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After Xie Zhichan left Prince Yan's study, Pei Yuan went to Lin's house.

Lin was sitting in front of the dressing table, taking off the hairpins on her head, thinking about the news that Pei Jingrou had sent from Prince Qin's Mansion, that the Emperor was about to fail, and Prince Qin intended to take this opportunity to compete with the Crown Prince. At such a critical moment, Prince Qin needed the support of Prince Yan's Mansion.

Pei Yuan said, "I have been feeling unwell lately, and I want to leave the capital and stay at a farm outside the city for a few days. I will leave tonight, so you should pack your bags quickly. Let the servants in the mansion go home for a few days, and those who don't have a home in the capital will stay in the mansion to guard the gate."

Lin paused while taking the hairpins and rings, then took off the last hairpin, looked back at Pei Yuan, walked to the edge of the bed and sat down, and said to Pei Yuan: "I see that the prince is very healthy, how can he be unwell?"

Pei Yuan had no choice but to say, "I have been feeling uneasy lately. I am afraid that the capital may be in turmoil. I might as well go out and hide for a few days."

Lin's hand paused as she put down the bed curtains. She turned her head and looked at Pei Yuan and asked, "Did the prince also get the news?"

After hearing what Lin said, Pei Yuan walked to the other side of the bed and sat down, and asked Lin, "What news did I get?"

Lin looked at Pei Yuan, whose brows were slightly furrowed, and was certain that he must have received the news. Knowing that the situation was tense and that Rou Jie'er needed the support of Prince Yan's Mansion, he wanted to go out and have some quiet time.

Lin hung the bed curtain back in her hand and looked at Pei Yuan and said, "Since Your Majesty knows the current situation in the capital, Sister Rou didn't know that there were many concubines in the Qin Palace until she married into it. If it weren't for the fact that the Imperial Concubine wanted to rely on the support of the Yan Palace, I don't know what Sister Rou's life would be like in the Qin Palace.

Now is a good time. Your Qin family has a chance to produce a queen, but the prince wants to stay away at this time. Is there a father like you?"

Pei Yuan immediately stood up from the bed, stood in front of Lin, looked down at her and said, "I didn't know that you two had such big ideas. Do you think that the country is so easy to get? Look at the ancient times. Which road to becoming a king is not paved with mountains of corpses and seas of blood? Do you think the Cao family can still stand firm just by relying on one of the three founding dukes?

Even if the He family helps the King of Qin to fight, the Cao family will still bite off a piece of meat. Don't say I didn't tell you, if you and Sister Rou have such thoughts, be prepared to let fate decide your life and death, and wealth and honor! If you want to stay, then stay!"

After Pei Yuan finished speaking, he stood silently for a moment, without waiting for any response from Lin, only waiting until Lin raised her head and stared at him with red eyes.

He took a deep breath and simply turned and left.

Seeing Pei Yuan leave after saying just one word, Lin watched him disappear with red eyes, then turned around and lay on the pillow and quilt, crying and wailing: "What sin have I committed in this life? I married a man like this, who is neither a father nor a husband. If I had known this, why would I have gone to so much trouble to marry you!"

Lin clenched his fists in anger and cried for a while before he came to his senses. The letter sent to him by Rou Jieer said that the emperor's health condition was a secret. How did Pei Yuan know about it?

She wiped her tears with a handkerchief, called her personal nanny and ordered, "Go and find out who the prince has met today."

The nanny left and came back after a while and said, "Princess, today only the Crown Prince's wife invited the prince to the study to talk. Other than that, the prince has not seen anyone today."

Lin asked again, "Has the Crown Prince's Consort returned from the palace?"

The maid nodded and said, "She came back half an hour ago. It's strange, I don't know why she was summoned to the palace, but she only stayed in the palace for a short while before coming back."

Lin sat on the bed for a while, rubbed his forehead, and thought for a moment.

