Thinking about the half year since Prince An came to Xuzhou, Doctor Yan has been treating Prince An's illness.

With Doctor Yan's medical skills, how could he not diagnose that Prince An was healthy?

Over the past two years, whenever Prince An's Mansion sent someone to invite Doctor Yan, even in the middle of the night, Doctor Yan would go. Her father and mother had some intentions in this, so it seemed that Doctor Yan had some secret relationship with Prince An's Mansion.

The medicine boy who always followed Doctor Yan was missing today. Lin Luoling immediately knew that Doctor Yan must have asked the medicine boy to go to Jingfu Temple and tell Prince An that Lin Yuru was pretending to be sick in order to arrange a marriage between her and Jiang Chi. That's why Prince An suddenly rushed to the Lin Mansion.

Now that Prince An has arrived, Lin Tingxu and He Jinchun have no choice but to let Prince An enter the Lin Mansion, as that would be tantamount to not giving face to Emperor Deshun.

Although there was no grand welcome, the courtesies were thorough. The master of the entire Lin Mansion led the respectable maids and servants to personally welcome Prince An into the Lin Mansion and invited him to the Yunhui Hall in the front yard.

Yunhui Hall is where the Lin family meets high-ranking officials and listens to the eunuchs in the palace reading imperial edicts. It is only separated from Lin Tingxu's study by a wall.

The two-story building is majestic and the furnishings inside are antique. At first glance, there is not a trace of luxury, but if you look closely, you will find that it is a low-key "luxury".

After welcoming Prince An into Yunhui Hall, Lin Luoling knew what her parents were thinking. They didn't want Lin Luoling to marry Prince An as a princess. Although Princess An was decent, she would have to be vigilant every day after the wedding.

What's more, the road to succession among the three kings is a bloody and thorny road, regardless of victory or defeat.

If Prince An is unable to inherit the throne in the future, he will be dead. Although Lin Tingxu and He Jinchun have a good impression of Prince An and are grateful for Prince An's help in helping Lin Luoling escape from the suffering of Yongning Marquis' Mansion, they do not want to gamble with Lin Luoling's happiness.

Before Prince An came, he must have expected this to happen. He sat in Yunhui Hall with a sickly look, completely lacking the dignity and domineering aura that a prince should have.

Even when the maid came to serve tea, Prince An would thank him gently.

After sending away the maids and servants in the palace, Lin Tingxu stood in the center of the palace and saluted Prince An, saying, "I wonder if His Highness Prince An has come to the Lin Mansion late at night for something?"

Prince An stood up and helped him up, saying, "When Master Lin was in the capital, I wanted to take you as my teacher, but you had no chance of pursuing a career in government. In my heart, I admire your literary talent, and I have always regarded you as a half-mentor."

There is a profound meaning behind these words.

First, it brings the two sides closer together.

The second is that once a teacher, always a father, but King An said that being half a mentor means being half a son, and a son-in-law is only half a son.

Thirdly, Prince An's words were ambiguous, and it was difficult for Lin Tingxu and He Jinchun to refute him. They couldn't say something like "You can't regard me as your mentor in your heart."

In return, Lin Tingxu hesitated for a moment, then bowed and said, "Your Highness Prince An, thank you for your praise. I really don't deserve it."

Prince An smiled calmly and said, "Master Lin often played chess with my father in the palace in the past. I have never seen Master Lin so reserved. I am still Master Lin's junior, so it is inappropriate for Master Lin to be so reserved. If my father invites you to play chess in the palace again in the future, I will definitely ask for your advice."

Although these words were still said in a very obscure way, they were three times more obvious than before.

Since Lin Tingxu left Beijing, apart from going to Beijing to pick up He Jinchun to the residence of He Shaofu, and then to pick up Lin Yuru to come to Xuzhou in Beijing, although he often exchanged letters with Emperor Deshun in private, he never entered the palace again after resigning from office.

It was a great honor for Emperor Deshun to summon Lin Tingxu into the palace to play chess with him. However, Lin Tingxu had no title or official position now, and the only reason Emperor Deshun could summon him into the palace to play chess was to discuss the wedding of Prince An and Lin Luoling.

No one in the palace is stupid, and they naturally understand the implication of Prince An's words.

Lady Ningyuanhou lowered her eyes and raised her hand to signal Jiang Chi that she had something to say.

When Jiang Chi saw this, he bowed and stood by.

The wife of Ningyuan Marquis said in a voice that only the two of them could hear, "Ling'er is the good daughter-in-law I carefully selected. If you miss this opportunity, you will regret it in the future.

Since His Majesty has not yet granted His Royal Highness Prince An a marriage, why don't our two families agree on the marriage? I'll have your father arrange it in Beijing as soon as possible, and I'll let you marry Ling'er next month, how about that?"

Jiang Chi didn't expect his mother to think so highly of Lin Luoling. He shook his head helplessly and said, "Mother, His Royal Highness Prince An has been fond of Lin Luoling for a long time. To be honest with you, the entire Yongning Marquisate was imprisoned because of His Royal Highness Prince An.

I know you like Ling'er, but I don't like her personality. If I force her to marry me, I will treat her as my sister. Do you have the heart to watch her live a widowed life?"

Upon hearing this, Lady Ningyuan Hou sighed and muttered, "You will definitely regret it later. Don't get drunk and act crazy with me then."

After saying that, the wife of Ningyuan Marquis stopped talking. Jiang Chi rubbed his nose and smiled, then stood behind the wife of Ningyuan Marquis and secretly glanced at Lin Luoling who was standing next to He Jinchun.

It just so happened that He Jinchun was also whispering to Lin Luoling, but Jiang Chi couldn't hear clearly what they were talking about.

When He Jinchun was in the capital, she was nicknamed "Little Pepper". I think she was asking Lin Luoling's opinion. If Lin Luoling had no interest in Prince An, with He Jinchun's personality, she would not agree even if Emperor Deshun issued an imperial decree.

Not knowing what Lin Luoling said, He Jinchun frowned tightly, looking extremely solemn.

Seeing that Jiang Chi had been stealing glances at Lin Luoling, Prince An couldn't help but look in Lin Luoling's direction. When he saw He Jinchun's expression, his heart suddenly tightened.

Then He Jinchun stood up and said solemnly, "I have something that I need to verify with Your Highness Prince An in private. What do you think?"

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