Chapter 159: Being Pried Away
Chapter 159: Being Pried Away
Lin Qingyan rushed back home exhausted after a long journey. She left the injured warrior at home and told her to take good care of her injuries.
Lin Qingyan changed into clean clothes, washed up, and prepared to rush to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
However, before she could step out of the mansion, she was stopped again.
"Yan'er, where have you been these days? Why didn't you tell me?" The servant appeared in front of her again. Lin Qingyan couldn't help but frowned and looked at him, and asked in a somewhat unhappy tone: "Why haven't you left yet?"
"Huh? Yan'er, my home is here, where else can I go?" Shijun responded innocently.
Hearing this, Lin Qingyan's eyes were fixed on him, while he spread his hands with an innocent look.
"Wait here for a moment." Lin Qingyan turned around again and quickly ran to the study. Relying on her memory, she found a secret compartment filled with all the property owned by the original owner.
After picking up a title deed at random, she picked out a red deed from a shop that was doing fairly well, then quickly returned to the door and handed it to him.
"Yan'er, what does this mean?" Looking at the contract in his hand, Shijun seemed to have a premonition. His eyes gradually turned red, and his body trembled involuntarily. He asked with a choked voice.
Lin Qingyan waved her hand again and called over the servant who had been serving the emperor since he entered the mansion.
Then, she handed the servant's indenture to the servant and told him, "From now on, he is your new master. Take good care of him, pack your luggage and leave before dark."
At this moment, Lin Qingyan, who thought she had been generous and merciful enough, did not realize that in the context of this era, her behavior would undoubtedly be a devastating blow to a man.
But she had already run out. The servant looked at the servant who was holding a pile of papers and staring blankly at the door, and sighed. What should he do in the future?
When Lin Qingyan hurried to the door of the Prime Minister's Mansion and was about to step into the gate, she was stopped rudely by the gatekeeper.
"Our master has ordered that you are not allowed to set foot here again!" The gatekeeper's tone was cold, with a hint of contempt and disdain.
Lin Qingyan was surprised. She didn't understand why the gatekeeper had such a bad attitude. She quickly took out the silver she had cheated from the man in fancy clothes and handed it to the gatekeeper, begging, "Please help me inform him."
However, the gatekeeper didn't even look at the silver ingot, his face became increasingly cold, and he even shouted to drive Lin Qingyan away.
Lin Qingyan had no choice but to give up. She turned around and walked around the main gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and came to the side wall. She took a deep breath, jumped with all her strength, kicked hard in the middle of the wall, successfully climbed over the top of the wall, and landed gently.
After entering the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lin Qingyan's mood became heavier. She couldn't understand why the Prime Minister's Mansion suddenly banned her from entering. Could it be that something unexpected had happened during the time she was away?
All kinds of questions came to her mind, and Lin Qingyan decided to find someone from the Xiangfu to ask for clarification. She carefully shuttled between the courtyards and corridors in the mansion, trying her best to avoid being discovered.
I came to Ling Nianxiao's yard carefully and found that it was unusually quiet and no one seemed to be there. I wondered: In broad daylight, did he go out to play?
In order to confirm whether there was anyone in the house, Lin Qingyan tiptoed to the door, but saw a door lock lying on the ground. What was going on?
Just as she was hesitating whether to go into the house, she suddenly heard hurried footsteps. Lin Qingyan was startled and quickly hid in a big tree in the yard.
"Oh, Xiao'er, Xiao'er, daddy and your mother are doing this for your own good!" Xiao Ran was heard shouting as he breathlessly chased after Ling Nianxiao in front of him.
Ling Nianxiao had a gloomy face and hurried his steps, completely ignoring Xiao Ran's shouts behind him. He walked straight into the room, slammed the door shut, locked it from the inside, and even closed the windows tightly.
Seeing this, Lin Qingyan couldn't help but wonder: What on earth happened? Why was Ling Nianxiao so angry?
Xiao Ran touched his nose helplessly, turned around and told the servant following behind him: "You all go about your business."
After all the servants had left the yard, Xiao Ran lowered his voice and said softly to the inside of the door: "Xiao'er, please open the door quickly. Daddy wants to explain everything to you."
However, the room remained completely silent, with no response. Xiao Ran pushed the door tentatively, but it did not budge.
"Xiao'er, what's so special about Lin Qingyan? Compared to her, Miss Li is much better! She comes from a wealthy family, and both her mother and her mother are court officials, and the two families have a close relationship. What's more, there are no messy people in the Li mansion, and there haven't even been any concubines. On the other hand, Lin Qingyan has a maid in her mansion, and she flirts with other girls all day long." Seeing that Ling Nianxiao ignored him, Xiao Ran simply stood outside the door and talked incessantly.
At this moment, Lin Qingyan suddenly realized that someone had tried to poach her during her absence. What was even more embarrassing was that she happened to hear her father-in-law saying bad things about her behind her back!
Now she was doomed. She was in a dilemma, not knowing what to do. It was not right to go down, and it was not right not to go down either. She could only stand there, feeling extremely embarrassed.
The room was still quiet and silent, as if one could hear the sound of time passing.
"Xiao'er, even if you have no interest in Miss Li, you don't need to care. There are many women in this world, such as Miss Li, Miss Zhang, etc., all of whom are available for you to choose. In short, don't put your mind on Lin Qingyan anymore."
Lin Qingyan was at a loss. She really couldn't figure out what she had done wrong to cause Xiao Ran to say such a thing about her. Besides, how could Ling Yao not know about such a scene? This meant that she also agreed with Xiao Ran finding another good match for Ling Nianxiao.
But why? Lin Qingyan was puzzled.
The door was suddenly opened from the inside, and Xiao Ran's chattering stopped.
Lin Qingyan's attention was also drawn over.
"So you and mom don't actually care whether I'm happy or not, right?" Ling Nianxiao asked Xiao Ran expressionlessly while standing at the door.
"Don't you care? Don't your mother and I care? Did your mother and I say no to you marrying that bastard? What happened? How did you live? If she was the woman you wanted to marry, as long as she had some ability, your mother and I would help you, but the one you like has evil intentions! She even asked you, a man, to take the blame when something happened. Let me ask you, where was she when a murder happened in her store?"
Xiao Ran bombarded Ling Nianxiao with question after question, leaving him speechless.
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