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Holding the book, she followed behind him, holding several wooden boxes in her hands. Her face was full of sour teeth.

Mother Lin couldn't help but laugh. "What's wrong?"

Lin Ruhai turned around.

When he saw the expression on her face, his face immediately darkened. "Holding the book!"

Holding the book, her whole body trembled.

She quickly put away the expression on her face and stood still.

Mother Lin couldn't help but glance at Lin Ruhai. "What's the big deal?

Is it worth you scolding and holding the book like this? "

Lin Ruhai pursed his lips and lowered his head without saying anything.

Father Lin passed away when Lin Ruhai was very young.

It could be said that she, as his mother, had raised him single-handedly.

How could she not understand him?

Mother Lin could tell at a glance.

Her son was still angry in his heart.

This was strange.

Mother Lin raised Lin Ruhai until he was seventeen years old and urged him to take third place. During this time, she had scolded her son countless times.

However, he had always been gentle. He had never been angry.

This was the first time he had expressed his anger so clearly.

Her gaze fell on the wooden box in the hand holding the book. "Tell me, what's inside?

Also,

Why did you stop reading so early today? "

Lin Ruhai immediately stepped forward with a book in his hand.

"Mother, I've been engaged to the third miss for almost a month, but other than the wedding day of the fourth miss of Rongguo Province,

I haven't contacted the third miss once.

"During this period of time, I've been thinking about it and felt that something was wrong.

Today, I happened to be free.

I wanted to send a message to the third miss. "

He turned sideways.

He pointed at the pile of jewelry in the hand holding the book.

"I went to Ruyi Square to pick a lot of jewelry.

But because it's not the style I used to like, I want mother to take a look. I hope to pick the best one and send it to the third miss. "

Mother Lin raised her eyebrows and smiled. "My son has actually been enlightened?"

She stepped forward and opened the wooden box. The dazzling jewelry inside was imprinted in her eyes.

Even though she was mentally prepared, Mother Lin couldn't help but be surprised. Her son was quite generous to the Third Miss of Rongguo Province.

When Lin Mu was young, she was also a frequent customer of Ruyi Square. Naturally, she knew the value of these pieces of jewelry. She also understood how much effort Ruhai had put in to gather these fine pieces together.

Thinking that he still hadn't bought her a piece of jewelry, Mother Lin complained, "It's been so many years, but my son hasn't given me a single gift."

"I think these accessories are very beautiful. Ruhai, why don't you give them to your mother?" After she finished speaking, she looked at Lin Ruhai as if she was watching a good show.

She really wanted to know how her newly enlightened son would choose between her and his fiancée.

Before Lin Ruhai could react, Jia 'Mosquito' Shu, who had been following him all this time, had already lit up a red light in her heart. If she was targeted by her mother-in-law before marriage, her life in the Lin family would really be limited everywhere.

In this era, the head of the household had a lot of power in the backyard.

When the time came, what difference would it make compared to Rongguo Province?

Because the Lin family had a simple population, she didn't even know how to change her situation …

Lin Ruhai and his mother had depended on each other since childhood. Even if she tried her best to drive a wedge between the two of them, it wouldn't necessarily work.

The Lin family was like an iron bucket. Even if she wanted to fight, no one would pay attention to her.

At this moment, Jia Su wished she could give Lin Ruhai all her EQ so that he could give an answer that would satisfy Mother Lin.

Unfortunately, not only was she unable to do so, she didn't even dare to appear near them. She could only flap her wings and fly in circles five meters away.

She was anxious.

Lin Ruhai didn't know what the two women were thinking. He only answered the question according to his own thoughts, "Mother, don't you prefer simple jewelry?

If you like the jewelry from Ruyi Square, I'll choose a few more pieces for you next time. "

He turned to look at the jewelry he chose for Jia Su and frowned in confusion, "I've never seen you wear such complicated jewelry. You don't like it, do you?"

Mother Lin was happy, "My son knows me best."

She held the jewelry in the wooden box in her hands and carefully examined it. She no longer mentioned the matter of asking Lin Ruhai to buy jewelry for her.

Lin Ruhai didn't understand, but he didn't say anything else.

After a while, Mother Lin sighed, "Ruhai, are you sure you only want to give your fiancée one piece of jewelry?"

These pieces of jewelry were all the latest, and the craftsmanship and materials were also the best. How could they be the best?

There was no way to choose!

Although she had never met Jia Shu before, because of Lin Ruhai's attitude, whether it was love for the house, love its crow, or preconceived notions, she had a better impression of her.

Even if she didn't like this style of jewelry, Mother Lin was still moved.

She couldn't imagine what would happen if Jia Su found out that her son had bought more than ten pieces of jewelry, but in the end, he was stingy and only gave her one piece …

"Ruhai, if you only give her one piece, I'm afraid something will happen after she gets married."

