Lin Danzhong's drug was a long-lost secret medicine from the palace called the Soul-Losing Powder. As the name suggests, after taking the drug, the person would be like a person who had lost his soul. He would only care about satisfying his animal desires and would not care about the consequences. If one could not control himself, he would most likely die in bed.
Fortunately, Prince Zhuang was discovered in time and sent to the Imperial Hospital, otherwise he would have been disabled. But what surprised the emperor even more was that Lin Dan, who was also drugged, was able to rely on his own willpower to stay awake and prevent himself and Prince Zhuang from falling into an irretrievable situation. As expected, the Lin family members are all strong-willed people, and even the women are no less capable than men.
Because of this incident, the emperor was deeply impressed by Lin Dan. Not only did he not blame her, he also secretly sent a royal physician to the Lin family to treat her and rewarded her with many treasures.
After waking up, King Zhuang could not let it go for a long time. As soon as he closed his eyes, Lin Dan would appear in his mind. She gritted her teeth and stabbed her thigh again and again; she tore off the curtains and wrapped up the bloody wound; she pushed open the door and walked out without looking back. Although the wound was so painful, she took big steps and kept her back straight. She was like a beam of light, disappearing into a blurry background...
Thinking of this, King Zhuang couldn't help but cover his somewhat warm eyes and said self-deprecatingly: "Li Xian, you are really useless. You can't even beat a woman." Before he went to the battlefield, he had already experienced what cruelty was from Lin Dan. Although she is not a soldier, she has been influenced by her surroundings and has acquired a ruthlessness that is deep in her bones and only soldiers have. Be cruel to others and be even crueler to yourself.
It was also from this day that he completely abandoned the idea of going to the battlefield to gain military merits, and prepared to start from the bottom of his heart as a soldier. How can he take on a big responsibility when he can't even beat a woman? If he relied on his father's favor to boss the army around and do whatever he wanted, but was frightened and fled to the battlefield, wouldn't he become a laughing stock to the whole world?
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Lin Dan had no idea what kind of mental journey King Zhuang had gone through, and she didn't care about his health. She was now lying on the couch, letting two maids bandage her wounds.
"Miss, does it hurt? Would you like me to be gentler?" The two new maids kept asking, fearing that they would hurt their master.
"Just pack it, no need to ask." Lin Dan was holding a military book in his hand, reading it with great interest.
"Sister, I'm here to see you. Does your wound still hurt?" A petite woman walked into the inner room with a brocade box in her hand.
Lin Dan looked up and found that the person coming was the original owner's most beloved and most guilty half-sister Lin Wan, so she curled the corners of her lips and greeted her. Lin Wan is as her name suggests, she is very gentle and charming. Her every frown and smile exudes a fresh and elegant flavor, which is very attractive. Unlike Lin Dan, who was too gorgeous and dazzling, and seemed a bit inaccessible and distant.
Although Lin Wan is a concubine's daughter, her mother is the saint brought back by Lin Tie from Miaojiang. She has noble blood and once saved Lin Tie's life. She is considered a great benefactor of the Lin family. After marrying to the Central Plains, she stayed indoors and kept to her duties. She is quite sensible. Lin Tie doted on the mother and daughter very much, and Mrs. Lin never made things difficult for them, so Lin Dan and Lin Wan had a closer relationship than other sisters.
"Oh, sister, you are injured so badly. You won't be able to go out for several months?" Lin Wan exclaimed when she saw the wound.
"The injury is not serious and will heal soon." Lin Dan waved his hand.
"You say the injury is not serious even though it's this serious. It's all Lin Hui's fault. I never expected she would be that kind of person..." Lin Wan's eyes turned red as she spoke. She was afraid of making her sister sad, so she quickly turned away to wipe away her tears. To cheer her sister up, she opened the box and said with a smile, "Sister, I brought all the poetry collections you asked me for last time. You hurt your leg and can't walk, so it's a good opportunity for you to stay in your room and read more books."
Lin Dan was not interested in the poetry collection. He just glanced at it and then his eyes fixed on it. I saw that the handwriting in one of the poetry collections was obviously different from that in the others. By this time, the Wei Kingdom had already invented woodblock printing, and most of the books sold on the market were in neat and tidy small regular script. But this book was completely different. Not only was the handwriting elegant and graceful, but there was also a picture of an elegant and penetrating black orchid on the cover, which looked very extraordinary.
Possessing all the memories of the original owner, Lin Dan immediately recognized that this book was copied by Ding Mujie and the cover was also drawn by him.
She stared at the book for too long, and Lin Wan noticed it. She quickly hugged the book in her arms and emphasized, "Sister, this collection of poems was copied for me by Mu Jie himself, and I haven't even finished reading it myself. If it weren't for your injured leg, I really wouldn't be willing to take it out. Good sister, you must return it to me after you finish reading it, and don't lose it again!"
In fact, those books were not lost at all. They were clearly taken by the original owners to remind them of their loved ones. Lin Dan looked away expressionlessly and waved her hand, saying, "Take these books back with you. My head hurts when I see them." The original owner had always loved to show off her skills. If it weren't for catering to Ding Mujie's aesthetics, she would not force herself to read. Lin Dan was even less interested in these whining things.
