The concubine is soft and delicate, making her the treacherous minister's white moonlight

Chapter 217 I don't want her to be involved
Lin Mowan frowned, not knowing how to answer for a moment, so she could only nod and smile bitterly, "Yes, he has gone back."

Mrs. Lin didn't notice anything unusual, she just slowly breathed a sigh of relief, smiled and pulled Lin Mowan to her yard, saying as they walked: "Yesterday I asked the shop to send some new fabrics, come with me to see which style you like, and I'll have someone make you some new clothes."

Hearing this, Lin Mowan wanted to refuse, but she could not resist Mrs. Lin's kindness. She insisted on taking Lin Mowan to see it, so Lin Mowan had no choice but to go with her.

Lin Mowan followed Madam Lin into the yard and walked into the room. The cloth she mentioned was already displayed in front of them. Madam Lin excitedly pulled her around the hall and said, "Take a look. Which one do you like?"

Lin Mowan smiled, her eyes fell on the pattern of cloth that was delivered to her, but she was a little absent-minded. Thinking about the hunting ground that Bai Yun had just revealed to her, she thought of an idea and asked Lin Qinhai to take her with him.

Mrs. Lin looked at her holding the gray-blue pattern in a daze, and immediately took the pattern from her hand, looked at it carefully for a long time, then frowned and said: "This color is too old, it doesn't suit you, but..."

She stretched out the last syllable, paused, and murmured with some embarrassment: "If you really like it, it's not impossible."

As she spoke, she put down the material in her hand, turned around and picked up the white material with red patterns on the side, tried it on Lin Mowan, and nodded with satisfaction: "This is a good fit, it will look good on you."

Lin Mowan raised her eyes and met her inquiring gaze. She asked, "How is it?" She looked full of expectation. Lin Mowan couldn't bear to spoil her mood, so she nodded and replied, "Aunt, you have good taste. Let's go with this."

"Okay." She nodded happily, handed the pattern in her hand to the servant, and explained a few things carefully.

After the servants left with the clothing patterns, Lin Mowan stepped forward and asked, "Aunt, I heard that Mr. Shen is going to hold a hunting banquet in a few days. Is uncle going to go too?"

Mrs. Lin nodded without thinking, then seemed to remember something and said, "Why? Are you interested? That place is very boring, with fighting and killing all day long, how cruel."

Lin Mowan opened her mouth, but didn't know how to start. After thinking for a moment, she just asked her, "Is Uncle going alone?"

Mrs. Lin shook her head: "Your brother Tianxiao will go too."

After that, she turned around and looked at Lin Mowan seriously. Lin Mowan felt a little scared when she stared at her. She pulled the corner of her mouth awkwardly and said, "What's the matter, aunt?"

Madam Lin shook her head, as if she could see what she was thinking. After hesitating for a while, she said, "I know, you asked because you want to go."

Lin Mowan looked at her, and after a brief silence, she nodded. Mrs. Lin looked as if she knew it, but she just sighed helplessly and shook her head.

Finally, she gave her some advice: "If you really want to go, go and tell your uncle. Although he really doesn't like you hanging out with that boy, he won't necessarily refuse. Just think of it as going for fun."

After she said that, Lin Mowan felt relieved a lot. She looked at the woman in front of her, and a warm feeling rose in her heart again.

"Then I'll go back first." Lin Mowan said. After that, she turned around and was about to leave, but was grabbed by Madam Lin. Lin Mowan was puzzled, but Madam Lin quickly said: "Why are you in such a hurry? Come and chat with me. Let's play chess. Don't be so impatient."

After she finished speaking, regardless of whether Lin Mowan agreed or not, she forcibly pulled her into the room and sat her down. The servants brought up tea and snacks, and Lin Mowan had no choice but to stay for the time being...

at the same time.

study.

Lin Qinhai had a worried look on his face and sighed and shook his head from time to time. Shen Weiyuan, who was sitting opposite him, was unusually calm.

"General Lin..." "Ouch! My head hurts, my head hurts."

As soon as Shen Weiyuan opened his mouth, Lin Qinhai held his head and frowned, and kept moaning. Shen Weiyuan was helpless. He knew that he was pretending, but he couldn't get angry directly.

After a long while, Lin Qinhai seemed to have realized that Shen Weiyuan would not give up until he achieved his goal, so he could no longer pretend to have a headache. He really felt a little pain now.

Facing his sincere gaze, Lin Qinhai was helpless, but his attitude was firm: "Second Master Shen, it's not that I, Lin, look down on you."

He sighed deeply and continued, "If you let me go out to capture the city, I will do my best without hesitation. But, but..."

He hesitated as if Shen Weiyuan was indeed forcing him to do something. He hesitated for a long time before speaking: "I am an incompetent uncle. I owe them a peaceful life for more than 20 years. I don't want her to be involved in this power struggle."

"Second Master Shen, I, Lin, respect you and am willing to follow you. Apart from the fact that my Lin family was wrongly imprisoned and could not be redressed, I am attracted by your ability."

"I dare not say anything else. I, Lin, have a fair eye for people. It's just... it's just that Xiaowan... she had no choice before, so let's not talk about it. Now..."

As he spoke, he looked deeply at Shen Weiyuan and stopped talking. Shen Weiyuan lowered his eyes and understood Lin Qinhai's concerns.

The situation is unstable now, and he is unwilling and dare not easily hand Lin Mowan over to him, just like in the past three to five years, he has not been able to give her a legitimate status.

Finally, after a long silence, Lin Qinhai sighed and said, "Please understand."

"..." Shen Weiyuan remained silent. It would be a lie to say that he was not disappointed. He had no other purpose in coming here except to ask for Lin Mowan's hand in marriage.

However, reality gave him a hard slap in the face. Lin Qinhai was unwilling, and it was an obvious but unspoken refusal.

He knew that, firstly, Lin Qinhai was not happy with him for letting Lin Mowan be his mistress without any status for three to five years.

Secondly, his current position is unstable. Once Lin Mowan really marries him, he will inevitably become the target of attack and be forced to be involved in this power struggle.

It was already late when he left the Lin Residence. He walked out of the study and looked up at the dark sky. It looked like it was going to rain. This was as frustrating as his mood...

At this time, in Mrs. Lin's yard, the chess game had been played one game after another. It was obvious that Mrs. Lin was not very good at it, but seeing how interested she was, Lin Mowan didn't want to discourage her and could only play with her.

Perhaps it was because this chess game, which had no suspense, was really boring to play, and Lin Mowan had yawned several times in a row.

At this time, the maid outside came in hurriedly, holding tea in her hand, replaced the cold tea on the table, and then secretly winked at Mrs. Lin.

As if she had received some message, Mrs. Lin's face lit up with joy. She threw away the chess piece in her hand, stretched lazily, rubbed her shoulders and waved her hands: "Forget it, I won't play anymore. It's boring."

Lin Mowan was suspicious. Mrs. Lin might not know that Lin Mowan had seen the exchange of glances between her and the maid just now.

Actually, it couldn't be her fault. It was really that these two were inexperienced. They looked so excited that they almost got close to Lin Mowan's face to tell her that something had happened.