Her heart was not made of stone. After hearing his confession, the defenses she had just built up collapsed.
But the man before her was the King of Jingnan! And she was just a lonely soul in another world. Could a man like him really love her wholeheartedly forever? Could she really give her heart to him without worry?
But in this life and past life, this was the first time she fell in love with a man, and now she wanted to give them a chance regardless of anything, so that when she thought about this relationship in the future, she would not regret it.
"Sikong Zhan, I, Lin Jinghan, am a very selfish woman. My man must be devoted to me, with my heart and eyes full of me. He must put me first in everything and never look at other women again. In this life, I will support him until we grow old, and never leave him. If you can't do that, please don't provoke me, because I will take it seriously."
He gently hugged her shoulders, stared into her eyes, and said very seriously:
"That's exactly what happened. I'm like that too. Once I've chosen someone, I'll be with her forever. I won't let anyone hurt her, not even myself. And you, Lin Jinghan, are the one I've chosen. Are you willing to follow me and spend our lives together?"
Her eyes curved, her heart was moved and extremely happy. But the man in front of her had a criminal record, and his skills in deceiving girls were all written in a small notebook. He would not let her get her heart so easily! Men, they would not cherish things that were too easy to get! She turned her head away deliberately,
"Your Majesty, don't rush to make such nice words. Promises are not made with words, but proved with actions."
He frowned, "Jinghan, can you tell me how you will prove it with your actions?"
"Isn't your deputy general good at this? Go ask him! He will definitely be able to write a big notebook full of suggestions for you!" Lin Jinghan rolled her eyes at him and left, but the smile that could not be hidden at the corner of her mouth showed that she was in a very good mood at the moment.
Lin Wanrou was also in a very good mood. That day, she advised the Emperor to allow Crown Prince Nanzhao and the Jingnan Prince and his wife to attend the flower viewing banquet together. Then, she arranged for one of her confidants to go to the posthouse, disguised as a maid, and where Princess Nanzhao could hear, they secretly discussed the Jingnan Princess, praising her to the skies.
As she expected, the princess of Nanzhao fell in love with Prince Jingnan and had a direct conflict with Lin Jinghan at the flower-viewing banquet. Prince Jingnan also issued an ultimatum to Prince Nanzhao. It seems that the peace talks will be concluded soon.
The emperor was extremely happy about this and treated her with great tenderness last night. If things continued like this, it wouldn't be long before she was pregnant with a prince. That virtuous concubine wanted to snatch him from her, but she had no chance!
However, she is her cousin after all. As long as she does not threaten her position as queen or her children's future status, she is willing to reserve a place for her in the palace and let her live a miserable life.
Similarly, as her cousin, she should go and congratulate her cousin for regaining her favor, so after she had washed up, she went to the palace of Concubine Xian.
Now, although Concubine Xian's mother's family has fallen from power, she is pregnant with the emperor's first child. All the supplies in Concubine Xian's palace are of the best quality, and the palace servants are all working with great concentration, and no one dares to be lazy.
Lin Wanrou went to visit her cousin with a smile on her face. Naturally, they had a deep sisterly love. The virtuous concubine even invited the imperial concubine to dinner. During the conversation, she revealed intentionally or unintentionally that she just wanted to live a stable life and would not compete with her for the position of queen. She also said that they were sisters, and she would definitely support her when choosing the queen in the future. She only hoped that she could take care of her cousin after she became the queen.
Lin Wanrou was naturally very happy that her only opponent became her teammate. After dinner, she chatted with Concubine Xian for a long time, and the two got along very well.
When the emperor heard the news that the two women beside him were getting along very well, he was naturally very happy and immediately sent people to send a lot of rewards to the two concubines.
After Lin Wanrou returned to the palace, she asked her maid to get the banknotes so that she could give them as a gift to Concubine Xian.
But when the palace maid opened the box containing the banknotes, there were no banknotes, only a pile of dregs.
How could such good banknotes disappear without a trace? Lin Wanrou concluded that someone must have stolen his banknotes. For a time, the news that the imperial concubine had lost hundreds of thousands of banknotes became a hot topic, directly alarming the emperor.
Aside from Lin Wanrou, the only person with access to the banknotes was the maidservant she had brought with her from the prime minister's residence. After a fruitless investigation, Lin Wanrou suspected the maidservant had taken her banknotes. After being severely tortured, the maidservant was left with nothing but protestations of injustice. While the banknotes were never recovered, her maidservant lost her life.
The most useful maid in the palace had met with such a miserable end. For a time, everyone in the imperial concubine's palace was in danger.
When Sikong Zhan learned about this, he thought about it for a while and roughly understood that his princess must have done something when she gave him 500,000 taels as dowry. So he took this news to find his wife, thinking of making her happy.
When Lin Jinghan first heard the news brought by Sikong Zhan, she was very surprised.
She just wanted Lin Wanrou to lose some money, but Lin Wanrou was so stupid as to cut off her own arm and unjustly killed her confidant, which surprised her greatly.
"Jinghan doesn't want Lin Wanrou to be the queen?" Sikong Zhan asked gently.
"What do you think, Your Highness?" She wanted to see how much this man, whom she fell in love with for the first time, could understand her thoughts.
Sikong Zhan thought carefully for a moment and said without hesitation:
"Prime Minister Lin took you back to the Prime Minister's Mansion in order to sacrifice you and let you protect Lin Wanrou from disaster."
Lin Jinghan raised her eyebrows and asked, "Yes, that's right. After all, this was also the prince's original plan. All their actions are under your control, right?"
From the moment he brought up this topic, he knew that his little princess would definitely be unhappy. However, since this matter was a barrier between the two of them, he had to talk it out and let his little princess completely let go of this knot in her heart.
"At first, I wholeheartedly wanted to keep you. You just happened to be the eldest daughter of Prime Minister Lin, and you also looked very similar to the former Prime Minister's wife. If I had married you directly, your life story would have become untraceable when you came to the capital. Since it can't be hidden, I simply asked Prime Minister Lin to take you back and clear your name. That way, you can marry me in style as Prime Minister Lin's eldest daughter.
I originally thought that by bringing you back, Minister Lin would at least take on the responsibility of being a father, at least making up for the fatherly love you've been missing all these years. But I never expected that Minister Lin, who has been calculating his entire life and always sought profit and avoided harm, could be so ruthless to his own flesh and blood.
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