Late at night, when the people in the city were all asleep, a masked man avoided the patrolling city guards and sneaked into the burned-out house.
The masked man dug out several deep pits in the dirt in the courtyard, took out the bag in his arms, and threw the contents into the soil, burying them at varying depths.
At dawn the next day, an old man ran out of the burned-down house in a panic and accidentally collided with a passer-by.
The old man was knocked to the ground, and the things in his cuffs rolled out. The old man's muddy hands quickly picked up the things and put them into his arms, and walked away quickly with a panicked expression.
The people passing by wanted to help him, but they were stunned when they saw what the old man accidentally dropped. When they regained consciousness, the old man had already run away, and the people looked at the burned house with inexplicable expressions.
When the old man walked to a deserted place, he straightened his rickety back, tore off the silver beard on his face, took off his silver hair, and he was revealed to be a handsome young man.
Taking off his coat and covering his torn beard and hair, the young man walked out of the alley and swaggered into the crowd.
In Songmao Hall.
Lin Jinyan had just finished eating with the old lady, when someone from the palace came in a carriage to invite Lin Jinyan into the palace. They said that the queen had got a beautiful civet cat. The princess specially invited Lin Jinyan to come to the palace to see it, along with Yanling County. host.
After hearing this, the old lady's eyes were filled with smiles. Her words were affectionate to the Crown Princess, and she told Lin Jinyan to follow the Crown Princess after entering the palace and not to run around blindly.
Lin Jinyan's eyes were slightly cold, and she took Bai Zhi and followed the palace people into the carriage. After picking up Princess Yanling, the carriage went straight to the palace.
The palace man sitting with the groom put his ear to the curtain of the carriage and listened quietly to what was going on inside.
"Lin Jinyan, it seems that my sister-in-law also likes you very much."
"The Crown Princess is gentle and approachable, and I like her very much."
"I wonder if the raccoon cat is afraid of animals? If not, that would be great. I can play with it for a while. Lin Jinyan, why are you so depressed?"
"My two coachmen didn't come back after leaving the house yesterday. I don't know if something happened."
"Are they the twins? Did they sneak away?"
"I don't know either. They were...given to me. I won't be scolded if I lose them, right?"
"No way, I...ummm...why are you covering my mouth?"
"I promised not to tell anyone, and you can't tell either."
"I won't tell anyone. I won't tell anyone who asks."
After getting off the carriage, the palace servants took the two of them directly into Fengqi Palace.
After saluting, Princess Yanling stared at the fleshy civet cat. With the queen's permission, she pulled Lin Jinyan forward and tentatively touched the cat's head.
Seeing that the cat refused to live, Princess Yanling started playing with the cat. The Crown Princess stepped forward and held a small stick with bird feathers hanging on it, and teased the cat with Princess Yanling, playing with the two of them. Then he left the hall. When Lin Jinyan wanted to follow him out, he was stopped by the queen.
The queen held Lin Jinyan affectionately and talked. After a while, the conversation naturally turned to Chu Chengyao, praising Chu Chengyao for being gentle, kind and so on.
"My daughter also thinks that the second prince is very kind. A few days ago, she asked the second prince to give the little princess a piece of heavenly silk brocade to make amends to her."
"Oh? Why do you have to apologize? Do you think it's your fault that Yunxi was punished?"
Seeing Lin Jinyan nodding, the queen smiled lovingly and said:
"Silly boy, it was Yunxi who did something wrong. How can I blame you? After the second prince delivers the cloth, can Yunxi ask him to give you a message?"
