"If you want to become powerful, you have to work harder than others." Sikong Zhan handed the bow and arrow in his hand to Lin Lixuan.
"I will!" Lin Lixuan took the bow and arrow, nodded firmly, and without resting, he drew the bow and shot the arrow and started practicing again.
Lin Jinghan was still standing there, dumbfounded. In this situation, her biological sister was being so beautifully ignored? Was Sikong Zhan training Xuan'er?
It was almost dusk at this time, and Lin Jinghan was not in a hurry to do anything else. She just stayed in this martial arts field, touching the weapons here from time to time, wondering when she could learn the martial arts of this world.
Sikong Zhan didn't seem to be in a hurry. He called a few people and gave them some instructions. Then he sat calmly on a stool beside him, looking at Lin Jinghan with a gleam in his eyes.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and the instructor asked Lin Lixuan to rest for a while. Lin Lixuan excitedly walked up to Lin Jinghan and said, "Sister, how is it? I'm making great progress, right? The instructor is praising me."
"Xuan'er is amazing! You've been training for so long, you must be hungry, right?" Lin Jinghan took out a handkerchief and gently wiped the sweat off Lin Lixuan's face. After thinking for a moment, she looked at the instructor and said, "Instructor Han, how about we stop here for today?"
Instructor Han wanted to nod in agreement. With the prince watching, he felt a lot of pressure. However, precisely because the prince was here, he couldn't make his own decisions. He could only bow respectfully to Sikong Zhan and say, "Your Highness..."
Sikong Zhan was in a good mood and nodded, saying, "Go and invite Guard Captain Lin back and tell the kitchen to prepare dinner."
They moved to the dining room. Lin Jinghan took Lin Lixuan and talked and laughed, deliberately ignoring Sikong Zhan.
Lin Lixuan had never seen the world and was naive. He didn't notice the confrontation between Lin Jinghan and Sikong Zhan at all. He just followed his sister and chatted happily. He completely forgot that he had a "brother-in-law", which in turn isolated Sikong Zhan.
Not long after, Lin Dayong came back. When he walked to the door of the room, he was stunned for a moment when he saw his adopted daughter in gorgeous and noble clothes.
Lin Jinghan looked at Lin Dayong at the door. The man before her no longer had the violent temper that used to beat and scold his wife and daughter. He seemed to have just woken from a dream. There was a longing for a new life in his eyes, as well as a faint, vicissitudes of life...
He still remembered those days. After his mother passed away, the three of them went to Fengyao City. Until Lin Lixuan was arrested and Lin Jinghan was forced to leave with the people from the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lin Dayong was always immersed in the grief of his mother's death.
It's been less than a month since they separated, and he is no longer the man who gets drunk and beats people all day long, nor is he the man who is always sad. Perhaps, he will be a qualified father - Xuan'er's father.
"Dad!" Lin Jinghan stood up and bowed to Lin Dayong - this was the first time she saluted her adoptive father. This was to tell everyone in the Jingnan Palace that this man was her dad, and as long as she was still the princess, no one could look down on him.
For more than a decade, Lin Dayong had lived in a daze. Now, as if waking from a dream, facing the adopted daughter he had treated as a thorn in his side for more than a decade, he knew that Lin Jinghan was no longer the daughter who allowed him to be beaten and scolded. He clasped his fists and bowed, "Princess."
"Daddy, this is really embarrassing for Jinghan. You raised Jinghan, how can she accept your gift?" Lin Jinghan hurriedly helped Lin Dayong up, pulled him to sit at the dinner table, pointed at Sikong Zhan and introduced him:
"Daddy, this is Sikong Zhan, Prince of Jingnan, Jinghan's husband."
Lin Dayong had been a guard at the Prime Minister's Mansion in his early years. He knew that as a small figure, he was not qualified to speak in front of a great prince, so he bowed deeply and said, "Lin Dayong greets Prince Jingnan. Thank you for your hospitality and care these days."
"Yeah." Sikong Zhan responded casually, still sitting upright, not behaving like a father-in-law at all - not to mention that Lin Dayong was only Lin Jinghan's adoptive father, even if Lin Xiang was so respected by Lin Jinghan, he would not necessarily be polite to Lin Xiang.
"The prince has always been like this. Father, there is no need to mind it." Lin Jinghan did not expect Sikong Zhan to have any good attitude. As long as he did not speak out to spoil the fun, she would be fine. She helped Lin Dayong up, pulled him to sit down, and ordered the banquet to begin.
Lin Dayong didn't say much and sat upright.
Perhaps because Sikong Zhan's attitude was not very good, the atmosphere in the room was a bit depressing, and Lin Dayong and his son did not speak anymore.
Lin Jinghan looked up at the sky speechlessly, rolled her eyes at Sikong Zhan, picked up the serving chopsticks in front of her, and enthusiastically served food to Lin Dayong and Lin Lixuan - the colder Sikong Zhan was to the father and son, the more enthusiastic she would be, otherwise, who knows how these servants of Jingnan Palace would view the father and son.
She couldn't stay with them forever. They couldn't leave the Jingnan Palace for a while, so she wanted everyone here to know that they were not poor relatives from the countryside, but her, Lin Jinghan - the relatives that Princess Jingnan cared about the most.
After dinner, they didn't chat for long. Lin Dayong left first to continue learning to be a guard captain, while Lin Lixuan also started his evening study - playing the piano.
Seeing the father and son making such progress, Lin Jinghan was very satisfied. She stared into Sikong Zhan's eyes and said sincerely:
"Your Highness, thank you for your thoughtful arrangements for my family." Since you are so thoughtful, I will not mind the fact that you secretly took them away without telling me before.
"You are my princess." Sikong Zhan looked into Lin Jinghan's eyes. This wasn't the first time he saw sincerity in her eyes, but only this time did he clearly feel that she wasn't pretending.
So, this is "Love the house and love the dog"? Lin Jinghan was suddenly a little touched, but unexpectedly, Sikong Zhan added a sentence that directly extinguished her newly rising emotion - "As long as you stay by my side, I will ensure that your family has a worry-free future."
"Yeah." Lin Jinghan looked up at the sky speechlessly, imitating Sikong Zhan's tone and casually responded. Then she abruptly changed the subject, "I need to go check on Xuan'er's study arrangements before I feel at ease."
Without waiting for Sikong Zhan to respond, she went straight to find Instructor Han, leaving him alone there.
When Teacher Han saw the princess asking about her brother's study arrangements, he gave a very serious report.
Lin Lixuan's current study schedule is very tight. He gets up at the beginning of the morning, does morning exercises for quarter of an hour, then has breakfast and reads for an hour. After that, he also has horseback riding, archery, chess, calligraphy, painting, martial arts, etc. The schedule is full, and it is completely intended to cultivate an all-round talent.
Come to think of it, in her previous life, even the nine high school subjects combined weren't as rich and varied as Lin Lixuan's current studies, right? "Teacher Han, who arranged this assignment?" Lin Jinghan frowned, confused as to why Lin Lixuan was actually happy despite such intense study.
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