After being forced to leave the marriage, I became the wife of a top scholar.

At this time, Lin Yunche had been locked up in the abandoned house in Xiaocheng for three days. During these three days, apart from someone bringing him food on time, he had not been able to see his uncle.

That day, the servant who was supposed to bring Lin Yunche his meal arrived as promised. He opened the food box and brought Lin Yunche's favorite food, along with a plate of wild vegetables.

"Young Master Lin, please enjoy your meal!" the servant said respectfully to Lin Yunche.

Lin Yunche looked at the wild vegetables that were served at every meal and couldn't help but chuckle. After three days, he finally understood what it meant to be utterly helpless.

Whenever he was about to escape, someone would notice and he would be brought back by a group of people.

The servants were used to Lin Yunche's self-satisfied laughter, and when they saw him pick up his chopsticks, they prepared to bow and leave.

"Wait!" Lin Yunche called out to the servant.

The servant immediately looked at Lin Yunche warily, "Young Master Lin, what are your orders?"

These past three days, they've been nearly driven to their deaths by this troublesome creature. It's either diarrhea or sneaking up the wall in the middle of the night.

What's even more infuriating is the strange medicine bottles he had on him, which seemed to have come from nowhere.

Every time they made a move, their men suffered greatly. Now, whenever this Young Master Lin speaks, their brothers tremble with fear.

But the master said that this person cannot be touched and can only be allowed to cause trouble. So they are keeping a living ancestor locked up here.

Lin Yunche picked up a wild vegetable with his chopsticks and put it in his mouth, saying, "I want to see the Prince Consort!"

The servant's expression changed. "Young Master Lin, you've been making a fuss about this for three days now."

"If the master wishes to see you, he will naturally come to see you. Young Master Lin, please be patient."

Calm down? How could he possibly calm down? Wanqing was forced to her death by the Prince of Huai, and the Lin family had fallen into the Prince of Huai's hands.

He now wishes he could kill the Prince of Huai immediately!
He had already made up his mind that as long as he could return to Huaizhou, he was confident he could take the life of the Prince of Huai!

Lin Yunche's expression gradually turned fierce, and the whites of his eyes turned a glaring scarlet.

The servants knew that Lin Yunche was about to go insane again; it was always the same before, every time Young Master Lin was about to lose his mind, he would have this expression.
The servant sighed and waved his hand behind him. Soon, more than a dozen burly men rushed into the house.

"Young Master Lin, if you ask me, you shouldn't waste your energy!"

"You said you've tried it a few times! Every time you've been caught and brought back obediently."

"Don't tell us we find it annoying, don't you find it annoying yourself?"

Lin Yunche certainly didn't find it annoying. "Since you find it annoying, just let me go?"

Why make things so difficult for yourself?

The men inside the house were furious when they heard this. Did they not want to let him go?
They were merely following orders; how could they dare release people without their master's command!
Lin Yunche looked at the group of men, their faces turning ashen with anger, and felt helpless. But he had to get out; how could he do it without using some tricks?
Thinking of this, Lin Yunche once again reached into his robes.
The servants and the burly men in the room were all too familiar with this action, so they all tacitly raised their hands to cover their mouths and noses.

But this time, Lin Yunche took out a dagger instead of a medicine bottle.

"What's going on?" one of the burly men asked.

The servants were also puzzled and could only warn, "Don't act rashly, be careful of a trap!"

Lin Yunche slightly curled the corners of his lips, and the next second, he pulled out a dagger and stabbed it into his own chest.
The men present were shocked by what they saw, but the servants were the first to react.

"Quick! Stop him!"

The group of burly men finally came to their senses and rushed towards Lin Yunche's direction.

But Lin Yunche's movements were too fast. The dagger had already pierced Lin Yunche's chest, and blood was trickling down the wound.

Upon seeing this, the servant gasped and exclaimed, "Oh no! Go and tell the master that Young Master Lin has committed suicide."

With blood at the corner of his mouth, Lin Yunche looked at the chaotic scene before him and couldn't help but laugh. Then, his vision gradually blurred, and he collapsed.

When he woke up, there was no one beside him, only a strong smell of Chinese medicine.

Where is this? This doesn't seem to be where he's being held!
Did he use too much force and actually lose his life?

Lin Yunche was startled, then smiled bitterly. Now he was imprisoned in Xiaocheng by his uncle and could do nothing. It was no different from being dead.

If I die, I might still be able to see Wanqing.

That's right! Wanqing always has this faint herbal scent on her.
Just as Lin Yunche was immersed in his fantasy, an angry voice shattered everything.

"In just twenty years, I never imagined that the younger generation of the Lin family would be so useless!"

Lin Yunche suddenly opened his eyes, turned his head, and finally saw the person he had been thinking about day and night for the past three days.

"Uncle, you've finally come to see me!"

Lin Sishu glanced at Lin Yunche lying on the bed with disdain and frowned, saying, "Yeah! You just want to see me, don't you?"

"They even resorted to crying, making a scene, and threatening suicide!"

"It does remind me of the legacy of the Lin family today."

Lin Yunche ignored Lin Sishu's sarcasm and simply reiterated his request, "Let me go back to Huaizhou."

Lin Sishu did not answer.

"Let me go back to Huaizhou!" Lin Yunche said again, emphasizing his words.

Lin Sishu sneered, "Lin Yunche, you are now a hostage of the Northern Dynasty."

"You're a traitor to the Shang Kingdom. By what right do you think you're making demands of me?"

