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"what??"

Qin Ze was stunned. He stared at his mother who still had a stern face, and then hesitantly said: "Mom, you...what you said is too..."

"Too what? Just tell me whether you think so or not." Lin Wan crossed her arms, as if she was interrogating a prisoner.

Qin Ze's face became hot while being interrogated. He thought, Mom, your guess is quite accurate, but you are too straightforward. How can you say that? Your son is thin-skinned. How can I respond to what you said?

Qin Ze was hesitating about how to start, but Lin Wan's interrogation came quickly and fiercely: "Humph, you little brat, you are usually so indecisive, but now you are hesitating."

"Don't say you don't have this plan."

Seeing his mother say this, Qin Ze's face turned red like a persimmon. He could only force out an awkward smile and said with a stiff face:

"Well...I have this plan."

"I knew it." Lin Wan pursed her lips slightly, revealing a hint of pride, but this expression was only fleeting.

Qin Ze lowered his head, too embarrassed to look his mother in the eye. He looked at the rosy plums in his hand and said,

"Mom, I really think she is..."

"It looks pretty good, right?" Lin Wan said bluntly.

Qin Ze then raised his head and looked at his mother. Just as he was about to explain, his mother suddenly spat out a long paragraph of words like a cannon:

"Who doesn't know this Princess Yongning? She has been a beauty since she was young. She has long been famous in Jinling. It is said that no one in the world can compare to her in terms of appearance. Although I have rarely seen her, she came to our house many years ago. At that quick glance, I knew that this woman would definitely bring disaster to the country and the people when she grows up."

"It turned out to be true afterwards. I don't know how many princes and nobles fell at her feet. It can be seen that this woman is a complete seductress. Who wouldn't want her to be their woman? Don't you think this is true?"

"Ah this...haha." Qin Ze laughed stiffly.

"You seem so cheerful. I see you have been completely bewitched by her." Lin Wan said angrily.

Qin Ze immediately moved his chair to his mother's side and explained, "How is that possible?"

"Mom, you really underestimate your son by saying that. Don't you know who I am? Even if she is a fairy, she is no different from an ordinary person in my eyes. I can't even tell the difference between beauty and ugliness."

"I just saw that she was a good woman with integrity, so I thought it would be better to keep her by my side."

As soon as the voice fell, Lin Wan could no longer hold it in. She pinched Qin Ze's face and scolded with a smile:

"I see that you are not only tanned, but also have a thicker skin. You are not ashamed to say this."

Seeing his mother smile, Qin Ze knew that the matter was probably settled. She was just putting on airs with a stern face before. He immediately grabbed his mother's hand that was pinching her face and said with a smile:

"Mom, I really don't understand you. You just hugged me with tears and snot, but now you pinch me. I have a thin skin, and it will take ten days or half a month for the damage to heal. Your son just came back, and you treat him like this. Won't you kick me out of the house in a few days?"

Although Lin Wan wanted to calm down for a while, Qin Ze's jokes made her feel really uncomfortable, so she could only say angrily:

"You are so frivolous and have no serious manners. You are the ruler of a country now, you can't be like this."

Qin Ze moved closer to his mother and said with a smile, "I definitely wouldn't do this in front of outsiders."

"But beside you, I am not the king of a country. I am just your son."

This smooth compliment made Lin Wan feel comfortable. Her eyes softened when she looked at Qin Ze, and she spoke softly, "That's not wrong."

"That's right, haha." Qin Ze smiled and picked up the plum in his hand and put it to Lin Wan's mouth.

"I have it in my hand." Lin Wan muttered, but Qin Ze still smiled and brought it to her mouth. She had no choice but to take a bite, but asked again;

"What about her?"

"Who?"

"Who else? Are you pretending to be confused again?" Lin Wan slapped away her son's hand as he tried to continue feeding her.

Qin Ze put the plum into his mouth and chewed it while answering vaguely, "In the palace."

"The palace?" Lin Wan raised her eyebrows.