Lin Wan was still smiling. She poked her head with her finger and said angrily, "I knew you wouldn't be able to hold on for a few days. Forget it, forget it. If you don't like reading them, I'll take them back. I can't bear to part with them!" As she spoke, she carefully wrapped the books in silk cloth and put them back into the brocade box.
Lin Dan patiently chatted with Lin Wan for a while, and invited her to have dinner with him. Only when he saw that the sun was about to set did he tactfully send her away. She is not a chatty person, and she is actually not interested in many of the topics that Lin Wan brought up. But for some reason, she seemed to have a lot of knowledge stored in her mind. As long as the outside world gave her a trigger, this knowledge would automatically pop out for her to use.
Lin Wan is well versed in poetry and songs, while Lin Dan pretends to know nothing on the surface, but in fact he can follow up on all the conversations. Lin Wan occasionally mentioned some obscure knowledge such as numerology, the five elements, and the eight trigrams, and she also knew them very well. She thought that she must have been an extremely knowledgeable and talented person before she lost her memory.
After enduring for more than an hour, Lin Wan finally said goodbye. Lin Dan breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing her walk to the door with empty hands, he couldn't help but remind her, "Don't forget your poetry collection."
"Oh, I was so happy chatting with my sister that I almost forgot about it!" Lin Wan hurried back to get the brocade box.
At this moment, a maid said through the door curtain: "Seventh Miss, Madam asked you to go to the front yard quickly. Someone from the Ding family is here to propose marriage!"
Lin Dan bowed and said, "Congratulations, sister."
Lin Wan glared at Lin Dan with a look of both anger and joy, then ran out with her face covered. The maid she brought with her joked, "Look how anxious our young lady is. With the real person, she doesn't even want her most precious poetry collection. Miss, I will take these things away. You can have a good rest."
Lin Dan nodded indifferently, and waited until everyone in the house had left before going to the backyard and checking around the row of weapon racks. This was the original owner's favorite place to stay. Whenever she had free time, she would come here to practice martial arts diligently, and she would not slack off just because she was a woman. But since that day when she and Lin Wan secretly saw Ding Mujie's appearance in Mingjue Temple and heard about his talent, she became obsessed with him, gradually gave up martial arts and turned to learning poetry and songs. She was not good at studying at all. She got a headache when she saw poetry or books, but she always persisted.
Lin Dan didn’t know whether the original owner’s persistence had any meaning. She only knew that she would never change for anyone. Whenever she thought about becoming a man's vassal and losing herself because of so-called "love", she would feel an extremely strong sense of rejection in her heart.
In order to dispel this depressing feeling, she picked up a big sword and danced with it vigorously.
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On the other side, Ding Mujie was standing in the hall, respectfully bowing to General Lin and Mrs. Lin.
Madam Lin said casually, "In the future, Lin Wan will be in your care. You have met all the sisters. Lin Wan is the softest, not as strong and competitive as Dan'er. Don't bully her."
Ding Mujie promised immediately, "I will take good care of Lin Wan, please rest assured. I have only met Lin Wan among the sisters, and I don't know what the other ones are like, but I think they are not bad. A gentle temperament has its advantages, and a strong temperament has its advantages. There are many kinds of people, it just depends on whether you can meet the right one."
Ding Mujie's words made Mrs. Lin completely relieved. Lin Dan said that he had never met Ding Mujie, and Ding Mujie also said that he had never met Lin Dan. How could the two of them have an affair? The maidservant was indeed making random comments.
Ding Mujie didn't show it on his face, but he felt a little relieved in his heart. He never expected that Prince Zhuang would be carried out of Linshui Pavilion. He thought that Lin Dan had caused a big disaster this time and offended the royal family. Later, after inquiring from many sources, he learned that Lin Dan was not involved, and he was relieved.
In order to prevent any further complications, he immediately urged his mother to come to the Lin family to propose marriage, so as to avoid missing out on Lin Wan again in this life. Yes, he was already certain that he was not dreaming, but was reborn, reborn before any tragedy happened. He had enough time to treat Lin Wan well and give Lin Dan a good ending.
When Lin Wan and her mother Shi walked into the hall, they saw Ding Mujie standing aside with his hands behind his back, looking as if he was in deep thought. He was wearing a long robe and a wide belt, and had an extraordinary temperament. His face was deep and three-dimensional, like a sculpture. Hearing the noise, he turned his head slightly and found that the person coming was his fiancée. His beautiful thin lips immediately broke into an extremely gentle smile, and his eyes, which were already as bright as stars, radiated a dazzling light, so beautiful that it was breathtaking.
Lin Wan's cheeks turned red as blood, and she immediately lowered her head to avoid his burning gaze.
Shi first bowed to Lin Tie and Mrs. Lin, then met the two relatives before sitting down to listen. As a concubine, she had no say in her daughter's marriage, but because of her special status and her kindness to the Lin family, Mrs. Lin was particularly tolerant of her. She didn't say a word throughout the whole process, just nodded frequently, as if she was leaving everything to the lady to arrange, so the two families quickly set a date for the wedding.
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