Remarrying Chun Yuan

Chapter 482 Adventure

The princess's angry rebuke struck a chord with Jiang Yunjiao, and she instantly burst into tears.

Her eyes were filled with hatred.

She just regretted that she couldn't compare to him in some way, and she was genuinely dissatisfied!

But she dared not refute it, fearing that the princess would list all the shortcomings that made her completely break down!

"Even if I am not as good as Liu Yuechu, I can still assist Your Highness in ascending the throne." She insisted that this was her last value and opportunity.

The princess sneered and looked at Qin Mushuo, "Is Your Highness sure you want to protect her?"

Although Qin Mushuo didn't like Jiang Yunjiao's words, her last sentence really struck a chord with him. "Go back first. I will explain to the Empress Dowager myself. Also, you should not travel around casually anymore. Follow my arrangements."

The princess turned and left, saying, "I'll be watching with bated breath."

……

It was a false alarm, which left Qin Mushuo in a state of panic. After driving Jiang Yunjiao away, he personally went to see the Right Chancellor to discuss Jiang Yunjiao's proposal and to start with the recommendations of civil officials.

The Right Chancellor also thought this method was acceptable, but after discussing it for a while, he could only summon the court officials to the palace to discuss it, using both soft and hard tactics. Otherwise, once these literati were bound by their integrity, they would really be a bunch of tough guys.

When Grand Scholar Lin heard a noise at the door and the Golden Feather Guard entered, he simply smiled and said, "They've finally come."

Seeing her father about to be taken away, Lin Mengjun rushed forward anxiously, asking, "Where are you taking my father?"

"His Highness the Crown Prince summons you."

"The Eastern Palace has long been abolished, so where did this Crown Prince come from!"

"presumptuous!"

"Don't say any more." Grand Scholar Lin didn't want his son to be taken away directly, as it would make things difficult to negotiate. "It's just a chat, nothing serious."

“Father…” Lin Mengjun naturally understood that once he left, he didn’t know when he would be able to return. He never dreamed that this day would come.

"Do as you wish, don't worry about me." With these words, Grand Scholar Lin turned and left with the Golden Feather Guard, without even looking back.

Lin Mengjun let out a hiss and saw Grand Scholar Lin off until he was out of sight.

Just as he was about to leave, he saw Li Chengyue rushing over. "Your father was also taken away?" He had just jumped over the wall from his house, otherwise the gate would have been chained shut by the Golden Feather Guards.

Lin Mengjun was startled and quickly pulled him in, "How did you get out here..." He saw that Li Chengyue was covered in dirt and mud, and realized that it was a pointless question.

"The odds are against us." Lin Mengjun only said four words, "But my father had long anticipated this day. Qin Mushuo dared not start with the military generals, so he could only target the civil officials. The first to be hit were the scholars, and my father was the first to be hit." He told all of Lin Daxue's deductions when he was still at home.

Li Cheng grew angrier as he listened, feeling as if his chest was about to explode with rage. "With such a treacherous villain in power, the Great Qi is utterly ruined!"

"Did Grand Secretary Lin give any instructions on how to proceed?" Li Chengyue asked specifically, knowing that Grand Secretary Lin was more astute.

Lin Mengjun said, "One word: delay... but how to delay? I haven't thought of anything yet. Did Vice Minister Li say anything?" He naturally wanted to ask Li Chengyue, after all, Vice Minister Li's mind was much more active than his father's.

"My father's idea is, could you rally the students to jointly resist Qin Mushuo's ascension to the throne?"

Li Chengyue directly relayed Vice Minister Li's prediction: "My father and Grand Secretary Lin both think the same way, which is to stall. But that bastard Qin Mushuo is tying up the court officials one by one and forcing them to come to the palace. These old men, who are powerless to even kill a chicken, have no power to resist except to die to prove their loyalty."

"Therefore, outnumbered, as long as there are enough intellectuals resisting, this matter cannot succeed, at least not for a short time."

"But this will come at a great cost, and there may be casualties."

……

The word people fear most is death.

This is why many people swallow their anger; after all, no one wants to risk their life just to resist Qin Mushuo.

"Perhaps we should ask Elder Zhuang to intervene. If he does, the matter will be mostly settled." Lin Mengjun immediately thought of this elder.

"It's no use. Qin Mushuo had already sent the Golden Feather Guards to seal him and the Imperial Academy. They didn't even have a chance to speak."

"Right now, you are the only one with any say. Everyone else has been detained."

Li Chengyue had already gone there, and only came to find Lin Mengjun out of necessity.

Lin Mengjun let out a hiss and launched into another tirade of angry curses at Qin Mushuo.

"I'll do it. I'm willing to risk my life to hold them off until they all come back," Lin Mengjun said with unusual determination.

Li Chengyue patted him on the shoulder, "Then it's up to you."

"So what does Brother Li plan to do? Is there anything I can do to help?" Lin Mengjun's official career was unsuccessful and his marriage was undecided, but everyone still recognized his character. Apart from being a bit pedantic, he was a truly good person.

Li Chengyue didn't hide anything from him, "I'm trying to find a way to sneak into the palace and find out what's going on. I know nothing about what's happening in the palace right now."

"They were all heavily surrounded by the Golden Feather Guards!"

"There's always a way to get in." Li Chengyue didn't say anything more, afraid that the Golden Feather Guards would come to keep an eye on things again. "I'm leaving now, things are up to you!"

Lin Mengjun watched him fly onto the roof and disappear in the blink of an eye, and could only lament why he didn't have such good skills.

But this was just a fleeting regret; he soon began heading to various academies to secretly persuade the scholars and officials.

Li Chengyue was busy all day before going home.

After returning home, he began looking for night clothes and even went to Madam Li's room to get rouge so that he could apply dark colors to the white areas.

Lady Li was sobbing uncontrollably. Ever since she heard from Minister Li after he was summoned to the palace, her heart had been broken.

"Son, what are you doing? We don't know how your father is doing. You can't keep taking risks like this!"

When she saw what Li Chengyue had found, she knew something was wrong. She no longer had a husband to rely on, and she didn't want Li Chengyue to lose his life too!

"It's nothing, I was just going to gather some information." Li Chengyue casually slipped a knife into his boot, his demeanor anything but as nonchalant as he made it sound.

Li Shu was startled. Seeing her brother's attire, how could she not know that he was planning to sneak into the palace?

"You're going to enter the palace, aren't you? Or do you intend to directly snatch Liu Yuechu's two children?"

"Brother, that's her child. She hasn't even returned to negotiate with the palace yet. Why are you taking such a risk? The Golden Feather Guards have already surrounded the palace completely. If you go there, you might lose your life!"