Chapter Twenty-Three: Self-Seeking

The Lin Mansion was silent at this time, and Zhao Huaiyan looked at her and went out through the side door of an abandoned courtyard, raising her eyebrows in surprise.

Lin Jinwen knew what he was thinking: "This courtyard was originally not a treasury used by my mother to put her dowry, so I know that there is a secret door here that can go directly to the outside of the house." ”

Zhao Huaiyan looked at her deeply: "Why do you hate Zhao Kan?" ”

Lin Jin's palms tightened secretly, and she smiled lightly: "Where does the prince see that the courtiers hate the three princes?" It's true that I don't like it, the third prince Meng Lang is so good at messing with flowers and grass, and the courtiers don't like it. ”

Zhao Huaiyan listened to this, why did he always feel that he was talking about himself? But today I was impulsive.

He frowned, looked at her detached appearance, and his face was slightly cold: "That's it......"

"The courtiers retired." When Lin Jinwen heard this, she saluted and turned around and left.

Zhao Huaiyan opened her mouth to stop her before she finished speaking, but seeing that she seemed to really care about today's kiss, she was puzzled again, she said that she admired herself before, was she lying to herself?

The heavy rain fell on the bluestone slab, Zhao Huaiyan looked at the blood dripping down his abdomen to the ground, and turned away with a blank face.

Early the next morning, the news of Zheng Yecheng's assassination spread.

Lin Jinwen waited outside the old lady's courtyard early to say hello, and 'just happened' to meet Lin Xiteng who came over in a hurry.

When Lin Xiteng saw her, he looked like he was watching a good show: "You just have to give marriage, and the third brother will die, do you say that you are the one?" First killed your mother, and now you killed your brother, will it be your father next......"

"Smack——!

Before Lin Xiteng finished speaking, Lin Jinwen's slap was slapped.

Everyone was startled, and Bai Lan's face turned even whiter: "Miss, ...... are you?"

"Lin Jinwen, I think you're tired of living......"

"I responded to the invitation of Mrs. Dingnanhou today, just this slap can be regarded as slapping you and cursing my father!" She would never tolerate these people harming her loved ones again, but the slap was indeed premeditated.

Lin Xiteng was enraged, and stepped forward to choke her neck, and Bai Lan wanted to pull her, but he kicked her away.

Seeing that Lin Jinwen's face was blue and out of breath, the old lady didn't sleep and was lazy, and someone hurriedly came to pull Lin Xiteng away.

Lin Jinwen gasped for breath, and could feel that her neck was about to break, but she just wanted to do this, presumably it must be very hideous by now!

"Second son, the seventh lady is going to Dingnanhou Mansion today, how can you ......" The mother-in-law beside the old lady secretly reminded, but Lin Xiteng didn't accept this feeling: "She asked for herself!" ”

Lin Jinwen chewed tears in her eyes, and bit her lip slightly to look at her mother-in-law: "I'm tired of my mother telling my grandmother, it's not early, so I'll go directly to Mrs. Hou." With that, he led Bai Lan and left without looking back.

Lin Xiteng snorted: "Didn't you just climb the branches, you really think you will become a phoenix?" ”

The mother-in-law looked at Lin Xiteng, who still didn't understand, and hurriedly quietly sent someone to report to the old lady.

Lin Zisu hid to the side early and heard these words, and waited for her mother-in-law to leave before she stepped forward and said: "Why is the second brother so angry, the seventh sister is young and ignorant, and now she is a quasi-princess, and she will be the most noble person in our house in the future." ”

When Lin Xiteng heard this, his eyes darkened, and his thin face suddenly turned gloomy.

Lin Zisu saw that her goal had been achieved, and continued: "But now she dares to beat the second brother, and in the future, the second brother still avoids her for a little ......."

