Lin Ji thought about it carefully, and he had no choice but to ask An Xilin. After all, he didn't know how the fourth prince and his cousin were connected.
That night, Lin Ji went to the Anping Hou Mansion in person and met An Xilin in the name of visiting his aunt.
Lin Ji was angry in his heart. Originally, he should have handed in the name card first, and even if he visited his aunt, he should have done it openly and openly instead of coming quietly in the evening. However, after all, Lin Ji was young and arrogant. He treated everyone in the Anping Marquis Mansion All dismissive.
So, Lin Ji brought some gifts casually on the street and came to the Anping Marquis Mansion.
When Lin Ji entered the Hou Mansion, he was noticed by the housekeeper of the Hou Mansion. After seeing him, the housekeeper hurried to the master's study.
In the past few days, Lord An has been secretly checking for traitors. He will be suspicious of whoever enters the house, especially An Xilin, whom he is already suspicious of.
Since An Yuxiao returned home, An Xilin wanted to find a chance to go out in the past two days, but her father had already ordered all the sisters to go to Mingli Hall to study with her cousin. The Chinese New Year was coming soon, and he ordered no one to leave the house.
On this day, Lin Ji unexpectedly came to visit in person. She never knew any news about the fourth prince, nor did she know that the fourth prince was punished in the fourth prince's mansion to think about his mistakes. She thought that her father had been favored by the emperor. The fourth prince Same thing.
An Xilin saluted Lin Ji with her gentle and bright eyes: "Cousin, why are you here?" Did the fourth prince ask him to come? An Xilin did not dare to ask this question, for fear of blushing and making a fool of herself in front of her cousin. .
Lin Ji frowned deeply and said calmly: "My grandmother ordered me to come and see my aunt. I wonder if my aunt is feeling better."
An Xilin knew that Lin Ji was looking for an excuse in front of the yard full of slaves. Although her mother was grounded by the old lady, her injuries had recovered greatly. Besides, her grandmother was not a charitable mistress, so how could she care so much about her.
An Xilin welcomed Lin Ji in without saying a word and ordered the maid to collect the gifts brought by Master Ji.
Lin Wan, who was wearing a gorgeous red dress, gave her a bow and said softly: "Thank you, mother, for thinking about me. My daughter also misses her mother very much."
As she spoke, Lin Wan pretended to wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes and added, "My aunt is also unable to control her own birth. It would be unfilial to not be able to go back home to visit my parents often."
Lin Ji knew that Lin Wan was being coy and didn't have much patience, so he said, "I'm going to talk to my cousin about something. My aunt doesn't have to entertain her."
Lin Ji had already achieved military success at a young age, but he was angry at this time and his tone was very disdainful.
The scandals about Lin Wan in the mansion back then were spread throughout the Lin Mansion. No matter how much she tried to erase them, they could not erase the fact that she became pregnant before marriage, and finally married someone else as a concubine.
For a dignified young lady from the Prime Minister's Palace to do such a thing that ruined the family tradition, she was really shameless in the eyes of these younger generations.
Lin Wan felt the contempt in Lin Ji's eyes, and her face suddenly turned cold. She returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion to be angry with Lin Mansion and others. Now in An Mansion, her territory, Lin Ji, a junior, dared to be disrespectful to her. If not Thinking that her son and daughter would have to rely on Lin Mansion in the future, she had kicked him out long ago.
An Xilin saw this and said repeatedly: "Mom, please go back to your room and rest first."
After Lin Wan reluctantly went out, Lin Jicai took a sip of tea and breathed a sigh of relief.
An Xilin thought that Lin Ji was angry with her mother, so she didn't think much about it and said softly: "What does my cousin want from Lin'er?"
Lin Ji glanced at An Xilin. Her stunning face was perfect. If she hadn't had a good identity, she might have deserved the title of the most beautiful woman in Kyoto.
"How did my cousin give advice to the Fourth Prince, such as how she boarded the Fourth Prince's ship?" Lin Ji asked bluntly. The biggest beneficiary at the moment should be An Yuxiao. He intuitively thought that it was An Yuxiao who wanted to Use An Xilin to win over the fourth prince.
But the final result surprised him, and things did not go as expected.
An Xilin had never seen her cousin speak so harshly to her before, so she pretended not to understand: "Lin'er doesn't understand what cousin means?"
"Because of my cousin's suggestion, the fourth prince was punished by the emperor, and now all the credit has been taken away by the eldest prince..."
Lin Ji observed An Xilin's expression in a deep voice.
An Xilin suddenly tightened her eyebrows, her beautiful face was full of questions, and she said in a trembling voice: "How is it possible? There is nothing wrong with that strategy."
Then Lin Jicai explained the cause of the matter to An Xilin in detail.
At this moment, An Xilin felt like a thunderbolt. Why did An Xiyue give her father advice, but his father was reused by the emperor? Could it be that An Xiyue was playing tricks on her again.
The more An Xilin thought about it, the more strange she felt. It was impossible for An Xiyue to predict that the prophet would be able to suppress her. If this was really the case, then she would be really terrible, but it was absolutely impossible. There must have been something wrong. How could she dare to take An Ping? The Hou Mansion comes to gamble. It is impossible for her to have such a deep scheming. How can it be possible for a cowardly elder sister who has been manipulated by her own little tricks in the past.
An Xilin's beautiful eyes showed disbelief. She dared to be disrespectful to the fourth prince, so what else could she not dare to do?
Suddenly, An Xilin sneered bitterly and said coldly: "She is not An Xiyue, she must not be."
Seeing An Xilin's shocked look, with a look of fear in her pupils, Lin Ji knew that An Xilin couldn't think of such inspiring words of ambition, so he asked anxiously: "What are you talking nonsense about?"
An Xilin suddenly grabbed Lin Ji's hand, her face turned pale with fright, and she said in shock: "It's An Xiyue, it must be her. She deliberately revealed the news to me, so I went to tell the fourth prince. She made me think that she would The fourth prince was helpful. I didn’t want to harm the fourth prince. That day she met me in the garden chatting with the fourth prince and said some incomprehensible words. It turned out that she had known about it for a long time. No wonder she had remained calm these past few days. It turned out that she was Want to harm me..."
Lin Ji saw An Xilin talking loudly, but he couldn't understand it, and said angrily: "What are you talking about?"
Suddenly, An Yuxiao walked in hurriedly, saw Lin Ji and An Xilin fighting, and said angrily: "What are you doing?"
An Xilin was originally frightened and panicked. At this moment, when she saw her father coming in again, she felt rude and quickly took a few steps back.
It was when An Xilin and Lin Ji instantly distanced themselves that it made An Yuxiao suspect that there was some ulterior secret between them.
People are like this, the more they hide, the more curious they become. Besides, it's getting dark now. Isn't it inappropriate for Lin Jixuan to come at this hour, even if it's a cousin-cousin relationship.
Lin Ji was the first to react. He stepped forward and bowed, trying to hide his panic: "Uncle, please don't misunderstand me."
Lin Ji never bothered to call An Yuxiao his uncle. In his eyes, An Yuxiao was just a subordinate who was seduced by Lin Wan's beauty. Although he was granted a title, he had no real power. At this time, he actually forgot about the feelings in his heart. Contemptuously, he called his uncle with a guilty conscience.
