Along the way, Lin Mengya checked several parts of the mansion. Although they had been disarranged, the Lin’s Mansion didn’t suffer great losses.

Within today, the news that she had been relegated to a vice Princess would spread all over the Capital City, and then the Lin’s Mansion would probably fall into a difficult situation.

Lin Mengya had prepared herself for the coming situation, so she was not anxious at the moment.

“Where are Madam Qing and the Second Miss? Have they been taken to the Shangguan’s Mansion?”

Lin Mengya said, while gently flipping through the books on her father’s desk. Since her brother returned to the Capital City, he probably had spent most of his time here.

At the top of the pile of books was a book on the art of war that her brother was halfway through. At this moment, it seemed to be indicating how assiduous her brother had been.

Her brother had concentrated on honing his skills when he was at home. How could he have time to make a fuss about Madam Qing’s trick?

“Yes, Madam Qing and the Second Miss had been taken to the Shangguan’s Mansion three days ago. Madam Qing left in a hurry that day, so she sent some servants back to fetch some things. First Miss, I think maybe we should just let it go.”

Lin Si was old, so he was naturally afraid that the Lin’s Mansion would get into trouble again.

After all, the Shangguan Family was members of the royal family. The elder sister of Madam Qing was the current Empress. If Lin Mengya insisted on pursuing this matter, she probably would be no match for the Shangguan Family.

“Let it go? How could I let it go so easily?”

Lin Mengya had gotten tired of compromising after giving up pursuing what they had done to her again and again in order to maintain the superficial peace of the royal family.

However, seeing her innocent father and brother driven into such a tight corner, she decided she would never let it go this time.

“First Miss, I can understand your resentment against them. Speaking of which, it was strange that day. There came the news from Madam Qing’s courtyard that she was seriously ill, and then the Second Miss tearfully made a fuss over that and asked the Eldest Young Master over. Unexpectedly, soon after that, there came the news that the Eldest Young Master attempted to kill Madam Qing. Moreover, those from Madam Qing’s parents’ family saw it and created an uproar, so the Eldest Young Master was temporarily locked up in the prison of the Capital Yamen. However, all members of our mansion know very well that the Eldest Young Master definitely would not do such a thing.”

Lin Si’s words gave Lin Mengya a rough understanding of what had happened before.

Since Shangguan Qing was grounded, she had claimed to feel uncomfortable.

The Shangguan Family had kept sending some people to visit Shangguan Qing. However, they had been rejected by her and her brother.

The Shangguan Family probably had planned to take advantage of the occasion, where she went to the Huguo Temple, to set up her brother when her brother was unprepared for this.

However, she did not understand why someone as smart as her brother fell into the trap so easily?

“Sir, I got it. I still need to count on you to run things in the mansion. Go back and take a rest earlier. By the way, where are those guarding Madam Qing? Bring them to me, and I’ll question them one by one.”

Lin Mengya sat in the chair and said. Now, she was the only one who could take over the reins.

But Lin Si looked at Lin Mengya in trouble.

“What’s wrong?” Lin Mengya asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Lin Si said, “First Miss, they… followed Madam Qing to her parents’ home and haven’t come back yet.”

She was not very surprised at this.

If it weren’t for their acting from the inside in coordination with the Shangguan Family, the Shangguan Family would not have sent some people here at the right time.

The so-called irrefutable evidence of her brother’s attempt to kill Madam Qing was probably produced by them.

However, they were all servants of the Lin Family, which made their testimonies more convincing.

Nevertheless, they would probably be eliminated like trash in the end.

“Well, I get it. I have to think over it carefully. You can leave now. Baiji, fetch my drug for traumatic injuries and give it to the butler so that he could suffer less.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Si walked out of the study after expressing his great gratitude.

Then Lin Mengya sat quietly in the dim study like a statue.

“Young lady, you don’t have to put yourself in such a difficult situation. If they get in your way, I can kill them to make you feel relieved,” Qinghu said.

He, who had settled into the Lin’s Mansion, saw her feign a tough look the moment he entered the study.

He hid his distress in his heart and talked rascally. However, he was not joking about that, as he considered anyone going hard with her as the most unpardonably wicked person around the world.

“You always resort to violent means. In fact, I was thinking why power could drive people crazy, such as the Shangguan Family, which keeps driving me into a tight corner, and the royal family, which acts so coldly.”

Lin Mengya said and kept staring at the window. She had never been greedy for power in the last and current lives.

Even in this life, she was not quite eager for the throne.

