After my rebirth, I was the most favored person in Beijing

"You want something from me, but are you still alive to get it?"

Hearing Lin Xi say this, Madam Wen began to worry and fear. She knew that she certainly did not have the ability to do so, but under the current circumstances, she could only wait until the future.

"Miss, I did have such a thought in my mind, but I don't dare now, I really don't dare." Madam Wen begged for mercy quickly. She knew Lin Xi's methods. If she couldn't get Lin Xi to forgive her now, there would be no way out in the future.

Lin Xi knew that people's hearts were uncontrollable, so when it came to Madam Wen, she always had to hold in her hand a presence that could scare her, so that she would be truly wary.

"Since my aunt has said so, what else can I say?" Having said this, he no longer spoke. However, under the current circumstances, it was impossible for him to stay calm and get along with her.

"Go away. I won't take the initiative to harm you, and don't even think about my things."

Lin Xi's voice was very light, and there was almost no emotion in it. She had known her father's thoughts for a long time, so how could she not know about it? Under the current circumstances, she could only find ways to keep going.

"Chunhua, send Auntie out."

As soon as the voice fell, Chunhua walked out, stretched out her hand, and greeted Madam Wen to go out, "Madam Wen, please!"

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The King of Yan did his best to host the banquet to welcome the envoys from Dayue.

Chen Xun was sitting next to Prince Yan's seat, but he saw a familiar-looking person. However, he couldn't remember who that person was for a moment. He just saw that Prince Yan treated him very well.

After the King of Yan and the envoy finished their drinks, they staggered to Chen Xun, looked at him with a smile, and said jokingly, "I heard that Lord Chen is going to get married. This is a good thing. Why does Lord Chen look unhappy?"

Hearing this, Chen Xun met the King of Yan's gaze, smiled, and said, "Your Majesty, how can you tell that I am unhappy?"

The King of Yan laughed, picked up the wine pot on the table, poured wine into his cup, and said with a smile: "I just saw you sitting alone, feeling depressed, and thought you were unhappy because you were granted a marriage."

As he spoke, the King of Yan raised his glass and said to everyone present: "Why don't we all raise our glasses together and congratulate Lord Chen on finding a good marriage."

"Under the current circumstances, Lord Chen, won't you say something?" Prince Yan spoke to Chen Xun with a smile.

Unexpectedly, Chen Xun turned around and said to the King of Yan: "Thank you, Your Highness. Now I can only congratulate the King of Yan."

The envoys from Dayue naturally noticed the confusion between Prince Yan and Chen Xun. Several envoys looked at each other and felt that they had found an opportunity to attack the inner room. However, their target was not Chen Xun, but Prince Yan who was standing beside them.

When the situation develops later, they plan to talk to King Yan in private.

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This night was exceptionally lively amidst the tension.

Lin Xi returned to the Lin Mansion, and Chen Xun returned to the Chen Mansion.

After Chen Xun met with the foreign ministers, he saw An Liang standing aside and asked, "Lin Xi, how are you now?"

Thinking about it, the people in the Lin Mansion probably wouldn't dare to say anything about him now.

An Liang suddenly spoke up, "The people in the Lin Mansion are quiet after all. However, Miss Lin's cousin seems to have a different attitude towards Miss Lin. After knowing that he was granted marriage, he went to Prince Yan's Mansion."

Chen Xun paused. Going to Prince Yan’s Mansion?

He turned to look at An Liang, and seeing An Liang's expression, he knew that he was indeed not lying, so he asked: "If you have any ideas about this matter, please tell me. I will discuss some things with you later."

An Liang also understood the meaning of his words.

The two returned to Chen's house together.

Everyone in the Chen family was waiting for Chen Xun to come back.

Especially Old Lady Chen, she sat in her seat. The people from the main house, including Mrs. Chen from the main house, were standing by. Everyone was waiting here with serious expressions, and everyone looked at Chen Xun who had just entered the room.

"I, should I call you Master Chen San, or Chen Xun?" Old Mrs. Chen suddenly spoke, her eyes deep. She never expected that her son back then would be the one who truly supported the Chen family.

