Because of the downfall of the Gao family, people in the court were panicked, and all the ministers were frightened every day when they went to court, lest they would be involved with the Gao family and be dragged out of the Meridian Gate by Lin Tianyao to beheaded.In order to appease all the officials, Lin Tianyao decided to hold a banquet on New Year's Eve. All the fifth-rank officials in Beijing can bring two family members to participate.

In the evening, Ji Linglan and Ji Pingting entered the palace together with Princess Yaohua and Ji Mingqiu. Before coming, he specially told Fu Nanling not to wait for him to rest early, and specially borrowed shadow guards from Princess Yaohua to protect Fu Nanling's safety. .

Ji Linglan and his party first visited Lin Tianyao's bedroom. When they arrived, Lin Fengshu and Lin Yongye were already waiting in the bedroom, and then they followed Lin Tianyao to the Jinluan Hall.When he came to the gate of the hall, Lin Tianyao stopped, and Baogui immediately raised his voice and said: "The emperor is here!"

The noisy voices in the hall stopped abruptly, and as Lin Tianyao stepped over the threshold of the hall, everyone knelt down on the ground and shouted: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live!"

Ji Linglan came to her seat, bowed and stood aside.

Lin Tianyao climbed up the imperial steps, came to the dragon chair, and said loudly: "Everyone loves you."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, long live, long live, long live." All the ministers got up one after another, and just like Ji Linglan, they bowed and stood in place.

Lin Tianyao sat on the dragon chair and said: "My dear friends, take your seats. Today is New Year's Eve, a day of celebration, so there is no need to be too polite."

"Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." Only then did everyone take their seats one after another.

Ji Linglan sat at the bottom of Ji Mingqiu, at the same table with Ji Pingting, while Lin Yongye sat at the bottom of Linfeng Shu, at the same table, opposite to Ji Linglan.

Seeing him looking over, Ji Linglan nodded with a smile, but Lin Yongye didn't say hello as usual, but stared at him blankly for a while, then looked away.

Ji Linglan frowned slightly, although she felt something was wrong, she didn't think too much, and sat quietly waiting for Lin Tianyao to speak.

"This year is not peaceful. The ministers I rely on have long been unwilling to be ministers. Fortunately, the loyal Duke and the son-in-law put down the rebellion, so that my throne is stable and the people of Linguo have a peaceful life. I have a banquet today, one It is to reward all your loved ones for their hard work for a year, and the second is to reward your loyalty to the country, justice and treason." Lin Tianyao held up the wine glass in front of him, and said: "Drink this cup with me, dear friends, and wish Linguo prosperity and prosperity."

All His Highness got up one after another, held up the wine glasses in front of them, and said in unison: "I wish Linguo prosperity and prosperity!"

Naturally, Ji Linglan was no exception, even if she didn't want to drink, she couldn't postpone the drink.

After drinking the wine in the glass, Lin Tianyao waved his hand and said, "My dear friends, please sit down."

Seeing this, Bao Bao raised his voice and said, "Let's dance and dance!"

As the precious voice fell, the music sounded. Several women in dance clothes came briskly from outside the hall. Their long sleeves overlapped and fell to the ground. It is the ripples on the calm water surface, sparkling and beautiful.In the room of singing and dancing, everyone was drinking and drinking, whispering in twos and threes.

Only Lin Yongye kept staring at Ji Linglan, his gaze was heavy, as if he was planning something.But whenever Ji Linglan looked over, Linyong Nightclub looked away, and once he turned his gaze away, Linyongye would look over again unscrupulously.

After several times, Ji Linglan frowned slightly, lowered her head and whispered in Ji Pingting's ear, "Ting'er, do you think something is wrong with my cousin today?"

When Ji Pingting heard the words and looked over, Lin Yongye nodded slightly and greeted her, which was completely different from the attitude towards Ji Linglan.Ji Pingting smiled back, turned her gaze away and said, "Brother, there is nothing wrong, are you too sensitive?"

"is it?"

Ji Linglan watched Lin Yongye's brows get tighter and tighter, and looked up at Xie Yi who was beside him.After writing the opinion form, he bowed to Ji Linglan and said in a low voice, "Does your Highness have any orders?"

Ji Linglan whispered a few words in Xieyi's ear, then Xieyi nodded and quietly exited the hall.All this was seen by Lin Yongye who had been looking at him all the time, and he looked up at Xiao Dezi.Seeing this, Xiao Dezi quickly bowed his body, Lin Yongye whispered something in his ear, Xiao Dezi responded, and followed him out of the hall.

A song stopped, and the dancers in the hall bowed and exited the hall.

