Xiao Yinnan let go of her slowly, stood up slowly, and stepped forward to salute: "Your Highness Prince Yan."

Prince Yan pursed his lips and said nothing, but there was an undercurrent in his eyes. Although he looked calm on the surface, he was already turbulent inside.

"It seems that I have disturbed your good time." The voice was cold, and Jiang Nian's heart sank.

Are these people deliberately trying to torment her?

His face darkened immediately: "You two are busy with all sorts of things, so you should go back first. I'm tired."

Not to mention King Yan, she can't even afford to offend Xiao Yinnan now.

She was really tired, mentally exhausted.

Xiao Yinan looked at her with some tenderness: "Then you have a good rest, I will come to see you later."

After that, he walked towards the Prince of Yan and said, "Your Highness, I have something important to discuss with you. Shall we go out and talk?"

Jiang Nian did not go to see King Yan. He didn't know what expression he had, but he looked unhappy.

She was still sweet-talking King Yan a few days ago, but today she is acting like this with another man. Will King Yan be so angry that he kills her?

But what happened just now was not her own will, she can explain it.

The next day, Jiang Nian went to the Anguo Mansion first, played with An Minyou for a while, and after coaxing him into silence, he went to the teahouse.

She sent a letter to Prince Yan's mansion, hoping to arrange a meeting with him.

He kept looking down, but there was no sign of King Yan on the road. He waited for an hour, but no one showed up. Jiang Nian felt a little discouraged.

Amber comforted from behind: "Don't worry, young lady. I think His Royal Highness Prince Yan is busy, maybe he will be here soon."

As soon as she finished speaking, there was a knock on the door. Amber excitedly went to open the door. It was the waiter.

"I'll fill the tea for the girl."

Amber suppressed her smile and said, "No need, you can go down first."

"Yes."

Jiang Nian sighed, it seemed that he was really angry. Never mind, if he doesn't want to come, then he won't come. He slowly stood up and said, "Let's go back too."

Not far away, another carriage was parked. Seeing Jiang Nian leaving, someone outside said, "Your Highness, the girl from the Jiang family has come out."

Prince Yan finally lifted the curtain and looked over, only to see Jiang Nian getting on the carriage and heading home.

Prince Yan pursed his lips. He wanted to see him, but this was all the patience he had?

......

On the way back, I had just turned a street when the road ahead was blocked.

Amber ran over to check the situation and came back soon, "Miss, they said they caught a wanted criminal and he's passing by the street ahead."

Shen Qingtang lifted the curtain and looked outside. He could only see people on both sides of the road not far away, and a group of people passing by in the middle.

"Let's take a detour back."

There had been no news from the King of Yan, and Jiang Nian felt relieved thinking that he probably wouldn't pursue the matter any further.

The next day, Baozhu brought in a letter and handed it to Jiang Nian: "Miss, this is a letter from outside."

"who."

"I don't know. The man just stuffed it into my hand and left."

Jiang Nian opened the letter and was stunned when he took a look. It was from his grandfather.

The Lin family was exiled to the border, accused of treason, but their entire clan was not executed and only their property was confiscated. For so many years, they were worried about implicating their old friends and never wrote a letter back to Beijing. But they wrote a letter today?

This letter should have been sent a long time ago, but it only arrived today.

The letter only contained some greetings and looked like a family letter, but Jiang Nian could tell that there was other information in it.

He closed the letter and looked at Baozhu, "Go ask Ping'an to find out where the important criminal brought back to the capital today came from."

"Yes."

After burning the letter, Jiang Nian began to feel uneasy.

She really wanted to write a letter to her grandfather at the border to ask about it, but she was afraid of causing them trouble.

Nowadays, one rarely hears anything about the Lin family in Beijing. This is the safest way. If it is discovered by someone with ulterior motives, the old things will probably be brought up again.

Her grandfather just asked her to find out some news, and it didn't matter if there was no news.

Ping'an came back from outside and said that the army was escorting the important criminal from Tongguan.

Thinking of my grandfather’s letter, I think he was talking about the one who came back today?

He immediately called Amber and went to the Duke of Anguo's Mansion.

As soon as Duke Anguo returned from the palace, he heard that Jiang Nian had returned and was looking for him.

After inviting the person in, Duke Anguo asked, "Miss Jiang, is there something you want to talk to me about?"

"I do have something to ask."

After saying this, he knelt before the Duke of Anguo. The Duke of Anguo knew what was going on as soon as he saw it, so he didn't say anything.

"My Lord, there is something I would like you to answer."

"go ahead."

"I heard that a high-ranking imperial criminal was brought back from Tongguan today. Is he related to the Lin family back then?"

In the capital, when it comes to the Lin family, there is no other one except the General’s Mansion of the past.

Duke Anguo knew Jiang Nian's identity, and many people in the capital knew it, but the incident had happened many years ago, so even if it was related to the Lin family, it didn't matter.

The Lin family was fine back then, but others were not so lucky.

The man captured today was General Lin’s deputy general back then, and he was also the reason why the Lin family was confiscated and exiled.

The deputy general was supposed to support General Lin's army, but he did not arrive in time. The Lin army held on the front line for half a month, with most of them killed or wounded. After they finally managed to hold on, they heard that the deputy general had surrendered to the enemy.

When the deputy general defected to the enemy, it was equivalent to General Lin, the commander-in-chief, instructing the entire Lin family army to become traitors.

The deputy general escaped and disappeared. The emperor did not confiscate the Lin family's property immediately, but recalled them. As a result, he found evidence of treason from the Lin family.

Now, even the emperor could no longer protect the Lin family, and her grandfather didn't even say a word to defend himself.

The emperor sympathized with the Lin family's hard work and great contributions, so he only exiled them to the border without summoning them, and they were never allowed to return to the capital.

Now that this person has been found, won’t the Lin family be brought into the spotlight?

However, there is no evidence to prove that the Lin family was framed. If it were brought up at this time, the Lin family would only suffer.

"This person was captured from Tongguan and is indeed related to the Lin family."

"So, are we going to bring up the past again?"

Duke Anguo also recognized General Lin from that time, but he was still young at that time and did not have much contact with General Lin. He had only heard about him from his father and brother before.

I heard that His Majesty was furious at the time, but for some reason, he decided to let the case go. Many people in the court opposed it at the time, but His Majesty issued an edict and the matter was resolved.

"I know what you want to ask, but this is not something you can do. Your Majesty is not someone who kills innocent people. The Lin family's affairs will not involve you. Go back and pretend you know nothing."

Jiang Nianben didn't want to do anything. With her current ability, she could only show off her power in the Jiang family and could not do anything outside.

"I know. Thank you, Duke, for clearing up my confusion."

After coming out of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion, Jiang Nian felt for the first time that he was too weak. If he could climb higher, would he be able to find out more information and help his grandfather clear his name?

But her grandfather also told her in the letter that she should just inquire about the news and not worry about anything else.

If that person is really the one my grandfather wrote in the letter, then hang a red lantern at the door of the Jiang family’s house. If not, hang two.

At night, a red lantern was hung at the gate of Jiang's house.

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