Chapter 172
"...Jiao'er, why are you here?"
Not to mention Wen Hai, even Zheng was very frightened.
She was afraid that her daughter would go crazy again in public.
Wen Hai, mother and son, would definitely not dare to talk nonsense, but there is no airtight wall. If word spreads that her daughter is of this virtue, how will she get married in the future!
"Mom, why can't I come?"
Lin Yunjiao didn't take her poor relatives seriously at all.
How could she not know the situation at home? The uncles on her father's side must be respected. The uncles on her mother's side are all uncles who come to curry favor with her family. She doesn't need to look at their faces.
Mrs. Zheng had a headache and had no intention of bringing Lin Yunwan and Wen Hai together. She just wanted to send the little ancestor away quickly, so she said: "It's hot, your aunt and I are talking here. You little ones, please go back early."
Lin Yunwan stood up first: "Yes."
Wen Hai was about to leave and stood up to bow.
Mrs. Zheng remembered another thing and told Lin Yunwan: "There will be a banquet in the Zhao Mansion the day after tomorrow. Remember to prepare early."
At the prince's uncle's house?
Lin Yunwan was shocked. Her letter was sent... There was a banquet in the Zhao Mansion. Isn't it a coincidence?
Lin Yunjiao was very curious: "Mom, which Zhao family?"
Zheng: "Who else is from the Zhao family? King Huan's uncle."
After hearing this, Lin Yunwan walked away absentmindedly.
Wen Hai waited for a while to avoid suspicion before leaving.
His mother glared at him and said to herself: "What an idiot! He doesn't know how to get close to him!"
Lin Yunjiao couldn't sit still either.
But she hadn't received the meeting gift yet, and she felt very uncomfortable.
Fortunately, Wen's mother also knew etiquette, so she made up for the meeting gift and said a lot of compliments... which were very sincere.
I just met the second lady that day, and I was almost scared to the point of going to see the Bodhisattva.
She is still scared and angry.
If this was her daughter-in-law, she would have been slapped a few times to teach her the rules!
"Thanks, aunt."
Lin Yunjiao also took a gold bracelet and retreated.
The maid held an umbrella for her. After she took the bracelet and went out, she played with it. Of course it was also a hollow bracelet.
...She doesn't just lack a bracelet.
But she felt uncomfortable when she thought that her down-and-out relatives dared to look up to Lin Yunwan but looked down upon her.
Ever since she was a child, she has been given priority in everything at home, and no one else can take an extra inch of her space!
"Why is it so soft? How can I wear it? I have never seen such a shabby gold bracelet."
Lin Yunjiao was disgusted. She shrunk the bracelet and threw it to the maid, not wanting to wear it anymore.
Wen Hai, who was walking in front, started running when he heard the sound.
"Amitabha……"
But don't get caught by that dominatrix.
Lin Yunjiao looked like she wanted to run away when she saw the back.
"hateful……"
"This is in my house!"
How dare he do that!
"Stop! Stop!"
God, are you calling me?
Wen Hai ran faster.
"If you don't stop, I will..."
Wen Hai stopped and turned around, sweat all over his forehead.
He wiped the sweat on his forehead with his sleeve, lowered his head and bowed: "Second cousin."
Lin Yunjiao is brave, but she is still a girl after all, and she is still very shy when talking to men.
She asked half domineeringly, half shyly: "Why are you running?"
Ye and Wen Haifushen said: "I have met Cousin Wen."
"No, I didn't run away. I, I was afraid of bumping into my cousin, so I planned to avoid it."
Wen Hai didn't even dare to raise his head.
Lin Yunjiao noticed that he was so timid and secretly looked at him. He looked quite upright. He didn't look like his mother, maybe he looked like his father.
"I'm not a ghost. Cousin Wen, don't run away next time you see me!"
She couldn't see him like that.
Wenhai stammered: "...Oh, yes. Okay."
Lin Yunjiao went back.
Anyway, Wen Hai and her son asked her father for help, right? No matter how arrogant she is, they don't dare to talk nonsense, not to mention she was very polite just now. Cousin Wen should have a better impression of her, right?