At this moment, Lin Yongye stood up suddenly and said, "Grandfather, Ye'er has something to report."

Lin Tianyao was startled, then smiled and said: "What's the matter with Ye'er, but it's okay to say."

"Thank you, Grandfather." Lin Yongye turned his head to look at Princess Yaohua, and said, "Aunt Huang, when I was staying at the Princess Mansion two nights ago, I met a young man who looked about the same as you He said that he is Aunt Huang's biological son, and he also has a birthmark on his lower back."

As soon as Lin Yongye's words fell, everyone in His Highness was in an uproar. They didn't expect Lin Yongye to be in the main hall, questioning Ji Linglan's identity in front of all civil and military officials.

Princess Yaohua frowned, looked at Linyongye with displeasure, and said, "My lord, what do you mean by that? Are you questioning me for admitting my wrong son, or questioning me for confusing the royal blood?"

Princess Yaohua didn't call him 'Yong Ye' as before, but directly called him 'Elder Son', which had already shown her attitude, and her subsequent words were even more merciless, making no secret of her dissatisfaction with Lin Yong Ye.

"Aunt Huang, Ye'er understands your feelings. It's just about the blood of the royal family. It's better to be more cautious." Lin Yongye looked at Ji Linglan and said, "Besides, 'real gold is not afraid of fire', King Lan, you Say yes."

Ji Linglan looked at Lin Yongye calmly, he didn't expect Li Xiangwan to be right, not everyone deserves to treat each other sincerely.

Ji Linglan smiled and said: "I remember telling Your Highness before that I have no memory of being eight years old. As for whether I am the son of the princess and the general, I don't know. It was the general who personally checked the birthmark on me. , to confirm my identity."

Ji Mingqiu got up and said, "I did check it myself."

"As we all know, my cousin was kidnapped 13 years ago. After more than ten years, people's memory will inevitably be biased. Suddenly, a person who looks similar to Huang's aunt and happens to have a birthmark on his waist is misidentified. Inevitable."

"Impossible! Let alone 13 years, even 20 years later, I will not admit my mistake!" Princess Yaohua's face was extremely ugly, and Ji Linglan's weight in her heart was even greater than that of Ji Mingqiu and Ji Pingting. It's her reverse scale, no one can touch it.

"Aunt Huang is my cousin's biological mother, and my mother is delicate, so naturally she won't admit her mistake, but Uncle Huang is not sure." Lin Yongye looked up at Lin Tianyao, and said, "I also ask Grandpa Huang to agree, Rong Ye'er will Bring them up, and we'll confront them face to face."

Lin Tianyao looked at Ji Linglan and said, "Alan, what do you think?"

"Let the emperor's grandfather decide." Since Lin Yongye dared to question his identity in front of Lin Tianyao, it showed that Lin Yongye came prepared.If Ji Linglan hadn't tested the DNA of both parties, maybe he would also be beating drums in his heart.Now he wants to see what method Lin Yongye will use to fake his identity.

Lin Tianyao nodded and said, "Okay, then bring the man up."

Lin Yongye raised his voice and said: "Xiao Dezi, bring me up."

Xiao Dezi who didn't know when to come back hastily responded, "Yes, Your Highness."

Xiao Dezi bowed and exited the hall, and after a while, he led a young man in.The young man bowed his head, came to the front of the hall, knelt down on the ground, and said: "Xiaomin has seen the emperor, long live long live long live long live."

Lin Tianyao was silent for a while, and said, "Raise your head."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The young man raised his head so that everyone could see his face clearly. His eyebrows and eyes were indeed similar to Princess Yaohua, even more like Princess Yaohua than Ji Linglan.

The ministers looked at the young man and began to discuss in a low voice.

Seeing this, Princess Yaohua's expression did not soften, and there was undisguised displeasure and disgust in her eyes.

Lin Yongye walked up to the boy and asked, "What's your name? Where did you come from? Why did you appear in the hall?"

"Returning to Your Highness, Xiaomin's name is Ji Xinzhao. He is the son of Princess Yaohua and General Ji who have been separated for many years. Xiaomin came back to the imperial capital after traveling thousands of miles to recognize his identity and expose the conspiracy of the imposter." The boy said. Sworn.

Princess Yaohua's face turned livid with anger, and said: "Presumptuous! What are you, you dare to pretend to be my son. Come here, pull down, and die with a stick!"

The young man looked up at Princess Yaohua, and said in disbelief: "Mother, I am Zhao'er, I am really Zhao'er, if you don't believe me, you can look at the birthmark on my lower back."

