Lin Wan lived very close to Lin Dan. When something happened to her, her yard would be filled with crying all day long, making it impossible for anyone to have peace of mind. Lin Dan had no choice but to wander outside during the day and practice in the room at night. He lived a comfortable life. In the original owner's memory, Lin Wan was a very well-behaved and considerate sister, but in Lin Dan's eyes, she was scheming and used to playing some tricks that were not presentable. She was not someone she could get along with. She tried to frame Lin Dan several times, how could Lin Dan not see it?
The last time she fell into the water, if Lin Dan hadn’t hidden far away and not even a hair of hers touched her, she would have been dragged into the ditch by her. However, Princess Mingzhu was seriously implicated and was forced by her family to come and apologize to Lin Wan. Lin Wan comforted her and apologized in return, and they became close friends.
Lin Dan felt that Lin Wan was a very magical person. She could play people around her around and was ruthless when it came to taking advantage of them. In the end, everyone still remembered her kindness and helped her count money, which was also a skill. The most blind person was her fiancé. No matter how Lin Wan made a fuss, he accepted it all. This was really inconsistent with his title of "the most talented man in the capital".
Lin Dan knew without thinking that the incident of Lin Wan's reputation being ruined would continue for a long time, so she hid herself even more. Things developed just as she expected. After Ding Mujie visited the Lin Mansion once, he never mentioned the cancellation of the engagement again. When someone asked him about it, he said that he completely believed in the character of Prince Kang and the integrity of his fiancée, and that there was absolutely nothing innocent between them, and he would not abandon this relationship because of those rumors.
Others were suddenly speechless. They did not dare to say that Prince Kang had bad morals, nor did they know how to say that Lin Wan lacked integrity. They could only retreat in disappointment. Some people even brought up etiquette, saying that boys and girls over the age of seven should not sit at the same table, and that the two of them spending a whole night together in the wilderness was already a violation of etiquette. Ding Mujie also used the allusion of "an old monk carrying a woman across the river" to satirize these people for not being open-minded.
He praised King Kang for his courage in saving people and his complete trust in his fiancée Lin Wan, which made it difficult for others to talk about it and he felt inferior to him.
When General Lin heard about this, he became more and more satisfied with his son-in-law. Without Ding Mujie mentioning it, he took the initiative to ask Mrs. Lin to speed up the preparations and try to marry Lin Wan as soon as possible. Lin Wanman thought that Ding Mujie would fulfill her wish as he had done in the past and take the initiative to cancel the engagement. However, she did not expect that after returning home, he would act like a lovesick man and remain dormant.
During these days, he not only earned enough fame, but also whitewashed the improper behavior of Lin Wan and King Kang. Gradually, everyone stopped criticizing this matter and instead envied Lin Wan for finding a good man. Seeing that the storm was about to subside but she had gained nothing, Lin Wan could no longer sit still. She asked her mother to go to General Lin to make a scene, while she pulled a rope and pretended to hang herself.
Ding Mujie never despised her because her reputation was ruined and was still willing to marry her. On the day she was rescued and brought back to the palace, in order to retreat and advance and to demonstrate her chastity, she cried and shouted that she would not be the concubine of King Kang. If she continued to make trouble at this time, it would be really without a legitimate reason. General Lin was no fool, and Old Man Lin was even more observant and quick to see through what the mother and daughter were up to. They look down on the Ding family and want to climb up the social ladder!
As a result of this incident, the masks that the mother and daughter had been wearing for more than ten years were torn off overnight, revealing their true faces of being eager for quick success, shallow, ignorant, and selfish. Old General Lin was very annoyed and even felt annoyed when he looked at them for one more second. General Lin felt sad and disappointed. After all, these two people were his concubines and daughters whom he had doted on for many years, and they had saved his life, so he couldn't bear to be cruel to them.
Upon learning about the farce at the Lin residence, Ding Mujie felt nothing at all. He knew that it would be impossible for Lin Wan to get away with it in this life. As long as he didn't give in, she would have to do everything she could to make trouble in order to marry Prince Kang as soon as possible. The more she made trouble, the less patience the Lin family would have towards her. In the end, she would exhaust everyone's love and care and be left with nothing.
Until now, she has not realized that without the Lin Mansion and those who are willing to support and help her, she is nothing.
In her previous life, Lin Wan was rescued by King Kang after falling into the water, but the crime of pushing someone into the water was pinned on Lin Dan. Lin Dan was completely disliked by General Lin. Because she had robbed her sister of her marriage and then killed her sister, General Lin did not stop Lin Wan from becoming a concubine in Prince Kang's mansion in order to make amends to her. In his opinion, for a woman whose engagement had been broken off, becoming a concubine for the prince was already the best option. If he still had a bit of fatherly kindness in his heart, he should not block his daughter's way of life. In order to atone for Lin Dan's sins, Mrs. Lin even gave half of her dowry to Lin Wan to take into Prince Kang's Mansion.
With the support of her family and the favor of King Kang, Lin Wan lived a very glorious life.
At that time, Ding Mujie hated Lin Dan deeply, blaming her for not being satisfied after marrying him and wanting to harm Lin Wan. No matter how Lin Dan explained, he never listened. Later, he seldom came home and gradually left her behind. Looking back on the past now, Ding Mujie is filled with guilt and self-mockery.
