Madam, don't do this!

Chapter 496 Luo Yuheng's Sorrow (11,000 words)

In the large living room, only Song Yan and Lin Xue were present.

One person speaks, and one person listens.

They're not children anymore; they can no longer run and laugh as freely as they did when they were little.

When the eldest branch of the Lin family adopted Lin Xue as their goddaughter, the eldest wife of the eldest branch became Lin Xue's legal mother... At that time, the rules were still quite strict. Not to mention Lin Xue, who was their goddaughter, even the illegitimate children of the eldest branch of the Lin family could only call their biological mother "auntie." Only the legal wife could have the title of "mother."

Upon hearing that Lin's eldest wife, who had been married for four or five years without any sign of pregnancy, had suddenly become pregnant after only a month of being recognized as a godparent, the name Song Hongtao immediately came to Song Yan's mind.

Could this Lin family's eldest branch be Song Hongtao No. 2?

Unbeknownst to him, there are others who are bearing the burden for him.
Song Yan knew that his thoughts were not good, but he really didn't mean it. It was just that what happened to Song Hongtao was too shocking and left a very deep impression on Song Yan's heart, an impression that he would probably never forget in his life. So much so that now, whenever Song Yan heard that a family had been infertile for many years and suddenly had a child, he would subconsciously think of Song Hongtao.

Lin Xue was very clever. Just by looking at Song Yan's strange expression, she could roughly guess what Song Yan was thinking. She glared at Song Yan with annoyance and said, "Don't overthink it."

"Perhaps it's just a stroke of luck."

"My father and mother had been busy with the matter of having children for many years. During that time, they found a traveling doctor and obtained a folk remedy. The two of them spent two months in the mansion taking medicine to prepare for pregnancy."

"This is a great joy for the entire Lin family, especially for Old Master Lin, whose smile has never stopped." Lin Xue breathed a sigh of relief and spoke slowly and calmly. Her tone was very steady, with almost no fluctuations. Although she was talking about her own affairs, it was as if they had nothing to do with her.

"As a result, my life in the Lin family became a little easier, perhaps because they felt that this pregnancy was brought about by me."

"The second and third branches of the Lin family, seeing that adopting children really worked, quickly found two abandoned babies in the capital and adopted them. They thought good news would come soon, but a year has passed and the eight women in the second and third branches still haven't had any luck. On the contrary, the first branch is pregnant one after another, and a year later they have two sons and two daughters."

Hearing this, Song Yan couldn't help but be taken aback.

What is this?
A reincarnation of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy who grants children?

Lin Xue covered her mouth and chuckled: "The Lin family probably thinks the same way you do. They believe that whether or not you can get pregnant depends not on adopting an abandoned baby, but on adopting me."

"So I was adopted into the second wife's family. A year later, the second wife's family had three sons and one daughter."

"Later, I was adopted by the third wife, and another year passed, and the third wife had three daughters and one son."

Okay, it's confirmed.

My older sister must be the reincarnation of Guanyin, the Goddess of Mercy who grants children.

On another note, he's been married for almost a year now, and although he has quite a few women around him, none of them have gotten pregnant. Should he light some incense and pray for a miracle? Strange thoughts raced through Song Yan's mind, but he quickly laughed to himself. He knew his own situation best; he had been using contraception and had mostly avoided important dates, so the chances of getting pregnant were indeed slim.

However, Lin Xue's words were too exaggerated. Song Yan could almost imagine what kind of rumors would circulate within the Lin family.

"It's probably what you think." Lin Xue's lips curled up slightly. "Although I think it might be more related to the herbal medicine from that itinerant doctor, they always think it's the pregnancy I brought."

"Old Master Lin opened the ancestral hall and made an exception by writing my name in the family genealogy."

"No matter how many children the Lin family has in the future, no one can change my position as the eldest daughter."

"At this point, I can say that I have finally established myself firmly in the Lin family." Perhaps because she had been sitting for a long time and felt a little tired, or perhaps because her younger siblings, Luo Tianxuan, Luo Tianyi, and Gao Yang, were not in the guest hall except for her younger brother Song Yan, Lin Xue slowly revealed another side that she had been forcibly suppressing. Under the blue skirt, one of her long, shapely legs was raised high and placed on top of the other leg.

For a true noblewoman, such a posture is clearly not in line with the requirements of "standing like a lotus leaf covered in dew, walking like a startled swan skimming the waves, and sitting like a mountain after the clouds have settled".

