The news that Lin Jiangnian revealed was completely beyond the expectations of Jiang Yuxiang and Zhiyuan.
Jiang Yuxiang, in particular, was as shocked by this news as when she first learned that Lin Jiangnian was the real Prince Lin.
"How did he know you existed?"
"He's been looking for you?!"
"Could it be that your return to Prince Lin's Mansion is related to him... Is he secretly looking for your whereabouts?"
Lin Jiangnian sighed deeply and nodded: "I can't rule out this possibility. Judging from various signs, it should be the case..."
The place where Prince Lin was assassinated was exactly where Lin Jiangnian appeared.
What a coincidence!
The appearance of Lin Jiangnian is probably related to the Prince of Lin!
Or maybe, it would be just as Jiang Yuxiang guessed... The Prince of Lin has been looking for Lin Jiangnian?
Zhiyuan, who was sitting next to him, looked a little solemn. He looked up at Lin Jiangnian from time to time, as if thinking about something.
"Kite, what's wrong?"
Lin Jiangnian noticed Zhiyuan's reaction and asked, "Did you remember anything?"
Zhiyuan hesitated and remained silent, nodded, and then shook his head.
"What's the meaning?"
Zhiyuan lowered her eyes slightly, and after a moment, she said thoughtfully: "I did notice some strange figures appearing in Prince Lin's Mansion before..."
Zhiyuan had noticed some mysterious and unfamiliar figures appearing in Prince Lin's Mansion before, but after an in-depth investigation, he was unable to find any clues.
Now that I think about it, it has something to do with the Prince Lin.
At the same time, this incident also reminded Zhiyuan of some details that he had not noticed in the past.
For example, the Prince of Lin seemed to have disliked her since she first entered the Prince of Lin's Mansion!
Zhiyuan didn't understand the reason at that time, but now it seems that it should be as Xu Lan said... Is the Prince of Lin worried that Zhiyuan will discover his secret?
Zhiyuan entered the Lin Wang Mansion as the Lin Wang Prince's maid, but she possessed absolute power within the palace, able to restrict the Lin Wang Prince's words and deeds in every way. Coupled with Zhiyuan's keen sense of smell and extraordinary ability, how could the Lin Wang Prince not worry that his secrets would be discovered by Zhiyuan?
In this way, many of the doubts that Zhiyuan had in the past gradually became clear.
"but……"
Zhiyuan paused, raised her eyes slightly, and glanced at Lin Jiangnian: "Since those people appeared in Prince Lin's Mansion, they should have left traces..."
Lin Jiangnian's eyes narrowed: "What do you mean?"
"There may be clues in Prince Lin's Mansion, or even more likely..."
Zhiyuan's eyes were slightly solemn: "There may be someone else in Prince Lin's Mansion who knows about this!"
Lin Jiangnian was slightly startled by Zhiyuan's words. After careful consideration, he suddenly realized something: "You mean, there are helpers of the Prince of Lin in the Prince of Lin's Mansion?"
"Um."
Kite nodded.
She knew the Prince of Lin very well, and with Xu Lan's help, she might be able to conceal the truth. But the problem was, it was absolutely impossible to make it completely flawless!
After all, it was the Prince Lin's Mansion, which was full of experts. What's more, the Prince Lin's personal army was controlled by Zhiyuan at that time. Everyone who entered and left the Prince Lin's Mansion was basically under Zhiyuan's control.
The Prince of Lin was able to frequently interact with those people right under her nose. It was impossible for the Prince of Lin to avoid being exposed on his own...
The only possibility is that there is an accomplice of the Prince Lin in the Prince Lin's Mansion.
Helping him hide all this!
"Who could it be?"
Lin Jiangnian also realized this and pondered: "Who do you think is most likely?"
Zhiyuan was silent for a moment and shook his head.
"Anyone who can do this must have a high status in Prince Lin's Palace..."
Lin Jiangnian half-closed his eyes, thinking about the suspicious people in the palace, and figures flashed through his mind.
At a certain moment, a flash of inspiration seemed to come to mind.
Lin Jiangnian suddenly raised his head and looked at Zhiyuan.
The two looked at each other, as if they suddenly thought of the same person!
"Who do you suspect?" Lin Jiangnian asked.
"What about you?" Zhiyuan asked back.
"Not sure, but I have a guess..."
Lin Jiangnian hesitated for a moment and said, "Apart from Prince Lin, perhaps he is the only one who can do this..."
Zhiyuan lowered his eyes, thought carefully, and after a while, nodded.
At this time, Jiang Yuxiang, who had been left aside, looked at the two people in front of her, singing in unison, the husband and the wife following suit. She had no chance to get a word in and became a little anxious.
"What are you guys talking about?"
