Chapter 149: The Grandson of the Marquisate

The eldest grandson of Marquis Dingguo, Song Zhuo, is already twenty years old. These days, the marquis's wife and eldest daughter-in-law are busy looking after him.

Naturally, there are also some housekeepers who want to marry their daughters into the Dingguo Marquis Mansion and will take the initiative to come and see.

Speaking of which, in the capital, the Dingguo Marquis Mansion is considered a first-class good family.

Marquis Dingguo himself was a general guarding the border, and he had fought for his position with his own sword and spear.

He is also the maternal grandfather of the current crown prince. The crown prince is now deeply favored by the emperor, and everyone in the capital knows it.

Not to mention, Marquis Dingguo's own daughter is now the Imperial Consort in the palace. The Emperor personally issued an edict, stating that she is the Imperial Consort on an equal footing with the Empress.

More importantly, there has never been any talk of the Song family, the Marquis of Dingguo, taking concubines.

Marquis Dingguo himself had no concubines, and his three sons, now in their forties, all had only one wife.

If a daughter marries into such a family, she will definitely not be bullied.

It's really a perfect marriage.

So Mrs. Lin naturally wanted to look for a suitable man for her daughter. Although her family background was not very good, the Dingguo Marquis's Mansion had never been concerned with family background. The second daughter-in-law of the Dingguo Marquis was just the concubine's daughter of a minor official.

This Mrs. Lin is Lin Yin’s mother.

Madam Lin and Lin Yin walked into the backyard and saw that the servants in the mansion were all busy with their heads down and had no time to pay attention to them and their daughter.

Although I was confused, I couldn't open my mouth to ask.

This was Lin Yin's first time meeting a family like the Dingguo Marquis, so she naturally followed her mother carefully to the backyard.

Unfortunately, Han Xishi was already engaged to Shen Baoyan, so he had no chance at all.

But the Dingguo Marquis's family is of higher status than that of the General of the Cavalry.

Moreover, Song Zhuo had been fighting on the frontier and had made military achievements.

If she could really marry into the Dingguo Marquis's Mansion, her status would definitely be higher than that of Shen Baoyan.

Although Song Zhuo is just a warrior and not worthy of me, he is the eldest grandson of the Dingguo Marquisate after all, and he will have a chance to inherit the title in the future. If...

Lin Yin walked and thought, her heart was filled with joy.

As soon as the two entered the side hall, they saw the marquis' wife waiting for them in the hall. Lin Yin couldn't help but feel a little smug when she saw this. It seemed that the marquis' wife still liked her, otherwise, she wouldn't be waiting for her so early.

Mrs. Lin was secretly delighted when she saw this. It seemed that the Dingguo Marquisate still valued her family, which meant that there was still hope for her daughter.

I never thought that this was just the etiquette of the Dingguo Marquis' family in entertaining guests.

Madam Lin did not hesitate and stepped forward: "Sorry to have kept Madam Hou waiting for a long time."

The mother and daughter bowed to the Marquis's wife again.

Song Zhuo's mother, Wei, also stepped forward and exchanged greetings with Madam Lin.

Several people sat down one after another.

"This is my little girl, her name is Lin Yin, and she is fifteen years old this year." Since Mrs. Lin came for Song Zhuo's marriage, she spoke directly.

Lin Yinfang stood up from the stool again and bowed to Madam Hou and Mrs. Wei again.

Mrs. Lin is indeed a good child-rearing woman. Not to mention her temper and personality, but from the looks of it, Lin Yin has been raised by her to be well-behaved and graceful.

The Marquis's wife was very satisfied: "He is a very polite child."

As they were talking, a servant came running in: "Madam, the imperial concubine's carriage has left the palace."

Mrs. Lin was so shocked that she stood up. No wonder the servants in the Marquis' Mansion were coming and going in a hurry. It turned out that the Royal Concubine was going back to visit her relatives.

"I am sorry for disturbing you," Mrs. Lin was really frightened this time. If she startled the royal carriage, the consequences would be extraordinary. "I didn't know that the Royal Concubine was returning home to visit her parents today."

Seeing Madam Lin so flustered, Wei hurriedly comforted her: "Madam Lin, it's okay. Why don't you go with us to meet the Imperial Concubine? The Imperial Concubine has always been the most approachable person."

Mrs. Lin nodded in agreement and apologized again and again.

When he looked at his daughter, he saw that her eyes were sparkling, as if she was looking forward to the Royal Consort's arrival.

This Lin Yin was the one that Shen Baoyan had designed.

She saw that the Imperial Concubine liked Shen Baoyan very much, but she didn't know when they met. Later, she went back to inquire and found out that the Imperial Concubine had a very eccentric personality and she judged people based on rapport. If she could catch her eye this time, she would not feel inferior to Shen Baoyan in the future.

Mrs. Lin and her daughter followed the Dingguo Marquis' family to greet the Royal Concubine at the main gate.

Song Qingyan never let her mother do such a great honor, so she stepped forward and helped her up: "Mother, I have told you so many times."

The Marquis' wife was held by Song Qingyan: "Your Majesty, etiquette cannot be abandoned."

But things were different when the door of Marquis Dingguo's Mansion was closed.

Lu Xingwan also began to struggle in Jinxin's arms.

[Mother, mother, I want to be hugged by grandma every night. ]

Before Song Qingyan could react, Song Zhuo, who had just returned from outside, took Lu Xingwan out of Jinxin's arms.

"Aunt is back." Song Zhuo looked at Song Qingyan with a smile.

"Brother Zhuo didn't go on duty today?" Song Qingyan hadn't noticed the presence of Mrs. Lin and her daughter, so she just chatted and laughed with her family like ordinary people.

"I heard from mother that my aunt would be back today, so I took a leave and came back to see Wanwan." Song Zhuo said as he lifted Lu Xingwan high up.

He likes his little sister very much.

Wei smiled and looked at the Marquis' wife: "Zhuo Ge'er said a few days ago that he wanted to go to the palace to pay his respects to the Royal Consort, so my daughter-in-law asked the servant to tell him."

Lin Yin, who was following behind the group, almost stared with his eyes wide open.

She originally thought that Song Zhuo was just a warrior, but she didn't expect that he had such a good-looking appearance.

Song Zhuo was dressed in black today. Due to years of martial arts training, his posture was straight and upright, like a bamboo, and every move he made was full of elegance.

He actually beat Han Xishi.

Lin Yin suddenly felt that her whole heart fell on Song Zhuo.

When everyone stopped, Madam Lin finally had the chance to take Lin Yin forward to pay her respects: "The family of the Minister of Personnel and our little daughter Lin Yin pay their respects to the Imperial Concubine. May the Imperial Concubine be blessed with good health."

"May Your Majesty be blessed with good health." Lin Yin also followed her mother and saluted in a proper manner.

Only then did Song Qingyan notice that there were outsiders present, so she turned and looked at her mother.

"Mrs. Lin brought her daughter to visit the mansion today. By chance, she bumped into the Imperial Concubine, so she stayed to pay her respects to the Imperial Concubine."

[Ah, Lin Yin~]

[Looking at the look on my mother's face, she must have forgotten about Lin Yin.]

[She is Lin Yin, who was in love with Han Xishi and wanted to plot against Shen Baoyan but ended up being the one who was plotted against.]

When Song Qingyan heard Lu Xingwan's thoughts, she suddenly remembered that she seemed to have never met Lin Yin before, and today was the first time they met.

Then he nodded: "You two, get up quickly."