After refusing marriage, she was pampered by the prince who acted as a shield.

Chapter 67: Framed

Inside the Star-Picking Pavilion, Lin Rusi was practicing calligraphy when she suddenly shuddered, and even the hand holding the pen trembled.

Wanqi stepped forward carrying the inkstone and asked with concern, "Miss, are you alright?"

Lin Rusi put down her brush, stretched her wrists, and said somewhat wearily, "It's alright."

"I've been keeping a close eye on Lin Ruqin lately; I'm worried she might have other plans."

Wanqi nodded, "Don't worry, Miss, I've had Wanxia keep an eye on things."

"We'll find out about any movement she makes very quickly."

Lin Rusi nodded in relief.

She had a premonition that Lin Ruqin, having harmed her repeatedly, would definitely find other ways to deal with her.

She had to be careful at all times, lest she fall into Lin Ruqin's trap.

"Miss."

Wanxia quickly walked to Lin Rusi's side and whispered a few words in her ear.

Lin Rusi slammed down her cup, her brows furrowing deeply. "Is this really true?"

Wanxia nodded, "It's true, I saw it with my own eyes."

Lin Rusi gripped the cup tightly, a hint of anger flashing in her eyes.

"Lin Ruqin really knows how to use any means necessary to achieve her goals!"

"They've actually set their sights on my mother."

"Wanxia, ​​keep an eye on her, and take action when necessary."

Wanxia left in a hurry, and Lin Rusi's face darkened as she began to think of a solution.

Lin Ruqin's method this time is very insidious; if she can't destroy her, she'll destroy Si Yu.

However, she wouldn't let Lin Ruqin succeed!

After drinking the warm tea in her cup in one gulp, Lin Rusi strode towards the Peony Pavilion.

"Mother."

Si Yu was dressed simply and was discussing something with Granny He.

Upon seeing Lin Rusi arrive, she immediately greeted her with a radiant smile, "What brings you here?"

She took Lin Rusi's hand and said with a smile, "I'm going to the temple to pray for blessings. Why don't you come with me?"

After thinking for a moment, Lin Rusi nodded in agreement.

“Mother, I will go with you.”

She changed into a simple outfit and got into the sedan chair with Si Yu.

Halfway there, Lin Rusi asked the coachman to stop.

Si Yu lifted the curtain and looked at Lin Rusi, who jumped down from the sedan chair, with a puzzled expression.

"what happened?"

Lin Rusi gazed at the distant temple, then turned to look into Si Yu's eyes. "Mother, let's go somewhere else."

Si Yu was completely confused. "Why go to other places?"

We're almost there.

Lin Rusi got into the sedan chair and advised, "Daughter, it looks like it's going to rain soon."

"When I returned from praying, the mountain road was all muddy and inconvenient."

"Why don't we go to the nearby Huangshan Temple? It's very effective there."

Si Yu nodded thoughtfully, then gazed at the gloomy sky.

The leaden clouds piled up, almost pressing down.

The sky was clear and blue just a moment ago, how did it suddenly turn gloomy?

Si Yu followed Lin Rusi's advice and went to Huangshan Temple in the south of the city.

Meanwhile, the thugs hiding on the road waited for two or three hours but no one came.

Lin Ruqin waited for news at Nuanchun Pavilion. When the time was almost up, Hongzhi rushed over.

"Miss, let's take the master there now."

Lin Ruqin nodded, "The character."

She strode towards the study, and upon seeing Lin Lezheng, she directly ordered Si Yu and Lin Rusi to leave.

“My sister told my mother that she was going to the temple to pray for blessings, and she didn’t take me with her.”

"However, my daughter felt that things were not that simple."

Lin Le raised an eyebrow, glanced at Lin Ruqin, and asked with a deep expression, "What do you mean by that?"

"Daddy."

Lin Ruqin glanced around in a panic, then lowered her head and walked to Lin Lezheng's side before saying mysteriously, "Your daughter discovered that your mother was having a secret rendezvous with a man when she left!"

"what?"

Lin Ruqin hurriedly knelt on the ground and explained, "Father, I really saw it."

"At the time, my mother was acting suspiciously, so I followed her."

"Unexpectedly, my mother met with a big, burly man."

"Then my mother took my younger sister and left. I was worried that something might happen to my mother and younger sister, so I told my father."

Lin Lezheng's face visibly darkened, and he exuded a stern aura.

"This is outrageous!"

"How dare you meet with other men behind my back!"

He roared, "Take me to catch them in the act!"

Lin Ruqin knelt on the ground, a smile flashing in her eyes.

If everything goes according to plan, Si Yu will definitely be caught in bed with her lover.

All she has to do now is wait and see what happens.

Lin Le was leading Lin Ruqin to the temple that Si Yu frequented when, halfway there, a group of robbers suddenly appeared.

Lin Ruqin gasped in surprise, her face turning deathly pale.

Fortunately, they had enough guards with them, and they executed all the villains on the spot.

Lin Ruqin stepped down from the sedan chair with lingering fear, the air thick with the stench of blood.

She stared blankly at the slumped robbers, recognizing the leader of the group.

Isn't this the thug she arranged to kidnap Si Yu?

Why adjust profits at this time?

Could it be that Si Yu and Lin Rusi didn't come to the temple at all?

wrong.

Si Yu would come to the temple every seven days.

It hasn't changed all these years, so why didn't you come today?

Just as Lin Ruqin was lost in thought, the sound of a carriage came from afar.

Lin Le looked in the direction of the sound and immediately recognized the Lin family's sedan chair.

He strode forward and stopped the sedan chair.

He yanked open the curtain aggressively, only to find no man in sight, just Si Yu and Lin Rusi chatting animatedly.

"Mother, I'm about to marry the prince, please don't say things like that anymore."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Rusi looked at Lin Lezheng standing in front of the sedan chair and was taken aback.

"Father, what are you doing here?"

Lin Le felt like he had a fishbone stuck in his throat, completely at a loss for words.

He awkwardly got off the sedan chair. "It's nothing. I heard that you and your daughter came to the temple to pray for blessings. I thought the weather was gloomy and it was going to rain soon, so I thought I'd come and see for myself."

"I didn't expect to run into a group of thieves on the way, which caused the delay."

Lin Rusi exhaled a breath of stale air, "Father, when you suddenly stopped the sedan chair, it really scared Mother and me to death."

"We changed our route and went to Huangshan Temple because of the bad weather."

"I never expected to run into my father on the way back."

She took Lin Lezheng's arm and looked at the scattered corpses in the distance, and couldn't help but gasp, "Those are the criminals?"

"Yes."

Lin Rusi looked at Lin Ruqin meaningfully, her eyes narrowing slightly, "Luckily, my mother and I changed our route, otherwise we would have run into these thieves."

"My mother and I didn't bring any guards. If we really run into them, it will be a big problem."

She feigned surprise as she noticed Lin Ruqin, blinked, and asked, "Why are you with Father, Sister?"

She looked at Lin Lezheng and asked in confusion, "Father, did you bring my sister with you to pick up Mother and me?"

Lin Lezheng cleared his throat somewhat guiltily, "That's right."