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Lin Zhaonuo has no official position now, he just went to court as Ling Wenze's attendant, so when he came out of the palace, he went back to the prime minister's mansion.Prime Minister Lin was actually at home after he left court today.

"Why are you back so late today?"

Lin Zhaonuo bowed to Prime Minister Lin and said, "Father, it was His Royal Highness the Third Prince who asked the child to go to Zangshu Pavilion with him."

Lin Zhaonuo recounted all the circumstances of his contact with Ling Wenze today, and at the end he said: "I feel that the third prince is different from before."

Prime Minister Lin pointed out: "The second prince will leave the palace to build a mansion in the next few days, and marry Ding Shangshu's daughter on the third day of next month. Your Majesty is already planning to establish a prince."

Knowing this, Lin Zhaonuo thought, judging from the past situation, only King Jia and the second prince are qualified to compete for the crown prince...or he should be called King Cheng.

Lin Zhaonuo wanted to ask his father who he liked more, but before he could say anything, he saw Prime Minister Lin sipping tea and said calmly, "We will discuss it after your brother comes tonight."

Lin Zhaosheng moved out of the prime minister's mansion to set up his own house after marrying Wan Rou, the daughter of a wealthy businessman a year ago. Now he is serving as the servant of the household department. Two levels up is his father, prime minister Lin.

Lin Zhaonuo nodded, feeling that the conversation with his father and brother tonight would be much more serious.

Ling Wenze returned to his palace, asked the court lady where Zhiyuan was, and then went to the pavilion to find him.

From a distance, I saw Zhi Yuan sitting in the pavilion, with her empty right cuff lying on the stone table, her left palm facing up, as if she was staring at her own left hand in a daze.

Ling Wenze didn't know how to describe his feelings at the moment, but he just felt that this person shouldn't be in such a confused state.So he deliberately made a noise and walked over.

"Your Highness." Zhi Yuan immediately got up and saluted Ling Wenze.

Ling Wenze didn't say any more polite words, he believed that after spending time with Zhiyuan, all these problems would disappear.

"I went to Zangshu Pavilion today, but it's a pity that it's being sorted out there, so I can't borrow books." Ling Wenze sat down with Zhi Yuan, concealed Chen Ziye's dirty thoughts, and talked about other things, including his unlovable waiter, And the marriage of the second prince.

After hearing Ling Wenze's description, Zhi Yuan asked, "Does Your Highness think that the Prime Minister's line supports His Highness King Jia?"

Ordinarily, King Jia's biological mother is Prime Minister Lin's biological sister, and the concubine is Prime Minister Lin's biological daughter. This relationship should be very tight, but Ling Wenze just feels that from the memory of the third prince, King Jia is not related to him. Whether it is the Queen or Prime Minister Lin, there is always something wrong with the relationship, but he can't tell where the problem is.Probably because the third prince himself is very sensitive to the relationship with the royal family, but he is too timid and cowardly, so he never got to the bottom of it.But since he had this feeling, it meant that Prime Minister Lin might not necessarily support King Jia.

Ling Wenze roughly expressed his feelings.

Zhi Yuan looked at Ling Wenze, and carefully asked, "Your Highness... who do you think His Majesty will stand for?"

Ling Wenze really thought about this question: "It's either King Jia or the second prince, I can't do it, Xiao Wu is still young after all. Besides, Xiao Wu and I have never been able to get into the eyes of Emperor Yong...father. "

Seeing that Ling Wenze really had no interest in that position, Zhi Yuan continued to ask: "Then, who does His Highness think is more likely, King Jia or the Second Prince?"

Ling Wenze replied honestly: "It's hard to say, the second prince is the most favored, but after all, King Jia's status has been corrected, and I don't know which party the ministers in the court belong to."

Zhi Yuan's expression became obscure and forbearing, and he asked directly: "Your Highness once said that he would help Zhi Yuan to avenge him. If you dare to ask Your Highness, is this really true?"

Ling Wenze replied firmly: "Of course, I will do what I say."

Zhi Yuan obviously hoped that he could speak more clearly: "Then, will Your Highness support King Jia?"

Seeing Zhi Yuan's aggressive look, Ling Wenze rubbed his nose. In fact, he hasn't decided whether to support Jia Wang or help Xiao Wu.The second prince must be eliminated, no matter for himself or Zhi Yuan, as the second prince, he will destroy all his siblings like Emperor Yong did back then.As for King Jia, Ling Wenze didn't know much about it, and he still needed time to weigh it.In fact, what he hopes most is that Xiao Wu will become the emperor, but at present, it seems that this possibility is not very high.Although Xiaowu's attendant is the son of General Liang, General Liang has been guarding the border all year round, and no one knows what he thinks about the matter of opposing the prince.

"I haven't thought about it yet, don't worry, I will definitely avenge you." Ling Wenze thought about X's countdown, and these things must be completely resolved before the countdown ends, "I think what I need to do most now is to leave the palace as soon as possible Build a government."

Seeing Ling Wenze answering his question with such a good temper, Zhi Yuan asked his biggest question: "Why did Your Highness help me?"

He called himself me for the first time, which made Ling Wenze feel inexplicably happy: "We are a cooperative relationship, don't forget that you are going to help me with the experiment, before you get revenge, my experiment should start first." Speaking of this, Ling Wenze added, "By the way, this morning was just for show, I hope you don't mind... Well, there will probably be more often in the future."

Ling Wenze felt that it was still necessary to explain to Zhiyuan that he had to act like he doted on Zhiyuan so that he could propose to marry him as his wife in the future.Ling Wenze felt a little guilty about arbitrarily choosing Zhiyuan as the experimental subject. After all, he didn't know whether the experiment would be successful, and he didn't know what would happen after the countdown ended.With the status of the third prince's official wife, even if he is gone in the future, Zhiyuan should not be too miserable.Of course, it would be best for things to develop as he thought. Before the countdown ends, there are at least two things to be done. One is to make a robot for Zhiyuan, and the other is to kill the second prince.