However, she found that everyone around her eventually became prisoners of desire no matter how wise and free-spirited they had been.

Therefore, she didn’t want to find herself stuck in the obsession with power when she suddenly looked back.

It seemed that she had to do something despite her passive attitude.

“Power is addictive. If you want to hold on to what you want, you must try your best to get rid of all obstacles even at the cost of killing others personally,” Qinghu said.

Qinghu, who impressed her with his cruelty, was more perceptive than anyone else.

Lin Mengya was slightly swayed. No matter how cruel and merciless she was, she still had her bottom line.

If one day she really became an unscrupulous person, there would be no difference between her and the Empress.

“I believe that those who do evil will definitely have to pay for their rabid evildoings. Even if I’m in the harshest hell, I can’t become an evil spirit.”

Since the last time she was protected by Master Yunfang’s relic, Lin Mengya was somehow enlightened by the Buddhist doctrines.

Although Qinghu was surprised, he thought she was influenced by the monks in the Huguo Temple.

He shrugged, thinking he was the sharpest knife in her hand.

Therefore, no matter what Lin Mengya anted to do, he would help her regardless of danger.

Nevertheless, if one day Lin Mengya really became a nun and talked about the Buddhist scriptures every day, he would probably run away at once.

While Qinghu was making wild guesses, Lin Mengya had already sorted out her thoughts.

All the things that had happened to her and the Lin Family were traps set by the Shangguan Family, and the Emperor gave them implicit consent to do so.

In this case, she decided to be the key to ruining their plans and make the Shangguan Family and the Emperor pay for what they had done to her so that they could realize that all members of their Lin family were not to be trifled with!

“Act as planned. From tomorrow on, the Lin family will shut the door and decline visits. Hongyu and Baiji are still going to the government office to report the theft in our mansion. Regarding the poor guy found to be killed in the carriage, find a way to get the Shangguan Family involved in his death. Leave some clues that are not obvious but lead to the Shangguan Family,” Lin Mengya said.

Her mind was spinning like a precise instrument when she was thinking seriously.

The Shangguan Family set her up repeatedly, expecting her to make mistakes when a series of things happened to her. Only in this way could they take advantage of the occasion to wipe out the Lin family.

However, they forgot that the Lin family, which was headed by a general, was perceptive and capable of seizing the fleeting opportunity in the chaotic battlefield, let alone in this chaotic situation created by the Shangguan Family.

As such, once the Lins took it seriously, it was hard to say who would be the final winner.

“Well, I’ll send some people to do all these things. I’m just wondering if you will meet someone these days,” Qinghu said.

Qinghu was naturally talking about Long Tianyu, who hadn’t found out that he had become a penniless man.

Lin Mengya glanced at him lightly and said, “No. If he dares to barge in, break his leg.”

She talked peacefully while suppressing her resentment for Long Tianyu.

Although she knew that Long Tianyu was also a victim, since he had such a cold and heartless father, he couldn’t blame her for being unreasonable.

Besides, there was no reasonable woman around the world.

She apologized to Long Tianyu in her heart. If he dared to sneak into her room in the middle of the night, she would teach him a lesson.

Qinghu could not help shivering when he sensed Lin Mengya’s evil thought she hid beneath her calm expression.

Qinghu really sympathized with Long Tianyu, but he deserved it.

Then he turned around and went to set up traps with great enthusiasm. It seemed that he finally had a chance to use some means that he was eager to use even in his dream.

Qinghu, who was eager to get into action, and Lin Mengya, who was composed, seemed to be going to give Long Tianyu an unforgettable experience.

Meanwhile, Long Tianyu, who had no idea of this, was venting his anger on everyone in his sight like a furious monster.

“Get lost! All of you!”

Long Tianyu, who was locked up in the side chamber of the Yuanxi Palace where the Imperial Noble Consort lived, drove away from the palace servants, who brought him food and drink, by shouting at them.

He should have sensed that something was wrong. But because of his trust in his mother, he did not doubt the servant his father sent to ask him to visit his mother, who suddenly felt uncomfortable.

As soon as he arrived at the Yuanxi Palace, he was locked up in the side chamber with a huge lock weighing a few pounds.

Only then did he realize that his mother and father worked together to trick him into this trap.

But why did they do that?

Why on earth did his mother, who had always doted on him, do the thing he hated the most?

After his anger subsided, Long Tianyu, who had gradually calmed down, suddenly remembered something.

Could it have something to do with her?

But he was confused. Lin Mengya had always been favored by his parents. If they did this to him because of her, what exactly had happened?