Shen's age is there, and a slight headache and brain fever are also easy to cause discomfort on the body. Although she can walk and move, it is not surprising that even if she suddenly leaves at night.

Lin Dong and Lin Quan are both filial sons. Especially Lin Dong. It stands to reason that her biological mother and the Shen family are still enemies, but he is raised by the Shen family, and he can use tricks against anyone, but he is sincere to his mother-in-law.

This can be regarded as a contradiction between Lin Quan and his brother.

The Shen family's non-biological concubine may be three points better than his biological son-in-law, which is also an aggressive thing.

Lin Qiantan, the second uncle, is also grateful for his kindness, as soon as Shen is uncomfortable, he personally serves the bed, and he does not frown when he urines his brows, which makes Lin Quan angry.

However, it is not said that Lin Dong is filial and completely selfless.

There is a contentious thing between him and Lin Quan, and that is the title of the Marquis of Dongshan.

After the death of the real eldest son in the house, the two brothers have the power to compete with each other.

According to Lin Qiantan's knowledge, the person who inherited the title of Marquis of Dongshan in his previous life was Lin Quan, not Lin Dong.

As soon as the Shen family left, Lin Yangde lost his spiritual support, and soon his legs were gone. Lin Quan inherited the title as he wished by virtue of his son-in-law and became the new Marquis of Dongshan.

Originally, Lin Qiantan thought it was strange.

Lin Yangde actually tended to give the title to his second son, who his wife liked more and had strong enough ability. But this matter has been unresolved, and Lin Yangde has never made a choice between his two sons.

Until the time before his death, the balance in his heart suddenly shifted sharply towards his son-in-law.

This mystery is also what Lin Qiantan gradually thought of since she reopened her eyes. Originally, she also thought that Lin Yangde chose Lin Quan, but he only regarded the word "嫡" as heavier than the word "long".

But it seems, no.

She had no actual evidence in her hand, so she could only hypothesize, but she didn't think her hypothesis made sense.

The Marquis of Dongshan Mansion looks a little beautiful on weekdays, but in fact, Lin Yangde was born in white, and he relied on his own efforts to obtain the title, and he did not have much money to accumulate. Most of the economic operation of the Hou Mansion relies on the continuous absorption of daughters-in-law with large dowries.

The Shen family and Shen Ning's aunt and nephew were born in the Shen family; Chu Ling is from the Chu family, one of the four great families; Yin Wei's Yin family background is not weak; Even Wang Yaxin, the widow of the widowed house, came in with a sixty-four dowry.

To put it simply, Lin Qiantan guessed that perhaps whoever could inject fresh blood into the Hou Mansion, which was later a little unable to make ends meet financially, would have the bargaining chips to win the knighthood.

Lin Qiantan was faintly happy that her biological father inherited the title at that time, and she was more dependent in her mother's family, but she didn't know that the warehouse of the Hou Mansion that was suddenly filled at that time was very likely to be her mother's hard-earned money.

At that time, she didn't know that there was such a person as Zhou Yi. The letter from Chu Ling that Qingchuan took can be regarded as the key to unlocking wealth.

Just thinking about it, the voice from the side attracted Lin Qiantan's attention.

"Why is it so bad?"

Lin Ziye looked like he hadn't slept well, which attracted Yin Wei's attention. Yin Wei asked, and Lin Qiantan subconsciously turned to look at them.

Lin Ziye replied casually, clearly perfunctory.

Shen and Lin Yangde went in, but the people outside were still eating, and the elders were not there, so they occasionally had a conversation or two.

Lin Ziye glanced at Lin Qiantan, Lin Qiantan was subconsciously weird, Lin Ziye immediately turned back and didn't look at it again.

What Lin Ziye didn't say, Yin Wei would naturally ask the people under Lin Ziye. Those little guys said that Lin Ziye had many nightmares recently and couldn't sleep soundly.

Nightmare?

Yin Wei, who cared about her son, immediately attracted attention.

Lin Ziye then enjoyed Yin Wei's motherly care, ate a few bowls of soothing decoction, and slept better.

But the little guy doesn't know everything.

Lin Ziye often visits Lin Qiantan's boudoir, which Yin Wei knows. Lin Ziye can't say the reason.

What was he going to say?

