The third prince and the fourth prince continued to have people staring at Lin Size and the first prince, while continuing to compete with each other, vowing to prove that the second prince was killed by the other party—of course, both of them also suspected Lin Size, but Lin Size can be said to be in the palace. It is an indisputable fact that he has no power, and the only close servant around him is a little palace maid who looks like a weak chicken.
However, such a non-threatening person is much better than other "brothers" who are full of threats, and is worth attracting. Therefore, Lin Size's overall treatment continues to improve.
First, he was transferred from the cold and remote Baifu Hall, and moved to Deze Hall, where the second prince lived. The second prince was the most favored, and the natural environment of Deze Hall was also the best. The Palace of Fu is even bigger, there are several side halls, the interior is resplendent, and many rare jewels are buried with the second prince, but the rest are enough to make people stunned.
It stands to reason that the second prince's body is not cold, so Lin Size should not be allowed to live in it, but he doesn't know what the emperor is thinking, and regardless of Concubine Shu's objection, he just let Lin Size live in, and Gu Hongjian has only one thought about this - joy .
She jumped from the icy Baifu Hall to live in the glittering, big and warm Deze Hall. Because she had always been with Lin Size, she was immediately promoted to the palace maid. Of course, the best side hall belongs to her. And other palace maids and eunuchs gifted by other emperors also had to call Gu Hongjian to take care of him.
As the lowest level of the world, Gu Hongjian suddenly had a group of younger brothers and sisters under his command, and suddenly felt the pleasure of being a superior.
Of course, the most important thing is that the quality of life has improved significantly. She no longer has to go to the imperial kitchen to steal food. Every day, people bring food. Gu Hongjian has an expressionless face and asks them to send them to Lin Size's room. People sneak in and eat secretly first, and there must be big fish and meat in there, and the dishes are extremely rich in style. It is too arrogant and extravagant to make Gu Hongjian spit on the royal life while he can't stop eating.
Lin Size was so busy that he couldn't even come back to eat most of the time. Gu Hongjian never waited for him. Although the relationship between the two was still the same as before, it had also undergone some subtle changes.
On the one hand, this change came from Gu Hongjian's heart. Ever since she knew that Lin Size had a hot heart for Zuo Ningyan and only regarded herself as a "friend", her heart became a lot colder. She didn't want to be in such a position. , but I don't know what to do - do I work hard to defeat Zuo Ningyan, or just let it go
To be honest, even if she wanted to defeat Zuo Ningyan, she would not be able to start. Zuo Ningyan was not a firewood that could be chopped in minutes, she was a woman who could not be replaced in Lin Size's heart.
Maybe she can defeat the entire Deze Hall, but she can't hurt Zuo Ningyan's hair.
The other aspect is that Lin Size's status has changed so much, and he doesn't know how many more eyes are staring at him. Gu Hongjian will never be able to fight with Lin Size without any gaps like before, although he is still in private. Yes, but once there are other people around, they have to pretend to be between the master and the servants. After all, even those little palace maids and eunuchs who were sent may have been sent by others to monitor Lin Size.
Gu Hongjian thought that it would be so tiring.
She thought that killing the second prince would make everything better, but now she suddenly realized that killing the second prince was the beginning of all the hard work.
***
There was no progress in the matter of the second prince. Concubine Shu and the emperor were very annoyed and called several princes over to scold them. Although he actually only asked the third prince and fourth prince to investigate the case, his anger was directed at all princes.
At this time, Lin Size took the initiative to express his willingness to find the murderer. The emperor was a little surprised by this, and the other princes were quite surprised.
Gu Hongjian quarreled with Lin Size directly after the princes came out. When the third prince and fourth prince went to eavesdrop on their conversation, they heard Gu Hongjian angrily saying, "Your Highness, what are you doing, why are you doing this? Do you want to take something irrelevant to yourself?"
Lin Size said: "I can't let the royal father worry about this all the time, and the condition is getting worse..."
Gu Hong said: "Then you shouldn't be like this. To put it arrogantly, the murderer is most likely to be one of the third prince or the fourth prince. You rush into the muddy water, what if the real murderer comes to frame you? You have nothing to do with it. You have no power, there is no support behind you, the emperor does not love you, and no one will vouch for you. If you are suspected, you will not have the opportunity to prove your innocence like the third prince and the fourth prince, but will be punished. Directly convicted and become a scapegoat!"
