Chapter 354: Surprise
Xie Jingyu guessed that Mother Lin didn't know that the father of the two children was the emperor.
If he had known, he would not have hidden outside the Lin Mansion that day, wanting to go in but not daring to, and was discovered by the manager of the Lin Mansion, and ran away in panic.
It was obvious that he wanted to save Pei Huaijin, but was afraid of bringing trouble to the Lin family, so he did this.
If you know that the child is the emperor's, Mother Lin would definitely not be so hesitant.
Mother Lin looked at Shen Ji in astonishment, and the steward of the Lin Mansion was also stunned by Shen Ji's words.
He knew that his aunt had faked her death and left Beijing because she was pregnant. She gave birth to the child in Suizhou, and was later assassinated. Her place of residence was destroyed, and there was no news of her since then.
He went to investigate the matter and learned that the aunt was holding a child when she fled, but he didn't expect that she had two children, and he never thought that the father of the children was actually the current emperor...
No wonder the emperor went to the Lin Mansion to celebrate the old lady’s birthday.
The child is the emperor's, so the steward is relieved. These days he has been worried that Luqiao will be discovered by the empress dowager's people. If this matter is exposed, it will bring disaster to the Lin family.
Old Master Pei looked at Chen Ji, then at Xie Jingyu, feeling extremely anxious. He had studied all his life, but when the critical moment came, he didn't even know what to ask.
Princess Jin and the Emperor...
How can one ask this?
Shen Ji explained his doubts, "Back then, the Princess of Jin was plotted against in the palace and was poisoned with an aphrodisiac. The Emperor saved her, and as a result, she became pregnant and had to fake her death and leave the capital. She was later assassinated and fell off a cliff to her death."
Mother Lin knelt on the ground, tears streaming down her face.
In fact, she knew it in her heart. When an assassin was chasing her, she barely escaped. So many assassins tried to kill Lin Qingyin, how could she possibly escape?
They had agreed that if she ran away, they would meet somewhere. She waited for two months, but Lin Qingyin didn't show up. She knew that Lin Qingyin was really in danger.
Old Master Pei looked at Mother Lin and asked, "Did you really let Huai Jin out of my Pei Mansion?"
No need to hide it anymore, Mother Lin nodded.
Their place of residence in Suizhou was discovered, so she and Lin Qingyin quickly fled with their two children.
Chen Wan was thinner when he was born and didn't eat as much as Pei Huaijin, so it was not difficult to hold him, so Lin Qingyin held him. Lu Qiao was stronger, so she held Pei Huaijin.
The assassins were chasing them relentlessly, and the bodyguards they hired were unable to protect them. Seeing that the assassins were about to catch up, Lin Qingyin asked Luqiao to take the children and run away separately, so that whoever could escape would be the best.
Luqiao couldn't bear to leave Lin Qingyin, but if they escaped together, there would be no chance of survival.
After they separated, she never saw Lin Qingyin and the young lady again.
She was chased by an assassin and rolled down the hillside. Because she was just a maid, the assassin did not go down the hillside to search for her, so she and the young master were able to escape.
All the silver and money were in the carriage. She had nothing valuable on her except a gold bracelet given to her by Lin Qingyin. She pawned the gold bracelet and lived with the young master for a few days.
But it was really difficult for her, a maid, to escape with a child. The money from the pawn of the gold bracelet was stolen, and she herself was almost molested by a local thug. She barely escaped death. She was afraid that she could not protect the young master. In addition, she also wanted to find Lin Qingyin, and it was inconvenient to take the young master with her, so she wanted to find a family to adopt Pei Huaijin.
They accidentally came to Lianzhou at that time. Luqiao happened to know the Pei family of Lianzhou, the Pei family that had a good relationship with Old Tutor Lin. Pei Huaijin was ill at that time, and she had no money to hire a doctor for him. She didn't care about disturbing Old Madam Pei's birthday mood, so she put the child outside the Pei Mansion before dawn.
Old Master Pei is a righteous man who cannot tolerate any sand in his eyes. Madam Pei is someone that Old Master Lin respects, and the Pei family will definitely not stand by and watch her die.
Only after watching Old Master Pei pick up Pei Huaijin and call a doctor for him did Luqiao feel at ease to go find Lin Qingyin.