Can he say that since the beginning of the previous year, when he knocked Lin Qiantan's head on a stone, he has often been uneasy in his heart, and recently he has been full of nightmares?

Especially since Lin Qiantan went to Beijing, he also saw the changes in his temperament, and he felt that it was even more wrong. Some of the scenes in the dream were so strange that he couldn't afford to think about it too much.

*

There are some things in the past few years, and Lin Qiantan herself is a little unclear.

At the beginning of the tenth year of Tianlong, Lin Ziye bullied her sister-in-law, and once knocked her dizzy, and she almost forgot about the things that she had been lying in bed for several days.

Or because the memories of the past and present lives are often confused, she became suspicious and thought of this one.

Lin Ziye was going to kill her at all, and he didn't leave his hand in strength, although Lang Zhong said that it was fine, but maybe there were still a little sequelae.

As soon as Shen was ill, he suddenly became very sick, and his children and grandchildren all had to do their filial piety. For a few days, Lin Qiantan also followed the elders to serve in front of the Shen family.

Sometimes I am so tired that I dream about things that I don't remember very well.

Emperor Tianlong bargained with the courtiers for many days, and finally settled the matter of pro-conquest of the Rong Kingdom. Lin Yangde's father and son are running around for these matters that concern their own interests, and most of the female dependents are in charge of the affairs of the house.

Since the matter between Lin Qiantan and Chu Jiang was decided, the Chu family also fulfilled their promise, and made enough strength to help Lin Quan to the position he dreamed of. After many years of long-cherished wish fulfillment, Lin Quan finally sat in the position of the head of the sixth department.

Although the position of the waiter in the Ministry of Rites is relatively oily, it is better than nothing.

Shen was also happy because he heard this. Lin Quan has been suppressed by Lin Dong for many years because of his official position, and once he got angry, he was really happy.

He didn't care about the suspicion in Yin Wei's eyes, he only took care of himself and was proud - these were all earned by his own ability.

Emperor Tianlong personally conquered the Rong country, so he naturally ordered troops to general. The affairs of the DPRK and China will also be settled.

People were not surprised that Emperor Tianlong called the right minister Gu Ping to assist the second prince to supervise the country, and instead asked the five princes and Yin Ren to go with him. When the power of the king of Dongping subsided, the situation between the DPRK and China changed considerably. The Yin clan's power raised its head, and the goal of Emperor Tianlong was different.

Whether the courtiers are against it or not, that's another story. However, the emperor's personal expedition is a natural good thing for the generals who have the intention to establish their military exploits.

Like Wang Yuanzhao, who had some ideas in his heart, he naturally riveted his strength and planned to go with the army.

However, Wang Yuanzhao's thoughts are different from others.

"Meritorious service is secondary, the most important thing is to win people's hearts." Soldiers and horses go out to fight, and it is also a platform for individuals to show their abilities. The fact that all the people in the DPRK and China are in the army and the Cypriots also illustrate this point.

Wei Jiayin was busy preparing for marriage, and the two hadn't seen each other for a long time.

No one in Wei Jiayin's family participated in this, and there was a lack of interest, but it was Lin Qiantan's visit to Gu Ping as a teacher that attracted her interest. Wei Jiayin was unwilling to get married, but when she saw that she was going to tie her up with Wang Yuanzhao, she was unhappy.

But Lin Qiantan, who she regarded as a good sister, also wanted to mention that person to her, she was annoyed and annoyed.

Lin Qiantan hurriedly confessed: "Good sister, forgive me? Don't talk about him anymore. Actually, she didn't want to mention it.

Wei Jiayin reluctantly forgived, and the two went elsewhere.

Wang Yuanzhao said that he couldn't come, and he didn't see anyone for a few days, even if there was any news, he also shouted the scenery and Jiyue to pass it on.

Wang Yuanzhao had the intention of participating in the emperor's personal expedition, and Lin Qiantan had known it for a long time. There are countless soldiers and horses, and it is also a big cake, and who doesn't want to divide it.

is yin and tenacious, and there is no objection to the emperor's intention to bring him on.

He also had some plans for the army, but Emperor Tianlong's calculations were just right for his appetite.

The children of the Lin family have little to do with this pro-conquest. In addition, the Shen family is sick, and the children and grandchildren of the descendants have to serve in front of the bed, so they can't participate.

