Even Lin Yubin, a young and inexperienced person, thought that the Emperor would not abandon the country's great righteousness for the sake of military power, let alone his aunt?

  So she didn't quite understand why her aunt had to show such suspicion.

  Isn't this offending the emperor?

  Lin Qingwan touched her hair and didn't speak, this was in the palace, speaking too much was inconvenient. Princess Yuanhua already had suspicions, she didn't want to leave more handles in the palace.

  The aunt and niece entered the palace for the first time, and the empress kept them for lunch before letting others leave.

  "It's still good that Mother is here," Princess Yuanhua said with a smile, hugging her arm: "Considering the overall situation, it's really Father's blessing to have married Mother."

  "Just when I was getting over it, you came and reminded me again."

  Yuán Huá gōng zhǔ yī xiào, "mǔ qīn, rú yīng mèi jiě de shì dí què shì dà shì, suī rán tā mào rán jìn yán bù tuò, kě tā zhè bù shì méi le qí tā de tú jìng le ma?"

  Translation:

  Yuán Huá princess smiled and said, "Mother, Ru Yin's matter is indeed a big deal. Although she spoke out of turn, didn't she have no other choice?"

  The empress lowered her eyes and said, "She is the princess, can directly submit a memorial to the emperor, would the high-ranking officials in the court dare to intercept her memorial? Even if it's not the case, doesn't the Lin family have any old acquaintances in the court? I truly treated her as my adopted daughter, but as it turns out, she is just using me as a stepping stone to see the emperor. If it weren't for Princess Rong, I'm afraid she wouldn't even think of coming to the palace to pay her respects to me."

  "So, Mother is eating vinegar because of Rongmei's sister?" Princess Yuanhua couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh. "If you're not satisfied, just bring more of them into the palace later on. The longer they stay together, the deeper their feelings will naturally become."

  She smiled and said, "How long did Ruyi's sister get along with her last year? Previously, they didn't even exchange letters, but now she is willing to travel thousands of miles to Beijing for Ruyi's sister and dare to speak out, it can be seen that she is a person with a good temperament. If so, why worry that mother won't surpass Ruyi's sister?"

  "Nonsense," the empress scolded her, "Am I that kind of person who is jealous and petty?"

  She just felt that her efforts were not being reciprocated, making her seem overly emotional.

  Yuán Huá gōng zhǔ què xiào xī xī de bào zhe tā de gē bo dào: "hǎo hǎo hǎo, nín bú shì, wǒ shì xíng le ba, tā hái shì ge yì nǚ ne, kě wǒ kàn zhe nín guān xīn tā kě bǐ wǒ zhè ge qīn de duō duō le. Nǚ ér xiàn zài kě chī cù le."

  "Alright, alright, I care about you, I love you." The queen hugged her daughter, and the last bit of anger towards Lin Qingwan also dissipated.

  "Never mind, let her come to the palace to pay her respects another day. I think she's scared enough today. Your father didn't even say a word, and she herself sent Xia Shou out."

  "Isn't this sharing worries for the Emperor?"

  The queen hummed: "If your father, the emperor, is having a hard time, can they, these aunt and niece, have it harder? Under him, there are still a large group of ministers, and if all else fails, there are also various aristocratic families. When did state affairs ever let two weak women take charge?"

  Yuán Huá gōng zhǔ zhī dào tā mǔ hòu zuì shì fú pín qí ruò, rú yīng cóng xiǎo qiáng shì, suǒ yǐ jǐ guò chù jìng hé lín qīng wǎn chà bù duō, tā mǔ hòu zuì duō yě jiù xīn téng yí xià.

  Ke Lin Qing Wan is different, and Zhong Ru Ying who has the support of the Zhong family army is also different. Lin Qing Wan is a truly weak woman, and today her dress is just right to show off her weakness, which happens to be in line with the hearts of her father and mother. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been so easy to pass this test today?

  She was well aware of her parents' weakness and had taken advantage of it many times before, but she was their close relative who knew this point, how did Lin Qingwen know?

  It turns out that even several brothers didn't discover their parents' weakness.

