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On April 20th, the results of the palace examination were announced, and Liu Qingfeng became the well-deserved number one scholar.
Lin Yan saw the result in advance in the book and was not surprised.
Ever since Liu Qingfeng was rescued from the attack, his relationship with the Lin family has become increasingly close, mainly because of Lin Yi.
After reading the article written by Liu Qingfeng, he praised it highly and kept asking him to communicate with him all day long. In Lin Yan's view, it was actually a story of a nerd and another nerd becoming close friends.
As the top scholar was going to be paraded through the streets, Liu Qingfeng specially invited Zhou Ningning and others to attend.
The rooms in Mingju Building are just right for viewing the parade, so there is no need to go out of your way to grab a seat in advance.
The parade held every three years is of course grand and lively. The best viewing seats on the street where the parade takes place are all booked, and both sides of the street are crowded with people, all of whom are onlookers.
Lin Yan and his companions came to Mingju Tower early in the morning, had the famous breakfast in the restaurant, and watched this magnificent spectacle together.
Zhou Ningning opened the window and looked out, "It's so lively, why hasn't Liu Qingfeng come yet?"
"Don't worry, it should be here soon." Xiao Yue walked to Zhou Ningning and patted her shoulder.
The streets are paved with yellow sand and sprinkled with clean water.
At this time, Liu Qingfeng came riding a white horse wearing the imperial top scholar robe, a Jinhua black gauze hat, a big red flower on his chest.
"Here I come," Zhou Ningning shouted, "Sister, come and see."
Lin Yan was drinking tea and eating some pastries, walking towards the window slowly. Liu Qingfeng knew where they were, looked at them and nodded.
Zhou Ningning waved excitedly.
"You are so excited, as if it is you who is being paraded," Lin Yan joked when he saw her like this.
Zhou Ningning: "The number one scholar, this is the first time I see a number one scholar parading in the streets, and he's someone I know. It will be so prestigious when I can say that I treated the number one scholar."
Lin Yan smiled and looked out the window. Facing the window, a couple was standing on the street, and next to them stood a woman in her early twenties, who should be the couple's daughter.
The woman looked at the handsome number one scholar and said to herself with longing, "How great it would be if I could marry this number one scholar."
Her mother said from the side: "What's the big deal about the number one scholar? He looks much younger than you and must be an inconsiderate man. Once you recognize your relative, you can choose any man in the capital."
"Yes, yes, any man is worthy of my daughter," her father agreed.
The street was noisy and Lin Yan couldn't hear what they were saying, but she could see their faces clearly. The woman's surname was Xu, and her name was Xu Yan. She was Lin Yan's sister. The couple, the man was named Xu Zhuang and the woman was named Luo Hong, and they were Lin Yan's parents.
Lin Yan turned her eyes away and stopped looking at them. She didn't expect that she would meet them again after so many years.
"It's still early, let's go for a walk on the street," Zhou Ningning suggested.
The other two responded yes, but Lin Yan stood there motionless. Zhou Ningning pulled Lin Yan: "Sister, let's go."
Lin Yan came to his senses and said, "Okay."
After they went downstairs, the owner of Mingjulou came forward and bowed to ask if they enjoyed their meal. He said with a smile in his eyes, "Today's peach blossom pastry is a new product developed by the restaurant. It may suit your taste."
In fact, except for Lin Yan, the other three didn't eat at all. They were all watching the parade excitedly.
Lin Yan said: "It's delicious. Let your master try it next time."
"Okay," the shopkeeper said attentively. These people were the distinguished guests of the restaurant, and the host specially asked them to treat them well.
I just happened to pass by people from the Xu family.
The three members of the Xu family walked into the restaurant and saw this scene. Xu Yan exclaimed, "Mingjulou is the largest restaurant in the capital. The owner is so attentive to those girls. What kind of person must he be?"
He took a closer look at what Lin Yan and the others were wearing, and sighed, "They are dressed so beautifully. Their clothes and jewelry must be very expensive."
Luo also took a careful look and said, "You will have it soon." Then she said in surprise, "One of the women actually has a sword on her waist. Are women from the capital so majestic?"
Father Xu called out, "Stop looking, let's go eat."
