The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 199: Duke Ningguo first sues Chang Jing

Mrs. Lin's eyes were red, and the slap she had just given Lin Zhihen did not dispel the hatred in her heart.

Then, he slapped Lin Zhihen again, knocking his face to the side.

"Give me back my brother!" Mrs. Lin used up all her strength, her eyes bloodshot.

She pointed at Lin Zhihen, her fingertips trembling:

"Brother Ce didn't want to make friends with that idiotic Mr. He at all! Yet you accepted that invitation for him! If you hadn't been so stubborn and stubborn for your own ulterior motives, he wouldn't have had this accident today!"

"Ce'er is useless. I wonder what you can do to bring honor to the Lin family! You father... spit!" She spat in Lin Zhihen's face. "Enough!" Lin Zhihen had never been so humiliated in front of others. Now, in front of the servants in the mansion, he was beaten and scolded by his wife.

He glared at Madam Lin. "There were carriages all over the street, and no one was hitting them, but Ce'er's carriage was the one that got overturned! He was pinned under the carriage, and the rest of his body was intact, but his limbs and tendons were all severed! This isn't an accident, this is clearly revenge!"

After saying that, he looked at Lin Jiaoyue and said bitterly, "Tell me! Have you and your sister made any enemies recently?"

Lin Jiaoyue shuddered when she heard this, and Mu Rong's face flashed in her mind.

Ever since her brother told her how close and leisurely Mu Rong and Xu Rongrong were in the southern suburbs, her hatred for Xu Rongrong became even stronger!

In Jiangnan, Xu Rongrong was unharmed, but she lost two personal maids.

Why! Why could she be so carefree and so favored by Mu Rong? Fortunately, she wasn't the only one who hated her.

The second young lady of the Xu family is asking Cheng Jintong to help find a suitable bodyguard, saying that her eldest sister has a master by her side, and she is envious of him and wants to have one too.

But Cheng Jintong saw through that face at a glance.

"The Xu sisters don't get along. As soon as Xu Rongrong left, the younger sister couldn't wait to place her own people in the position." This was what Cheng Jintong said casually when she came to find him to cheer him up.

But isn't this a great opportunity for her?

So she persuaded her brother for a long time before he agreed to place his secret guards in the Xu Mansion.

Originally, he planned to wait until Xu Rongrong returned home before taking action, but who knew that the opportunity would come so quickly.

When the people from Xu Mansion went to the southern suburbs, she ordered the secret guards to wait for an opportunity to act!

As expected, within two days, she heard news from the southern suburbs that someone on Weiyuan Hou's farm had fallen seriously ill. Knowing that her great vengeance had been avenged, she stopped caring about it and focused all her attention on Wu Tianqi.

After all, even if someone found out that Xu Rongrong was killed by the secret guards, she had her own sister standing in front of her, so who would suspect her?

But, if my father's suspicions are true...

Could it be that Mu Rong had found out the whole truth about that person so quickly?

"What? Why don't you tell the truth?" Seeing her hesitation, Lin Zhihen became more certain of his guess, "Who on earth have you offended?"

Lin Jiaoyue shuddered all over.

She knew that at this moment, she couldn't tell the truth no matter what.

My brother is the lifeblood of my father and mother. If I let them know that he was implicated by me, I’m afraid... there will be no place for her in the Lin Mansion anymore.

"Father is innocent! I really don't know! Today is the first time we have left the house since New Year's Eve. How could we have offended our enemies?" She cried with tears in her eyes.

She knelt forward and grabbed the hem of Mrs. Lin's skirt: "Mother... Mother, please believe me. I would rather die than cause trouble for my brother."

Mrs. Lin let her hold her without moving.

Her heart was numb with pain.

She would not fail to sense her daughter's abnormality.

But now... her son has been ruined, can she abandon her daughter as well?

……

The Lin Mansion was in turmoil all night long, so when the court opened on the 16th day of the first lunar month, the position of Minister of War was empty.

Lin Zhihen took leave.

Mu Rong saw it and knew that Mu Ai must have done a good job last night.

Three whip cracks were made before the main hall, signaling the emperor's entrance. A new year, a new beginning, and the emperor was in high spirits. He sat proudly on the throne, looking down at the eager Third Prince, smiling, "Bring it here!"

Wu Tianxiao quickly submitted a memorial suggesting the reopening of the border, and clearly stated all management matters.

After reading it, the emperor nodded approvingly:

"I thought you were just impulsive at the New Year's Eve family dinner, but I didn't expect you to have prepared so thoroughly. However...closing the border trade was a matter of the previous emperor's reign. If you want to reopen it, we need to think long and hard!"

Upon hearing this, Wu Tianxiao lowered his head slightly.

The emperor smiled and said, "Today is the first day of court. Why are you so dejected? I didn't disagree. I just need to think about it carefully. You need to be patient."

Before Wu Tianxiao could say anything, Duke Ningguo stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty is absolutely right. After all, it has been many years, so it will indeed take more time... While reopening trade can wait, other matters on the border are pressing and can't wait any longer!"

The emperor laughed and said, "How come the Duke is also interested in the border?"

Duke Ningguo handed over the memorial with a solemn expression, "Once Your Majesty has read it, you will know that what I said is true."

Every year on the 16th day of the first lunar month, the court would open with joy on both the ministers and the emperor's faces. After all, it was the beginning of the new year, and everyone wanted good luck. It was rare to see someone like the Duke of Ningguo.

Everyone was confused about what Duke Ningguo was up to.

The emperor didn't know either.

He took the letter and his eyes gradually became cold.

"My dear minister, do you have any evidence for what you said?" The usually amiable emperor's voice became deep, and the anger hidden in it could be felt by the entire court.

His eyes swept over to the prince beside him.

The prince was startled... Could it be that the matter was exposed?

None of the secret guards who went to kill the witnesses came back. He already felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out which force in the capital was against him.

These days, he sent people to keep an eye on the third, fourth and sixth brothers, and there was nothing abnormal with them.

Mu Rong has been staying in his farm in the southern suburbs these days and has not sent anyone to the south.

Now it seems...

Was it Duke Ningguo who was behind this?

But the second son has already fallen and has been imprisoned by his father. Could it be that Duke Ningguo wants to turn the tables for him?

But even if he really wanted to, the incident at Huangzhuang was done by Chang Jing and had nothing to do with him! What could he do?

If he thought of using this to shake his position as the Crown Prince, he was probably thinking too simply. Thinking of this, the Crown Prince felt a little relieved.

The next moment, Duke Ningguo walked into the hall and said, "Every word I have said is true. Chang Jing, the governor of Jiangnan, has secretly set up an imperial farm outside Xianzhou City and engaged in human trafficking. Thousands of people have been murdered in the past five years, and thousands of families have been torn apart! Even more people have been sold to foreign countries. Only when the borders are reopened can we rescue them and bring them back to the Great Zhou!"