Seeing the astonishment on Mrs. Lin's face, Mr. Lin also felt a little guilty for a moment: "Madam, what have you been doing recently?"
In fact, Mr. Lin wanted to ask whether his wife had any contact with outsiders recently, but seeing his wife looking so confused, it seemed that she really knew nothing.
"I have been chanting sutras and praying for Chu Wu recently. The master is coming today."
Mrs. Lin quickly regained her calm look. Looking at Mrs. Lin like this, Mr. Lin frowned, feeling that this woman didn't seem to care about him at all.
Just when she was feeling a little unhappy, she saw the concubine suddenly rush in and kneel down in front of Madam Lin: "Sister, I know I was wrong."
"Please let the master go and let my son go. I promise that I will never get close to the master again, live in my own yard, and pray for my sister every day."
"Sister, I beg you, your daughter is the Queen, and she has a good relationship with the county lady. As long as the Queen says a word for us, the master and Xin'er will be fine."
Madam Lin frowned as she looked at the crying concubine, then turned to look at Master Lin: "Master, what do you mean by my sister's words?"
Looking at his wife's expressionless face, Mr. Lin suddenly felt a little frustrated. She already knew his situation, but she didn't care at all, which made Mr. Lin feel heartbroken.
It took a while to explain the matter clearly. Mrs. Lin's face suddenly turned cold. She looked at Master Lin and said, "Master, do you want me to intercede for you, too?"
When Master Lin heard Madam Lin ask this, he thought it was okay, and there was a glimmer of hope in his eyes: "Will Madam go and plead for your husband?"
At this time, the eldest young master of the Lin family suddenly walked in from outside: "My son greets father and aunt. Mother, my son has something to tell you."
In fact, Young Master Lin heard that his father and his aunt had come to his mother's yard, so he was afraid that these two people would bully his mother, so he hurried over.
Mrs. Lin looked at her son and understood his intentions. Only Mr. Lin was very unhappy. He looked at his son and said, "Zezhi, you are not young anymore. How can you be so rude?"
"You come and go from your mother's compound at will?"
Just when his wife was about to agree, Lin Zezhi came in and ruined the plan. Mr. Lin felt very annoyed. Lin Zezhi just smiled helplessly.
"Dad, you and aunt are here, so I came here."
This was very clear. Seeing Master Lin's darkened face, Madam Lin spoke up, "Master, please don't vent your anger on Zezhi. I will not go to ask for mercy as you said."
Before Master Lin could respond, the concubine started to cry: "Sister, how could you be so cruel? You watched Xin Er grow up.
"My master is your heaven. How can you bear to see them get into trouble? I have no other choice, so I come to beg you."
Madam Lin glanced at the concubine and said, "Your daughter is bullying my daughter in the palace. I didn't say anything about these things, but it's not that I don't know."
"Now your daughter is still in the palace, and she is the emperor's favorite concubine. This matter should be easy for her, but you know it's impossible."
"Because the emperor has spoken, it is a done deal, so you still want to protect your daughter, but you want to frame my daughter, sir."
"In your heart, has my daughter never been your daughter? How can you bear to treat her so badly?"
Facing Mrs. Lin's repeated accusations, Mr. Lin felt very embarrassed, but he could not find any words to refute. He sighed and thought, well, his life was ruined by women.
Madam Lin looked at Master Lin's expression and said with a smile: "Master, I've said so much because the person you love has brought you everything you have now."
"If Wan'er hadn't entered the palace, would it have turned out like this?"
When Lin Chuwan first entered the palace, Madam Lin was worried that she would bully her daughter. After all, her daughter was not as cruel as Lin Chuwan.
In the cannibalistic harem, how could he possibly defeat the ruthless Lin Chuwan? But Lin Chuwan wanted to enter the palace, and Master Lin would risk his life to send her in.
And as expected, Lin Chuwan's methods quickly won over the emperor, which put her daughter in such a great threat.
Now that her daughter can finally move back home, these two people are actually plotting to harm her daughter from her place, which makes Mrs. Lin very angry.
She looked at her son, and then at the man who was supposed to accompany her for the rest of her life. Well, the ancient Buddha with a green lamp was more kind and peaceful than the man in front of her.
Mrs. Lin suddenly stood up and looked at Master Lin: "Master, do you know why you were demoted?"
Master Lin was stunned. Of course it was because he favored his concubine over his wife. Master Lin suddenly realized that as long as he took good care of the family affairs in the future.
If he treats his wife better, maybe he can be employed by the emperor. After all, he still believes in his abilities. So the key point lies in Madam Lin in front of him.
