readytorunbook Chapter 408 Several Families
Chapter 408 Several Families
"Tang Ting has a concubine in the outer city's Dongcheng District who gave birth to a son who just turned three this year.
This matter is extremely secretive, and Tang Ting probably thinks that no one knows about it except him."
Lin Xiaotian's words rang faintly, and the Lin family's mistress' eyes lit up after hearing them.
In this case... In order to preserve the last bit of his bloodline, Tang Ting will definitely hand over the evidence!
A big rock hanging in her heart fell down, and the mistress of the Lin family immediately remembered another big rock hanging in her heart. She asked anxiously:
"Master, was Yuan Fang really murdered by the Yun family?
The Empress Dowager just sent a message saying that Concubine Tang will hang herself today.
The Queen Mother told me that Concubine Tang was the murderer of Yuan Fang and asked me not to pursue the matter further.
The Queen Mother also said... this is what the Grand Queen Mother meant!"
Lin Xiaotian's hand began to turn the ring on his thumb unconsciously, and he didn't say anything for a long time. The mistress of the Lin family had never seen him think about a problem for so long, and her heart unconsciously tightened.
But she didn't dare to make a sound to disturb Lin Xiaotian, so she could only stare at Lin Xiaotian who was lost in thought, hoping that he would come back to his senses soon.
After a long time, or perhaps just a moment, Lin Xiaotian's voice rang out coldly:
"Madam, the Empress Dowager has made her choice. She has chosen the royal family and abandoned the Lin family. So the Lin family doesn't need to be headed by her!"
The mistress of the Lin family opened her mouth unconsciously and did not close it for a long time. All kinds of thoughts flashed through her mind one by one. If she had not just been taken to a chair by Lin Xiaotian to sit down, she would have ignored her dignity and collapsed.
"Master, the murderer of Yuan Fang...could it really be the emperor?
In order to protect her grandson and cover up for him, the Empress Dowager wants us to acknowledge that Concubine Tang is the murderer?"
Lin Xiaotian's expression was very solemn. Although he was the head of the Lin family, the Empress Dowager was the most senior person in the Lin family and had single-handedly supported Emperor Huizong and Emperor Tianqi to ascend the throne. Her status, power and reputation far surpassed his!
His only and biggest advantage is that he is younger than the Empress Dowager and will live several decades later than the Empress Dowager.
Now, it seems that his wisest course of action is to quietly wait for the death of the Empress Dowager, who is in poor health, and then take over all her power!
The mistress of the Lin family, who was standing by, felt that her guess made sense the more she thought about it.
On the day when the palace sent someone to inform her of Yuan Fang's death, she heard the master suspect that the murderer was the emperor. She was also worried that the master might speak out of turn, so she repeatedly advised the master not to speak out of turn in front of outsiders.
Later, she sent messages to the palace several times, but the empress dowager took a long time to deliver the news, and she became suspicious.
Today, the Queen Mother, in accordance with the Grand Empress Dowager's instructions, asked the Lin family to identify Concubine Tang as the murderer, which seemed to further confirm this speculation.
The eyes of the Lin family mistress were full of bloodshot, and her body was shaking. Finally, she simply grabbed Lin Xiaotian's hand and begged:
"Master, what have you found out about Yuan Fang's murderer? Don't hide it from me!
I have been restless day and night, my hair has turned gray, and I am in great torment! "
Lin Xiaotian's pupils suddenly narrowed. Facing the increasingly haggard mistress of the Lin family, he couldn't help but reveal a look of pity on his iron-like face.
"The head of the Yun family's farm is from Western Xinjiang. Medical books and instruments used for making medicine were found in his house.
Unfortunately, he committed suicide by taking poison before I even started questioning him!"
The eyes of the Lin family mistress gleamed with brilliance. "It was just suspicious at first, but the village head's suicide just confirmed the suspicion!"
Lin Xiaotian nodded. "I also used the Drunken Vine to test Yun Tianying, and his reaction seemed like he didn't know about this. In my mind... the Yun family is not a big suspect."
"Why?" Lin's mistress was puzzled.
Lin Xiaotian only replied with one sentence, which left the mistress of the Lin family speechless.
"There's no one in the Yun family's harem!"
That's right! When it comes to influence in the harem, the Lin family is second to none.
In view of the fact that the Empress Dowager's management of the harem allowed the Lin family to take the lead in many things, the Lin family paid more attention to the management of the harem.
Especially, no one from the Yun family and the Huo family can be allowed to enter the palace!
The Lin family was frightened by Taizong's Concubine Yun and Huizong's Concubine Shu!
As a result, all the concubines in the harem from the Yun family and the Huo family, including the concubine dowager, died suddenly one after another.
Even the eunuchs and maids in each palace had to be screened every year to prevent these two families from inserting people into the palace.
"The three most honorable ones in the harem are all daughters of the Lin family. If the Yun family can still kill a son of my Lin family in the harem, then the Lin family can be said to have been defeated by me!" Lin Xiaotian snorted coldly.
"But if we rule out the Yun family, the ones most likely to have done this are the Huo family, the Jiang family, the Tang family, and... the royal family."
The Lin family mistress's voice became smaller and smaller, until it was almost inaudible.
Lin Xiaotian couldn't help but slapped the table with his palm, revealing his murderous intent.
"Yes! Apart from these few families, I'm afraid no one in Daliang would dare to kill my son!"
The mistress of the Lin family had seen Lin Xiaotian's fierce appearance many times, so she was not scared. Instead, she followed the topic and analyzed:
"Over the years, although the Jiang family has maintained superficial peace with my Lin family, they have long since stopped being loyal to me. I'm afraid Jiang Bin has forgotten how he climbed from a bastard to the position of the head of the Jiang family!
Although Jiang Bin is an ungrateful villain, what he loves most is money and beauty. I don't believe that he would suddenly attack Yuan Fang.
Tang Ting has always been dependent on us. He even dared to secretly interact with the Jiang family behind the back of my Lin family. He thought his little actions were very secretive, but he didn't know that he had already been discovered by you, master!
But I don't think he would dare to betray the Lin family or even murder the Lin family's eldest son.
Huo Qingyun was the commander of the imperial guards, which gave him many conveniences in making changes in the palace, but it was only limited to the previous dynasty. Yuan Fang's body was found in the harem.
As for the royal family, there are many things that cannot be described..."
"So Madam still suspects that the murderer is the emperor?" Lin Xiaotian asked abruptly.
Mrs. Lin's heart skipped a beat. Even though it had been mentioned more than once, she knew very well that this was an outrageous assumption.
However, the pain of losing her son made her unable to care about the fear in her heart. She looked at Lin Xiaotian and nodded solemnly.
Lin Xiaotian looked at the mistress of the Lin family quietly and said nothing more.
His gaze passed over the rosewood door frame and projected onto the clear blue sky.
A huge cloud was moving slowly in front of the sun, drifting leisurely towards the wider area of the sky, as if it had no worries at all.
Maybe Royal.
But there is someone who is more suspicious than the emperor.
Didn’t Princess Qingyi suddenly leave the capital?