Chapter 86

  Eliminate Lin family

  "What's going on?" Yin Ruo Fei furrowed her brow, was this prince that terrifying? They didn't even dare to speak.

  "Are you very curious about the prince?" Ze Wang's voice came from above. Yin Ruo Fei's whole body trembled and hurriedly turned around.

  "Your Highness." What's going on lately? Why are you always getting caught? "Nothing, just asking casually."

  "Back." Ze Wang walked ahead, Yin Ruofei followed behind him, looking obedient and clever, but in his heart, he was turning over many thoughts.

  Looking at Zéwáng's expression, he didn't seem very happy. Could it be that his relationship with the crown prince wasn't good? It was said that the crown prince was only a few months older than Zéwáng, but the emperor doted more on his younger brother rather than his eldest son. In the past, he had also wondered if these two uncle and nephew would get along, but after so long, nothing had been heard about it.

  Hūn

  Yin Ruofei bumped into Rong Jingze's back, and Rong Jingze narrowed his eyes and turned around, "What are you doing?"

  "Stumbled, stumbled a bit..."

  Two people got on the horse cart. Rong Jingze closed his eyes to rest. Yin Ruofei's eyes rolled around, and he actively sat down beside him to help massage Rong Jingze's legs.

  "No need for such courtesy." Rong Jing Ze lightly hummed a response.

  "Don't worry, Your Highness. I don't have such thoughts." Yin Ruofei smiled mischievously, "Your Highness... Master Uncle..."

  "What's going on?" Rong Jingze heard his corny shout and couldn't help but open his eyes.

  "I heard that the prince has cracked down on the gambling den?"

  "Hmm. Not only three casinos, but also two brothels and a silver tower. All of them were confiscated." Yong Jingze spoke calmly. The list was given to him by Yong Zhongming, so he was naturally very clear about it. These industries basically all had a close relationship with the Lin family, but they were all registered under different names, not under the name of the Lin brothers or their wives, which seemed quite strange.

  Rong Jingze had never had a good impression of the Lin brothers, and with the idea that it was better to be safe than sorry, he also wanted to minimize the danger. Without that white flower silver, see what he uses to rebel!

  "This is...” Yin Ruofei couldn't think of any reason why the reclusive and low-key prince would have a grudge against a small gambling house. If there wasn't the shadow of Prince Ze behind this, he wouldn't believe it no matter what was said. "Did you say something to the prince?"

  "How dare you." Rong Jingze's eyes widened, "Don't you dare to make wild guesses. Remember, this has nothing to do with you."

  "Yes." Yin Ruofei secretly stuck out her tongue, and Rong Jingze said this without wanting to say more. So he didn't ask any further questions and continued to massage his legs obediently.

  "This time it was the gambler who bumped into the prince, you don't need to know the rest."

  Yin Ruofei nodded, it seems this is the final message.

  In the following year, the Crown Prince took action to sweep away many places. Although on the surface it was said that the Crown Prince eliminated evil people, these old and cunning officials still sensed a hint of something being off.

  Yin Ruofei listened to Rong Jingze's words for a year, not saying an extra word or asking any questions, silently listening and watching. Although he didn't understand at first, Rong Jingze's one sentence awakened him.

  If you want to keep your life, listen obediently and practice well.

  No, he is still too weak. This weakness is not just about age. His knowledge, his martial arts skills, his power... none of them are strong.

  Age is not on his side, knowledge is just the accumulation of two lifetimes plus a bit of cleverness, if it's truly great wisdom, he can't compare to others, just his senior brother Guan Shi alone surpasses him a hundred times.

  Gao Jin has been retained by the Emperor since he topped the imperial examination, responsible for drafting imperial edicts. Often, one of his sentences can make the Emperor feel enlightened, and now he is already the Emperor's most trusted official.

  Scholarship is not high, and martial arts are not formidable. Not to mention the twenty-eight guards beside Ze Wang, even if Ze Wang himself takes action to restrain him, it would be as easy as taking something out of a pocket.