As long as Madam Lin is willing to cooperate with him and say that he did not favor his concubine over his wife, and that he only brought Xin'er's concubine with him last time because Xin'er got into trouble, and was mistaken by the servants, he can be acquitted.
Mr. Lin thought that Mrs. Lin was reminding him: "Madam, you are so thoughtful that you have found a way to solve this old man's dilemma."
Mrs. Lin smiled and ignored Mr. Lin. She just looked at Lin Zezhi and said, "Zezhi, you lead the way. I should seek justice for all the years I have been waiting for you."
Mr. Lin felt something was wrong when he heard this, and had a bad feeling in his heart, but he saw that Mrs. Lin simply ignored them and turned around and followed Lin Zezhi out.
Lin Zezhi still couldn't figure out what his mother wanted to do, but he had no choice but to obey her orders.
Instead of going anywhere else, she came to the Kyoto government office and looked at Lin Zezhi: "Zezhi, please stand aside. I will do it myself."
As he said that, he walked forward and started to beat the drum. When Mrs. Lin was beating the drum, Xiaoman and Gu Xiangning were shopping nearby. They were preparing to buy some things and go back to Xiaotianzhuang to see their father.
Suddenly, he heard the sound of drums from the Kyoto government office. He and Gu Xiangning looked at each other and asked, "Why are there people beating drums now? Has something happened?"
Gu Xiangning shook his head: "I don't know about that. I've been in Kyoto for such a long time, but this is the first time I've heard drums. Let's go and take a look."
"Gu Zhen, you send the county lady's gift back to the palace first, and the county lady and I will go and take a look."
Gu Zhen is Gu Xiangning's favorite guard and also his personal guard. Those who are given the surname Gu are the core figures around Gu Xiangning.
Hearing Gu Xiangning's instructions, Gu Zhen nodded and turned away. Then Gu Xiangning and Xiaoman walked over and arrived at the gate of the government office.
Looking at the person beating the drum, Xiaoman was a little surprised: "It's her."
Gu Xiangning looked at Xiaoman with some surprise: "Do you know this woman?"
Xiaoman smiled: "It seems that Madam Lin really lives in seclusion in Kyoto. You don't even know her. She is the mother of the current queen."
"That is the wife of Lord Lin who was dismissed from office today. She is the wife who has not appeared in our story of favoring concubines and killing wives. I didn't expect her to appear now."
"I just don't know what she's going to do. In fact, I've always found it hard to understand what kind of person this Madam Lin is. The sons and daughters she raised are not simple at all."
"Logically speaking, she shouldn't be a simple person, but she was bullied by a concubine. Aren't you curious?"
Gu Xiangning laughed: "I'm curious, do I have to investigate a lady in the inner house?"
Xiaoman thought so too and nodded: "Okay, you do make sense."
Gu Xiangning was even more helpless, looking at Xiaoman: "Come to think of it, aren't you worried that she is here to sue you? She is another protagonist who favors his concubine over his wife."
"If she says it doesn't exist, you will become nosy and reach into the backyard of a high-ranking official in the court. I'm afraid it will cause a series of troubles."
Xiaoman smiled and shook her head: "Impossible, although I don't know what kind of personality this lady has, but I know that this lady is extremely protective of her daughter."
"If it's just normal, it's fine, but once the safety of her children is in danger, I'm afraid this lady will be more cruel than anyone else! The more kind-looking a person is, the more cruel they will be when they are forced!"
Gu Xiangning raised his eyebrows: "So you roughly guessed what this lady wants to do?"
Xiaoman shook her head: "I'm not sure, so when I saw this lady, I felt strange!"
While the two were talking, Madam Lin above beat the drum and someone finally came out. It was a yamen runner: "Who are you? How dare you beat the drum? What injustice have you suffered?"
"I am Lin Yu, the queen's mother. I am here to sue the former minister, Lin Deyi, for forcing my wife to do something unjust!"
Everyone was shocked, especially the common people who were curious about the identity of this woman at first. When they suddenly found out that she was the queen's mother, their eyes widened.
In fact, the demotion of Minister Lin did not cause much stir among the people. After all, such official changes happen frequently.
It is not directly related to the lives of ordinary people, so not many people pay attention to it. But if Mrs. Lin does this, I am afraid that the whole Kyoto will know about it.
Lin Deyi's reputation might be ruined here. Xiaoman and Gu Xiangning looked at each other. This Mrs. Lin was more cruel than she had imagined!
She actually wanted to put Lin Deyi to death, but in this case, did she ever consider the Queen's feelings? Lin Zezhi was also shocked.
He didn't expect that his mother would come to sue his father. Although he loved his father very much, he was not willing to kill him with his own hands.