Chapter 16: Unable to Recognize Daughter
Ling Chan and Ruan Yiyu did not try to stop the people from talking, so they became more and more excited.
Ling Yu puffed out his cheeks and glared at the people one by one.
He wanted to curse these people out loud several times, but Ruan Yiyu held him back tightly.
"Even if you're the eldest daughter of the Ling family, you can't stand in front of Madam, right?"
"Yes, as I said before, the elders are here, how can a junior like her act rashly?"
At this time, someone in the know reminded him, "I remember that Miss Ling was given the title of Princess by the late Emperor when she was just born. It makes sense that she should be in the front."
Ruan Yiyu glanced in the direction of the voice without leaving a trace, and saw that the person speaking was a woman who was less than twenty years old.
Ling Chan is sixteen years old this year, and it was sixteen years ago that the late emperor canonized her as Princess Wanyue.
Judging from the girl's age, she was only about four years old at that time. What could she remember?
"I remember this happened." The woman's words reminded the older people present of what happened back then.
"Oh, let's count... sixteen years have passed in the blink of an eye..." Everyone began to sigh.
Some of them started to make all kinds of guesses with complicated minds.
"After the late wife of the Ling Mansion passed away, this young lady was hidden away in the General's Mansion. Without her mother by her side, I really don't know what kind of life she's been leading."
"Is that even necessary?"
"Now this Madam Ling only brings her own children with her when she goes in and out."
"Yes, tailoring is never for the young lady."
"Hey, how do you know this?"
"My mother works as a handyman in a cloth shop. She always envies families like the Ling family, who have to make clothes all year round."
"The women of the Ling family always make clothes in three sizes, with five patterns for each size, for a total of ten sets."
"Look, where is this young lady's place?"
"But a few days ago, I did rush to make a few sets of clothes. The styles are simple, and the fabrics are not the best. They should be what the young lady is wearing now."
"The eldest lady is a princess, so the palace should have given her a lot of good things, right?"
"I don't know who got those things yet. Have you forgotten? Last year, the young lady of the Ling Mansion and the granddaughter of General Yangwu had a fight at Zui Hongyan. Wasn't it all about the imperial gold hairpin in the young lady's hair?"
Zui Hongyan is the best rouge and powder shop in the capital.
At that time, Ling Xueyao had just won the favor of Prince Huai, and all the noble ladies in the capital were extremely jealous. Besides being jealous, they also flattered her...
Liu Huaiyu, the granddaughter of General Yangwu, is different from other women. She is the daughter of a general, with a straightforward and heroic character. She is a bit impulsive and often does things without considering the consequences.
She loved the king passionately, fearlessly and undauntedly.
As daughters of generals, she should have gotten along well with Ling Xueyao and Ling Xuehui. However, under Ruan Yiyu's instruction, Ling Xueyao and Ling Xuehui learned to behave in a pretentious and contrived manner, which Liu Huaiyu naturally looked down upon.
The common people don’t know how the matter was resolved in the end, but it was left unresolved and gradually faded away.
But now that it’s been brought up...everyone’s thoughts inevitably go back to that day.
Ling Xueyao said the imperial gold hairpin was a gift from Princess Wanyue, so Liu Huaiyu said something...
"I can give you the gold hairpin made by the emperor, but I cannot give you the husband bestowed by the emperor."
Let's look at Ling Xueyao's relationship with King Huai in the past year... Instead of being self-disciplined and polite, they've gotten closer and closer.
"No way? You don't seem like the type to covet your brother-in-law?"
"Come to think of it, Miss Ling hasn't reached the age of marriage yet, right? She's so young..."
Ling Xueyao's hands, which were originally held in front of her body, had now been retracted into her sleeves, tightly gripping the tender flesh on her palms.
She didn't even dare to look at the people who were talking, for fear of seeing the contempt in their eyes.
So she could only stare at the front and at Ling Chan's back.
Ling Xuehui held her head high, and no one around her mentioned her.
"General Ling is back."
Someone in the crowd saw Ling Rui coming back.
Ling Rui watched from afar, thinking that the people knew he was coming back and were waiting here to welcome him. He was feeling relieved when he heard what everyone was talking about.
He also specifically instructed the deputy general beside him not to make a sound, wanting to go forward and listen to what everyone was talking about.
Who knew that before I could even hear it, I was discovered.
Ling Rui walked into the crowd and came in front of his family.
Ling Yu broke free from Ruan Yiyu's hand, rushed to Ling Rui, opened his arms, and said, "Daddy."
Ling Rui sighed happily, then pulled Ling Yu into his arms and gestured at Ling Yu's height, "Yu'er has grown a lot taller. He's already up to daddy's shoulders."
Ruan Yiyu deliberately did not move forward at this time, waiting for Ling Rui to discover Ling Chan.
Ling Rui did see Ling Chan, but he had ignored Ling Chan for many years and had been away from home for a long time recently, so how could he recognize his daughter?
He rubbed Ling Yu's shoulders and asked confusedly, "Who is this girl?"
The crowd was in an uproar when they heard this. How could a father not recognize his daughter who had already reached marriage age, but recognize his son who was still growing up?
How did this father become...
Ruan Yiyu also looked at Ling Rui in shock, "General..."
"She, she is Ling Chan, your daughter."
"You." She glanced at the people around her, then tried her best to smooth things over for Ling Rui. "Girls change a lot when they grow up. General, you must have been away from home for too long, so you didn't recognize Chan'er at first."
Ling Rui also came back to his senses at this time, and was shocked.
He had only been at the border for over a year, how could he not recognize Ling Chan?
But the woman in front of him had nothing to do with Ling Chan.
A month ago, he received a letter from Ruan Yiyu, in which she described to him everything Ling Chan had done that day.
She also wrote down her doubts.
She suspected that someone in the underworld was helping Ling Chan. Since it involved the underworld, she couldn't make the decision and could only wait for Ling Rui to come back and deal with it.
In addition, she also suspected that Ling Chan had learned some special kung fu.
Ruan Yiyu also deliberately compared Ling Chan's thin body with her explosive strength to let Ling Rui know the seriousness of the matter.
So Ling Rui never thought that in just over twenty days, Ling Chan had become a completely different person.
"Chan'er!" Ling Rui walked over to Ling Chan in surprise. "Chan'er's health has improved so much? She can even go out?"
"I didn't recognize Chan'er for a moment..."
His eyes were full of pity, as if he really loved her as a daughter.
But he used his eyes to warn Ling Chan in a place where no one could see.
Ling Chan smiled and said slowly, "Yes, since my father got a new wife, when has he ever recognized his daughter?"
The crowd laughed.
Ling Rui's expression instantly turned ugly, "Ling Chan, you!"
Ling Chan raised an eyebrow, a sly look of disdain on her face. What? Are you not pretending anymore?
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