He felt that in his previous life he was the most pathetic and ridiculous fool in the world. Until his death, he never figured out who was true to him and who was false. He abandoned the one who treated him sincerely, but protected the one who was insincere as if he were a treasure. If he could go back to his previous life, he really wanted to dig up his own grave with his own hands, throw the tablet belonging to Lin Wan in his arms into the fire along with his own bones and burn them.
It is said that husband and wife share the same roots in life and death, so Lin Dan's tomb is located next to his. If she knew about this in her previous life, she would probably feel that it was a great insult to lie side by side with a blind and fool like him.
The more Ding Mujie thought about it, the more ashamed he felt, and his heart felt like it was being fried in oil or on fire. But he did everything he should do. He had already missed Lin Dan in this life and had no way to make it up to her, so he could only do his best to help the Lin family avoid the impending disaster.
While he was secretly planning, Lin Wan was not idle either. On the one hand, she threatened General Lin with death, and on the other hand, she asked her mother to use the grace of saving her life in the past to force General Lin to agree to her marriage with King Kang. Lin Dan had never been framed by Lin Wan and had never been accused of so many crimes in her life, so General Lin and Madam Lin did not feel guilty towards Lin Wan, so they were unwilling to give in. Ding Mujie has made it clear that he doesn't care about rumors and is willing to believe in his fiancée's innocence and will marry her as scheduled. Under such circumstances, the Lin family proposed to cancel the engagement first, and then sent Lin Wan to Prince Kang's Mansion as a concubine. What were they planning to do? Submit a letter of surrender to Prince Kang’s palace?
It doesn’t matter how outsiders will laugh at the Lin family. What matters is what the emperor will think? Will he doubt the loyalty of the Lin family and take some measures... Since it concerns the family's century-long plan, Mr. Lin will never agree to this marriage, and General Lin naturally does not dare to nod his head.
Lin Wan made trouble many times in a row. Once, she almost hanged herself on the door beam. After being rescued by a maid, her throat was damaged and she could not speak for several days. Aunt Shi knelt at the door of General Lin's study for three days and three nights, without eating a single grain of rice or drinking a single drop of water, and she almost had a miscarriage. Only then did General Lin learn that Aunt Shi was pregnant again, and he quickly took her back to the room. I don’t know what the two of them talked about in the room, but when they went out again, General Lin actually relaxed a little and comforted Lin Wan in a kind voice.
There was a constant commotion in the mansion all day long, causing her eldest granddaughter to be afraid to go home or enter the house. She lost a lot of weight. The old lady felt very distressed. She suppressed Mr. Lin forcefully and made a decision: "She is willing to be a lowly concubine, so let her go. Our Lin family will not stop her. Come, pack the luggage for Shi and Lin Wan, send them to the manor in the suburbs of Beijing, and give them the land deeds of the manor so that they can live alone. From now on, there will be no Aunt Shi and Miss Seven in our Lin Mansion. If anyone calls them the wrong names, they will be beaten with twenty boards and driven out! For the old family," the old lady looked at Mrs. Lin and carefully instructed: "Prepare a generous gift to the Ding family and tell Mu Jie that Lin Wan has passed away due to illness. After all, our two families are not destined to be relatives. Don't let him be sad. If there is a chance in the future, I, an old bone, will personally go out to find a good daughter-in-law for him."
Madam Lin glanced at Lin Tie and said in embarrassment, "But old lady, what about the baby in Aunt Shi's belly?"
The old lady snorted coldly: "Let her raise it herself. She has her own ideas."
The old lady didn't care much about anything in the family, but once she opened her mouth, even Mr. Lin had to obey her, and General Lin didn't dare to speak casually. Aunt Shi and Lin Wan were dumbfounded this time. They cried and shouted, unwilling to leave the Lin Mansion. They even crawled on their knees and tried to hug the old lady's thighs, but were kicked away one by one by Lin Dan.
The old lady touched her eldest granddaughter's head lovingly, and felt even more upset when she looked at Lin Wan. She quickly asked the servants to tie up the two and stuff them into a carriage. In the afternoon, Mrs. Lin went to visit the Ding family with generous gifts. The next day, a white banner was hung on the gate of the Lin Mansion, saying that Lin Wan died of excessive worry and sudden illness. Aunt Shi couldn't bear to see her daughter alone, so she followed her.
From then on, the mother and daughter had nothing to do with the Lin family anymore. They could do whatever they wanted, even if they wanted to be concubines.
The Lin family's actions are not secretive, and can even be said to be somewhat ostentatious. When Lin Wan and Aunt Shi were driven out of the mansion, they cried and made a fuss, and many people were watching them on the road. But precisely because of this, everyone can see the attitude of the Lin family at a glance. In order to avoid having anything to do with King Kang, they would rather give up a favored concubine and a daughter they had raised for more than ten years. It is really difficult to win them over.
Prince Kang was severely tricked by the Lin family. Even though he was so angry that he wanted to kill someone, he still had to put on a smiling face, as if he didn't care at all. Lin Wan was no longer the seventh lady of the Lin family, and Aunt Shi was also driven out of the house and could no longer influence anyone. The two of them were no longer of any use to King Kang, so he naturally would not pay attention to them anymore. As a result, the matter of having them enter the mansion as concubines was left unresolved.
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