After waiting at the agreed place for two months and seeing Lin Qingyin not come to find her, Luqiao knew that she might not have escaped. Worried about Pei Huaijin, Luqiao sold herself to the Pei Mansion by playing the victim when Mrs. Pei went out to burn incense.
On the day he entered the mansion, Pei Huaijin cried incessantly. Luqiao held him and comforted him, and Pei Huaijin soon stopped crying. Old Madam Pei thought that Luqiao was young and could comfort children, so she let Luqiao stay and take care of Pei Huaijin.
In this way, she and Pei Huaijin spent fifteen years in the Pei family.
The Pei family treated Pei Huaijin as their own son, especially Mrs. Pei, who loved Pei Huaijin very much. They thought he could live a stable life in the Pei family. However, who would have thought that when Pei Huaijin went out, he was assassinated. Although he was rescued, he was unlucky enough to offend the eldest son of the Wang family. After returning to Lianzhou, he was made difficult by the eldest son of the Wang family.
Pei Huaijin didn't want to provoke Young Master Wang, but Young Master Wang kept provoking him, and Pei Huaijin couldn't bear it anymore so he started fighting.
The first time Pei Huaijin had a fight in his life, someone died and he was sent to jail.
Old Master Pei went to Beijing to rescue Pei Huaijin. Mother Lin was really worried, so she followed him.
She knew that Old Master Lin would definitely help, but she was still worried and wanted to go back to the Lin Mansion to take another look. However, she didn't expect the Prince of Jingbei's eyes to be so sharp. She was already nervous and was frightened, and then she was recognized by the steward of the Lin Mansion.
Lin Qingyin was raised by Old Master Pei. If he hadn't known that Lin Qingyin was destined to marry into the royal family, he would have proposed marriage to his son long ago.
I just didn't expect that marrying into the royal family would bring so many problems.
Old Master Pei was heartbroken. He felt sorry for Lin Qingyin, the two children, and Old Master Lin. "Back then, Old Master Lin took a fancy to Huai Jin in the Pei family and wanted to adopt him. I refused to accept him. If I had agreed, the grandparents and grandchildren would have been reunited long ago."
Chen Ji said, "If you didn't love Huai Jin and couldn't bear to let him go, how could you not agree with your decades of friendship with Old Master Lin?"
The steward of the Lin Mansion said, "If the old lady knew about this, she would be extremely happy."
Shen Ji helped Mother Lin up. Mother Lin said in a trembling voice, "The master fell off the cliff and died. The young lady..."
Even though there was no hope of survival, Mother Lin wanted to get to the bottom of it.
Shen Ji said, "That child is at my knees, and now she is the Crown Prince Consort of Jingbei Prince."
"Qingyin... is the Consort the Emperor is looking for. She will be returning to the capital soon."
Tears welled up in Mother Lin's eyes.
Happy for Lin Qingyin.
Although Lin Qingyin did not tell her who the father of the two children was, Mother Lin was Lin Qingyin's personal maid and they grew up together. How could she not know that Lin Qingyin liked the emperor?
Lin Qingyin faked her death and left Beijing. She always thought that in addition to protecting the Lin Mansion, she was also afraid that the emperor would find out.
But I didn't expect it was to protect the emperor's reputation.
The emperor took Lin Qingyin back as the Concubine Chen. Mother Lin was happy for Lin Qingyin. If they couldn't be together in life, at least they could be buried together after death. More importantly, with the identity of Concubine Chen, Pei Huaijin could return to his ancestral home.
At this point, Pei Huaijin's background has been confirmed.
Xie Jingyu asked Mother Lin, "Did you set the fire in Prince Jin's mansion?"
Shen Ji looked at Xie Jingyu. This matter was very obvious and there was no need to ask any more questions.
Mother Lin shook her head, "I don't know if it is..."
Shen Ji frowned, “Did you set the fire? Don’t you know?”
Mother Lin still shook her head, "The master was planning to flee Kyoto. On the way, he faked a fall off a cliff, with no one alive or dead. Zi Kui felt that this would easily arouse suspicion, so she decided to burn herself to death in the master's place, and she also forbade this servant to tell the master.
Zikui and I agreed to set the fire after we left the capital, but the Jin Palace caught fire as soon as we left. I don’t know if it was Zikui who set the fire…”
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