Yusui Chang'an

Chapter 1119: The Ultimate Truth
After the people left, the Queen Mother pointed to the stool beside her and motioned Yue Mingzhu to sit down and talk:

"He is a prince after all. No one can say for sure what will happen in the future. Even if you don't like him, how can you be so blunt and embarrass her?"

Hearing the Queen Mother's tone, Yue Mingzhu knew that she was not really angry, so she sat down and complained:

"I just can't stand her behavior. It's fine if she doesn't behave properly, but she even went to stay at the Lin Mansion, almost affecting the reputation of the Lin Mansion. Not only did the reputation of the Taifu as a clean official almost get ruined, but the two well-mannered young ladies of the Lin family, how innocent are they?"

"You don't even know that on the day when Princess Jin was exposed, Mingzhu was a guest at the Lin Residence. Lin Jinyan looked so unhappy at the time. She was so disheartened that she thought Mingzhu would never visit the Lin Residence again. This shows how much Princess Jin has done to harm people."

The Queen Mother looked at Yue Mingzhu's angry expression and couldn't help laughing:
"Just because of this? Is there no other reason?"

Yue Mingzhu quickly glanced at the Queen Mother and turned away embarrassedly:
"Mingzhu is speaking up for her good friend, there's nothing else to it."

The empress dowager did not say anything, but only thought that Yue Mingzhu was concerned about Lin Jinyan.

Yue Mingzhu smiled intimately:
"Lin Jinyan is a wonderful person who is genuine and pure. Not only is she sincere to Mingzhu, she also worships you like a god. Last time, she showed me the palace lantern you gave her many years ago. She was as proud as a child and said that the little princess also liked the palace lantern at that time, but you gave it to her instead. You must have liked her very much."

When the Queen Mother heard this, she was not only amused by Lin Jinyan's straightforward character, but also worried that she could not keep it secret and said something she shouldn't, so she immediately tried to find out from Yue Mingzhu. Seeing that Yue Mingzhu had no idea that Lin Jinyan had met the man in Wangshu Palace, she was relieved.

After hearing Yue Mingzhu's praises, the empress dowager thought of Lin Jinyan's words and deeds since childhood, and her promise to the emperor not to marry into the royal family for the sake of royal harmony, and her impression of her improved a lot.

You have to know that the promise was made with enormous power and wealth. How could it be possible if it wasn't true and pure? "That girl is good. If you like her, you can have more contact with her. As for the Princess of Jin, you don't have to be indignant. Even ordinary people pay attention to the three teas and six etiquettes, let alone the royal family? Not only did she have an affair without a matchmaker, but she was also pregnant. If she could still marry into the royal family, wouldn't it attract those who have ulterior motives to follow suit?"

Yue Mingzhu was puzzled:
"But... this Miss Zhou is already the Princess of Jin. Her family is just a low-ranking official, and they have no help in Kyoto except for Grand Tutor Lin. Now they have even offended the Lin family."

The Queen Mother laughed and drank her tea. Chen Momo lovingly stepped forward to explain:

"What the Queen Mother meant was that the marriage could only be accomplished because the Zhou family had no support and could not help His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin. Before this, no one in Kyoto openly discussed this matter."

Yue Mingzhu thought for a moment and immediately understood the deep meaning of the words. She felt relieved but also felt sorry for him:
In order to prevent Chu Chengyao from getting help, the Crown Prince and the King of Qin suppressed all the rumors and helped Chu Chengyao marry Zhou Yuexue, a useless princess. After the marriage, the couple became one, and then they used this opportunity to destroy Zhou Yuexue and implicate Chu Chengyao...

In this case... the rumors about Princess Jin can no longer be suppressed...

"After all, she is pregnant..."

The Queen Mother picked up the Buddhist beads and fiddled with them one by one:

"It's difficult to have royal offspring. This is the first grandson. Even if his mother is abominable, the grandson is innocent and must be born safely."