Marrying Gold and Jade

When the news of the fire in Zhaoyang Palace reached Emperor Xianzhen's ears, the palace banquet was at its most exciting moment.

But I didn't expect it to be somewhere else, so thick that it caught fire.

The emperor remained calm, just glanced at the empty space beside him and shook his head secretly.

The news was blocked, but the prince who was trapped in the palace and the princess who was rushing to put out the fire outside the palace were naturally packaged up and invited to a side hall in the Qianqing Palace.

The queen arrived first, looked at the two dusty children below, then glanced at Li Quan who was bowing on the side, and in the end she was unable to say anything.

After a stick of incense, Emperor Xianzhen walked in and told the palace servants to close the palace door.

"Tell me what's going on."

The Crown Princess knelt for a while, and she had come to her senses from her fright and had prepared a lie.

Above her was her mother-in-law, the Empress, and beside her was her husband, the Crown Prince. After years of living together, she believed that even if they had not exchanged their confessions, the three of them could still make it work together.

Therefore, he kneeled down and said, "In reply to your father's words, the Crown Prince was drunk today and took a rest in Zhaoyang Palace, but he suddenly caught fire, so I led people to rescue the Crown Prince."

Without the shame of scheming against Lin Yu, it sounded like a pure accident.

But Emperor Xianzhen showed impatience. He thought that telling the story in this way made it clear that he was being treated as a fool.

"Really?" He didn't even bother to look at the Queen's expression, and mercilessly said, "I heard that when the palace servants arrived to put out the fire, the doors and windows were sealed, and the Crown Princess was leading people to break down the door."

"That is……"

"Why would the prince seal off all the exits while he's taking a nap in there?"

The emperor's eyes have already shifted to his son. It is obvious that he doesn't want to listen to the Crown Princess' lies anymore.

The prince had smelled too much incense in the palace today, and his mind was not very clear, so he couldn't make up a new lie to cover it up.

He only said, "I was taking a nap in the palace, and I don't know why, but a fire suddenly broke out."

What he said was true. At that time, he just wanted to stay as far away from Lin Yu as possible. He didn't even pay attention to what she did in the hall until he was suddenly choked by the thick smoke.

Emperor Xianzhen shook his head.

Looking at the tense face of the queen beside him, he suddenly said, "Think about it yourself and figure out how to make it right."

As soon as she took Lin Yu away from the table, the palace where the prince was taking a rest caught fire, the doors and windows were nailed shut, and the crown princess brought people to break down the door.

This is ridiculous.

If this story were to become part of unofficial history today, people would probably make up a ridiculous speculation that "the Crown Prince had an affair in a side palace, and the Crown Princess was jealous."

The Queen did not speak for a long time. The Crown Princess wanted to speak but did not dare to, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a moment.

Li Quan looked around and said to Emperor Xianzhen, "Your Majesty, I sent someone to check the burned bed on the north side. The window sill on the outside was burned, but the inside was mostly intact. I think the fire was set by someone from outside."

Hearing this, the Crown Princess looked up again.

When she led people to break down the door and enter, Lin Yu was not in the hall, and the north window had been burned. She subconsciously thought that Lin Yu refused to obey and burned the window and escaped.

Now you tell her that the fire started from outside?

"I ask you, Father, to investigate the arsonist and seek justice for the Crown Prince!"

The Crown Princess fell to the ground again, blurting out a new round of words: "Today, the doors and windows of Zhaoyang Palace are nailed shut. It is clear that someone is deliberately trying to murder the crown prince. Father, please investigate thoroughly!"

Emperor Xianzhen was tired.

Before anyone could figure out what the Queen's bad idea was, an arsonist suddenly showed up. The Crown Princess stirred up the already turbid water, making it even more confusing.

He closed his eyes and thought of Lin Yu, who was taken out by the queen and no one knew where he had escaped to.

Rubbing his brows, he only said: "I will check. You are all frightened today. You might as well go back and rest early."

The Crown Princess wanted to say something else, but when she looked up, she met the Queen's gaze and swallowed the words back.

After sending the three away, Emperor Xianzhen ordered Li Quan: "Go find that girl."

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. We have sent someone to look for Miss Lin."

the other side.

Lin Yu wrapped herself in the man's overly large clothes and hid behind a water tank and cried until she was tired. Only then did she have to wipe away her tears and face what was happening again.

"Brother, please leave quickly. The Queen doesn't like me in the first place. If they find out about the burning of the palace, they will definitely not let it go."

It was very dark here, and I could only vaguely make out the man's handsome outline and the faint light in his eyes.

Lin Ji stroked her messy hair and said meaninglessly: "At this moment, I'm afraid the palace gate has been closed."

If they wanted to investigate the arsonist, I, who had stayed in the palace and had not left for a long time, would be the first to be investigated.

"What should I do?" Lin Yu suddenly heard the sound of running not far away, with orderly steps, like the guards in the palace. She was so scared that she immediately shut up and huddled up.

Fortunately, they seemed to have a clear destination and did not stay here for a moment.

Lin Yu then whispered, "The palace is heavily guarded. We won't be hiding here for long."

She quickly realized that since Lin Ji's appearance was unreasonable, the first thing she had to do was to give him a reason to stay.

If I am not capable enough, I will easily be suspected by the Queen.

"I'll go find A Yuan and tell him that he was the one who kept you here to reminisce about the past. He was so happy talking that he missed the palace gates being locked!"

She felt that she had no flaws and would definitely be able to convince A Yuan to help.

Lin Ji laughed softly, and the laughter seemed to leak out from his throat.

He leaned against the palace wall behind him and asked the little girl in front of him: "Can he speak?"

Lin Yu was stunned.

Yes, the fact that A Yuan can speak has not been made public yet, so how could he have been chatting with Lin Ji to the point of forgetting the time when the palace gates were locked.

"He, what should I do then..."

Compared to Lin Yu who was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, Lin Ji, who was sitting on the ground, was more relaxed than ever before. He even had the leisure to tuck the scattered hair on her temples behind her ears.

"Not in a hurry."

"How can I not be anxious!"

Lin Yu also didn't understand why Lin Ji was so calm and composed at this critical moment, as if he didn't care about life or death at all.

Until she heard the man's voice in front of her calm down, and he said calmly as usual: "Brother, it is worth it to sacrifice yourself for A-Yu once in this life."

Tears suddenly welled up in Lin Yu's eyes again.

She still had many things to ask, such as when did he fall in love with her, and why did he give up his future and return to Songjiang after passing the imperial examination.

Why is he always like this? He looks so calm and composed, but he always does such irrational things. At this moment, he can still say "not a loss".

The girl's delicate nose twitched and her voice was heavily nasal when she spoke.

"I don't care. I won't let you get into this trouble."

In response to him, Lin Ji's deliberately suppressed laughter.

At this time, footsteps were heard outside again, a little messy, and it didn't seem like they were from the palace guards.

"Shh-"

Lin Yu curled up his legs and huddled in with the others, even holding his breath.