The uncle borrowed some merits, and the princess drew the talisman fiercely

Qing Xiao suddenly thought of something.

"Your Highness, speaking of Yu Feng, I remembered something. Yu Jiong, the eldest grandson of Lord Yu, had a small conflict with Miss Lin on the street yesterday, and I happened to run into them."

This Miss Lin naturally refers to Lin Yanran.

"Yu Jiong doesn't recognize Lin Yanran?" Zhou Shiyue frowned.

If he recognized her, Yu Jiong would not dare to do anything to Lin Yanran.

Lin Rong is a well-known man who dotes on his daughter. He is not afraid of offending his colleagues or superiors. If Yu Jiong really bullies Lin Yanran, Lin Rong will confront him no matter if it is Yu Feng or Yu Bin.

"He didn't know him originally. Yu Jiong wasn't in the capital for the past few years. It seems he went to the Wenwu Academy and just came back after learning some martial arts."

Qing Xiao recalled what happened yesterday.

"Yu Jiong was accompanied by six or seven young men armed with swords. They looked strong and powerful, and their auras were calm. They must have good martial arts skills. They didn't recognize Miss Lin at first, but when I passed by and recognized Yu Jiong, they told me Miss Lin's identity."

At that time, there were so many young men practicing martial arts on the other side, and Lin Yanran only brought a maid. Qing Xiao was afraid of something happening, so he showed up and called Lin Yanran, asking where Master Lin Ronglin was.

"After hearing what my subordinates said and learning about Miss Lin's identity, Yu Jiong's attitude changed. He took the initiative to apologize to Miss Lin and left with those people. Before leaving, he also said that he would send a gift of apology to the Lin Mansion."

When Zhou Shiyue heard this, his mind raced and he immediately connected all these things together.

Yupin, who had almost no presence, suddenly became high-profile with the fifth princess. Then Yu Jiong returned to Beijing after completing his studies and brought with him so many people with great martial arts skills. Could there be no connection?

Come to think of it, it's like they've been waiting for an opportunity.

When the time is right, start taking action as planned.

As for what their plan is?

Then we have to check it out.

"Go investigate the Yu family." Zhou Shiyue originally only asked Qing Xiao to investigate Yu Feng, but now he felt that he had to investigate the entire Yu family. "Send someone to warn Lin Rong and tell him..."

Zhou Shiyue thought for a moment and said, "Concubine Yu took the Fifth Princess out of the palace to ask the old man to see her."

If only this sentence was said, Lin Rong might be confused at first, but if Lin Yanran told him about the conflict with Yu Jiong, or if Yu Jiong gave her a gift, Lin Rong would understand.

"Yes."

Zhou Shiyue himself went into the palace.

After all this happened, he had to go see the Crown Prince. Of course, he also had to show up in front of his brother the Emperor to make things difficult for him.

After the court session, Lin Rong went to the Dali Temple to handle some official business, and then he found time to return home to get some things. He also planned to take a look at the new edition of Beijing News.

My wife buys it and never misses a single issue.

When he returned, he saw his wife and daughter looking at a large wooden box in the living room.

This wooden box is big enough to hold him, and it is completely gilded, which makes it look valuable.

"What is this?" Lin Rong walked in, thinking it was something sent from the lady's shop.

Mrs. Lin has many shops, and occasionally the shopkeeper would bring some new things for her and Yanran to see first. These were usually the goods that would be sold in the shop.

After asking this question, Lin Rong noticed that Yanran bit her lower lip and was obviously in a bad mood.

Only then did he realize something was wrong, because his wife didn't look happy either.

"Husband, this was sent by the young master of the Yu family. He said it was an apology gift for Yanran."

Lin Yanran came back last night, but Lin Rong had not returned home yet.

After she came back, she planned to have dinner first, but halfway through dinner, Lin Rong went out for something urgent and came back very late.

So Lin Yanran didn't have time to tell him about the conflict with Yu Jiong yesterday.

But she had already told her mother.

"Young Master Yu? Who?" Lin Rong had already figured it out after asking, "Is he from Yu Feng, Minister Yu's family?"

Madam Lin nodded. "Yes, that's Minister Yu's eldest grandson, Yu Jiong."

Yanran told her about this this morning, so she asked her servants to find out about this young Master Yu.

Now she also told Lin Rong the news she had heard.

Yu Jiong has not been in the capital for many years, so not much information can be found about him, but it is said that he has learned martial arts quite well.

It is said that the young men who followed him were all his fellow apprentices, and they all came to the capital to follow him.

When Yu Jiong returned to Beijing, Minister Yu was very happy and attached great importance to it.

"I heard that yesterday afternoon, after Young Master Yu returned home, Minister Yu gave each of the servants in the mansion a reward of one or two taels of silver and said he would hold a family dinner tonight."

"Oh, right, I heard something from the servants of the Yu Mansion, but I'm not sure if it's true or not. It's said that Minister Yu will go to the palace to invite Concubine Yu and the Fifth Princess to come out of the palace and attend a family banquet."

Lin Rong's heart skipped a beat.

Is this family banquet really necessary to be so high-profile? Concubine Yu and the Fifth Princess?

"Sir, Qing Xiao from Prince Jin's Mansion requests to see you." A servant came to report.

"Invite him in quickly."

Mrs. Lin also heard from Lin Yanran that it was Qing Xiao who rescued her yesterday. Otherwise, no one on Young Master Yu’s side would have heard what she said and didn’t even give her a chance to speak.

If Qing Xiao looked imposing and made the other party quiet down for a while, she would have almost no chance to reveal her identity.

So Madam Lin was thinking about preparing gifts to thank Prince Jin and Qing Xiao. Unexpectedly, Qing Xiao came now.

Lin Rong's heart sank.

After encountering this incident, King Jin sent Qing Xiao on a special trip, which shows that the matter is not simple.

Sure enough, Qing Xiao came in and relayed King Jin's words to him. After thinking about it, Lin Rong realized the seriousness of the matter.

When Qing Xiao saw the big wooden box, he knew it was sent by Young Master Yu and was a little surprised.

Moving so fast?

"Master Qing Xiao, it's a good thing that you're here. We haven't opened the box yet. Why don't you open it now and see what's inside? If there's anything wrong, please tell the prince when you return to the palace."

Lin Rong made a prompt decision.

Now is a good time for Qing Xiao to see what Young Master Yu sent.

Qing Xiao was originally ordered to investigate the Yu family, so it would be a good idea for him to take a look at the gifts sent by the Yu family.

Lin Rong personally stepped forward and opened the big box.

Lin Yanran hugged her mother's arm, and the two stood aside, looking into the box.

There are a lot of things in that box.

But each one is a little... unexpected.

There was a saddle inside, which must have been used and was obviously worn.

There was also a fox fur cloak, but it looked like it had been used.

Lin Rong frowned and turned the page.

It was a used bow, as the part where the hand gripped it was already a little greasy.

A piece of tiger skin. This one is new and in good condition.

There was also a small box, which, when opened, revealed an excellent ginseng.

To say that these things are old and worthless is not the case. Tiger skins, fox fur cloaks, and ginseng are all very expensive.

There are a few books underneath.

It was a travelogue, an old book with some edges curled up from being read so much.

"What's the meaning of him giving these?" Mrs. Lin's face darkened.