Situ Lang knew that if what he said today spread, the reputation of the young lady of the Mei family would be ruined, and her life would be over.
But so what?
From the very beginning, when the Mei family was scheming against him, they should have thought of these things. The Mei family wanted to use rumors to force him to submit, but unfortunately, he had no interest in Miss Mei. Similarly, he would not sympathize with her current situation.
Since they dared to scheme against him and hurt Yu 'er, they should have realized that today's situation would happen.
And this matter would not be settled so easily.
While Situ Lang was acting alone, Lin Ruhai was also thinking about how to repay Madam Mei's "care" for his Min 'er.
Madam Mei was really an expert at courting death. Her words that day made Jia Min so angry that her heart hurt. Lin Ruhai loved Jia Min the most. Seeing Jia Min like this, and the fact that the Mei family dared to have designs on his son-in-law, how could he not repay them?
Soon, the matter between the Mei family and the Xue family was dug up and spread widely.
It was not a big deal that Mei Hanlin was a poor scholar in the past. Over the years, there were many people who were born in the imperial examination who were poor, and he was never one of them.
It was just that the Mei family did not treat the Xue family well.
No matter what, the Xue family sponsored him to go to the capital for the imperial examination, and the engagement that day was proposed by Mei Hanlin himself. It was not the Xue family who forced him to make the engagement. He was now an official in the capital, but he had cut off contact with the Xue family. The young lady of the Xue family was now old. How could he delay her like this?
How could he! He wanted to delay her until she could not stand it anymore.
Also, didn't they say that Mei Hanlin's family was very poor before the imperial examination? Since they were poor, where did they get the money to raise a concubine? Looking at the age of his concubine's daughter, she must have been born before the imperial examination!
Since he had the money to have a concubine, why didn't he have the money to take the imperial examination?
It seemed that he was just a hypocrite.
"Sister, your poem is really wonderful. Haha — you don't know that the Mei family has a terrible reputation in the capital now. Mei Hanlin is now like a transparent person in the Hanlin Academy. Madam Mei also hides at home all day long and doesn't go out. Humph — she dares to scheme against Brother Lang. Does she really think that our Lin family and Brother Lang are dead?"
Jinxuan was brought up by Daiyu, and because Jia Min was old when she was pregnant with him, he had some deficiencies after birth. At that time, he had just been born, and neither Lin Ruhai nor Jia Min dared to give him ginseng fruits, so they doted on Jinxuan even more, especially Daiyu.
Perhaps it was because Daiyu was the one who brought him up, Jin Xuan was the closest to Daiyu. It was not an exaggeration to say that he had a sister complex. Therefore, he looked down on Situ Lang. Although they were close, he was never willing to call him brother-in-law like Jin En. He only called him Brother Lang.
"Since ancient times, scholars have loved fox immortals. They are beautiful, rich, and humble. On the day when the scholar becomes famous, he will retire to the mountains and forests to give up his position as a sage. Hehe — — Older Sister, how did you think of using this kind of poem to mock the Mei family? Older Sister is amazing, no wonder Brother-in-law listens to Older Sister so much. "
Daiyu smiled and knocked on Jinxuan's head, who was teasing her because of Jin En's words.
"How old are the two of you, yet you're still so mischievous, especially Jin En. You're already a provincial official, but you're still so immature. Also, how come I didn't know that our provincial official was like the women in the backyard, actually liking to listen to those family gossips. "
"Hmph — — I don't like to listen to other people's family matters. Who asked that family to be so blind to actually anger Mother and even have designs on Brother-in-law."
When Jinxuan heard Jin En's words, he also snorted coldly along with Jin En.
"Hmph — — It's also Brother Lang's fault. He actually didn't pay attention and attracted bees and butterflies outside. Older Sister should give him the cold shoulder. If it were up to me, Older Sister should marry two years later. That way, we can better see if Brother Lang will let Older Sister down. "
"Don't make a fuss. Older Sister will marry eventually. Don't tell me you want to keep Older Sister at home to accompany you for the rest of your life?"
Jin En also knew his younger brother's dependence on Older Sister. Seeing him like that just now, he smiled and teased him.
"It's fine even if Older Sister doesn't marry for the rest of her life. I'll take care of Older Sister for the rest of her life. This is even better."
Jinxuan raised his head with a proud expression.
Although he knew that what he said was impossible, he just couldn't bear to part with it. Right now, he was just saying it to satisfy his craving.
When Jin En heard Jinxuan's words, his face immediately darkened. He raised his hand and used the folding fan in his hand to harshly knock Jinxuan's head.
"Next time, if I hear you imitating that phoenix egg of the Jia Family spouting nonsense again, see if I won't punish you severely."