Back then, they used dirty tricks to force Chen Xun's mother to marry into the Chen family and become a woman who was ignored by everyone in the Chen family. At first, she did not agree with that method.

But the Chen Mansion was in dire straits at that time. Because of occupying land illegally, they were fined three thousand taels of silver and ordered to hand over the money within three months. The Chen Mansion had invested all its money at that time, so where could they get so much money to hand over?

In the Chen Mansion back then, people were scattered and no one was willing to hand over their money, for fear that they would be left penniless. Even if someone handed over money, they would only hand over the last digit of three thousand taels. But who would give away money?

It was not until the government officials came and took away the master's official robes that everyone started to get anxious. Everyone in the Chen Mansion knew that they were able to privately occupy land outside because someone in the Chen Mansion was an official in the court.

What's more, in the entire court, how many officials would not go to the four stations to buy land?

This is something that many people are reluctant to talk about until now.

When the Chen family was in trouble, they set their sights on Chen Xun's mother. She had no father or mother, but had such a huge fortune, which was why the Chen family was concerned about her.

Everyone thought that if she could marry into the Chen family and become their daughter-in-law, her dowry would naturally become a help to the Chen family.

Since she has married into the Chen family, her dowry will naturally belong to the Chen family.

It was also because of this that everyone in the Chen Mansion set up a trap for his mother, so that after she broke in, she could never escape again.

However, Old Lady Chen was silent for a long while, and her thoughts returned. Looking at Chen Xun in front of her, whose expression was exactly the same as the woman back then, she realized that her mother was even more stubborn than the people in the Chen family had imagined.

Perhaps she had already realized that the people in the Chen Mansion treated her well only because of her wealth.

Therefore, she did not bring her family's money to the Chen family as a dowry, but instead left half of it to the clan to repair the ancestral hall and open a private school.

Her parents' home, including the Chen family.

Who dares to say anything after doing this?

After all, no matter how short of money the Chen family was, they dared not speak out about the issue of using women's dowries in public.

At that time, Old Mrs. Chen was also amazed in her heart, wondering how could she be so smart?

If the Chen family had not been in danger, she would have truly fallen in love with this daughter-in-law. However, Chen Xun's mother did not regret what she had done. She seemed not to care about the money, nor did she care what would happen. She just lived on like this. After Chen Xun was born, she lived alone and did not have much contact with the Chen family.

At that time, she looked at the taciturn Chen Xun and thought that he would never achieve anything in his life.

However, how could an old woman like her not understand the current situation in the court?

His Majesty arranged a marriage for him with the humble Lin family only because he wanted Chen Xun to be a loyal subject. Naturally, his wife should have no connection with any wealthy or powerful family.

She had already sent people out to find out clearly that this girl from the Chen Mansion had no one in her family with whom she could get along well, and everyone thought that the matter was over.

"What? You're here, but you're not saying anything?" Old Mrs. Chen spoke again.

The current emperor attaches great importance to filial piety. No matter how much Chen Xun dislikes her, he has to go to the Chen Mansion often to visit her, his nominal mother.

"I have met my stepmother."

Chen Xun spoke lightly.

Old Mrs. Chen nodded with satisfaction, knowing that with these words, she could finally feel relieved. Some things cannot be said directly.

She had long understood that although Chen Xun looked indifferent, he actually valued the hard-earned family affection very much in his heart. Some things could not be explained clearly.

Naturally, she understood this matter in her heart.

Therefore, when Chen Chu was a child, she turned a blind eye to his admiration and closeness to Chen Xun. Unexpectedly, in recent years, Chen Chu would offend Chen Xun for the sake of outsiders and lose the opportunity to continue his studies.

This incident made her very angry and also scared.

If Chen Xun had now completely established his foothold in the court, he would no longer be willing to have anything to do with the Chen family.

Can the Chen family break away from him and stand on their own?

She closed her eyes and sighed heavily. She had been unwilling to accept the situation for so many years, but finally she gave up.