Lin Ruhai was stunned, "Mother, what do you think I should do?"

Mother Lin waved her hand generously, "Give it all!"

Lin Ruhai was stunned, "Mother, are you serious?"

It wasn't that he was reluctant.

But he originally just wanted to pass a message to Third Miss. It was just that he couldn't go empty-handed, so he bought gifts. If he sent more than ten gifts …

Would Duke Rongguo and Madam Rongguo really not think too much?

It was just like how he felt that Third Miss didn't wear jewelry in Rongguo Province.

Hmm …

Although he really did feel that way.

When he met Third Miss that day, she was clearly a peerlessly beautiful and charming young lady, but there were only two outdated gold hairpins on her head, and there were no decorations on her neck or wrists.

Although he didn't know what was going on, he remembered it in his heart. That was why he couldn't control himself and bought so many pieces of jewelry when he went to Ruyi Square this time.

But he had never heard of anyone giving gifts to their fiancée in large and small bags.

Mother Lin didn't have these concerns. As a woman, she understood women very well, "Just give it to her. I guarantee that Rongguo Province's Third Miss will welcome you with a smile."

She didn't believe that there was a woman in this world who could refuse Ruyi Square's jewelry!

Lin Ruhai was half-convinced and half-doubtful, but he still put away the wooden box, "Duanshu, hurry up and send these jewelry to Rongguo Province …"

"Stop!"

Mother Lin looked at Lin Ruhai, "You have to show your sincerity by yourself to curry favor with your fiancée!"

When Jia Mosquito Shu heard this, she couldn't help but raise her impression of Mother Lin from zero to a high of ninety points.

With such an open-minded mother-in-law, she would be saved a lot of trouble in the future!

But …

"You have to take advantage of the time before marriage to please Third Miss Jia. After marriage, you can be a loving couple with her and raise eyebrows together."

Speaking of this, Mother Lin couldn't help but smile, "When the time comes, you can give me a fat grandson as soon as possible."

Jia Mosquito Shu knew that the Lin family would have no descendants, "…"

Jia Su thought about it and silently lowered her impression of Mother Lin by a lot until it reached the passing line, then she reluctantly stopped.

It was a good thing that her mother-in-law was open-minded.

But if this open-minded mother-in-law didn't care about anything and just stared at her and her husband making a baby every day, that would be quite uncomfortable.

Only then did Jia Min realize that her impression of her mother had always been an illusion that Madam Jia wanted her to see. The real Madam Jia was actually an extremely self-centered person.

She had lived with her mother for more than ten years, but she had never really understood her mother. So how could Ruhai and Madam Jia be the only ones responsible for her only daughter dying of tears in the end?

Wasn't she also unable to see through people?

Thinking back to her previous life, she had said a lot of good things about Rongguo Province and her mother in front of Ruhai and Daiyu …

Jia Min tried hard to hold back her tears.

Although she felt that it was too stupid for her daughter to be hot-headed and snatch her shu sister's marriage because of a ridiculous dream, and because of this, it was even more infuriating. However, Madam Jashi truly loved Jia Min, so she still opened her mouth to advise her: "Min 'er, you don't have to worry. For a shu son of Marquis Ding Nan fu to be able to marry you is his ancestors' eight lifetimes of good fortune. If they dare to treat you badly, just divorce them.

With Rongguo Mansion here, no one will dare to say anything to you. At that time, Mother will choose a good marriage for you. "

She had this confidence because her maternal family was strong and was willing to support her married daughter. If it were the three illegitimate daughters, who would care about them?

Jia Min shook her head, "I think Dingnan Houfu's illegitimate son is also good."

Since her third sister could live so well in her previous life, it was not because of Dingnan Houfu's illegitimate son, so she did not need to change the marriage back.

Although she did not know how her third sister did it, she could even marry Dingnan Houfu's illegitimate son and live a life that made all the women in the capital jealous. Then if she married Ruhai, who was better than Dingnan Houfu's illegitimate son, she would have a better life, right?

As for her?

She made the wrong choice, so she naturally had to bear the consequences of this choice.

Jia Min quickly left Madam Jia's courtyard.

After she left, Madam Jia's house was brightly lit throughout the night.

What Min 'er said just now, Madam Jashi didn't seem to be as indifferent as she appeared.

Everything else was fine, and she did feel that those things were a joke. However, she had indeed thought about letting Zheng 'er inherit the title of nobility more than once.

Of course, she never told anyone.

At least now, the people around Madam Jia only thought that she was biased towards Jia Min and Jia Zheng. She did not have a good attitude towards Jia Xie, the eldest son who was brought up in the old Duke Rongguo's courtyard.