  The literary and military forces are not yet established, the power he has built under the tacit consent of King Ze is also the children of Cheng'en Academy. Because they have suffered greatly, everyone is very hardworking, and with the teachers' dedication to teaching, many people have been found to be talented. If these people grow up, literature and martial arts will support each other, and it will indeed be a considerable force.

  It's just that for these people to really grow up, it's not something that can be accomplished overnight.

  Now, Yin Ruofei can only be more ruthless to himself in order to stand firm. If he can't even stand firmly, let alone take revenge, his life won't be guaranteed. He knows that the path he's taking in this life is a hundred times harder than it was in his past life. One is a small family, the other is the imperial court, and the road ahead of him is still very long.

  This year, Yin Ruofei's temperament has become more stable. Although Rong Jingze is still guiding him as usual, the time they spend together has gradually decreased. Yin Ruofei had a hunch in his heart, probably because that thing was approaching?

  Sure, here is the translation:

  As expected, there was a stir in the imperial court, with many personnel changes. And the Crown Prince's outing was actually ambushed, although the assassin was killed on the spot, the suspicion subtly pointed to Ze Wang.

  People were in an uproar for a time.

  Yin Ruofei was in the academy, but there were many officials and aristocratic sons here, and it was a school rather than a court, so many things were said openly.

  The most convincing and unsettling piece of information is that Prince Ze's wings are growing stronger, and he is no longer content with being a idle prince. And the Crown Prince, who is about the same age as him, has always been less favored than Prince Ze, even in the matter of the assassination attempt on the Crown Prince, where Prince Ze was clearly involved, the Emperor scolded everyone else but refused to blame or question Prince Ze at all, causing the Crown Prince's face to turn iron-green with rage and storm off, leaving the father-son relationship hanging by a thread.

  Yin Ruofei's face didn't say anything, but she secretly frowned.

  What made him even more shocked and frightened was that the Emperor wanted to depose the Crown Prince and replace him with the Imperial Prince.

  "What's wrong, wanting to speak but stopping." Rong Jingze is now sixteen years old, not only has his appearance become more handsome and beautiful, but also his aura is astonishing, with a sharp edge all over him, like the tip of a sword.

  "Your Highness." Although Yin Ruo Fei was still not very tall, he could comfort himself that he would definitely grow taller by the time he was thirteen or fourteen. After all, neither Yin Hou nor the brave General Yin Jin Yuan were short. "I've heard some rumors."

  "Since it's just rumors, let's not bother with them." Rong Jingze didn't mind at all. "Go get the chessboard, we'll play another round."

  "Yes." Yin Ruofei only felt that the dark clouds had all dispersed. Ze Wang was right, since it was just a rumor, what's the use of believing him, and disturbing one's own heart for nothing.

  Rong Jingze looked at Yin Ruofei's back and saw the look of sudden realization on his face earlier, couldn't help but nod in approval. He had made quite a bit of progress over the past year.

  Now he has a big deal in his heart, and if Xiaofei doesn't become stronger himself, he won't be able to protect him either. In those years, he couldn't even save himself from the desperate situation, let alone rescue others. However, this game is almost set up, and the day of harvesting should not be far away.

  In the first year of Dali, one hundred and sixty-eight years later. Spring.

  This year was a disastrous one for the Lin family.

  Dai Lin lost four cities in a row while fighting against an enemy country.

  Ze Wang accompanied the Crown Prince to court, presenting a memorial that severely criticized Left Minister Lin Zhenxue, Minister of War Lin Zhenzong and other officials for their crimes of corruption, murder, selling out the country for personal gain, deceiving the Emperor and other serious offenses. After many years of collecting evidence, they finally presented it to the Emperor.

  Lin family's two thieves assassinated the crown prince, pretending to be loyal to King Ze, but actually plotting to usurp the throne. The other families were accomplices, and their crimes are unforgivable. As soon as this was said, all the civil and military officials in the court were shocked.

