It's bad enough that he's born out of wedlock, but he's also mute?!

If he really married such a woman... just thinking about it made the emperor feel dizzy and his vision blurred.

He held onto the chair beside him, breathing heavily, sweat breaking out on his forehead.

"Your Majesty, don't worry. I have found out that Miss Lin Si can now speak!"

It took the emperor a long time to understand what he said, and his eyes lit up.

Compared to marrying a mute, it doesn't seem so difficult to accept whether she is a concubine's child or not. It turns out that good and bad still need to be compared.

After taking a sip of the cold tea, the emperor quickly pulled the man in front of him and said, "Explain the whole story to me in detail. Don't miss a single detail!"

Although the emperor did not treat the women in the harem very well, he still valued his only son, the prince, very much. Without the prince, he would have to hand over his throne to others.

Compared to these, other things are not that important.

The man bowed and quickly replied, "Your Majesty, this is a marriage destined by heaven. Miss Lin Si was originally able to speak, but she witnessed her mother's death a few years ago and was so frightened that she lost her voice."

"I never thought that today, the Crown Prince came to propose marriage and took out the jade pillow that you gave to Concubine Qin as a token of trust. The Fourth Miss was so excited that she immediately felt that voice again!"

"Many people saw this, it can't be fake!"

As he spoke, the man whispered a few more words into the emperor's ear.

After standing up straight, the emperor fell into deep thought.

The emperor would never believe what they said about the engagement making the mute speak. However, that concubine Gu was quite favored in the Marquis's Mansion. After her death, Marquis Yuanning still valued the daughter she left behind.

She invited countless doctors, both openly and secretly, to treat her aphasia.

They even came to the palace to ask for help. The emperor slowly sat back on the dragon throne. Originally, this was not a big deal, if Lin Chunhuan's name had not appeared in front of him again today.

Maybe he will never remember that such a thing happened in his life.

Although he just agreed casually at that time, the imperial physician of the Imperial Medical Bureau would not lie about this matter.

So... is there really such a thing as a marriage destined by heaven?

"Not only that, the relationship between Miss Lin Si and the eldest daughter of the Marquis's Mansion is not good."

The emperor glanced deeply at the people around him. To have someone say that their relationship was not good was extremely bad. The emperor nodded solemnly, "I understand. Go ahead."

A muffled thunder exploded in the clouds above his head. The prince pursed his lips. Even though he was still kneeling, his posture remained upright without a trace of dejection.

Seeing that it was about to rain, the eunuch beside the emperor hurriedly stopped not far away and said, "Your Highness, it looks like it's going to rain. The emperor asked you to go inside to take shelter."

"Boom..."

Thunderstorms like this are rare in autumn. Lu Fu hurriedly closed the window and told the maids downstairs to bring all the things that had been drying during the day into the house. Then she hurriedly stopped outside the house and guarded her master's door to prevent anyone from approaching.

Unlike the impending storm outside, there was a warm yellow candlelight in the room. Lin Chunhuan half leaned on the soft couch, watching Lin Yimiao making tea skillfully not far away.

Every gesture she made exuded the elegance and grace cultivated by aristocratic families. As the aroma of tea wafted out and the dappled light and shadow cast by the swaying candlelight on her cheeks, it was breathtakingly beautiful.

"Big sister, why don't you go back to your own yard to count the dowry list at night? Are you really going to stay here with me?"

Hearing this, Lin Yimiao didn't even bother to lift his eyelids. "Your place is quiet, what's wrong with staying here?"

"As for you, the Crown Prince came to the palace today, most likely for your marriage. Why don't you look anxious at all, Fourth Sister?"

Lin Chunhuan curled his lips in silence.

For her, it was a done deal and there was no need to rush. Whether the prince handled it well or not, it would not affect the progress of her mission.

On the contrary, she was more curious about Lin Yimiao, the reborn girl in front of her.

After changing to a more comfortable position and leaning against the soft couch, Lin Chunhuan raised her hand and played with her fallen hair as if bored, "Big sister, how could things have turned out like this today?"

"Have you ever regretted it? After all... the position of Crown Princess should have been yours."

Lin Yimiao paused, almost ruining the tea in his hand. It took him a long while to recover, and he let out a long sigh, "There's nothing to regret. You've come this far because of your own ability, and I can't regret it."

"Fourth sister, do you remember when you asked me why I chose the King of Qin? Even if I didn't want to marry into the Eastern Palace, I could have chosen other paths. Why did I have to marry someone else, trying to use one bondage to break free from another?"

Lin Chunhuan did not respond.

She was indeed curious about this question.

After all, Lin Yimiao is different from her. She is not bound to any childbearing system, so she doesn't have to give birth to a man's child in her belly.

Although she lived a lonely life in her previous life, when she thought about it carefully, apart from her estrangement from the prince, she actually didn't have any deep hatred.

Even because she married into the Eastern Palace, the Yuanning Marquisate became more prosperous than before. Lin Yimiao had no revenge that she had to take, no children that she had to have, and she had no feelings for the King of Qin.

This makes her act of marrying the King of Qin just to escape the loneliness of the Eastern Palace seem very strange.

Even the King of Qin once said frankly that if he just wanted to cancel the engagement, there was no need to sacrifice his entire life.

"Fourth sister, do you think that girls from aristocratic families like you and me really have so many choices?" Lin Yimiao lowered her eyes, and her hands moved faster, like a swimming dragon, making people dazzled.

It’s not that she has a great talent for making tea, but she is just bored as a Crown Princess for a long time and there is really not much she can do.

No matter how difficult a task is, if you do it thousands of times, you will naturally be able to do it well.

"I am the eldest daughter of the Marquis of Yuanning. I have enjoyed the support of the Marquis of Yuanning for more than ten years. I have been pampered with gold and jade, and I have been surrounded by people. But all of this comes at a price. If our father can't exchange me for enough benefits, how can he be willing to do so?"

"From the day I was born, I was destined to be used as a bridge for the exchange of interests, paving the way for the entire Marquisate. And the King of Qin... the Concubine Dowager is kind. For me, she is the best choice."

"At least the King of Qin is a normal man. I don't have to endure a lifetime of loneliness because of his ridiculous self-esteem."

Lin Chunhuan was silent for a long time.

She has done many missions in the ancient world. Perhaps because she was not born in this era, she has always had various golden fingers provided by the system.

Although I can see some of the hardships faced by women of this era, I am far from being able to empathize with them.