Chapter 100
"Yun Wan, who is that person?"
Mrs. Lin could only vaguely see a few shadows, and could not clearly see who the man standing outside the carriage was.
Lin Yunwan said: "It should be Mrs. Xia's youngest son."
The third master of the Xia family, Xia Jin, is the brother-in-law of the Lu family. Everyone calls him the third master Jin.
Mrs. Lin said: "Mrs. Xia is kind to our family. You should go down and see her. But Mr. Jin is a man..."
Lin Yunwan patted the back of her mother's hand and said nonchalantly: "We are all relatives. If we don't meet outside, we have to meet at home."
It's just that when the Xia family stayed at Wudinghou Mansion last time, the adulterous affair between Ge Baoer and Lu Zhengliu was exposed, so Mr. Jin didn't show up.
"Mother, I'm going down to see Mrs. Xia. If your eyesight is not good, don't go down."
It's also very cold outside.
Mrs. Lin thought of Master Li Qi's kindness for treating her eyes, and said, "Okay."
She told Lin Yunwan: "Be careful and close your cloak." She was also afraid that she would get cold.
Pingye went down first, helped Lin Yunwan out of the carriage, and carefully held up the corners of Lin Yunwan's clothes to prevent her clothes from dragging on the ground.
Over there, Xia Jin was helping to arrange how the carriages on both sides should be staggered. From the corner of his eye, he saw a bright figure. He slowly turned half of his face and saw Lin Yunwan at a glance.
He was stunned for a moment, half of his face turned red, and the other half gradually turned red as well.
When Lin Yunwan walked over, he noticed that the woman in front of him was wearing a woman's bun.
Xia Jin quickly bowed: "Madam."
Lin Yunwan said with a smile: "Third Master Jin, my surname is Lin. Come and meet your old lady."
Although Xia Jin is a scholar, he is not stubborn.
He quickly understood Lin Yunwan's identity and knew that she was the mistress of Wudinghou Mansion, but she was unwilling to admit it, so she only told him her surname.
"Ma'am, please come this way."
Xia Jin turned sideways and made a gesture of invitation.
Lin Yunwan was not talking to him in the first place, and she didn't gossip much. She walked to Mrs. Xia's carriage and said hello.
When Mrs. Xia heard her voice, she quickly opened the curtain and said, "Why do I think the voice sounds familiar? Yun Wan, it's you!"
Lin Yunwan paid her respects and said, "Old madam. I will accompany my mother to offer incense."
Mrs. Xia glanced at the carriage opposite, and Lin Yunwan said, "My mother has a disease in her eyes, so it is inconvenient for me to come down to see you."
"I know."
Mrs. Xia smiled kindly: "It's too cold now. You should get back to the carriage quickly! When your mother's eyes are better, I will go to the Lin family to see her."
Lin Yunwan thanked the old lady.
The carriages on both sides were also staggered. Lin Yunwan returned to the carriage and took the first step with Mrs. Lin.
Xia Jin got on the carriage last, and his clothes and shoes were all wet in the snow and stained with mud.
"Let's go."
Mrs. Xia ordered the coachman, glanced at Xia Jin, and asked him: "What's wrong with you?"
Xia Jin murmured: "It's nothing..." and whispered: "Is she Taifu Lin's daughter?"
The matter between the Wuding Hou Mansion and the Lin family spread throughout the capital.
The Xia family and the Lu family were still related by marriage, so of course he had heard about it.
Mrs. Xia said regretfully: "That's not it. Naihe married into the Lu family. It's really... people say that it's not that one family doesn't belong to the same family. She is different from everyone in the Lu family. She really entered the wrong family. .”
These words, overtly and covertly, also belittled Lu Jia.
Xia Jin knew that his mother didn't like his sister-in-law, and he also knew what kind of person his sister-in-law was. She was completely different from the Lin family daughter she had just met.
"Um."
He answered lightly, and Mrs. Xia complained again: "You, you can't marry like your elder brother. To marry a wife, you must be dignified, virtuous, well-educated..." like the daughter of the Lin family!
At this point, Mrs. Xia was so happy that she suddenly grabbed her son's arm and said, "This year's Chinese New Year, you and I will go to Lin's house to meet Mrs. Lin!"
She was having a headache and was not familiar with people in the capital, and she didn't know where to go to see a young daughter-in-law from the capital.
Are you still afraid that there are no good girls in the Lin clan?
Xia Jin said helplessly: "Mother, don't forget, your son will go to Jiangqian to study next year."
He is the last son of Mrs. Xia, and he was born to the old lady at an advanced age, so he naturally loves him more. Xia Jin himself insisted on waiting until he came back from Jiang Qian and took the imperial examination before he was willing to talk about marriage, and Mrs. Xia didn't want to force it.
If you really pass the exam and gain fame, the wife you can choose will be completely different!
"As you wish!"
Mrs. Xia said this, but she was already thinking about going to the Lin family to talk about her daughter-in-law.
The way back was very boring, so Mrs. Xia mentioned Lin Yunwan's case and sighed for the Lin family: "Why did such a good child end up in the Lu family's den of tigers and wolves?"
Xia Jin is a person with his own ideas. Thinking of the situation of the Lin family and the Lu family at that time, he said: "Taifu Lin just looked at the face of the old marquis and felt that the Lu family would not treat his daughter badly. Besides, Taifu was doing it at that time. Seriously ill..."
There can be no harsh criticism.
Mrs. Xia nodded. It was a pity that the Xia family moved to the capital too late. It would have been great if they had gotten to know the Lin family earlier!
Lin Yunwan and Mrs. Lin also arrived at Chixiang Temple.
The mother and daughter stayed in the wing room, and Mrs. Lin said very sleepily: "It's really not as good as before, I'm a little tired now."
"You take a rest."
Lin Yunwan waited on her mother to rest. After Mrs. Lin closed her eyes, she went to the red lacquer fence outside the side hall of Red Elephant Temple.
She dismissed the servants of the Lu family, brought her two maids, and came over wearing a cloak.
Beside the vermilion fence, stood a man with an upright back. He was wearing a low-key colored tunic, clean and without any patterns. He was looking at the wind and snow at the foot of the mountain.
"Greetings to the prince."
Lin Yunwan walked behind King Huan and said hello.
Qi Lingheng slowly turned around and said in a gentle tone: "Madam, we meet again."
Lin Yunwan raised her head and saw a pair of deep, dark starry eyes. His thin lips were slightly upturned, seemingly smiling. However, when he looked further, he felt like he was smiling but not smiling, and he had a cold feeling that he was not close to.
"Your Majesty, you sent this to me, right?"
She took out a piece of mutton-fat jade from her sleeve, which was Ge Baoer's jade pendant with a leopard's tail carved on it.
Qi Lingheng was not in a hurry to see the jade pendant.
Her face is very fair, and it becomes even whiter in the wind and snow, like the background of white porcelain, white and calm. Those extremely bright eyes don't look at anything eagerly, but look at everything coldly, so they are the finishing touch.
"Madam, it's cold outside, go inside and talk."
Qi Lingheng looked into Lin Yunwan's eyes and spoke, gesturing for her to go in and talk.
Lin Yunwan hesitated a little, but still followed in. Ping Ye and Tao Ye also followed in, but they were a little far away and couldn't hear what the two people were saying.
