The ratio was not enough to see the anti-theft badge,

It would return to normal after 24 hours. It could be seen

His Holiness was curious,

So he casually found an excuse to meet Lin Ruhai.

In the end?

Lin Ruhai did not come at all,

Instead, his superior came,

He even claimed credit for himself in front of His Holiness, saying that he sympathized with his subordinates and let Lin Ruhai go home in advance when he saw that he was sick.

Even if His Holiness wanted to ask Lord Hu, the Jia Daishan, who knew His Holiness very well, could see that he was angry.

"Speak,

Why didn't you seize such a good opportunity today? "Jia Daishan was so angry that he blew his beard and glared at him.

As a military general, did he know how difficult it was to recommend a civil official in front of the Emperor?

However, the future son-in-law that he had high hopes for did not seize this rare opportunity!

Lin Ruhai thought of an excuse,

He hurriedly told Jia Daishan the facts and speculations that he knew without reservation.

Jia Daishan immediately frowned. "Are you saying that that old man Hu Yao schemed against you?"

Lin Ruhai nodded. "Yes!"

If he hadn't schemed against him..,

There was no need for the Chancellor to call him back to the Hanlin Academy when he had already returned home.

Not only was it a thankless task..,

There was also an increased risk of being discovered.

Snatching away the opportunity that belonged to a subordinate..,

Or taking the credit of a subordinate. In the officialdom..,

It was actually quite common.

After Lin Ruhai passed the provincial examination, the teacher that Mother Lin invited had taught him the way of being an official. Naturally, he had also mentioned the various unspoken rules of the officialdom,

Lin Ruhai was well aware of this.

However, the Chancellor's actions were obviously not for the sake of the officialdom.

Jia Daishan seriously recalled the scenes of his interaction with Hu Yao in the past,

He gradually realized something. "You've been implicated."

Lin Ruhai was at a loss. "Implicated?"

He paused,

He quickly realized..,

He was a declining official who had just risen,

Without power or influence, who else could implicate him?

"Lord Hu has a grudge against the Duke?" Lin Ruhai's mind worked quickly. "Why haven't I heard of this before?"

If two families wanted to form a marriage alliance, they would naturally need to find out who the other party was on good terms with and who they had enemies with. They would also need to consider whether the benefits of the marriage alliance would outweigh the disadvantages.

However, Mother Lin had never heard that Rongguo Province had a feud with the Grand Chancellor.

Jia Daishan had a tired expression on his face. "This Hu Yao might have already secretly submitted to one of the princes."

His Holiness was in good health. At a glance, one could tell that he could live for a few more decades.

However, the Crown Prince that His Holiness had appointed was already over thirty years old and was at his most high-spirited.

Previously, before Min'er's accident, he was immersed in the great situation between His Holiness and the Crown Prince. He did not notice anything wrong. He even thought that His Holiness would ascend to paradise in the future and that the successor would definitely be the Crown Prince. There would be no one else.

However, Min 'er's words woke him up from his daydream. Even though the Emperor and the Crown Prince were still a loving father and son, at the same time, they also had the biggest hidden danger between the person in power and the person who inherited it.

The father was strong and the son was strong.

His Holiness was still in his prime, but the Crown Prince had already grown up. In the future, it would be inevitable for them to fight.

In Ke Min'er's memory, the final victor was not the Crown Prince.

Because the successor of Rongguo Province, Jia Xie, was the Crown Prince's study companion, the Jia family was naturally tied to the Crown Prince. If something happened to the Crown Prince, even if His Holiness did not kill him because of their friendship like Min'er remembered, the end result of the Jia family would definitely not be good.

The Crown Prince was appointed as the Crown Prince from birth. He was different from the other princes since he was young. Now, he was directly on the opposite side of all the other princes.

In order to pull the Crown Prince down, the other princes could be said to have used all kinds of methods. They even put aside their prejudices and secretly cooperated with each other.

However, before the Crown Prince fell, they could only follow this path to the end.

However, when the Crown Prince fell, it would be the time for the Jia family to be dealt with. The Jia family would not have the chance to change their allegiance and switch sides.

Jia Daishan felt tired just thinking about it.

The reason why Lin Ruhai was targeted was most likely because someone had seen how much importance he placed on Lin Ruhai, as well as his determination to nurture him.

Now that there was no war, generals were not popular, and their positions in the court were gradually weakened.

Rongguo Province still had a lot of military power in his hands. It was not obvious now, but if he kept the military power, it would attract the Emperor's fear sooner or later. Even if it was for the sake of his descendants, he could not keep the military power in his hands.