The more Lin Xiteng listened, the more ruthless he became, and looked at the back of Lin Jin's departing shadow and smiled: "How can a person who is a criminal enter the royal family?" I'm afraid this marriage is unacceptable. Then he turned and walked towards his father's study.

Lin Zisu saw him go away angrily, the corners of his mouth hooked, and he glanced at the maid beside him: "The third prince sent two plates of fruit into the palace early this morning, you go and take one plate and send it to the seventh sister's courtyard." ”

The maid's eyes rolled and she smiled: "The slave understands." ”

At this time, Lin Jinwen had already left the house and got into the carriage, and the old lady did not stop anyone when she came to stop her.

On the carriage, Bai Lan burst into tears in distress.

"Why should the young lady fight with the second son, now she almost lost her life......"

"If I don't fight today, I'm afraid I'll really die next time. I want to let them know now that the lives of my Lin Jinwen and my father and brother are not so easy to take! Lin Jinwen's face was cold.

Bai Lan looked at her burning eyes and said, "Miss, there was blood on your clothes when you came back yesterday, you won't kill ......"

"Bloodstains?" Lin Jinwen frowned slightly, she remembered that she only saw Zhao Huaiyan's arm injured, but his arm didn't touch her at all, could it be that he was injured elsewhere?

Just as he was thinking, the carriage had stopped.

Lin Jinwen got out of the carriage and saw someone waiting at the main gate early, and stepped forward with a smile when she saw her coming: "Miss Lin, my wife has been waiting early...... You ...... neck" The mother-in-law was startled at the sight of the bruises and reddish eyes on her neck.

Lin Jinwen only covered up in a panic, and hurriedly lowered her eyes and said: "I also bothered my grandmother to find a silk handkerchief for me for a while, but I was in a hurry when I came, and I didn't prepare it." ”

The mother-in-law nodded, and the interested one didn't ask any more, and hurriedly led her in, but quietly told Mrs. Dingnanhou.

Dingnan Hou Mansion is more than twice as big as Lin Mansion, and after the second gate, Lin Jinwen sat in a small sedan chair for a while before arriving at Mrs. Hou's courtyard.

Although it is November now, it is rare for the courtyard to be verdant, and there are still a lot of blooming flowers under the porch, which shows that Mrs. Hou has put a lot of thought into it.

The mother-in-law opened the curtain for her and led her through the flower hall to the conservatory, but today, in addition to Mrs. Hou, Dingnan Hou is also there, if she remembers correctly, the eldest uncle has begged him for a long time in order to be promoted and get rid of the eldest lady......

She lowered her eyes and stepped forward to salute obediently, and Mrs. Hou hurriedly asked people to help her up: "When you enter King Ning's Mansion in the future, you will be Princess Ning, and I still have to salute you." ”

Madame laughed. Lin Jinwen choked slightly.

Mrs. Hou looked at the obviously mismatched scarf tied around her neck, stretched out her hand to pull her to sit down, and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's okay." She smiled and shook her head, and touched Mrs. Hou's pulse, the pulse was stable, and she couldn't see the fetal image, but she was abandoned from the house in February, and the pregnancy should be in this month or two.

She raised her eyes and looked at Ding Nanhou's impatient expression, and knew that the two of them were already in good shape, and said with a light smile: "Madame, can you find a doctor?" ”

When Mrs. Hou heard this, her face was overjoyed: "Could it be that it is already there now?" ”

"Now the pulse is extremely weak, ordinary people can't find it, and it has been on for a month or two. Mrs. has been conditioning her body for the past two months, and the mood has passed, the sooner she can find out. Lin Jinwen said with a smile. She really only knew a little about medicine, but she could guess what would happen in the future.

When Ding Nanhou heard this, he frowned slightly: "Really? ”

Lin Jinwen was not only overjoyed to see it, but a little kind, thinking that someone had already promised to abandon Mrs. Hou outside to welcome her into the door. She remembered that it was none other than a cousin from the Zheng Mansion.

