When Gu Xiangning heard what Lord Lin said, he looked at Lord Lin with a tangled and amused expression, "You really are doing a good job of dying! You know that women care about age."
You just have to say that. Besides, who is younger? Although Xiaoman has made great contributions, that is because he started working hard at a young age.
As far as he knows, his youngest son is already 18 this year, two years older than Xiaoman, yet he dares to say that Xiaoman is young and ignorant!
This made Gu Xiangning really not know what to say, and Lord Lin was also dumbfounded, because County Master Xiaoman had already stood up and was ready to leave.
Gu Xiangning then spoke: "Master Lin, your apology is so insincere, your Lin family..."
At this point, Gu Xiangning smiled and shook his head, then chased after him. Seeing Xiaoman still looking angry, Gu Xiangning said with amusement, "Why are you angry with a stranger?"
Xiaoman snorted: "This is the kind of person I hate the most. He actually brought a concubine with him. I don't know how the Queen's mother is treated at home."
Speaking of this, Xiaoman sighed: "In this era, the status of women is still too low."
Gu Xiangning didn't know what to say when he heard this. How could he say it? With the appearance of Princess Qian Jiujiu and County Lord Xiaoman, the status of women has actually been raised a lot.
But to compare with men, that is simply impossible. I can only smile and comfort Xiaoman: "Who can explain the matter of feelings clearly?"
"Besides, do you really think that Madam Lin doesn't have any means? If she doesn't have any means, the struggle in the mansion is no weaker than the war outside."
"He has died many times before. Don't worry too much. It's getting late. I'll take you back to the palace. Also, what are you going to do about the Lin family's affairs?"
Xiaoman looked at Gu Xiangning in confusion: "I don't have any plans for what to do? I've left it all to you to solve, my fiancé, now is the time to use you."
"You dare to insult your fiancée like this, shouldn't you do something?"
Gu Xiangning coughed and said, “Since you’ve let go, I’ll take care of this matter.”
As they talked, they rode their horses to the gate of the palace. When the palace guard saw that it was Xiaoman, he quickly saluted and said, "Greetings, County Lady. Welcome back to the palace."
Another guard had already gone to inform the current housekeeper of the palace. Seeing this, Gu Xiangning couldn't help but feel a little jealous: "Why don't I get this treatment when I come to the palace?"
"I am the princess's cousin!"
Xiaoman rolled her eyes: "Do you have any ambition? You actually compare your status in the palace with your fiancée. I have lived in the palace for a long time."
"Of course you are going back to the palace, but when you come to the palace, you are coming. The treatment for coming and going is naturally different."
Gu Xiangning saw that Xiaoman had forgotten what happened just now and brought up this issue again. Gu Xiangning was also amused: "Okay, I was just kidding you, but you took it seriously."
"Now that we are at the palace, hurry back to your room and get some rest. I have to go back too. Wait for my news at the morning court tomorrow. I will make sure that the father and son of the Lin family will be punished!"
Xiaoman nodded: "Be careful on the road, and come back to give me the news after the morning court session."
Gu Xiangning nodded and left. At this time, Xiaoman walked in. The new housekeeper of the palace had already arrived at the door and was just watching Xiaoman and Gu Xiangning talking.
He didn't come up, but now that Xiaoman came in, he came up and saluted Xiaoman. "Welcome back, county lady. Your courtyard has been cleaned when Siqi came back today."
Xiaoman nodded: "Excuse me, housekeeper. Let's go to bed. It's getting late."
Xiaoman went back to her courtyard in the palace to wash and rest. Meanwhile, Lord Lin, who had just returned home, was in a bad mood.
Seeing that Lin Xin, who was beaten into a pig's head, was still here, he was immediately furious and looked at Lin Xin: "You are such a rebellious son. Why did you go to provoke the Princess of Yongxi County when you didn't want to provoke anyone else?"
"This kid is fine. I don't know if our Lin family can still be saved."
The Lin family's favorite concubine frowned. She looked at Master Lin in confusion: "Master, please stop scolding Xin'er. Xin'er has been beaten badly enough, and you are still scolding him now."
"Besides, that county lady is just a county lady, and our daughter is a royal concubine! At worst, we still have the queen. Why should we be afraid of a mere county lady like her?"
When Lord Lin heard this, he doubted for the first time how his favorite concubine could be so stupid, and looked at her: "What do you know? Although this county lady is a county lady."
"But it's very different from other county lords. Let me put it this way, even if this county lord took a knife and hacked our whole family, at most he would be grounded to death, and there wouldn't be any damage at all!"
The Lin family's favorite concubine screamed, "This is impossible. How could the emperor allow such a thing to happen?"
