Marrying Gold and Jade

Lin Yu was silent.

I thought of Wan Ying’s words, “There are some things that we two grasshoppers cannot interfere with.”

"Brother, can you check where the fifth prince is now?"

This is overstepping one's authority.

Lin Ji was only the prefect of Songjiang. It was fine for him to investigate the Lin family case, but if it involved the royal family...

He thought of someone who was more suitable.

"What do you want to do with the Fifth Prince?"

When Shen Lian saw that it was him, he took off his official hat without hesitation and put it on the table.

Lin Ji actually couldn't explain it clearly. After all, Lin Yu didn't explain it clearly that day, but just insisted that he go and check it out.

"Grand Tutor Shen has been with Your Majesty since he was eleven years old. I think he must know something."

Shen Lian said: "How I find out is my business. What I want to ask is, why are you looking for him?"

If it was someone else, Lin Ji might have fooled him, but this was Shen Lian, so he told the truth.

"It was Ayu who wanted to find out."

Then, someone heard a soft "tsk" sound.

"She just wants the moon in the sky, and you can only pick it for her."

"Then can you help?"

"One is my best friend, the other is my confidant, how can I not help?"

Their marriage fell through, but Shen Lian still treated her as his confidante.

Lin Ji knew very well that if it weren't for him, Shen Lian might not have rejected the marriage.

"but……"

Seeing that he looked troubled again, Lin Ji said seriously: "What's the difficulty? Tell me."

The elegant young man shook his head, "I don't have any problems, but you do."

"When are you going to propose marriage?"

stunned.

Lin Ji had never told anyone directly what he was thinking, but when he spoke to her, he directly asked about proposing marriage.

"I……"

"Are you still not going to admit it?" Since Shen Lian had asked, he could not retreat any further. "Lin Ji, Lin Ji, I would guess your intention and let the person go, but would others do the same?"

"But I heard that the man from Chengping Marquis's Mansion is still determined to come to your house to propose marriage."

Chengping Marquis’ Mansion, Tan Jinghe.

Lin Ji frowned when he thought of this man. If he came, Lin Yu would have made a fuss first without him having to do anything.

After thinking for a moment, he came to his senses and asked, "How did you know?"

Shen Lian and Tan Jinghe were not close, and the Lin family had not yet known that he was unwilling to give up, but they heard about it from him first.

"Well..."

Shen Lian suddenly understood him a little.

Just like at this moment, he didn't want to say that he heard this from Cheng Kejia.

"Someone told me."

After keeping the secret, he started to chase people away again, "Okay, I will definitely deliver what you asked me to do."

Lin Ji was not a talkative person, so seeing that he was unwilling to say anything, he just gave up.

It was a day off, and Ruan's third brother, who was an official in Changzhou, also arrived.

Lin Yu went to see his third uncle, and then took advantage of the fact that there were many guests at home and went to Yunwu Mountain without stopping.

This time she only took Mingyuan with her, and Zhulian and Qingdai were both in the yard to cover for her.

Lin Jiren came back, but he kept thinking about Shen Lian's words.

My original thought was not to scare her, and to wait until everything was over before slowly telling her my feelings.

Today, after hearing from his good friend, he began to reconsider the matter.

Lin Yu was more stable than he thought.

She even took the initiative to reject the marriage proposal with Shen Lian.

Thinking of this, his steps became uncontrollable and he wandered to the vicinity of Yaoguang Courtyard.

"What is Yu doing?"

As soon as Qingdai saw Lin Ji coming, she immediately became extremely alert.

"The girl got up early today and met her third uncle. He is taking a nap now."

In order not to arouse suspicion, Qing Dai deliberately said, "Sir, is there anything urgent? Do you want to wake up the girl?"

"No need."

Lin Ji had just acted on impulse, and when he heard that she had fallen asleep, he turned around and didn't say anything else.

When I returned to Qihe Hall, I saw a paper bag on the table.

"This is?"

Cao Shun told him: "The young lady sent it here early this morning, saying that she bought too much yesterday and wanted to distribute some to everyone."

Lin Ji doesn't like sweet things, so the food we prepare is always for her.

Then he said, "Put it in the closet."

After hearing that Lin Ji had returned, Wan Ying had been waiting for news from Qihetang.

She didn't have to wait too long. After half an hour, the maid from the outer courtyard whom she bribed came quietly to report.

"How is it?" She immediately became excited.

She put enough medicine in the bag of preserved fruits, ensuring that Lin Ji would be hooked if he just took a little bit of it.

The little maid looked embarrassed, "The young master... put it away."

"When will he eat?"

Lin Ji didn't have a maid close to him. She was only responsible for sweeping and cleaning on weekdays, and she was not very clear about Lin Ji's habits.

I only know that the maid in the courtyard often goes to buy fried peaches, but I don’t know when the master will eat them.

"How about you wait until after dinner?"

This was the second time Wan Ying had drugged him.

Seeing that Lin Ji was not suspicious this time, but still refused to take the bait, he became somewhat anxious.

"Then keep a close eye on it and tell me immediately if there's any movement!"

Although there are few women in his courtyard, there are still women.

If someone else gets there first, it would be so frustrating.

……

Lin Yu rode at full speed, his bones almost breaking, but he finally reached the top of the mountain.

Unexpectedly, Xu Jinxuan was not in the bamboo house behind the purple bamboo forest this time, but in Qianyun Temple.

"The Gu doctor asked us to take care of him. The young master went down the mountain yesterday and fell ill after returning."

The nun who usually led the way explained to her, "You can go, young lady, but the rules still apply. You can only go alone."

Lin Yu was not embarrassed. He took the things from Ming Yuan and followed the nun to the backyard room.

When I entered the room, Xu Jinxuan was lying on the couch with his eyes closed.

She moved very lightly and carefully when putting things away.

"Why didn't you tell me you were coming?"

The person behind her suddenly spoke, which scared her so much that her wrist trembled and the biscuit wrapped in oil paper fell onto the table.

"Are you awake?"

I heard that he was sick. When he opened his eyes, they looked lazy and not as bright as usual.

Lin Yu then said, "You came down the mountain to look for me yesterday, so it's my turn to come to your house today."

But the person on the couch just turned his eyes away and didn't respond.

Lin Yu had no choice but to step forward again, "By the way, what disease do you have? Does it often occur?"

Xu Jinxuan still didn't reply.

The poison was brought from his mother's womb and would attack him once a month, tormenting him until his twentieth birthday.

He had just had an premature attack the day before yesterday, and yesterday he was careless and hurt himself with flames, which naturally made the situation worse and caused a lot of noise.

But it doesn’t matter, in two months, he will be twenty years old.

So he just said, "It will be better soon."

His complexion today is really bad, and he has moved to the temple, which shows that his condition is not optimistic.

But since he said that, Lin Yu didn't ask much. He just introduced the food he brought one by one and asked him what he wanted to eat.

Xu Jinxuan listened quietly, and when she finished, he asked, "You ran back and forth many times for that snake."

"Who is the lifesaver you mentioned?"