Chapter 207 Lin Shuo's Marriage is Confirmed
The New Year is coming soon, but this time, Lin Wu and Lin Shuo will not be able to make it back to celebrate the New Year.
Lin Wu and Lin Shuo quickly arrived at the border with 50,000 soldiers. With powerful equipment such as 10,000 ten-crossbows, they easily won the first battle with a sweeping momentum.
Three days later, the army completely broke through the border defenses of the Western Xia Kingdom and rushed directly into the country.
The cities were conquered one by one, but the generals of several cities were more difficult to deal with. They insisted on fighting like trapped beasts and would rather die than surrender.
Lin Wu and Lin Shuo did not want to start a war and hurt innocent people, so it took some time.
In short, it was not until the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month that news came from the front line that 50,000 troops had rushed to the Xixia Palace and subdued the Xixia emperor.
The emperor of Western Xia was captured, his face dejected and filled with deep regret. Unfortunately, there is no medicine for regret in the world. No matter how ambitious he was and how many plans he had, in the face of absolutely powerful military force, everything was empty talk.
Lin Wu and Lin Shuo took over the Western Xia Kingdom without any effort. When the emperor received the news, he immediately sent people to take over.
From then on, there was no more Western Xia Kingdom, but there was an extra piece on Yongyao's map.
Although the ministers who took over had arrived, Lin Wu and Lin Shuo still could not leave. They had to stay here to maintain order and could not return until the situation stabilized.
Therefore, during the Chinese New Year, Zhao Xiu and Lin Changcan discussed it and decided that it would be too lonely for them to be alone at home, so they decided to spend the New Year with Lin Qian and the others at Wei's house.
It was not until mid-February of the following year, when Lin Qian was more than six months pregnant, that Lin Wu and Lin Shuo returned to the court.
Lin Wu's title remained unchanged, the emperor simply rewarded him with a large amount of gold and silver treasures. Lin Shuo, on the other hand, was given the rank of General Zhaoyong, a third-rank official.
In fact, with Lin Shuo's military achievements, it would not be excessive to confer a second or first rank. However, Lin Shuo is too young, only fifteen years old, and the emperor still has many more opportunities to use him. If he is promoted to the top rank right now, he will not know what to do in the future.
Lin Shuo didn't care about the emperor's considerations. What he cared about was Ge Wenyu, so at the celebration banquet, Lin Qian asked the emperor to grant them marriage.
"Hahaha! Great! I think this marriage is excellent. Prince Ping'an, what do you think of this marriage?"
Although Ge Xingyuan's face was a little dark, he was not too surprised. It seemed that he had been mentally prepared for this.
Moreover, Ge Xingyuan also had his own plans in mind. He knew that the emperor had been wary of him before.
In fact, the safest way to break the current situation is to send Ge Wenyu into the palace and expose his weaknesses to the emperor. This way, the emperor will have no scruples when using him.
However, Ge Xingyuan could not sacrifice his daughter's happiness for the sake of Prince Ping'an's palace, so he could only enter a semi-retired state, hoping that the emperor would stop paying attention to him.
But he had made too many enemies before, and once he thought of retiring, those ministers who were good at judging people would jump out and make trouble. In fact, they have had a very difficult time in recent years.
Now that Ge Wenyu can marry Lin Shuo, their family can be said to have truly become the emperor's confidants. This is good news for the Prince Ping'an's Palace.
"I have no objection." Ge Xingyuan glanced at Lin Shuo and said to the emperor.
Lin Shuo smiled immediately. He could finally stand beside Ge Wenyu openly.
Lin Shuo was very clear about the situation in Prince Ping'an's Mansion, so if he wanted Ge Xingyuan and the princess to willingly marry their daughter to him, he had to work hard.
Now he has done it.
After the celebration banquet, Lin Wu and Lin Shuo came out of the palace and went directly to Wei Mansion. When they arrived at the hall, they saw that everyone was there, including Chief Canon Zhao Xiulin.
Lin Qian looked at the father and son carefully and found that they had both gained a lot of weight and seemed to have enjoyed a lot of life.
"Don't mention it. As soon as we arrived in Western Xia, we had nothing to do. We ate and drank all day and gained weight." Lin Shuo pinched his stomach and felt that his eight-pack abs were about to disappear.
Lin Changcan, Zhao Xiu and Zhang Yufang were all amused by Lin Shuo.
This time, Lin Wu just nodded to Zhao Xiu and went to Lin Qian's side. He looked around at Lin Qian's bulging belly and asked Lin Qian cautiously: "How are you now? Can you eat? Can you sleep well tonight?"
Lin Wu had never made such an expression in front of Lin Qian before. Seeing this, Lin Qian felt her eyes warm up slightly. She said, "Dad, you've asked me so many times in your letters. I'm really fine. I can eat and sleep well. I'm a doctor and I will take good care of myself."
I don’t know what’s going on, but since she became pregnant, Lin Qian felt that she loved to cry. Anything could trigger her developed tear glands and make her cry loudly.
Lin Qian didn’t like to cry before, but now that she is pregnant, she wants to make up for all the tears she has cried in the past.
"That's good, that's good." Lin Wu seemed relieved after hearing Lin Qian's answer. After talking for a while, Lin Wu and the others returned to the Lin Mansion.
In the following days, the Lin family became busy, and Lin Qian would go there from time to time to join in the fun, and together with Zhao Xiu, she took care of the wedding of Lin Shuo and Ge Wenyu.
The day after the imperial decree granting the marriage came down, Lin Wu and Zhao Xiu went to Prince Ping'an's Palace to discuss their marriage with Ge Xingyuan and the princess.
The auspicious day must be chosen on an even-monthly day, so the two families discussed for a long time and finally decided to let the two get married on December 18th before the New Year.
Because after the New Year, Lin Shuo may have to go to Xixia again.
After the date was set, the Lin family started preparing. The three books and six ceremonies, the exchange of engagement cards, asking for the name, receiving the good news, and receiving the betrothal gifts all had to be prepared in advance.
"Oh! Why are you here again? I told you to have a good rest. This room is so messy. What if you get bumped into something?" Zhao Xiu and Lin Wu were busy sweating. Seeing Lin Qian coming over with a big belly again, they immediately kicked her out.
Lin Qian was speechless. She was really bored staying at home. Now that there was something lively going on, she wanted to come over and take a look.
"I know, I know. If you don't welcome me, can't I just leave?" Lin Qian had no choice but to turn around and leave.
Wei Xiaoran was summoned by the emperor today. Although Wei Xiaoran had asked for leave, the emperor would still call Wei Xiaoran over from time to time to discuss things when he encountered something he couldn't make up his mind about.
Seeing that it was still early, Lin Qian didn't want to go home and lie down. After standing at the gate of the Lin Mansion for a while, Lin Qian prepared to go to the Medical Academy to take a look.
In the past few months, Yizun College has developed very well, and many students have been sent here this year.
The lectures at Yaoxianglou are still going on. Many doctors from other places, upon hearing the news, will come from far away to attend a few classes.
As a result, many other doctors from all over the country sent their children to study at Yizun College, which had no choice but to expand.
Fortunately, the fields around Duyun Peak belonged to Lin Qian, and the expansion was fast approaching. Not long ago, news came that the academy had been expanded and the children were already enrolled. Lin Qian happened to have some time today, so she wanted to go and take a look.
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