It turns out that this young master Lin is also a pitiful person.
He was born into a prominent family, but his biological father passed away shortly after giving birth to him. His mother remarried when he was only one year old.
His second wife abused him from a young age, beating and scolding him at will. His brothers and sisters bullied him, his mother didn't care about him, and even the servants dared to despise him.
Apart from the title of the eldest son of the legitimate wife, he had nothing else in the mansion.
He finally reached the age of 14, and in another year he would be of marriageable age and could request to leave the mansion. Anyway, his stepfather and brothers all wished him dead.
But fate is unkind; the rope always breaks at its thinnest point, and misfortune always seems to plague the unfortunate.
Just a few days after he turned 14, his mother was convicted of bribing officials to extort money from the people. Fearing exposure, she even hired someone to kill innocent civilians. She was sentenced to have her home confiscated and was executed in the autumn.
Lin Xianzhi was also implicated and ended up in Fengyajian, becoming a performer on stage.
Leng Qingning felt great sympathy for his plight and genuinely felt sorry for the boy!
She comforted him with gentle words and summoned the manager of Fengyajian. She gave him some money and instructed him to treat Lin Xianzhi well and not to beat, scold, or humiliate him.
The manager readily agreed, nodding repeatedly in agreement.
After leaving behind ten thousand taels of silver notes, he took Biluo and the others back to Anning Palace.
Lin Xianzhi looked at the silver notes on the table, feeling deeply moved…
At this moment, a man in green walked in and sat down next to Lin Xianzhi.
"Xianzhi, the young king seems to care about you quite a bit."
"Brother Shi Yi, His Highness is just pitying me."
Lu Shiyi scoffed, "In two months, we'll both be of marriageable age, and then we won't be able to keep our innocence. Don't you want to seize this opportunity?"
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