Lin Size said: "Okay, you don't need to say it. Since I have already taken over this task, I will try my best to complete it and find the murderer!"
The people sent by the third and fourth princes returned to their masters and reported the truth. The third and fourth princes slapped the words and made a decision at the same time—send someone to invite the other party over.
Afterwards, the two met successfully, and they were not tit-for-tat as before. On the contrary, they were very polite to each other. The atmosphere was peaceful, and the final plan was finally discussed.
A few days later, the fourth prince reported that when he counted his belongings, he found that in addition to a personal jade pendant, a jade paper was also stolen. It is estimated that the murderer wanted to frame him but did not know what to use for a long time. I stole it, and finally only chose the jade pendant.
Now that jade finger must still be with the murderer, so as long as you search everywhere, you will have a conclusion.
The third prince also said that he suddenly felt that it was too deliberate and too suspicious to wrap a waist pendant on the dagger.
The emperor looked unpredictable and agreed, and that night...
One of the emperor's personal bodyguards captured a black-clothed snitch in Lin Size's Deze Hall with a jade wrench in his hand.
After some severe torture, the man in black recruited the fourth prince and the third prince and asked him to put this thing in the Deze Hall. Fortunately, during the search the next day, Lin Size was blamed for the murder. superior.
The third prince made a decisive decision, saying that it was the idea of the fourth prince, but he just agreed reluctantly.
The fourth prince said that it was the third prince who invited him first, and it was the third prince who had a bad stomach, so he made this decision under his instigation.
The emperor was so angry that he couldn't listen to any explanation at all. Concubine Shu was crying beside her and was about to faint, but she just said that she never thought that the two brothers who killed her son were actually two brothers. Dangerous as for s.
Not only that, but he didn't hesitate to put the blame on the fifth prince, which was really disgusting.
Lin Size also looked shocked, bowed his head and said nothing, standing in the corner with the eldest prince and pretending that he did not exist.
This is a scandal in the Tian family, which should not be publicized, but the two cannot be left alone. The emperor immediately ordered the two to be banned, removed all titles, and each played a hundred big boards. The fourth prince is not very healthy. , After a hundred big boards, he was imprisoned and did not receive good treatment. He died within a few days, while the second prince barely survived, but his vitality was severely damaged, and it was no longer possible to compete for the throne.
The stars were thin, and jackdaws were circling the branches. Lin Size and Gu Hongjian were sitting on the stone chairs outside the Deze Hall. There was a pot of light wine in front of them. Lin Size and Gu Hongjian took a sip each, and Gu Hongjian saw the general Putting down the wine glass, he stared at the bright moon in a daze.
After a while, Gu Hong said, "So... we are going to bring down the second prince, third prince, and fourth prince?"
Lin Size: "Yeah."
Gu Hongjian said, "It's actually like this... it's amazing."
Lin Size did not answer.
Gu Hongjian thought for a while, and then said: "But this time, the third prince and the fourth prince are actually innocent, right... No, no, if they didn't want to hurt you, they wouldn't be like this, so they're not innocent either... "
"What are you talking to yourself?" Lin Size was a little helpless, "Are you feeling guilty about the three of them?"
"It's because of my death, it's really hard for me to not care at all..." Gu Hongjian held her chin, her eyes were a little confused, "But, it's obviously my hand, and it's too disgusting to say anything about guilt. I don't feel guilty either. They treated you like that back then. I hate them. If we don't do it, we will die in the future, so I don't feel guilty. I just feel a little strange... "
Lin Size suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched Gu Hongjian's face: "I told you earlier, this road is full of thorns."
Gu Hongjian patted his hand and muttered, "There will be flowers to look at."
Lin Size said, "Well, one day there will be."
And Gu Hongjian took another sip of wine and thought, "No, my flowers are now by my side."
***
Lin Size continued to act stupid and stunned this year, relying on the eldest prince in everything, and did not dare to have any opinions of his own, but when it was his turn to attend to illness in private, the emperor occasionally asked him casually. Political opinions, at this time, he will no longer hide his true opinions, and he will tell his true opinions. In the end, he has to look at the emperor with an uneasy face. The son is stupid. I don't know if he is right or not. Do not be angry.