But these biases were still within a controllable range. Others just muttered a few words, and no one took it to heart.

People's hearts were biased. No one could guarantee that they would treat all children equally.

How did Ke Min 'er know?

Could it be that this was what Min 'er really wanted to say to her?

A reminder?

Or a warning?

Madam Jia held a string of Buddhist prayer beads. Her fingers kept twirling, and her eyes were dark and unclear.

-

Jia Min, who had left, was also thinking about this matter.

She only realized it when she returned to her own courtyard. Her mother had refuted almost everything, but she did not mention anything about her letting the two sons marry regardless of age.

So it turned out that her mother had such a big estrangement from her eldest brother at such a young age?

Then her eldest brother's later behavior of "hiding in the East Courtyard, drinking and making merry all day, and fooling around with concubines", was it really what he wanted to do, without her mother's interference?

No, she must see her father tomorrow and tell him these things, so that he can be prepared for failure in the battle for the position of the heir.

As long as her father was alive, the things that happened later would not happen!

After Jia Min tossed and turned for half the night and finally fell asleep, the inconspicuous moth that had been following her took off from the lampshade again and returned to Jia Su's courtyard.

Jia Su withdrew her spiritual power from the moth, and the moth directly fell to the ground. After a while, it seemed to sense that there was no danger, so it flapped its wings a few times and flew up from the ground. It then threw itself onto the candle flame covered by the lampshade.

The room was silent, as if nothing had happened.

At noon the next day, Jia Su had eaten and was lying on the small bed to rest. Cui Yan ran up to her like a wisp of smoke: "Miss, Fourth Miss is here."

Jia Su slowly opened her eyes and nodded without surprise: "Let her in."

Knowing the truth behind the marriage of Dingnan Houfu's illegitimate son, it was impossible for Jia Min not to come looking for her. She also could not keep on not seeing Jia Min.

"Good afternoon, Third Elder Sister." Jia Min entered the door and immediately bowed to her with a face full of smiles.

This had never happened before. Jia Min's attitude toward the illegitimate daughters could not be considered bad, but it could not be considered close either. It was just that compared to Jia Baoyu's attitude toward the illegitimate sons of Jia Huan and Jia Cong in the original work, she maintained the most basic etiquette so that no one could catch a mistake.

However, Jia Su was not the least bit nervous. Instead, she calmly looked at Jia Min and nodded with a smile: "Min 'er, shouldn't you be in your room preparing for the wedding? How come you have time to come today?"

Very few people in the fu knew that Jia Min had been grounded by the Jia Daishan couple. After all, it was not good to be grounded for committing a crime before marriage.

Madam Jia had told the servants that Jia Min had to stay in her room and prepare for the upcoming wedding next month. She could not walk around the fu as she pleased.

Jia Su naturally did not know, so she also acted as if she did not know.

Chi Xia led Jia Min to a chair and sat down. Jia Su also quickly got up from the small couch and sat next to Jia Min.

Jia Min took in Jia Su's attitude and was even more certain that her third elder sister had been hiding her suspicions all this time. Her attitude immediately became more cautious, and she dispelled her original intention of going straight to the point and asking her third elder sister's attitude.

She smiled and said: "I've been in my room for a long time and felt a bit bored, so I asked my mother to come out for a walk.

Just now, I happened to walk near elder sister's courtyard. Because I haven't seen elder sister for a long time, I wanted to chat with elder sister. "

Jia Su glanced at Jia Min and did not say anything.

Jia Min did not mind and just talked about a lot of their childhood experiences.

Although Jia Su did not say anything, it could be seen that she was very happy to hear it.

Unfortunately, Jia Min and her three elder sisters were different from each other since childhood. The education they received was very different, so they had very little time to play and play together.

However, after talking for about half a cup of tea's time, Jia Min was shocked to find that there was nothing to say.

Jia Min smiled bitterly: "I didn't realize until now that I have spent so little time with my elder sisters."

Jia Su smiled: "After all, your status is different from ours."

Seeing that Jia Min was distressed and trying to think of a topic to talk about with her, Jia Su sighed and did not want to make things difficult for Jia Min. She waved her hand and let Chi Xia and the others leave: "Chi Xia, Cui Yan, take the others and leave first. Remember to guard the door and don't let others eavesdrop."

Chi Xia, Cui Yan did not say much and simply left the room with the other servant girls.

Before Huyu left, she glanced at Jia Min. She was looking at Jia Su in astonishment: "Third elder sister …"

"Fourth younger sister, do you have something to ask me?"

If it was not for the fact that he had just entered the imperial court and it was not good to cause trouble and be easily accused of bullying others, he would have used his status as an earl to suppress others.

Seeing that the Chancellor was about to speak again, Lin Ruhai was worried that he would say something that would make others laugh, so he hurriedly interrupted: "Lord Hu, may I know why His Excellency is looking for me?"