Afterwards, she stood up, put on her coat again, picked out a gorgeous hairpin from the pile of pearl hairpins she had just taken off, pressed down the bun on her forehead, and summoned all the strong servants and maids in Prince Yan's Mansion to go to Tingxueju.

When I walked to the gate of Tingxue Residence, I felt that the whole way was very quiet. I didn't even hear the gatekeeper's usual conversation. I had a bad feeling in my heart.

When we arrived at Tingxueju, we saw the two gatekeepers sleeping on the doorstep and snoring loudly.

Lin kicked one of them in anger and yelled, "Is this how you guard the door? Is the Crown Prince's Consort in there?"

The two gatekeepers woke up and saw the princess with so many people standing in front of them. They were a little trembling for a moment. They stood close to the doorposts on both sides, hunched over, and didn't know what had happened. They just answered Lin's question seriously: "Princess, we have been guarding the door. We just took a nap. We haven't heard anyone from inside saying that they need a carriage or a horse. Besides, it's winter and it's already night. Where can we go?"

Lin was so nervous that she quickened her pace and walked into the yard, but she saw that there was no one in the yard. It was already empty and there was not even a ghost in sight.

Lin immediately ordered the two maids behind her, "Go to the Rose Courtyard and Qinxiang Garden to see if there is anyone there."

After a while, the two maids came back and said, "Princess, there are only maids in the courtyard. The eldest, third, and youngest daughters are all gone."

Lin looked at the empty yard, stamped her feet in anger, and sneered, "Since you've run away, don't ever come back!"

At this time, a gatekeeper suddenly came in and said, "The Crown Prince's Consort has taken a few young ladies to the Crown Prince's study."

Lin immediately asked the man to lead the way, and led the large group of people to Pei Yi's study.

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After Xie Zhichan came out of Pei Yuan's study, he immediately went to the Rose Courtyard and Qinxiang Garden to tell Pei Jingyu and Pei Jingshu about his plan, and then took them and Miaomiao to Tingxue Residence.

Xie Zhichan asked Mai Sui and Xiao Liu'er to pack up the belongings of Tingxueju, and left everything else behind.

Afterwards, he took everyone to Pei Yi's study, walked to the wall, rolled up a portrait of her hanging on the wall, opened a small secret compartment on the wall, revealing a nine-square grid code.

After Xie Zhichan pressed six of the boxes, the bookshelf next to it was pushed open one foot from the middle to both sides, revealing a secret staircase leading downwards.

At this time, Dan Feng came to report that Lin had taken many people to Tingxueju.

Xie Zhichan just wanted to leave quietly, so he asked Yueyan to light an oil lamp, and went downstairs first to provide light for everyone.

She asked everyone to go first, and she would go last. The ugly old woman was determined to walk behind her, so the two of them stayed behind.

Pei Jingshu held Pei Miao in her arms and said softly, "Miao Miao, don't be afraid. Auntie will play a game of hide-and-seek with us."

Pei Miao nodded heavily and said, "I'm not afraid. Hide and seek is fun. I like it the most."

Pei Jingshu happily hugged Pei Miao and walked into the corridor, followed by Pei Jingyu, Mai Sui, and Xiao Liuer.

Xie Zhichan went down the secret passage first. After Danfeng and the ugly mother-in-law also walked into the secret passage, she touched the mechanism on the wall, which was also a nine-square grid password. After pressing the same six squares, the bookshelves gathered together again and closed the door of the secret passage.

When Lin and others arrived, they saw that the faint light in the study was extinguished in an instant, and there seemed to be the sound of furniture rubbing against the ground.

But when she brought people into the study and lit the candles in the room, she saw that the room was empty and there was no one in sight.

He asked the woman who brought the news to him and asked her, "Did you really see anyone coming here? Where is he now?"

The gatekeeper looked at the empty study room, her eyes widened, and she said, "I really saw the Crown Prince's wife and a group of people walk into the study room, so I went to report the news."

After hearing this, Lin ordered the people behind him, "Go check if there are any secret passages or traps."