A life of ups and downs is pure joy

"Daddy, I don't want to stay in the palace anymore. I feel so uncomfortable and it's like dragging Sister Mo into jail with me." Lin Qinghuan walked on the corridor of the South Palace Gate with Lin Muchang's arm in hers. The maids and eunuchs beside them all stepped aside and lowered their heads.

"What's wrong? Has someone in this palace bullied my precious daughter?" Lin Mutang asked his daughter lovingly.

"Not really, it's just that I miss my fourth sister." After all, he only saw Lin Qingyi once every six months, and at this moment Lin Qinghuan missed his sister very much.

"I thought some desperate person had the guts to bully my Huan'er."

"Dad, you are the commander-in-chief of the army. Please ask His Majesty to allow me to leave the palace!" Lin Qinghuan said, shaking Lin Muchang's arm.

"Huan'er, you are father's daughter and have been raised with honor since childhood. Now His Majesty has shown favor to you and has conferred upon you the title of Princess Changping. Some destinies are destined for you to bear. You have grown up now and can no longer be as free as you were when you were little." Lin Mutang said to Lin Qinghuan earnestly.

"Daddy, you have made great military achievements, but you can't even protect your own daughter's freedom. You still insist that these are my responsibilities. I don't want to be the Princess of Changping!" Lin Qinghuan angrily let go of his arm and didn't want to send him out of the palace again. For some reason, as soon as Lin Muchang entered Kyoto, he no longer had the momentum that he had when he hugged her for the first time they met as a child.

"Huan'er, come here and listen carefully to what daddy says." Lin Mutang walked forward and turned his daughter back who had turned away angrily, and waved his hand to send away the people around him.

"I don't want to listen. No matter what you say, you still want me to stay here." She complained with a pout.

"Huan'er, Daddy is the Grand Marshal of the Army. If the Emperor gives Daddy the military token, he will become the mighty general, commanding hundreds of thousands of troops. But if the Emperor takes back my military token, then I will be nothing more than a pawn, a soldier. He is the eternal king, and I am his eternal subject."

"But Daddy, you have made so many contributions. Without you, there would be no Da Sheng Dynasty today. Doesn't His Majesty the Emperor even give you this little face?" She looked at him puzzled and asked.

"Child, do you know what it means to be more successful than your master, to be abandoned after the bird is dead, and to be abandoned after the rabbit is dead? Daddy hopes that the people can live and work in peace and contentment, but Daddy is also afraid that everyone will only know that it was General Lin who fought for them and forget that all this is because we have a wise ruler." Lin Qinghuan looked at the traces of time left on Lin Muchang's face, and suddenly felt a little uncomfortable. If it were the Lin Qinghuan of the past, he would definitely not be as unreasonable as he just did.

"Daddy, Huan'er knows."

"After you turn sixteen next year, your father will ask the emperor to grant you a marriage and betroth you to Ning Junze. This should also be what the emperor wants." Lin Mutang touched Lin Qinghuan's head with his big hand and said lovingly.

"Daddy, why should I marry Fourth Brother?" Lin Qinghuan asked in panic. Why did everyone think that she should marry Ning Junze?

"Ze'er is the emperor's most beloved prince. His Majesty the emperor hopes that you will marry the prince, so your best destination is to marry the peaceful Ze'er." Lin Mutang knew in his heart that while the emperor valued him, he was also on guard against him, so he kept Huan'er in the palace.

"Dad, I have nothing but respect for my fourth brother. He is like an older brother to me. How can I marry my own brother?" Lin Qinghuan refused anxiously.

"Huan'er, Ze'er is not your brother. Remember, he is the emperor's son, the fourth prince. Well, it's time for the foreign minister to leave the palace. Daddy will come to see you another day. The food box contains snacks made by your aunt He for you. They are all your favorites." After Lin Mutang finished speaking, he patted her shoulder and waved to the maid and eunuch next to him, indicating that he would send Lin Qinghuan back to Fengqi Pavilion.

Back in her room, Lin Qinghuan kept thinking, "So the old emperor kept her in the palace so she could marry his son. But why would the empress be willing to let her and Lin Mutang, with hundreds of thousands of troops behind them, march into the Fourth Prince's mansion? Wouldn't that just cause trouble for herself and the Crown Prince?" But the Crown Prince already had a Crown Princess, so why was the empress still so kind to her?

"Ah ... I'm so fed up, so fed up, so fed up!" Lin Qinghuan became more and more annoyed the more she thought about it. She slammed the table in anger, scaring the maids beside her to kneel down.

Lin Mo pushed open the door and walked in, signaling the maids to go out.

"Sister Mo, Daddy said today...that he wants me to marry Ning Junze." She couldn't help crying as soon as she saw Lin Mo.

"Huan'er, this is what I have always been puzzled about. His Majesty and the Queen seem to have different thoughts." Lin Mo wiped the tears from Lin Qinghuan's face and said softly.

"You also find it strange, so what do you think the Queen is thinking?" She looked at Lin Mo expectantly and asked.

"You are the legitimate daughter of the Lin family, so it is impossible for you to be the prince's concubine. Then it can only be the Xiao family. After all, the Queen is backed by General Xiao." Lin Mo said in a low voice.

Lin Qinghuan smiled and said, "Then should I stay in Fengqi Pavilion, follow the Queen well, and rely on her ability to marry Brother Yu?"

"Well, that should be the case. Look at you, sometimes crying and sometimes laughing." Lin Mo looked at her helplessly and said.

"Sister Mo, it's great to have you by Huan'er's side." Lin Qinghuan sighed as she hugged her second sister tightly.

In the past in the Marquis' Mansion, Lin Mo took good care of Lin Qinghuan. Now in this deep palace where there is no freedom, Lin Mo still accompanies her without complaints. What kind of happiness did she eat to meet such a good sister? Lin Qinghuan couldn't help but sigh in her heart.