If the Chancellor did not send a messenger saying that His Excellency was looking for him, even if the Chancellor was his superior, he would not have stood Third Miss up and run away.

No matter what, he should have personally explained the situation and bid farewell, right?

But now that he had been in the Hanlin Academy for so long, the Chancellor did not mention His Excellency at all.

The Chancellor's eyes wandered for a moment before he coughed a few times: "His Holiness might have mentioned you in his conversation with Duke Rongguo after the imperial court today. Coincidentally, the book that you helped edit is about to be edited, so His Excellency wanted to summon you to ask about the progress."

Lin Ruhai immediately began to tidy up his clothes and prepare to meet His Excellency.

With his current official rank, he would have a chance to meet His Excellency alone. If he performed well and made His Excellency remember him, he would definitely be successful in the future.

However …

"It was just that I did not expect you to be sick today. When I sent someone to call you, you had already returned home."

"I had no choice but to personally report the situation to His Holiness.

Fortunately, His Holiness was magnanimous and did not make a fuss about it. Instead, he asked me to pass on a message to let you rest well. "

Lin Ruhai: "…"

Didn't he know that a small editor like him who had just become a Grand Scholar really needed this opportunity to meet His Excellency?

Duke Rongguo had created an opportunity for him to show his face in front of His Excellency with much difficulty, but in the end, he was rejected by His Excellency in the blink of an eye.

If he was rejected, then so be it. His Excellency even pushed the blame of not being able to meet His Excellency on his head!

When the morning court ended, he had only just started working. Even though he was feeling unwell, he was still given a break by His Excellency after more than half an hour before he left the Hanlin Academy, right?

Now that he pulled his fingers together, why did he feel that no matter how he calculated, it was all wrong?

His Excellency had obviously realized that His Excellency might summon him after the morning court ended. Coincidentally, His Excellency saw that His Excellency was sick and took the opportunity to send him away in advance!

His Holiness had not paid attention to this group of small Hanlin Academy students for a hundred and eighty years. He suddenly wanted to pay attention to them, but he fell sick in the end.

He even left early.

Most importantly, he gave him face and waited for him, but he still did not arrive even after so long …

Just thinking about it made him feel that his impression in His Excellency's heart was hopeless!

Lin Ruhai pointed at the Chancellor's nose and wanted to scold him, but because of the remaining rationality in his mind, he stopped his actions and left in a huff!

The Chancellor's assistant was also stunned by his actions. "Chancellor, aren't you completely offending the Lin family and Duke Rongguo by doing this?"

A secondary second-rank official who could not even meet His Excellency alone had offended Duke Rongguo, who was favored by His Excellency, and Earl Lim, who had a bright future ahead of him. Was he really trying to commit suicide, or did he think that he had lived for too long?

The Chancellor did not care at all and waved his hand. "Aren't I prepared to compensate him with a daughter?

He rejected it himself, so what does it have to do with me? "

Assistant, "…"

Do you really think that Earl Lim is as dumb as you?

The Chancellor snorted. "The Third Prince wanted me to teach Lin Ruhai a lesson, so what can I do?"

Assistant, "…"

Logically speaking, your actions can't be summed up with the word 'teach', right?

Are you envious that a newcomer who just entered the court has the opportunity to meet His Excellency, so you are trying to trip him up?

The Third Prince has the ability to refuse to take the blame!

How stupid must he be to offend Duke Rongguo instead of trying to rope him in?

Or perhaps, you are a spy from the Third Prince's camp?

The assistant kept complaining about his superior in his heart, but when he reached this point, his eyes suddenly widened and a chill ran down his spine.

The Grand Secretary did not notice anything and only muttered under his breath, "He sure is steady …"

-

Lin Ruhai was in the middle of the crowd and gradually calmed down after being angered by the Chancellor's words.

After calming down, he felt that the Chancellor's actions today were very out of place.

Then, he quickly recalled the details that he had neglected previously.

The servant who told him that the Chancellor wanted him to go home to recuperate was the same person as the servant who went to Rongguo Province to pass on a message to him, saying that His Holiness was looking for him.

Furthermore, the timing of his arrival in Rongguo Province was too coincidental.

If that servant had gone to the Lin family right after he left and asked about his whereabouts before turning to Rongguo Province, he would have definitely sped up in order to pass on the message to him as soon as possible. Under normal circumstances, he would have been able to stop him halfway.

However, he met the servant less than half a cup of tea's time after arriving in Rongguo Province.

If the servant had only arrived at the Lin family after he left, he shouldn't have arrived in Rongguo Province so early.

Although the distance between Rongguo Province and the Lin family's residence was not far, it was definitely not close either.