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If it wasn't for the person sent by the Chancellor to say that His Majesty was looking for him,

Even if the Chancellor was his superior, he wouldn't have stood the Third Miss up and run away.

He had to explain the situation personally and say goodbye, right?

But now that he had been in the Hanlin Academy for so long,

The Chancellor didn't even mention His Majesty.

The Chancellor's eyes wandered for a moment and coughed a few times, "His Holiness, after the court today,

He might have mentioned you when he was talking to Duke Rongguo. It just so happens that the book you helped edit is about to be edited,

His Majesty wants to summon you to ask about your current progress. "

Lin Ruhai immediately began to tidy up his clothes and prepare to meet the Emperor.

With his current official rank, he would be able to have a chance to meet the Emperor alone. If he did well, the Emperor would remember him,

He would definitely be successful in the future.

However..

"I just didn't expect you to be sick today,

By the time I sent someone to call you, you had already returned home. "

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

Fortunately, His Holiness was magnanimous,

He didn't mind. Instead, he asked me to pass on a message to let you rest well. "

Lin Ruhai: "..."

Didn't he know that he, a small editor who had just become a Jinshi, needed this opportunity to meet the Emperor?

Duke Rongguo had finally created an opportunity for him to show his face in front of the Emperor, but in the end, he was rejected by his superior.

If he rejected him, then so be it,

He even pushed the blame of not being able to meet the Emperor on his head!

When the morning court ended, he had only just started work,

Even though his body was uncomfortable,

He had only been given a break by his "good superior" after more than an hour,

And then left the Hanlin Academy, right?

Now he pulled down his fingers,

Why did he feel that no matter how he calculated it, it was wrong?

His superior had obviously found out that the Emperor might summon him after the court ended. Coincidentally, he was sick, so he took the opportunity to send him away in advance!

His Holiness hadn't paid attention to this group of small Hanlin Academy students for 180 years. He suddenly wanted to pay attention to them, but he fell sick

And even left early,

Most importantly, they had given him face and waited for him, yet he still hadn't arrived …

Just by thinking about it, he felt that his impression in the emperor's heart was hopeless!

Lin Ruhai pointed at the Grand Secretary'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?"

It was difficult for a second-rank official to meet the Emperor alone. He had offended Duke Rongguo, who was favored by the Emperor, and Earl Lim, who had a bright future ahead of him. Did he really think that he had lived too long?

The First Secretary did not mind and waved his hand, "Aren't I prepared to compensate him with a daughter?

What does his refusal have to do with me? "

Deputy: "…"

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

The Grand Secretary snorted, "The Third Prince wants me to teach Lin Ruhai a lesson. What can I do?"

Deputy: "…"

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

It's not that you're envious of a newcomer who has the opportunity to meet the Emperor, so you're trying to trip him up?

The Third Prince has the ability to refuse to be the scapegoat!

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

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

The deputy continuously ridiculed his superior in his heart. 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 …"

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

After calming down, he felt that the Grand Secretary's actions today were very strange.

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

The servant who had told him that the Grand Secretary wanted him to go home to recuperate was the same person as the servant who had come to Rongguo Province to tell him 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 for his whereabouts before turning to Rongguo Province, he would have definitely sped up in order to pass the message to him as soon as possible. Under normal circumstances, he would have been able to stop him halfway.

However, he had 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 had left for a long time, then he shouldn't have arrived in Rongguo Province so early.

Rongguo Province wasn't far from the Lin family's residence, but it definitely wasn't close either.

Unless, this servant had been following him ever since he told him to go home to rest. That's why he was able to grasp the timing so accurately.

But why was he following him?

In order to create the false impression that he had indeed sent someone to the Lin family to look for him, but had not been able to invite him.

Haha, he knew that even if the Grand Secretary's family wasn't as powerful as the Duke Rongguo, as a second-rank official with real power, how could he possibly give his daughter to him as a concubine?

Furthermore, his daughter had such a good reputation. Wouldn't marrying her off as the official wife be better than giving her to a subordinate as a concubine?

Even if he wanted to give his daughter away as a concubine, wouldn't it be better for him to do so in the various princes' residences?

Furthermore, the officials had always been arrogant. If they knew that the Grand Secretary had done such a thing, not only would they draw a clear line between them, they would also scold him to death.

Now, it seemed that the Grand Secretary's brainless suggestion wasn't without a reason.

Firstly, it was to shut him up so that he wouldn't mention what had happened today.

After all, even if he had cleaned up the matter of him snatching a subordinate's opportunity to meet the Emperor, as long as Lin Ruhai mentioned it to others, it would easily spread.

