But Ruowei only had Brother Zhao An in her heart and didn't want to marry anyone else, so she rejected all the blind dates.
At the end of the letter, Ruowei said that she would definitely wait for Brother Zhao An to pass the imperial examination in the future, and then ask him to marry her in a grand ceremony.
After reading the letter, the mother and son were not very happy.
Zhao Kangping said, "Mom, could it be that Ruowei is hiding something?"
He was a little worried, afraid that the girl would only report good news and not bad news.
Well, actually there doesn’t seem to be much joy in the letter.
"I also think she didn't tell the truth. At the beginning she said that she was living well there, but later she mentioned that she had a bad relationship with her stepmother. Her stepmother also made things difficult for her many times. It's hard to say what the specific situation is." Jiang looked worried.
Moreover, in this era, marriages between men and women are mostly based on the orders of their parents and the words of matchmakers. How many people can fall in love freely?
Especially in a place as complicated as the capital, if one wants to gain a foothold in officialdom, few families can do so without political marriages.
There is another point that is even more worthy of reflection.
Lin Yuanzhi was reinstated at the beginning of the year, but Lin Tiannan didn't arrive to pick up Lin Ruowei until late July. If the Lin family cared so much about Lin Ruowei, why didn't they come and pick her up right after Lin Yuanzhi was reinstated?
Perhaps Lin Yuanzhi did not care much about his daughter, but took her back for some need.
Mrs. Jiang immediately thought that Lin Yuanzhi was most likely using her daughter as a tool for marriage.
It may not be the stepmother's intention to arrange a marriage for her daughter, it may just be a cover.
But she didn't dare to jump to conclusions about the specific situation, nor did she dare to tell her son her guess, for fear that he would do something stupid.
The arrival of this letter undoubtedly broke the peace of this family.
In the following days, Zhao An lost his appetite and couldn't concentrate on reading.
The mother was helpless and she found him again.
"If you really care about Ruowei, you can go to the capital to find her. But I have told you in advance that you must not be reckless when you go out. If something is impossible, never force it. Mother is looking forward to your safe return." Mrs. Jiang didn't want her son to still be worried about Wei'er, so she let him go to the capital.
After she finished speaking, she took out a bag of silver and handed it to him, saying, "This is for your travel expenses. Be frugal and don't waste your money."
The boy took the bag of money. It was heavy. This was no ordinary bag of money. This was also his hope of seeing Wei'er again.
After bidding farewell to his mother, Zhao Kangping set out for the capital.
His hometown was actually not too far from the capital, and it only took about five or six days to get there by horse carriage.
The journey was relatively smooth and he arrived in the capital without encountering any setbacks.
The capital of the Great Zhou is indeed the best place. Its prosperity is far beyond the reach of an unknown small town like Beicang.
However, the young man was not dazzled by the glitz and glamour of this place. His purpose in coming here was clear: to find Lin Ruowei, the daughter of the Lin family. He wanted to know how she was doing now.
He sent a visiting card to the Lin Mansion, claiming that he was the son of an old friend of Minister Lin and wanted to pay a visit.
However, the gatekeeper pushed his invitation away and said, "Every month, eight or ten people come to our master to seek kinship. Your trick is no longer new. Get out of here, or I'll take action."
He was turned away just like that.
Later, he stayed in an inn near the Lin family. During the day, he would walk around the Lin Mansion from time to time, but he never waited for Lin Ruowei to leave the house.
The inns in the capital are not cheap. The money he has on him for accommodation and food is more than enough.
Seeing that his money was almost gone, he wanted to find a job here.
As luck would have it, he happened to come across the Lin Mansion recruiting servants that day, so he went to sign up.
He overcame many difficulties and finally became one of the new servants of the Lin family.
However, the Lin Mansion is very large, several times larger than the mansion where Zhao Haicheng lived when he was the prefect.
He was assigned to chop firewood in the woodshed, which was far away from the area where the women of the Lin family lived.
But this is already a good situation, and he still has a great chance to meet Miss Ruowei.
He spent two days finding out Lin Ruowei's residence, and another day figuring out the patrol routes and patterns of the guards in the mansion.
Then, on the fourth night after entering the mansion, he changed into night clothes and sneaked into the yard where her boudoir was located under the cover of darkness.
After making sure that there was no one else around, he sneaked into Lin Ruowei's boudoir.
He walked with extreme caution along the way. Even if he took a wrong step, he would face an irretrievable situation.
He finally understood that although his father regarded Lin Yuanzhi as a friend, he might not attach much importance to the friendship between them.
Because he heard some news in the mansion that was not written in Lin Ruowei's letter.
Lin Yuanzhi had five children, and Lin Ruowei was the youngest. Many servants in the mansion had never known that there was such a person as Lin Ruowei in the Lin family.
It is said that Lin Yuanzhi is ready to tie himself to the current crown prince, and he is planning to marry one of his daughters to a crown prince's grandson.
Only then did he find Lin Ruowei. It turned out that he used Lin Ruowei as a tool for marriage.
How can we expect someone who doesn't value family affection to pay more attention to his relationship with his father?
"Who?" Hearing someone opening the door, Lin Ruowei, who was already awake, climbed up from the bed.
