Chapter 59: Suicide
It was already evening when Lin Long returned to the Lin Mansion, Lilac got out of the car, handed over a piece of silver to the newly found coachman in the West Market, and thanked him: "Thank you for your help." β
The coachman was honest and honest, seeing this, his dark cheeks revealed a little surprise, and he scratched his head embarrassedly: "How can I ask for the little lady's money, it is my honor to give the future princess a car, hehe, the prince is a big hero, and the princess is also a heroine among women." β
Lin Long showed his hand in the West Market and instantly convinced the people, only such a heroic woman, beauty and force coexist is worthy of the world.
After sending off the coachman, Lin Long and Lilac entered the mansion, and Mama Liu had already hired another carriage to go to the Qin Palace.
Lin Long went back to the room first to change his clothes, Lin Shuo was a good dog's nose, smelling the bloody smell on Lin Long's body, he followed her like a fart: "Lady, what's wrong with Lady?" β
Lilac pulled Lin Shuo's sleeve and whispered: "I'll talk about it later, you go to serve the lady to bathe and change clothes first, and I'll go out." β
"Where are you going?" Lin Shuo was nervous, she couldn't be by her mother's side today, she was always absent-minded, worried that something would happen. Now the bloody gas on the lady's body confirms her worries even more.
"It's okay, I'll go to the old lady's yard." She had to go over and explain the cause and effect of the matter first, so that the Lin family could prepare.
Hot water was quickly sent from the kitchen, and Taozhi served Lin Long to undress, and when he saw a few drops of blood splashed on the corner of the skirt of the dress, his eyelids jumped.
She looked at Lin Long worriedly, "Lady......" stopped talking.
Seeing that Lin Shuo and Taozhi were all looking at him, Lin Long had no choice but to say, "Later, Lilac will come back and let her tell you." β
The coat faded, Lin Long didn't like to be too close, and Lin Shuo and Taozhi retreated to the other side of the screen with interest.
Stepping into the bathtub and soaking in the warm water, Lin Long's tense nerves were completely relaxed. She hadn't used force for a long time, and the whips she had just thrown were a little handy, but fortunately, her internal strength was strong, and the effect was good.
Lin Long washed away the blood marks on the back of his hand, and a pair of slender plain hands as long as white jade loomed in the water, and in the rippling blue waves, it could be seen that the knuckles were round and the nails were pink.
It's a pity that the thin calluses on the fingertips spoil some of the beauty.
Lin Long poked the thin cocoon on her other hand with her outstretched fingertips, and there was a rare trace of curiosity in her heart, in her previous life, she had no calluses on her hands. Because of the space spiritual spring, her skin around her body is as white as jade, warm and fair, and there is no flaw on her body.
This life is different.
It's still beautiful, but it seems to have popularity, and there are thin cocoons in your hands.
Lin Long was bathing here, and Lilac over there had already told Mrs. Lin everything about what had happened.
Old Madam Lin's heart could hear the ups and downs, surging and undulating, the stimulation was too great, and she almost fainted. The eldest lady Qu's eyes widened even more, and she was so shocked that she couldn't even speak.
Only Zhou's sanity was still there, and he was skeptical: "Sanniang knows martial arts? β
Zhou's is really unimaginable that a little lady raised in the deep boudoir actually made a good whip with one hand, and I heard that she had a leg disease before and was not good at walking.
How could a woman who couldn't even walk be martial, anyway, Zhou didn't believe it.
Lilac God annoys people like Zhou, they are arrogant and conceited, and if they can't do it themselves, they think that everyone can't do it.
Hmph, what is martial arts, her lady can also organize, can embroider, just throw out an embroidery can blind your dog's eyes.
Ding Xiang did not directly answer Zhou's words, but said: "There are many onlookers in the West Market, and the maid doesn't dare to lie." β
Old Madam Lin glanced at the Zhou family gloomily, dissatisfied in her heart, who would have the courage to lie in such a major matter of human life? And now is not the time to investigate whether Sanniang will do martial arts, the key is to calm down the matter, not only to keep Sanniang's reputation, marry into Qin and the palace, but also to suppress the anger of the king of Nanchang.