Without evidence, that meant that they couldn't use it to do anything to him. It didn't mean that those old foxes wouldn't be able to guess the truth.

Secondly, it was to sow discord between him and the Duke Rongguo.

For a second-rank official's daughter to be his concubine, it was extremely tempting for a greenhorn like him to do so. It was something that could easily bring him vanity.

At the same time, he spoke as a superior, so there was also a sense of coercion.

If he had been muddle-headed today and willingly agreed to take his daughter as a concubine, the marriage between the Lin family and the Rongguo Province would definitely be broken.

Once the relationship between the two families was broken, who would care about what the Grand Secretary had done today?

It would be good if the Duke Rongguo didn't kill him. Why would he stand up for him?

Even if Lin Ruhai cared, he was just a newbie who had been suppressed the moment he appeared. What could he do to a mere Chancellor?

Furthermore, if he had really scolded the Grand Secretary in a fit of anger, he would have been labeled as' disrespectful to his superior '. How would he be able to mingle in the bureaucracy in the future?

Furthermore, if he didn't have a good impression of the Third Miss and heard that his superior wanted to betroth his daughter to him as a concubine, even if he was clear-headed and didn't agree because of the Duke Rongguo, wouldn't he have other thoughts?

How would he tell the Duke Rongguo about this?

Although this scheme was stupid and vicious, as long as his attitude wasn't firm enough, there was a high chance that he would fall for it.

Lin Ruhai touched his back. His clothes were completely soaked.

As expected, someone who could sit in the position of the Grand Secretary was definitely not an idiot.

Chi Xia, who had been standing beside Jia Su's bed, silently stepped forward. She pulled down the right hand that Jia Su was using to dig her ear and placed it on the blanket. Only then did she return to her position. The entire process was so quiet that it was as if she was invisible.

Jia Su reluctantly put on a gentle smile that belonged to a noble family's young lady, but her beautiful eyes kept blinking as she looked at Cui Yan. Her eyes were filled with a strong urge.

Cui Yan glanced at Chi Xia. Under her calm gaze, he shook his body and lowered his head to avoid her gaze. "Miss, it's the Fourth Miss and, and your fiancé."

In a split second, the room was silent.

After digesting this news for a full quarter of an hour, Jia Su finally came back to her senses when Chi Xia pulled on her sleeve.

Jia Su blinked, her face dreamy. "Jia Min and Zhou Yu?

Did I hear wrongly? "

Cui Yan lowered his head. He couldn't help but feel sorry for his Miss.

As the only legitimate daughter of Rongguo Province, the Fourth Miss had been doted on since she was young. As long as she wanted something, there was nothing she couldn't get.

However, the future husband that Master and Madam had chosen for her was not only a descendant of five generations of Marquis, but he was also the Tanhua Scholar. She had even heard that several princesses wanted him to be their prince consort.

The Fourth Miss already had such a good marriage, so why was she still entangled with her Miss's fiancé?

This was too much!

Jia Su didn't feel the slightest bit sad. "What the hell, Jia Min must have taken things too hard. She didn't want to marry the Tanhua Scholar with a bright future and ran over to a Marquis's concubine's son?"

Ever since she knew that she had transmigrated into a Jia Daishan's concubine's daughter, in order to escape the fate of early death, she had also worked hard, okay?

Zhou Yu that Jia Shi had chosen for her was a concubine's son of Dingnan Houfu. On the surface, he looked like a talented person. His reputation outside was also praised by everyone. Other than the fact that he had to leave the capital after marriage, there didn't seem to be any big problems.

However, the three concubine's daughters in A Dream of the Red Chamber all died early. Who would believe that their husbands' families didn't have any problems?

However, the information that she had found out made Jia Su doubt her life. Greedy and lecherous, hostile to his wife, concubine's sons, foolish filial piety, drunken and violent, treating human life like grass …

How much hatred did Jia Shi have for her?

If it wasn't for the fact that the source of the information couldn't be explained, and that the original owner's biological mother had to make a living in Jia Shi's hands in the future, she would have already told the Jia Daishan.

However, Jia Min not only took a liking to such a person, but also didn't hesitate to take a huge risk to have a tryst with him?

Was there something wrong with her brain?

The corner of Cui Yan's mouth twitched, "Prince Zhou isn't as bad as Miss said, right?

He seems to be doing well. "

Chi Xia calmly pointed out, "Just from the fact that as Miss's fiancé, he doesn't know how to avoid suspicion and mix with Fourth Miss, we can know that he is not Miss's good man."

Jia Su nodded. Chi Xia was a sensible person.

Cui Yan pouted, "Even if Prince Zhou is not Miss's good man, but Madam wants Miss to marry him, we can't do anything."