  The Son of Heaven was enraged, and blood flowed like a river. Three or four high-ranking officials were dragged out and beheaded on the spot. The Lin, He, and Ge families had already been controlled by the Crown Prince and Ze Wang, with the Prefect of the Imperial Capital inside and the Commander of the Imperial Guards outside; not one person could escape, and they were waiting to be executed and their families exterminated. Additionally, the residences of General Yiyong, Duke Rongguo, and Earl Zhending were all implicated, demoted, and punished with a three-generation ban on official service. As for other minor officials, countless numbers had died.

  Yin Haicheng took the blame upon himself and personally went to the border, leading a large army to retake the lost city, in order to seek pardon for the Yin family's death sentence.

  On the contrary, Chen's family, Song's family and Yu Guo Gong Fu were greatly rewarded by the emperor. The crown prince and Ze Wang were even more admired and respected by everyone for their clever counter-espionage move.

  It was only then that everyone realized that this was a plan secretly devised by the Crown Prince and Ze Wang.

  The situation in the court changed, and the crown prince showed weakness. Those who were not at peace jumped out immediately. Led by Zuo Xiang, the treacherous officials frequently showed goodwill to King Ze, and even spread the news to cause turmoil in the court.

  The assassin of the crown prince was actually instructed by the Minister of War, but instead of being killed on the spot, he was captured and became a witness to the Left Prime Minister's deception of the emperor.

  But even King Lian didn't expect that the left prime minister not only laid down all sorts of things in the court, but also reached out to the border and sold intelligence. If it wasn't for General Song from the border sending back messages in time, the loss would have been even heavier.

  Now Yin Hou personally went to the border, and joined forces with his old subordinate General Song, so it should be fine at the border.

  The Lin family was in a state of utter chaos, and the elderly Mrs. Lin had long been on her deathbed, barely holding on for the sake of her granddaughter. Upon hearing the Emperor's decree to confiscate their property and exterminate their clan, the old lady couldn't help but burst out laughing, and after finishing, she couldn't help but shed tears.

  "Yun'er, my poor child." When Old Lady Lin married into the Lin family, they were not a prominent household. She had never seen the collapse of this inner courtyard before. It wasn't until later when the old master of the Lin family made his move and was appointed to a high position that they became a newly wealthy family.

  He just wanted his son to have a decent life, so he let him take advantage of their family's influence and become a minor official, at least that way they wouldn't be without a livelihood.

  When the flower aunt first arrived at the Lin's house, she was very gentle and soft-spoken, always obedient to the old lady who was still young at that time. However, this seemingly gentle woman unknowingly controlled the Lin family, using poison to control her son and daughter-in-law, killing her own daughter, selling off her only grandson, and imprisoning her entire family...

  All of this was like a venomous snake gnawing at her life, but she had been weak all her life and had long lost the ability to resist or even fight back, and could only watch as it all happened.

  The Lin family was beheaded, but she wasn't terrified, instead, it was a kind of relief. She didn't have many good days left, her son and daughter-in-law were all gone, and probably wouldn't live for much longer either. Because of their suffering, the one who was implicated was this granddaughter. Unfortunately, the 18-year-old girl hadn't been married off yet.

  "Grandma... granddaughter is not suffering..." Lin Yun'er's face was filled with tears, yet also carried a smile.

  "Lord Yin." The leader at the door who was in charge of arresting and searching the Lin family respectfully saluted Yin Ruofei.

  "En, I'm going in." Yin Ruofei said lightly, he came here with a heavy responsibility.

  "Yes, King Ze and the Crown Prince had already instructed me." The commander-in-chief retreated to one side with respect.

  "Fei'er, Fei'er, save us..." He saw Yin Ruofei and rushed over as if he had seen a lifesaver.

  "He, back then when you went to get the poison to harm my grandmother, did you ever think it would come to this?" Yin Ruo Fei sneered coldly, "Guards, first break He's hands and feet for me."

  Indulging in this will inevitably lead to death, and it's hard to dispel the hatred in his heart, this is considered interest!