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

As the weather gets warmer, it's time to take off your heavy winter clothes.

Lin Mingyan sat under the shade of a tree and played backgammon with the maids. She felt great whether she won or lost.

A servant from the main courtyard came to report that her family had come to visit her.

Lin Mingyan's smile froze, and she pointed at herself: "My family came to see me?"

impossible.

Absolutely impossible!

Xilin Jueluo simply didn't have the courage.

The remaining two younger brothers were outsiders and were not allowed to enter the backyard at all.

Even her powerful aunt has rules and it is impossible for her to come to her house so casually.

No matter how favored she was, she was just a princess.

Her family members were not relatives of the Prince's Mansion, so they could not visit at will.

By this calculation, the people who came can only be... the Lin family.

Thinking of this, Lin Mingyan smiled.

She is not a Bodhisattva. Can she forget all the hardships she has suffered and laugh it off?

I was worried that I wouldn't be able to find a chance to retaliate.

It just came to my door?

"Please ask them to come over, Madam," Lin Mingyan curled the corners of her mouth, her mood was extremely high.

Seeing how happy she was, Dujuan thought that it was really a real relative who had come, so she quickly asked someone to prepare tea and snacks.

Lin Mingyan didn't stop her, and even thought that the more valuable it was, the better.

Because she knew that the Lin family would be even more upset to see how well she was living.

After preparing the tea and snacks, Lin Mingyan changed into her most gorgeous dress.

This was delivered by the embroidery room at the beginning of the month, and it is inlaid with agates of various colors.

There were even two huge pearls hanging from the collar, round and shiny, very eye-catching.

She put on a complete set of kingfisher feather headdress, and a pair of oriental pearls dangled from her ears.

Big!

Howe!

expensive!

As soon as Lin Mingzhen and her mother, Mrs. Hu, came in, they didn't know where to look.

Lin Mingzhen was deeply shocked: Is this still the same Lin Mingyan who was so thin and pale?

It is no exaggeration to say that this precious person in front of me is a young lady kept in seclusion by a noble family!

A feeling of bitterness spread in her heart.

Those people were clearly looking for her father, and days like this should have been hers.

They were all stolen by Lin Mingyan.

This thief!

"Oh my! I can't even recognize her!" Mrs. Hu spoke first in an exaggerated tone, "Is this still our Mingyan? She's truly so noble!"

As he said this, he was about to touch the dark green glass bracelet on Lin Mingyan's hand.

She used to do this kind of thing. She "borrowed" several pieces of Xilin Jueluo's dowry jewelry in this way.

Du Juan frowned at Hu, whose words and actions were vulgar, with a look of disbelief on her face.

She glanced at Lin Mingyan's face and immediately felt that this was a fake relative who came to beg for money.

She grabbed Hu and said sternly, "It's not yours. Our princess is now the prince's."

"Um... yes, yes, it's the prince's man," Hu was frightened and withdrew her hand angrily.

Then she saw the exquisite pastries on the table, her eyes lit up, and she picked up a piece with one hand and put it into her mouth.

He even had his hands free to give two pieces to Lin Mingzhen as well.

Lin Mingzhen felt embarrassed, but the pastry was so delicious that she couldn't bear to spit it out after taking a bite.

He had no choice but to swallow it quickly and started chatting with Lin Mingyan.

Lin Mingyan listened to her talk calmly and interrupted, "If you have something to say, just say it. The backyard is not a place where you can stay for long. Someone will come to ask you to leave soon."

Even if no one invited her, she would have asked someone to treat her. If she didn't want to know what these two people were up to, she wouldn't have bothered.

Lin Mingzhen became anxious when she heard this and quickly explained her purpose.

What he meant was that since she had married into a wealthy family, he wanted to pray for a good marriage for himself as well.

Ouch~

You don’t want that good cousin you snatched away from me anymore?

Although she didn't want to marry the old lady's nephew, when Lin Mingzhen tried to snatch him away, she was very sure that it was true love.

How much does true love cost now?

Lin Mingyan smiled: "It's not difficult to pray for a marriage for you, but I remember you should be married, right?"

At that time, Lin Bo said that Lin Mingzhen was going to get married at the end of last year.

"No, that's not true!" Lin Mingzhen quickly denied it.

At the end of last year, the old lady of the Wang family fell and the marriage was delayed.

She was so angry that she cursed at home for three days and three nights, but now she is glad.

"Oh, then you have an engagement too!" Lin Mingyan said with a smile.

Lin Mingzhen became even more anxious: "Sister, I will cancel the engagement when I get back. Please help me!"

She said nice things, but she felt sick inside.

If she didn't need a favor from Lin Mingyan, she wouldn't want to see her smug face at all.

Lin Mingyan shook the bone-carved peacock feather fan in her hand, and a fragrant breeze blew over.

Lin Mingzhen stared with eyes wide open, full of jealousy.

"That won't work. How about you cancel the engagement first?" Lin Mingyan said in embarrassment, "Otherwise, if they investigate, the negotiation won't be possible."

When Lin Mingzhen heard this, she thought it made sense and immediately nodded in agreement.

She planned to go back today to cancel the engagement and come back again tomorrow.

Anyway, they are all in Beijing, so they are close!

"Okay, thank you very much, sister!" Lin Mingzhen pretended to be excited and thanked her.

By the way, I pulled Mrs. Hu, whose mouth was full of grease, and felt very embarrassed.

Mrs. Hu wiped her mouth and said, "Niece, this cake is really delicious. I have never eaten it before."

"Why don't you just take it away? Let's help each other and visit each other more often in the future~"

Her squinting eyes were full of greed, and she wished she could come to the Prince's Mansion every day to beg for money.

Which woman doesn’t want help from her parents?

She made an empty promise so that she could keep Lin Mingyan hanging and get benefits.

Lin Mingyan pressed the corners of her mouth: "It seems that I blamed my aunt wrongly before. Family is still the best."

"Look at my cakes, they're good, but they cost money."

"Just these two plates cost one hundred taels!"

"To be honest, I didn't bring any money in here. I've run out of money a long time ago."

"Will you lend me some?"

Lin Mingyan lied with her eyes open and spread her hands to ask for money.

Then give her back the hundred taels you sold her for first!

Mrs. Hu was dumbfounded and stammered, "You have to pay for your food and drinks at the Prince's Mansion? How much are your clothes and jewelry worth?"

"The clothes and jewelry are all gifts from me. I can wear them, but they can't be turned into money, right?" Lin Mingyan said pitifully, "Eating and drinking are free, but entertaining you does cost money."

"Or you guys shouldn't come, otherwise I won't be able to entertain you if I don't have anything to eat."

What?

Don’t want to come anymore?

That won’t work!

How can you marry into a good family if you don’t come?

Lin Mingzhen tugged at Hu's sleeve, extremely anxious.

Mrs. Hu gritted her teeth and took out a silver note from her chest: "Then... Auntie will give you money, we will come again next time."

It was exactly the one hundred taels of silver she got from selling her. Given Hu's personality, she would definitely keep it in her pocket every day.

Lin Mingyan gestured for Du Juan to take it and sent him away: "Then I'll wait for the good news that you have cancelled the engagement."

Lin Mingzhen and her daughter left with great anticipation. When they were about to reach the corner gate, they were bumped into by a woman in a hurry.

A little maidservant in the back called out anxiously, "Igge, where are you going?"