[Chapter 674 is blocked, I will try to save it.]

The back house of Jiao Mansion.

Shi Xiangyun was lying on the Arhat bed, discussing with Lin Daiyu what to eat for lunch, when he suddenly heard that Jiao Shun had returned home early.

"Why is the master back at this time?"

She subconsciously sat up straight and asked herself: "I probably came out of the palace and went home directly."

When Lin Daiyu heard that Jiao Shun was going home early, she hurriedly stood up and said, "Then I will go back to the guest house first."

With that said, without waiting for Shi Xiangyun to say anything else, he went out directly.

"Alas~"

Shi Xiangyun sighed slightly. Although Daiyu would avoid suspicion before, she would not be as eager and obvious as now.

Obviously, she had made up her mind that she did not want to be her master's equal wife.

But……

Forget it, let's see what the master saw in the palace first.

She stood up and went to the door. After waiting in the corridor for a long time, she still didn't see Jiao Shun come back, so she sent Hongyu to sent out to investigate.

Not long after, Hongyu came back to report that Jiao Shun was stranded in the front hall and had ordered a banquet. It seemed that he had no intention of returning to the back house for dinner.

Shi Xiangyun felt strange and asked again: "Is it possible that the master wants to entertain guests in the front hall?"

"It doesn't seem like you want to entertain guests."

Hongyu shook her head and said: "I heard from Butler Liu that the master only prepared a pair of bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses, and now he is pouring himself a glass of wine."

"How is this going?"

Shi Xiangyun felt increasingly uneasy, so he asked Cuixian and Xiangling to open their parasols, while Qingwen and Hongyu cleared the way, and went straight to the front yard and living room to find Jiao Shun to solve his doubts.

When they arrived at the front hall, they saw Jiao Shunzheng alone, sighing and drinking to drown his sorrows.

Shi Xiangyun waved his hand to signal everyone to leave. He stepped forward alone to refill Jiao Shun's glass and said softly, "Did the master encounter some difficulty in the palace?"

"How did you come?"

Jiao Shun seemed to have just seen her at this time. He quickly stood up and helped her sit down beside her. He complained again: "How dare you come out at noon when the sun is at its worst?"

"How can I be so squeamish? Besides, I also had a parasol when I came here."

Shi Xiangyun pursed his lips slightly, moved the glass of wine he had just poured in front of him, and said angrily, "Master, I'm in trouble, so I shouldn't be drinking alone here."

"Oh~ you don't know something."

Jiao Shun sighed, stood up, walked to the door, looked around a few times, and confirmed that there were no ears on the partition wall. Then he returned to the table and whispered in a low voice: "Today, Concubine Xiande quietly slipped me a note."

With that said, he handed the note to Shi Xiangyun to look at.

Shi Xiangyun was overjoyed after reading the first line. He subconsciously grabbed Jiao Shun's arm and said, "So Mr. Lin is not a corrupt official, but he is acting under the Holy Order?!"

After saying that, he clasped his palms together and recited "Amitabha" continuously.

What she was most worried about right now was that Lin Daiyu could not accept the fact that her biological father was a corrupt official. Now that she heard that Lin Ruhai was acting under orders, she suddenly felt that all the clouds had cleared.

"Master Lin is indeed acting according to the Holy Order."

There was no trace of joy on Jiao Shun's face. He shook his head helplessly and said, "But the key point of this note is the last line of text."

"later?"

Shi Xiangyun hurriedly looked down again, and then he became confused. After a while, he raised his head and asked: "What does this self-defeating mean? Could it be that..."

"That's it!"

Jiao Shun stood up and walked back and forth for a few steps with his hands behind his back, and said worriedly: "After the emperor suffered a stroke, the Supreme Emperor took over the government for a time, but did not hand over power in time afterwards. Therefore, the Emperor was very afraid of the Supreme Emperor. Once he found out that this matter was related to the Supreme Emperor, he said

Maybe he will take advantage of the situation and take the opportunity to suppress the reputation of the Supreme Emperor."

"This, this...how could it be like this?"

Although Shi Xiangyun had thought of this possibility in advance through the contents of the note, he still couldn't understand why the father and son were still fighting.

Jiao Shun sneered: "The saying that the Tian family has no flesh and blood does not come out of thin air!"

"Now, what's going on with Mr. Lin..."

"It's impossible to say that the matter of raising money from the salt administration to subsidize the internal treasury was done by itself. Once the matter is revealed, the Supreme Emperor will most likely not admit it, so naturally Mr. Lin will have to take the blame."

"This this……"

Shi Xiangyun felt a chill in his heart, and at the same time he felt deeply unwilling. He had clearly found out the cause of the incident, but why did the Lin family take the blame in the end?!