Princess Yaohua said in a deep voice: "Mother and child are united, I know who is the son of this palace. You have ulterior motives, trying to destroy my royal relationship, it is a crime that cannot be punished! Someone, pull him down!" , die with a stick!"

The Xiaoqi guards outside the hall heard Princess Yaohua's call, quickly bowed into the hall, and went straight to the boy kneeling on the ground.

The boy looked at Lin Yongye with a sad look on his face, and said, "Cousin, save me. My mother must be bewitched by someone, so she refuses to recognize me."

"Wait a minute." Lin Yongye stopped the guards who entered the palace, and said, "Aunt Huang, it's about the royal blood, so it's better to be cautious. Since the grandfather has allowed this person to enter the palace, you might as well listen to him explain why he said he was It won't be too late to deal with Aunt Huang's parents and children after their identities are determined."

"No need. Alan is my son, so there is no need for others to discuss this matter." Princess Yaohua had a tough attitude, looked at Linfeng Shu, and said: "Don't worry, brother, Alan has never had the intention of fighting for anything. Ah Qiu's son, you don't have to make too much fuss about him."

Upon hearing this, Lin Fengshu quickly explained: "Feng Yao, you have misunderstood. I am completely unaware of this matter, and I have never questioned Ah Lan's background. Ye'er, what is going on?"

"Father, Aunt Huang, Ye'er just wants to confirm the identity of my cousin. After all, many people in the imperial capital have speculated about A Lan's life experience."

"Father, since the minister brought Alan back, the Crown Princess sent people to assassinate her first, and then she was framed many times. I thought that Alan's safety would be guaranteed when the Gao family was gone, but I never thought that the prince would stand again now." Everyone knows why he came out to question his identity. Today, I ask my father to remove the status of Alan County King. He is only the son of me and Aqiu. If the emperor is not at ease, then I, the princess I don't want my identity anymore, our family of four left the imperial capital and walked far away, so I promise not to hinder anyone."

Princess Yaohua's unconditional trust made Ji Linglan so moved that her eyes felt sore.He walked up to her, held her hand, and said, "Mother, Alan will support you in the future."

Princess Yaohua held Ji Linglan's hand instead, and said with a smile: "Then mother will depend on Alan for the rest of her life."

Princess Yaohua's words made Lin Fengshu feel a little uneasy, and said: "Feng Yao, what are you talking about, when did I ever have such thoughts? Ye'er, quickly apologize to your aunt Huang!"

"No, I really can't bear it." Princess Yaohua hurriedly stopped her, saying: "Since Ah Lan returned to the imperial capital, he has been sincere to everyone, especially His Royal Highness. You are withdrawn, and he tried his best to make you happy; When you are sick, he stays by the bed; when you are injured, he bandages up the medicine himself. The human heart always grows flesh, so why are you different from others.”

"Aunt Huang, I am grateful for the kindness of King Lan County. It's just that there are some things that should not be taken emotionally, especially when it comes to national affairs."

"You don't need to say too much, the national affairs have nothing to do with us today, we will pack up our things and go on the road tomorrow, it will definitely not hinder your eyes."

Princess Yaohua didn't want to talk to him any more, she pulled Ji Linglan to kneel down on the ground, kowtowed three times to Lin Tianyao, and said: "Father, my son will say goodbye to you today, and leave the emperor tomorrow. Du, please forgive my son and minister for being unfilial."

Lin Tianyao's complexion also sank, and he said: "Yao'er, what are you messing around with, your majestic eldest princess was forced to go away by her nephew, if it spreads, will the royal face be lost?"

Princess Yaohua, who has always been strong, couldn't help but reddened her eyes with grievance, and said: "Father, Alan was under five years old when he was taken away. He suffered a lot for more than ten years, and was finally found by his son. Not only was he assassinated one after another, but also His identity was questioned. Alan was sensible, swallowed all her grievances, and didn't say anything, but Erchen, a mother, couldn't stand it. Erchen was useless, and couldn't stop the mouth of the world, so he could only use this method Protect Alan from harm."

Ji Mingqiu walked up to Princess Yaohua, took her into his arms, and said: "Yaoer, no matter where you go, I will accompany you."

"And me!" Ji Pingting stepped forward and took Ji Linglan's arm, and said, "Brother, you are my brother, my own brother, those cats and dogs who don't know where they come from want to pretend to be you, go ahead and dream. "

Ji Linglan looked at them moved, and his eyes turned red. He looked up at Lin Tianyao, and said, "Grandfather, please take back the status of Alan County King. Alan would like to stay away from the imperial capital and return to the countryside. "

"Nonsense!" Lin Tianyao said displeasedly: "I have a golden mouth, how can I go back on my word, you are the county king I named you, and that is the grandson I recognize, how can you allow others to put your beak on it. Come, put this person in custody Enter the prison of the Xiaoqi Guards."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The Xiao cavalry guard standing beside him stopped hesitating and stepped forward to support the young man.

