No, I was just a concubine, how did I become the queen?

Although it was a bit regrettable, Lin Mingyan had never thought of finding a close friend in the Fourth Master's harem.

So she wasn't too sad about this little episode, but her relationship with Geng's family also cooled.

When Shisanniang went to Zhang's place to investigate, she indeed did not find any movement from her.

I guess Zhang was thinking too much and couldn't even eat.

Lin Mingyan kindly summoned the imperial physician to see her, and the conclusion reached was that she was "overly worried."

In other words, you're thinking too much!

When the Fourth Master found out, he was furious: "She's being served delicious food and drinks every day, what does she have to worry about?"

"I still can't find anything to do. I just have random thoughts all day long!"

Then he thought again that he was just daydreaming now, and it might cause trouble in the future.

I still have to find something for her to do.

Before Lin Mingyan could react, the Fourth Master punished her.

The punishment was not severe. He just required Zhang to make everything for Hongshi, from clothes and shoes to food.

As a result, Zhang's whole day was occupied and she had no time to think about anything else.

In particular, the Fourth Master even sent a nanny to keep an eye on her and not allow any servants to help her.

Zhang sat up in shock while she was sick, and had to get up to work at dawn, not even daring to get sick.

Lin Mingyan was shocked by his series of actions: "Master, you are so generous."

Zhang hadn't dared to do anything yet, but she was punished.

She guessed that the Fourth Master was probably unhappy about something, so he took his anger out on Zhang.

The Fourth Master snorted coldly, "Just because they have a healthy prince, I think Zhang's family is going to be so proud."

"She doesn't think about restraining her family, and is still thinking about this and that..."

In the harem, apart from the prince born by Lin Mingyan, Zhang was the only concubine who had a healthy prince.

Even though he suppressed her and didn't give her a good position, she still felt proud because there was a prince who was about ten years old standing by her.

Her family was originally a poor family, otherwise she would not have been sold like Lin Mingyan.

But Lin Mingyan later returned to the Nianhulu clan and her status was elevated, and Zhang was helpless.

However, after Zhang gave birth to Hongshi, her family members came close to her and began to flatter her again.

She had a very hard life at home before, but she didn't hate them very much.

Once she gained power, she wanted to give everything she had to her parents so that they would respect her more.

Especially to her father and brother, she was even more sincere and open-hearted, letting them see how "useful" she was.

As a result, after helping for so long, something went wrong.

Her brother had bought an official position with her help, and his acts of bullying men and women were reported to the Fourth Master.

After Lin Mingyan understood, she was speechless: "This is just a noble lady, if it was a concubine..."

If she were Zhang, and she didn't kill all her family members when she gained power, she would be very kind-hearted.

As a result, Zhang repaid the evil with kindness and worked hard to support her mother's family.

The key point is that the people in her mother's family are not good enough. They did all kinds of bad things and implicated her.

"Forget it, we've suppressed them all," the Fourth Master waved his hand, "Don't think about it."

Seeing that he was so angry that sweat was coming out of his forehead, Lin Mingyan asked Rendong to get the rose water.

One of them poured a cup and said, "This is rose water, made by Chen'er."

"We only got these two bottles, and we gave them all to the two of us."

The Fourth Master had long been accustomed to the rose products she gave him. After all, he had already tasted and drunk rose tea, rose jam, and rose cakes.

This is the first time I've tasted rose water.

Mingchen is still quite clever and always remembers them both.

The Fourth Master took a sip of the fragrant floral dew and actually felt relaxed all over.

"Not bad~~" The Fourth Master drank the dew in the cup in one gulp and praised.

Lin Mingyan also drank it, but it was not as exaggerated as he felt. She just thought it tasted good.

But this thing can relieve liver qi and depression. Fourth Master has such a bad temper, it would be good for him to drink more.

So she poured him another glass.

The Fourth Master drank slowly this time and revealed a piece of news: "The Japanese have been taken over. Fourteen and Mingheng will be able to set off back in the next few days."

He was originally in a good mood when he received the news, but then came the memorial impeaching Zhang's family, which almost made him angry to death.

Look, even with this great news, he couldn't be happy for a moment.

Now that I've recovered, I feel excited again when I talk about it with Lin Mingyan.

Of course, Lin Mingyan was also very happy that Mingheng and Shisi returned safely.

But she was more concerned about the situation in Japan: "How will Japan deal with it?"

She didn't even ask her two younger brothers a single question, but instead anxiously asked how to deal with Japan, which made the Fourth Master a little confused.

Why did he vaguely feel that Cha Cha seemed to particularly hate Japan, and the more unfortunate Japan was, the happier she would be?

If Lin Mingyan knew what he was thinking, she would definitely roll her eyes to indicate that it was certain!

After all, as a modern Chinese, who doesn’t want to see bad luck?

"After all, it's an island country, the place is not very big, it's a bit useless," the Fourth Master has not made a decision yet.

After all, there is a vast ocean between them, and it would be difficult to defend it if it really were to be ceded to the Qing Dynasty.

But if we just let them pay compensation and let them go, it would be unfair to everyone who has worked so hard for more than four years.

It’s a bit difficult!

Lin Mingyan didn't give up and said, "It's okay if it takes some trouble. We can't just watch the territory we have gained disappear again."

If she doesn't accept the small life, she will be restless!

The Fourth Master could see her anxiety and asked doubtfully, "Cha Cha, do you have such a deep grudge against Japan?"

Lin Mingyan nodded fiercely: "I was almost killed by them!"

"We can't take it over, after all, it's too troublesome to manage," the Fourth Master said, fearing a loss. "If it really becomes the territory of the Qing Dynasty, then we have to treat everyone equally from now on."

"At best, it would become a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty, like Goguryeo, and pay tribute every year."

No!

Absolutely not!

If it becomes a vassal state of the Qing Dynasty and lives like Goguryeo, wouldn't it be much easier for them to live a comfortable life?

Lin Mingyan was absolutely unwilling to give up. She rolled her eyes and came up with a good idea: "Then why don't we rent that land? Lease it for a hundred years?"

This is a good idea. Britain and France have tried it a long time ago and it is indeed very effective.

"Huh? Rent?" The Fourth Master was shocked.

What a shameless operation!

They rent other people's land for a hundred years and plunder all the good things.

If this place is good by then, you can renew the lease.

If things go wrong, you can just walk away.

Anyway, these are not our territory and people, so we have the right to abandon them.

He turned around and stared at Lin Mingyan in surprise, a little bit incredulous: "Cha Cha, where did you learn this idea?"

Isn’t that shameless?

Lin Mingyan touched his nose and said, "Hasn't this been a loss before? Learning from the foreigners to defeat them?"