The room was in a mess.
"Your Highness, I am sorry for being late in coming to your rescue!"
Lin Jiangnian was still in shock. He glanced at the mess in the room and then glanced at the guard who was kneeling in front of him.
Lin Kong!
Lin Jiangnian's eyes gradually turned cold.
Xu Lan was right. The person who secretly protected Prince Lin and was also monitoring him was indeed Lin Kong.
And just now, he almost harmed Lin Jiangnian!
"Forgive me?"
Lin Jiangnian looked at him expressionlessly, a hint of anger in his tone: "This prince almost died at the hands of that assassin just now, did you know?"
Lin Kong knelt on one knee, lowered his head and said in a deep voice: "It is my fault that I came to your rescue too late and disturbed Your Highness. Please punish me..."
"I'm afraid it's not that the rescue is too late, but that you don't want to rescue me?" Lin Jiangnian sneered.
Lin Kong lowered his head, his pupils suddenly shrinking.
"You could have stopped the assassin the first time, why didn't you do it?"
Lin Jiangnian stared at him coldly: "Or do you want to watch this prince get hit by that assassin and die at her hands?"
Hearing this, Lin Kong's expression suddenly changed: "I absolutely do not have such an idea."
"So, it was me who wronged you?"
Lin Jiangnian sneered repeatedly.
He dared to meet the courtesan alone, so he knew that Lin Kong was hiding in the dark. He was the commander of the guards of Prince Lin and was also responsible for protecting Lin Jiangnian.
Lin Jiangnian dared to confront the female assassin openly just now because he knew that he was in the dark and could take action at any time.
But Lin Jiangnian still didn't expect that Lin Kong would dare to play this trick on him?
If Lin Jiangnian hadn't been instinctively alert, he would have been hit by that palm just now!
Even if he doesn't die, his injuries will be serious.
However, this good guard and good commander of his did not take action immediately!
What does he want to do? !
"I dare not!"
At this moment, Lin Kong still lowered his head and spoke in a deep voice.
Lin Jiangnian looked at him coldly. From the first day he arrived at the Prince Lin's Mansion, he knew that the guard in front of him probably would not listen to the orders of him, the Prince Lin.
It's even hard to say who he really is.
And who instructed him to do this today?
Kite?
Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes.
Could it be that she wants to die?
Feeling a little frightened, Lin Jiangnian retracted his gaze and glanced at him coldly: "This prince will remember what happened today for now."
"I'll settle this account with you later!"
Lin Kong remained kneeling, his head bowed. “Thank you, Your Highness.”
At this moment, a figure rushed in from outside the door.
Xu Lan ran into the room and saw the mess outside. She subconsciously looked at Lin Jiangnian: "How is it? Are you okay? Where is he?"
"Where's the assassin?"
"It's okay, run away!"
Lin Jiangnian said lightly.
"That……"
Xu Lan was about to ask something, but saw Lin Kong kneeling beside him. He was stunned and suddenly noticed that Lin Jiangnian's face looked unhappy.
His face was ashen and gloomy, and he seemed very angry.
"What’s wrong with you?"
Xu Lan asked subconsciously in a low voice.
Lin Jiangnian didn't say anything. At this moment, footsteps were heard outside the door. Then, a guard walked in, holding a man.
"Your Highness, Yingfeng Garden has been seized and sealed off. This is the madam of Yingfeng Garden!"
The guards threw a middle-aged woman to the ground.
"Your Highness, please spare me, Your Highness, please spare me!"
The madam was frightened and trembling. She quickly knelt before Lin Jiangnian and kowtowed repeatedly: "I, I really don't know where the assassin came from... Your Highness, please be discerning!"
Lin Jiangnian looked at her expressionlessly: "This assassin is the most beautiful woman in your Yingfeng Garden, and you say you don't know him?"
"Yes, it's Lu'er?"
The madam was stunned: "This, this is impossible... Lu'er, how, how could it be an assassin?"
The madam was about to explain something when she heard someone say, "Your Highness, we found an unconscious woman in the next room..."
Lin Jiangnian looked up and saw a disheveled woman wearing only underwear and unconscious.
"Lure?"
Seeing this, the madam quickly opened her eyes wide.
Is she Su Lu?
Lin Jiangnian frowned, then relaxed.
It seems that the female assassin knocked out the courtesan Su Lu, pretended to be the courtesan and invited Lin Jiang with the intention of assassinating him?
However, we cannot completely rule out the suspicion that Yingfengyuan directed and acted this out on its own.
