Chapter 46 Which eye of yours saw me proud?
The next day.
It was not until Lin Qingjun was called to Qi's presence that she understood why Lin Yingxue had dragged her out of the house without any explanation yesterday.
It turned out that not only did she want to use the excuse of buying embroidery thread to meet Xiao Yuan, but the more important reason was to buy her a new set of headwear for today's palace banquet?
Lin Qingjun laughed in anger. Qi and the others had kept it a secret from her for so long. Why didn't they tell her earlier, instead of telling her right at the last minute? Could it be that she was afraid of something happening to her, or that she was afraid of ruining their plans?
But, can going to the palace for a banquet, especially a flower-viewing banquet like this, be a good thing?
To put it nicely, it is to appreciate the flowers in the palace. To put it bluntly, these young ladies are admired like flowers, or picked like flowers, but no one has ever asked these flowers whether they are willing to be admired or picked?
Oh no.
It's not that all young ladies are unwilling. At least, many do. They see this as a golden opportunity to soar to the top and become a phoenix. Once they are favored by a noble, or even a prince, or even a crown prince, how far will their career be? How far will they be from glory and wealth? Today they are the crown princess, or the crown prince's concubine; tomorrow they will be the queen, or the imperial concubine. What a glorious honor!
There are probably many people who think this way, and there are probably many people who do this.
However, there are also those who don't want to be the Crown Princess or the Imperial Concubine, such as her.
Even if everyone is running towards the sun, she is walking in the opposite direction, the farther away from that place the better. The sun can give people warmth, but if you get too close, you can easily get burned. You think it is bright and beautiful, but you don’t know that there is the coldest and darkest hell.
She understood this truth very early on, not to mention that she was a reborn person. She valued and cherished this life very much, and she didn't want to be burned to death.
Lin Qingjun laughed secretly in her heart, but in the eyes of Qi and Lin Yingxue, she was the one who wanted to turn into a phoenix and chase the sun.
Were they afraid that she would know about this early on and therefore made careful preparations, such as dressing up meticulously, or secretly plotting how to create an encounter with the nobles or princes in the palace, or even using some shameful means to achieve their ulterior motives?
Haha, they really thought too much. She is not like them.
However, no matter how wonderful this palace banquet was, she didn't want to go. Otherwise, they would find a reason to punish her? Confine her? Make her kneel in the ancestral hall? Even beating her with a stick would be fine. In short, she didn't want to join in the fun.
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Lin Qingjun suddenly thought of something and suddenly realized it.
No wonder Lin Yingxue and Qi never mentioned anything about what happened yesterday. They didn't beat, scold, blame or punish her. It turned out that it was all because of today's flower viewing banquet?
Oh no, no, no, it’s not that they don’t want to punish, it’s that they can’t bear the consequences of the punishment.
Although Lin Qingjun is a concubine's daughter, she is pretty and has a face that could bring disaster to the country. It is not difficult for her to stand out from the other young ladies with such looks. Her good father Lin Zhi plans to use her looks to do something at this palace banquet.
If she is favored by noblemen or princes, it will only benefit him and not harm him. Even if she becomes a concubine to someone else, it will be fine for him. At least, the marriage will be established.
Therefore, even though such a big thing happened in Qifulou yesterday, Lin Yingxue never mentioned it, and Qi also endured it and didn't say anything, for fear of missing out on Lin Zhi's big event.
Lin Qingjun laughed so hard that tears came out. They actually had such a good plan?
They had never asked her opinion. Oh no, she was just a concubine's daughter. What did her opinion matter? Besides, wasn't this the same story for concubines from other families? For the sake of their family's interests and future, weren't they all forced to marry someone who could be useful to the family? Even if that man was old enough to be her father or even her grandfather, they wouldn't hesitate.
Lin Qingjun suddenly understood why the concubines of the Ningguo Marquis' Mansion all committed suicide. It turned out that this was something that ordinary people could not accept.
"Lin Qingjun, what are you laughing at? What? Do you think that if you enter the palace and attend the banquet, others will be attracted to you?"
"Don't dream. Just because you're a concubine's daughter, they won't even look at you."
Lin Yingxue stopped pretending and spoke with sharp words.
Lin Qingjun looked at her incredulously, "Why, sister, do you think I'm proud and laughing?"
She was not polite anymore, "Which eye of yours is looking at me? Are you proud of it?"
Oh, did she really think that everyone thought this was a happy thing like her?
"you?"
Lin Yingxue was so angry that her face turned blue. Before yesterday, she thought she was the heroine and all the men had to revolve around her. She also wanted to make them suffer a miserable end that they could see but not get.
However, since yesterday, this long-held belief seems to have been shattered.
Her fiancé disregarded her reputation for another woman, and Xiao Yuan, who was deeply in love with her, was so jealous and angry that Lin Qingjun protected another man that he forgot to consider her feelings.
It was just yesterday that she clearly felt that something seemed to have changed. Things were no longer centered around her, and she was no longer the most important one.
She really disliked this feeling, even hated it. She wanted everyone to care about her, love her, and even go fishing in the middle of winter for her, instead of taking their eyes off her and taking their hearts away from her.
Lin Yingxue dug her fingertips deep into her palm. She didn't understand why things had turned out this way. What right did Lin Qingjun have to make two men jealous of her? And why did her father arrange for her to attend the palace banquet? She was just a concubine's daughter.
"That's enough, shut up."
"And you, Lin Qingjun, Yingxue is your elder sister. How can you speak to her in such a manner? Have you learned all the rules?"
Qi slammed the table and stood up.
Lin Qingjun knelt down. She did not look at the beautiful dress and pretty pearl headpiece prepared for her on the table. She just lowered her head deeply and said.
"Mother, I feel that we cannot enter this palace."
She was telling the truth and not lying.
Lin Yingxue snorted coldly, "Lin Qingjun, if you say we can't enter, then we won't enter? Can you bear the responsibility of ruining our father's plan? Who do you think you are?"
After all, Qi had been the head of the family for so many years, and she heard the hidden meaning in Lin Qingjun's words.
"Yingxue, shut up."
"Lin Qingjun, why don't you tell me why we can't enter this palace?"
Qi's eyes were grim. "If what you said is wrong, not only will this lady not forgive you, but even your father will not forgive you. You must think carefully before you speak."
This matter was of great importance, and she knew it. Otherwise, she would not have tolerated Lin Qingjun buying any embroidery headwear. Faced with the major issues of the Lin family, she knew how to make the decision.
What's more, even if she became a nobleman's concubine, she would still have a way to control her and make her do things for her obediently.
So, she agreed to attend the palace banquet, but she didn't tell her because she didn't want her to get too proud of herself.
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