Chapter Twenty-Eight: Father-Daughter Showdown
The low stool is not short, Lin Wan sits just right, a bit like the desk and chair she sat on when she went to school. Lin Wan didn't speak, and he didn't drink tea.
Lin Zhihuai saw that his daughter seemed to be a little resentful of herself, but she knew it in her heart, and it was inconvenient to teach her daughter a lesson.
The topic still started with Zhao Liniang, Lin Zhihuai said softly: "Wan'er, don't be too sad, your mother has been sick for many years, and she has also found a lot of doctors, but her condition has not improved, we have tried our best." Your mother is also very lucky to have such a filial daughter as you. In the future, your father will pay more attention to you, and you can come directly to your father if you have any needs. β
Lin Wan was impatient to listen to his hypocritical words, frowned and said, "Is there something wrong with the father looking for his daughter?"
Lin Zhihuai was speechless for a while, unhappy in his heart, took a sip of tea, and then said, "Wan'er, did your mother give you anything important?"
Lin Wan smiled slightly, revealing her daughter's coquettish attitude, thought for a while, and asked, "Mother gave her daughter a lot of things, but I don't know what father means?"
Lin Wan looked naΓ―ve and cute, but she didn't bother to hide it, of course Lin Zhihuai saw that she was acting, but the atmosphere was still much easier, and he was easier to speak, showing a loving smile and said: "Wan'er, your mother was friendly with Concubine Chen back then, and before Concubine Chen died, your mother was the only foreign woman who entered the palace to see her. The emperor is looking for something, and there is no one in the palace, so if that thing is taken out of the palace, it can only be in your mother's hands, but your mother has always refused to take it out. My father is also very embarrassed, and the emperor's order is difficult to disobey. He sighed as he spoke, looking helpless.
Lin Wan thought to herself, I see. Lin Wan raised her head, looked directly at Lin Zhihuai, and asked suspiciously, "Does Father know what that thing is?"
Lin Zhihuai saw that his daughter's expression was natural, and her words did not flicker, thinking that there was a play, and hurriedly said: "Father has never seen what it looks like, only knows that it is a talisman and a drawing, has Wan'er seen it?"
"Father, did mother say that it was in her hands?" Lin Wan asked coldly.
"Your mother said that Concubine Chen didn't give her anything. Lin Zhihuai shook his head and said.
Lin Wan's face was sad, and he said hatefully: "Father, are you going to put to death the wife who gave birth to children for you for the sake of a suspicion of the emperor?"
Lin Zhihuai flicked his sleeves, swept off the teacup in front of him, and scolded: "Nonsense! How can you say that about your father? Your mother is sick of the heart, how can you say that she is harming her father?"
Qingtong outside the door was vigilant and prepared to break in.
Lin Wan didn't panic, snorted coldly, and said: "It doesn't matter if my father did it himself, the important thing is that if my mother didn't think about the old relationship with my father and your children, would it be necessary for her to stay here and suffer this crime?" In the end, she couldn't even save her life...... Lin Wan stared at Lin Zhihuai's eyes and caught a flash of grief in her eyes. Lin Wan frowned, and tears fell.
Lin Zhihuai was speechless, feeling that this daughter knew everything. And it is useless to know everything, and to say anything yourself.
Lin Wan continued: "The past is over, you are my father after all." Mother has half a year left at most, I hope you don't force her again, no one can say anything about the royal family, whether the mother knows it or not. On the emperor's side, you said that your mother really didn't know, and now she is bedridden and delirious. β
Lin Zhihuai was puzzled: "My father entered the palace today, and I already said this, but the emperor didn't believe it, and thought that your mother would leave things to you, so my father came to ask you at this moment." β
Lin Wan smiled, her voice was sweet, and she said: "Father, the daughter already hates her father because of her mother's affairs, the daughter doesn't know anything, and she has a big quarrel with her father, and she doesn't want to see her father again, the father locked his daughter in the Autumn Garden and grounded her for three months, and her grandmother and father also sent someone to say that I can't go sooner or later." β
"You ......" Lin Zhihuai was angry, he didn't know what to say, and he felt that he was led away by his daughter.
Lin Wan said: "Father, the emperor is a suspicious person, he can't trust his favorite concubines and children, he has always been ruthless, even if we really hand over what he wants, will he let us go?"
Lin Wan saw that Lin Zhihuai was a little moved, and then said: "The Feng family and the Zhao family are loyal, what is the fate now? Even if you don't have two hearts, can the emperor believe it? Are you afraid that the emperor will suspect you, and draw a line with the Zhao family and your mother, will the emperor believe you? He just wants to use you and get what he wants, what if he gets that thing?"
Lin Zhihuai hesitated: "The emperor said that as long as you hand over those two things, you will be the future queen, and the Lin family will ......."
Lin Wan interrupted him and said firmly: "Father, the emperor can't even determine which prince will succeed to the throne in the future, can you be sure that I am the queen? Although the most promising thing now is the crown prince, Wan'er thinks that it may not be! Moreover, the prince and the current emperor are the same person, father, can you believe it?"
The more Lin Zhihuai listened, the more he couldn't believe that this was his daughter, and looked at her fixedly, speechless for a while.
Lin Wan took another dose of fierce medicine and said: "Father, you are now in a high position, you don't have to take any more risks, just keep your current position, it doesn't matter if you can't keep it, there is always a life." If you insist on going your own way, killing your mother, and betraying your daughter, don't blame me for not thinking about the relationship between father and daughter. Even if your daughter becomes the queen in the future, don't think about being the ruler of the country, you will only have one more powerful enemy. β
Lin Zhihuai glared angrily and scolded: "You are presumptuous!"
Lin Wan was not afraid, and continued: "Father, although you are not only my daughter, but those are not Liu Fangyao's opponents, let alone me. Then, Lin Wan changed his arrogant attitude and said sincerely: "Father, you are the father of me and my brother after all, you will be glad to have a son like my brother, and my daughter, we don't ask for your help, we just hope you don't push us too far and make us hate you." You just have to wait for your two children to become strong and we will be your pride and your dependence. β
Lin Zhihuai was completely moved, when he entered the palace to see the emperor today, the emperor was furious, if it wasn't for the need to come back to continue to do things for him, he would have been sent down by the emperor. He knew very well in his heart that Wan'er was right, the emperor was unreliable.
"But Wan'er, you and your brother really don't hate your father?" Lin Zhihuai said tentatively.
Lin Wan shook his head and said seriously: "Father, although you did something wrong before, you were also forced by the emperor. As long as you don't do anything sorry for us and the Zhao family in the future, we won't blame you, and neither will my brother, you believe me!"
Lin Zhihuai nodded, suddenly feeling old. Although the daughter in front of her is fledgling, she has already shown a strength that cannot be ignored, she has been completely convinced, and she has no other choice but to help her.
Lin Wan picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it hard, and said loudly: "I'd rather be grounded for the rest of my life than see a ruthless and unrighteous father like you again!" Then, he smiled at Lin Zhihuai and said silently with his mouth: "Father, please think twice!"
Lin Zhihuai nodded, looking at his daughter's distant back, as if he saw Zhao Liniang, who was playful when she was young, thinking that Zhao Liniang would die soon, and couldn't help but have slightly red eyes.