"Your Majesty, I am the real one. He is a counterfeit, a spy sent by Fu Guo." The young man looked at Lin Yongye and said in fear: "Cousin, save me, you can't let his plot succeed, otherwise Lin Yongye will be killed." The country is in danger! Watch..."

With a sound of "poof", the sound of flesh being torn was heard. The young man looked at the chest pierced by the knife in disbelief, opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood, and said, "I...I..."

Princess Yaohua said indifferently: "Bewitching words to confuse the public and slander the county king, you deserve to die!"

The young man opened his mouth unwillingly, and died without saying a word.

What Princess Yaohua did shocked the audience. They didn't expect that Princess Yaohua would do it as soon as she said she would do it, without giving the other party any chance to argue, and they were not afraid of killing the wrong person. This is enough to prove her confirmation of Ji Linglan's identity and maintain.

Regarding what Princess Yaohua did, Lin Tianyao just frowned slightly, and then said: "Take people down and clean them up."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two knight guards responded, and drove the young man's body out of the hall.

Lin Yongye also frowned, he underestimated Princess Yaohua's feelings for Ji Linglan, but he had to do so, he could not tolerate anyone sabotaging his plan.

"Aunt Huang, you are so cruel, aren't you afraid of killing the wrong person?"

Princess Yaohua threw the blood-stained knife on the ground, ignored his intention at all, turned to look at Ji Linglan, and said, "Don't worry, Ah Lan, mother will not let anyone hurt you."

"Thank you mother."

"Today's New Year's Eve is a happy day, and I don't want to hear any more disappointing things." Lin Tianyao gave Lin Yongye a warning look, and then said: "The banquet continues."

"Grandfather, Prince Lan colluded with Fu Guo, and his intentions were wrong. Ye'er has evidence."

As Lin Yongye's words fell, the people present were in an uproar again.

Princess Yaohua's heart tightened, she looked at Ji Linglan, wondering if Fu Nanling's identity had been exposed.

Lin Tianyao frowned, looked at the people of His Highness, it was a matter of national importance, he could no longer ignore it, and said: "What evidence do you have to prove that Prince Lan and Fu Guo have colluded with each other for evil intentions?"

"Grandfather please allow Ye'er to pass witnesses to the palace."

"pass."

Lin Yongye looked at Xiao Dezi, Xiao Dezi understood, bowed and left the hall.Soon Xiao Dezi returned again, followed by two people who were acquaintances, one was Lynch and the other was Zhang Ye.

The two came to the front of the hall and knelt down on the ground, saying: "Your subordinate (Xiaomin) see the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

Disappointment flashed across Ji Linglan's eyes, and he felt a little frustrated. He never expected that he would fail so much in life, and that all those who treated him sincerely betrayed him in the end.

"Lynch, you still have a face. Do you know who saved your life back then? My elder brother repayed a grudge with virtue and begged the emperor to spare your life. Today, you repay your virtue with resentment. You are simply a white-eyed wolf! Grandfather, he You can't even believe what this kind of person says." Ji Pingting saw that it was Lynch and Zhang Ye who came in, and she was furious.

Lin Yongye retorted: "At the beginning, Lin Qi assassinated Prince Lan, the reason was because he doubted the identity of Prince Lan, and he was only thinking about Lin Guo."

"I didn't grow up in the imperial capital, and I have never heard of the principle that a slave suspects that his master's intentions are wrong, so he can assassinate himself without reporting or investigating. I thought he was loyal to Linguo, so I begged the emperor's grandfather to spare his life. I thought about it but left a disaster." Ji Linglan laughed at herself and said: "I thought that as long as I treat each other with sincerity, I will always get my sincerity, but today His Royal Highness will prove me wrong with actions."

Ji Linglan looked over with indifference in disappointment, which caused Lin Yongye's heart to twitch, and said, "Your Majesty Lan, such things as emotions are worthless in front of the righteousness of the family and the country."

"No, His Royal Highness should say that emotion is worthless in the face of power and interests." Ji Linglan didn't bother to talk nonsense with him, and said bluntly: "Since Your Royal Highness says that I have colluded with Fu Guo for evil purposes, then show evidence. "

Lin Yongye looked at Lin Qi and said, "Lin Qi, why did you assassinate King Lan?"

