"You said this handkerchief is..." Mama Li couldn't believe it. It turned out that the daughter she had been looking for was always by her side. She walked up to Shuangyin, with tears in her eyes, she took her hand and whimpered, "Did your mother give it to you?"

Shuangyin shook off her hand angrily, looked at her house that had been turned into a mess, and finally couldn't bear it any longer. She pushed the clothes on the bed to the ground and said angrily: "Mother Li watched me grow up, so in your eyes, I'm just a thieves who can't get on the table? Search if you want, and don't even ask? I know my status is low, what is Mother Li looking for? Why don't you ask me directly!"

Mother Li hurriedly picked up the things on the ground, and explained: "You grew up with the second girl, and your food and clothing costs are the same as hers. How did the girl treat you? How did Master Shangshu treat you? We can't break our conscience and be ungrateful. Those two pages... If you really took it, return it to the girl!"

Shuangyin was very angry and said: "Well, I used to be just like us. I and my mother are both servants. You can call us. Today, it seems that you regard me as a thief. How dare I call us with my mother? I didn't take the girl's things. Please respect yourself and don't come to my house again!"

Mother Li hurriedly said: "Shuangyin, listen to me, you misunderstood me."

Shuangyin didn't want to listen any more, got up and opened the door and said, "The thief's room is dirty, please move Mama Li."

"Shuangyin, I'm actually..." Li's mother was about to reveal her identity, but Shuangyin pushed her out of the room with all her strength, and then closed the door resolutely.

Mother Li patted the door and said, "Shuangyin, you open the door first, I still have something to say."

Seeing that there was no reply from the house, Mama Li knew she was in the wrong, and she really shouldn't have come to her house to search for things on her own initiative. After thinking about it, the days are still long, so it's better to wait for the opportunity, and when she is no longer angry, she will recognize her again, so she has to leave angrily.

……

Lin Jingmo held back in the room for a long time. Although she knew she was not good at female celebrities, she still wanted to make some clothes for her little nephew in accordance with the business schedule. When Li's mother came back from the outside full of thoughts, Lin Jingmo lifted up the half-finished little jacket as if seeing a life-saving straw, and said, "Look, Mama Li, how did I do well?"

Mother Li reached out to take the clothes and looked at them, then shook her head and said, "The stitches are too sparse, and the left and right sleeves are of different lengths, how can such clothes be given to Your Highness?"

"Really?" Lin Jingmo folded the clothes and compared them, and they were indeed different lengths, so he casually threw the clothes aside and said, "I really can't do this!"

Mother Li smiled and picked up the clothes again, looked carefully, picked up scissors and needle thread and began to sew carefully. Lin Jingmo sat aside and watched the clothes slowly turn decay into magic in the hands of Mother Li, and sighed: "It must be Mother Li!"

After Li's mother changed the little clothes, for some reason, she thoughtfully stabbed a small plum blossom on the corner of the little clothes. This plum blossom is exactly the same as the one on the double-tone handkerchief.

After finishing, Mother Li cut the thread and handed the clothes to Lin Jingmo. Lin Jingmo said with a smile, "The eldest sister is about to give birth. I will go to the palace tomorrow and give the little clothes to her. She will be very happy!"

She touched the little plum blossom at the corner of the clothes along the neckline, and asked in surprise: "What a beautiful flower, what kind of flower is this?"

Li's mother looked at the little clothes and said lovingly: "This is a plum blossom. It is the most common word in the villain's hometown at the end of winter. It will brave the wind and snow until the beginning of spring."

"It's so special, a flower that blooms in winter!" Lin Jingmo turned to look at Li's mother: "Li's mother looks like she has something on her mind today."

Li's mother looked at Lin Jingmo, obviously full of thoughts, but she still shook her head and said, "It's okay."

……

After the early court, Shang Shixu and Yu Qianzhi were called to the study by Emperor Qi Xuanzhou. After he read Lu Anmin's suicide note, he also looked at the materials Shang Shixu and Yu Qianzhi compiled, and did not speak for a long time.

He didn't share the folder in his hand until it was reported that Chen Mian was seeking an audience with Lin Yuanzhi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials.

Chen Mian was the first to speak: "Your Majesty, the evidence is convincing. For three years, Lu Anmin has been writing letters hoping to increase rations to deal with the Northern Yan army. However, the actual number of soldiers in the northern border does not match the additional rations. He hides evil intentions and cooperates with Beiyan inside and outside to embezzle the army rations. His confession clearly states that his only son, Lu Feicheng, will arrive in Beijing to plead guilty to the Holy Majesty within a few days."

Hearing the words, Qi Xuanzhou raised his head and glanced at Lin Yuanzhi slightly, and saw that he was still indifferent, so he said to Shang Shixu: "Shang Aiqing has made such a trip to the northern border, do you also think this is the case?"

Shang Shixu replied: "Your Majesty, there are all the witnesses and material evidence..."

Unexpectedly, before Shang Shixu could finish his answer, Lin Yuanzhi spoke first: "There are all the witnesses? Let me ask you, who is the witness? Lu Feicheng? He can only prove that the handwriting of the suicide note belongs to Lu Anmin! No one has ever seen Lu Anmin colluding with the Beiyan army! What is the physical evidence? Is it this letter that anyone can forge? You are asked to investigate suspicious points, but you are investigating things that are obvious on the table to fool His Majesty!"

"Shangshu Lin!" Chen Mian said nonchalantly, "Your Majesty is here. Shang Shilang hasn't finished replying yet. What are you in a hurry for? Is he ignoring the court's laws because he is your son-in-law? This is not the place for your Shangshu to educate your son-in-law!"

Lin Yuanzhi refused to budge and replied, "Hmph, Zhongshu Ling's words are wrong. Since I am the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, I have the right to correct officials, whether he is my son-in-law or not. Is it true that I know he is wrong and still cover him like Zhongshu Ling?"

Chen Mian sneered and said, "Oh? Is he wrong? Shang Shilang went to the northern border and found out about the collusion between the northern guard Lu Anmin and the Northern Yan army. What is wrong? Is it because Lu Anmin and Lin Shangshu are good friends, so he is not guilty of colluding with the Beiyan people?"

"Zhongshuling! When did I say that Lu Anmin was innocent?"

"Lin Shangshu, since he is guilty, what are you arguing for him now?"

"Enough!" Seeing the two arguing endlessly, Qi Xuanzhou threw the booklet in his hand on the ground: "It turns out that the Northern Territory has been falsely reporting the number of soldiers in order to defraud food and grass, and transport the food collected from Nanling to Beiyan. One of you is Zhongshu Ling, and the other is Minister of the Ministry of Officials. You two are ministers of our court. You are arguing endlessly here about who is right. Have you ever thought about how innocent the people of Nanling are? Can you redeem your sins by dying?"

Lin Yuanzhi fell to his knees and said, "Your Majesty, as the guard of the northern border, Lu Anmin should bear the brunt of the responsibility for such an incident, but if there are other people who hook up with Beiyan but are not dug out, the consequences will be disastrous!"

Hearing this, Qi Xuanzhou waved his hands to signal them to back down: "This matter will be discussed in the long run after Lu Feicheng, the eldest son of General Lu, returns to Beijing."

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