Yusui Chang'an

In the inner courtyard, sisters Lin Jinyan and Lin Wanrong were discussing their marriage in private.

In the front yard, Lin Jinan, the victim of the rumor, expressed his gratitude to the emperor at the gate and magnanimously invited the apologetic student into the palace, showing both his tolerance and his sadness that the student was so easily instigated.

Upon hearing this, the students felt extremely ashamed and regretful, and they admired Lin Jinan, who had unknowingly followed the crowd in slandering others and was even younger than themselves.

Lin Siyuan, who was in a hurry to return home, and Lin Yanqing, who was sitting in the upper seat, were completely useless. They just expressed their opinions when the student apologized. The rest of the time, they suppressed their joy and pride, sipped tea and listened with a serious face.

During this period, some students asked about Lin Jin'an's disaster relief efforts, with the original intention of using this remark to elevate Lin Jin'an.

Unexpectedly, Lin Jinan did not talk about his achievements as they expected. Instead, he just briefly mentioned what he had done and discussed with the students the difficulties faced by the people and the management of floods.

There were a few students who felt that Lin Jinan was showing off deliberately. After listening to the methods listed by Lin Jinan and seeing how seriously he was discussing them with everyone else, they recalled the policy papers that were shown to the public, and then they realized their own petty minds and could not help but admire Lin Jinan even more.

Seeing that everyone was discussing the matter intently, Lin Yanqing and Lin Siyuan quietly left the scene and handed the place over to Lin Jinan.

Hearing the lively noise of the young people in the yard behind them, the father and son smiled at each other with relief:

The child has grown up.
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royal palace.

The emperor had received the news as early as when the students gathered at the gate of the Lin Mansion. When he heard that Lin Jinan took all the credit on himself and thanked him profusely, he felt somewhat satisfied with the Lin family.

Thinking of Chu Chengyao's plan against Lin Jinan, the emperor, who was reviewing the memorials, asked about the situation in Fengqi Palace.

"In reply to Your Majesty, the Queen has summoned several people from Pingnan into the palace as ordered by Your Majesty. In order not to appear deliberate, the Princess of Yeliang was also summoned into the palace." As he spoke, he saw the eunuch walk in and stand at the door with his head bowed. Zheng Cheng stepped forward to ask him a question and waved his hand to let him leave.

"Your Majesty, the Queen Mother...has granted Princess Yeliang a marriage to His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin."

The emperor's hand holding the pen paused for a moment:

"She will think of a way to use my order to do other things."

"People haven't left Fengqi Palace yet."

The emperor sneered and dipped his brush in ink:

"Forget it. Although we haven't found any evidence that Concubine Xian smuggled items out of the palace and the Xue family hid treasures, the Han family is closely related to it, so they should be punished. The maid Yunxi found has been in the palace for her whole life. Now that she is old, we should stop her from working so hard."
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Upon receiving the news that the Queen had granted Liang Nanyin to her son in marriage, although Concubine Xian was angry, she was not sure whether it was the Emperor's intention. She suppressed her thoughts of refusing and sent her confidant to find out.

Until the people from Pingnan and Yeliang left the palace and there was no reaction from the emperor, Concubine Xian knew that this was the emperor's intention. She thought that the emperor did so only because he was displeased with Chu Chengye because of the Qin Zhixu incident.

At this moment, he hated the Duke's Mansion even more.

After waking up from a nap, Concubine Xian heard that Qian Momo had suddenly died. She was not surprised at all and just spoke of other things as if there was no such person:
"The queen was confined to her house and lost her most capable Shunyi. Ye'er was splashed with dirty water and was given a marriage with a foreign princess. The mastermind of the whole thing was punished to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors, but he was able to clear himself of all charges. What a good move." (End of this chapter)