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Tang Lin stretched out her hand, with a sincere smile at the corner of her mouth. "To our fate, let's formally meet again, my name is Tang Lin, nice to meet you?"
"Yu Sheng Jun? Yu Sheng Jun also stretched out his hand, saying refreshingly. It was meant to shake hands with him, but he grabbed her palm and held it tightly, just like a handshake between brothers."
Tang Lin didn't correct the handshake, and after withdrawing her hand, she was a bit puzzled. "Are you surnamed Yu, as in the imperial guard's Yu, or are you melancholy Yu? The register at the wine pavilion listed a surname of Yu."
His Majesty looked at her eyes steadily, gritted his teeth and reported a fake surname, "Worry".
There were two reasons why he didn't want her to know his true identity: Firstly, he was afraid that if she knew he was the Emperor, she might choose to leave him because of his harem; Secondly, he wanted to win her love as an ordinary person.
"Your name, sounds... nice. Tang Lin thought it was true, no, she didn't suspect at all. Even if Yu Sheng Jun told her his real name, she wouldn't associate him with the Emperor of Yu Xin Dynasty, simply because she still doesn't understand this dynasty and hasn't even inquired about who its emperor is."
His Majesty smiled faintly and said, "Thank you for your praise."
At this time, a servant from the Zhu's residence came out and said to the Emperor: "Our master has invited you, please follow me into the mansion."
Go. The Holy Lord gave Tang Lin a look, indicating for her to go in.
Two people followed the servant of the Zhu family and entered the Zhu residence.
The Grand Hall of Zhu's Mansion.
After Zhu's servants brought Tang Lin and Yu Sheng Jun into the main hall, they said: "Please wait for a moment, our master will come over soon, please wait here for a while?"
Tang Lin politely said: "Thank you."
"No need to be polite, miss," he said, and with that, the servant withdrew.
Before long, the maid brought in tea.
In the high hall, several landscape paintings were hung, depicting majestic and vivid scenery. Tang Lin was quite appreciative of these ancient artifacts at first sight.
The noble gentleman didn't have the elegant interest to appreciate landscape paintings, but he was leisurely and casual, already treating himself as a guest sitting down, just about to pick up the fragrant tea on the table to drink.
At this time, Zhu Shangshu stepped out of the great hall door and looked at Tang Lin's back against the door, then his gaze fell on Yu Shengjun sitting aside.
When facing the Emperor's gaze, Zhu Shangshu immediately lowered his head to show his respect as a subject, but in fact, he was afraid of looking into the Emperor's eyes.
The Holy Lord put down his teacup and stood up. When Zhu Shangshu looked up at him again, he gave Zhu Shangshu a meaningful glance.
Zhu Shangshu understood the implication and knew that the Emperor wanted him to continue keeping his identity a secret.
After understanding the meaning of the Holy Lord in his heart, Zhu Shangshu straightened his waist, coughed twice solemnly to inform Tang Lin of his presence, and then walked into the door calmly.
Tang Lin heard the sound and turned around, seeing Zhu Shangshu, an elderly man who had gone up in years. He immediately stood up straight, with a polite and friendly smile on his face. Presumably, this old man in front of him was indeed Zhu Shangshu, who truly had the demeanor of a high-ranking official, being neither arrogant nor humble, but rather stern and solemn.
Zhu Shangshu walked up to the two of them, a questioning look on his face, "Who are you two?"
"Master Zhu, hello, I'm Tang Lin. Tang Lin spoke politely and introduced himself before stating his intention, "It's like this, both of us are colleagues at the Jun Die Xuan wine house, we heard that our boss has encountered some trouble, so we came to find you."
"Oh? Secretary Zhu suddenly realized, "You're here about the stolen infant case?"
Tang Lin immediately clarified, "Sir, our family is not a group of baby thieves."
Zhu Shangshu walked over to the Taishi chair and sat down, speaking in his usual tone, "In the past two days, several infants have been stolen. Last night, the Imperial City patrol troops personally saw the appearance of the infant thief, and pursued him. In the end, they found several stolen infants at the Lu residence, and also found the night clothes worn by the thief in the room of Lu Baiwan. How can this be explained?"
"What did our host say at that time?" Tang Lin asked.
Zhu said, "What else can be said besides shouting grievances? Aren't all prisoners like this? The baby-stealing case is a big case, so it was transferred to the official for handling. If the evidence is solid, Lu Baiwan will surely die."
"Your Majesty, has the sentence been passed?"
"This is not possible. Secretary Zhu shook his head and said, "But the trial will start tomorrow, if the evidence is conclusive, your master will be sentenced to death after autumn."
Tang Lin's heart skipped a beat and she felt a little flustered, "The trial starts tomorrow...?
She knew well that this was not a drill or an act, and once they went all out, Lu Baiwan would undoubtedly be dead.
When she first arrived, unfamiliar with the place, apart from Old Man Liu giving her sweet potatoes to eat and silver to stay in an inn, truly sympathizing with her being in a strange land, there was also Lu Baiwan taking care of her everywhere, entrusting his wine shop to her management, giving her a way to survive.
No matter what, she must repay her benefactor's kindness, and she cannot let her benefactor get into trouble.
The current priority is to find evidence to prove that Lu Baiwan is innocent and cannot delay any further. Every day the Butterfly Pavilion is closed, it suffers heavy losses, so it must be reopened as soon as possible.
"Tang Lin, what's wrong? Tang Lin's eyes were staring at a place, her expression dazed, and Yu Sheng Jun's heart was worried, calling out softly."
