When returning home after lunch, Gu Ruizhou specially saw him off. When he walked to the front yard, Gu Ruizhou said he had two new fish and wanted Lin Jinyan to see them.
Arriving at the pavilion next to the fish pond, Gu Ruizhou stood aside and stood with Lin Jinyan by the water, looking at the little girl with complicated eyes.
"Yan'er, last time I asked Du Xing to buy the yard next to my aunt's house and build a secret tunnel to connect it. This time, I came to give us a warning and make suggestions. Is this all your idea?"
Lin Jinyan smiled and said, "Why do you ask me that? The secret passage was built to facilitate Du Xing's care of the house. Yan'er said that he overheard the conversation between his grandfather and father."
Gu Ruizhou: "The strategy is good, but it is not the way uncle and tutor behave. Do you want me to take you back to your home and ask your uncle personally?"
Lin Jinyan bit her lip, lowered her head and said nothing.
Gu Ruizhou couldn't bear to see Lin Jinyan's embarrassed look, so he knelt down and softened his tone.
"Yan'er, my grandfather and parents favor you, so they won't doubt your words. But if one day they realize that something is wrong, how will you explain yourself? My cousin treats you like his own sister. If you are not a secret cultivator, My cousin won’t think too much about it.”
Seeing Lin Jinyan looking up at him, Gu Ruizhou continued to coax:
"The reason why I want to ask clearly is because I'm afraid that someone will teach you behind your back, and you won't be able to distinguish between friends and foes and will be deceived. My cousin will never harm you, you believe me."
Lin Jinyan: "I believe you. No one taught Yan'er. It's not that Yan'er refused to speak. It was my aunt who didn't let Yan'er speak."
Gu Ruizhou asked doubtfully: "My mother? What does this have to do with my mother?"
Lin Jinyan: "I dreamed about it, and many things came true. I dreamed that my second wife embezzled my mother's dowry, I dreamed that my grandfather was going to the battlefield, I dreamed that there would be a food shortage... But my aunt said these things should not be told outside."
Gu Ruizhou frowned: "A dream? What you just said in the study was also a dream?"
Lin Jinyan nodded: "I dreamed that Your Majesty was afraid of the Dingbei Army and replaced many generals of the Dingbei Army, all of whom were replaced by His Majesty's confidants. Cousin, do you think that if I didn't know in advance, how could I have prepared the leather for my grandfather so early? , how could you have stored so much food so early?"
Gu Ruizhou frowned even more tightly. No matter what he thought, he would never have thought that Lin Jinyan would give him such an answer and lie to him? Probably not. All he had to do was go to Bai Yiran for confirmation and it would be self-defeating.
Besides... about food, if Lin Jinyan has someone to teach him behind his back, no matter how powerful that person is, he can't predict the future.
Gu Ruizhou comforted Lin Jinyan and sent him away, but he still felt uneasy.
When greeting Bai Yiran the next day, Gu Ruizhou specially arranged a sparring partner for Gu Yichen and went to Bai Yiran alone to ask about the matter.
"Yan'er has told you? This child, I told her in every possible way not to say anything, but she still said it. What did she tell you?"
Gu Ruizhou: "Is this really happening? I thought it was Yan'er who was tricking me. She said she dreamed that the second wife of the Lin family stole her aunt's dowry, so she asked you to come and investigate. There is also something about food."
Bai Yiran: "That's right. She has nothing to do with your royal family, right?"
Gu Ruizhou asked in confusion: "What's going on with the royal family?"
Bai Yiran was relieved when he heard this: "Fortunately, this child is obedient and says nothing. Don't ask any questions. It will be a big disaster if someone with a heart hears it."
Gu Ruizhou got the confidence and was obedient. He didn't ask any more questions and just sighed:
"It's hard for her to think about so many things at such a young age. Yan'er must have been frightened when she woke up from a fever nightmare. No wonder Chen'er said that Yan'er woke up and said a lot of nonsense."
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