With a deep groan in her heart, a gleam flashed in Old Madam Lin's cloudy eyes.
"Qu stays, and everyone else retreats."
As soon as he heard this, Zhou knew that this was to exclude himself, why, she was also a daughter-in-law, how could everyone be in front of her and participate in important decisions.
No, she is also the master of this family, and she is indispensable in major decisions.
Zhou's is a strong character, bullying the soft and afraid of the hard, usually she is unwilling to touch this kind of disaster, but she herself is unwilling, and others do not allow her to interfere is two different things.
Mrs. Lin Si and a few little ladies and maids retreated obediently, and only Zhou sat still.
Seeing this, Mrs. Lin's eyes narrowed, and she couldn't wait to pick up the stool and smash her, when did it be, but she still had the heart to compete. If something happens to Lin San, the entire Lin family should not think about it.
With a sister whose chastity has been impaired, can the other daughters of the Lin family stay out of it?
Two daughters-in-law, one is short-sighted, one is competitive and doesn't know the general situation, and none of them are good.
Instead, it is the third daughter-in-law...... Mrs. Lin thought of her daughter-in-law who was far away in Qi County, and sighed in her heart, if she could teach a decisive daughter like Lin San, she must be a smart person.
Thinking of the third daughter-in-law and the third son, Mrs. Lin inevitably thought of Wen Yuan, the girl who had been quietly by her side.
When she was pregnant, she had long thought about giving Wen Yuan to Lang Jun to open her face. This girl is her duty, the color is not bad, and the most important thing is that she has no scheming, put her by Lang Jun's side, and the old lady can rest assured.
It's just that at that time, she had morning sickness and couldn't lift her spirits to say this for a while, but she couldn't think of climbing out of bed after a few days.
Alas!
When the old lady was angry about this matter, she almost lost her baby, and it was not Lang Jun who was angry, but Wen Yuan's betrayal. Of the girls around her, she trusted Wen Yuan the most, and she never thought that she would have two hearts and betray herself.
Wen Yuan's betrayal was tantamount to a stab in her heart, which was why the old lady couldn't tolerate Wen Yuan and wanted to take her away.
At this time, Mrs. Lin was also reluctant to deal with the Zhou family, and when the maid and mother-in-law retreated, she looked at her coldly, with a stern expression: "My mother's words don't work, right, you go and call Erlang, come over to see what kind of daughter-in-law he married, don't you ask you to serve yourself, don't you even have respect and filial piety on your face?" β
This is strict, disobedient to the parents is one of the seven, just by virtue of the old lady's words, people divorced her, and Erlangjun didn't dare to persuade her.
The old lady is kind, not as harsh as other mothers-in-law, the Zhou family has done a lot of foolish things over the years, the old lady has turned big things into small things, just briefly mentioned her a few words, and never lost her face in front of others.
This made Zhou more and more bold, but the basis of her recklessness was the pampering of the old lady, and now the old lady was stern and did not allow her to be presumptuous, and Zhou suddenly panicked.
The character of bullying the soft and afraid of the hard came up, and she regretted it when she arrived, and she should no longer disobey the old lady's orders.
"Mother......" Zhou walked to the old lady on his knees, wiping his tears and mourning, "Mother spared me this time, but I was ignorant and didn't dare anymore." β
Old Madam Lin didn't have time to take care of her, so she waved her hand when she heard the words: "Go down, go back to the yard and reflect, don't go out for half a month." β
This punishment is acceptable, Zhou kowtowed twice gratefully, and then retreated like the wind, not daring to stay for a moment.
When Lin Long came over, he was running into Zhou who flew out like a whirlwind, and when he saw Lin Long, Zhou glanced at her fiercely and turned to leave.
Lin Shuo stood behind Lin Long, glaring angrily, how could there be a disgusting and ignorant woman like Zhou, she was simply crazy.
