Lin Yuan was placed in a small courtyard in the south, and Li Xinxin specially arranged for two mothers-in-law to take care of him, and the others were guards who took care of him. When Mingzhu entered, Lin Yuan was awake, he was lying on the bed looking at the green leaves outside the window in a daze, his little face was lifeless.

The mother-in-law greeted Mingzhu first, and then said with a smile: "Young Master Xiaolin, the princess is here." ”

Lin Yuan retracted his gaze, looked at Mingzhu indifferently, and said nothing.

Mingzhu didn't do anything like peeling fruit and handing it food, showing concern, and sat down on the chair next to her, and said, "I guess you also know who I am." Your father wants you to live a long life, have a beautiful family, a beautiful wife and children, and live a safe and prosperous life. I promised him, and swore an oath to it, except in one case, if you die by yourself, I will not be able to protect you again. I think your father told you all this when he saw you for the last time. ”

Lin Yuan pursed his lips tightly, still not saying a word.

Mingzhu said slowly: "Actually, I have known your father for many years, when I was a child, your father was famous for his one-handed pipa skills, known as everyone, and was a popular person in the major mansions in Beijing. My father came to my door several times to ask for a teacher, and finally asked your father to be my husband with an ancient painting......"

She took Mr. Lin as a master and apprentice, Mr. Lin quit the museum because of the sudden death of Mr. Lin's wife, and brought Wang Aniu to seek medical treatment suddenly last winter, and saw that Lin Yuan listened very seriously, so he said again: "Look, your father didn't really want to be my husband back then, and he didn't really want to help the Wang family's child, he had only one purpose from beginning to end, to harm people." The difference is that the Wang family has no power and no defense, so I was easily harmed by him all my life, I was guarded, careful enough, and manpowered, so I was not harmed by him. Do you think we should kill him if he wants to harm us like this? ”

Lin Yuan lowered his eyes and turned his back.

Mingzhu said: "I know that you can't turn this corner for a while, and you probably always want to be loyal to your Zhongshan King, thinking that your father is not wrong, and thinking about revenge for killing your father, but hating yourself for not having the ability." In fact, some people advised me to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, so why keep you as a scourge? ”

Mingzhu paused intentionally, and saw that Lin Yuan's whole person was stiff, obviously afraid, and then continued: "But I think about it, you are just a poor child who has no parents since he was a child, was raised by strangers, and has not lived a good life. If you are well, I am willing to give you the opportunity to find out the real cause of your mother's death, and then you will understand why your father chose to betray the King of the Mountains at the last minute. ”

Mr. Lin was already dead, and after telling everything he knew, he simply died neatly, because he knew that with his identity and what he had done, neither Yu Wenchu nor King Zhongshan would allow him to live any longer. Instead of lingering and making trouble for his son, it is better to die neatly, so as to ask Yu Wenchu to try his best to protect Lin Yuan.

But no matter what, he died at the hands of Yu Wenchu. Mingzhu didn't think that in this case, she would still be able to get Lin Yuan's love and trust, so she didn't think about getting close to Lin Yuan from the beginning, she only gave Lin Yuan the right to know the truth and a reason to live, and the rest depended on Lin Yuan himself. The road is all on her own, Lin Yuan really wants to go to the road of death, and she can't pull it back.

Lin Yuan finally reacted: "Won't you lock me up for the rest of my life?" ”

Mingzhu chuckled: "What am I going to do with you for the rest of your life?" You're just a kid, you can go wherever you want, but you have to be careful, when you leave the palace, there may be people waiting for your life outside. Well, what to do, think for yourself. If you have something to do, you can have someone come and talk to me, so be it. ”

Lin Yuan asked again, "Why didn't you buy me?" ”

Mingzhu looked at him, didn't sneer or feel funny, and said very calmly: "Will you be bought by me?" What am I buying you to do? I'm here to keep my promises, not for anything else. I don't owe you anything, you have to understand that. ”

Life or death is your own business, and how you live is your own business, not someone else's business. Lin Yuan lowered his eyes and stopped talking.

Mingzhu returned to Yinghui Hall, and when Zhuang Zhuang woke up, he took Zhuang Zhuang to the yard for a walk and basked in the sun. Strong and fat, his eyes are like black grapes, he is extraordinarily energetic, and he often stares at the pearl for a long time. Mingzhu hugged him and said that he was talking and laughing, and he didn't care whether he understood it or not, pointed to the flowers and trees in the yard, and happily told him what this was and what it was.

Someone outside soon came to report, saying that Lin Yuan took the initiative to take medicine and eat, and he no longer worked against the mother-in-law who took care of him. Mama Zheng sighed: "It's still the princess who has a way." ”

Mingzhu didn't care: "It's him who is smart and deserves to live." After speaking, he lowered his head and went to tease Zhuang Zhuang.

That night, Yu Wenchu really came back in advance to have two drinks with her as agreed with Mingzhu in advance, and the couple talked and laughed and enjoyed themselves. Incidentally, talking about the incident of the loss of thistles during the day, Mingzhu said jokingly: "I said that the bag was broken, and Jingsong said that it was man-made, what does Your Highness think?" If it's really negligence or infighting, they deserve to be unlucky. ”

"What do you think?" Yu Wenchu dipped in the wine, wrote the word "wanton" on the table, and said softly: "Is he going to bury nails in the major mansions and palaces in Beijing?" So will I. The first account book of the outer account is used to record these flowers. ”

Mingzhu opened her mouth slightly: "That's what you mean...... Oops, he's in danger. "Such plans are often very well prepared, but everyone involved will be strictly monitored, the person who cut the pocket does not know how much risk to take to do this, now that something goes wrong, he will definitely be strictly investigated, I hope he can pass this hurdle smoothly.

Yu Wenchu was very pleased: "Don't look at the news he delivered is very vague, in fact, it is not easy to pass on the news." You must understand the difficulties of the people who do things below, instead of nitpicking, and be more considerate and kind to them, so that you will be supported and respected by everyone, and naturally someone will be willing to listen to you and help you do things. ”

Mingzhu said firmly: "I will definitely be able to do it." ”

Yu Wenchu looked out the window: "Someone won't be able to sleep again tonight." ”

In the house in the south of the city, the lights were dim, and Yu Wencong sat silently on the chair, looking at the row of men opposite with an expressionless face.

The men were all stripped of their shirts and knelt neatly on the ground, each with whiplashes on their bodies, and the whips kept falling, but none of them cried out in pain.