Fortunately, when Jia Daihua's eldest brother was still alive, he had already set a development plan for the Jia family to abandon Wu Congwen. Jing 'er had even passed the Jinshi exam in her twenties, which gave the Jia family a good start.

However, how could it be enough to have only one person in the family?

That was why he targeted Lin Ruhai, who was also of noble birth, but had passed the Sanhua exam.

The Jia family had a lot of resources. If he could take the opportunity to promote Jia Jing and Lin Ruhai to high positions, the Jia family would not have to worry about the transformation of the family in the future.

Of course, this was under the premise that both Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing could be successfully promoted.

If he wanted to destroy the Jia family, it would be easiest and most effective to start with Lin Ruhai and Jia Jing, the two future pillars of the Jia family.

However, Jia Jing had already gained a firm foothold in the court, and he himself had also gained a lot of experience in the officialdom. If he wanted to make a move against him, he had to be prepared to lose himself.

Only Lin Ruhai had just entered the court, and he was also young. It was easy for him to fall into the trap set by those old foxes in the officialdom.

For example, today, he was targeted and schemed against by his immediate superior.

If Lin Ruhai had not been calm, Hu Yao would have also looked down on him because of Lin Ruhai's age. At this time, it was hard to say what the result would have been.

After thinking through all these twists and turns, Jia Daishan's expression became ruthless. If he didn't teach Hu Yao a lesson and kill the chicken to warn the monkey, the others would treat Lin Ruhai as a soft persimmon to pinch!

At that time, the people who wanted to deal with Lin Ruhai would not only be Hu Yao's people.

As long as he still wanted to protect Lin Ruhai, he could only follow Lin Ruhai and run for his life.

A person's energy was limited. If he focused most of his energy on Lin Ruhai, how could he take care of the Crown Prince?

If something happened to the Crown Prince, what would happen to the Jia family?

Jia Daishan fiercely slammed the table. "Zhou Shan, give the information you collected about Hu Yao to Jing 'er. Tell him to report Hu Yao to the court tomorrow!"

As for the person behind Hu Yao?

Just wait and see. If he was a fox, he would definitely reveal his tail!

Seeing that the matter was resolved, Lin Ruhai said a few more words to Jia Daishan, then simply said his goodbyes and left.

Holding the book, his whole body trembled. He quickly hid the expression on his face and stood still.

Mother Lin couldn't help but glance at Lin Ruhai. "What's the big deal? Is it worth scolding and holding the book like this?"

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

Father Lin had passed away when Lin Ruhai was very young. It could be said that she, as his mother, had single-handedly raised him. How could she not understand him?

Mother Lin could tell at a glance that her son was still panting with anger.

This was strange.

Mother Lin raised Lin Ruhai until he was seventeen years old. She also supervised him to take third place in the imperial examinations. During this time, she had criticized and scolded her son countless times. However, he had always been gentle and 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 call it quits so early today? "

Lin Ruhai directly held the book forward. "Mother, I've been engaged to Third Miss for almost a month. However, apart from the day Fourth Miss got married in Rongguo Province, I haven't contacted Third Miss even once.

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

I just happened to have some free time today, so I wanted to pass on a message to Third Miss. "

He turned sideways and pointed at the pile of jewelry in the hand holding the book. "I went to Ruyi Square and picked out a lot of jewelry. However, because they weren't in the style I used to like, I wanted you to take a look and pick out the best one to send to 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 pearls of various colors were imprinted in her eyes.

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

Mother Lin was also a frequent customer of Ruyi Square when she was young. Naturally, she knew the value of these jewelry. She also understood that Ruhai spent a lot of effort to gather all these fine pieces together.

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

"I think these jewelry are quite beautiful. Would Ruhai like to give them to me?" After she finished speaking, she stared at Lin Ruhai as if she was watching a good show.

She really wanted to know how her son, who had just been enlightened, 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.

In this day and age, the head of the household had a lot of power in the backyard.

When the time came, what difference would it be from 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 sow discord 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 all of her EQ to Lin Ruhai 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 from them.

She was anxious.

Lin Ruhai didn't know what the two women were thinking. He just answered the question according to his own thoughts. "Mother, don't you prefer simple and elegant 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 Mother wear such complicated jewelry. Mother shouldn't like it, right?"

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

She took the jewelry in the wooden box and carefully examined it in her hands. She didn't mention the matter of asking Lin Ruhai to buy jewelry for her anymore.

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 in the future 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 of jewelry, I'm afraid something will happen after she gets married."