  Lin Qingyan rushed out of the palace and headed straight to the county master's mansion. After some thought, she took out a notebook from under her box, flipped through several pages, touched it, and then tore it off and burned it.

  This was copied from Lin Zhi's notes, which recorded a few trivial matters of the emperor and empress, as well as several comments by Lin Zhi.

  Lin Qingwen's understanding of the emperor and empress came from summaries of notes left behind by Lin Jing, Lin Zhi, and Lin Jiang.

  Yuán Huá gōng zhǔ qǐ le huài yí, nà zhè jǐ zhāng zhǐ jiù bù néng zài liú zhe le.

  Translation:

  Princess Yuan Hua became suspicious, so these few pieces of paper could no longer be kept.

  Lin Qing burned the paper with a sigh of relief, comforting herself by thinking that fortunately their handwritten notes were scattered and disorganized, so the original historical materials could be preserved.

  And even if it's discovered, it doesn't matter, after all, it's the ancestors' handwritten notes, which are different from her summary notes.

  Lin Yuhu stared blankly as his aunt burned those few pages of paper, then dazedly asked, "Aunt?"

  Lin Qingwan turned back and said to her: "This is a biased way, it's not a good method, don't learn from me in the future."

  "If it's no good, why does Auntie still want to do it?"

  "Because Auntie doesn't have that much time left." Lin Qingyan's eyes flashed with a hint of sadness, and she looked at her with reluctance: "But your future is still long ahead, you will have children and grandchildren later on, so don't learn from Auntie."

  Lin Yuhbin suddenly felt a little flustered, biting his lip and asking, "Auntie is only three years older than me, my future is long, Auntie naturally has a lot of time too, how can it not be enough?"

  Lin Qingwan said: "Now aunt can give you a good foundation, but aunt's front is not blocked by people, times are not up to people, where do you have time for aunt?"

  Lin Yuhbin heard what she said and understood the meaning, so he secretly let out a sigh of relief and nodded: "Auntie, don't worry, I can help you now."

  Lin Qingyu stroked her head comfortingly and said, "Yes, Yuhai did very well today, even better than Auntie."

  Lin Yuhong then climbed onto a bed with his aunt, continuing the conversation in the palace, "So why do you want to show suspicion towards His Majesty? Also, didn't you say that you would send the mud seals and wooden seals to His Majesty? Why are these two things not on the list of gifts?"

  "For now, it's not needed."

  She paused for a moment and said, "The matter in Hongzhou is very complicated, it's not what we see on the surface, so you'd better not ask about it, let alone get involved. When the time comes, Aunt will tell you."

  Lin Yuhbin was curious, but he still held back and didn't ask.

  "As for revealing your suspicions, Your Majesty," Lin Qingyan said with a bitter smile: "You might as well think that Aunt is still young and inexperienced."

  Lin Yuhbin couldn't help but look at her aunt silently, is it really good for you to pretend to be weak like this?

  The Emperor's move was much faster than Lin Qingyan and Zhou Zhi, almost as soon as the talents were sent out for three days, Lin Qingyan got the exact news when she closed the door and swept the county governor's mansion.

  The Hongzhou region indeed sparked a war, and the Chu army, which had withdrawn from Southern Han to Great Chu, quietly deployed troops along the border. After a minor skirmish with Daliang one day, they suddenly burst forth and launched a large-scale invasion of the Daliang border.

  Zhong Ruying blocked the first wave of attack, and although the main force retreated five miles, they did not lose territory. At that time, Zhong Ruying sent an urgent letter to Beijing, but unfortunately, the person who went out did not return.

  Later, the Chu army's attack became more fierce, and the enemy's reinforcements also increased. Zhong Ruying repeatedly sent military reports to ask for support but did not receive a response.

  Although Hongzhou has not been lost, the Liang army has already retreated twenty miles and is now defending within the city of Hongzhou.

  As for the blockade of Hongzhou that prevented the imperial court from receiving military reports, although there is no conclusive evidence yet, with such a large move by the other side, and the people under the emperor's command are not incompetent, how could they not find any clues?

  Moreover, the emperor himself had suspicions, and the evidence collected only confirmed his conjectures.