When the female supporting role has a beauty system

Chapter 1439 Jin Yue 40
Tan You corrected her: "Yun-ge'er was a good boy to begin with, and I didn't put too much effort into him. I just took him with me all the time and watched over him, and Yun-ge'er gradually grew up."

Cheng Sui smiled, Tan You hadn't chosen any great Confucian scholars for him. From the time he began his studies until now, it was Tan You who had guided him in his reading. In Cheng Sui's heart, Tan You alone surpassed all others in the world.

Lin Yuan passed away just two days after Lin Jinyue returned.

He was a frail scholar, and Lin Jinyu's death nearly took his life. In recent years, he had devoted considerable energy to maintaining his position in the court and raising his grandson while investigating the cause of Lin Jinyu's death.

Now, a cold struck, and Lin Yuan couldn't pull through.

When the Lin family came to report the death, Lin Jinyue was eating lotus seed soup. Tan You was sitting beside her. Maids and servants were coming and going in Qinglanggan. Everyone saw her, but no one panicked.

The gatekeeper bowed outside the house: "Miss, young mistress, the Lin family has come to report the death."

Lin Jinyue put down the lotus seed soup and looked at Tan You again: "Miss, I'm not going to the Lin family."

A blue stone chessboard sat before Tan You, conjured by her spiritual power. Upon hearing this, she placed a piece: "Then let Wei Shi intervene and send the Lin family away."

"Speaking of which, I need to go see the Wei family. Everyone says that if you go into the house, you should invite people into the temple to worship the gods."

Cheng Sui, always eager for drama, declared, "I'll go with Master!"

After discussion, Cheng Sui has now formally become Tan You's disciple. Compared to "mother," the title "master" is clearly more orthodox and authoritative.

Tan You: "Then let's go. Jin Yue, do you want to come with us?"

Lin Jinyue shook her head: "I'm not going. I don't want to see her."

Bailuxuan.

Lady Wei was reclining on the chaise longue, eating snacks, when suddenly there was a noise outside. Lady Wei frowned instinctively and threw the plate of snacks in her hand away.

Instead of the plate hitting the ground with a crisp sound, a boy's voice rang out: "How much does it take for a lump of clay to be fired into porcelain? Grandmother is so careless with resources; it seems she's living too comfortably."

Madam Wei recognized the voice; it was that of her beloved grandson, Cheng Sui.

When did he return?

How come I didn't know anything about it?
Just as Wei was pondering, a cool, unfamiliar female voice rang out. It sounded somewhat sweet, but everyone could hear the coldness in her tone.

"Bai Luxuan still has too many people. Let's cut them in half again."

Wei panicked and stood up, intending to rush out. But Cheng Sui had already entered. Wei glanced at him and immediately froze in place.

Walking beside Cheng Sui was a girl who looked to be about fourteen or fifteen years old, dressed in a moon-white dress. She wasn't the currently fashionable slender-waisted beauty; in fact, she looked rather chubby.

Her figure was clearly not fully developed yet, but her stunning beauty was already evident.

Even though she had never met Tan You, Wei recognized her just by looking at her ambiguous smile.

She wanted to step forward, but as soon as she took a step, Wei's legs went weak and she knelt on the ground.

Tan You paused slightly, then lowered her eyes to look at Madam Wei: "It's not even the New Year yet, and you're already giving me such a grand gesture. I never knew you were such a polite person."

Wei's mouth tasted bitter, and she stammered, "Miss..." Tan You sat down in the empty chair: "Good eye."

Wei forced a smile, only daring to glance at Tan You out of the corner of her eye. She was afraid. Before, when she was in Lin Jinyue's body, at least she could comfort herself that at least the person in front of her was a real person.

But now that Tan You appeared before her in this state, Madam Wei dared not deceive herself any longer. She feared that Tan You was a spirit that fed on human hearts. If she wanted to eat her own heart and liver, how could she possibly survive?

Tan You leaned forward slightly, stared at Wei Shi for a few moments, and then smiled and said, "Stop thinking nonsense. I don't eat people's hearts."

"Besides, your heart is utterly black, and I'm not the kind of person who doesn't pick and choose what I say."

Wei breathed a sigh of relief, but her smile vanished the next second. What did it mean that her heart was utterly black? Was she... was she really that heinous?
Tan You watched with satisfaction as Wei Shi's chameleon-like expression changed, and then, finding it boring, she leaned back in her chair: "The Lin family has come to report the death. Go and send them away."

Wei was eager to get away from Tan You right now, and immediately stood up at the first thing Tan You said.

Cheng Sui watched her retreating figure, somewhat unhappy: "Master, she's afraid of you."

Tan You: "It doesn't matter. She'd rather be afraid of me. Her affection is nothing to me."

Madam Wei was terrified by Tan You, so she naturally vented her anger on the Lin family's servant. The Lin family servant had no choice but to go back and report the news, adding fuel to the fire as he went.

Wei was not exactly a good-natured person. She couldn't do anything about Tan You, so she couldn't take it out on someone else?
When the Lin family servant returned home, he embellished the story, saying that Madam Wei was extremely arrogant and haughty.

Madam Qi, Lin Jinyue's stepmother, was furious, but what could she do? She could only lean against the coffin and weep, "My lord, why did you leave us so soon? Why was your life so miserable?"

“Zhu’er is unwell and can’t come, but Lin Jinyue is also your daughter. She’s climbed the social ladder and now she doesn’t come home anymore…”

"My poor Yu-ge'er, he left us so young..."

Li knelt in the mourning hall, with Lin Miao, dressed in mourning clothes, beside her. Ten-year-old Lin Miao was already a teenager, and he knew everything he needed to know.

The Lin family's reputation had declined over the years, a fact he had come to deeply appreciate. He had originally thought that his grandfather's health could hold out for a few more years, at least until he passed the imperial examinations and entered officialdom, allowing him to live a few more years in peace under Lin Yuan's protection.

But now that Lin Yuan has passed away, how will he cope with the storms to come?

With Lin Yuan gone, the Lin family completely lost its official status. He himself, a mere student, wasn't even a Xiucai (a lower-level scholar). The entire Lin family, women and children, were nothing more than a piece of fat meat waiting to be devoured in the capital.

If the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion were willing to protect them, the Lin family would have a better life. However, the Duchess of Zhenguo was domineering, and ever since the Second Aunt married into the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, the Lin family and the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion have basically had no contact.

Now that her grandfather has passed away, her second aunt can't even leave the Duke's mansion...

Thinking of this, Lin Miao's originally straight back involuntarily slumped. The Lin family now depended on him to uphold their name; the whole family was counting on him. What should he do next?
Silently handling the funeral arrangements, the only remaining members of the Lin family are Madam Qi, her daughter-in-law Madam Li, and ten-year-old Lin Miao.

After three days of mourning, the three finally sat down together.

Lin Miao said sternly, "Grandmother, Mother, let's send Grandfather back to his ancestral home in Jiangnan for burial."

Qi was the first to object: "That won't do. We've gone through so much trouble to get to the capital, how can we go back like this?"

“Your master is in the capital. If you return to Jiangnan, your studies will be delayed. Your grandfather values ​​your studies the most.”