Chapter 362 A Hypocritical Apology
Baizhi found that sothing was odd with Ms. Tian because she was most familiar with this woman.
The woman had been driven out of this place half a year ago. Why did she suddenly show up?
Lin ngya never believed that there would be so many coincidences in this world.
It had been proved before that those coincidences were all set-ups.
One thing Lin ngya was sure of was that Ms. Tian would never try to set her up. She could have made lots of requests just now.
They had been like mother and daughter for many years. The connection was complicated.
“But why did she do that? I don’t think she was setting you up, but I wonder why would she show up at this peculiar ti.”
Baizhi was so confused. Lin ngya was almost as overwheld as she was.
She knew that soone was behind this.
Only Shangguan Qing and Lin ngwu would play these little tricks.
“Anyway, it’s a good thing she ca to visit us. Call Steward Deng in, I need his help.”
Baizhi nodded and went outside. Steward Deng got back at sunset and brought the prince’s ssage that he wished Lin ngya would enjoy her stay. He would co and pick her up when it was about ti.
The prince must have heard about the rude gatekeeper. He wanted to be here to show his support.
Thinking of that, Lin ngya flashed a smile.
Steward Deng was the steward in charge of the prince’s mansion, but in Marquis Zhennan’s mansion, he was no more than a guest.
As the guest, he had to stay in the guest room outside the yard.
After Baizhi sent Lin ngya’s ssage, Steward Deng arrived at the door of Lin ngya’s room as soon as he could.
“What can I do for you?”
Lin ngya seed to be thinking about sothing in the candlelight. Steward Deng knew the young woman well enough. He knew a storming was coming to this family.
“I need you to watch a woman for , and you need you to tell all the details of her life, including what she did, where she went, and who she t.”
Steward Deng nodded and walked into the mansion. He found that the servants here seed to fear Mrs. Lin a lot.
And now they feared Lin ngya even more because she was the prince’s wife.
Therefore, they might be gossiping about Lin ngya, but they wouldn’t dare to touch her.
He then went out for the mission after he was sure everything was safe.
Steward Deng didn’t leave until the moon crawled up into the sky above.
There were only Baizhi and Lin ngya in the room. After all the work was done, the two sat on one bed like they used to, whispering.
“You sent Steward Deng to keep an eye on Ms. Tian, right? Do you really suspect her?” Baizhi lowered her head and asked, looking quite upset.
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She couldn’t have made it and had the good days now without the protection of Ms. Tian and Lin ngya’s brother.
Lin ngya nodded, but she didn’t explain.
Baizhi was recalling their childhood mories. Lin ngya closed her eyes and tried to relax.
Once during the Spring Festival, Shangguan Qing and Lin ngwu had been grounded by Lin ngya’s father.
They couldn’t step out of the room. They would have been grounded there still if her father and brother didn’t have to go back to the border.
She was sure it was abortion dicine that she had slled.
If it wasn’t Lin ngwu who needed to use it, could it be Shangguan Qing?
Lin ngya opened her eyes suddenly.
She had noticed in the morning that a jade hung on the rude gatekeeper’s neck.
The jade looked so nice that she stared at it and observed it for a second. Now she felt it weird that a poor guy like him would own such a precious thing unless it was a family heirloom.
If it was an heirloom, a hooligan like him would definitely pawn it.
Unless...
If her guess was right, Shangguan Qing and Lin ngwu were playing with fire.
“Master, what are you thinking?”
Baizhi’s voice brought Lin ngya back to reality.
The expression in her eyes was complicated. She managed to comfort Baizhi and then closed her eyes again.
If her guess was correct, that would bring trendous humiliation to this family, no matter whose fault it was.
Many people in Capital City were drooling at her father’s position and his military forces. Moreover, the emperor was in a critical situation at this mont, so it was better for her to minimize the impact of this incident.
She understood that people sotis made mistakes.