So he couldn't help but look at Jiao Shun expectantly: "Sir, since Mr. Lin was wronged, can't we find a way to clear his name?"

"It's not completely impossible."

Jiao Shun shook his head, sat back down, reached out and gently put his arm around Shi Xiangyun's shoulders, letting her lean into his arms, and then gently touched her still flat belly and said: "The Emperor wants to attack the Supreme Emperor.

Fame can also be done or not. Once it is put on the surface, it is against filial piety, and it will inevitably deepen the hostility and estrangement between father and son. With the emperor's current situation, he will definitely not choose this.

The one who plants the seeds for the next step.”

Shi Xiangyun said in surprise: "That is, as long as this matter is revealed in advance..."

"Then the Lin family will be completely finished!"

Jiao Shun interrupted her categorically and said solemnly: "If this matter was exposed in advance, the Emperor would definitely not admit it. In order to show his filial piety, the Emperor would definitely investigate thoroughly and keep everything under wraps.

On your head!"

"That, that..."

Although Shi Xiangyun was a smart man, he always stayed away from such intrigues. How could he possibly think of a way to deal with it in a hurry?

At the moment, I could only hold Jiao Shun's chest with my backhand and look at him eagerly, waiting for him to give an answer.

Jiao Shun didn't mean to continue to play up the mystery, and said straight to the point: "The only way now is to let the Supreme Emperor know about the matter in advance, and reach a compromise with the Emperor before the matter is revealed, so as to make this matter as small as possible.

It’s a trivial matter.”

Shi Xiangyun hurriedly asked: "Then how should we let the Supreme Emperor know about this?"

"It's not difficult to let the Supreme Emperor know about this."

Shi Xiangyun just looked happy, but then he heard Jiao Shun say solemnly: "The difficult thing is, how to expose this matter to the Supreme Emperor without leaking any traces."

As he spoke, he lightly pecked Shi Xiangyun on the face and asked softly: "Think about it, since the empress is able to find out the truth and explore the possibility of self-defeating things, wouldn't she have thought of informing the Emperor in advance so that she could take the trouble from the bottom of the cauldron?"

?”

"She is already in the palace. It would be easy for her to break the news to the Supreme Emperor. But she didn't do that. Instead, she secretly gave me this note - guess what's the reason for this?"

"Because of what?"

"Of course it's because, as long as there is some news about this matter later, Concubine Xiande's behavior will be regarded as betrayal by the emperor, and she is determined not to be able to bear the price of betrayal! So she chose to push this matter to me,

Mostly they hope that I can make a difference outside the palace."

Having said this, Jiao Shun shook his head and smiled bitterly. He stretched out his hand to touch Shi Xiangyun's belly again and said, "I am outside the palace, so I naturally have more room to move around than she does, but if there is any disagreement..."

He didn't tell everything, but Shi Xiangyun understood it completely.

Xiangyun, who has been a knight since he was a child, his first thought was that he should seek justice for the Lin family and could not just watch the Lin family be wronged.

However……

The touch on her lower abdomen quickly reminded her that she was no longer alone. She had a husband, parents-in-law, and a child who was about to be born.

If she were just one person, of course she could do whatever she wanted, but...

Besides, from the bottom of her heart, she didn't want her husband to put himself in danger at this time.

But when it came to persuading Jiao Shun to sit back and watch, she couldn't get over the hurdle in her heart.

So I thought about it over and over, and hesitated several times, but in the end I just sighed silently and buried my face deeply in Jiao Shun's arms.

Jiao Shun also sighed and patted her back gently with his backhand, but the sadness on his face quietly disappeared completely.

…………

A few days passed by in a blink of an eye.

Lin Daiyu scooped up a spoonful of lotus seed soup, blew it to cool down, and handed it to Shi Xiangyun's mouth, but Shi Xiangyun just shook his head slightly with a grimace.

"Open your mouth, ah~"

Lin Daiyu had a pretty face and scolded her like a child. Seeing that Shi Xiangyun still refused to open her mouth, she simply tried to pinch her cheeks.

Shi Xiangyun then opened his mouth helplessly, managed to swallow the spoonful of lotus seed soup, then waved his hands and said: "Don't try to feed me any more, I really can't eat anymore."

Seeing her like this, Lin Daiyu frowned and hesitated to speak. Finally, she stood up and said, "Then I'll let them take it back and warm it."

As he said that, he winked at Cuixi.

The two of them went outside one after another, and Lin Daiyu said: "I have seen that her complexion has been getting worse over the past few days, and her appetite has also deteriorated a lot, but she doesn't look like she has morning sickness. Do you want to see a doctor?"

"I've been looking for it for a long time. I've found several people!"
To be continued...