Time flies, and the two little guys are one year old in the blink of an eye.

During this period, Lin Hancheng took Danruo and his two children from north to south, traveling and handling business along the way.

When I returned to the familiar capital, some old friends had changed.

Ye Lingyi disliked the children left behind by Pei Shang. The eldest followed Pei Shang to the border at the age of 20, the second oldest was 25, and the third oldest was 32, both were in the academy, and the youngest girl was raised in the Pei family's backyard at the age of seven.

After her marriage, Ye Lingyi had been living in the princess's mansion and had no contact with these children. The prince felt that the effect of the marriage was not achieved at all.

Because Ye Lingyi was not pregnant, and Pei Shangyuan was at the border and it was unknown when he would return to Beijing, so it was impossible for him to have a child of the Pei family's bloodline for the time being.

Then we should take good care of the children of the Pei family, which will also bring them closer.

So under the prince's forced request, Ye Lingyi brought the three children to her own princess mansion. However, when she saw these children, she thought of her unfair marriage, and naturally she was dissatisfied with everything about them.

Especially the two half-grown boys, who were at the rebellious age, and conflicts occasionally occurred. Gradually, she turned her attention to her youngest sister.

The youngest sister was patient and didn't want to make her brother worry, but the careful third brother still discovered the wounds on her body. He angrily went to Ye Lingyi to question him, but beat her up for disrespecting their mother.

At night, the second and third sons took their sister to the border to find their father and eldest brother. They didn't find out until the next day, but the children had already walked out of the city gate.

The old servant in the house quickly wrote a letter to Pei Shang.

The letter was intercepted by bandits and several children also fell into the hands of the bandits. In order to save the children, Pei Shang died accidentally while fighting with the bandits. The eldest son of the Pei family brought his younger brothers and sisters to accompany the coffin back to Beijing.

He wanted to have his father and mother buried together, but the nanny beside Ye Lingyi refused, saying that the general would be buried with Ye Lingyi in the future. The eldest son was furious and divorced his wife on behalf of his father in the mourning hall.

The little girl from the Pei family even revealed that Ye Lingyi was practicing witchcraft alone in the room, and she had seen Ye Lingyi stabbing a figurine with it.

When the news came out, the emperor and the imperial concubine came out to deal with the matter. They found in Ye Lingyi's room a small figurine with the little prince's birthday name and name, as well as that of Princess Rong'an, and that of the imperial concubine. The last one was the emperor's.

Originally, the emperor wanted to save his daughter's life and let her always accompany the ancient Buddha with the green lamp until she saw her own son. Thinking back on the prince's frequent activities in the past year, it seems that the brother and sister think they have lived too long.

The prince immediately gave her white silk. He didn't expect that his sister would be so stupid.

In front of the emperor, he didn't even have time to distance himself from Ye Lingyi, so of course he wouldn't plead for her.

With Pei Shang's death, the question of who to send to the border became a problem. In addition, there has been a drought in the Northern Rong area recently, and there is a fear that they will rob the people on the border again in winter. After much deliberation, Yue Mengyang is the only choice.

The emperor sent someone to hint to Yue Mengyang, but Yue Mengyang bluntly said that he wanted to enjoy his remaining years and let the young people take over.

After being asked three times, Yue Mengyang finally put forward his own conditions. The Ministry of Revenue always said that it had no money, which blocked the soldiers' expenses. The food and grass were unstable, and he could not guard the border well.

The emperor's face darkened. "That's all in the past. The Ministry of Revenue has money now and won't default on payments anymore."

Yue Mengyang looked unconvinced. "Those people in the Ministry of Revenue are pushing each other around. I have to keep asking for military pay eight times. Why not send Lin Hancheng to the Ministry of Revenue? I trust Lin Hancheng."

The Imperial Noble Consort assisted from the side: "Hancheng has been helping with the purchases for the Ministry of Internal Affairs this year, and there have been no problems. This child is honest and even adds some on his own from time to time."

The emperor thought about it and finally agreed.

The next day, the emperor issued an edict, and General Yue Mengyang immediately rushed to the border to guard the territory, and the son-in-law Lin Hancheng entered the Ministry of Revenue and was granted the official rank of fifth-rank doctor.

Although the fifth rank is not a high-ranking official position, Lin Hancheng comes from a merchant family and is the son-in-law of the emperor. This has caused a huge uproar in the court. It can only be said that the road ahead will be difficult.

Seeing Lin Hancheng's exhausted look after finishing his shift, Dan Ruo poured him a cup of tea and said, "Thank you for your hard work, husband."

She knew that Lin Hancheng had put in a lot of effort to enter the court. This stepping stone alone was obtained by exchanging an iron mine and his uncle.

Lin Hancheng smiled warmly: "With you and our two children, I feel so happy no matter how busy I am."

Dan Ruo tapped his nose in amusement and said, "Maybe it's not two children. My period is delayed this month."

Lin Hancheng was stunned for a moment, then happily hugged Danruo. She was his only light.

Eight months later, Danruo gave birth to twin sons again.

The two-year-old little prince looked at his four nephews and felt that the responsibility on his shoulders was very heavy. Now he had to take the four nephews out to play by himself and give them New Year's money.

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On this side, after Ye Lingyi's death, Su Rouer couldn't get the money to keep her mouth shut, and the fourth branch of the Lin family didn't care about them. Lin Yong was drunk all day, and her two-year-old son was crying for food. Su Rouer's family fell into hardship again.

One day, Lin Yong heard his neighbor say that his son did not look like him. In addition, Su Rouer was not a virgin at the time, so he immediately became suspicious. He took a kitchen knife and asked Su Rouer if she wanted him to be a scapegoat and raise someone else's son.

Su Rouer started cursing, saying that she was the one who had been supporting this cripple, and how dare he, a gigolo, despise her son.

Lin Yong was enraged and attacked Su Rouer with a kitchen knife. Su Rouer fought back and accidentally killed Lin Yong.

The neighbors at the door reported the case to the authorities, and this case of accidental murder of a husband quickly became a hot topic in the capital, with countless people gathering to watch the trial.

The Shuntian prefect believed that regardless of whether it was an accident or not, the murder of her husband was a fact and sentenced her to death.

Su Rouer had a young son, and seeing that her plea was useless, she burst into tears: "The world is so unfair. When the Imperial Noble Consort killed my sister, no one asked her to pay for her life. Are the lives of ordinary people worthless?"

The people were in an uproar, and the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture was in a dilemma. As the matter involved the palace and was heard by so many people, he had no choice but to rush to the palace to report.

After hearing this, the Imperial Noble Consort asked for the name of Su Rouer's sister, then brought along her old friends from the palace and immediately left the palace to appear in person before Shuntian Prefecture. The people surrounded her in huge crowds.