Baili Mingshuang readily agreed: "Da Sima, Da Sinong, please step aside first. The Ai family has important matters to discuss with Sect Master Lin and Xiao Chu."
Yu Zifu and Yuan Xiu walked away very fast and disappeared in an instant.
Lin Zhi looked at Lin Chu silently, but Baili Mingshuang got up again.
"On behalf of Xi Chu and the Emperor, I would like to thank Xiao Chu for his righteousness." She bent her noble head and bowed to the end.
"I'll wait for you outside." Lin Zhi squeezed Lin Chu's fingers and strode out of the inner hall.
Lin Chu silently watched Baili Mingshuang as she saluted for the second time today.
Lin Chu, however, was not as flustered as Yu Zifu and Yuan Xiu just now. She stood upright without moving and accepted Baili Mingshuang's gift calmly.
It wasn't until Baili Mingshuang stood up that she spoke slowly: "Your courtesy is not a loss."
Her voice was sonorous and powerful, and she was not polite at all.
Baili Mingshuang asked Qiu Ning to take her into the inner room, just to let her hear clearly what was going on in the main hall. But the people in the hall couldn't see her at all.
Even if Lin Zhi hadn't proposed inserting spies in Liangjiang today, Baili Mingshuang would have suggested so. The purpose was just to force her to step forward.
The so-called late emperor's great trust was a sharp sword hanging above her head, always reminding her to handle it.
That day, she agreed to the request of the dying Duan Mulang in Changxin Palace. It was destined that today she would have to risk her life.
She accepted Baili Mingshuang's gift.
Even if everyone in the world salutes her, she will never avoid it.
Baili Mingshuang looked at her for a long time, then finally raised her lips and smiled, with a bit of relief in her eyes: "Master Lin Liu is indeed Master Lin Liu. The Ai family has never missed you."
"It's my fault that I caught your eye."
Lin Chu's words were heavy and meaningful.
In a moment of pity, he robbed her of a bowl of abortion pills. From then on, she became entangled in the struggle for imperial power and couldn't extricate herself.
Being kind and soft-hearted is really undesirable!
Baili Mingshuang smiled, pretending not to hear the sarcasm in her words.
"In the entire Western Chu, there is no one more suitable to go to Liangjiang than you, Xiao Chu. On the day of your triumphant return, the Ai family and the emperor will definitely not treat you badly."
"I am not willing to go just for the high official position and generous salary."
Lin Chu's voice was as cold as frost: "It's just to repay you for the maintenance of Dali Temple. This matter is over, and you and I will never owe each other any more."
Bailiyuan has been operating in Shangjing for several years and has deep roots.
Even though she had many plans in court that day, there was no conclusive evidence. Although the public opinion was worth the money, it had to be slowly worn away.
The last straw that broke the camel's back was Baili Mingshuang's decree. Being betrayed by his own daughter probably made Bailiyuan more heartbroken than losing his rights.
Therefore, he gave up resistance at that time.
Seeing Lin Chu's magnanimity, Baili Mingshuang no longer pretended to be conceited: "Well, thank you very much, Mr. Lin Liu."
Lin Chu did not stay in Changxin Palace for long, and turned around to leave.
Outside the hall, the afterglow of the setting sun coated Lin Zhi's whole body with a light gold, shining brightly for a moment. However, there was a treacherous darkness in his eyes.
"Give me a reason." he said.
Lin Chu sighed and handed him the bamboo tube clasped in his palm: "Take a look at this first."
When Lin Zhi saw the green bamboo mark on the bamboo tube, he raised his eyebrows quietly. The paper roll in the bamboo tube only had numbers on it.
"The prefect commits suicide and changes occur in the two rivers."
Lin Chu didn't deal with Wu Yuanbin for just one or two days. She knew Wu Yuanbin's personality very well. That man would never commit suicide!
If there are changes in the two rivers, Kuizhou Prefecture, as the link between the inland of Western Chu and the two rivers, will definitely be the last possibility for the two rivers to come back.