What the Lin family's father and son planned was just to take advantage of the opportunity of Prime Minister Gu Cheng to be trusted by the emperor to seek some benefits for the Lin family.

The situation of the Shen family is destined not to drag on for too long, and the illusion of peace of the Lin family will not last long, Lin Dong and Lin Quan are now equal, Lin Qiantan also wants to know, if Lin Quan does not have a windfall, what else can he rely on to win the title?

Lin Qiantan plans to help the second room.

Compared with Lin Quan, although Lin Dong also has some interests, in all aspects, it is very in line with Lin Qiantan's taste. At the very least, this person has no enmity with her.

Lin Qiantan spent a year of hard work, and her status in the mansion has been greatly improved. Money can make ghosts grind, from the outside to the inside, there are Lin Qiantan's people one after another. Lin Bixiang can't do it anymore if she wants to attack her in the mansion as unscrupulously as she did last year.

However, when Lin Qiantan was not having a good time, although the uncle and aunt in the second room did not take any care of her, they did not have time to step on an inconspicuous small stone that did not hinder them. This is also one of the reasons why Lin Qiantan chose to cooperate with Lin Dong.

Shen Ning had just served Shen to take medicine, and Lin Qiantan happened to lead someone over to visit her grandmother, just replacing her to rest.

Shen Ning and Lin Qiantan have been in contact openly and secretly for nearly a year, Shen Ning has a short hand, and has received a lot of good things from Lin Qiantan, and she also knows how to use money to do things, and she is even more hard-working.

Even if Yin Wei couldn't see why Shen Ning was suddenly excited with her, in the past few days when Shen was sick, she could see the way.

Shen Ning took advantage of no one's attention and pulled Lin Qiantan to talk about Lin Bixiang's marriage: "According to your wishes, I chose a few families that didn't work, but your grandmother listened to the words of the one over there, and she also moved her to stuff her to you."

is talking about being a concubine for Chu Jiang.

Lin Qiantan smiled: "If you don't do a good wife, you like to be small and rob other people's men, and it is not strange that if you have a mother, you must have a daughter."

Isn't that it?

Shen Ning doesn't look down on Yin Wei, and hates their mother's affair even more, dragging herself down, Lin Bixiang's unmarried pregnancy is still spreading all over the world. Although the wind has weakened a little, the impact is still there.

Shen Ning pursed his lips, and just wanted to say something, a group of people came from afar outside, led by not who Yin Wei was.

It's really said that Cao Cao Cao arrived.

Lin Qiantan immediately hooked the corners of her lips slightly, and said hello to Yin Wei, who had already walked to them while talking......

Yin Wei glanced at the two people in front of her coldly, and almost didn't even say hello unhappily. After thinking about it, he couldn't help it, and exchanged a few words with Shen Ningpi without smiling, and then went in.

What kind of body is Shen's body, how could Yin Wei not know what kind of daughter-in-law she has been her for twenty years. Seeing that Shen's body was sick, there was another rumor in the house, saying that Lin Yangde had that meaning, and he set up Lin Dong, a concubine, to be the son of the world.

How can that work.

Even if Yin Wei is not for her husband, but also for herself, it is impossible to bow her head in front of Shen Ning.

Outside, seeing Yin Wei entering, Shen Ning continued to say to Lin Qiantan: "... Your second uncle is still asking you to help. ”

Lin Qiantan smiled, everything is easy to say.

What Chu Ling's dowry was, Shen Ning couldn't be clearer. Lin Dong himself is a concubine and does not have much savings, Lin Qiantan took the initiative to provide financial support, so that he has more room to exert himself, so that he can also go further.

These things are all private transactions, and not many people know about them.

Lin Zirong is a piece of reading material, and if the Dongshan Marquis Mansion is handed over to them in the future, it must be very interesting.

Shen Ning went back, and Lin Qiantan continued to stay there to take care of the Shen family with Yin Wei.

When Shen Ning went back, he went to the house of his eldest son, Lin Zirong.

Chu Jiang and Lin Qiantan said that his cousin Lin Zirong is a scholar and an official, although he has a cold temperament, he is suitable for being a cool official.

