What do you mean by that?
Those who were thinking of taking the opportunity to impeach Lin Weiming, seeing that there was actually a "traitor" in this group, all took notice.
The man raised his head and said as he walked quickly, "You're all wrong! Who do you think that little princess is? That little princess is none other than our Prime Minister's own granddaughter!"
"If you really use this matter to impeach the little princess, I'm afraid that either His Majesty and the Regent will cause you trouble, or the Prime Minister will make you suffer."
These people all looked at each other, somewhat shocked by the meaning behind the man's words.
"But... but where did our Prime Minister get his granddaughter? And where did you get this information from?" someone quickly realized and asked.
They all knew that Prime Minister Lin Yanping favored sons over daughters, and all his sons had sons, which made them quite envious.
But now this person is actually saying that the little princess is Lin Yanping's granddaughter!
Isn't this utter nonsense?
The colleagues who were shocked just now all realized that this person was just talking nonsense, and they all showed their disgust.
"Fine, you don't believe me then. Anyway, I've already warned you. If you really get punished by the Prime Minister, don't blame me for not telling you." The man was somewhat arrogant. Since they didn't believe him, he left after saying that.
The others continued to walk slowly behind, but they all hesitated: "Could this... be true?"
“How could that be? I’m also a student of the Prime Minister. Every time I go to the Prime Minister’s residence for festivals and holidays, I’ve never heard of the Prime Minister having a granddaughter. He must have said it to scare us! He probably just has a good relationship with that Earl of Ning’an and came here to cover for us!” someone retorted logically.
They nodded in agreement, but hesitated inwardly and became somewhat reluctant to take the memorial.
One of them, with sharp eyes, pointed at Lin Weiming and whispered, "Look over there, it seems like our Prime Minister and that person are standing together?"
Everyone looked in the direction he was pointing and actually saw Lin Yanping and Lin Weiming standing together, talking about something.
However, they were quite far apart, so they couldn't hear the specifics of their conversation, but their expressions seemed quite harmonious, and they even seemed to have a surprisingly good relationship!
Everyone regretted it; they shouldn't have kept their distance from Lin Weiming earlier. If they had stood closer, they might have been able to hear him!
But now, even if they regret it, there's nothing they can do. They can only press down on the memorials they've written in their sleeves one by one, praying that they won't fall out!
Qi Sichen also learned of this matter, but said to the eunuch who came to report, "You still keep an eye on them and make sure they don't make a move. Don't worry about the rest."
With the New Year approaching, Qi Yuan and Qi Sichen had been busy for quite some time. Now, with the old prime minister's assistance, there wasn't much else to do besides dealing with the Ministry of Rites. Even with the Ministry of Rites, they simply followed the old year's rules, and there was nothing to discuss.
So he left court early.
Qi Sichen had already received news from the eunuch that Lin Wanyue had gone to the palace.
He immediately walked towards the palace gate.
Sure enough, from afar he saw a little girl in a bright red coat standing at the door, smiling at him. She had a small, jet-black sable on her head, and its soft tail drooped down from Lin Wanyue's ears, making her look extremely cute.
Qi Sichen felt a pang of tenderness in his heart and ignored his nephew calling from behind, "Uncle, wait for me!"
He strode over, stretched out his hands, and prepared to pick up Lin Wanyue.
He saw the little girl run towards him, and then he caught nothing in his arms.
Qi Sichen turned his head blankly and saw that Lin Wanyue had already been embraced by the dark-skinned and ugly old prime minister Lin Yanping.
"Good boy!" Lin Yanping smiled so broadly that all the wrinkles on his face disappeared.
Lin Wanyue whispered in Lin Yanping's ear, "Dad, should I call you Dad or Grandpa?"
“Of course you have to call me grandpa,” Lin Yanping replied in a low voice, feeling as if he were giving himself a super seniority.
Qi Sichen rubbed his eyes hard, feeling as if his eyes were broken.
He actually saw the stubborn and patriarchal old prime minister Lin Yanping holding his soft goddaughter!
But no matter how much he rubbed his eyes, nothing changed until Lin Weiming rushed over from behind and snatched Lin Wanyue from Lin Yanping's arms into his own.
"What are you doing? What are you doing! Have you hugged her enough? She's my daughter now," Lin Weiming said unhappily.
Qi Yuan walked over to Qi Sichen's side, nudged his uncle's hand, and said, "Uncle, why is this so strange?"
Qi Sichen ignored him and instead said to Lin Weiming, "Come to the Imperial Kitchen later; His Majesty has something to tell you."
"As for Wanwan, Yuan'er, you take Wanwan to play." Qi Sichen hesitated for a moment, then winked at his nephew.
Qi Yuan immediately took Lin Wanyue's hand happily and led her to find a fun place.
When they arrived at the Imperial Study and found only Qi Sichen and Lin Weiming, he quickly asked, "What exactly is going on? As far as I know, the old Prime Minister is extremely sexist, so why is he willing to hug Wanwan?"
Moreover, he had observed carefully and realized that the old prime minister's affectionate expression towards Wanwan was genuine.
More importantly, Lin Yanping had no need to fake it, and Qi Sichen didn't think Lin Yanping would make an exception for Lin Wanyue just because she was his goddaughter.
This made the whole thing even stranger.
"Your Highness, how would you know?" Lin Weiming was full of resentment and had nowhere to vent it. Now that Qi Sichen had come to ask, he told the whole story, embellishing the fact that Lin Yanping was actually Lin Wanyue's grandfather, but that the old man had ill intentions and had actually lost his own granddaughter.
"..." Qi Sichen was also dumbfounded after hearing this. "So you mean... Wanwan is really his granddaughter?"
"Ah." Lin Weiming nodded helplessly.
Although he didn't want to admit it at all, Lin Wanyue had no choice but to accept it.
"That can't be right, can it? That old man Lin Yanping is so ugly, how could he possibly have such a cute granddaughter as Wanwan? It would be more like Wanwan is my daughter." Qi Sichen touched his chin and said, somewhat unwilling to believe it.
Lin Weiming: "..."
Alright, this guy is also trying to take my daughter away from me!
It's not a good thing either.
Lin Weiming had already silently drawn a conclusion in his mind.
Qi Sichen pondered for a while and then said, "If what you say is true, it seems that he deliberately abandoned Wanwan before. So why is he acting like he loves Wanwan so much now? As far as I know, he wasn't originally someone who loved his granddaughter."
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