According to Lin Xiaoyue’s request, Su Qing had soone investigate Wen Wan, but the final result was, no clue at all.
Just like when Su Xiang had soone investigate Su Yaoqi’s "person of interest", Su Qing’s subordinates didn’t get any background information on Wen Wan.
In the male-dominated era, a woman’s na was generally not revealed, at most, she was referred to by her husband’s surna as Mrs. So-and-so or Madam So-and-so.
So even if they knew the person was called Wen Wan, if soone was determined not to let her be exposed, others would find it difficult to associate her with being Song Wei’s wife.
And it was the Hidden Guard left by Fanghua who was stopping Su Qing’s investigation.
This kind of thing was not sothing they were doing for the first ti.
Back when Fanghua was the Eldest Princess, such a task was already assigned, to prevent anyone from inquiring about Wen Wan’s whereabouts, including the Emperor and the Empress Dowager.
Stopping anyone from inquiring was, in fact, a form of protection; it’s just that for so unknown reason, the Eldest Princess never inquired about that little girl’s affairs, even though they had lots of intelligence on Wen Wan.
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Unable to gather information on Wen Wan, Su Qing felt the person must have strong backing. He didn’t inform Lin Xiaoyue imdiately, planning to investigate for a while longer to see exactly who that little woman was.
A few days later, the won arranged to pick people up from the Lin Family returned, bringing back not only the twin sisters Lin An’an and Lin Jingjing but also Lin Xiaoyue’s illegitimate sister Lin Xiaorou, who had originally eloped with her lover.
Lin Xiaoyue heard that the girls had arrived and personally went to greet them at the front gate. She was a bit surprised to see Lin Xiaorou and asked her, "Why did you co?"
Lin An’an wanted to say that her cousin had insistently co along, but Lin Xiaorou interrupted, looking at Lin Xiaoyue with a soft and pitiable expression, "It’s all my fault for running away back then, leaving the family, causing you to marry on my behalf. You being cross with now is indeed justified."
Beside them, Lin An’an rolled her eyes.
Wasn’t she the one who refused to marry the child of a concubine to death before? But ended up getting dumped and returning ho in disgrace, and now she shalessly ca crying to apologize to the old lady, saying she wanted to co to the Capital to kneel and apologize to her cousin.
As far as she’s concerned, this woman isn’t here to apologize; she’s clearly shalessly trying to start over now that her cousin’s husband has made a na for himself!
Back in those years when Lin Xiaoyue was at ho, she was quite naive and was often deceived by Lin Xiaorou’s "weak and wronged" pathetic look.
When she first got married, the family hadn’t been divided, and everyone squeezed into the big house, she had seen far more disgusting concubines and mistresses than Lin Xiaorou, and now seeing that her illegitimate sister is using the sa old tricks, Lin Xiaoyue instantly felt this person lacks ambition.
Even if one wants to be a bitch, shouldn’t one strive to improve a bit?
With Lin Xiaorou being like this, in the Su Family Mansion, she wouldn’t even survive one night.
Seeing Lin Xiaoyue not speaking, Lin Xiaorou began to cry with her voice choked, "Big sister’s silence ans I must have hit the mark."
After she finished, she stepped back two steps and knelt straight in front of Lin Xiaoyue, wiping her tears while saying, "I did things I shouldn’t have done before, but now I’ve realized my mistakes. Big sister, please forgive this one ti. From now on, I am willing to serve you like a cow or horse."
Currently standing outside the big door, with neighbors left and right watching, Lin Xiaorou kneels before her, the intention is obvious.
Lin An’an was furious, "Second cousin, what are you doing? Trying to embarrass big sister in front of everyone?"
Lin Jingjing pulled her, whispering, "Don’t speak too much, see how big sister responds."
Lin An’an stomped her foot, "I’m just so annoyed, she, being a cast-off, who does she think she is!"
The old lady already said, the matter of becoming the concubine of cousin-in-law can only fall to the two of them, who knew that shaless Lin Xiaorou would suddenly co over, especially acting so lodramatic as soon as she arrived, it’s utterly nauseating!
Lin Xiaoyue glanced at Lin Xiaorou kneeling on the ground, then looked around at the neighbors pointing and staring, if it had been a few years ago, she’d certainly throw a big fit and then angrily cursed Lin Xiaorou, falling right into her trap.
But now, it’s not the sa.
Without asking Lin Xiaorou to get up, Lin Xiaoyue raised her voice, "It’s often said that elder brothers are like fathers, and elder sisters are like mothers. Now that we are in the Capital, your birth mother isn’t here, and you’ve done wrong, as your elder sister, I cannot shield you endlessly. Spoiling soone too much is like harming them, the sa applies among siblings. Since you are truly repentant, I won’t punish you severely, just kneel here for two hours! As for you saying you’ll serve like a cow or horse, that’s unnecessary, we are from an official family, you can’t lead cows and horses through the front gate, in case they ss the place with dung, it would be disgusting."
Lin Xiaorou: "..."
The surrounding neighbors: "..."
Lin An’an couldn’t hold back and burst into laughter.
Eldest cousin’s words, brilliant, absolutely brilliant! Let’s see if this shaless woman will still put on airs!
Even Lin Jingjing, usually the most sensible, covered her mouth with a handkerchief.
Lin Xiaorou had not expected Lin Xiaoyue to have changed so much from a few years ago, rendering her old tactics ineffective. She imdiately shifted strategies, and from her kneeling position, kowtowed to Lin Xiaoyue. Though her voice was soft, it was still audible to the surrounding curious neighbors, "I’ve traveled a long way, and being forgiven with just two hours of kneeling is a huge rcy. I thank you for your great magnanimity, sister."
Lin An’an’s grin quickly vanished, pointing at Lin Xiaorou, berating, "This is not our Lin Family, it’s cousin-in-law’s mansion, have so decency!"
Lin Xiaorou completely ignored Lin An’an’s accusations, as she wasn’t her target. Besides, Lin An’an was the type who, when she opened her mouth, only revealed her lack of wits, she didn’t need to waste ti with her, she’d just end up outsmarting herself. On the contrary, Lin Xiaoyue wasn’t as easily manipulated as before, so she needed to quickly find a way for herself to rightfully remain at the Martial Champion Mansion.
In response to Lin Xiaorou’s "pressing aggression," Lin Xiaoyue instead remained calm, "We are all sisters, saying thanks is too formal."
Such a response was completely unexpected for Lin Xiaorou, and she was left fuming, her face darkening for a long ti without being able to utter a word.
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