As if he was afraid that Lin Yue would worry about them, Dalang changed his words and emphasized them again!

"Mom, you're enough for us! We don't need a scumbag father! If one day, the scumbag father comes looking for us, mom must not tell him that we are his children! We don't want to acknowledge him! Mom has suffered so much for him, and he is an irresponsible scumbag! We don't want to have a father like that."

Dalang's words were full of grievance and indignation. Every word was like a hammer hitting her heart, making her feel bitter and heartbroken. The more he said this, the more uncomfortable Lin Yue felt. This was her child. He clearly longed for the warmth of a father's love, but because of the suffering he had endured, he had built a cold wall on his heart and refused to acknowledge that man!

"Then...what if, like mother, he doesn't remember? Or maybe he doesn't even know you exist in this world?"

For some reason, Lin Yue wanted to fight for the man, just in case!

Dalang was silent for a moment, but his attitude remained firm.

"No matter what his situation is, we don't want to acknowledge him. If he treats mother well, we will consider it. Otherwise, it is absolutely impossible! Mother, don't worry. When we grow up, Dalang and his brothers will protect mother together and ensure that mother has no worries about food and clothing for the rest of her life!"

Lin Yue hugged Dalang tightly again, and she understood completely in her heart that the four Langs were very dissatisfied with their scumbag father. This had a lot to do with the suffering they had suffered in the past. When they were born, they did not have the love of their father, nor did they enjoy the love of their mother for long. When the original body fell ill at that time, they should have hoped that they had a father, right?

Unfortunately, their father never showed up!

No matter what his reason was, a gap had already appeared between father and son.

So, no matter what, the consequence should be borne by the scumbag father!

More importantly, they loved her very much! Very much! For her, they could give up their father for the rest of their lives.

"Okay! Mother understands. Even if someone comes to claim you in the future, you have to acknowledge him. Mother respects your choice! I won't force you, and I won't separate from you! Mother also looks forward to the day when you grow up and protect her."

"Mom! You are so kind! We will be with you forever!"

Dalang buried his head in Lin Yue's arms, his eyes slightly moist.

Lin Yue hugged him tightly and silently comforted him.

In her arms, Dalang fell asleep quickly.

Lin Yue began to suffer from insomnia. Ye Yin's face appeared in her mind from time to time. She felt a sense of gloating, but also a hint of worry.

I don’t know what happened to that dog man?

The weather in the mountains changes quickly. When you open the door in the morning, a cold chill hits you in the face. Even though it is still a sunny day, you can already feel the mountain breeze blowing on your face!

Since it is still safe this winter, Lin Yue decided to ask Erwang's father to quickly build the kang, otherwise it would be too cold when it snowed!

"You came just in time. Yesterday I told Erwang that your kang needed to be renovated. The weather has been great these past two days, perfect for renovations!"

When Erwang's father heard the purpose of Lin Yue's visit, he immediately called his two sons to her house to make the kang.

Building a kang is a simple task for the father and son, and the three of them can complete it in two days.

Lin Yue went to look for the old patriarch again and happened to meet Liu Changgen on the road. He was carrying a load of firewood and walking home.

"Changgen, are you chopping wood so early?"

As soon as Liu Changgen saw Lin Yue, he smiled so hard that his teeth showed.

"Yes! Sister Ayue, now that we have enough food stored at home, I will go and stock up on some firewood. Oh, right! Do you want to stock up on some firewood? I'll ask Daqing and Erqing to help you! I just saw Erwang's father busy at your house, preparing to build a kang, right? You need to stock up on more firewood for the winter!"

Lin Yue had just been thinking about this, so she didn't refuse.

"That's right! Tell Daqing and Erqing that I won't let them help me for free. I'll pay them according to the market price. Then ask the children in the village who are free to pick up firewood and sell it to me!"

Liu Changgen originally planned to refuse, but when he heard that Lin Yue also wanted to collect firewood from other people in the village, he readily agreed!

"Okay, I'll go back and tell them."

In fact, as the weather gets colder, it becomes increasingly difficult to collect firewood on the mountain. But if you are diligent, you can still collect two or three bundles a day. If you are some half-grown children who can wield a machete, you can also chop a few bundles.

Many families with men usually save a lot of food. Unlike Lin Yue, her family does not have much stock. All of it is collected by the four men. Lin Yue also chopped some herself, but compared with other families, it is not enough to last through the winter!

If that doesn't work, she can also teach people how to make charcoal in winter, which they have learned during field training.

When they arrived at the old patriarch's house, Ye Daniu was chopping firewood in the yard. Several children were helping and also mentioned the matter of storing firewood to Lin Yue.

Lin Yue repeated what she had just said to Liu Changgen. When the children heard it, they rushed to ask Lin Yue.

"Can we also collect firewood and sell it?"

"Of course!"

"That's great! Dad! We're going to go pick it up too, and keep the money we earn, okay?"