Mrs. Hou's face was slightly embarrassed, but she smiled softly: "Isn't Lord Hou looking forward to a son, the concubine has been well conditioned in the past two months, and she can't serve Master Hou, so I will choose one or two ...... for Master Hou to look good again."

"What are you talking about!" Ding Nan waited for her to say this in front of outsiders, and her face was a little embarrassed.

Mrs. Dingnanhou is now over thirty years old, and she is not smart, she is already a, and anyone can expect her fall from grace, and she knows it.

Seeing her lost look, Lin Jinwen smiled lightly: "Mrs. Hou is virtuous and generous, I heard that the needlework is the best, Jin Jin is thinking about embroidering some ruyi handkerchiefs for her brothers and sisters at home and her father and brother at the border, and she has found the best embroidery girl in the capital, but she can't say that she is as good as Mrs. If Mrs. is free, give Jin Wu some pointers?" ”

Mrs. Hou does not know poetry, books, etiquette and music, although she was also born in a large family, but she doesn't love those things the most, but the embroidery work is good, which also makes her quite proud.

Hearing Lin Jinwen say this, her heart was a lot easier, her face was slightly red, and her eyes became extraordinarily bright: "You are picking sweet words to coax me." ”

Ding Nanhou looked at her like this, but she was a little squeamish of a girl, and she couldn't help but feel a little fluttering in her heart.

"Ben Hou still has business to ......"

"Then Master Hou ...... tonight" When Mrs. Hou heard this, she thought that he was impatient with herself, and said hurriedly, but Ding Nanhou smiled loudly: "Come back for dinner in the evening, you have some preparations." ”

Mrs. Hou listened and immediately became shy.

After sending Ding Nanhou away, he looked at Lin Jinwen gratefully: "You girl, I originally thought a lot of things when you were a thoughtful person, but now I look at it, it's not a bad thing to have a lot of thoughts." ”

Lin Jinwen lowered her eyes and smiled: "If you don't have many thoughts, I'm afraid this life will be gone." ”

"So serious?" Mrs. Hou was surprised, she didn't want to meddle in her affairs before, but now she is willing to take care of it.

Seeing this, the mother-in-law also stepped forward and said, "I'm afraid that the bruise on Miss Lin's neck was not pinched by someone, it's really scary." ”

When Mrs. Hou heard this, she also knew about the filth of the Lin Mansion. The third room of the Lin family was originally the first room, and the current old lady was just an outer room, and she quietly gave birth to two sons in front of the main house.

"Don't worry about this matter, Master Lin still wants to earn a life for the old lady, and I will go to see the queen tomorrow." Mrs. Hou said directly, which can be regarded as a promise to Lin Jinwen.

"But grandmother has nothing to do with it......"

"It's naturally her fault that the discipline is not strict. Your mother has just died, and she should be considerate. Mrs. Hou looked at her and said, afraid that she would refuse, so she hurriedly asked people to prepare melons and fruit snacks, pulled her to say something else, and waited until it was getting late before allowing her to go back.

When leaving, Lin Jinwen heard from the subordinates of the Dingnanhou Mansion that the assassin last night had a clue, saying that the sword wound in the abdomen was quenched with poison, and if he didn't invite a doctor, he was afraid that he wouldn't live for half a month. Now that Dingnanhou has taken a strict look at the doctors in the capital, he will definitely be able to find out.

After getting into the carriage, Lin Jinwen thought about it, sighed deeply and ordered the carriage: "Go to No. 37 Alley in the south of the city." ”

"Miss, what are we going to do there?" Bai Lan wondered.

"Go find Murong Chen." Lin Jinwen said lightly, and then leaned on the carriage and closed her eyes, but her heart was complicated, Zhao Huaiyan did that to himself yesterday, maybe it was caused by poison? If this is the case, she has misunderstood the good people, after all, she can't find out about the border pass, and she has to ask Zhao Huaiyan for this matter.