After giving Lin Wanyue her promise, Little Pink Butterfly felt that much of her resentment had dissipated.
The corpses were all warm.
Now that Lin Wanyue had taken on the task of avenging Little Pink Butterfly, it was becoming increasingly difficult for her to fall asleep, as she kept thinking about how to get revenge.
...
She slept until late morning the next day before getting up. When she did, Lin Weiming had already gone to court.
Liu Junlan and Xue Fu had already finished their chores at home and went to Jinbao Street early in the morning to help watch the shop, leaving her some food warm in the kitchen.
Since the holidays were just around the corner, the Imperial Academy where Lin Zhongyuan studied also gave a break, allowing students to study at home.
Although it's already April, the weather is still very cold.
Lin Wanyue obediently put on her thick coat, and she even added a small down jacket inside. It looked a bit bulky, but the warmth was excellent.
"Little sister, why are you up so late? Did you two encounter something fun in the palace last night?" The two brothers, Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu, were having a great time playing in the courtyard.
The two of them didn't need any servants to sweep the snow out of the yard. They had already piled all the snow into snowmen of various sizes, about a dozen in total.
Upon seeing Lin Wanyue get up, the two of them immediately abandoned the snowman they had been playing with and ran towards Lin Wanyue.
"Third Brother, be careful!" Lin Wanyue had barely finished speaking when Lin Zihan stepped on a piece of ice and fell to the ground with a thud.
Fortunately, everyone was wearing thick clothes in the dead of winter. Lin Zihan quickly got up, patted his clothes, and said with a smile, "It's okay, it's okay! It doesn't hurt at all."
"I want to fall too!" Lin Ziqiu said, running to the spot where Lin Zihan had just fallen and sitting down on his bottom.
Sure enough, a large watermark was printed on the back of his cotton-padded trousers.
Lin Wanyue looked at her two older brothers and didn't know what to say. They even had to fight over things like accidentally falling down.
"..." Fearing that the two of them might want to try something more elaborate, Lin Wanyue quickly changed the subject: "Third brother, fourth brother, I'm hungry. Could you go to the kitchen and open the pot lid for me?"
Using open flames can easily cause fires, so when Grandma and Mom went to the shop, they always put some food in a pot of warm water.
Water can keep things warm, and the ashes that haven't completely burned out in the stove can provide some heat. This way, you don't waste firewood and it keeps things warm at the same time, which is really a win-win situation.
Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu immediately forgot about the wrestling incident and rushed to the kitchen, each trying to outdo the other, afraid that one of them would miss the task of opening the pot lid.
After a series of attempts to maintain a balance, Lin Wanyue finally got to eat a hot meat-filled fried pancake and corn porridge, along with a bowl of pickled vegetables.
Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu heard that the palace had just been eating and drinking and watching Western Region beauties dance last night, and they both thought it was not very interesting.
After Lin Wanyue had eaten and drunk her fill, he took her along to find her second brother, Lin Zheyun.
Lin Zheyun now not only practices kung fu with a group of guards at the royal racecourse, but also has set up a small training ground in his backyard, where he usually practices kung fu and exercises.
When Lin Wanyue and her two older brothers, Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu, ran over together, Lin Zheyun was lifting a large rock to exercise the strength of his arms and muscles.
The three younger children were extremely curious and ran over to touch the other stones. "Second brother, if you can lift such a heavy stone, can you lift me too?"
Lin Zheyun calmly put down the stone, smiled at the group, and said, "I'll lift all three of you little brats! Try it if you don't believe me!"
Whether they believed it or not, all three wanted to give it a try.
Lin Zheyun squatted down and let Lin Zihan climb onto his back. He picked up Lin Wanyue with his left hand and lifted Lin Ziqiu with his right hand, walking steadily.
But Lin Zihan and the other two, who were on top of him, screamed with joy.
The group had a great time.
They played until noon, when Liu Junlan and Xuefu returned together and invited the family to lunch.
With not much going on at home, Liu Junlan and Xuefu asked Lin Zheyun to take care of their younger siblings, and they also wanted to help out at the shop.
But Lin Wanyue clung to Liu Junlan and refused to let go: "Grandma, I want to go with you."
"Ah..." Lin Zheyun said sadly from the side, "Does my sister not like her second brother anymore?"
Liu Junlan snorted coldly, "How old are you? Why are you still jealous?"
"..." Lin Zheyun looked at Lin Wanyue with a resentful expression without saying a word.
Lin Wanyue could only continue to use her mastery of balancing the beam, saying, "Of course I like my second brother! But I spent the whole morning playing with him, and he also has to practice kung fu and become a great general as powerful as Grandpa! I can't delay his kung fu practice."
"And I haven't seen my grandma all morning. I miss my grandma and mom so much. I'm going to visit them this afternoon."
Her sweet and gentle words made all three of them extremely happy.
Lin Zheyun patted his chest and promised that he would definitely practice hard and strive to become a great general so that no one would dare to bully his younger sister.
In contrast, the brothers Lin Zihan and Lin Ziqiu looked rather disheveled. Fortunately, Master Cui did not look down on them and assigned each of them a thick amount of homework.
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Lin Wanyue was going to the shop with Liu Junlan and Xue Fu, not only to accompany them, but also to find the butler, Wang Youcai.
Wang Youcai was formerly a member of the Regent's Palace, and in terms of gathering information, he was far more resourceful than the Lin family, who had only recently arrived in the capital.
Lin Wanyue called Wang Youcai to the backyard, and they squatted together under the eaves. She asked him, "Uncle Youcai, could you help me investigate someone?"
"Please give me your orders, Miss!" This was the first time Wang Youcai had received instructions from Lin Wanyue.
He's a clever man. He had to bribe the chief steward of the Prince's mansion to get the chance to become the steward of the Lin family. Now that he finally has the opportunity to please the little princess Lin Wanyue, he's naturally eager to do everything he can.
"I heard there's a high-ranking official in the capital named Lu? I think his name is Lu Renjia? Could you find me some detailed information about his family? The more detailed the better." Lin Wanyue felt that since she was going to help Little Pink Butterfly take revenge on Lu Renjia, she naturally needed to know her enemy and herself to win every battle.
Although Wang Youcai felt somewhat puzzled, this request was made by the little princess herself. He rolled his eyes and said, "I can find out information in the market, but if it concerns household registration, I still have to go back to the palace and ask someone for help."
"Young Miss, can we let the Prince know about this?"
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