Lin Qi looked up at Ji Linglan, and said, "It's just because of one person in the princess' mansion."

Lin Yongye then asked: "Who?"

"My name is Zhang Wei, and now I am the servant next to Prince Lan."

"What's wrong with him, so that you have the idea of ​​assassinating Prince Lan?"

Lynch looked up at Ji Linglan again, and said, "Zhang Wei is from Fu Guo."

As soon as Lynch's words came out, His Highness's people began to discuss.

"Fu Guoren? I didn't expect the King of Lan County to let a Fu Guoren serve as a servant. Could it be true that His Royal Highness said that the King of Lan County has an unclear relationship with Fu Guo?"

"Isn't Princess Lan the princess brought back from Fu country? It's really uncertain."

"The status of King Lan County in Fu State can be compared with the current status. He is a wise man, and he will not turn to Fu State. If you change places, will you?"

"It's not certain, what if King Lan and Emperor Fu colluded and wanted to seize the throne. Don't forget, with the crown prince and the eldest son around, no matter how favored Prince Lan is, it is impossible for King Lan to inherit the throne. "

……

Lin Yongye looked at Ji Linglan and said, "King Lan County, is what he said true?"

Ji Linglan nodded, and said: "It's true, Zhang Wei is indeed from Fu Guo. But I have already reported this matter to the emperor's grandfather and mother, and they already knew about it."

Lin Yongye's eyes flickered, and he looked at Lin Tianyao on the dragon chair with everyone.

Lin Tianyao said aloud, "Ah Lan has indeed told me about it."

Ji Linglan continued: "Zhang Wei's real name is Gao Wei, and he is a wanted criminal in the Fu Kingdom. His father, Gao Jin, was punished by the nine clans for committing a crime. I took him in because of his life. One is to repay his life-saving grace; the other is to monitor him nearby. If he has misbehavior, I will not show mercy. Although Alan lived on the streets since childhood, he has never received a good education , but I also know that "the kindness of a drop of water should be repaid by a spring", so I dare to ask you, what is wrong with what Alan is doing?"

The people's discussion revived again, and they all praised Prince Lan for his good character and repaying his kindness.

Lin Yongye frowned when he heard the discussion below, turned his head to look at Lin Qi, and said, "Lin Qi, even if Gao Wei is from Fu, it doesn't mean that Prince Lan has evil intentions. You are determined to assassinate him." , but there are other reasons?"

"Yes." Lin Qi was silent for a while, and then said: "Xiao Min once heard with his own ears that King Lan ordered Zhang Wei to send a letter to Fu Guo."

"Oh? Is this true?" Lin Yongye looked up at Ji Linglan.

Lin Qi responded, and said, "Return to Your Highness, what Xiaomin said is true."

Ji Pingting's face changed when she heard the words, and she defended Ji Linglan: "What you hear is wrong, what you see is true, besides, this is just your one-sided statement, how can you prove it."

"Princess, Xiaomin has a secret letter written by Prince Lan himself as evidence." Lynch took out a piece of paper letter from his arms.

Ji Pingting stepped forward to take it away, but Lin Yongye held it in his hand first, unfolded it, looked at it, then bowed and said, "Grandfather, here is the secret letter, please have a look."

Lin Tianyao waved his hand, Bao Bao quickly came to him, took it with both hands, and immediately presented it in front of Lin Tianyao.

Lin Tianyao unfolded the secret letter and looked at it, and handed it in again.Precious came down the imperial steps, came to Ji Linglan, and handed over the secret letter.

Ji Linglan took the secret letter and looked at it. He couldn't help being surprised. He didn't expect that the handwriting in the secret letter was exactly the same as his own. If he and Fu Nanling hadn't used the exclusive code for the communication, maybe it would have been the same. would think it was from him.

Princess Yaohua took the secret letter and looked at it, and also found the handwriting to be similar, but after reading the contents of this letter, she knew it was a forgery.With the relationship between Ji Linglan and Fu Nanling, even if they really communicated, they would not use such humble words and sentences.

Princess Yaohua said categorically: "This is a forgery, it was not made by Ah Lan."

"Aunt Huang has always defended Prince Lan, and what you say cannot be trusted. If you want to know whether this letter is forged, you can compare it with King Lan's manuscript." Lin Yongye looked at Xiao Dezi, and said: " I happen to have some here. For the sake of fairness, I will trouble everyone here to compare and check to see if this secret letter is from King Lan."

Xiao Dezi brought some books and papers from nowhere, walked to Lin Yongye's side, and waited for orders.

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