Emperor Youlan lowered his eyes, trying to find a decent excuse for his second son: "Ms. Lin was not very familiar with you before, how could she be in love with you?"

Ning Wenyue licked his face and said, "Miss Lin fell in love with me at first sight..."

boom!

Ning Wenyue had his head pressed hard to the ground by the guards beside Emperor Youlan.

"You are talking nonsense. You don't make any sense." Emperor Youlan said with a look of disappointment.

In recent years, there has been a lack of young heirs to the throne of Youlan. Some of them are weak or have no talent for cultivation. Apart from Ning Wengui, there is no one he likes.

Although this second son was fond of beautiful women, he was strong and had some talent. Therefore, after Ning Wengui was injured and there was no hope for his survival, he placed high hopes on him and even gave the daughter of an important official in the court to him as his wife.

It’s hateful that this idiot actually set his sights on the young master of a noble family!

"Father..."

"You have committed a serious mistake, but considering the Lu family's contributions, you and Miss Lu will choose a date to get married within three months. Don't let Miss Lu down. However, the death penalty can be avoided, but the living punishment cannot be escaped. Ning Wenyue will be demoted three ranks from today, and the wedding ceremony will be according to the standards of an ordinary earl. After the wedding, you will be confined to the mansion for a year and not allowed to leave." Emperor Youlan exhaled a breath, and saw Lin Zhao's half-smile and half-smile, he knew that if he gave him a light punishment, even if Lin Zhao did not pursue it, other families would attack the Youlan royal family.

A prince of the empire dared to offend the young master of a noble family like this. If he was let off easily, people would probably think that the Youlan Empire thinks it is superior to the noble families.

Ning Wenyue's brain wasn't working very well, so he didn't understand the other parts, but he did understand the demotion to the third rank.

"Father..."

Lu Mei gave him a glare, gritted her teeth, knelt on the ground, and thanked Emperor Youlan.

"Thank you, my Lord, for your grace."

Ning Wenyue did not intend to listen to her this time. He argued in confusion, "Father, it is clearly Lin Zhao who plotted against Mei'er and me this time. Why do you favor an outsider like her?"

Just as he was about to say something, a woman's voice came from the doorway: "Emperor, calm down! My son has been haunted by nightmares recently and has offended Young Master Lin. My son really didn't mean it!"

Lin Zhao was sitting next to Emperor Youlan. When she heard the person claiming to be Concubine Zhao, she realized that the person was Concubine Zhao.

Concubine Zhao was wearing a rose-red palace dress. Her snow-white face was completely white, her almond-shaped eyes drooped, and she looked very pitiful. This was very different from the image of Concubine Zhao that Lin Zhao had imagined.

"I apologize to Young Master Lin on behalf of the mentally ill emperor. I hope Young Master Lin will be magnanimous and forgive your cousin!"

Empress Youlan is a distant relative of the Lin family, so Ning Wenyue has to call her mother, so strictly speaking, Ning Wenyue is really Lin Zhao's non-blood cousin.

In just two sentences, Concubine Zhao described Ning Wenyue's offense to Lin Zhao as a case of mental disorder, and the conflict between the two as a matter between cousins ​​of the same generation.

Are you trying to make a big thing small, or a small thing nothing?

Lin Zhao didn't look at her and said, "Uncle Ning, what do you think?"

Hearing the word "Uncle Ning", thinking of the emperor and empress who had been secluded in the harem for years, Emperor Youlan's eyes softened, and then he looked at Concubine Zhao with a bit of unfriendly eyes.

"Empress Zhao, since Yue'er is not in his right mind, you should take him away for treatment and education. Do not let him come out and offend you again."

When Concubine Zhao heard this, her originally snow-white face turned pale in an instant, and her body began to tremble: "Your Majesty..."

When Lin Zhao saw her behavior, she thought of Chen Luoluo. However, Concubine Zhao was already old enough, and using such little girl's methods, even if her expression was natural, it still revealed a sense of stiffness, like an old cucumber painted green.

This kind of behavior might be just a private interest between her and Emperor Youlan, but it was a bit embarrassing in front of so many people.

Emperor Youlan simply waved his hand and asked her to leave.

