A life of ups and downs is pure joy

"Brother, I don't know how to start this."

Lin Qinghuan said hesitantly.

"Say what's on your mind."

Lin Yuzhi looked at Lin Qinghuan curiously and said.

"Big brother, who was it that killed Daddy back then?"

Lin Qinghuan thought for a moment and asked.

"You mean the time at the hunting ground?"

Lin Yuzhi asked with some surprise.

"Yes, big brother, don't you find it strange? How could a man as strong as Daddy be injured so badly by a drugged horse?"

Lin Qinghuan leaned over the table and asked in a low voice.

"Huan'er, your husband and the Eastern Palace had already found out the reason for this matter. It was an outsider who framed the Imperial Concubine. Later, it was also found out during the interrogation that she had nothing to do with the Imperial Concubine." Lin Yuzhi said.

"Big Brother, then why did I hear Daddy demanding a halt to the investigation? Who is Daddy protecting? Is it Fourth Brother?"

Lin Qinghuan asked in confusion.

"Huan'er, stop talking nonsense. Junze has always regarded Daddy as his own uncle. How could you doubt him?"

Lin Yuzhi said with a frown.

"Who is the person that Daddy would rather protect than tell the truth? He is the only one I can think of who has such a kind heart."

Lin Qinghuan said stubbornly.

"Huan'er, listen to me. Daddy isn't protecting anyone. I don't know who suddenly called you to be so suspicious, but remember, Daddy isn't trying to protect anyone in this matter. The truth is, it's an outsider causing trouble. Do you understand?"

Lin Yuzhi looked at Lin Qinghuan and suddenly realized that someone was using his own sister to find out the truth, so he held Lin Qinghuan's shoulders and spoke softly.

"Really?"

Lin Qinghuan still looked at her brother in confusion. Su Yuefei's words had completely disturbed her mind.

"Of course, our father is the most upright man in Dasheng. If there really was another murderer, how could he cover up the truth?"

Lin Yuzhi said patiently. Lin Qinghuan looked at his brother's sincere eyes and thought that maybe he and the Crown Princess were overthinking it.

"Okay, you should tell big brother why you went to ask Minghui to grant you a marriage to the Xiao family."

Lin Yuzhi changed the topic and continued asking.

"Big brother, I've already told you to repay the favor."

Lin Qinghuan lowered her head and whispered. She couldn't lie at all when she looked into Lin Yuzhi's eyes.

"Do you think this excuse makes sense?"

Lin Yuzhi asked.

"Big brother, I..."

Lin Qinghuan raised her head and looked at Lin Yuzhi's caring eyes, and suddenly a feeling of grievance surged in her heart.

"Is it because of your health that the Xiao family wants to marry a concubine?"

Lin Yuzhi looked at Lin Qinghuan's tearful eyes and asked.

"No, the Xiao family treated me very well and never mentioned marrying another wife just because I couldn't have children. It was really my idea. I asked the Queen for it."

Lin Qinghuan quickly explained.

"Huan'er, how can you expect Big Brother to trust you?"

Lin Yuzhi looked at his sister's forbearing face and asked with heartache.

"Big brother, my husband, mother-in-law, and father-in-law treat Huan'er very well. Huan'er has her reasons for doing this, but big brother, please don't ask any more questions. I will let Huan'er face this matter on her own. I am already twenty years old and know how to distinguish right from wrong. Even if Princess Minghui comes to the mansion, the relationship between Huan'er and my husband will not be destroyed. It will just be another person in the backyard."

Lin Qinghuan raised his head and spoke firmly to Lin Yuzhi.

Lin Yuzhi looked at his sister's little face and suddenly realized that she seemed to have really grown up, so he patted her face.

"No matter what time it is, Big Brother is here. If you feel wronged, we can go home."

After Lin Yuzhi finished speaking, Lin Qinghuan nodded happily at him, and he became more determined in his heart to do what he wanted to do. His family members were the most important. When he was a child, they protected and took care of him. Now it was his turn to protect them.

In the backyard, Lin Mo and Ning Xiaoqi watched the two brothers playing in the mud.

"It seems like Huan'er and Big Brother have a secret. Does Big Sister-in-law know what it is?"

Lin Mo looked towards the front yard and asked Ning Xiaoqi.

"I've been curious for a while now, but this brother and sister don't seem to want me to know. Oh, by the way, have you heard that Tao Baiwan is going to marry Xiao Yi?"

Ning Xiaoqi said.

"What? When did this happen?"

Lin Mo shouted in surprise, and the two children also looked at their mother.

"Ah? You really don't know about this. I thought you and Fifth Sister were the best." Ning Xiaoqi said in surprise, then looked at the two children, "You two continue playing, mother didn't call you."

"Huan'er would go to the opera and visit the garden with me every few days, but she never told me about it."

Lin Mo still couldn't accept it and sighed, wishing he could rush to the study.