"Ignore her." Lin Long turned his head and told Lin Shuo, "It's just a mad dog, if you provoke you, it's not worth it to be angry with her." β
Coming to the old lady's courtyard, Lin Long changed into a cherry blossom pink skirt, with a shawl hanging between his arms, and his hair was slightly scattered because he was wet, without powder, like a little flower fairy who suddenly broke into the world.
Pink and tender one.
After Mrs. Lin listened to Lilac's words, she kept discussing with the Qu family, and sent someone to send a letter to the Lin family's eldest Langjun and Erlangjun, both of whom looked worried.
Old Madam Lin thought that Lin Long should also be aggrieved and angry, even if he cried bitterly without being aggrieved, he should not be the calm and breezy appearance he is now, and even put a lot of effort into dressing himself up.
Seeing this, the old lady didn't know what to say, but sighed, the newborn calf is not afraid of tigers.
"Sanniang come here." The old lady greeted Lin Long, and for the juniors, the old lady was kind and amiable most of the time.
Lin Long walked over and sat beside the old lady.
Qu on the other side glanced at Lin Long with strange eyes, his eyes wandered between her hair and clothes, and his tone was inexplicable: "You also washed your hair?" β
The heart is really big, the average little lady encounters this kind of thing, she is afraid of death, she is good, no one is the same.
"Sanniang will tell her grandmother about today's events." The old lady wanted to know the specific plot, and she also wanted to know what Lin Long thought in her heart.
The old lady and Qu's eyes fell on Lin Long in unison, and they waited carefully with their ears open.
As a result, Lin Long tilted his head and looked at Lilac: "Didn't you tell the old lady?" β
"It has been reported according to the truth." Lilac lowered her eyes.
Hearing this, Lin Long turned his head back with a deferential attitude: "As Lilac said." β
"......" Old Madam Lin and Qu Shi were dumbfounded.
After relieving for a while, Old Madam Lin coughed lightly and summoned Qu back to his senses. She looked at Lin Long lovingly: "Sanniang, don't be afraid, your grandmother will make the decision for you in this matter." β
"My granddaughter knows."
"Don't be afraid, and don't think about it."
"I'm not afraid."
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Well, the belly talk that I prepared with Qu before was useless.
After another moment, Qu's eyes flickered, his gaze wandered over Lilac and Lin Shuo, and he glanced at Lin Long several times, and his tone was supportive.
She twisted the handkerchief, glanced at the old lady quietly, and finally gritted her teeth and said, "Sanniang, aunt told you something, don't be afraid, don't be afraid." β
Lin Long raised his eyes.
Qu swallowed his saliva and twisted the veil tighter and tighter: "This is also a helpless move, our family is small and broad, in order to be rich and prosperous in the future, we can only let you suffer a little grievance first, but don't be afraid, Sanniang, the Lin family will not treat you badly." β
Lilac, who had been frowning all the time when she heard this, suddenly raised her head, her heart fluttered, and the eldest lady would not mean it...... Thinking of this, Lilac's eyes darkened, and she clenched her cuffs suddenly.
Qu has already expressed her meaning, probably to let Lin Long pretend to commit suicide, the Lin family is small and weak, and he can't fight the king of Nanchang, nor can he compare to Qin and Wangfu, and the only hole card is dignity and integrity.
persecuted with dignity and integrity, so that the saint had to return justice to the Lin family.
And it can also give the Lin family's daughter Bo a good name for chastity.
After listening to Qu's words, Lin Long's eyebrows and eyes were lowered, and his delicate eyelashes were long and thick, densely covering the love under his eyes.
She just hung her head slightly and didn't say a word, but there was a momentum around her that could not be blasphemed, which made Qu Shi break out in a cold sweat.
Qu opened his mouth, looking at Lin Long like this, he couldn't persuade a word, so he could only look at Old Madam Lin for help.
