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

Chapter 83 Unrelated Big Events
Bai Chenming was the first to come to his senses. "So this is your reason for harming Qing'er and the entire Bai family?"

Bai Qinglian naturally denied it, "Father, my eldest sister clearly has a good relationship with Doctor Luo, but she won't let Doctor Luo treat Master Huang! Why do you think that is?"

"Isn't she just jealous that her younger sister is doing well?"

As Bai Qinglian spoke, she cried even harder. Chen Shi and Bai Chengnan both nodded in agreement, feeling that all of this was caused by Bai Wanqing.

Bai Chenming was so angry that his veins bulged and he almost fainted again. It was Bai Wanqing who caught him and prevented him from falling to the ground.

"Lies! All lies! Who is that Doctor Luo? Who is that Master Huang!"

"Have you forgotten how Master Huang schemed against your eldest sister back then?"

"Don't even mention your older sister disagreeing, even I wouldn't agree."

After Bai Chenming finished speaking, he touched his chest, finally managing to calm himself down. Bai Qinglian knew her father was biased, but she hadn't expected it to be to this extent.

"Father, do you know that Lin Yunche has an unknown background? His identity could bring disaster to the entire Bai family. Are you just going to stand by and watch the Bai family be destroyed by my eldest sister?"

"It's one thing if you don't care about Lian'er, but don't you care about your younger brother, Cheng Nan? He's your only son."

Bai Qinglian's words made Bai Chenming hesitate for a second. Bai Wanqing, who was standing to the side, seemed to have thought of something, and her gaze toward Bai Qinglian gradually became dangerous.

Seeing that Bai Chenming's expression had softened somewhat, Madam Chen immediately said, "Master, our daughter has already suffered so much, and you still want to drive her out of the Bai family. Without the Bai family's support, how will she live in the future? How will she live in the Huang family?"

Considering Master Huang's situation, Bai Chenming ultimately refrained from mentioning kicking her out. He instructed Madam Chen to send Bai Qinglian back to her courtyard and placed her under house arrest, saying that she was not allowed to leave the house until the day she was to leave.

Bai Qinglian sat blankly on the bed, her eyes empty. When Chen saw Bai Qinglian like this, tears streamed down her face. "Lian'er! You have really angered your father this time."

"You must never do such a thing again." Madam Chen had just learned about the county government incident from Chun Tao, and she was both shocked and frightened. She couldn't understand why her third daughter was so foolish.

"Mother! Your daughter is not reconciled!" Bai Qinglian murmured, slowly turning her gaze to Chen Shi.

"Mother, whether Lin Yunche has a problem or not, Father doesn't know, but don't you know?"

"It's a fact that Lin Yunche came to our Bai family dressed in black. Father doesn't believe me, and neither do you?" Bai Qinglian tugged at the corners of her mouth and said with a bitter smile.

Madam Chen was silent for a moment, "But we can't take this to the authorities! If this gets out of hand, our Bai family will be finished! As for Lin Yunche, why should you care about him? In two months, you'll be going to the Huang family, and she'll be going to the Lin family. Whether they live or die will depend on their own fate!"

Why bother getting involved and losing your father's favor?

Bai Qinglian snorted coldly, "Father's heart has never been with me, so how can I say I've lost it?"

Chen sighed, offered a few words of comfort, and then left Bai Qinglian's courtyard.

At the same time, Bai Wanqing also learned from her father what had happened in the yamen! She was also terrified; she hadn't expected Bai Qinglian to be able to do such a thing.

"Father, what about Young Master Lin?"

"Don't worry, Lin Yunche is fine." Bai Chenming handed the letter sent by the county magistrate to Bai Wanqing.

Bai Wanqing was relieved. She thought for a moment and said, "Father, Young Master Lin's identity is indeed not just that of a simple farmer, but he has never done anything wrong. He was forced into this situation. I hope you will not blame him."

How could Bai Chenming not know that Lin Yunche was no ordinary person? He had seen the list of betrothal gifts before and had his suspicions. However, he had already accepted that this young master Lin was his son-in-law, so he turned a blind eye. He just didn't expect Bai Qinglian to expose this matter and even take it to the yamen.

"Father knows, Father is aware of the situation." Bai Chenming said, and Bai Wanqing helped him to the bedside.

"You should go back too! Get some rest. Pass on a message to Young Master Lin about this matter. After all, it was our Bai family that started this trouble, causing him some trouble."

"Yes!" Before leaving, Bai Wanqing took Bai Chenming's pulse to make sure he was alright before returning to her courtyard.

She then wrote a letter and gave it to Uncle Liu, who then delivered it to Linjia Village.

Lin Yunche smiled knowingly upon receiving Bai Wanqing's letter. It was quite an accident; Master Bai had conveniently confined Bai Qinglian to her quarters. Otherwise, he would have needed Bai Wanqing to devise a way to keep Bai Qinglian under control.

Seeing Lin Yunche holding the letter and grinning foolishly, Cui couldn't help but ask, "Wanqing knows everything now?"

Lin Yunche shook his head, "She only knows that I became the top scholar in the exam, she doesn't know anything else."

