Who are the participants tonight?
"Grandpa, what do you mean?" He Yuyan had just asked when she met Yuan Weimin's eyes.
He Yuyan feared no one but Yuan Weimin, and dared not ask any more questions, immediately confessing to all those involved.
Then Yuan Weimin glanced at the butler, who immediately understood and left.
Yuan Weimin added, "Lin Huihui's matter must not be leaked. There cannot be a single rumor about her. Yu Yan, do you understand?"
"Yu Yan understands." He Yu Yan originally wanted to spread the word so that Lin Huihui would have no face to live with, but since Yuan Weimin had spoken, she dared not disobey.
*
The next morning, Yuan Bao brought the four men from the previous night, along with He Yuyan's three maids and Yuhe, to Lin Shikang.
The maid Yuhe disappeared last night. She should know that if she didn't help He Yuyan, He Yuyan would kill her, and if she helped He Yuyan, she would still die, so she hid early on.
Lin Shikang's men searched all night but couldn't find it, but the Yuan family found it so quickly, which shows the Yuan family's influence in Gansu and Ningxia.
Yuan Bao executed them all in front of Lin Shikang.
Yuan Bao added, "Lord Lin, our master said that not a single word about last night's events will be revealed to anyone in the Yuan family. Please rest assured, such a thing will not happen again."
The implication is that Lin Shikang should handle the people in the know on the Lin family's side himself, since there are two people with the surname Lin among the people in the know, and it is inconvenient for the Yuan family to take action.
In fact, Fang Lei had already dealt with the two old women who carried Lin Huihui back last night.
As for Lin Mingfu and Donkey Egg, they both share the surname Lin. Lin Shikang considered dealing with them together, but he didn't have many people he could trust here. Killing them would discourage others, especially Lin Mingfu, who was Lin Mingcai's younger brother, and Mingcai was still working for him.
Lin Mingfu and Lin Shikang knew each other relatively well and were confident that he wouldn't leak anything. The only worry was Donkey Egg, a child whose mouth wasn't very reliable.
Yuan Bao continued, “Bingzhou Prefecture is short of a sub-prefect. Our master will do his best to help you get one. You are the son-in-law of the Yuan family. From now on, we will share honor and disgrace. This five thousand taels of silver is for Miss Lin’s future dowry. The Yuan family will always be her maternal grandparents’ family.”
"Go back and tell my father-in-law that I thank him on Huihui's behalf, but Huihui is not feeling well, so she won't go to thank him in person."
Upon hearing Lin Shikang's words, Yuan Bao understood his meaning and immediately took his leave to return and report back.
Yuan Yajing breathed a sigh of relief and offered to give Lin Huihui a set of gold jewelry as part of her dowry.
"Thank you, Xiaoya."
“We are husband and wife, and besides… in the end, it is I who have wronged you. Yu Yan is my daughter, and Hui Hui certainly doesn’t want to see me right now. Please take the jewelry in for her.”
Yuan Yajing handed the box to Lin Shikang, who then walked over to Lin Huihui with the wooden box.
"This was given to you by your mother."
Lin Huihui looked at Lin Shikang coldly: "So, He Yuyan is completely unharmed, is that right?"
“It’s too late to kill her now. I’ve already dealt with the people who bullied you and betrayed you, so no one will spread the word. Huihui, I’ll have someone send you back in a few days.”
"Afraid I'll embarrass you?"
"Leaving here is better for you. Your father is doing this for your own good."
Lin Huihui remained silent for a long time before finally replying, "Okay."
Seeing her so cooperative, Lin Shikang sighed slightly: "Then you should rest well. In a few days, when you feel better, I will send someone to take you home."
After Lin Shikang left, Lin Huihui silently shed tears in front of the wooden box. She suddenly thought of Yang Cui, and her intuition told her that if Er Ya and San Ya had encountered such a thing, Yang Cui would definitely have risked her life to seek justice for them and avenge them.
But her biological father did not do that.
Her innocence and her happiness for the rest of her life were simply dismissed with a set of crimson gold jewelry.
A wave of sorrow washed over Lin Huihui; she felt a deep resentment in her heart.
*
Lin Shikang called Fang Lei into his study and said, "Make preparations. We'll send Huihui back to her hometown in a few days." Worried about being overheard, Lin Shikang wrote four characters on a piece of paper after he finished speaking: "Go around to Kyoto."
This is his only daughter, and Lin Shikang doesn't want to give up on her like this. However, Gan Ning definitely can't stay here. There's no one to take care of and educate her if she goes back to her hometown. The only option is to send her to the capital. Princess Xilan will definitely help him take good care of and educate Lin Huihui.
As long as Lin Huihui keeps what happened yesterday a secret, she will still have a place to use her talents in the future.
"Understood."
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