But Lin Xue was clearly used to this casual way of being. After crossing her legs, she seemed to give Song Yan a much more harmonious feeling.

"Although the Lin family didn't adopt me out of genuine affection at first, they were still very good to me. If I had lived in the Duke of Song's mansion, I probably wouldn't have survived to adulthood." Lin Xue sighed and continued, "So I am very grateful to the Lin family."

"But I also understand that if a person wants to gain a foothold in this era, he cannot rely solely on the kindness and favors of others; only by being strong himself can he truly be strong."

"Therefore, I became a disciple of my master and began to study the Yin Su Nu Jing (Scripture of the Extreme Yin Woman)."

"My master holds a very high position in the Chu Kingdom. I am her first disciple, and even the Lin family values ​​me more. Before, when I wanted to learn military strategy, my grandfather said that girls should just learn needlework and embroidery. Why learn military strategy? He probably looked down on women. However, after I became my master's disciple, my grandfather acquiesced to my learning of military strategy."

"After I felt that I finally had some confidence, I found a merchant who had been traveling between Ning and Chu for many years. I gave him all the silver I had saved up over the years and asked him to inquire about your and Mother's situation."

"A few months later, the merchant returned to the State of Chu, bringing news that your mother had died suddenly and that you had also died suddenly from excessive grief."

Song Yan suddenly looked up.

Even Lin Xue unconsciously clenched her fists: "Perhaps, someone doesn't want us to recognize each other."

“My mother said many things to me, most of which I can’t remember clearly, but there is one sentence I remember very clearly: My mother said: We are a family, and we will live together forever in the future.”

Even after being sold to the State of Chu, I still held onto this hope, but that hope is gone.

"At that time, I was somewhat devastated."

“I hate that I grew up too slowly and failed to protect you and Mother. So, I devoted all my energy to cultivation and training. I always thought that one day, I would lead an army to flatten Ningguo, I would make everyone in the Song State Duke’s Mansion who mistreated us pay the price, and I would make the Duke’s Mansion and the Yang family be wiped out.”

"You have no idea how I felt when I suddenly heard that you were still alive. It was like a dream. I think this is the greatest mercy God has shown me."

Lin Xue slowly raised her head, and the tears that had been welling up in her eyes could no longer be held back. They turned into two clear streams and rolled down her cheeks, leaving long marks on her fair face.

That scene made Song Yanxin tremble involuntarily.

There was a kind of shattering pain.

As if holding his breath, Song Yan slowly reached out and wiped away the tears from Lin Xue's eyes, a smile curving his lips: "Don't cry, I'm perfectly fine, aren't I?"

As if infected, Song Yan also felt her eyes stinging.

Lin Xue took a deep breath and looked at Song Yan with teary eyes: "Yan'er, come with me to Chu. With my current strength and status in Chu, I can guarantee that you will never be bullied by anyone again."

Song Yan smiled and said, "Actually, now that I'm in Ningguo, probably no one can bully me anymore." She looked outside and could vaguely see a few figures. "If it were a year ago, I probably would have gone with you, but now... I have more ties to carry."

Lin Xue lowered her eyelids, casually wiped away the tears on her face with her sleeve, briefly adjusted her mood, and her expression returned to its original dashing: "I knew it would be like this."

More than a decade has passed, and many things have changed.

She remarried, and so did her brother.

"Alright, I won't have dinner. If I stay out too long, Chu Yue and Chu Menglan will definitely go crazy. I'm leaving now." With that, he stood up and let out a heavy sigh.

Song Yan also got up and followed Lin Xue outside. They saw several furtive figures near the door. When Lin Xue suddenly appeared, Tianxuan, Tianyi, and Gaoyang looked somewhat embarrassed.

These three girls were all exceptionally talented, no less so than the princesses of the royal family. Lin Xue could also see the affection these three girls had for her younger brother. She pursed her lips and suddenly bowed deeply to the three of them: "From now on, I entrust my little brother to you." After saying this, without waiting for Luo Tianxuan's help, Lin Xue straightened up and walked towards the gate of the Marquis of Champion's mansion. In just a few breaths, she had already disappeared into the night.

He has a fiery and impulsive personality, and he's decisive and efficient.

"Husband..." Beside Song Yan, Luo Tianxuan looked apologetic, as if she had done something wrong.

Song Yan just smiled casually and reached out to pat Luo Tianxuan's head: "Don't think too much. Lin Xue is my sister, but you are also my wife. I can't bear to leave such a beautiful wife."

Luo Tianxuan smiled, feeling both shy and happy.

