Chapter 40: Body Contract, Revenge
"Lin Miaoyin, get out here, you bitch!"
As Lin Ruhui was muttering, Lin Qingxue came into the yard, cursing, "Prince Ning doesn't love you, and you come to snatch my cousin, do you still have any shame!"
As she spoke, she took off the jade bracelet on her hand and threw it at Lin Miaoyin.
"Father!" Lin Miaoyin hurriedly hid behind Lin Ruhui.
Lin Ruhui didn't react for a moment and watched the jade bracelet flying towards her.
With a crisp sound of jade breaking, a big bump suddenly appeared on his head, and a little blood seeped out from the broken skin.
"Master!" Little Chen was stunned by the scene before her.
"Father, are you okay?" Lin Miaoyin said as she helped Lin Ruhui sit down.
She took out a cotton swab and iodine from her sleeve, ready to treat Lin Ruhui's wound. However, Lin Ruhui was so angry that his face turned blue, and he had no intention of treating the wound at all.
He looked at the broken jade bracelet on the ground and slammed the table, "Lin Qingxue!"
"Father, I...I didn't mean it." Lin Qingxue's legs went weak and she almost fell to her knees. She looked at the swollen bump on Lin Ruhui's forehead in a daze, and she was completely dumbfounded.
She explained with tears in her eyes, "I wanted to hit Lin Miaoyin, but I didn't know... I didn't know it would hurt my father."
When Xiao Chen heard this, her eyebrows twitched violently. This silly child knew that what her father hated most was brothers fighting each other, so wasn't she adding fuel to the fire?
Sure enough, Lin Ruhui's face became even darker. "Stop talking about Lin Miaoyin. She is your sister!"
"But she seduced my cousin...wuwuwu, how can she treat my sister like this?" Lin Qingxue felt wronged and scared, and burst into tears.
Lin Ruhui frowned and subconsciously looked at Xiao Chen.
Xiao Chen hurriedly explained: "Master, this is all a misunderstanding, a misunderstanding."
She glared at Lin Qingxue as she spoke, "What nonsense are you talking about, kid? Prince Jing and Miaoyin were just joking, why did you take it so seriously?"
Lin Qingxue and Xiao Chen did not help her either. She was completely in despair. Tears rolled down her cheeks like beads from a broken string.
Lin Ruhui had a headache because of her crying. When he saw her covered in dirt, he felt the pain on his head even worse. He scolded her sternly, "You are crying so much, with unkempt hair and dirty clothes. How disgraceful!"
"Just now, King Jing said that you were throwing a tantrum in front of him. You have brought shame to our Lin family!"
"Come here, take the second young lady back to Baoyinyuan and have her learn the female rules carefully. No one is allowed to let her out without my order!"
"Father, don't, wuwuwu..." Lin Qingxue was still crying when she was dragged away.
When his ears were quiet, Lin Ruhui looked at Lin Miaoyin with an irritated look, "What did she just say? What's the matter?"
Lin Miaoyin shrugged. She was wronged, okay?
Xiao Chen quickly took over the conversation and avoided the main point by mentioning the matter of Beigong Yu giving her the pearl headwear.
Lin Ruhui's expression improved after hearing this, but he still couldn't help scolding her, "She has become more and more outrageous because of your pampering. She is about to reach the age of marriage, and she can't act like a child anymore!"
Neither of these two daughters gives him peace of mind!
"Master, your forehead is bleeding. Let me take care of it for you first." Xiao Chen said gently.
Upon hearing this, Lin Miaoyin put the iodine and cotton swabs back into the medical system.
By the time Xiao Chen had bandaged Lin Ruhui's wound, the servants had prepared the meal in the flower hall.
Xiao Chen had prepared a table full of delicious food, but now there were only three of them, which was a bit awkward.
Lin Ruhui originally wanted to ask Lin Miaoyin about returning home, but now he no longer had the heart to do so. He simply lifted his robe and sat down, "Let's eat first."
Lin Miaoyin originally planned to bring up the matter of Yuzhu's body contract while Lin Ruhui was present.
But when I thought about not talking or sleeping, I couldn't help it.
Lin Ruhui and Xiao Chen's dining etiquette was very standard; there wasn't even a sound from the bowls and chopsticks hitting each other.
The meal was very quiet.
Seeing the two of them eating slowly and in small bites, Lin Miaoyin naturally didn't dare to wolf them down.
After the meal, her stomach ached.
After dinner, Lin Ruhui rinsed his mouth and prepared to leave.
Lin Miaoyin stood up quickly, "Father, mother, I came back this time for Yuzhu's indenture."
Yuzhu was startled and looked at her subconsciously.
"To be honest with you, Father and Mother, Yuzhu has been with me for eight years. She is now sixteen years old and has reached the age to get married. A few days ago, I found a suitable husband for her, but that family does not want women who are slaves, so I want to restore Yuzhu's freedom. I hope Mother will agree."
Yuzhu was confused.
The princess found a suitable husband for her?
When did this happen? She was with the princess all day long, so how could she not know?
The key point is, she has never thought about getting married!
"Yuzhu is your dowry, doesn't her marriage contract belong to you?" Lin Ruhui frowned.
"You'll have to ask your mother about that."
Lin Miaoyin smiled and looked at Xiao Chen. "Yuzhu has been with me since she was a child, and later became my dowry. How come her indenture is still in my mother's hands?"
Xiao Chen's face froze.
Over the years, she had never taught this girl how to manage household chores or manage the household affairs.
She did not disappoint her expectations. She knew nothing about these matters and was not even sure how much dowry and housing deeds she would have when she got married.
Why did you think of this today?
Lin Ruhui was displeased and scolded, "What are you talking about? How do you talk to your mother?"
"Since father is here, let's be frank. When I got married, mother only prepared half of my dowry, and even the dowry for my dowry was only half, and she didn't even give me my indenture. Later, when they left the palace, they didn't even say hello to me, making me a laughing stock in the entire palace."
"Are you now seeking a dowry from your mother?"
Mrs. Chen also smiled apologetically, "Miaoyin, you must have misunderstood something. I admit that the dowry I gave you was a little less. You forgot that there was a locust plague at that time and the farmland at home was completely barren. In a disaster year, the people couldn't even fill their stomachs, so where would they get the money to buy things? Our shop in our mansion didn't make any money either... That's why you were wronged."
"You have always been a sensible child. I thought you didn't care about these things, but you actually remembered them all these years." She said with a look of annoyance, "If I had known earlier, I should have given you Qingxue's dowry first, so that you wouldn't be wronged."
"As for the indenture for the concubine and dowry, you were too young when you got married and didn't understand anything. I was worried that if I gave it to you, it would be taken away by someone with ulterior motives. You would be alone in the Ning Palace, isolated and helpless, what would you do? I thought I would give it to you in a few years when you grew up and became sensible, but who knew you thought of me like this..."
After hearing these sad words from Mrs. Chen, Lin Ruhui felt that Lin Miaoyin was more ignorant.
Xiao Chen considered her in everything, but in the end she got nitpicking in return.
What a heartless ungrateful person!
Before he could scold her, Lin Miaoyin said, "I won't pursue the matter of the dowry. Now I just want Yuzhu's indenture back."
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