Princess Promotion

Unexpectedly, Lin Wan came over first, saluted Shangshu Wang, and said, "Grandfather, please rest assured that everything is fine at home."

If this had happened in the past, Minister Wang would have just walked away.

Then he asked his grandson to divorce this scheming woman as soon as possible.

But now I really don’t dare to say anything harsh, after all, the lives of my family are in their hands.

I could only reply with a stiff expression: "Well, then I'm relieved."

Then there was silence.

The father and son of the Wang family were actually a little devastated inside.

Who would have thought that the granddaughter-in-law/daughter-in-law who usually looks pitiful, gentle and kind would suddenly become an intelligence chief.

It would be a lie to say that Lin Wan is not to blame for this.

They were a good family and didn't get involved in party disputes, but unexpectedly they were dragged into it by Lin Wan.

Now they are lucky and it seems that Yao Chuguang has won. If Yao Chuguang loses, their family will be implicated and their property will be confiscated and their family will be exterminated, which would be the least of their problems.

Lin Wan looked at Wang Liwen again and was about to say something.

Wang Liwen turned his back and swung his sleeves, "What's going on? Is there someone in our family who is taking lives or committing corruption and abuses the law?"

Wang Liwen was able to ask this question with confidence because he had the confidence to do so.

Although the Wang family did not participate in party struggles, they were still able to gain a foothold in the court.

It has never been about human relationships and worldly wisdom, but about the construction of bridges, weapons, cities, etc. to gain a foothold.

Simply put, in the court, one must either have a strong background or strong technical capabilities.

As long as the ruler is not a tyrant, he will basically take some care of such talented technical personnel.

In recent years, the Wang family has maintained a good family tradition and rarely punishes servants, let alone takes human lives.

Lin Wan: “There is one.”

Wang Liwen turned around in shock, looked at Lin Wan who had a serious expression on her face, and then suddenly looked at his father and grandfather.

That expression of disbelief was so intense that it was even trembling with excitement.

Minister Wang looked at his grandson with an expression of shock and grief.

His mind buzzed and he turned stiffly to look at his son standing beside him.

At this time, Lord Wang also looked at Minister Wang with a shocked expression.

Minister Wang was just about to raise his hand to slap this evil boy, but he didn't expect that he would dare to do such a heartless and evil thing.

But thinking that he was his own son after all, if he slapped him, there would be no room for maneuver.

Since it was the father's fault for not raising and educating his son, Minister Wang decided to take responsibility for the sins on his son's behalf.

Lord Wang thought the same, and they both spoke at the same time.

"Those things were done by me, they have nothing to do with them."

The worries of Minister Wang and Lord Wang finally died down, and they both felt that since the other party had confessed, it must be true.

Lin Wan asked with a puzzled look on his face: "I didn't say it was you!"

Wang Liwen: "Who is that?"

Lin Wan: "Your father-in-law, my biological father, don't worry. I took him out and beheaded him yesterday."

Minister Wang, Lord Wang, and Wang Liwen didn't know whether to be happy or angry for a moment.

Minister Wang and Lord Wang were both angry. I was about to cry, and you actually said this to me.

Wang Liwen felt that what Lin Wan said made sense. The Marquis was a man of few lives, but he was indeed his father-in-law.

Lin Wan: "I came here to tell you that my father's matter has been handled and will not affect the Wang family."

The ministers who were eating melons, although they didn’t know what dog food was, now they just felt a little full and a little chilly.

Wang Liwen: "This is not important. Don't you have anything else to tell me?"

Lin Wan: "Don't worry, I haven't found any major evidence of the Wang family's crimes, and I've helped you deal with the minor mistakes."

The ministers looked at Yao Chuguang, as if asking, why don't you do anything about such obvious favoritism?

Yao Chuguang: "Didn't Lin Wan say that he had already dealt with it?"

When the ministers thought of the fate of the Marquis of the Earl's Mansion, their hair stood on end. They were too narrow-minded.

This is a ruthless person who can even kill his own father.

The ministers looked at Lin Wan, then at Yao Chuguang, and finally at Emperor Qi. They suddenly understood why the two of them could join forces.

The Emperor of Qi, who was watching the play with his ministers, was a little frightened by the ministers' pitying eyes.

Shangshu Wang and Lord Wang walked cautiously to both sides of Wang Liwen. If the occasion did not allow it, they really wanted to carry Wang Liwen away.

I never thought that my son/grandson’s good looks were a disadvantage before, but now I really want to put Wang Liwen back in so that he can have a more ordinary face.

Lord Wang thought for a moment and then spoke cautiously, "My dear! Li Wen has a sharp tongue but a soft heart. If you have anything to say, please talk to him nicely and he will understand your difficulties."

Lin Wan: "Of course, Father."

Lord Wang felt very miserable! He didn't want to be so cautious, but he only had this one precious son.

It is unfortunate that my family married such a powerful daughter-in-law. When other daughters-in-law are angry, they will at most go back to their parents' home or fight. But when my daughter-in-law is angry, she really dares to draw her knife.

