Chapter Fifteen: Layer upon Layer of Conspiracy

  The man in black glanced back and saw no one following him, then darted into a room. "How did you come back?" a somewhat menacing male voice sounded.

  "Zi Juan almost exposed, the subordinate covered her up by pretending to be an assassin and attacking the prince. Zi Juan understood and blocked a sword for Lin Daiyu." The black-clad man knelt on the ground begging for forgiveness. If Lin Fu were here, he would definitely recognize this black-clad man as Zhen Xun, a long-time servant of the Lin family. At that time, Master and Miss were even joking that his name was not well-chosen.

  "The Purple Oriole is so careless, you go back and wake her up, let her reflect on her mistakes." The sinister man continued to say.

  "Understood, master. To avoid being discovered, I'll leave first." Zhen Ye bowed and retreated, changed his clothes and returned to the Lin manor.

  As soon as he entered the mansion, he was stopped by Lin Fu, "Zhen Yun, where are you going?"

  "Housekeeper, why so serious? Has something happened in the house?" Zhen Tu looked at Lin Fu with a good intention. "Housekeeper, something has come up at home, my mother arranged for me to go on a blind date, and I secretly ran back." Zhen Tu explained with embarrassment, lowering his head, his facial expression was so natural that Lin Fu didn't notice anything.

  "If you need anything in the future, just let me know and I won't deduct it from your salary. Go back now, there are important people at the mansion today and something has happened, don't wander around."

  "Thank you, Housekeeper." Zhen Zhuo bowed to Lin Fu and then left.

  He had just left, and Lin Ruhai came out, "That person has a murderous aura, Lin Fu, where did you find him?" Lin Ruhai, since deciding to live a good life, had restored his attention to things to its former sharpness.

  "Go back to the master, he is an honest and kind person. I took pity on him and called him over, what's wrong with that?" Lin Fu heard Lin Ruhai's words and suddenly became tense, could it be that he had invited someone he shouldn't have?

  "Don't worry, let Lin Fang investigate his background. These past few days Yu'er has been ill, and all matters have fallen back on me." Lin Ruhai instructed, thinking of the weak Daiyu, and he became enraged, determined to find out who was behind it all.

  But he didn't know that Daiyu, who should have been resting in bed, was not calm at this time. She closed her eyes and practiced her skills, the obstacles in her body had all been broken through, what remained was that she could practice well now.

  "Miss, it's time to take your medicine." Xue Yan's voice sounded, Dai Yu reluctantly opened her eyes. Chinese medicine was really bitter, although she didn't mind before, but now, she always disliked bitter things, had she been influenced by this body?

  "I know, bring it over." Daiyu pouted and let Xueyan bring the medicine over. She drank it in one gulp, and Xueyan handed her a dried plum at the right moment. "How's Zi Juan?"

  "Sister Yuan is bleeding heavily, but her life is not in danger." Xueyan heard Daiyu ask and quickly informed her that Sister Yuan had indeed lost a lot of blood, it was frightening, her face as white as paper. "However, the young lady is also ill, if she goes to see Yuan, Sister Yuan won't be able to take it." Xueyan added another sentence, she didn't want the young lady to go see Yuan. After the young lady arrived at the Jia residence, she had become somewhat distant from herself, now that she finally trusted her so much, she didn't want to push her towards Yuan.

  Daiyu didn't know that nobody believed her, and she didn't believe Zijuan either, nor did she believe Xueyan.

  "I know, I'm going to take a nap. You stay outside and don't let anyone disturb me." Daiyu had no intention of going to see Zi Juan, and Snowy's words made her even less inclined to do so. "Right, Snowy, you can go check on Zi Juan in a bit."

  "Don't worry, Miss, I'll take care of it." Xueyan took the medicine bowl and closed the door before retreating.

  Just a short distance away, they ran into the Fourth Prince Yong and the Thirteenth Prince Yong. "Your humble servant greets the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince."

  "Get up, how is the county lord?" Yongzheng's tone was still cold, in fact he didn't want to come over, just wanted to stroll around with Yongxiang, but somehow ended up here.

  "The princess has just taken her medicine and fallen asleep." As soon as Snow Goose heard the two words "princess", she was stunned for a while before reacting.

  "That's good. Thirteen brothers, let's go." Yongzheng pulled up Yongxiang, who was lost in thought, and left.

  Xueyan was taken aback for a moment and then took the medicine bowl to the kitchen. After returning to her room, she told her mother, Wang Shi, Baochai's nurse.

  "Oh? Is that so? You're saying the Fourth Prince has taken a liking to Miss?" Wang's eyelids twitched, was this good news for Miss? The Fourth Prince had refused marriage three or four times, but now he's showing interest in his own family's young lady.

  "Mother, how would I know? It's just that Fourth Brother carried the unconscious young lady back to her room. The young lady curled up in Fourth Brother's arms like a little cat."

  "I understand, don't spread this around, it will damage Miss's reputation." Wang Nai Nang nodded and instructed Xue Yan.

  "Got it, mom."

  That night, Kangxi knew about this matter. When he looked at Yongzheng's eyes during dinner, he felt strange. The fourth brother had actually taken an interest in Lin Ruhai's daughter, which was good. It was a two-for-one deal that could thoroughly bind Ruhai and the imperial family together... However, Daiyu was only seven years old, so surely Yongzheng wouldn't have any improper thoughts? Kangxi's mind was a jumble of thoughts. In fact, he was overthinking things. Yongzheng didn't have pedophilia; he was just unconsciously drawn to Daiyu's temperament, which was very similar to his own.

  Yin Zan was stared at by his own mother with a puzzled expression, and he didn't know how to react.

  Lin Ruhai sat there, somewhat absent-minded. No matter how he looked at it, this thing seemed to be the work of someone within the Lin Manor itself. He and Daiyu had just cleaned up a batch of Kangxi's and Jia Manor's spies, so who else could be interfering? Was it them? Lin Ruhai couldn't help but furrow his brow.

  "Lin Ai Qing, investigating a case isn't something that can be done in one day, let's have some food first." Kangxi's tone was very kind and gentle, with a hint of persuasion. Yongzheng couldn't help but look at Kangxi strangely, what was going on with the Emperor? It seemed that this Lin gentleman was indeed important to him, so what about Lin Daiyu... Yongzheng couldn't help but have some thoughts, although he already had a crown princess, the position of his concubine was also very honorable, should he... Although he had these thoughts, Daiyu was still young, and Yongzheng wouldn't say anything at this critical moment.

  "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty." Lin Ruhai picked up his bowl and chopsticks, but the food was tasteless.

  Kangxi saw this scene and didn't say anything more, "Dequan, have you sent the meal for the princess?"

  "Reporting to Your Majesty, the young mistress is still fast asleep, possibly due to the effects of the medicine." Li Dequan replied respectfully, but he couldn't help feeling that something was off. This was the Lin estate, and it was only natural that the servants here wouldn't neglect their own young mistress. Wasn't the Emperor's question a bit... overstepping?

  Kangxi nodded, and Lin Ruhai also nodded when he mentioned Daiyu. However, at this moment, someone reported, "The governor of Yangzhou, Li Li, requests an audience."