"Well, I took her directly to the palace." Qin Ze spit out the fruit core and continued:

"After all...she has nowhere to go."

"Jinling no longer has a home for her."

As soon as these words came out, Lin Wan stopped talking and fell silent.

Qin Ze also said nothing. He just picked up another plum from the fruit plate, rolled the rosy and plump plum in his palm, and just stared at it in a daze.

After a few moments of silence, Lin Wan let out a long sigh.

"She's a poor girl, too."

Qin Ze remained silent, but nodded, and then he grasped the fruit that was rolling in his palm tightly.

At this time, Lin Wan sighed and said, "Ze'er, your father was murdered by the Jin family. I was so angry when I found out. I thought that one day when you have a large army, you must avenge your father and let those people get their retribution."

"You did it, but as for this orphan girl from the Jin family, I..." Her voice trembled slightly when she said this.

"Mom." Qin Ze called softly, stood up and held his mother's trembling shoulders.

Lin Wan held Qin Ze's hand on her shoulder, shook her head and said:

"She is a member of the Jin family, and the daughter of Jin Weizun, who is a treacherous and evil man. Jin Fengluan is incompetent and foolish, but if Jin Weizun hadn't been behind the scenes fanning the flames, your father wouldn't have died in vain."

Qin Ze had nothing to say and could only hold his mother's shoulders tightly.

Lin Wan continued, "As a member of the Jin family, my mother wants to hate this woman and wants her to get the same retribution as her father, but..."

"But she is different from those people. Mother is sensible and not foolish. Mother knows that she is going to assassinate someone to sacrifice her life for justice. For a woman like this, even if mother wants to hate her... she finds that she can't hate him at all."

"Now that the Jin family has been overthrown, this woman has become an orphan with no one to rely on. Mother feels sorry for her."

"But mother knows that she shouldn't feel sorry for her. Although the things done by the Jin family have nothing to do with her, she still has the blood of the Jin family flowing in her body. Mother is afraid that when she sees her, she will remember that your father was killed by the Jin family."

"That's what I told myself in my heart, but today you mentioned that she no longer has a home in Jinling, and I felt..."

At this point, she tightly grasped her son's hand on her shoulder: "I... still feel sad."

"But I shouldn't be sad. How can I be worthy of your father in heaven if I feel sad for a member of the Jin family..." She wiped away her tears.

These words made Qin Ze feel deeply moved. After a barely audible sigh, he bent down, hugged his sobbing mother and said softly:

"Because mom is a good person."

"A good person just can't bear to see another good person end up in a miserable state, so mother feels sad."

After the words fell, Lin Wan raised her tearful face and looked at Qin Ze: "Ze'er, is she really a good woman?"

"Yes." Qin Ze agreed, looked at his mother seriously and said:

"I want to marry her, take care of her for the rest of her life, and give her a home again."

"Mom, is it okay?"

Lin Wan wiped away her tears and reached out to touch her son's serious face:

"Of course, Ze'er."

"You are my son. No matter what you want to do, I will support you. It was the same before, it is the same now, and it will be the same in the future. I will always support you."

After the words fell, Qin Ze was deeply moved, his eyes were wet, he hugged Lin Wan and said, "Mom, you are so kind."

Lin Wan then whispered, "Mom treats you well, so you should treat her well too."

"Well, that's for sure." Qin Ze let go of her hand, looked at her and smiled.

Lin Wan suddenly winked at him and said, "Then I want to have a grandson by the beginning of next year."

-

"Miss, the Queen Mother has instructed you to dine with her tonight."

"I have already sent someone to your house to tell you, you don't have to worry."

In the front hall, Zhang Zisheng estimated that the mother and son had been chatting for a while. After instructing them to go and ask when the meal would be served, he planned to say goodbye and return home. Unexpectedly, as soon as he told this to the maid, the maid gave such an answer.

"Okay." Zhang Zisheng agreed, then turned around and sat back in the chair.