Lin Wan pulled out a blueprint from his sleeve and handed it over, saying, "This is the blueprint of Her Royal Highness the Princess's ship design. Take a look."

Wang Liwen naturally has his own pride. He is different from those useless people who become officials by relying on their ancestors' influence.

When the drawing was unfolded, Wang Liwen was attracted by the exquisiteness of the design at first sight.

He even muttered to himself, "It's so amazing! It's absolutely exquisite, absolutely exquisite."

Then Shangshu Wang and Lord Wang also joined the team and began to study the drawings wholeheartedly.

Yao Chuguang walked over to Lin Wan and said teasingly, "You don't feel guilty about bullying an honest person like this."

Lin Wan: "Who told me I'm a wicked woman with no conscience?"

Yao Chuguang led Lin Wan slowly out of the hall.

Yao Chuguang looked at the crescent moon in the night sky with some melancholy and said, "I have done what I should and can do. Whether it will work out or not depends on God."

Lin Wan: "So at first you wanted to knock me out and send me out of the imperial capital!"

After Yao Chuguang used a trick to get Li Yinhan away, he knew that he could not deceive Lin Wan, so he wanted to find someone to knock him out and send him out of the imperial capital.

I didn't expect Lin Wan to be so alert, and he really didn't fall into my trap.

Yao Chuguang: "You saw through me in the end. Wouldn't it be better to live a good life? Why did you have to stay here and die?"

When it comes to raising an army to rebel, Yao Chuguang is not a god. No matter how good the plan is, there will always be things that he cannot take into account.

One wrong step can lead to eternal damnation.

Lin Wan: "Then I want to know something before I die. Can you tell me?"

Yao Chuguang: "You want to ask about the list of study companions from that year."

Lin Wan: "There was a rumor in the palace back then that the list of companions had been decided long ago, and those girls who entered the palace were just for show."

Yao Chuguang saw that Lin Wan had his back straight, and his whole body was as tense as a straight line. He didn't know when he developed this problem, but when he was nervous, he would subconsciously straighten his whole body.

Yao Chuguang: "The rumor is true. The reading companion was chosen internally, and it has always been you."

It's always you!

Lin Wan felt that the wind seemed to have stopped at this moment, and he saw Yao Chuguang glowing in the moonlight until it became a little blurry.

I raised my hand and touched it, and found that tears were flowing down again.

Lin Wan confirmed that she had never seen Yao Chuguang before entering the palace. She had various speculations about why Yao Chuguang chose her as her study companion.

There is no such thing as good things without reason in this world. In the end, Lin Wanjue felt that the most likely scenario was that Yao Chuguang mistook him for someone else.

Just like the storyteller's story, a kind girl accidentally saved a young man, but left before the young man woke up, and was walked up to the young man by another girl who happened to pass by.

The young man recognized the wrong person and thought that the girl passing by was his savior.

But Lin Wan didn't dare to confirm it with Yao Chuguang. At that time, Yao Chuguang was her only lifeline. Lin Wan was afraid that if the lie was exposed, Yao Chuguang would leave her.

She didn't want to go back to the days of not having enough food to eat or clothes to wear.

Later, as time went by, Lin Wan began to envy the person she replaced.

She also wanted to have Yao Chuguang's friendship, but a wrong beginning would not lead to a good ending.

Although the fishing gang has been doing well in recent years, they only have some information from the bottom and can never get access to the real core information of the court.

If you want to quickly get close to the center of power, there is only one shortcut, which is to marry into a prominent family.

Although Yao Chuguang had never said anything to her over the years, Lin Wan knew that a breakup between Emperor Qi and Duke Li would happen sooner or later.

Lin Wan has been hanging out with all kinds of people since she was a child, so reading people's expressions can be said to be her survival instinct.

Over the years, every time Duke Li won a battle, the Emperor of Qi would appear happy and reward him numerous times.

But Lin Wan could tell whether Emperor Qi was truly happy or not.

If an emperor is too flattering to his subjects, it is probably because he has no other intention than to get rid of them.

Lin Wan wants to marry into a prominent family, but she cannot rely on Yao Chuguang.

Otherwise, given the relationship between Lin Wan and Yao Chuguang, if she married into that aristocratic family, Emperor Qi would automatically classify her into Duke Li's camp.

By then, Emperor Qi will certainly be on guard against her, and Lin Wan must break up with Yao Chuguang and marry into a noble family.

Among the several aristocratic families, the Wang family is the most suitable for Lin Wan.

Old Man Wang is in charge of the Ministry of Works. As a veteran of three dynasties, he is considered to be in a high position and has great power. However, because it is the Ministry of Works, although he has a say in the court, his position has always been neutral and he does not participate in party disputes.

Wang Liwen, the eldest grandson of the Wang family, is tall and handsome. He is a rigid person who devotes himself to carpentry. His attainments in poetry and calligraphy can be said to be at the bottom among the children of aristocratic families.