The marriage of the concubine's children was in the hands of the official mother. If Jia Shi wanted to make a fuss about the marriage, it was simply too easy.

What's more, Jia Shi was smart. The person she picked out was at least a first-class talent on the surface. If the news spread out, people who didn't know the inside story would probably think that she, who was also a concubine's child but didn't have any talent, was not worthy of Zhou Yu. At the same time, they would praise Jia Shi as "virtuous and kind".

Even if the truth came out a few years later, what was the use?

Who would pay attention to whether a concubine's daughter was doing well or not, and why she was not doing well?

Jia Su and Chi Xia fell silent. No one spoke for a long time.

"Cui Yan, did you find out what happened?"

"Everyone present was driven away. Fourth Miss and Prince Zhou were also taken to the study by Master. They haven't left yet." Even if she wanted to find out more information, she couldn't.

Jia Su frowned, "I always feel that this matter can't be settled."

"They shamelessly acted recklessly. What does it have to do with Miss?" Cui Yan was puzzled.

"My marriage has changed." Jia Su sighed, "The invitations have been sent out long ago. The wedding will definitely be held.

But something happened to Jia Min, and the person is my fiancé. It's hard for Madam not to vent her anger.

And if the wedding is to be held as usual next month, there will be no time to carefully choose the wedding partner. It's hard for Madam to do everything. In order to make things difficult for me, I don't know what kind of ugly person she will give me in the end. "

"I reckon that at the very least, it will be an extravagant hope." She only hoped that the wedding wouldn't become a joke.

Thinking of Madam Jia's temperament, Jia Su felt that it would be very difficult.

Unless Jia Daishan intervened.

"Miss, this servant feels that this matter is a bit strange."

Chi Xia's expression was heavy, "Based on past performance, Fourth Miss is intelligent, gentle, and sensible. She also values her reputation very much. She doesn't seem like someone who would do such a thing to ruin her reputation.

As the only legitimate daughter in the family, Fourth Miss was raised according to the standards of an aristocratic family's matriarch. She doesn't lack scheming methods. Even the deceased Old Ancestor praised her as an imperial matriarch.

This servant doesn't believe that Fourth Miss can't see that Prince Zhou is just sweet-talking and not someone a woman can rely on for the rest of her life. "

If her Miss could see this, how could Jia Min not see it?

Moreover, Fourth Miss's vision wasn't so bad that she would ruin her reputation for an idle son of a concubine in the Marquis's Mansion.

"Moreover, Miss and Prince Zhou's wedding is next month. This is the busiest time in the family. There are so many people coming and going. At this time, she doesn't want to avoid arousing suspicion. Instead, she continues to have a tryst with Prince Zhou in the garden, a place where everyone can go. It's like she's deliberately being discovered …" With Fourth Miss's means, even if she really wanted to have a tryst with someone, she wouldn't be caught, let alone being caught on the spot.

Chi Xia frowned. She always felt that Jia Min did it deliberately, but she couldn't think of the reason why Jia Min did it.

Only Jia Min and Madam Jia were left in the room.

Jia Min's eyes darkened, but she didn't say anything. She followed behind her and walked over.

"Sit down."

Jia Min sat down.

Madam Jia looked at her only daughter seriously. Her eyes were obscure. "Min 'er, did you get what you wanted?"

Jia Min raised her head abruptly and met Lady Jashi's deep eyes. She instinctively turned her head to avoid her gaze.

When Jia Min reacted, she realized that her behavior would make her mother sad. But when she thought of the purpose of her visit today, she felt more uneasy. She couldn't look into her mother's eyes, which were full of concern.

Jia Min knew that her parents had been busy for a long time and hadn't had a good rest for a long time.

It was reasonable to say that she had already gotten the result she wanted. Naturally, she should stay in the courtyard and prepare for her wedding. She shouldn't add more trouble to her parents.

But when she thought of her third sister, who had been happy after marriage in her previous life, marrying into the Lin family because of her and ending up like her in her previous life, she felt guilty. She was even more confused and longed for the future that originally belonged to her third sister.

She lowered her head. "Mother, I regret it."

As long as the marriage was changed back, things would go back to the original track.

Her third sister would be as she remembered. In the end, she would have children and a loving husband and wife. And she … had the memory of her previous life. At least, at least, she wouldn't end up dying early.

And her daughter wouldn't be like before. She wouldn't live a life of "wind, frost, knives, and swords" in Rongguo Province.

That was enough.

"Mother, I've thought it over these days. The Lin family is more suitable for me. Dingnan Houfu's marriage should be returned to my third sister." Jia Min didn't dare to look at Madam Jia's eyes.