They didn’t find her mother’s dical book yet. As long as she stayed here, Shangguan Qing and Lin ngwu would behave themselves and stay in their yard.
It would be easy for her to confirm it by then.
After a sound sleep, Lin ngya started to search the dical books again.
She didn’t find them in her own room or her father’s. So she decided to search the yard of Lin Nansheng.
She spent the whole morning, yet still failed to find anything.
She didn’t want to eat anything at the table. She stared at the rice in a daze.
“Princess, Mrs. Lin and Miss Lin are here.”
Huan’er walked in lightly and saluted Lin ngya.
Lin ngya knew the two won had lost their patience.
Her disappointnt was gone and she said, “Co in, please. It’s cold outside. My sister is too weak to bear a cold. If she catches one, that would be my fault.”
Huan’er imdiately inford the two. Seconds later, the mother and daughter ca in, fake smiles all over their faces.
Lin ngya stood up and greeted them.
She was the prince’s wife, which made her status higher than Shangguan Qing’s. However, being at ho at this mont, she had to be careful, or other people might think she was arrogant and disrespectful.
They two seed to have learned their lesson and stopped holding their heads high.
Lin ngwu took a few steps forward and saluted Lin ngya with a sorry face.
“Please forgive for not having greeted you yesterday. Please don’t be mad at .”
Her voice was so sweet and her face so sorry. If Lin ngya didn’t know what a double-dealer Lin ngwu was, she might think the woman had made a clean break from her old errors.
Lin ngwu was apologizing, but the resentnt leaking out of her eyes had been captured by Lin ngya.
It seed that what happened a while ago had really made the dull girl smarter.
“You don’t have to. Your health is the most important thing of all. The family needs you to take care of our mother. Why do you look so pale? Baizhi, give her so of my daily tonics. Those nourishing pills work best for won.”
Baizhi went back to her room and took out a small and delicate box. She gave it to Huan’er. Lin ngwu envied Lin ngya for having such exquisite things, but on her face, she looked so grateful.
Shangguan Qing looked exactly like a real kind mother, watching the hypocritical sisters gladly.
“Well, don’t just stand there. Ya’er, I heard that you were looking for sothing in your father’s study as soon as you were back. May I know what you’re looking for? I feel so sorry for having been such an irresponsible mom. I want to help you now to make it up for you. If you’d like to keep it a secret, then please forget I asked.”
“Here we go,” Lin ngya thought to herself, but she didn’t react much.
“It’s just so of my mother’s legacy. It has been years since she passed away and I feel like the worst daughter in the world. I didn’t even visit her tomb on her deathday and I haven’t served her as a nice daughter when she was alive. I’d been living such a muddled life before, and I don’t even know how to manage my own life. Now is the ti for to bring peace to her soul by building a cenotaph for her in the mansion.”
Her words were half-genuine and half-sham. She was indeed looking for her mother’s things.
And Shangguan Qing must have heard about it.
Shangguan Qing pretended to be surprised as if she didn’t know. She wiped the corner of her eye with a handkerchief and showed a joyful smile.
“You’re right. Your mother saved you at the cost of her own life. Her soul would be delighted if you built a cenotaph in her na. I still have so of her stuff in my place. I’ll have soone send them to you later.”
Lin ngya acted very joyfully.
“Thank you for understanding . I didn’t tell you about this because I thought you wouldn’t agree with it. Your words now really helped a lot.”
Lin ngya spoke gratefully, but inside, she was warning herself.
She had a bad feeling about this peace offering of Shangguan Qing’s.
The woman even initiated to return her mother’s legacy. That made Lin ngya even more suspicious. She should be careful because the two might be setting her up.
“Well, we’ll leave you alone. You can keep on with your work.”
The two had finished putting on the show. They stood up and were about to leave.
Lin ngya walked them to the door. After the two left, her smile gradually faded.
She didn’t sll any blood on Lin ngwu, but the abortion dicine was still with her.
She had a quite sensitive nose, and she seldom slled sothing wrong.
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