She now understands that some things cannot be explained clearly. In the final analysis, it is because she has always been too indulgent to her child, which is why he is not as outstanding as Chen Xun is now.

Therefore, she has always been strict with Chen Chu. She didn't expect that under Chen's teaching, Chen Chu only knew how to use some shady little tricks and had no idea what he should do. How could he gain a firm foothold in the court with the help of Chen Xun?

She has become disappointed with this group of children and grandchildren, so now she plans to delegate power and put the entire Chen family into the hands of Chen Xun.

"Since you are still willing to call me your legal mother, you naturally know the importance of this title and what it means to you, Chen Xun, don't you think so?" Old Lady Chen still wanted to make a deal with Chen Xun.

However, Chen Xun interrupted her and asked, "What do you want to say?"

Old Madam Chen knew that she couldn't anger Chen Xun now. Chen Xun was the support of the entire Chen family in his current situation. However, her self-esteem over the years made her unwilling to bow her head. When she turned around and looked at the younger generation who couldn't support the family at all, she could only grit her teeth and then began to soften, "What happened to your mother back then was the fault of everyone in the Chen family."

"But, you also know that your mother's death was an accident. Moreover, she died for great glory, and her death was worthy. I know you have been feeling unhappy for so many years, but things have already happened. The people in the Chen Mansion also wanted to make it up to you, but you didn't want it back then."

A sneer appeared on Chen Xun's lips. He didn't expect that the people in the Chen Mansion were still so hypocritical after so many years.

"Besides, you also studied in the private school of the Chen Mansion. Otherwise, how could you have your current status? Now that His Majesty has granted the marriage, why not hold the wedding at the Chen Mansion to save face for both families? Otherwise, if your new bride has never even met the elders of your family, it would be unreasonable."

Hearing what she said, Chen Xun sneered and retorted: "The private school in the Chen Mansion was built by my mother, and it is still supported by my mother's dowry."

"When did you use the Chen Mansion's money?"

"Back then, if it wasn't for your narrow-mindedness and your unwillingness to see my mother live, why would my mother have died? Do you admit this?"

Old Mrs. Chen didn't expect that he actually knew what happened that year. She suddenly felt uneasy. How much did he know?

The panic in her eyes disappeared quickly. She had dealt with all those who knew about it. Even if he noticed something, it didn't matter. He had no evidence anyway.

Things without evidence are just his guesses. Some things can be solved by just calming the person down.

No need to say more.

Under the current circumstances, he brought this matter up again, and I could only laugh and type it back.

"Chen Xun, this matter was explained very clearly back then. How come it has something to do with my car now?"

Seeing her mother-in-law say this, Chen quickly opened her mouth to help shoot, and said arrogantly: "Brother-in-law, you are wrong to say that. I have also heard a little about what happened back then. It was your own mother who walked around randomly. How could it have anything to do with your mother-in-law?"

Old Madam Chen didn't expect that there would be such a fool who would provoke Chen Xun under such circumstances. She could only shout, "Shut up."

Chen Xun laughed out loud when he heard this, and his laughter was mixed with a lot of sarcasm.

"Really? Do you dare to tell the truth?"

Chen Xun's gaze was like a sharp knife, piercing Old Lady Chen. She subconsciously clenched the armrests of the chair. No one knew about this, so why did he know?

Shouldn't it?

At that time, the world was in chaos, and they all followed the Queen and the Prince. Who would have thought that there was a thief hiding among them, who actually wanted to capture the Prince.

She was jealous of Chen Xun's mother at the time. Mr. Chen had originally said that he only wanted Chen Xun's mother's dowry.

However, ever since Chen Xun's mother entered the Chen Mansion, the master seemed like a different person. He even came to discuss with him about promoting her to the position of wife.

She has been in the Chen Mansion for so many years!

However, she had only been in the Chen Mansion for a year, but she had already made the master change his mind.

How could she be willing?

So, when protecting the prince, she pushed her out. Who would have thought that she would come back alive.

But she knew a mother's heart.