"Father!"
A clear female voice came from outside the imperial study room door.
"Your Majesty, it's the Seventh Princess." Eunuch Fu told the Emperor when he came back from his investigation.
"Let her in."
The emperor favored the seventh princess Xiao Miaoyi, not only because Xiao Miaoyi was the daughter of the emperor's noble concubine, but more importantly, Xiao Miaoyi had a lively personality and no ambition.
Every time he sees his daughter, his mood becomes as bright as hers.
"My son, please pay your respects to the emperor." Xiao Miaoyi obediently saluted the emperor.
The emperor looked at Xiao Miaoyi lovingly and said, "If you have anything else, wait until I finish handling it."
Xiao Miaoyi said bluntly: "Father, I am here just for the marriage between Miss Lin and the young general."
The emperor looked confused when he heard this.
"I want to confess something to my father. I was there to witness Miss Lin and Mr. Tang making a private decision for life."
Xiao Miaoyi told the truth.
Taifu Lin and Shen Chenghai looked at each other in surprise.
"Presumptuous!" Emperor Long Yan was furious, "How could you leave the palace without my permission?"
Xiao Miaoyi pouted her mouth, full of grievances, "My father personally promised it. Could it be that my father has forgotten it?"
The emperor then remembered that Xiao Miaoyi said two days ago that it was almost time for her to have haircut, so she wanted to go to the palace for a visit.
"Why did you go to Wan'an Temple after leaving the palace?"
Without someone's deliberate guidance, it would have been impossible for Xiao Miaoyi's temperament to go to a place like Wan'an Temple.
Xiao Miaoyi looked at the emperor aggrievedly, "I read in a book that making a wish at Wan'an Temple is the most effective, so I wanted to make a wish for my father to wish him long life and good health."
The emperor felt very distressed when he saw his daughter almost crying.
His tone of voice was much gentler, "Father, I don't mean to blame you, but how can you casually serve as a witness to others?"
Seeing that the marriage was about to be finalized, Xiao Miaoyi appeared halfway.
"Miss Lin and Mr. Tang really love each other, why can't they be together? Besides, my son has witnessed their happiness. Isn't that a good thing?" Xiao Miaoyi asked in confusion.
These words made the emperor not know how to respond.
Xiao Miaoyi turned to look at Taifu Lin and Shen Chenghai, "Aren't you willing, Taifu, to let Miss Lin and Mr. Tang be together?"
"Or General Shen is interested in..."
"Nonsense!" The emperor hurriedly stopped and did not let Xiao Miaoyi continue talking, but he could not dampen Xiao Miaoyi's enthusiasm. "This is the first time Xiaoqi has served as a witness to a couple of lovers, so she deserves the award."
Xiao Miaoyi was overjoyed, "Father, my sons, ministers, and Hairpin, can you invite some guests on your own?"
"That's right." The emperor reluctantly agreed.
In the end, Lin Jinran and Shen Yunjue had to give up their marriage.
But then, the emperor continued to investigate the book Xiao Miaoyi mentioned. Sure enough, a book called "Traveling in Four Directions and Traveling Thousands of Miles" did indeed say that Wan'an Temple's wishes were efficacious.
The writing was so realistic that he almost believed it, not to mention Xiao Miaoyi, a child whose mind is not yet mature.
Is this really just a coincidence?
The emperor didn't believe it and asked Xi'er, Xiao Miaoyi's personal maid, "Who got this book?"
Xi'er knelt on the ground and replied tremblingly: "Your Majesty, I don't know when I sent it, but the princess has read this book over and over again."
The emperor originally wanted to follow the clues in this book and continue to investigate, but Xiao Miaoyi was not good at the Four Books and Five Classics, and she liked to read weird books.
However, he was very happy and relieved that his daughter said she made a special trip to Wan'an Temple to pray for him. She was indeed his doting daughter.
But he would not just let go of the marriage to Shen Yunjue. After some time, he would choose a more suitable candidate.
At the same time, Taifu Lin returned to Taifu's Mansion, asked people to close the doors, and hurried to find Lin Jinran.
"Grandpa, how's it going? The emperor didn't make things difficult for you, right?" Lin Jinran was very anxious at home.
Taifu Lin asked Lin Jinran to sit down first, "The Emperor has canceled the decision to grant marriage to you and the Major General."
Lin Jinran was ecstatic and choked with sobs: "Ranran has caused trouble for grandpa."
"Silly boy, you can meet someone you like. Grandpa is happy for you, and Tang Mingzhang did not flinch. He is also a good child." It is not that Taifu Lin has not investigated Tang Mingzhang.
Of course, there is more about Tang Mingzhang, which comes from Shen Yunshu.
It can be seen that Shen Yunshu took great pains to prevent this marriage.
But there were some questions that Taifu Lin couldn't figure out, "Why did the Seventh Princess appear as a witness to you?"
"It was Sister Shu who asked Qianqian to find the Seventh Princess." Lin Jinran told Taifu Lin what he knew.
Shen Yunshu had been planning for this matter for a long time. He first approached Qin Qianqian and persuaded Qin Qianqian to help, and then went to find Xiao Miaoyi to Wan'an Temple.
"In other words, it is not an accident that the Seventh Princess acts as a witness for you, but it is also planned?"
Taifu Lin felt a little uneasy. If Xiao Miaoyi was persuaded by Qin Qianqian to go to Wan'an Temple as a witness, sooner or later the emperor would find out the clues.
Lin Jinran denied, "Qianqian didn't tell the seventh princess anything, and the seventh princess didn't know that Mingzhang and I would appear at Wan'an Temple."
All this was planned by Shen Yunshu. Shen Yunshu grasped Xiao Miaoyi's temperament and asked Qin Qianqian to put the book into Hanyue Palace without anyone noticing, and then guided Xiao Miaoyi out of the palace with words.
After all, everyone knew that the emperor favored Xiao Miaoyi, and Xiao Miaoyi was also a filial child, so it was expected that Xiao Miaoyi would follow the book.
Then, Shen Yunshu asked Lin Jinran and Tang Mingzhang to perform a play at Wan'an Temple that would move people to tears.
Xiao Miaoyi has loved reading love stories in storybooks since she was a child. She would definitely not agree that Lin Jinran and Tang Mingzhang died because they could not be together, so she volunteered to be their witness.
"It's really not easy for a little girl to not only predict people's hearts, but also plan such a big situation." Taifu Lin gave Shen Yunshu a high evaluation.
"Grandpa, Ranran is unfilial. Sister Shu did all this only after Ranran agreed." Lin Jinran was afraid that grandpa would blame Shen Yunshu.
Taifu Lin said lovingly: "Grandpa will not blame her, but would like to thank her."
He wanted to thank Shen Yunshu for allowing Lin Jinran to finally stop compromising. He also wanted to thank Shen Yunshu for allowing him to leave the capital with peace of mind.
However, everything seemed to be going so smoothly, but Shen Yunshu felt that someone was behind it, adding fuel to the fire.
First of all, although she made some plans based on her impression of Xiao Miaoyi in her previous life, there were still many loopholes in it, but after what happened, the emperor did not notice anything was wrong.
Secondly, what Zuo Huaian and Duan Aoxuan said about throwing dice and betting on going up the mountain. Although what they bet on was all kinds of weird things, and it was not surprising to go up the mountain, after all, they were also young masters from aristocratic families. How could they do it in such a tired situation? A carriage was curious.
In the end, when she met the robbers, it turned out to be the real robbers who were killed. It was such a coincidence.
So who wants to harm her?
Who is the person behind this?
