Lin family and the Third Prince. Instead, Diao Hong wanted to destroy and annex the Lin family by taking advantage of the fact that he was the Third Prince's man.

He is not afraid of this being exposed.

He knew the Third Prince. As long as this matter did not cause too much "public opinion impact", he would offer a large sum of money as a tribute and the matter would be over.

But he was afraid that this would be exposed in advance.

After all, the Lin family has not collapsed yet, and he cannot come up with such a large sum of money.

If the third prince finds out about this, he will definitely not be kind to him.

With a nervous mood, Diao Hong came to the Third Prince's mansion and met the Third Prince.

"I'm Diao Hong, your humble servant. I'm honored to meet His Royal Highness the Third Prince." Diao Hong said respectfully.

"Diao Hong, have you investigated the matter of the Jincheng Lin family colluding with Lou Wo?"

Xing Yin was practicing calligraphy and asked without raising his head.

"I'm still investigating." Diao Hong had cold sweat on his back. He knew that the calmer the Third Prince was, the scarier he would be.

"Are you still investigating, or are you trying to force Lin Kong to confess?" Xing Yin raised his eyes and looked at Diao Hong.

The moment their eyes met, Diao Hong suddenly felt a chill in his body, and his psychological defenses almost collapsed. He knew that he couldn't admit it at this time, so he said, "We are still investigating."

Hearing this, Xing Yin's hand that was practicing calligraphy paused slightly, and he looked up at Diao Hong below, without making any expression, just looking at him.

After a long while, seeing that Diao Hong was still holding on, Xing Yin put down his pen and said with his hands behind his back, "Put this aside for now. Let me ask you, what were your people doing outside the city on the day the princess was assassinated?"

Hearing this, Diao Hong's body tensed up. He sent people out of the city that day because he calculated the time. Diao Qing and the others should be back, so he sent people out to welcome them and see if anything had happened.

But up to now, not only Diao Qing and his team have not returned, but the people who were sent out the day before yesterday have not returned either.

After a brief hesitation, Diao Hong said, "I received a letter from Brother Qing some time ago. Brother Qing and his friends are coming to the capital, so I calculated the time and sent someone out to meet them."

Diao Hong hasn't even finished dealing with the Lin family's matter yet. He doesn't have the nerve to talk about this dirty assassination, and he doesn't dare to talk about it.

"Is that really the case?" Xing Yin said in a low voice.

Diao Hong's heart sank, thinking that the Third Prince already knew something. His breathing became a little disordered and his heartbeat quickened.

Just when he could no longer bear the pressure and wanted to tell the truth.

Xing Yin asked again: "You sent people out of the city that day. Were you going out of the city to kill the people of the Lin family?"

Diao Hong broke out in cold sweat on his forehead. How could he dare to admit such a thing? After all, in Yelang Kingdom, Xing Yin was the law, and people like him who were below him had to respect the laws of Yelang Kingdom, at least on the surface. If he admitted it in front of Xing Yin, he would be trampling on the law and slapping Xing Yin in the face.

After all, this kind of thing cannot be talked about openly, especially when he hasn't accomplished his task yet.

"I don't think you would dare." Xing Yin said this, of course not to punish Diao Hong, but to warn him, and then asked: "Did the person you sent out to pick up your brother that day come back?"

"Maybe he was delayed on the way, not yet."

"You said before that the head of the Lin family and the eldest master's consort are good friends. Is this true?"

"It's true. Lin Kong and Prince Consort Yan Yang are classmates and close friends."

"Well, I understand, go down."

"promise."

Diao Hong was a little confused about what the Third Prince wanted to do, but he didn't dare to stay any longer and quickly left the study.

After Diao Hong left, Xing Yin quickly sorted out his thoughts in his mind.

The people sent out by Diao Hong on that day have not returned yet, but the Lin family has already entered Beijing, so Xing Yin believes that the people sent out by Diao Hong have been dealt with by the Lin family.

Then, the Lin family has the ability to save Shuang'er.

And considering the relationship between the Lin family and Prince Consort Yan Yang, the Lin family members who came to the city were very likely to know Shuang'er.

Shuang'er was being chased by someone, and the Lin family saw it, so there was no way they wouldn't save her.

In this case, Shuang'er might have told the Lin family what she saw.

"Perhaps, we can prove that the Lin family is colluding with Lou Wo."

Xing Yin already had an idea in mind, his eyes turned cold, and he said, "Someone come."

(End of this chapter)