Chapter 159: Going to the Border
"Lord Lin, could you have seen it wrong?"
Song Qingqing was surprised, "Aren't all the descendants of the Prime Minister's Mansion exiled?"
"I hope I'm wrong." Lin Zhiyu murmured.
The topic came to an abrupt end, and they didn't go into it any further.
After waiting for another half an hour, Lin Mobai finally came out of Yu's study.
The three of them looked at each other and did not continue to speak here, but chose to leave the palace first.
After leaving the palace, before they asked, Lin Mobai took the lead and said, "Your Majesty did not embarrass me, he just asked me some questions."
"What questions?" Song Qingqing was worried.
Lin Mobai looked at her and pursed his lips, "What do you think about the invasion of the enemy?"
"After I told him my opinion, the border war was tense, and His Majesty asked me if I was willing to go."
Song Qingqing's heart tightened and she stared at him closely.
Lin Mobai looked away and lowered his eyes, "I agreed."
Song Qingqing was stunned.
Lin Zhiyu was sharp-witted and realized that Lin Mobai should have hidden something, but he did not ask at this moment.
"Mr. Lin, you..." Song Qingqing bit her lip.
Before she finished speaking, Lin Mobai looked at her steadily and said, "Princess, wait for me to return triumphantly."
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Lin Mansion, study, the quarrel between the two almost overturned the room.
"No!"
Lin Qiming was furious. "The border war has been tense recently. The enemy has produced an invincible evil god who is cruel and merciless. Even Fu Rui suffered a terrible defeat at his hands. You are young and have no experience. How can you go?!"
"Dad!"
Lin Mobai knelt on the ground, his eyes sparkling. "How can you achieve success if you don't go? How can you fulfill your promise to His Majesty to marry the princess?!"
Lin Qiming was stunned. He closed his eyes and sighed deeply.
"My eldest brother won the first place in the spring examination at a young age, and now he is the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue. Although you didn't say it, I know that if the emperor hadn't been worried that my eldest brother's promotion too quickly would displease the court officials, I'm afraid the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue would have been his long ago, and now he is just one step away from the door."
"Although my third brother is young, he is not going to take the path of imperial examinations to enter the officialdom, nor is he going to join the army.
Instead, with your tacit approval, he is going to do business." "He has had a talent for business since he was a child, and we have all seen it. Now he has made Shenghuai Restaurant, Shuiqing Restaurant, various tea shops, and foreign trade flourish, and has become a strong backing behind the Lin family."
"And what about me?"
Lin Mobai clenched his fists, his eyes sad, "I haven't accomplished anything."
Lin Qiming's lips trembled.
"Mobai, you can't say that. You have been proficient in military tactics since you were young. You once used a plan to stop thousands of troops. If it weren't for you, your third brother might not be standing here intact now."
"You also came out of the mountains of swords and seas of blood with me..."
Lin Zhiyu pressed Lin Mobai's shoulder with a gloomy face and said coldly, "Dad is right. Our Lin family is a family of generals. We have been accustomed to life and death since childhood. Among the three brothers, you are the best at military tactics, and you are also the most suitable person to inherit dad's mantle. My third brother and I are just not good at this path, so we have to find another way. Dad and mom didn't force us, but Mobai, you can't belittle yourself because of this."
Lin Mobai's expression moved slightly, and his eyes were slightly red.
"Forget it, forget it. If you want to go, go ahead." Lin Qiming sighed. After a long while, he stood with his hands behind his back, his face solemn. "Since you are going, you must not bring shame to the Lin family, understand?"
"Yes!" Lin Mobai nodded solemnly.
"However," Lin Qiming changed the subject and narrowed his eyes. "Did your majesty really take the initiative to bring this up?"
He knew the emperor. Now the Lin family and the prince have joined forces to eliminate the prime minister's residence and the third prince's party, and their contributions are countless. Even if the emperor doesn't want to see the monks, he must see the Buddha's face. It is impossible for him to suppress the Lin family and send a person who has not even reached the age of twenty to the border just for the matter of the princess.
This is completely illogical.
"It wasn't all proposed by His Majesty."
Lin Mobai recalled, "At that time, His Majesty was furious about the princess incident, and he took his anger out on me, saying a lot of harsh words. But later, a concubine came in, and His Majesty called her Concubine Li. She praised me openly and secretly, saying that fate cannot be forced, and His Majesty's anger was soothed by her."
"After that, I don't know how we got to talking about the war at the border, and the concubine said that the Lin family is a family of generals, and now that there is a war at the border, they should naturally set an example." "
And so, His Majesty made a promise to me. If I can recapture five cities within two years, he will consider marrying the princess to me."
"Five cities?!" Lin Qiming glared, "Why didn't you say that just now?!"
Lin Mobai touched his nose guiltily and said nothing.
"Your Majesty, did you say which five cities you are talking about?" Lin Zhiyu asked.
Lin Mobai said, "West."
Both of their faces changed.
"Xuanyang City has been in the hands of the enemy for ten years. It can be attacked or defended. It is the most difficult bone to chew. It is nothing but a fool's dream to think that you can take it back in just two years!"
"You are really confused!" Lin Qiming was so angry that he wanted to teach Lin Mobai a lesson.
"Besides, the evil spirit is always stationed in Xuanyang, commanding an army of 100,000. As far as I know, the soldiers at the border have been suppressed and have completely lost their morale. They are in disarray. Only the soldiers under Fu Rui are slightly better. If His Majesty intends to stop him, he will definitely throw you somewhere else!" "
If you don't win the support of the army by then, you may not be able to conquer Xuanyang in ten years, let alone two years!"
Hearing him say this, Lin Mobai did not lose his temper, but said firmly: "Dad, I have confidence."
"You have to believe me."
"You..." Seeing him like this, Lin Qiming sighed and shook his head.
Knowing that he could not persuade him, Lin Zhiyu just patted Lin Mobai on the shoulder with relief.
"I've seen that Concubine Li."
"She is 70% similar to Shen Ruyu, the daughter of the former Prime Minister Shen Qiantang."
Lin Mobai nodded as if he remembered something, "Yes! I was wondering why she looked so familiar. Now that you mention it, it is true that she is somewhat similar."
Lin Qiming frowned, "But weren't all the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion exiled? All the women were also made slaves."
"I'm afraid there's something fishy going on. If there's no blood relationship, how could someone so similar appear in the world?" Lin Zhiyu pondered.
"Three days after Shen Ruyu was brought into the Third Prince's Mansion, it was reported that she had hanged herself. But from beginning to end, we don't seem to have seen her body."
Lin Qiming stroked the tiger's beard, "Send someone to her grave and you'll know."
Lin Mobai and Lin Zhiyu looked at each other and nodded.
That night, Lin Baoer also learned that Lin Mobai was going to the border, and heard about the Li Fei incident, which made her alarm bells ring.
[Could it be that the plot will change after changing the fate of the characters? 】
This part does not exist in the original plot!
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