Madam Jia narrowed her eyes. She looked at her daughter who had rarely made her worry since she was a child. Anger gradually rose from the bottom of her heart.

But her expression was still calm. "Do you think marriage is like buying jewelry?

If you don't like it, you can change it? "

"For more than half a month, because of your reckless behavior, in order to not let your reputation be damaged, in order to not let the other unmarried daughters of the Jia family be affected by you, in order to not make enemies with the Lin family, how much effort did your father and I put in?

Now you're saying that you regret it, as if nothing had happened before … "

"Min 'er, do you think it's possible?"

Madam Jia sat on the bed. Her eyelids were lowered. She looked extremely calm.

But Jia Min knew that her mother was like the sky in summer at this time. There was a huge hidden power hidden in the dark clouds. The calmer she looked on the surface, the more likely it was that she couldn't resist the thunderstorm after the explosion.

Jia Min sighed in her heart. Before she came, she was prepared to be rejected by her mother. At this time, she wasn't disappointed.

"Mother, the Lin family doesn't know my third sister's name and my third sister's name. They have never seen us."

Madam Jia's eyes were wide open. Her eyes were full of disbelief. "You want to marry into the Lin family with your third sister's identity?

Do you know what will happen to you after this incident?

Moreover, the Lin family has never seen you. Dingnan Houfu's illegitimate son has been intimate with you. "

Madam Jashi almost gritted her teeth when she said the last few words.

Jia Min pursed her lips. "Dingnan Houfu is already declining. Rongguo Province is now very powerful. They won't dare to do anything to my third sister.

Moreover, the original marriage was between him and my third sister. They are in the wrong and won't publicize it. "

With the support of Rongguo Province, as long as her third sister wasn't hopelessly stupid, she would be able to gain a foothold very quickly.

But her third sister had lived such a good life in her previous life. How could she be stupid?

After that, her third sister and Prince Zhou were able to marry each other in her previous life. Naturally, they could do the same in this life.

Madam Jia was so angry that she laughed. "Min 'er, I really want to open your brain and see if it's full of straw!

You've planned well for your third sister.

But what about you?

What about Rongguo Province?

What about the other girls in the Jia family?

Do you really think that the Lin family is a soft persimmon that you can easily bully? "

"I won't let the Lin family spread the news that the bride isn't my third sister."

Jia Min raised her head. "After all, the Lin family is a scholarly family. They won't take revenge on Rongguo Province with the future of the girls in my family.

Originally, the legitimate daughter will marry over. Father will still give the compensation that he promised. They have no reason to fall out with Rongguo Province and become enemies. "

The marriage was a matter between the two families. The identity of the marriage partner was far more important than other conditions.

A fake legitimate daughter who was disguised as a legitimate daughter and a legitimate daughter who was raised as a legitimate wife. How could the Lin family hesitate to choose?

"All the words and deeds between me and Dingnan Houfu's illegitimate son were done out of love and out of courtesy. We didn't break any rules."

Even though it was against the rules for her to be "in love" with her brother-in-law, her father wouldn't be stupid enough to tell the Lin family the truth about the marriage. Furthermore, she would still marry into the family as a virgin, so they wouldn't be able to catch any mistakes.

Even if the Lin family had a grudge against her, it wouldn't affect the marriage with Rongguo Province.

And a gentleman like Ruhai wouldn't do anything to a weak girl like her.

Madam Jia was furious. She slapped the bed and said, "Then why did you lie before?

I gave birth to you and raised you up. Did I let you die? "

If she didn't see the situation quickly and stopped him in time, the Marquess's whip would have torn Jia Min's tender skin apart.

The rims of Jia Min's eyes turned sour as she recalled the various scenes of her previous life. A question that she had originally planned to bury deep in her heart was asked just like that: "Mother, if you really had to choose between me and Rongguo Manor, what would you do?"

Madam Jia was silent. After a while, she said, "What does this have to do with what you did?"

Jia Min didn't answer. She asked again, "If what I did could endanger your status and reputation, what would you do?"

Lady Jashi became angry out of humiliation, "Are you dissatisfied with mother?"

Jia Min shook her head, "I don't dare!"

"Don't dare?"

Madam Jia suddenly stood up and pointed her index finger at Jia Min's forehead. She couldn't stop trembling, "What a good word!"

Seeing that her mother was angry, Jia Min's heart was filled with regret.

But before she could say anything, Madam Jia calmed down, "If I deny it, I think Min 'er won't believe it."

Jia Min looked up and met her cold eyes, "Ke Min 'er, do you still remember the duties I taught you when you were young?"