Marrying Gold and Jade

Lin Yu's eyes suddenly became extremely strange.

It was clearly the first time I met Du Wan, but everything about her seemed familiar.

"You..." She had already said it so directly, so Lin Yu simply asked, "Do you like him or not?"

Du Wan immediately asked back: "Does it matter whether you like it or not?"

"If I marry him, I will be the first princess in my family, and I will ask for a royal decree for my mother, and my children will be princes or princesses."

"The only unmarried prince left is the Seventh Prince, but there are a lot of noble ladies of marriageable age in Kyoto. Miss Lin, I will not give up this opportunity."

An opportunity to leap from being the daughter of an official to becoming a noble.

And it will continue from generation to generation, to future generations.

Lin Yu suddenly knew who she looked like. Wasn't Cheng Kejia the same at the beginning? He picked and chose and chose Lin Ji, and then chose Shen Lian. Apart from character, what he cared about most was future.

But they all pin their future on their husbands.

Can't think too deeply.

Lin Yu frowned and said nothing, but Du Wan stared at her intently. Her eyes rolled slightly, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that this was the case.

His Highness the Seventh Prince cannot speak, and he will inevitably be weaker than other princes in the future. If he can be credited with the merit of pacifying the northwest, he will be more confident. When he ascends the throne as the crown prince in the future, he should remember this merit.

The easiest way to take over the credit is to marry Lin Yu; and she will live in Wangyue Pavilion, which means that the Seventh Prince also has her in his heart.

It not only gives the man face, but also consolidates her position as a princess in the future.

Looking at the girl in front of him, she seems delicate and timid but has a good personality, and she doesn't have the arrogant temper of the noble ladies in Kyoto. It would be better to choose her instead of others to be a concubine.

The more Du Wan thought about it, the more she felt it was a good deal. She took the initiative to shake her hand and said, "I've heard that the Fifth Prince has a strange temper. Now that you've left Chonghua Palace, I'm sure you can't stand him."

"Then, as long as you tell His Majesty that this dowry is for His Majesty the Seventh Prince, I can enter the palace with you on the same day. I can also assure you that His Majesty's second son will definitely be born by you..."

Before he could finish his words, Lin Yu turned his wrist and pulled his hand back.

"Miss Du."

Du Wan thought she had something else to ask for, so he sat up straight and said, "You go ahead."

"I am from Songjiang Prefecture, Huating County. I grew up under the emperor's feet like you and have seen a lot of the world, but my parents did not neglect my education. I am not stupid."

"If it is true as you said, that military pay is a great contribution, why should I be inferior to you?"

Regardless of the sudden change in his expression, Lin Yu continued, "Let's take a step back. You said so many nice things today, but won't you be wary of me in the future?"

"If I am favored and have enjoyed great honor in the palace in my early years, when I give birth to a child, my origin will not be important. Do you really think that your son can become a prince peacefully?"

After this statement, perhaps because it was too far from her delicate appearance, Du Wan even lowered his head and sneered.

"Miss Lin is truly a person of pure beauty from the inside out."

For some reason, although she was clearly praising him, Lin Yu always felt that she was being sarcastic.

Since she didn't respond, Du Wan couldn't help but think that she was refusing to accept the toast and was determined to compete with him for the position of principal wife, but she still maintained a smile on her face.

Du Wan stood up quickly and said with a smile, "It seems that my trip to the palace today was in vain."

Lin Yu stood up to see him off without saying anything else.

After all, I don't know what A Yuan is thinking, or whether he really plans to marry her. No one has told me this.

As soon as Du Wan left, Xuan Ye began to peek in front of the Wangyue Pavilion.

Seeing her eyes moving towards him, he raised his hand high again, "Miss Lin!"

“Miss Lin, if you want to go back, I’ll help you get your things.”

Lin Yu stood at the door and stared at the tall and thin boy for a long time.

"He sent you here?"

Xuan Ye was a person brought by Xu Jinxuan from outside the palace. Apart from Xu Jinxuan, there was no one else who could mobilize him.

Seeing that the two women looked unhappy when they came out, Xuan Ye guessed that Lin Yu was unhappy today, and it was worth it for him to go to the Du family to deliver the message.

When she asked about her master, he immediately said as if to take credit: "My master specifically asked me to help you move things."

While saying this, he looked at the red curtain behind Lin Yu intentionally or unintentionally.

Zhu Lian sighed and shook his head slightly.

Mingyuan was not at home today, so Du Wan just happened to come over. After a quick thought, she realized that someone was behind this, and she guessed again that she would not let Xu Jinxuan go.

Who would have thought that Xuanye would fall into the trap.

He looked at the three girls at the palace gate with a smile, but the next moment, Lin Yu went in again without looking back.

"Hey——Miss Lin!"

After waiting for another half an hour, Lin Yu still didn't come out.

He was puzzled. People were called in, and Miss Lin looked unhappy here, so why didn't she want to go back?

It was fine in front of people, but once he turned to the back of others, Lin Yu felt very tired. He sat back at the table and thought carefully about what happened today.

It was true that Xu Jinxuan had deliberately found the person, but it was also easy to tell from what Miss Du said that she had been with Ming Yuan for quite some time.

Mingyuan came back after lunch.

After closing the door and leaving only the two of them in the room, he explained, "My father asked me to play chess early in the morning, and then he left lunch for me after we rested."

He speaks much more fluently than at the beginning.

Lin Yu, on the other hand, just said "hmm" softly without much reaction.

Mingyuan then remembered that when he came back, his personal eunuch told him that the person from the Du family had been there.

"What were you doing while I was away?"

Lin Yu was thinking about how to start the conversation when asked this question, so she told him the truth: "A Miss Du came here."

"Ah."

"She said she would be your principal wife."

This time the man was silent for a long time before he said "hmm" again.

But there was no denial.

Lin Yu suddenly took a breath, thought for a moment, and then tried again: "She also said that she wanted me to be your concubine."

"No," he responded quickly this time, "You will not be anyone's concubine."

Facing the girl's confused and suspicious eyes, Ming Yuan said, "Originally, I didn't want to tell you so early."

He told her everything about his childhood experiences, including his long deceased mother, Concubine Yi.

Concubine Yi was originally a senior maidservant beside the Queen. After Xu Jinxuan's biological mother, Concubine Ling, entered the palace, she was pushed out by the Queen and given to the Emperor.

But later, Concubine Yi was executed by the Queen, but the Queen put the blame on Concubine Ling on the grounds of poisoning her. She was imprisoned in the deep palace, and almost drove Concubine Ling and her son crazy.

"After the death of Concubine Ling, my fifth brother became even more eccentric and withdrawn. He often bullied me and my sixth brother for fun. He drove us into a snake cave and said it was full of poisonous snakes."

"One day I was bitten and cried loudly, but nothing happened afterwards. I knew then that the fifth brother was just trying to scare us."

It sounds like something Xu Jinxuan would do.

Seeing Lin Yu nod, Ming Yuan continued, "Until one day, a snake that had never been seen before appeared in there."