Chi Xun, the fifth son of the Zhongyi County Palace, has a good relationship with him.

The Zhongyi County Wangfu and the Guangning Bofu are competing for a few places to go with the army, both of them are literary and martial, Lin Qiantan heard that the descendants of the Zhongyi County Wangfu are more prominent, and they have squeezed the Chen family down.

The Chen family could not compete, and it is said that Guang Ningbo was in a very unhappy mood in the past two days.

Guang Ningbo probably didn't think about asking his daughter to "be embarrassed".

The most outstanding martial arts and the most proficient in the art of war in Guangning Bofu is not the son of the Chen family, but the eldest daughter of their family, Chen Jingrou.

Although Chen Jingrou's name has the word "soft", it is not soft at all from the outside to the inside.

is still with Wang Yuanzhao, the second son of the Yanguo Mansion.

Yin Huai, the son of the Yin family, robbed the people's daughters, and ordinary people didn't dare to provoke them, but there were two people who didn't know each other, and they ran up when they saw it, and they didn't know each other very well, so they joined forces to beat Yin Huai and the one or twenty little guys.

I heard that Yin Huai was beaten and his nose was blue and his face was swollen, and several teeth were lost.

Lin Qiantan had been hearing about this since a few days ago, and just learned yesterday that Chen Jingrou was locked up at home by her parents.

Lin Qiantan came out of the Shen family's house and planned to go to see Chen Jingrou.

is also to save people, what should Wang Yuanzhao do after he goes back. When Lin Qiantan went to Chen's house, Chen Jingrou was surrounded by eight disciplined grandmothers, saying that she was relearning the rules of a lady.

Lin Qiantan came to visit, and Chen Jingrou could finally take down the water tray on the top of her head to correct her walking posture, and accompany Lin Qiantan to talk for a while.

Lin Qiantan laughed at her, and she also laughed with a hearty attitude: "It's because you came, and you finally saved me." Don't leave later, I'll leave you to eat. ”

The Chen family also means this.

Lin Qiantan was gracious, so she had to choose to stay.

The mentality of the Chen family's parents is also easy to understand. Chen Jingrou doesn't have the appearance that a woman "should have", so she should get along with and edify more with "normal" ladies, and Lin Qiantan obviously meets their requirements.

Chen Jingrou and Lin Qiantan are good friends, they are happy to see it, how can they stop it.

If they could hear how Lin Qiantan privately gave Chen Jingrou advice to join the army, they would probably faint.

Lin Qiantan stayed at Chen's house until the afternoon, endured a smile, agreed to Chen Jingrou's request for help, and sent someone to Zhang's house and Gu's house, asking these two to come to the door if they were fine, so that Chen Jingrou could endure the education in those boudoirs.

The Gu family is rising, the ancestors and grandchildren of the Gu family have obviously been valued by Emperor Tianlong recently, and the young lady of the Gu family will never be unwelcome when the Chen family comes to the door.

Although the Zhang family is a little embarrassed, Zhang Yan is also a person who has always had a reputation as a talented woman in Beijing, and the Chen family will not turn it away.

Zhang Yan once again signed up for the written examination for the recruitment of female officials held in the palace on the eve of Emperor Tianlong's personal expedition in May. Zhang Luyuan is a man with his tail between his legs, because he wants his children to show their faces in front of the emperor and make the emperor like it.

However, Zhang Yan also said that her father's mind may not be pure.

“… The female officials in the palace, engaged in miscellaneous chores, are not without the example of being favored by the emperor and recruited as concubines. Zhang Yan smiled helplessly.

Lin Qiantan also shook her head, the reason why Chu Jiang didn't agree with her going to the palace to be a female official was probably because there was such a layer of consideration.

Zhang Luyuan hoped that Zhang Yan could attract the attention of Emperor Tianlong with her appearance and bring a turnaround to the Zhang family, although this thought is human nature. But selling women for glory, Lin Qiantan is very disdainful.

As Zhang Yan said, including Emperor Tianlong, such as Yin Ren and Gu Ping, they all give different degrees of recognition and support to women's talents, but in the eyes of the world, women should abide by women's morals and teach their husbands and children at home.

Even a person like Chu Jiang was not exempt from vulgarity. He can turn a blind eye and ask his sister to be a female official, but he can't accept his future wife to do this.