"Then when you were injured that day, didn't you go to the Bai family? Didn't she ask?" Cui asked, somewhat surprised. Lin Yunche shook his head again, "No! Even if she had asked, I wouldn't have known how to tell her."

Madam Cui naturally understood Lin Yunche's worries. "Never mind! Even if you don't say anything, Wanqing will find out sooner or later. But this matter is still somewhat dangerous. Aren't you afraid that those people will really investigate the Bai family?"

Lin Yunche sat up seriously, looked at the stars in the sky and said, "I'm scared! So I need to act quickly."

The next morning, the streets of Huai'an County were still bustling with activity. No one knew where the news came from, but in any case, two major events had occurred in Huai'an County overnight.

Bai Wanqing arrived at the century-old medical clinic early in the morning and overheard Manager Zhou and Doctor Chang discussing things privately.

Master Luo, always eager for news, grabbed Bai Wanqing and joined them. He pulled Manager Zhou aside, asking, "What is it? Two big things!"

Manager Zhou coughed a few times, looked around to make sure no one else was there, and then whispered, "The first thing I heard is that our magistrate has caught a foreign spy!"

"A foreign spy? You mean the Northern Dynasty?" Doctor Chang's eyes widened.

It's understandable that Doctor Chang was surprised. After all, Huai'an County was originally some distance from the northern border. However, fifteen years ago, the Northern Dynasty of the northern border suddenly launched an attack and seized four northern cities of the Shang Kingdom. This made Huai'an County the northern border of the Shang Kingdom, and they could only occasionally see a few people from the Northern Dynasty.

Shopkeeper Zhou nodded, but Doctor Chang became worried, "It's only been a few years since things calmed down! Does the Northern Dynasty have designs on us again?"

"I don't know if they have any thoughts about it, but it's definitely not a good thing." Manager Zhou had also witnessed the horrors of the war more than a decade ago, and hearing such news now made him feel sad. He and Doctor Chang both became depressed.

Bai Wanqing was young at the time and couldn't remember much about what happened back then. On the contrary, Doctor Luo had experienced too much, so such things didn't affect him much.

Doctor Luo was waiting to hear the second thing from the two, but they were both silent. Doctor Luo was getting a little anxious. "Then what's the second thing, Manager Zhou?"

When Doctor Luo asked him this, Manager Zhou finally came to his senses. "The second thing is that I heard the daughter of a high-ranking official in the capital came to our county. Yesterday, she and her maid were choosing a house on Changsheng Street. She really went all out and chose the best house on Changsheng Street and moved in."

Doctor Luo was somewhat dejected. "What's the big deal about this? You're all making a big fuss over nothing."

Bai Wanqing also felt that way. These two things didn't seem to have much to do with her. But before leaving, Manager Zhou whispered in Bai Wanqing's ear, "Master, I heard that the young lady's house is right next to your house on Changsheng Street. Be careful and keep an eye on it."

"I will." But Bai Wanqing didn't feel she should be careful about anything.

The news of the capture of the spy quickly spread throughout Huai'an County.
Inside the county government office, Magistrate Hu looked at Lin Yunche, who was leisurely drinking tea, and felt annoyed. He always felt that this young man was unreliable, but Lin Yunche always had a roguish air about him when he was relaxed.

"Lord Lin, now that the news has been released, will the other side take the bait?" Magistrate Hu asked with a smile.

Lin Yunche sipped his tea, stood up, and said calmly, "Don't worry, I've also relayed this news to the Northern Dynasty through other channels. I believe they'll send someone to verify it soon."

Upon hearing this, Magistrate Hu was visibly startled. "Lord Lin, are you saying they'll come to the yamen's prison?"

"Of course! So you should move Li Ding and the others as soon as possible, lest they be implicated by accident."

"Then there's no one in the prison. If the other side comes, we should capture them as soon as possible." Magistrate Hu was very nervous.

Lin Yunche shook his head and said, "Catch them? Those people are all assassins from the Northern Dynasty. Even if you catch them, it won't do you any good. You might as well play the long game and catch a big fish."

Magistrate Hu immediately understood, "Then, Lord Lin, what do you mean?"

Lin Yunche smiled slightly, but didn't continue. Instead, he reminded him, "In short, Magistrate Hu, you'll soon have made a contribution."

Magistrate Hu: I don't believe you for a second.

Although Magistrate Hu had his doubts, he still followed Lin Yunche's instructions and moved the people away, leaving behind an empty yamen prison.

He then summoned a few guards, who pretended to stand guard there.

Lin Yunche seemed to think that simply releasing the news was not enough to convince the other side, so he also spread the contents of a secret letter from the Northern Dynasty that he had intercepted before. Sure enough, the people on the Northern Dynasty's border could no longer sit still.

"General, news from the Shang Kingdom!" Mingwei, the deputy general of the Northern Dynasty, handed a note to General Luan Heng.

Luan Heng read the contents of the note and then handed it to Ming Wei beside him. Ming Wei glanced at the contents and saw that the Northern Dynasty's special envoy had been arrested.
"How could that be? Our line of communication was only just established." Mingwei was somewhat annoyed.

(End of this chapter)