Lin Ruhai was startled. "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 didn't want to go empty-handed, so he bought gifts. If he sent more than ten gifts in one go …

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

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

Well …

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. He put away the wooden box as it was. "Duanshu, hurry up and send these jewelry to Rongguo Province …"

"Stop!"

Mother Lin looked at Lin Ruhai. "You have to show your sincerity when it comes to fawning over your fiancée yourself!"

When Jia Mosquito Su 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!

However …

"You have to take advantage of the time before marriage to please Third Miss Jia. After marriage, you can be a loving couple 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 Su 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, it would be quite uncomfortable.

Wasn't she also unable to see through people?

Thinking back to her previous life, she had said many 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 her daughter's hot-headed decision to snatch her shu sister's marriage because of a ridiculous dream was too stupid, and because of this, she was even more infuriated, Madam Jashi truly loved Jia Min, so she still opened her mouth to advise her: "Min 'er, you don't have to worry. Marquis Ding Nan fu's shu son being able to marry you is a blessing accumulated by his ancestors for eight lifetimes. If they dare to treat you badly, just divorce them.

With Rongguo Province, no one will dare to say anything to you. When the time comes, 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 quite good."

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

Although she didn't 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. If she married Ruhai, who was better than Dingnan Houfu's illegitimate son, her life would only be better, right?

As for her?

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

Jia Min quickly left Jia Min's courtyard.

After she left, Jia Min'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.

She didn't care about other things, and she did think that those things were a joke. However, she did think about letting Zheng 'er inherit the title more than once.

Of course, she never told anyone.

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

However, 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 tell her?

A reminder?

Or a warning?

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

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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 didn't mention anything about her letting the two sons be dissimilar in 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 had to see her father tomorrow and tell him about these things. She had to make him prepare for failure in the battle for the throne.

As long as her father was alive, the things that happened later wouldn't 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 and returned to Jia Su's courtyard.

Jia Su withdrew her spiritual energy from the moth, and the moth directly fell to the ground. After a while, it seemed to sense that there was no danger. It flapped its wings a few times, flew up from the ground, and pounced on 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 in front of 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 to find her. She also couldn't keep 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 wasn't bad, but it couldn't be considered intimate 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 find fault with it.

However, Jia Su didn't feel nervous at all. 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 wasn't pleasant to hear that she was grounded for committing a premarital offense.

Jia Min had told the servants that Jia Min had to stay in her room and focus on preparing for the upcoming wedding next month. She couldn't walk around the fu as she pleased.

Jia Su naturally didn't know, so she also acted like she didn't 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 Third Elder Sister had been hiding her suspicions all this time. Immediately, her attitude became even more cautious and she dispelled her original intention of going straight to the point and asking Third Elder Sister about her attitude.

She smiled and said: "I've been in my room for a long time and felt a bit bored, so I asked 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 didn't say anything.

Jia Min didn't mind and just talked about a lot of their childhood experiences.

Although Jia Su didn't say anything, it could be seen that she was very happy to hear it.

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

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 thinking about topics that could be related to her, Jia Su sighed and didn't 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 out first. Remember to guard the door and don't let others eavesdrop."

Chi Xia Cui Yan didn't say much and simply left the room with the other maids.

Before Huyu left, she glanced at Jia Min and saw that she was looking at Jia Su in astonishment: "Third Elder Sister …"

"Fourth Younger Sister, do you have something to ask me?"

And this point reached its peak when he saw Jia Su in the pavilion in the middle of the lake.

Since he reached the age of marriage, he had imagined what his wife would look like. She should be gentle and virtuous, dignified and beautiful. She should also be able to recite poems with him and add fragrance to his sleeves.

Lin Ruhai had seen his mother's grief for his father's concubines, so he actually kept a respectful distance from them.

Jia Su was completely different from the wife in his imagination. Her facial features were charming and bright with a hint of enchanting. Her temperament was loose and generous, but she didn't have the grace that a woman should have. When she looked at him from the pavilion in the middle of the lake, her eyes were sharp and piercing.

She stood in the pavilion in the middle of the lake gracefully. Her red dress fluttered in the breeze, which set off the rich flowers around her. One person was enough to make a scene.

She was naturally beautiful, but she was so beautiful that Lin Ruhai was at a loss in his heart.

It was like Lin Ruhai's favorite landscape painting, but someone gave him a peony painting with fine outlines and gorgeous colors.

This made Lin Ruhai, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old and was still a teenager, feel somewhat at a loss.

The pavilion in the middle of the lake was in the corner of the garden. The wedding guests would never pass by it.