Lord Lin snorted coldly: "What do you know? This county lady was personally appointed by the late emperor. She is the beloved sister of the prince and princess, and is comparable to the apple of the emperor and the late emperor's eye."
"Can we mess with such a person? And don't even mention that your daughter is a concubine. Let me tell you, even if the emperor banishes the concubine and the emperor's wife to the harem, he won't touch this county lady at all."
The Lin family's favorite concubine then realized what kind of person they had offended this time, but she didn't understand: "This, this, how could the court allow such a woman to exist?"
Lord Lin sighed, "What do you know? Who dares to deny the contribution of Princess Yongxi? If it were a man, he would be comparable to another king."
"The contribution of the King of Sides with You is only to conquer a country and expand the territory, while the contribution of this county lord is the same as that of the King of Sides with You. But she did not receive any reward."
"So much so that in the hearts of the emperor and the soldiers, whatever the county lady did was forgivable. Moreover, who was Xin'er? She had not done anything at all."'
"How dare you criticize the person who contributed the most to the expansion of the territory? Isn't this obviously the end of our Lin family?"
The favorite concubine of the Lin family was really frightened at this time. She couldn't understand at all how a woman could be a hero in expanding the territory, and at that time, conquered one third of the land of the current Zhou Dynasty.
"Then Master, what should we do now? How about we go to her house and apologize? Let's kneel down and beg her to let Xin'er go and let our Lin family go."
Master Lin shook his head: "It's useless. From the moment I brought you into the restaurant just now, there is no room for change."
"It would have been better if I had taken my wife with me."
The pale face of the Lin family's favorite concubine became even more intoxicated when she heard this: "Why can't I do it, but Madam can?"
Lord Lin also had a bitter look on his face: "You don't know why this county lady didn't enter the palace, but became the prime minister's fiancée. It was because of the prime minister's promise."
"He will be like King Bing Jian. He will never take a concubine in his life and will only stay with the county lady."
The concubine of the Lin family was stunned when she heard this: "You mean the emperor also did it to the county lady, and the county lady rejected the emperor?"
Such a thing was too much of a shock to the Lin family's favorite concubine. She simply couldn't believe that there would be a woman in the world who was unwilling to enter the palace.
Instead of seeking that kind of wealth and glory, choose to be with someone for the rest of your life. Of course, in comparison, being with someone for the rest of your life is very attractive, but isn’t that enormous wealth more attractive
Now is not the time to think about these things, but to think about what to do now that they have offended the county lady: "Then Master, what should we do now?"
Lord Lin smiled bitterly: "What else can we do? We can accept the siege during the morning court tomorrow. If we are lucky, we can survive and be exiled. If we are unlucky..."
There is no need to say the rest, and the concubine of the Lin family looked at Master Lin in disbelief: "How is this possible? Our daughter is a concubine..."
Lord Lin sighed, "I just hope my daughter won't be implicated."
The concubine of the Lin family still found it a little unbelievable: "Then we can go and ask the Queen Mother for help. After all, we are a family. Although we sent Wan'er to the palace..."
Lord Lin smiled bitterly again; "Speaking of which, this time, I'm afraid the county lady is still trying to support the queen. Otherwise, the county lady has always been magnanimous."
"Why would I bother with Xin'er over a sentence?"
The more the Lin family’s concubine listened, the more worried she became: “Won’t our daughter’s situation be even worse?”
In this situation, the two of them couldn't sleep and stayed awake until dawn. Lord Lin went to the morning court, but when Lin's favorite concubine was at home, she received a piece of news.
Her daughter, Imperial Concubine, was punished by the Empress Dowager and her title was revoked. Her personal maid He Ye was even beaten to death. This happened yesterday.
The imperial concubine was ill for a day, and the emperor did not visit her. This made the concubine of the Lin family worry that her daughter had fallen out of favor.
At this time, the morning court was also quiet. The emperor had just sat on the dragon throne. He had been thinking all night last night and had some ideas in his mind.
As soon as he sat on the dragon chair, the eunuch's voice spread: "I have a petition to report. If there is nothing else, I will dismiss the court."
Lord Lin has been feeling nervous since he attended the morning court. He didn't sleep last night and has dark circles under his eyes. If he is very hungry, the ministers will show their concern.
But he shook his head. When he heard the eunuch's voice, he was directly frightened. He was worried that someone was talking, and Gu Xiangning did not disappoint him and spoke.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report."
Seeing that it was Gu Xiangning, the emperor felt a headache: "My dear, what do you want to say?"
Gu Xiangning smiled and said, "I just want to ask, what is the meritorious official who expanded the territory of the Great Zhou?"
As soon as these words came out, the whole hall gasped. How dare Lord Gu ask this question? Even the emperor sat there in astonishment, wondering why Gu Xiangning suddenly asked this question