"That's true. Madam Liu and Lord Liu are truly a perfect match! How did Madam Liu manage to do that?"
"That's right. Over the years, Lord Liu has never taken a concubine, and he is incredibly considerate to Madam Liu."
"Hehe, if you ask me, it's Madam Liu who's really capable, managing to keep Lord Liu completely under her thumb! Unlike my husband, who's got so many women in the household that I'm sick of them!"
In no time, the ladies began to gossip among themselves!
What? Which husband has taken another concubine? Which wife is infertile? Which young lady has taken a fancy to a poor boy?
Anyway, there's no shortage of gossip among women!
Lin Yuxin listened with great interest, occasionally picking up sunflower seeds and peanuts from the table to eat.
This is her source of entertainment during this time of boredom! She has to listen carefully.
As time went by, Lord Liu led several other officials into the outer hall.
Then Lord Liu began his opening remarks, followed by the ladies of various families presenting congratulatory gifts to Madam Liu. Madam Liu was overjoyed to see all these gifts being given to her.
Then came the eating and drinking, and some of the young ladies began to perform, trying to stand out and leave a good impression on the ladies present, hoping to find a good marriage partner.
Lord Liu and his wife were also very pleased with the watch, but just as everyone was enjoying themselves, a discordant voice rang out:
"This Liu Yong'an has single eyelids! But Lord Liu and Madam Liu both have double eyelids! Liu Yong'an and Lord Liu don't look alike at all!"
The room fell silent as everyone turned to look at the speaker, Lin Yuxin, who was staring at Lord Liu and Liu Yong'an with curiosity.
His eyes would occasionally sweep back and forth between the two of them, as if they could see through everything, leaving no one able to hide.
Lord Liu looked at Lin Yuxin with surprise, but didn't think much of it, assuming she was joking.
"Your Highness is joking. How could my son not resemble me?"
"Lord Liu, please don't mind me. I was just saying. Your son is as handsome as a flower, as good-looking as Pan An. However, there is one thing that I am really curious about."
"Your son is rather short. You and Madam Liu are both so tall, how come your child is so short? Could it be that he inherited genes from other members of Lord Liu's family?"
Upon hearing this, Madam Liu's expression changed drastically, and she looked at Lin Yuxin with horror. How could she know...?
Lord Liu's smiling face gradually froze. Recalling the Liu family members, they were indeed all tall, each of them no shorter than seven feet (about 1.83 meters), and even Madam Liu was six feet (over 1.7 meters).
However, Liu Yong'an was only five feet tall (less than 1.6 meters). At first, he thought it was because the child was growing slowly and didn't think much of it. But now that Lin Yuxin reminded him, he suddenly felt that everything about him was suspicious.
"Indeed, this young master Liu not only doesn't look like Lord Liu, but he's also not the same height as someone from the Liu family. Could it be that this young master Liu is an imposter?"
"How is that possible? So many members of the Liu family were there when Madam Liu gave birth, how could there be a mistake?"
"I don't know about that, but the Princess's gossip is never false, it's almost always confirmed! Look, Madam Liu's expression is off! Does she know something about this?"
Upon hearing this, everyone turned to look at Madam Liu. She appeared tense, cold sweat beading on her forehead. Seeing everyone staring at her, she could only feign composure, managing a smile that looked more like a grimace as she spoke:
"Your Highness, please don't talk nonsense. Yong'an is my husband's child."
"Oh? Is that so?"
Lin Yuxin raised an eyebrow and glanced at Madam Liu, then looked at the ashen-faced Madam Liu. It seemed he was beginning to have doubts!
Lin Yuxin didn't say anything more after that. She ate her food quietly, and after she was full, she got up and left without any hesitation.
The ladies and young women were left standing there, questioning their existence. Had this whole drama ever ended? Why did the princess leave? They were all left feeling uneasy.
Madam Liu's birthday banquet was incredibly frustrating because of Lin Yuxin's arrival.
Two days later, news spread that Lord Liu wanted to divorce his wife, and even his son was removed from the family genealogy and expelled from the Liu family mansion.
The ladies present at the time finally finished eating the melon, realizing that Madam Liu's child really wasn't Lord Liu's.
Moreover, Madam Liu still has secret rendezvous with her lover to this day, claiming that she was caught in the act. It turns out that the man really does have single eyelids and is only six feet tall. Liu Yong'an looks very much like him.
That man was Madam Liu's cousin from her maternal family. They had been childhood sweethearts since they were young. Madam Liu married him for the sake of her family, but she couldn't bear to part with her childhood sweetheart. In addition, her childhood sweetheart had secretly seduced her a few times, and she eventually fell for him.
The two had been secretly having an affair for so many years, and even had a child, but it was all attributed to Lord Liu.
This Lord Liu is truly unlucky. This child isn't his, and his wife is having an affair. Now he's truly left all alone!
The news caused quite a stir in the capital; people were practically stuffed with all the gossip they'd heard lately!
Meanwhile, the culprit was leisurely counting her savings at home.
After counting, Lin Yuxin asked Xueying to go out and buy what she needed.
For the next month, Lin Yuxin didn't go anywhere; she just stayed in the Prince's mansion tinkering with her things. During that month, the only letter Li Xiaochen wrote to her was after he arrived in Jibei City.
After that, she never received another letter from Li Xiaochen, but Lin Yuxin could often hear news from the border.
Qi lost countless soldiers, and the Northern Frontier used Gu poison, putting Xia in dire straits. Li Xiaochen led his soldiers in a fierce resistance.
The fighting on the border quickly escalated.
Lin Yuxin listened to this news at home, feeling extremely anxious, but she couldn't go herself.
So she could only try to send supplies to the front lines.
She tinkered with a lot of things in the past month, including grains, medicinal herbs, horse feed, and even hand grenades and smoke bombs.
We changed a lot of clothes. Although it's already mid-April and the temperature isn't very cold, fighting is hard work, and if you get injured, you can't wear the clothes anymore; they're consumables.
After Lin Yuxin had everything prepared, she went straight to the palace, pleaded poverty to the emperor, and got him to give her 200,000 taels of silver. She also asked him to send his own special forces to deliver it.
Her people have all been sent to the battlefield, so why are your people still enjoying themselves in the capital?
So the next day, about a hundred people escorted the supplies toward Jibei City.
Lieyan received a secret letter from Wang Yu, saying that Li Xiaochen was working very hard to protect her fiefdom, Jibei City, and wanted the princess to write a letter to persuade him.
Lin Yuxin didn't write a letter, but she couldn't let Li Xiaochen fight alone, so she wanted to do a good job of supporting him.
Three months passed in the blink of an eye, and Lin Yuxin's belly grew bigger. She didn't dare to go out to eat melons anymore, for fear of being beaten!
So they moved directly to the Lin residence.
The midwife and wet nurse also moved there.
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