Wenhai returned to the front yard and sighed.
The servant from the Lin Mansion asked him, "What's wrong with your young master?"
Wen Hai quickly said: "No, no."
He changed to sighing silently, holding the book and thinking deeply.
"Why is it so bad..."
There were so many talented people in Jishan Society that he couldn't even get a word in. He took the few articles he had in his arms and compared them with other people's beautiful articles. He felt ashamed and frustrated.
The mother also said that she would bring him over to see her cousin. Unexpectedly, her cousin was as fierce as a tiger. Cousin... I guess she was about the same!
Lin Yunjiao was already dressing up in the room.
"Zhao Mansion suddenly wants to hold a banquet. It must be for the prince's marriage, right?"
"The most noble person in Jiang Qian is the prince..."
She took it for granted that as the legitimate daughter of the Lin family, she was absolutely qualified to become Princess Huan.
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"Girl, don't you want to go to the Zhao Mansion for a banquet?"
After returning to Bixi Hall from Zheng's place, Lin Yunwan was thinking about it, and Xiruo couldn't help but worry.
Lin Yunwan said lightly: "No."
She paused and said, "Zhao Mansion shouldn't have this banquet."
"Even if there is, I shouldn't be allowed to go."
Xiruo was curious: "Why did the girl say that?"
Lin Yunwan pursed her lips. She wrote a letter to Mr. Zhao. She had already stated her interest in the Yan Mansion, and the prince would definitely see it.
He couldn't fail to understand what that meant.
Since she wants to marry someone else, she will not consider him again. What is this banquet for?
Lin Yunwan sighed and said, "Let me think about it first."
"girl."
Zhao's mother came over, brought a box in, and said, "Master asked me to deliver it to you." She also brought a knife of paper and cinnabar, and said, "I thought the girl would use up these things, so I will give them to her as well." coming."
Xiruo said: "Give it to me."
Zhao’s mother put down her things and left.
Xiruo handed it to Lin Yunwan and whispered: "...it should be from the prince."
The master will not give a girl anything good for no reason.
Lin Yunwan reached out and opened the box, revealing a gold hairpin jewelry. This is what's on the surface, and there's a letter underneath.
After reading the letter, her face turned pale.
"I really don't know what the prince is thinking."
He actually told her first in the letter that the Yan family was also going to Zhao Mansion for a banquet. So this banquet was not because the prince wanted to see her, but because he wanted her to meet people from the Yan family?
Did he accept it?
Lin Yunwan didn't quite believe it. If the prince was so easy to persuade, why would the emperor and the empress have trouble with his marriage?
When it was time for the banquet, Lin Yunwan went to see Mrs. Zhao. Not long after, someone led her out.
Sure enough, I saw Qi Lingheng in a hallway of Zhao Mansion.
"Your Majesty."
Lin Yunwan went over to say hello.
Qi Lingheng had been waiting for her for a long time. He stood up and said, "Sit down first."
Lin Yunwan didn't want to sit down. She paused and felt that it was quiet in her ears. There must be no one there, so she said, "Your Majesty, I've thought about it."
Qi Lingheng looked at her quietly and said, "Well, you tell me."
Since she had to say it face to face, she would not be tactful.
Lin Yunwan said calmly: "I don't want to marry you."
Qi Lingheng didn't speak for a long time.
He knew Lin Yunwan's decision when he received her letter, but when he heard it with his own ears, he still felt a little... uncomfortable.
He had rarely felt this way.
Lin Yunwan didn't know if he was angry.
However, she did not feel that she had said something wrong. She lowered her eyes and said: "...This kind of thing cannot be ambiguous. Don't blame me for speaking too bluntly."
Qi Lingheng smiled lightly: "I don't blame you."
"Why, you don't want to talk to me now?"
"……no!"
Of course not, the prince is her benefactor no matter what.
Qi Lingheng said: "Yun Yi sent you a letter from home, don't you want to read it?"
Of course you have to watch it!
Lin Yunwan was very surprised. She had not heard from her brother and mother for a long time.
