"Every place has its own rules. What is the Jianghu? Anyone who burns, kills, robs, or takes lives can call themselves a Jianghu person. As long as one's skills are strong enough, they can gain both fame and fortune."
Chang Huaijin's tone was very calm, and it was obvious that he did not agree with this idea. However, as long as most people acquiesced to this rule, one person's disagreement seemed particularly insignificant.
Lin Chunhuan sighed again, and slumped down on a recliner beside him, half-closed his eyes as he watched Chang Huaijin's busy figure, "I just don't believe that with so many people in the imperial court, they can't deal with the people from the martial arts world!"
"Of course, but what's the price?"
Chang Huaijin hugged a pink skirt, turned around and sighed, "The affairs of the martial arts world are decided by the martial arts world. If the imperial court does not intervene, then naturally there will be people with open minds and justice to suppress it and achieve a balanced situation."
"But once the imperial court intervenes, the delicate balance will be broken. Ah Huan, do you believe that in the end, it will be the people at the bottom who suffer. The emperor is a wise ruler."
"But his fault lies in the fact that he is a wise ruler."
"He is a wise ruler, so he won't use the lives of the people to fill a hole. He is a wise ruler, so even though he knows that clearing up the martial arts world will be a great achievement for generations to come, he still won't do it."
Chang Huaijin paused and put the pink skirt on the top layer. He remembered clearly that this was the one Lin Chunhuan wore most often. "The emperor's love is often not a good thing."
"But our emperor is a sentimental emperor."
Lin Chunhuan was silent. This topic was a bit heavy and she didn't want to continue. "I was talking to you about Aunt Jiang. Why did you bring up my father again?"
"What's wrong with my mother-in-law? Why is she so afraid of Aunt Jiang? She doesn't look like herself at all!"
"I'm not afraid."
Chang Huaijin pursed his lips and said, "It's guilt."
"Is there something hidden?"
Seeing Chang Huaijin hesitate to speak, Lin Chunhuan blinked and said, "It's okay. If it's really inconvenient for you to tell me, you don't have to tell me."
"My mother passed away early, and I lived alone in Liuxia Palace since I was a child. It wasn't until I married you that I finally had the chance to call her mother again. So... I just felt a little wronged because I couldn't see her."
When saying this, Lin Chunhuan had a calm expression, even with a hint of a smile on his face, as if he didn't really care.
But in this world, the person who knows her best, apart from Caiyun who has always been by her side, is probably Chang Huaijin.
He guarded her figure day and night, and witnessed all her loneliness and desolation.
Although Lin Chunhuan always looks cheerful and cheerful in front of others, Chang Huaijin knows that his little girl is actually lonely at heart.
"Actually, it's not that I can't tell you." Chang Huaijin took a deep breath, and finally couldn't bear the loneliness that flashed across her beautiful eyes. "It's just that a son shouldn't talk about his father's faults. After all, we are family. Mother won't mind."
"It was more than ten years ago. Back then, Aunt Jiang was even more arrogant and domineering than she is now. Not only did she try to outdo Mother in everything, but when Mother was pregnant, she also spread rumors more than once, saying that the child in Mother's belly was not my father's."
"It was just the beginning of autumn, and the weather was extremely hot. Mother was pregnant and easily overheated, so she took the girl to the garden in the evening to cool off. She accidentally ran into a villain who was planning to harm her. Mother was terrified and hid behind a rockery with the girl for a full hour before she dared to move."
"Back then, Aunt Jiang came to stay at our villa, just like she does now. Mother returned home, intending to tell Father about the uninvited guest, but she ran into Aunt Jiang pestering Father. The scene... was rather unbearable. Although Father ignored her and even flew into a rage and drove Aunt Jiang away, Mother still resented her."
"So," Lin Chunhuan probably guessed what happened next, "Mother didn't tell anyone about the criminals, and the person who was taken away was not Mother, but Aunt Jiang?"
Seeing Chang Huaijin nod, Lin Chun cheered and breathed a sigh of relief, feeling a little depressed in his heart, "What happened next? Isn't Aunt Jiang fine now?"
"Nothing happened later."
Chang Huaijin swallowed his saliva. "That group of people acted very decisively. They were out to kill people. My aunt was stabbed several times and was still at the foot of the mountain. She was found by people from the villa that day."
"Aunt Jiang was lucky. She survived the three fatal wounds. However, one of the sword wounds was in her lower abdomen, which made her unable to have children. This made my mother feel very guilty. She couldn't bear the condemnation of her conscience and spoke out. Although it wasn't my mother who hurt her, but..."
Chang Huaijin was unable to say the following words, just as he said, a son should not speak of his father's faults.
No matter who was wrong about what Mrs. Chang did back then, it was not something he, as her son, could discuss.
Lin Chunhuan also fell silent.
But I don’t find it strange.
There may really be absolutely good people in this world, but most people are a mixture of good and evil. As long as they are generally good, they will be judged as a good person.
Mrs. Chang is such a person.
She is kind and generous, has saved many people and helped many people. She is not a petty person and is always compassionate, but even so.
Amidst the intrusion of rumors and gossip, and when she saw her sister shamelessly seducing her husband, the evil in her heart temporarily controlled her reason.
Lin Chunhuan didn't want to judge whether this matter was right or wrong, and she was not qualified to do so.
"But even if Mother feels guilty towards Aunt Jiang, she can't let her do this. Aunt Jiang and Second Uncle are having such an unclear relationship, and your Second Aunt is also innocent."
"My parents never let me interfere in the affairs of our elders."
Chang Huaijin walked up and took Lin Chunhuan's hand, "You are still pregnant, so don't get involved in these dirty things."
"I don't care about other people, but if anything goes wrong between you and the baby in your belly, I won't be able to forgive myself, so, even if it's for me."
Hearing this, Lin Chunhuan smiled with his eyebrows curved, "Do you want to hear the truth, or do you want to hear something nice?"
"Um?"
In Chang Huaijin's puzzled eyes, Lin Chun laughed and said, "If you want to hear something nice, then don't worry, I can't bear to make you sad, and I will definitely protect myself."
"To be honest, Huaijin, I, Lin Chunhuan, cherish my life more than anyone else. Even without you and the child in my belly, I will definitely live well."
Chang Huaijin: "..."
I feel a little angry, but also a little relieved. What's going on?
Just as they were getting along, Caiyun knocked on the door. "Princess, the steward in front came to say that Princess Lingyan is coming to visit. Madam asked you to pack up and come over to meet her."
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