"The worst part is that she was the one who instigated this. I don't know what's wrong with her."

Ning Xiaoqi said unhappily.

"No, I'm going to ask Huan'er clearly when she comes."

Lin Mo couldn't sit still for a moment. Even if others didn't know, she knew that the person Lin Qinghuan hated most in her life was Tao Baiwan.

"Then ask, and remember to come to my house and tell me about it."

Ning Xiaoqi was almost dying of curiosity, with gossip written all over her face.

Lin Mo and Lin Qinghuan walked out of the Lin Mansion arm in arm, but they saw that only the wet nurse was carrying Jia Zhengran, who had fallen asleep after playing, into the Jia Mansion's carriage, while Lin Mo was still holding Lin Qinghuan's arm.

"Sister Mo, aren't you going back home?"

Lin Qinghuan asked curiously.

"I miss Jane a little. Let's go see him together."

After Lin Mo finished speaking, he helped Lin Qinghuan into the Xiao Mansion's carriage.

The two sisters sitting in the carriage were silent all the way. Lin Qinghuan glanced at Lin Mo from time to time. She realized that it was probably Ning Xiaoqi who told Lin Mo about Tao Baiwan.

"Huan'er, I thought you would tell your second sister everything, but I never thought you would have your own concerns now."

Lin Mo sensed Lin Qinghuan's uneasiness from the corner of his eye, so he turned his head and looked at her and said.

"Sister Mo, Huan'er will never hide anything from you. You are my biological sister."

Lin Qinghuan pulled the somewhat angry Lin Mo, shook his arm and said coquettishly.

"Then why did I only hear about such a big thing from Xiao Qi?"

Lin Mo's voice was filled with complaints.

"It's already something that bothers me, and I don't want to bother you anymore."

Lin Qinghuan sighed. With Lin Mo around, she felt really at ease. The last line of defense in her heart was also let down. After all, she was raised by Lin Mo.

"Your business is my business. How can it be a problem? Do I really have to wait until I see you suffer inexplicably before I know the truth?"

Lin Mo looked at Lin Qinghuan helplessly and then continued to ask, "Why did you ask for it yourself?"

"Sister Mo, if Tao Baiwan doesn't marry my husband, His Majesty will marry her to An Cai. How can I let that woman harm our Lin family? How can I watch Nan'er's heart break?"

Lin Qinghuan had been feeling depressed for half a year and finally couldn't help but tell Lin Mo the secret in her heart.

"How come you didn't discuss this important matter with me and Big Brother? Why didn't you tell Dad and Mom and just made the decision on your own?"

Lin Mo has always been very puzzled as to why the emperor suddenly granted the marriage between Lin Ancai and Xiao Qiannan. It turned out that the reason was a conspiracy between his own sister and the queen.

"Dad is old and in poor health. It was not easy for him to return to Luofeng to retire. Back then, it was because I was willful and unwilling to listen to Dad and marry Fourth Brother that Big Brother was forced to give up his official career and become a prince consort. Now that Second Brother-in-law is really valued by the Emperor, I don't want him to be suspected and implicated. After all, my husband and I owe Tao Baiwan our lives, so it is most appropriate for me to do this."

Lin Qinghuan spoke carefully word by word. Lin Mo looked at her increasingly calm and composed face. Suddenly, he felt that this sister who had been sickly, spoiled and unreasonable since childhood seemed to have changed her temperament now, and the responsibility in her heart became heavier and heavier.

"But seeing you like this, I feel so bad. I know how much you hate that woman. In the future, you will have to share the same status as her and share a husband. Huan'er, I can't even imagine how you're going to live."

Lin Mo said while holding Lin Qinghuan's hand with heartache.

"Sister Mo, if it were two years ago, I would definitely not be confident, but now it's different. I believe in my husband's love for me, so Minghui can't give me a sense of crisis. It's not certain who will be more tormented!"

Lin Qinghuan forced a smile and patted Lin Mo's hand and said.

"Then from now on, no matter what happens, you must tell me. Don't hide anything from me. I can make decisions for you on anything."

Lin Mo looked at Lin Qinghuan's resolute expression, then hugged her and spoke softly.

"Well, Huan'er won't hide it from you anymore, but this matter can only be known by you and me. Ancai and Nan'er must not know about it."

Lin Qinghuan reminded again.

"it is good."

Lin Mo nodded.

As they were talking, the carriage had arrived at the gate of the Xiao Mansion. Lin Qinghuan and Lin Mo slowly got off the carriage, walked into the Xiao Mansion hand in hand, and walked towards Qingbo Courtyard. In the courtyard, Xiao Xingjian, who had just woken up from a nap, was being teased by his wet nurse and several maids, and was laughing non-stop. When he laughed, he looked very much like Lin Ancai who was far away in Tianmen County. I guess this is how a nephew follows his uncle.