Ye Daniu said with a stern face, "What's a kid going to do with the silver?"

Mr. Ye San came out of the house and glared at his son. "If the child wants to save it, then save it yourself. What are you doing?"

He was not spoiling her, he had heard that Lin Yue also gave her four sons some freedom to save money. The four sons had already told their friends in the village. They said that their mother said that they should establish a concept of money from a young age so that they can control money when they grow up instead of being controlled by money.

Lin Yue didn't know that her unconscious action made a bunch of children envious! Every day they thought about ways to make some money to save for themselves, but the adults in their family would never let them have such an opportunity. Now, this opportunity has been delivered to their doorstep, right?

Mr. Ye San thought it made sense, so he came out to support the children this time. They have the right to manage the money they earn themselves, and this is the freedom given to them.

When the children saw that their grandfather agreed, they jumped for joy and ran off to find their friends!

"Ayue is here! Come! Come in and sit down!"

"Third Grandpa, my family is preparing the kang, so I won't go in. I'm here to talk about two things. One is the food storage we mentioned earlier, which needs to be done before the snow falls. The other is that we should avoid going into the mountains before the New Year unless it's an emergency! But the village needs to arrange for young people to patrol in case of any emergencies, so you have to oversee and organize this matter!"

Master Ye San nodded. "You've thought it through well. This matter is of utmost importance. In case of an emergency, it can at least buy us some precious time. Okay! I'll make a note of it! I'll go discuss it with the village chief later."

After saying that, Lin Yue went back to work. She was busy preparing for the winter here.

On the other side, Ye Yin and his two servants had already arrived in the capital.

The three men were exhausted from the journey, wearing ordinary coarse cloth clothes, with unshaven beards, and dressed like ordinary people.

The palace's housekeeper An Er picked up the three of them and entered the palace through the back door.

"Your Majesty, this is an emergency, so I've used special channels to notify you."

"The hot water is ready. Your Highness, please take a bath and change your clothes first."

Ye Yin nodded and then went into the house.

When he came out again, the food had been prepared in the hall, and Shadow Anjiu was waiting eagerly.

While the three of them were eating, An Er reported in detail what had happened in the capital.

"The Crown Prince has been confined! This is a conspiracy by the peace faction. There are spies from the rebels in the peace faction. They don't want the Crown Prince to lead the war, so they used some tricks to cause something bad to happen to the Crown Princess, which in turn implicated the Crown Prince. The entire Eastern Palace is now only accessible but not accessible."

Ye Yin ate slowly and leisurely. Although he didn't say anything, the coldness around him was noticeable. The sounds of An Ying and An Jiu eating became much softer, and the temperature in the room instantly dropped to freezing point.

Everyone around him knew that in the entire court, including the emperor, no one did not want Ye Yin to die, except the crown prince. He was the only one in the royal family who believed that he had no ulterior motives and strongly supported him in guarding the southwest.

"Where is King Liang?"

"Prince Liang hasn't made any moves, but most of the pro-peace faction are his people. I think they also got his instructions."

"That means that among the spies of the peace faction, King Liang probably knows about it. Who knows, he might be the one colluding with the rebels!"

An Jiu sneered. He didn't believe that King Liang was not involved.

"What happened to the Crown Princess?"

An Er paused for a moment before continuing.

"During the Crown Princess' Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, she bumped into Concubine Li, and she lost her child!"

Ye Yin frowned immediately. The Crown Princess couldn't be so careless! Even if it was a trap set by someone else, with her intelligence, she wouldn't jump into it knowing it was a trap!

There's something wrong with this!

"what happened?"

An Er wiped the sweat from his head. The prince's eyes were very sharp and he knew there was something hidden as soon as he heard it.

"The Crown Princess... before entering the Eastern Palace, she had a crush on someone! Prince Liang exploited her and even brought her into the palace on Mid-Autumn Festival, deliberately arranging a meeting between them. The Crown Princess initially didn't want to talk to him, but he stopped her. Later, for some reason, the Crown Princess's confrontation with Concubine Li happened."

"His Majesty was present at the time and directly reprimanded the Crown Prince. He temporarily suspended his duties and asked him to reflect on his actions."

"According to our investigation, Concubine Li's body has long been unfit for pregnancy. This pregnancy was not easy to come by, and she must have known that she couldn't keep it!"

"Our people secretly went to the Eastern Palace to meet with the Crown Prince. He seemed quite relaxed. He said that this was his idea."

"What?"

Shadow looked up in surprise. After all this fuss, he had chosen to step into this trap. He was a little confused!

"What's he trying to do?"

When the rebels in the southwest were in turmoil, the left prime minister led the rebellion and advocated peace, while the right prime minister led the rebellion and advocated war.

The peace faction was a group of civil officials, many of whom were new to the court and had King Liang behind them; the war faction was a group of veteran officials, some of whom were old military generals who could no longer lift swords or guns but still had the courage to fight. Most importantly, the crown prince also advocated war.

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