"This restaurant looks so expensive, Dad, you are willing to spend so much money," said Xu Yan.
"We can eat whatever we want in the future. Why worry about this little money?" Mrs. Luo pushed the two of them into the restaurant.
Lin Yan heard everything they said. Even after so many years, these words still sounded a bit harsh to her.
After leaving the restaurant, Lin Yan felt more and more chest tightness. Not wanting to worry the others, he found an excuse to leave.
"You guys go and have a look. I have to leave for something. Please put whatever you like today on my account." Lin Yan said and left.
The few of them were obviously not surprised, but Zhou Ningning looked at her suspiciously: "Sister, don't find a place to drink secretly."
"I understand, Doctor Zhou." Lin Yan looked calm, without a trace of guilt on her face. It had been nearly two months since she was injured, but Zhou Ningning still remembered to warn Lin Yan against drinking, as it would be detrimental to her recovery.
Watching Lin Yan walk away, Zhou Ningning slapped her forehead and said, "Oh no, I forgot to remind my sister to celebrate with Brother Liu in the evening. She must not forget it."
Xiao Yue hesitated and said, "That shouldn't be the case. We are having dinner at the Lin Mansion, so my sister should be back by then."
Song Xi: "I don't think so."
Zhou Ningning: "I hope she remembers."
Zhou Ningning guessed right. Lin Yan was going to drink. Not to mention that she had been warned by Doctor Zhou for two months, the alcohol bug in her stomach had long been uncontrollable. In addition, she was upset today, and it was difficult to relieve the depression in her heart without drinking.
As for where to drink, it’s of course the Regent’s Palace.
In addition to Zhou Ningning's warning, Song Yizhou actually didn't want her to drink, and he locked all the wine rooms in the mansion.
This was not difficult for Lin Yan. She could come and go freely in the Regent's Palace, and she could easily pry open the lock of the wine room.
Except for Song Yizhou's shadow guard, the other servants in the mansion were completely unaware that Lin Yan had come in.
Lin Yan sat in the open space, casually opened a jar of wine and poured it into his mouth, gradually recalling the things that happened before he was five years old.
Lin Yan was a little different from ordinary children. She started to remember things from the age of three. Since then, she thought her family was very poor. She had never had enough to eat. She had a younger sister who was two years younger than her.
She always thought that her parents didn't care about her and thought she was useless because the family was too poor. She always thought that she was a burden to the family, so since she could walk, she had great strength and started helping her parents with work at a very young age.
She worked very hard just to make her parents' lives easier, but it wasn't until her younger sister was born that Lin Yan realized that her parents simply didn't like her.
She has no name in this family. Outsiders call her Daya, but my younger sister has one. The eggs in the family will always be my younger sister's, and the meat in the family will also always be my younger sister's.
No matter how noisy her younger sister is, her parents will never blame her. But if she does less work or if her younger sister suffers any injustice, she will be severely beaten and scolded.
When she was five years old, there was a big flood in the village. Lin Yan and her sister were swept away by the flood. She finally lifted her sister ashore. Her parents hurried to take her sister on the shore, but the flood came again. Lin Yan had no strength left. She desperately called for her father and sister to save her, but they didn't even look at her. They just stared at her sister who had fainted.
Lin Yan was lucky enough to be washed ashore far from the village by the flood. She was picked up by Lin Jiumen, who saved her life. As a result, Lin Jiumen discovered that she had special tendons and veins, and was a natural martial arts prodigy. Lin Jiumen asked her if she would like to be his disciple, and Lin Yan's heart was moved at that moment.
But when she thought of her father and mother, she still had a glimmer of hope in her heart, so Lin Yan asked Lin Jiumen to take her back to the village. She wanted to know if her father and mother had ever been sad for her daughter.
Lin Yan was brought back to the village by Lin Jiumen. She stood in the distance, watching her parents repairing the house damaged by the flood. Her mother's words were like a knife, piercing Lin Yan's already wounded heart.
A Niang said, "Finally, Daya is gone. Ever since she came to our house, I have wanted to send her away. If the doctor hadn't told me that I would have difficulty getting pregnant again, and if the people in the village hadn't known about Daya's existence, I would have wanted to throw her away even more after Yan'er was born. This flood came at a perfect time. Her death would be better for everyone."