After seeing Concubine Zhao being humiliated, Ning Wenyue finally realized that he could not afford to offend Lin Zhao, and his face darkened.

After Lu Mei thanked him, she just stood there with her head down, a sinister light flashing in her eyes, and no one knew what she was thinking.

Lin Zhao glanced at her and became more alert.

She previously thought that it was Concubine Zhao and her son who poisoned Ning Wengui. After all, the Taiyi Qinglian also came from Concubine Zhao. But now it seems that Concubine Zhao and her son definitely do not have such means.

But Lu Mei was able to endure it even at this point.

After dealing with Concubine Zhao and her son and Lu Mei, Emperor Youlan called Lin Zhao and said, "Young Master Lin, I have something to say to you. Do you have time?"

Lin Zhao glanced at Ning Wengui and saw some hesitation on his face. He thought for a moment and nodded.

"Someone, send the prince back to the palace." Emperor Youlan waved his hand and walked into the private room with Lin Zhao, ignoring his younger son's threatening look.

After the barrier was set up in the private room, the Emperor spoke: "I heard from Steward Wang that you know a senior who can save Wen Gui?"

Lin Zhao nodded.

The Emperor looked at her with complicated eyes.

"Uncle Ning probably called me here not just to ask about this, right?" Lin Zhao asked with a smile.

"You are indeed very smart. No wonder you are asking for help..." Emperor Youlan shook his head, stood up, and put his hands behind his back. His eyes suddenly turned cold, and all his pressure was directed towards Lin Zhao.

Lin Zhao subconsciously activated the Phoenix Vein Technique. At the same time, the light green spiritual energy behind her transformed into the faint shadow of a swan.

"Is this the Phoenix Luck protecting me?" Emperor Youlan had a keen eye, and he recognized it as soon as he saw the faint shadow of the swan: "You have only one last bit of Phoenix Luck left, but you can still mobilize it to this point. You are worthy of being one of the Phoenix Girls of Destiny."

Lin Zhao was stunned, and became more and more confused about the mysterious Phoenix Luck in him: "Are you talking about me?"

"Yes, on the day you and Ji Wantang were born, there were strange phenomena in heaven and earth, and the hexagrams of the four holy places simultaneously predicted that the Blood Phoenix and the Ancient Phoenix would not see each other again."

Lin Zhao guessed: "This ancient phoenix refers to me, and that blood phoenix refers to Ji Wantang?"

The Emperor nodded: "The first time you met Ji Wantang, most of your luck was plundered by her. But as long as you don't die, the two kings will meet one day, and one of them will die when they meet."

Lin Zhao was familiar with the name Ji Wantang, but was very unfamiliar with this person. He only knew that most of his Phoenix Luck had been plundered by him, but he did not expect that the other party's Phoenix Luck seemed to be no weaker than his own.

"Blood Phoenix Luck... the path that girl is on is to risk her life." Grandma suddenly spoke in her sea of ​​consciousness: "Girl, if you don't become stronger, Ji Wantang will come to devour you one day!"

"But this is not the reason why I am looking for you today." Seeing the swan phantom about to pounce on him, the emperor smiled bitterly, and after testing him enough, he withdrew his pressure: "I am looking for you only because I want to ask about the child. Do you know that before you were born, we were engaged?"

Lin Zhao was stunned. Things that she had never thought of at first were connected together, and she didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Does His Highness the Crown Prince know?"

"Of course I knew about it, but you were still young at the time and didn't understand anything, so I didn't tell you. Later, the Saint of Yao Chi pushed the Yao Chi Holy Land to marry you, and people from the Yao Chi Holy Land came... I went to the Lin family alone to cancel the engagement."

Lin Zhao suddenly realized and said in his heart: "No wonder my parents have been indifferent to the Youlan royal family over the years, and even let Ning Wengui be plotted to this point. It turns out it was because of this."

Lin Mang and Yao Yun treated her as the apple of their eye. When she was broken off from engagement, no matter what the reason, they would not give each other a good face.

Emperor Youlan closed his eyes and said with some sorrow: "After the marriage was cancelled, the emperor and empress went into seclusion, and Wen Gui stayed indoors all year round. I also know that I feel guilty towards them and the Lin family for doing this, but I am Emperor Youlan and I have to consider the entire Youlan."

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