"Your Highness, how should we deal with them?"
At this point, the guard stepped forward and spoke respectfully. He glanced at Lin Kong, who was kneeling on one knee, and was startled.
What's going on?
"Take them all back!"
Lin Jiangnian took a quick look and said, "Check to see if they are colluding with the assassins!"
"yes."
“…”
On the carriage back to Prince Lin’s Mansion.
When Xu Lan learned what happened in the room, she suddenly realized: "You said Lin Kong deliberately didn't take action immediately because he wanted to kill you?"
Lin Jiangnian nodded and said in a deep voice: "This possibility cannot be ruled out!"
But Xu Lan frowned in confusion, "That shouldn't be the case! Lin Kong is loyal to the Lin Palace. He was adopted by Uncle Lin many years ago, so he's half his adopted son. There's no reason for him to harm you, right?"
Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes: "What if it was the people behind him who ordered it?"
"You mean...Kite?"
Xu Lan was startled, then shook her head: "That's even more impossible. Zhiyuan was adopted by Princess Lin and raised by Princess Lin's sister. She would never harm Princess Lin's child."
Lin Jiangnian glanced at her and said, "Even you can harm Prince Lin, why can't she?"
Xu Lan turned her head and snorted softly: "My thing is different..."
Lin Jiangnian narrowed his eyes. "If it wasn't her order, why would Lin Kong dare to do this? Or is it that Lin Kong wanted to intimidate me?"
Guessing something, Lin Jiangnian sneered, "It's so frustrating to be the Prince of Lin!"
"You are fake!" Xu Lan curled her lips.
"Who says what's fake can't become real?"
Lin Jiangnian said lightly.
Looking at Lin Jiangnian's somewhat meaningful smile, Xu Lan's heart skipped a beat.
"You, what do you want to do?"
"Of course I do what I have to do."
Lin Jiangnian said calmly.
When he first arrived at the Prince Lin's Mansion, he was worried about exposing his identity, so he was always cautious and pretended to be walking on thin ice.
Now that he is familiar with his identity and has gradually gotten into the role, he can finally try to do some of the things he wants to do.
And what happened today was the opportunity that Lin Jiangnian had been waiting for!
Although dangerous!
But it also came at the right time!
…
Inside the Prince Lin’s Mansion.
forecourt.
“Plop!”
Lin Kong knelt on the ground, his face grim and cold sweat pouring down.
Not far in front of him stood a cold figure.
Just standing there gave Lin Kong an extremely oppressive feeling, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
"Lin Kong, you are so brave!"
Those cold eyes scanned him, and her voice was gloomy and cold: "I ordered you to protect His Highness, and you are so derelict in your duty?"
Lin Kong's back was covered in cold sweat, and his voice was faintly trembling: "Subordinate, subordinate acknowledges the crime..."
The kite stood still, enveloped in a cold and gloomy aura.
"If Your Highness makes even the slightest mistake, you won't have enough heads to chop off even if you have a hundred!"
"You disappoint me so much!"
Lin Kong's face was pale, he lowered his head and said nothing.
He wanted to explain, but in the end he said nothing.
Zhiyuan stared at her coldly for a long time before slowly retracting his icy gaze. "In consideration of your many years of service to the palace, I will temporarily spare your death sentence. From today on, you will be demoted to an ordinary guard and given a hundred strokes of the cane. Please reflect on your actions!"
Lin Kong lowered his head, his face pale: "Yes."
He slowly stood up and turned to leave.
At this moment, Zhiyuan's cold voice came from behind: "Don't think I don't know what you are thinking?"
Lin Kong's heart skipped a beat and he was stunned.
"His Highness will always be His Highness. He is our master, you and I, and the future master of this Linwang Mansion!"
Zhiyuan gave him a cold glance and said, "I don't want this to happen again!"
Lin Kong's mind went blank, and he felt as if his thoughts had been discovered, and he felt deflated.
"yes."
He lowered his head and turned away.
The kite stood there for a long time before realizing something and turning around.
At the end of the corridor not far away, a figure was leaning quietly against the door, looking at her with interest.
"Tsk, I didn't realize you were so protective of this prince?"
Zhiyuan took a look, then looked away and slowly said, "Your Highness."
Lin Jiangnian walked into the yard and came up to her.
Looking at the cold maid in front of him, he seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly moved closer to her, staring at her fair and cold face, raising his eyebrows.
"You just said..."
"I am your master?"
"Did I hear correctly?"
“…”
Today's second update is in advance