In the face of such Lin Long, Mrs. Lin also has no bottom in her heart, but she has a lot of experience, and she is very comparable, "Sanniang...... I've wronged you. Her tone was dry and soft, and she had three points of pity, and when she heard such words, ordinary granddaughters would definitely fall into her arms and sob.
Lin Long still bowed his head and was silent.
Mrs. Lin hesitated, she found that she couldn't see through what this = girl was thinking.
"Sanniang rest assured, the Lin family doesn't want to abandon you, it's just a hypocrisy." Mrs. Lin earnestly persuaded her.
Lin Long's expression was indifferent, and his tone was obedient: "I know." β
It's good to know, Old Madam Lin and Qu Clan breathed a sigh of relief.
But their breath was relieved early, because in the next second, Lin Long spoke again: "But, I don't want to." β
"......" Qu and Mrs. Lin were dumbfounded.
Without waiting for the two to ask the reason, Lin Long began to explain: "Grandmother, the eldest aunt doesn't need to worry, with Qin and the royal mansion, it will not let the king of Nanchang move to anger the Lin family, if the prince can't even protect his fiancΓ©e, then what face does he have to face the world." And this matter is unreasonable for the five sons of Nanchang Wang, and they deserve to be punished, since I am innocent, why should I kill myself. Not to mention ......"
Lin Long paused, and then spoke with a natural pride and contempt in his tone: "Xiao Wulang is just a scoundrel boy, let me harm myself against the enemy, he is not worthy of it!" "This kind of trick of injuring the enemy by 800 and self-inflicting 1,000 losses, whether it is in the previous life or in this life, she has never used it.
Because she doesn't need to grieve herself at all to subdue the other party.
Old Madam Lin and the Qu clan were completely suppressed by Lin Long's momentum, this feeling was very similar to the feeling when facing the eldest princess in the princess's mansion, but it was slightly different. The eldest princess is the momentum that has been immersed in power since she was a child, and Lin Long is rooted in her bones.
"But......" Qu stumbled, "Xiao Wulang's trouble like this is in the way of your reputation." "This era is too harsh on women, and the slightest gossip can hurt people.
They wouldn't think that it was Xiao Wulang's dirty and insidious deliberate design, they would only think that Lin Long had a frivolous temperament, and a little lady who had not left the cabinet actually went to the mixed West Market alone without the escort of her elders.
What's more, people with dark hearts will maliciously speculate whether Lin Long's chastity is damaged, and he was taken advantage of by Xiao Wulang.
Even if Lin Long marries into Qin and the palace in the future and gains a firm foothold to become the mistress of the palace, this matter will become a stain on her and accompany her for the rest of her life.
"Those who are clear are self-purifying, those who are turbid are self-turbid, and gossip stops at the wise, and this matter should not be mentioned again." Lin Long stopped talking, got up and saluted, and walked away.
Back in the room, Lilac was unrelenting, looking at Lin Long and stopping.
Lin Long was transcribing the scroll, and when he saw this, he raised his head and glanced at Lilac: "Say." β
"Lady." Lilac knelt beside Lin Long, looking worried, "Actually...... Actually......"
"When did you get?" Lin Long frowned.
Lilac immediately said: "Lady, the maid thinks that what the old lady said is all reasonable. "Even if Xiao Wulang bears the responsibility for this matter, it will hinder the reputation of the lady, no matter what, the lady went to the West Market alone.
The world is unfair, and women always have a hard time.
Listening to Lilac's worries, Lin Long put down his pen and looked indifferent: "There must always be someone who is not afraid of rumors and gives the woman who encountered this again later the courage to survive, the better I live, the more I am not afraid of gossip, and after a hundred years, there will be more people who will follow me." Leave a glimmer of life for courageous women. β
"Lady's ......" Lilac's eyes widened, completely stunned, she didn't expect that the lady's rejection of the old lady's mention would be such a reason.
In an instant, tears filled her eyes, and Lilac suddenly felt that the world in front of her had become wider and wider, and there was something different in her heart.
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