Chapter 686 After my husband passed the imperial examination, I became his second wife (14)
Lin Shichu looked at Yue Lingxuan steadily and said, "I recently heard that a powerful family in the capital was overthrown overnight. The family was destroyed and everyone died. I wonder if there are any descendants of that family living outside? It's really pitiful."
When Yue Lingxuan heard her meaningful words, his eyes suddenly became stern. He stared at her eyes intently, and pursed his thin lips tightly.
"Don't worry, I have no other intentions. I just want to cooperate with you for mutual benefit. In fact, when I took you in in Lianjiang City, I was already in the same boat with you. If anything happens to you, my family can't escape at all." Lin Shichu said directly.
When Yue Lingxuan heard her words, his sharp eyes finally softened a little. He obviously listened to Lin Shichu's words, but he still reminded her: "If what I am about to do fails, it will drag your family into an irreparable situation. Are you really willing to do that? If you regret it now, you can still save your family."
Lin Shichu chuckled and said, "I won't regret it. Besides, I have my own plans. We can both get what we want."
"Okay then, I agree to marry into your family as Xuan Ling." Yue Lingxuan said firmly.
Upon hearing this, Lin Shichu smiled even more brightly. If she just wanted to have a husband to reassure her parents, with Lin Shichu's ability, there were actually other better choices. But she was still thinking about taking revenge on the emperor and the sixth princess in the capital for the original owner, so Yue Lingxuan was the best candidate.
Although Yue Lingxuan had been going out to do business in the name of her servant recently, Lin Shichu still found someone to watch him in secret. After watching him for a long time, and combining his actions with his identity and the rumors in the capital, he guessed that he had formed an alliance with King Zhao of Jinzhou and wanted to dethrone the emperor. In layman's terms, he was conspiring with King Zhao to rebel.
The current emperor and the Sixth Princess had a grudge against the original owner. Prince Zhao and Yue Lingxuan wanted to rebel, which just happened to suit her wishes. As the saying goes, the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Of course, Lin Shichu wanted to take advantage of Prince Zhao and Yue Lingxuan to seek revenge on the emperor and the Sixth Princess.
If the rebellion of Prince Zhao and Yue Lingxuan failed, the worst that could happen was that Lin Shichu would move his father, mother and family property overseas, and then go to the capital to deal with the emperor and the sixth princess. This would not let the Lin family be destroyed.
"It's settled now. I will tell my parents about your marriage into the wife's family. Your status as a servant will be changed. I will explain it to my parents, and you just need to cooperate with me when the time comes." Lin Shichu said.
"Okay." Yue Lingxuan agreed. Although the Lin family only had money but no power, he was now determined to take revenge. With the Lin family's money and business connections, he could do more...
Yue Lingxuan tried hard to convince himself that he agreed to marry into Lin Shichu's family just for revenge, but deep down, he knew that he was not that eager to use the Lin family. He just wanted to agree to Lin Shichu's request.
But he didn't have the mind to explore his own deeper psychology now, so he ignored this point early on.
Now that he had chosen a candidate to marry into his wife's family, Lin Shichu did not waste any more time and went straight to talk to Lin's father and mother.
"You said you have a suitable candidate for marriage? Who is it?" Mother Lin excitedly grabbed Lin Shichu's wrist and asked.
"It's Xuan Ling. I brought him back from Lianjiang City. You have seen him." Lin Shichu said to Lin's father and mother with a smile in his eyes.
"Xuan Ling? Isn't he the servant you bought? How can our family marry a servant as a son-in-law? This is not appropriate!" Lin's father said with a frown.
Lin Shichu calmly changed Yue Lingxuan's identity: "Dad, Mom, Xuan Ling is not a servant I bought. He is a commoner. He just offended a local tyrant in Lianjiang City who was related to the county magistrate. His parents died because of this. He was so desperate that he didn't want to live anymore and jumped into the river. I was the one who rescued him. After that, I took him away from Lianjiang City under the pretext of buying him as a servant."
"If we don't buy him, can't we just take him away as a servant?" Lin's mother asked doubtfully.
"No, that local tyrant is too overbearing. He won't let Xuan Ling go unless he lets him leave as a slave." Lin Shichu said with innocent eyes blinking, "Actually, Xuan Ling's father is a scholar. He was planning to take the exam, but he couldn't because of this incident. He is very talented. You can see how well he manages my business."
When Father Lin heard that Yue Lingxuan was actually the son of a scholar, and that he was also literate and good-looking, he was immediately satisfied, but he still said indifferently: "He is indeed a good candidate, but is he really willing to marry into our family? He won't think that we are taking advantage of him, right?"
"No, I asked him about his own wishes and did not force him. He just asked that if we have more than one child, one of them should bear his family name." Lin Shichu calmly deceived Lin's father and mother. After she said this small condition, Lin's father and mother believed her words even more.
Mother Lin nodded repeatedly and said, "Of course, after all, he is the only one left in his family. If you have more children in the future, you can naturally inherit his family name."
After hearing what she said, Lin Shichu knew that they had already agreed in their hearts that Yue Lingxuan could marry into the Lin family.
Afterwards, Lin's father said happily, "Then we have to choose a good day to hold the wedding banquet and prepare well. Although our family is recruiting a son-in-law, we cannot let him down..."
Lin's mother also enthusiastically discussed with Lin's father what to do about the marriage, completely leaving aside the main person, Lin Shichu.
Lin Shichu touched his nose and left quietly without disturbing his parents' interest.
After getting the consent of Lin's father and mother, Lin Shichu told Yue Lingxuan the good news.
Yue Lingxuan couldn't explain how he felt. He was going to get married soon, but all his relatives were no longer in this world, leaving him alone to seek revenge by any means necessary.
Before the misfortune happened in his family, he had never thought about who he would marry or how the wedding would be held, but he knew that his family would find the most suitable wife for him, hold a lively and joyous wedding for him, and there would be many guests to congratulate him...
But now, even if he gets married, there will only be Lin’s relatives and friends as guests at the wedding.
Lin Shichu didn't know that Yue Lingxuan was so sentimental. She just felt that if she married Yue Lingxuan, she would have more freedom in the future. She could use the excuse of going out to do business with Yue Lingxuan to go farther and do whatever she wanted.
After getting married, Lin's father and mother would feel relieved to see her going out with her husband, and Lin Shichu could go out and have fun as she pleased.
(End of this chapter)
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