The Queen Mother uttered a word from her bitten bloody lips: "No, I don't want it. I can bear it. Madam Hou, please leave me alone. Get out!"

Lin Yiwan didn't try to persuade her anymore. She just said okay and turned around and left quickly.

At this time, Zi'er was guarding outside. She listened attentively to the suppressed screams of pain coming from inside the house and couldn't help but say, "Madam, even if the Queen Mother aborts this child, her health will suffer a huge loss, right?"

Lin Yiwan murmured with a complicated expression: "Yeah, I really don't know whether Yan Muqing loves her or hates her!"

As dawn approached, the noise in the house died down.

Lin Yiwan was worried that something might happen, so she quickly took Zi'er inside.

The Queen Mother was seen lying on the bed with her back covered in blood.

She used the little strength she had left to say, "Madam Hou, I have let out the dirty things of humiliation. I should not implicate Youyi!"

Lin Yiwan reached out and hugged her: "You've worked hard!"

The Empress Dowager was ill for about half a year.

A lot has happened in the past six months.

Qin Jinjin's hair grew back, and she even got engaged to Cui Lingxian, the son of the Minister of Revenue in Beijing.

Lin Yiwan stayed in the mansion to teach the children. She rarely attended gatherings in Beijing, but she was aware of the changes in the situation in Beijing.

Because Sang Qiutang and Meng Yunshang often brought their children to chat with her, the children grew up very quickly, and in the blink of an eye they were running around the yard.

On this day, someone came to ask for Lin Xiaoruan's hand in marriage.

As her elder sister, Lin Yiwan naturally had to make the decision for her.

She frowned and looked at the noble lady in front of her, asking doubtfully, "Are you the mistress of the Cui family?"

Madam Cui nodded. "Yes, I'm here to ask for the hand of Miss Lin Er on behalf of my illegitimate son. He and Miss Lin Er have met once and have already exchanged gifts. To avoid any bad rumors, I have no choice but to ask for her hand in marriage!"

Lin Yiwan could see that Mrs. Cui's attitude was very neglectful.

She probably didn't take Lin Xiaoruan seriously at all, so her tone was so disdainful.

Moreover, she knew Xiaoruan's personality and knew that she would never give gifts to other men without permission.

She couldn't just listen to Mrs. Cui's one-sided opinion!

What’s more important is that if she marries into the Cui family, won’t she become a sister-in-law to Qin Jinjin?

That's a visible insult!

She said calmly: "Mrs. Cui, please wait a moment. I will go ask Xiaoruan what's going on and give you an answer!"

She found Xiaoruan's yard and saw her busy drying herbs.

She asked softly, "Xiaoruan, someone is here to ask for your hand in marriage!"

Lin Xiaoruan froze in her tracks. She scratched her head helplessly, "Sister? Who is that? Can't you help me reject her? I'm still young and don't want to get married yet!"

Lin Yiwan said, "If it were anything else, I would have rejected you, but this family said you gave them a gift and that you two were in love!"

Lin Xiaoruan's face immediately turned red with anger. She retorted, "She's talking nonsense! How could I have ever given a man a gift? What is her intention in slandering my innocence like this?"

Lin Yiwan said, "It's the second young master of the Cui family!"

Lin Xiaoruan's eyes widened in shock. "Is it that dandy Cui Lingshao? Don't believe him. He's been pestering me for a few days, and I ignored him. I didn't expect him to find me. I definitely didn't give him any gifts. He's slandering me!"

The little girl angrily threw down the herbs and walked towards the teahouse. When she saw Madam Cui, she didn't wait for her to say anything and angrily drove her away: "Go away! Who asked you to come and propose marriage? I don't even know your family's second young master!"

Madam Cui's expression immediately turned cold and ugly. She raised her hand and fiercely pushed Lin Xiaoruan away, saying, "You little girl, you have no manners at all. After all, I am the mistress of the Minister of Revenue's residence. How dare you yell at me like that?"

Lin Yiwan, who followed in, immediately had a cold look in her eyes. Accusing Lin Xiaoruan of having no manners in front of her, wasn't that just scolding her?

Everyone knows that Lin Xiaoruan was raised by her personally. She is not her biological sister, but she is better than her biological sister.

She immediately said, "Mrs. Cui, be careful with your words. Xiaoruan has been staying in our Zhan Yihou Mansion. Are you blaming me for not teaching her well?"

Madam Cui was startled. She quickly denied it in a flattering manner: "No, that's not what I meant. I just spoke without thinking. Please don't take it personally, Madam Hou!"

Lin Yiwan winked at Ling'er, then she reached out to take the tea from Mrs. Cui's hand and poured it into the yard with a splash.

Mrs. Cui wanted to get angry, but she remembered her purpose and forced herself to hold back.

She raised her hand and slapped herself lightly on the mouth: "Look at me, it's my mouth that has offended others again. Madam Hou, why bother to argue with me? We will soon become relatives, and the two houses will have to visit each other more often!"

Lin Yiwan said slowly, "You are so shameless! Who would want to become your in-law? I warn you, stop talking nonsense! If you ruin Xiaoruan's reputation, I will never forgive you!"

Madam Cui looked at her in disbelief. "Why? Madam Hou doesn't want to agree to this marriage? But your sister is clearly already entangled with my son, so why would she refuse?"

Lin Yiwan frowned. "Tell me about it, what kind of entanglement is it?"

Madam Cui quickly pulled out a sachet from her sleeve and said, "Madam Hou, you should recognize something made by your own sister, right? She gave the sachet to a man. What does this mean? Do I need to explain it to you?"

Lin Xiaoruan's expression suddenly changed. This was indeed her sachet, but she had never given it to anyone else.

Not to mention men!

How did the Cui family get it?

She was so frightened that her heart trembled!

Madam Cui said proudly, "Little Miss Ruan, do you recognize her or not?"

Lin Xiaoruan gritted her teeth and said coldly, "I don't recognize it. This sachet is indeed mine, but I lost it a long time ago. Your son might have found it somewhere, but now he comes out and says I gave it to him. How is he any different from a scoundrel?"

Madam Cui slammed the table in anger. "Lin Xiaoruan, my son said it himself that you were interested in him. You didn't want the Marquis to control your marriage, so you urged him to ask me to propose to you quickly. Why don't you admit it now?"

Lin Xiaoruan subconsciously argued, "I didn't. My sister has been so kind to me. She taught me all my skills. How could I say anything bad about her to outsiders?"

Madam Cui sneered, "Little girl, no matter what, this sachet is in my hands, and you must become my daughter-in-law. If you refuse, I will shout it out and let all the people in the capital know that there is a promiscuous woman in the mansion of Marquis Zhan Yi who has been having an affair with a man from outside the family!"

Before Lin Xiaoruan could say anything, Lin Yiwan raised her hand and poured all the tea at hand onto Mrs. Cui's head.

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