The emperor didn't say anything, just asked him more and more things in private.
On the contrary, the power of the eldest prince is getting bigger and bigger, and the eldest prince probably doesn't take Lin Size in his eyes. Lin Size made his own decision, and sometimes he didn't even say a word to the emperor.
Originally, according to this development, without Lin Size doing anything, he would have problems because of his scolding, but behind him, there was a strong supporter.
It is Taishi Yao, who is the same as Zuo Ningyan's father Zuo, the elder of the three dynasties.
Taishi Yao had no clear intention on who should be the prince, but after the fall of the second prince, the third prince and the fourth prince, his intention became obvious. He supported the first prince and brought a bunch of civil servants to support him. Great prince.
However, this is understandable. After all, the eldest prince is the direct son, so it is better than Lin Size, an obscure prince. Therefore, Lin Size has very few supporters, but the first prince has relatively many supporters, but the most, and he has not expressed his position yet. of.
Lin Size believes that Yao Taishi's family has always been domineering and is not liked by the emperor. The eldest prince has already taken Yao Taishi's daughter. If the eldest prince becomes the emperor and the Yao family is a relative, the power will be further expanded, and Yao Taishi's son Yao Tianao is nothing. A good thing, who once forced the women to death and mutilated innocent people, no matter how you look at it, such a person is not qualified to be a state uncle.
What Lin Si Ze really wanted to win was the Left Prime Minister.
Zuo Xiang is an honest and upright person. He does not form gangs and does not participate in party disputes, but he is very trusted by the emperor, and he is also the mainstay of many officials. His decisions can actually affect the remaining people who wait and see.
Gu Hongjian agrees with his statement on the surface, but actually thinks in his heart, apart from those reasons, he must also have something to do with Zuo Ningyan...
It's just that how to win over the Left Prime Minister is a real problem.
The days flew by, and it was the 41st year of Wanshun in a flash. The emperor's condition began to recur, but he didn't see any deviation from the left minister. At this time, something happened that shocked everyone - the son of the first prince's party, Yao Taishi. The son, the domineering Yao Tianao, actually wanted to marry Zuo Ningyan, and it was said that he was determined not to marry her.
How resolute is that, even if the Left Prime Minister refused without hesitation, he still insisted on marrying, and it is said that he went on a hunger strike for this.
Yao Tianao is actually not bad, but his character is really abhorrent, and no one will agree to marry his daughter to him.
Zuo Ningyan and Zuo Xiang were even more resistant, but after a while, Zuo Xiang agreed.
The Manchu Dynasty was shocked, and most people pondered after being shocked, thinking that this was the meaning of Zuo Prime Minister's decision to support the First Prince behind Yao Taishi.
There was a lot of discussion inside for a while.
And the most shocking was none other than Lin Size.
And Lin Size made a decisive decision - grab a relative.
Of course, the decision was made by him, and Gu Hongjian had to be dispatched for the action.
Gu Hongjian was speechless, and said, "Both of them have agreed, why are you intervening?"
Lin Size said, "You don't know what kind of person Yao Tianao is?"
Gu Hong said: "So what? The Zuo family agrees!"
"The agreement of the Zuo family does not mean that Zuo Ningyan will agree. There is no way she likes Yao Tianao."
"Then, what, what, what?!" Gu Hongjian said disdainfully, "How many people in this world can be so lucky to be with the person they like?!"
She was indeed insinuating herself, but obviously Lin Size didn't understand, so she only frowned, "Anyway, Zuo Ningyan shouldn't marry Yao Tianao."
"Who do you want to marry, marry you?!" Gu Hong saw more and more angry.
Lin Size said: "That's not necessarily the case. In short, you shouldn't marry Yao Tianao. Hong Jian, I can only rely on you."
Gu Hongjian bit her lip and said, "I see."
However, Gu Hongjian did not go.
Lin Size, who was waiting in the palace for Gu Hongjian's success in robbing her family, only waited for news that Zuo Ningyan committed suicide by hanging herself before getting married, and died in the room in red.