The so-called principle of upward and downward effect, in the matter of female officials, has stumbled downward, and the people still have a grudge about letting their female dependents go out to "show up".

Lin Qiantan thought that by the time of the next selection, she should have married Chu Jiang, and when the time comes, let's try to take a look.

Chen Jingrou's matter, the two put it down, and then talked about other things. Zhang Yan came to meet Lin Qiantan today. She has already been to Chen's house, and she feels quite interesting when she talks about Chen Jingrou's pitiful appearance.

And the Chen family, as expected, was also dissatisfied with her arrival.

However, the Lin family has a lot of complaints about Zhang Yan's visit.

Everyone in the Zhengguo Mansion avoided it, but if they were able to feast and drink, they would not be called if they could be called, but Lin Qiantan was still in contact with the Zhang family, and Lin Quan was very unhappy.

After Zhang Yan left, Lin Qiantan went to Lin Quan's study. Lin Quan went straight to the point and asked her to cut off contact with the Zhang family.

Lin Qiantan promised well on the surface, but in fact, she didn't take what she promised seriously in her heart.

The Shen family is not happy, and Lin Qiantan does not like to talk to Lin Quan without speculating for more than half a sentence, and after talking about serious things, Lin Qiantan came out of it.

*

Emperor Tianlong's personal conquest of the Rong Kingdom is not a great secret. Emperor Tianlong didn't think about hiding it.

The emperor's list was even posted in clear text, explaining this matter.

The news spread to the north like wings.

Needless to say, the people of Rong were also in an uproar.

The whole armament war is naturally not a problem, and at the same time, it also set off a wave of taking the flag of Princess Jinhua.

Heavenly family affection is nothing more than that. When Emperor Tianlong conquered the Rong State for the first time, it was only a small victory, largely because he judged that forces like Yan Shao in the court were too big, and he had no intention of staying in the border city, so he had to put down the good situation and return to the capital.

But the second time it was a different story.

Yan Shao is dead, and the forces behind him are naturally not in the climate. Another threat to the imperial court is that it will be taken along and go north to the Rong Kingdom.

For Jinhua's daughter, Emperor Tianlong didn't care, but compared to his thousands of years of achievements, the reputation of the Holy Monarch, what is the point of sacrificing a daughter?

It's a big deal that after Jinhua died, he tried to bring her bones back to his hometown for burial.

A princess, who grew up enjoying fine clothes and food, can use her own life to buy some time for her father, what is there to be dissatisfied with?

Yin Qiang, a mother, can't be as ruthless as Emperor Tianlong, as soon as she heard about it, she cried and begged Emperor Tianlong. But how could the emperor's determination be easily shaken by a harem concubine.

Yin Qiang then went to seek Yin tenacity.

Yin Ren didn't care whether Jinhua's niece was dead or alive, but thinking of the actions Lin Qiantan did in the capital a few days ago, as if he intended to help Jinhua, he changed his mind very happily.

Lin Qiantan got the news from the caravan that came back from the north every day, and for the time being, he only knew that the crowd in Rong Guo was excited, shouting and killing......

Yin Ren came out of Yin Qiang, and Lin Qiantan happened to meet him on the palace road. The two met from a distance and did not speak. They each passed by.

When they were far away, Yin Ren smiled and said to the steward who followed, "Look, is this girl interesting?" I just smiled at her a little, and she reacted so much......"

The steward does not know how to answer.

The master originally looked gloomy and terrifying, and under the intention of tricking, the average boudoir lady would be good if she was not scared, and Miss Lin Qi was indeed relatively calm.

As he spoke, he saw that Yin Ren was still like a snake, licked the tip of his tongue, smiled again, and looked back at Lin Qiantan, who was only a small black dot left.

The steward gave a chill.

Lin Qiantan made a ghost, so she just glanced back, and the unpleasant feeling in her heart floated again.

Lin Qiantan entered the palace to visit Concubine Xiao.

The more they get along, the more Concubine Xiao likes Lin Qiantan's knowledge, life in the palace is boring, and it is good to have the daughter of the old man to talk with.

Emperor Tianlong's personal conquest is imminent, and harassing her more and more frequently, she also has the intention to use Lin Qiantan as a guest to block people who don't want to see it.