Ling Wenze mentioned the word "experiment" again, remembering that he said before that he would explain to him when the time came, Zhi Yuan didn't ask any more questions.The questions asked today are already risky for Zhi Yuan, if Ling Wenze is as violent as King Jia and the second prince, he may die.But Ling Wenze had given him some hope after all, and these few days of getting along had made him more and more attached to this hope, so he still took the risk to ask.

Suppressing the complicated emotions in his heart, Zhi Yuan returned to his indifferent look: "Zhi Yuan understands." Thinking in his heart, he emphasized this matter so clearly to remind himself that he would not really regard himself as a male favorite, After all, he's just a little girl, not even worthy of a male pet...

Zhi Yuan couldn't describe how she felt at the moment, she seemed lost and unwilling, she couldn't help but look at Ling Wenze who smiled and ate the pastry after getting his answer, and suddenly had a hope to be loved by this person impulse.Then I warned myself not to be delusional.

Ling Wenze thought that the dagger should be given to Xiao Wu, and it happened to be time to pay respects to Concubine Jin, and asked her if she knew her birthday.Xiao Wu is not very old now, does not have his own palace, and still lives with Concubine Jin just like his sister, Princess Si.So after lunch, he told Zhi Yuan to remember to continue exercising in the afternoon, and then went to Concubine Jin's palace.

If Ling Wenze remembers correctly, Concubine Jin is 35-25 years old this year, but the women in the harem have always been well-maintained, and she looks no more than [-]-[-].In the memory of the third prince, Concubine Jin was a gentle and considerate woman, and from what Ling Wenze saw with his own eyes, she was indeed so.

Concubine Jin seemed very happy about Ling Wenze's arrival. She brought the Fifth Prince to greet him in person, and when she saw him, she reached out and grabbed his wrist, and led him inside: "Why is Ze'er here today when you are free?"

Ling Wenze, who was held by a woman's wrist for the first time, felt awkward, and hurriedly said, "It's because my ministers were ignorant before, so don't blame Jinfei."

The fifth prince who was on the other side of Concubine Jin suddenly said: "Concubine Mu, you are so partial, you are so kind to the third brother, but you are always so fierce to me."

Concubine Jin said angrily: "Your third elder brother finally came here, and concubine mother will naturally treat me well. You are naturally disliked by wandering around me every day."

The fifth prince hugged Concubine Jin's arm and said coquettishly: "The ministers there also want to pester concubine mother."

The mother and son bickered naturally, and Ling Wenze felt relieved to see that Xiao Wu was so cute, and it was really thanks to having a mother like Concubine Jin.

Leading Ling Wenze to sit down, and asking the palace servants to bring a lot of food, Concubine Jin suddenly looked at Ling Wenze and said, "The eyebrows and eyes are the most similar between you and your concubine mother."

The fifth prince wanted to remind Concubine Jin not to mention Concubine Hui: "Concubine Mother..."

Ling Wenze didn't mind, but asked: "My lady and my concubine mother seem to have a good relationship."

Concubine Jin smiled and said, "I didn't know her well at first. She was originally the empress's maid. Later...after being conferred the title of Concubine Hui, I started to associate with her. Your concubine mother is a very good person."

According to the memories of the third prince, Ling Wenze knew that his biological mother, Concubine Hui, was originally the Queen's maid, and was made Concubine Hui only after being raped by Emperor Yong.Because of this, the queen was full of resentment towards Concubine Hui.As for the entanglement between the empress and Emperor Yong, it is said that Emperor Yong, who was still the prince, had made an oath to marry only the empress in this life, but after seizing the throne, he brought back Concubine Shu during a private visit in Weifu, and even later had another Concubine Hui and Concubine Jin were left.

Not long after giving birth to the third prince, Concubine Hui passed away. When she was alive, Concubine Jin had a good relationship with her, and even faced the Queen's repeated difficulties, Concubine Jin also helped her a lot.After all, Concubine Hui has no power, and Concubine Jin's biological father, Cheng Xiao, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, has always been respected by Emperor Yong.After Concubine Hui passed away, Concubine Jin was basically taking care of the third prince.It's just that as he grew older, the third prince's character became more timid and withdrawn, and he gradually became estranged from Concubine Jin and her children.

Without continuing this topic, Ling Wenze asked, "Is Yan'er not here?"

The fourth princess, Ling Yunyan, is the daughter of Concubine Jin. She is 17 years old and has not yet married.

The fifth prince curled his lips: "Sister Huang, she went to the Ministry of Punishment to find grandpa."

Concubine Jin smiled and said: "This girl has been close to her grandfather since she was a child, and she likes to study cases with him."

Ling Wenze nodded, looked at the Fifth Prince and said, "Why doesn't Xiao Wu go learn more from Cheng Shangshu?"

The fifth prince's expression froze, and he looked at Concubine Jin, who patted his hand and said, "Jin'er and Yan'er are different after all."

Ling Wenze suddenly understood something, it doesn't matter if the fourth princess likes criminals or female celebrities, after all, she is just a woman, and Xiao Wu is an unfavored prince, he can't get too close to the court ministers, even if it is his grandfather.

Seeing Ling Wenze's embarrassment, Concubine Jin got up and said with a smile, "Ze'er stay here for dinner today, I'll cook for you and make some delicious food for you. Jin'er, take your third brother for a walk." That's all. Not allowing Ling Wenze to refuse, he took the maid and left.

The fifth prince smiled at Ling Wenze: "Let's go, third brother, I'll show you around this palace."