"You should all go back and have something to eat and get some rest. I'll accompany Gao Yang to the Fang family. We need to give them an explanation for what happened to Gao Yang," Song Yan said.

Emperor Ninghe had prepared everything in the Marquis's residence well in advance, including a carriage.

Just as Song Yan and Gao Yang arrived at the entrance of the Marquis of Champion's residence, a figure caught up from behind.

It is Hua Lianyue.

With her slender, pale fingers holding a slip of paper, she handed it to Song Yan: "Someone delivered this to you this morning when you left the Marquis's residence."

"Who is it?" Song Yan asked, taking the note with curiosity.

"I don't know. They were tied to an arrow and shot at the same time. Although I rushed out of the room as fast as I could, I still couldn't see the other party. I guess the other party must be stronger than me." Hua Lianyue pursed her lips, her tone somewhat unwilling.

Hua Lianyue was already a grandmaster, and his strength was even greater than Hua Lianyue's. Could he be a great grandmaster? Song Yan was somewhat surprised. It seemed that the number of experts had suddenly increased a lot recently.

Slowly unfolding the crumpled paper, two rows of familiar, elegant handwriting immediately came into view:

Do not look for me.

"Watch out for the Empress!"

His pupils contracted slightly, and he felt relieved at the same time.

This is Luo Yuheng's calligraphy.

It seems that the archer was one of the experts that Emperor Ninghe had arranged to protect Luo Yuheng. It wasn't that the number of experts had suddenly increased recently, but rather that the experts she encountered all seemed to be the same one.

The fact that Luo Yuheng is safe and sound is the best news. My heart, which has been hanging in suspense, can finally be put at ease.

After thinking for a moment, Song Yan folded the paper ball, then tore it in half and returned the other half to Hua Lianyue: "Give it to Luo Tianxuan and Luo Tianyi, they will understand."

Hua Lianyue nodded and left. As for Song Yan, he looked down at the note in his hand, smiled helplessly, pressed two fingers on the note and gently pinched it, turning half of the note into ashes.

queen.

Ha ha!

He can probably understand.

Twenty years ago, the Empress had no choice but to entrust her two children to Luo Yuheng for upbringing, and at that time the Empress was very grateful to Luo Yuheng.

But once the throne is involved, everything else is just fleeting smoke.

That's a chair that can drive people crazy.

When Emperor Ninghe expressed his desire to become the emperor of Ningguo, he had already become an enemy that the empress could not tolerate.

Even though he said he had no interest in the throne and would never sit on the dragon throne in the future, the empress would not believe him. Having the ability to sit on that chair had long been the original sin he carried.

Song Yan was rather curious, wondering what kind of methods the Empress had... Did she have assassins lying in wait beforehand, using the smashing of a cup as a signal? Such a plan had a very low success rate.

Or perhaps they poisoned the drinks and pastries, causing a sudden death?

But who knew that he truly had no interest in the dragon throne of Ningguo?

Song Yan would rather build his own empire with his own hands.

Black eyes gaze into the night.

A slightly manic smile suddenly appeared on Song Yan's face:
His goal wasn't very big:

Wherever the sun and moon shine, and wherever rivers flow, that is Han territory.

That's enough.

……

Meanwhile, on a rooftop of the Marquis of Champion's residence.

The silvery moonlight enveloped the tiles, making them appear as if covered with a layer of white frost.

A graceful, voluptuous, and sexy figure sat quietly on the edge of the roof, her two calves hanging naturally in the air. The night breeze stirred her skirt, making it sway and flutter. Two sections of her fair calves were revealed above her white embroidered shoes, with rounded and beautiful curves protruding from her calves.

A faint smile played on Luo Yuheng's lips as her dark eyes gazed at the receding carriage. She felt her judgment was excellent; she would never find a better son-in-law in her lifetime. No matter what happened, Yan'er ultimately didn't abandon Tianxuan, Tianyi, Caiyi, Qingyi, this family, or…her.

The wind whipped her long hair up again, and some strands fell across her face, leaving her slightly disheveled.

Her gaze was directed towards the palace.

Sadness welled up in his eyes.

But some people do eventually change.

Suddenly, Luo Yuheng's body trembled slightly, and she pressed her small hand tightly against her heart.

"Gu..."

A small mouthful of blood spurted from her mouth, turning her crimson lips bright red.

Spots of blood fell onto the pristine white dress, like vibrant plum blossoms in full bloom.

My health is getting worse and worse.

(End of this chapter)