Jin En actually knew that Jinxuan was just saying it and wasn't imitating Jia Baoyu. However, after seeing the "abilities" of that phoenix egg of the Jia Family, Jin En was really afraid that his younger brother would accidentally learn from that phoenix egg because he was still young.
"I know, Older Brother — — I just can't bear for Older Sister to marry so early! Originally, didn't we agree that Older Sister would only marry when she was seventeen years old! Who knew that it would be brought forward by so much. "
Jinxuan rubbed the place where his older brother had just knocked, his face full of grievance.
Baby felt wronged in his heart, but baby didn't say it!
Originally, it was agreed that Daiyu would only marry when she was seventeen years old. Who knew that Situ Lang would suddenly receive an imperial edict to go to Jiangnan to be an official. There was no choice but to bring forward Situ Lang and Daiyu's marriage.
It turned out that the Retired Emperor's health had deteriorated again a few days ago. This time, after a few imperial physicians had seen him, they all said that he wasn't well. Although the Emperor had publicly reprimanded the imperial physicians and even ordered them to bring the Retired Emperor's head to see him if they couldn't cure him, in private, he had frequently taken action.
These years, although the Retired Emperor had abdicated, he still had a lot of power in his hands. Later, after the Emperor had slowly gained a foothold in the imperial court, he had obstructed many of the Emperor's decrees.
Now that the Retired Emperor was about to deteriorate, the Emperor would naturally take action.
And Situ Lang was the most important step for the Emperor to use to wipe out the Seventh Prince's power in Jiangnan.
Situ Lang was Lin Ruhai's son-in-law. The connections that Lin Ruhai had left in Jiangnan naturally belonged to him. In addition, Situ Lang was indeed talented and decisive.
These years, although Situ Lang's official position wasn't prominent, he was the Emperor's trusted aide. He helped the Emperor to come up with plans and was very useful.
Although these weren't revealed in front of others, the Emperor's trust in Situ Lang could be felt by those who were observant. It was also because of this that there were so many people who tried to win him over by all means.
However, although Situ Lang was sent to Jiangnan to be an official this time, it was actually to eradicate the Zhen family. The Zhen family had been operating in Jiangnan for many years. Previously, they had the support of Imperial Concubine Zhen and the Seventh Prince at that time. Their power was naturally not comparable to the Lin family that had been operating carefully in Jiangnan for more than ten years. Therefore, going to Jiangnan this time was very dangerous.
However, the Emperor's orders couldn't be disobeyed. Moreover, Situ Lang also wanted to personally take revenge for his family.
His family was destroyed and his people were dead. This hatred was intolerable. After so many years, he had never forgotten for a moment. He had always been waiting, waiting for the moment when he could personally take revenge.
Perhaps it was because of his family's hatred that the Emperor sent him to Jiangnan!
Dai Yu didn't care about danger. To her, there was nothing in this world that could make her feel dangerous.
Lin Ruhai and Jia Min were originally in conflict about whether they should let Dai Yu follow Situ Lang to Jiangnan. In the end, after remembering Dai Yu's "origin," they agreed to let her follow Situ Lang to Jiangnan.
In their opinion, Dai Yu originally came here to gain experience. This trip to Jiangnan might be her "experience." If they casually obstructed it now, it might destroy Dai Yu's original "cultivation."
However, because of this, Situ Lang and Dai Yu's marriage would be brought forward.
Although Situ Lang was happy to be able to marry Dai Yu as soon as possible, he was also worried that it would be dangerous for her to accompany him to Jiangnan. At the same time, he was touched by Dai Yu's feelings for him.
He originally wanted Dai Yu to wait for him to come back. He already had a plan. In other words, there wasn't a day when he wasn't thinking about how to take revenge. He had already started planning. If he really did things according to his plan, he was confident that in less than two years, he would be able to deal with the Zhen family and the Seventh Marquis's power in Jiangnan.
Therefore, he originally hoped that Dai Yu could wait for him for one more year.
However, after Dai Yu and Situ Lang talked once, the two families began to prepare for the two's marriage.
Since then, Dai Yu and Situ Lang were very loving. Situ Lang also fulfilled his vow to "never accept two women in his life." Of course, this was all in the future.
Although Situ Lang and Dai Yu's wedding wasn't very grand, it was very lively.
Not to mention that Situ Lang was favored by the Emperor, even though Lin Ruhai usually kept a low profile, he was quite popular. He had some friendship with everyone, but it wasn't deep and wouldn't attract attention.
For Dai Yu's wedding, no matter how unwilling Jia Min was, as Dai Yu's maternal family, the Jia family naturally received the invitation and was invited.
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