"It's me." Zhao Kangping came to the bedside as quickly as possible and covered her mouth with his hand to prevent her from screaming.
The girl recognized his voice and was surprised and happy.
At this moment, the light of candlelight lit up outside the door, and the next moment a woman's voice was heard: "Miss, what happened?"
It turned out that the maid who was responsible for taking care of Lin Ruowei heard the noise and came over to see.
Zhao Kangping released his hand. Lin Ruowei calmed down and said, "It's okay. There was a mouse just now, and it ran away."
"Miss, do you want me to ask someone to catch the mouse?" said the maid outside the door.
"No need, the mouse has already run away. You can go back first." Lin Ruowei raised her voice.
"Yes, Miss." The maid didn't dare to say more and retreated.
After a while, the girl grabbed his hand.
I was really scared just now and almost got discovered.
The young boys and girls held their breath just now, and after confirming that the people outside had gone far away, they gradually began to breathe heavily with confidence.
The young couple were very excited to meet each other after a long separation.
They have thousands of words in their hearts, but don't know where to start.
"I heard you were going to marry a certain grandson of the Emperor."
"You know it all?"
"really……"
"I'm sorry I didn't tell the truth in my letter."
"Okay, now I see you too. You can go without worries."
They both tried to lower their voices and speak in low voices. Zhao Kangping stood up and tried to leave, but she grabbed him.
Although he tried his best to suppress his emotions, she could still hear a hint of helplessness in his voice.
"Don't go, can you stay with me?"
"But you're going to marry someone else."
"But I don't want to get married... The only person I want to marry is Brother Zhao An."
"It's too late to say anything. You want to marry into the royal family. Do you still hope to elope? You and I are too weak. Where can we escape to?"
Zhao Kangping knew that even if they could escape from the Lin Mansion, where else could they escape to in this vast world? He did not underestimate the power that a state machine could exert.
Eloping is a dead end, there is no possibility for them anymore.
He was very rational and wanted to leave, which would be good for everyone.
However, the irrational person was Lin Ruowei. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she whispered softly, "I only regret not getting married to you sooner. I really don't want to marry someone I don't know."
"Can you be willful with me for once?"
Under the moonlight, her eyes were like a helpless little deer, making people unable to refuse.
"You, what do you want?"
"The maid in the mansion taught me some skills to serve my future husband. I think..."
……
About half an hour later, the two infatuated men and women ended their passionate embrace and were now hugging each other tightly.
Although it was late at night, they all tried their best to suppress their voices in order not to disturb others.
They tried almost every way of playing except the last level, and the wonderfulness of it cannot be explained to outsiders.
However, Zhao Kangping had lost his cultivation, and the young man's body, which had not been strengthened, was still not strong enough, and he was a little exhausted.
"Why didn't Brother Zhao An take my red pill?"
"I'm afraid we are not destined to be together in this life. I can't hurt you."
"But I only have Brother Zhao An in my heart. I don't want to marry the Crown Prince at all."
"If you don't want to get married, then you don't have to get married?"
"I……"
The girl was speechless.
Then they helped each other clean up silently without saying a word.
Tears had already slid down their cheeks, and they were crying silently.
It turns out that when people are most sad, they may not cry loudly, and crying silently may not mean they are not most sad.
"I have to go." The boy felt that he had stayed too long and it was time to end it.
"Don't go, stay with me for a while." She held him again.
But this time he broke free.
"Forget me." Zhao Kangping was also tired, and it was time to end this story.
"Brother Zhao An, my biggest regret is that I cannot be your wife in this life." The girl burst into tears. She knew that if he left, she would probably never have the chance to see him again in this life.
The boy didn't look back, he still left.
After Zhao Kangping left, Lin Ruowei sat on the bed in a daze for a while. She took out a pair of scissors from under her pillow and rubbed them with her delicate little hands.
The palace had been preparing for the wedding these days, and many of the maids were cutting red paper-cuts for the windows. She thought it was novel and decided to join in. After she finished, she even took a pair of scissors.
She really didn't want to marry the crown prince. She would rather die than let another man defile her.
But now she still hopes to continue meeting with Brother Zhao An in private.
On the other side, Zhao Kangping had a lot of thoughts in his mind as he climbed over the wall to escape.
He was very surprised. If this was a dream, it had lasted long enough. When would it end?
Suddenly his foot slipped and he missed a step.
"Ah!~"
"boom!"
He fell to the ground, making quite a noise.
"Who is it?" In an instant, seven or eight guards jumped out from the darkness.
……
The next day at breakfast, several maids woke Lin Ruowei up early.
While dressing up Miss Lin, the maids discussed a thief who had sneaked into the house last night.
Originally, Lin Ruowei didn't care much, but when she heard that the thief was caught not far from where she lived, her heart skipped a beat.
"What little thief? Where is he?" Miss Lin grabbed the hand of one of the maids, her expression a little ferocious.
The maid was also frightened by her and said timidly, "It seems that the little thief has been beaten to death with sticks. I don't know where the body was thrown."
"No..." Lin Ruowei stood up from the dressing table and ran out without caring about her uncombed hair.
The girl searched everywhere frantically and finally saw dried blood in the corner of a courtyard wall.
What should have happened here is unfortunately mostly obscured.
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