Everyone Wants to Pamper the Lucky Daughter

Chapter 229: Chapter 229: The Heir to the Duke of Zhen_1

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The Duke of Zhen’s son, a young prodigy, won the Autumn Martial Arts Examination crown at sixteen, becoming the youngest Martial Arts Champion in the history of Fengqi Empire. His wife, Ye Xue’e, is the renowned scholar of the Seven Kingdoms, and the daughter of Ye Mingsheng.

The Ye Clan is a family of scholars and their children are well-educated, good looking, and well-behaved.

Back in the day, the wedding between Prince Lin Xiaoyang and Ye Xue’e was the talk of the town in Capital City – a match made in heaven.

Unfortunately, fate is unkind. The Empress grew suspicious of the Duke of Zhen’s family. With a royal edict, she quashed Lin Xiaoyang’s ambition of enlisting to protect the Wei Kingdom.

The once spirited lad wasted away as years rolled on, his brilliance and vigour never to return.

“As Madam Lin indicated, Prince Lin indeed had his reasons,”

Little Kingfisher’s carefully gathered information upended every gossip there was about Lin Xiaoyang.

“The Empress suspected the Lin Clan’s military power and withheld supplies for the frontier forces. In secrecy, Lin Xiaoyang arranged for supplies, converted a large sum of money into grain, and transported it to the border, helping the Lin’s generals stabilize the military and resist foreign invaders.”

“A large sum of money?”

Su Qingluo sensitively detected something unusual: “The Duke of Zhen’s household, despite its military merits and nobility, has been suspected by the Empress and thus lacks military merits. Where could a large amount of money come from?”

“That’s why I said, Prince Lin has his difficulties.”

Little Kingfisher had her theories: “He’s the only legitimate son of his generation in the family. Unable to go to the battlefield yet needing to secretly uphold the Lin Clan’s prestige in the army.”

“He pretends to indulge himself in places of pleasure, acting as if he’s lost his drive to live his days in a haze. In fact, he deals with the Thousand-Mechanism Pavilion secretly and has undercover contacts from the Duke of Zhen’s household scattered around Fengqi.”

“These contacts operate various businesses, responsible for gathering money, exchanging it for grain, and supporting the Lin Clan’s soldiers at the front.”

“The women in his house are mostly daughters of wealthy businessmen who have business dealings with the undercover agents. The famous singer is an agent of the Thousand-Mechanism Pavilion. She makes contact with him on behalf of the Pavilion Master. On the surface, she’s one of his women, but in fact, she’s the seventh-ranked assassin in Jianghu.”

Su Qingluo frowned: “Does mother know the true identity of that singer?”

“She doesn’t.”

Little Kingfisher said sadly: “Madam Lin and the Prince have been married for years. Even though she suspects his difficulties from his daily trivial tasks, she still does not know what he is specifically doing.”

“As for the women in his house, each one is seductive and cunning and has the backing of family businesses. They look down on Madam Lin, who is soft-natured.”

Su Qingluo felt disheartened: “Mother is gentle and refined, too superior to argue with them. She is just hard on herself.”

“Speaking of which, the discord between Prince Lin and Madam Lin is related to a woman in his house.”

Little Kingfisher’s gossiping spirit began to flare: “That woman is Aunt Xue. She and the Prince have known each other since childhood. They are childhood sweethearts.”

“In the year that the prince won the champion of martial arts at 16, he asked the Duke of Zhen and Madam Lin to allow him to marry Aunt Xue. However, the Xue Clan has fallen, Aunt Xue is a concubine’s daughter, she is not a worthy match for the prince. Therefore, the Duke insisted that the prince marry the daughter of his old friend Ye Mingsheng.”

“The prince obeyed his father’s order and married Ye Xue’e. Aunt Xue was unwilling, showed determination by threatening to kill herself, and forced the prince to accept her into the household. Feeling guilty, in the year when his legitimate son Lin Jinyu turned three, he finally agreed to bring Aunt Xue into the house as a concubine.”

“After Aunt Xue entered the house, she schemed to stir up trouble between the Prince and Madam Lin, fueling misunderstandings between them. Madam Lin, soft-hearted, would swallow all the insults, which over time gradually caused resentment to grow, diluting their relationship.”

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