Jiang Yuxiang looked at Zhiyuan, then at Lin Jiangnian. What were they discussing?
Why don’t you understand?
It's mysterious, as if they have some special way of communicating.
And they have great tacit understanding!
This made Jiang Yuxiang feel very complicated.
It was obvious that she had known Zhiyuan longer and they grew up together.
She had met Zhiyuan when she was only in her teens. They had grown up together, and Jiang Yuxiang, being so much older than Zhiyuan, had always played the role of both sister and mother, and their relationship was close. After so many years, Zhiyuan should have been even closer to her.
But now, Zhiyuan was actually speaking mysterious words to this guy whom he had known for less than a year, which made Jiang Yuxiang feel inexplicably like she was redundant.
Shouldn't she be here?
"It seems that we have to wait until we return to Prince Lin's Mansion to verify it!" Lin Jiang sighed.
Zhiyuan glanced up at him and was silent for a moment: "When?"
Lin Jiangnian was stunned for a moment before he realized that Zhiyuan was asking... when would he return to Prince Lin's Mansion?
"After the New Year."
Lin Jiangnian hesitated for a moment and then spoke.
The end of the year is approaching, and there are many troubles at the end of the year. No matter what happened after the New Year, I have to find a way to see the emperor. After resolving this marriage, it’s almost time to go back.
As for the unrest in the capital, the conflict between the Third Prince and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince...this has little to do with Lin Jiangnian!
"Hey, can you hear me?!"
Jiang Yuxiang's eyes widened slightly in anger as she huffed.
Lin Jiangnian and Zhiyuan then turned around.
"Aunt?"
"Don't call me!"
Jiang Yuxiang was sulking, her face gloomy. "You guys can chat. It's redundant for me, your aunt, to stay here. Can I leave?"
Having said that, Jiang Yuxiang was about to get up and leave.
Zhiyuan, who was standing by, looked a little flustered and quickly grabbed the corner of his aunt's clothes.
Lin Jiangnian also realized that he had neglected his aunt, and hurried to comfort her: "Aunt, what are you saying? How can I be redundant? Don't be angry, calm down first!"
"Oh!"
Jiang Yuxiang sneered, her beautiful eyes sizing up the two people in the room, and angrily said, "Am I not disturbing you by staying here? Wouldn't it be better if I left?"
Lin Jiangnian said with a flattering smile, "Aunt, what are you talking about? This is your room. Where are you going?"
"I'll give you my room!"
Jiang Yuxiang said unhappily.
"Calm down, calm down!"
Lin Jiangnian hurried forward and comforted him with a smile on his face.
"I'm just discussing serious matters with Zhiyuan..."
Lin Jiang said in a young voice: "By the way, aunt, I still have to ask you something..."
Lin Jiangnian changed the subject without leaving a trace. Jiang Yuxiang, who was originally a little sulking, stopped being angry when she heard Lin Jiangnian bring up the serious matter.
After all, he was her sister's child. How could she not care if he died suddenly and inexplicably?
Right now, she was most curious about why the child knew of Lin Jiangnian's existence, and why, knowing that he would die, he still had no defenses...
Why did he keep this secret to himself?
He is the prince of Lin Wang. How could it have come to this point if he told this secret?
With the influence of the Prince Lin’s Mansion in Linzhou, how could the dignified Prince Lin end up dying at the hands of a group of suspected gangster killers?
This doesn't make any sense.
"Actually, I don't know much..."
Jiang Yuxiang sighed deeply: "I just accidentally learned some details and secrets of that year, and later I had some guesses..."
At this point, Jiang Yuxiang glanced at Zhiyuan and said, "It was not until I heard Zhiyuan tell me that I was able to confirm that my sister had indeed given birth to twins. You are the other child that my sister left behind..."
"As for the rest..."
Jiang Yuxiang sighed softly: "I don't know much."
Lin Jiangnian listened quietly to his aunt's words, and after a while he said, "It seems that if we want to uncover the truth, we have to find out what happened back then... Lin... My mother clearly gave birth to twins, so why did she claim to only have one?"
"What happened in between? Was he assassinated? Or kidnapped? Or something else?"
Jiang Yuxiang thought back and sighed softly: "I also asked several other elders of the Jiang family, but they couldn't answer it. They didn't even know that such a thing existed..."
"That happened eighteen or nineteen years ago. I was only a few years old at the time and have no memory of it at all. If I want to find out what happened back then, I'm afraid..."
"I have to go back to Jiangnan again!"
Eighteen or nineteen years ago, Lin Hengzhong was not yet the Prince of Lin. At that time, he was still fighting bloody battles on the front line in southern Xinjiang. The Princess of Lin stayed in Jiangnan and gave birth to a child.