Apart from his face, this man is more or less neither high nor low for the noble ladies of the imperial capital.

In terms of family background, talent and Xiao Liangcai, the grandson of Lord Xiao, he is the perfect husband that the noble ladies in the imperial capital dream of.

What Lin Wan was interested in was that three generations of the Wang family had worked in the Ministry of Works, and had connections with sensitive areas such as the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue.

A noble family that can make the Emperor of Qi feel at ease, and at the same time have the opportunity to access the core secrets of the court.

The only bad thing is that Wang Liwen has a childhood sweetheart who is his cousin.

But this is not a problem. What Lin Wan wants is the position of Wang family's granddaughter-in-law.

A month later, a scandal occurred at a flower-viewing banquet. The eldest princess's tutor was caught having an affair with the eldest grandson of the royal family in the room.

Wang Liwen drank the cup of tea mixed with the drug and was helped to the designated room.

Lin Wan stood in front of the bed, her fingers gently stroking Wang Liwen's delicate eyebrows. This was the second time she met Wang Liwen.

After all, she had to drug someone. If she didn't recognize his face in advance, and someone knew about the drugging and switched the person in advance, all her efforts would be wasted.

When I first met Wang Liwen, I thought he was a good-looking man, but a little cold.

At this time, Lin Wan vaguely heard footsteps, so she withdrew her gaze, took off her dress and lay down inside.

When Yao Chuguang returned to the palace, everything was settled and Lin Wan was already kneeling at the door.

At that time, Yao Chuguang drew his sword, pulled Lin Wan up and said, "Come with me, let's go chop down that bastard who bullied you."

Lin Wan looked at Yao Chuguang who trusted him unconditionally without asking a single question.

Lin Wan calmly told Yao Chuguang that she had planned all of this herself.

Now the only thing left is to complete the scene where Yao Chuguang breaks up with him.

It didn’t matter whether Yao Chuguang beat her or scolded her, but only at this moment did Lin Wan know how much she feared seeing Yao Chuguang’s disappointed eyes.

In the end, Yao Chuguang only said one sentence: "I'm glad you didn't suffer any loss, it's not a big deal."

She suddenly felt very disappointed in herself. She was too weak and had to rely on dirty means to get everything she wanted.

She is indeed not worthy of standing beside such bright light, and can only hide in the shadows to guard her shameful secret.

Lin Wan was eager to know how Yao Chuguang knew her. It turned out that she had never been a substitute for others.

Lin Wan: "How do you know me?"

Yao Chuguang: "When I was out of the palace playing, I saw you fighting with a dog for steamed buns. You beat the dog down. I thought you might be a martial arts genius. Later I found out that you were the eldest daughter of the Earl's Mansion."

Lin Wan: "It's really embarrassing. Why didn't you tell me?"

Yao Chuguang: "After entering the palace, I found that you are a bit silly, stubborn, and like to listen to nonsense stories."

Lin Wan: "What does this have to do with you not telling me?"

Yao Chuguang was also helpless. Lin Wan was a person who loved to fantasize and was stubborn. Once he made up his mind, no one could change it even with ten cows.

Maybe it was because she received too little when she was a child, but whenever someone showed kindness to Lin Wan, she would repay them with a thousandfold gratitude.

It is really a way of repaying kindness with gratitude!

Yao Chuguang: "You like to overthink things. If I give you a piece of cake, you'd be so eager to marry me. Don't you know that when you were little, I worried every day that you would be kidnapped because of a piece of candy?"

Lin Wan: "Am I as exaggerated as you say?"

Yao Chuguang felt a little tired when she thought of Lin Wan's childhood. She once suspected that the child had been abducted into a pyramid scheme organization and her brain had been fooled.

God knows how much effort Yao Chuguang has put in over the years to help Lin Wan get rid of the psychological defects he suffered in his childhood.

Yao Chuguang: "You forgot, a little palace maid gave you a piece of cake, and you somehow found out that the little palace maid was in charge of cleaning Qingfeng Hall. As a result, you stayed up late at night and ran to clean Qingfeng Hall. You even climbed up the beams to sweep the dust. To this day, the rumors that Qingfeng Hall is haunted still exist."

Lin Wan recalled this embarrassing incident. At that time, she had just become a companion student. She knew nothing and no one taught her. She could only learn by following the storyteller's stories.

The book says that the people in the harem are treacherous. They may bribe you with small favors today, but tomorrow you will be coerced by these small favors into making other mistakes and lose your life.

Lin Wan wanted to eat pastries, but didn't want to be bribed by the palace maids, so she wanted to help with some work to offset the problem.

Yao Chuguang: "How can I dare to tell you the truth in your situation? I'm afraid you'll learn some messed up story of repaying a favor. What if you treat me like a slave? What should I do?"

Many times, Yao Chuguang wanted to tell Lin Wan, don’t learn everything, that will only hurt you!