She closed her eyes weakly and died.

After Lin Yiwan left the palace, she asked Ling'er to boil water for her and change her clothes.

It was a thrilling night, and she was so tired that she could hardly lift her fingers.

After she finished cleaning up, she fell asleep on the couch.

When he opened his eyes again, he heard Ling'er shouting outside: "Ah? A reward has arrived from the palace? But the lady is still asleep, do you want to wait a little longer?"

Li Delu responded directly: "Okay, I'll tell them right away!"

Lin Yiwan couldn't help but frown. It was true that one dared to say it and the other dared to respond.

She is just a small marquis' wife, why should she make the reward team from the palace wait for her?

If this gets out, the censors will definitely charge her with disrespect.

She quickly said, "No, don't wait, I'll go out and receive the reward!"

Ling'er rushed in, quickly reached out to support her and said, "Madam, the emperor has given a verbal order, allowing you to wake up before going out!"

Lin Yiwan glared at her. "The Emperor has issued an oral order, but we can't really keep so many people waiting. If they give us something to say, the Marquis and I will be implicated in court again!"

Ling'er didn't dare to refute anymore and hurriedly helped her wash and dress.

Lin Yiwan, dressed in the formal attire of a marquis’ wife, came to the door and knelt respectfully, “Your humble servant, Zhan Lin, will obey your orders!”

Li Delu took the imperial edict and read it aloud: "The wife of Marquis Zhan Yi, Mrs. Zhan Lin, is virtuous and kind, and has superb medical skills. She is specially granted the title of Superior First-Rank Benevolent Lady, enjoying a salary, honor guards, and an additional ten thousand taels of gold!"

Lin Yiwan was slightly surprised. She had expected to be conferred a title, but she had never expected that she would be rewarded with ceremonial guards.

She doesn't want to support so many people!

What’s more important is that wherever you go, there are always a lot of people following you, and you lose your freedom.

She quickly said with a smile, "Your Highness, I accept the order, but can Li Delu take this honor guard back to the palace?"

As soon as the words fell, bursts of gasps were heard all around.

The people who were watching the fun suddenly felt that the marquis' wife was somewhat ignorant of the rules. How could she return the ceremonial guard that the emperor had rewarded her with?

If this happened in another family, they would want to beat drums and gongs to worship the guard of honor.

It’s the only one of its kind in the whole dynasty!

Li Delu obviously didn't expect her to refuse. He subconsciously asked, "Is Madam Hou worried that they will spend the money of the Marquis' Mansion? The Emperor said that all these will come from the Palace's Internal Affairs Department!"

Lin Yiwan waved her hand. "There are so many respected and venerable ladies in the capital. How can a junior like me travel with a procession of honor? Please, Eunuch Li, go back and talk to the Emperor. I dare not take credit for it!"

Li Delu nodded with a smile. He liked this marquis' wife more and more. She was modest, approachable, and kind.

After he put down the reward, he took the guard of honor back.

Those who originally thought that Lin Yiwan didn't know the rules gradually changed their views.

They say she is very insightful!

Soon, in order to quell the rumors in the capital, the emperor decided to hold a grand hairpin flower banquet and invited the envoys from the Li Kingdom to attend.

After hearing the news, Wueryun began to get restless again.

Wasn't Min Xiang having an affair with her? She was determined to expose their affair and let all the officials of the Sheng Dynasty see what kind of person the Emperor personally appointed Lady Renshan was.

When she entered the palace in the evening, she gave Min Xiang a sachet in the name of a saint.

She said calmly, "Min Xiang, since we're holding a flower-hair-pinning banquet in the Imperial Garden, there are bound to be a lot of mosquitoes, so my aunt made sachets for each of us!"

Min Xiang looked down and saw that it was indeed the Saint's method.

He nodded and tied the sachet around his waist.

Wueryun curled the corners of his lips, and a calculation flashed in his eyes.

At this time, Lin Yiwan had also changed her clothes. Because she wanted to wear flowers in her hair, Ling'er combed her hair into a somewhat loose style.

She wore a red brocade dress, which added to her alluring charm.

When she arrived at the Imperial Garden, she saw that the ladies from various mansions had already started choosing flowers at the long table.

At this time, Su Zining suddenly appeared with Cao Aiwen, which surprised Lin Yiwan.

Cao Aiwen spoke first: "Go and get me some peach blossoms!"

Su Zining responded cautiously: "Yes!" After that, she walked straight to the long table to pick up the flowers.

After she had taken it, Lin Yiwan walked over.

She liked rhododendrons, so she picked one and put it on her temples.

Looking at the azalea, Cao Aiwen gave a sarcastic smile.

She frowned and said, "You're still a wild girl who has never seen the world. You actually chose the humble azalea. You look like someone who ran out of a brothel!"

Lin Yiwan's eyes darkened. She really didn't want to cause trouble at the banquet.

But who made Cao Aiwen provoke her?

She didn't suffer in vain!

Without hesitation, she quickly walked towards Cao Aiwen.

Before Cao Aiwen could understand what was happening, she suddenly fell to the ground and yelled in pain, "Oh, Miss Cao, why did you bump into me for no reason?"

Cao Aiwen was furious and thought to herself, you slutty girl, you actually tried to scam me, do you think I'm someone you can easily mess with?

She cursed directly: "Lin Yiwan, you are so bold, how dare you slander me so recklessly? How did I bump into you? It was clearly you who fell flat on your face!"

Lin Yiwan bit her lip in grievance, and ignored her. She turned to look at Ling'er and said, "Quick, go get the imperial physician for me!"

How could Cao Aiwen bear this? She rushed over quickly, grabbed Lin Yiwan's arm and pulled hard: "Get up, why are you pretending?"

As soon as the words fell, Ling'er shouted, "Hurry up, someone! The eldest daughter of the Cao family is assaulting Madam Renshan!"

Cao Aiwen suddenly felt a chill on his back. Before he could react, several strong palace maids held down his hands and feet.

She argued vigorously: "I didn't, I didn't hit her, she was trying to scam me, so I tried to stop her!"

Su Zining also stepped forward to help explain: "Mammy, I can testify that our young lady was truly wronged. She just wanted to support the Marquis' wife, but her maid slandered her and said she was going to hit her!"

Cao Aiwen nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, she is slandering me. You should punish her, not me!"

An old maid said coldly: "Who are you, and who is the Marquis's wife, that she would deliberately slander you?"

Cao Aiwen froze immediately. Yes, she was just an ordinary noble lady from an official family, but Lin Yiwan was different. She was a lady of the highest rank.

Several people escorted Cao Aiwen to Lin Yiwan and asked, "Madam Renshan, how do you plan to deal with her?"

Lin Yiwan said calmly, "She's so unruly, it's obviously because her family didn't teach her well. Let the maid beside her slap her in the face!"

Su Zining subconsciously argued: "I, I'm not her maid!"

Lin Yiwan raised her eyebrows: "What is your status in the Cao family?"

Su Zining clenched her fists in humiliation and remained silent for a moment before finally uttering, "I'm her father's concubine!"

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