Some unknown secret must have happened in Jiangnan back then.
There must be elders in the Jiang family who know about this.
If you want to find out, you have to go back again.
only……
When talking about going back to Jiangnan, Jiang Yuxiang's face showed a bit of entanglement and hesitation.
Obviously, she didn't seem to want to go back.
Lin Jiangnian noticed his aunt's hesitation: "Aunt, aren't you planning to go back?"
"Why go back?"
Jiang Yuxiang rolled her eyes beautifully: "There's no one over there who looks pleasing to the eye. No one likes me. That's why I don't want to go back."
This time she came to the capital, she planned to stay there for a long time and had no plans to go back.
Lin Jiangnian smiled bitterly. Didn’t they like my aunt at that time?
If I hadn't heard of Jiang Yuxiang's reputation in Jiangnan, I might have been deceived.
Lin Jiangnian asked, "Will Grandpa have any objections if Auntie doesn't go back?"
"Let him go."
Jiang Yuxiang snorted coldly and glanced at Lin Jiangnian: "What? Do you dislike your aunt and want to drive her back?"
"How come?"
Lin Jiangnian quickly shook his head in denial: "If my aunt doesn't want to go back, then don't go back. If you get tired of staying in the capital, you can go to Linzhou. The Lin Palace will always welcome my aunt!"
"You still have some conscience!"
Jiang Yuxiang snorted softly, and her expression brightened up a lot. But then she frowned again and sighed softly.
"However, if I want to find out what happened to you, I really have to go back to Jiangnan..."
She really didn't want to go back.
But if he wanted to find out Lin Jiangnian's identity, he had to go back.
If you want to solve these mysteries, you must first investigate what happened to your sister back then.
Lin Jiangnian noticed his aunt's hesitation and shook his head gently. "There's no rush for this matter right now. I'll have people from Prince Lin's Mansion go to Jiangnan to investigate first. If they can find out, that's great. If not, there's no rush..."
Now that Lin Jiangnian had confirmed his identity, many of his doubts had been resolved. The only thing that remained was what had happened to Princess Lin, and… the plans and intentions of the Prince of Lin.
These are not urgent for Lin Jiangnian!
Sooner or later, these truths will come to light.
"It won't be too late to make plans once there's news from Jiangnan."
Listening to Lin Jiangnian's suggestion, Jiang Yuxiang nodded and sighed: "This is the only way."
At this point, she took a deep breath and said, "If I can really find out the truth...what's wrong with going back to Jiangnan?"
However, despite saying this, Jiang Yuxiang's face was as solemn as if he had gone through a sea of fire and swords.
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and said, "Aunt, are you scared?"
"What can I be afraid of?!"
Lin Jiang laughed young: "I heard that grandpa has always wanted you, aunt, to get married?"
Jiang Yuxiang glanced at her and said with a fake smile, "Who told you that?"
Lin Jiangnian was about to say something when he suddenly met his aunt's increasingly unfriendly gaze and immediately chose to shut up.
Forcing marriage seems to be a taboo for my aunt.
"Well, I just heard it..."
Lin Jiangnian changed the subject without leaving a trace: "It's getting late, so why don't you go to bed early, auntie?"
As he spoke, his eyes fell on the kite next to his aunt: "Kite?"
Zhiyuan was still thinking about something with her head down when she heard Lin Jiangnian calling her. She subconsciously looked up: "Huh?"
"Do you want to go back together?"
Zhiyuan was stunned for a moment, looking into Lin Jiangnian's clear eyes. The next second, she seemed to realize something.
A trace of panic immediately flashed in his eyes.
Dodge subconsciously.
“No, no…”
Zhiyuan was inexplicably flustered and turned his head away.
His face was slightly red.
"Are you bullying Zhiyuan again?"
Jiang Yuxiang saw Zhiyuan's reaction and cast an unfriendly look at Lin Jiangnian.
Lin Jiangnian waved his hands innocently and said, "How could that be?"
Bullying the kite?
Don’t you see who is bullying whom?
Auntie really doesn’t know how Zhiyuan bullied him the night before yesterday?
"But it's Zhiyuan who has always bullied me!"
"What nonsense are you talking about? How could Zhiyuan bully you for no reason?" Jiang Yuxiang naturally didn't believe it.
"Why don't you ask her?"
Lin Jiangnian turned his head to look at Zhiyuan and saw that Zhiyuan's face was flushed and he didn't say a word.
Jiang Yuxiang didn't care: "Then it must be you who bullied Zhiyuan first... Why would my Zhiyuan bully you for no reason?"
"Hurry up and go, don't even think about bullying Zhiyuan. Zhiyuan will sleep with me tonight, so leave now!"
Lin Jiangnian was kicked out by his aunt without any explanation!
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