Lin Yan was stunned where she was. At this moment, she couldn't even cry. Her father's words opened the torn wound even wider:
"It's all your fault. Our son was dying when he was born. The doctor said he wouldn't live for more than a few days. It was you who couldn't resist the temptation and exchanged the child with that rich family. If we hadn't, we would have spent a little more money and maybe we could still have a son by our side."
This bloody truth scratched Lin Yan's heart bit by bit, causing him to feel numb with pain.
Lin Jiumen had never thought that Lin Yan's life experience would be so tortuous. He stood aside and watched Lin Yan holding back his tears, and asked: "Now that you have heard all this, are you willing to go with me?"
Lin Yan looked at Lin Jiumen and said, "Can you teach me some powerful martial arts? I want to become as powerful as you."
At that time, Lin Yan thought that she had to become strong, so that she would not be sad because her parents did not want her, and would not be abandoned at will.
Lin Jiumen touched Lin Yan’s head and said, “Of course.”
After returning to Nanshan, Lin Yan had a high fever and forgot everything that happened after the flood, including that she was not her parents' biological daughter. Even though she had forgotten, she still asked Lin Jiumen to take her back to see them.
Lin Jiumen saw that after Lin Yan had a high fever, she only forgot that her parents were not her biological parents. He knew that this was her inner demon and what she cared about deep down.
Also, if a person has never had a good day since birth, is not loved by his father and mother, and has a younger sister for comparison, he will feel wronged and painful every day, and finally find out that they don’t love him because she is not their biological daughter.
Her biological parents didn't love her either, and even exchanged her for a son. Anyone would be devastated, not to mention that she was only a five-year-old girl.
Lin Jiumen hid the fact that her parents were not her biological parents, and told her that her parents didn't want her anymore. Lin Yan was sad for a long time, but she knew the truth and didn't make a fuss about looking for her parents. In addition, Lin Jiumen began to teach her martial arts, and she lived a good life in Nanshan, so she never mentioned her parents again.
However, Lin Jiumen was also careless and never thought of giving Lin Yan a name. He always called her the eldest disciple. It was one time when Lin Yan was studying with Lin Yi that Lin Yi asked her name.
Lin Yan looked lonely. My parents didn't give me a name, and outsiders call me Daya. Lin Yi frowned and said, "What kind of parents are these? They didn't even give me a name."
Seeing that Lin Yan was even more sad, Lin Yi realized that he had hurt someone so much and quickly made amends: "That's not what I meant. Do you have a name you want to choose, or I can choose one for you."
Lin Yan thought for a while and took off a bracelet on his hand. There was a wooden ball on it and the words on it could be vaguely seen. Lin Yan asked: "How do you pronounce this word?"
"玚［chang fourth tone］" Lin Yi happened to have learned this character, but he was young and only remembered the pronunciation.
"Then I will be called Lin Yan from now on, taking my master's surname," Lin Yan said happily.
"Lin Yan" Lin Yi also read it again, "Good name"
Lin Yan has been wearing this bracelet since she was born. She once asked her parents where the bracelet came from, but they were evasive and said vaguely, "It was a gift from a distant relative when you were born."
Lin Yan felt that this bracelet played an important role in her survival. She vaguely remembered that when she was four years old, her younger sister wanted her bracelet, so her mother snatched it away and gave it to her younger sister.
But that night, Lin Yan and his sister developed a high fever. A Niang hurriedly took out the bracelet and put it back on Lin Yan's hand, which allowed the two to live in peace.
My mother always said that the bracelet was very evil. She said that when she was one year old, she would get a fever if she wanted to take it off, but she would get better immediately if she put it back on.
Lin Yan felt that the bracelet had been silently protecting her and was the only thing that belonged to her.
So Lin Yan named herself after the words on the bracelet. Perhaps when she was born, someone had expectations for her and sincerely hoped that she would come into this world.
Before the age of five, Lin Yan had been abandoned, abandoned by his biological parents and by his adoptive parents.
Fortunately, after she turned five, she had many relatives and friends.
But being abandoned by his biological parents has always been an indelible demon in Lin Yan's heart.
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