Lin Yunche forced himself to sit up and said, "Precisely because I am a traitor!"

"Uncle, I can take the blame for your crime."

As he spoke, he took out the letters he had prepared over the past two days. Because of the injury to his chest, there were several bloodstains on the letters.

Lin Sishu raised an eyebrow. He had heard his subordinates complain about Lin Yunche quite a bit these days, and he found his nephew to be very cunning.

Even now, he still couldn't figure out what Lin Yunche was thinking, but Lin Yunche's words had indeed piqued his interest. He took the letter from Lin Yunche and glanced at it.

It was discovered that this letter was actually a forged secret letter between Lin Yunche and Luan Heng! The letter stated that the person who colluded with Luan Heng from the inside was not Lin Sishu, but the Prince of Huai.

Now, filled with resentment, Lin Yunche has made a deal with Luan Heng.

Luan Heng helped Lin Yunche eliminate the Prince of Huai, and Lin Yunche helped Luan Heng raise an army in Beifeng City!

After a moment's thought, Lin Sishu realized that this was indeed a way to clear his name.

"Che'er! Aren't you the one who cares most about the Lin family?"

"Do you know that by doing this you are sending the Lin family to their doom? Are you willing to do this?"

Lin Sishu didn't believe that Lin Yunche would give up on the Lin family so easily, otherwise he wouldn't have been willing to take such a big risk to break into the princess's mansion alone.

Lin Yunche said with a pained expression, "I'm not willing!"

“But just as you said, Uncle, you suffered greatly in the Northern Dynasty, while we were living a carefree life in the Shang Dynasty. This is something the Lin family owes you, and it must be repaid!”

"Repay?" Lin Sishu found the word inexplicably jarring. "Do you really think you can repay all the suffering I've endured?"

"I'll give you some, however little I have. If you agree, I'll give you the token."

"With this token, the person who sees the letter will no longer question its authenticity."

Lin Sishu thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I promise you! I will let you out. Now, take out the token."

Lin Yunche naturally didn't believe Lin Sishu. "Release me first, and I will naturally give you the token."

Lin Sishu twitched the corner of her mouth. "Since you don't trust me, then I think it's inconvenient to do this deal."

As he spoke, he took out the letter and stuffed it back into Lin Yunche's hand.

Lin Yunche was flustered. He hadn't expected Lin Sishu to not be as moved as he had imagined. This shouldn't be!

Lin Yunche stared blankly at Lin Sishu. Lin Sishu obviously didn't want to waste any more words with Lin Yunche and turned to leave.

In the end, Lin Yunche was the one who backed down first.

"Okay, I believe you! I'll give you the token!"

Lin Sishu then stopped, turned around, and reached out her hand to Lin Yunche.

Helpless, Lin Yunche handed the letter and the keepsake to Lin Sishu. Lin Sishu picked up the keepsake and examined it for a while. "This jade pendant looks very valuable!"

"You really didn't lie to me!"

"Of course I wouldn't lie to you, and I hope you won't lie to me either!"

Lin Sishu smiled faintly and said, "Of course not!"

As he spoke, he strode away. Lin Yunche didn't expect that this person would take the things and leave, so he shouted after him.

"Didn't you promise you wouldn't lie to me? How could you just leave like that!"

Lin Sishu's voice came from afar, "Don't worry, I will let you go. You should focus on healing your injuries first!"

Lin Yunche was furious that Lin Sishu had tricked him and punched the bed in anger.

"Ouch! That hurts!"

"Young Master Lin, since the master has made a promise to you, he will naturally not go back on his word. Don't make things difficult for yourself." The servant walked in with the medicine, his tone much colder than before.

Without even asking, you can tell that these people must have been scolded by Lin Sishu!

"He won't go back on his word? He just lied to me!" Lin Yunche said, wincing in pain.

The servant breathed a sigh of relief and earnestly advised, "Young Master Lin, the master said that he would let you go once you have recovered from your injuries."

"Here! This is excellent medicine for treating knife wounds. See if you want to take it!"

After the servant finished speaking, he avoided Lin Yunche as if he were a plague god.

Lin Yunche carefully smelled the medicinal soup on the table. "It is indeed medicine for treating injuries."

Since that's the case, he should recover from his injuries as soon as possible! Lin Yunche picked up the medicinal soup and drank it all in one gulp, then touched his chest.

With this minor injury, he will definitely be able to leave Xiao City within five days.

On the other side, Lin Sishu had just returned to the princess's residence when A Mang blocked his way.

"Your Highness, the princess has been waiting for you in the vegetable garden for a long time."

"Why don't you go and take a look?"

Princess Yunni called him, and he naturally put the princess first, so he followed A Mang to their small vegetable garden.

Princess Yunni was squatting on the ground, watering the wild vegetables they had just planted.

"You've come at the perfect time! Prince Consort, look at these wild vegetables. Even though they were planted in the autumn, they've already sprouted!"

"It's like some people who, even after living in my Northern Dynasty for twenty years, still can't forget their original identity!"

No sooner had he finished speaking than Ah Mang kicked Lin Sishu away.

Lin Sishu rolled on the ground, then spat out a mouthful of blood and said with a dazed look in her eyes, "Yun Ni, you've misunderstood me!"

"No?" Yun Ni put down the bucket, walked towards Lin Sishu, and grabbed Lin Sishu's chin with her right hand to question her.

"Then tell me, where is Lin Yunche?"

"Why did you ruin my plans!" (End of Chapter)