PFC Chapter 197 I’ll take you out again next year
Chapter 197 I’ll take you out again next year
Chapter 197 I’ll take you out again next year
When Mrs. Lin raised her head, she saw her eldest son Lin Yunce walking towards her.
"Why is my mother here?" Lin Yunce didn't expect to see his mother outside his sister's yard. He was also stunned.
Then he hurriedly paid his respects: "I was just about to go with my sister to pay my respects to mother, and I didn't expect to meet you here."
Mrs. Lin smiled and helped her son up. "Brother Ce, you're so thoughtful. Today is a festival, so there's no need to be formal. I was just taking a walk and saw Jiaojiao laughing and talking happily, so I stopped to take a look."
As she was talking, she saw that her son was also dressed for going out, so she asked, "Brother Ce, are you getting ready to go out?"
Lin Yun responded, "Exactly! A few days ago, Scholar He from the Hanlin Academy sent me an invitation, inviting me to enjoy the lanterns together on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. This person is someone my father told me to make friends with, so I dared not neglect him."
When Mrs. Lin heard that this was an order from her husband, Lin Zhihen, she frowned slightly: "Brother Ce is a military commander, and Scholar He is a civil official... What does your father mean by this?"
Lin Yunce smiled and said, "I don't know either, but since it's my father's order, I think there must be a deeper meaning behind it."
Mrs. Lin looked at her son's smiling face and felt a trace of pain in her heart.
She has been Lin Zhihen's bedmate for decades, and she knows what's in his heart best!
The Lin family is not a prominent family. Although Lin Zhihen is the powerful Minister of War, he still has no weight in front of the nobles.
When a person's career has no room for advancement, all he does becomes a way to gain fame and glory for his family!
But, he was fighting for his own thing, so why would he bring trouble to their children? Previously, Jiaojiao, under his instigation, played both sides between Weiyuan Hou and the Fourth Prince, and ultimately ended up being abandoned by Weiyuan Hou.
Now, is he going to...even his son...
"Brother Ce, you are grown up now. You don't have to listen to your father in everything..."
Before Mrs. Lin finished her words, she heard a clear and beautiful voice: "Mother!"
Lin Jiaoyue had emerged from the room at some point, still adorned in a dazzling red dress. Her lips were red, her teeth were white, and a golden peony flower adorned her brow.
She snuggled up to Lin Yunce and looked at Madam Lin sweetly, "Mother, please don't say bad things about Father while he's not around."
After she finished speaking, she smiled and took Lin Yunce's arm: "Brother, you promised to take me to see the lanterns tonight, don't cheat!" Lin Yunce smiled and said, "Of course I won't forget."
Mrs. Lin was surprised when she heard this: "Brother Ce is going to take your sister to watch the lanterns with Master He?"
Lin Yunce nodded and said, "Jiaojiao has been staying in her room since she came back from Jiangnan. I was afraid she would get bored, so I allowed her to go out with me."
"No!" Madam Lin stopped her flatly. "Jiaojiao, if you want to go out to enjoy the lanterns, I'll take you out after dinner. Your brother is meeting friends, and the crowds will be noisy. What if he gets bumped into?"
"The child is so big now, are you going to keep her under your arm for the rest of her life?" A deep male voice sounded beside him.
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lin looked up and saw Lin Zhihen walking towards her from under the shadow of the tree.
His brows were furrowed, and his eyes were like those of an eagle, which made Mrs. Lin feel cold in her heart.
"Are you still standing here and being an eyesore? Remember to go early and come back early, and don't make your mother worry." Lin Zhihen said coldly.
"Yes." After Lin Yunce said that, he took his sister's arm and left.
Seeing their figures disappear from her sight, Mrs. Lin stared at Lin Zhihen in a daze.
There was only a flower bed between the two people, but it seemed like thousands of mountains and rivers.
She murmured, "Master, you are already the Minister of War. You hold the highest position among the six ministries, a powerful official second only to the emperor! You are enough to support the glory of the Lin family for a hundred years. Why do you have to drag Ce Ge'er and Jiao Jiao into this?"
Lin Zhihen glanced at her and said coldly: "Women's opinions, what do you know!"
"Now that there's no war or trouble, when will a general like Ce'er get a promotion? I'm undoubtedly second only to the emperor, but what if I'm no longer the Minister of War? Wouldn't the glory of my Lin family be short-lived?" "But Jiaojiao has been ruined by you!" Madam Lin growled. "She could have been the most honorable Marquis of Weiyuan in the Great Zhou, but you ruined her!"
If it weren't for Lin Zhihen's secret instigation, how could Jiaojiao abandon Weiyuan Hou and provoke that damn Fourth Prince?!
"That's because she's stupid!" Lin Zhihen glared at her.
It would have been fine if Madam Lin hadn't mentioned it, but when he thought of Lin Jiaoyue being deposed from her title as princess and becoming infamous, he became furious!
Whether intentionally or unintentionally, the Fourth Prince avoided Lin Jiaoyue after that. She had turned a good game of chess into a dead end!
Fortunately, judging from today's developments, she hasn't given up yet.
This is good. If she can revive the dead chess piece, then she will be worthy of being the daughter raised by Lin Zhihen.
If you fail again...
He would just consider it as a waste of more than ten years of rice and grain! Thinking of this, he ignored the anger and surprise in Mrs. Lin's eyes and left in anger.
……
As night fell, fireworks were set off in the capital.
The sound of firecrackers also came one after another.
The streets were filled with colorful lights and the crowds were so busy that it was impossible to turn around.
When I was in Xu's house, because the streets were remote, it was rare to see such a bustling scene even on New Year's Eve.
Today, Jianghan Street, where the Weiyuan Marquis Mansion is located, is the most prosperous area in Beijing. Therefore, even if you are in the deep courtyard of the mansion, you can still feel the hustle and bustle of the surrounding area.
But there are also some issues with this colorful and lively scene...
The two little rabbits they had brought back from the farm were frightened by the sound of firecrackers and refused to eat. The servants in the mansion, unsure of what to do, hurried to ask Wen Yao and Luo Shu for help. The two maids hurried away, leaving Xu Rongrong and Mu Rong alone in Xinghui Hall.
Mu Rong fed Xu Rongrong a Yuanxiao and persuaded her to drink a few sips of jasmine tea to relieve the greasiness.
A firework exploded in the air, and the scattered fireworks were reflected on the window paper, which was very beautiful.
Xu Rongrong sighed almost inaudibly.
"Rongrong, do you want to watch the fireworks?" Mu Rong knew what she was thinking at a glance.
Xu Rongrong shook her head.
Mu Rong smiled and stood up.
He took down two more sable fur hot water bottles from the floor dragon, stuffed them into Xu Rongrong's arms, and whispered, "Hold tight."
Then, before Xu Rongrong could react, he picked her up along with the quilt and strode out of the room.
Seeing this, Mu Yi hurriedly ordered someone to bring a couch and a stove and place them in the courtyard of Xinghui Hall.
Just like that, Mu Rong held Xu Rongrong in his arms and sat under the fireworks.
"The sulfur smell in these fireworks is very strong, and I'm afraid it will be bad for your condition. Let's not set off fireworks in the house this year. I'll take you to play next year, okay?" He looked at her with a gentle gaze.
Xu Rongrong suddenly felt not so cold anymore.
Her slightly stiff fingertips tightened around the hot water bottle in her arms, and she uttered a thousand words, which finally converged into one sentence: "Hmm."