into the night.

Just as Aunt Xu helped Lin Xi wash up, Chunhua came in and said, "Miss, Aunt Wen is here."

Hearing this, Lin Xi put down the hairpin in her hand and said with a smile: "Let her in."

"Yes!"

Chunhua said, then turned and walked out.

Aunt Xu looked at Chunhua's back and couldn't help but say, "Chunhua seems to be becoming more and more sincere. I wonder if Miss still doubts her now?"

Lin Xi shook her head. How could she not see that Chunhua was now completely sincere to her?

Madam Wen was not as flamboyant as Madam Xu and she dressed very simply, but she had an aura that could not be ignored. Just standing there, one could not help but take a few more glances at her.

She actually came in to observe Lin Xi. Lin Xi was very beautiful, and even at this moment she did not hide the conspiracy in her eyes at all. At such a young age, one could see her exposed edge, and it seemed that she was not deliberately hiding it from her.

Lin Xi also looked at Madam Wen in front of him indifferently. She was kneeling on the ground without saying a word, and she did not ask anyone to help her up.

"Why is Madam Wen coming to my yard so late?" Lin Xi asked indifferently.

Madam Wen said quickly, "I came here today to thank the young lady. If it weren't for the young lady, I don't know when I would be able to get up."

"Hmm. What? Do you have something else to ask me now?"

Madam Wen knew her situation in the mansion. The mistress Xu had regarded her as a thorn in her side and would always find an opportunity to remove her. If she wanted to survive in the Lin family, she would definitely have to find someone to help her.

And this person is the eldest lady Lin Xi in front of him.

"Miss, I am willing to serve you." Madam Wen knelt on the ground, her voice sincere.

Lin Xi didn't say anything, he just smiled faintly.

After waiting for a long time, Madam Wen didn't see Lin Xi ask her to stand up. Could it be that she had misunderstood?

After a long while, Lin Xi finally spoke up and said, "Let's leave it at that! Madam Wen is the elder, why doesn't Madam Xu help her up?"

Madam Xu said quickly, "It was my fault for being careless. Madam Wen, please get up quickly!" As she spoke, she bent down to help the person up.

In this situation, there is no need to speak out the conspiracy between the two.

Madam Xu sent Madam Wen away and couldn't help asking, "Miss, is Madam Wen coming to us?"

Lin Xi smiled: "It's still early!"

Unexpectedly, on the second day, the Lin Mansion had a third "happy event."

The wife of the Marquis of Huaiyin came in person with a betrothal gift, saying that she had taken a fancy to the young lady from the Lin Mansion and had chosen today to propose marriage.

Lin Xi frowned. The wife of Marquis Huaiyin would not be such a reckless person. For matters like this, girls like them could only stay in their boudoirs. The news from the front yard was always half a step behind.

"How is it?" Lin Xi asked Chunhua in front of him.

Chunhua smiled bitterly, "Miss, the one that the wife of the Marquis of Huaiyin wants to marry is you! She also said that you have met her youngest son, and the two children have a bond between them. She also likes you, and she chose today to finalize the marriage."

Lin Xi frowned: "I have never seen the young master of Huaiyin Marquis Mansion, where does the word friendship come from?"

But in the current situation, she couldn't think of so much. After thinking about it for a long time, she finally thought of Lin Yuanyue.

But just as I was thinking of her, I didn't expect Lin Yuanyue to come to my house. She knocked on the door cheerfully: "Big sister, I came to congratulate you on finding a good husband."

As she spoke, she walked in, looking at Lin Xi with a hint of provocation in her eyes.

Lin Xi was too familiar with the malicious smile on her face, so he didn't say anything.

Seeing that she ignored him, Lin Yuanyue was not annoyed. She put the cakes she brought on the table and ordered people to spread them out. Then she smiled and said, "Sister, the Huaiyin Marquis's Mansion is such a prestigious family. You will definitely enjoy a good life if you marry into it. What's more, the wife of the Huaiyin Marquis loves you so much that you will definitely not be bullied by your mother-in-law. Sister, you are so lucky."

Lin Xi, no matter how good your fate is, all the good luck will come to me, the holy monk told her, as long as Lin Xi continues to be unlucky, she will be able to stand higher and higher and get better and better.

So, she wanted to suck Lin Xi's blood so that she would never have good luck in her life.

She already knew about the situation in Huaiyin Marquis' Mansion, so how could she come to congratulate Lin Xi sincerely?

She just wanted Lin Xi to be her stepping stone for life.

Lin Xi looked at Lin Yuanyue with a cold gaze, and said in a cold tone: "Why? Sister, do you like the marriage with the Huaiyin Marquis Mansion? Why don't you marry him? Sister, I don't want to get married yet."

Lin Yuanyue's face froze, but she soon revealed an aggrieved expression and said, "Sister, I'm doing this for your own good."

"For my own good? Don't you know that the young master of the Huaiyin Marquis's mansion has a mistress and it's impossible for him to like me? Don't you know that the wife of the Huaiyin Marquis has always had an purpose when approaching me? Don't you really want me to marry a good man in this life?" Lin Xi's eyes were gloomy. He asked three questions in a row, leaving Lin Yuanyue speechless.

Unexpectedly, Lin Xi could see things so clearly. Every word she said was pointing out her hypocrisy and exposing her true face.

"Sister, you and I are a family! How could I not care about you?" Lin Yuanyue said this, but as soon as she met Lin Xi's eyes, she felt terribly guilty.

If she hadn't said the word "relatives", Lin Xi might not have raised her hand, but when she said it, Lin Xi raised his hand without hesitation and landed on her face cleanly.

In the silent house, crisp applause sounds were heard.

Lin Yuanyue's eyes widened in surprise, and her kind expression just now was completely broken. She covered her face and screamed, "Lin Xi, how dare you hit me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the dagger in Lin Xi's hand was against her neck. Lin Yuanyue was completely frightened and lost all her composure. Her eyes and expression showed fear. She didn't dare to move, but she looked at Lin Xi, afraid that she would scratch her face with a shaking hand. She could only beg, "Sister, I'm your sister. How could you be so crazy as to want to hurt me!"

Lin Xi's eyes were dark. If she shook her wrist slightly, blood would instantly spurt out of Lin Yuanyue's fair and slender neck and spray all over her face.

According to Lin Hewen's personality, if Lin Yuanyue was like this, the Lin family girls killing each other would be a huge scandal. He would suppress the matter and even try to cover it up for himself because of Chen Xun.

But such revenge is too meaningless.

Whatever she experienced in her previous life, she should experience it again.

Lin Xi tilted his head and looked at the frightened Lin Yuanyue, smiled softly, and put away his dagger, "Sister, I'm not kidding you."

"Why did you take it so seriously?" Lin Xi's voice was gentle, but there was no warmth in her eyes. She pulled Lin Yuanyue over and whispered in her ear, "If you want to fight me, I can fight with you until death."

As she said this, she let go of her hand.

Lin Yuanyue fell to the ground. She raised her head tremblingly and looked at Lin Xi, only to find that she looked so strange.

Could it be that she knew something?

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The autumn examination is about to begin.

Lin Xi's marriage with the Huaiyin Marquis's Mansion was not finalized immediately.

Lin Hewen was waiting for Chen Xun's attitude. If she could really marry Chen Xun, he would inevitably feel that Xu's proposal would no longer be important.

Lin Xi was helping Lin Min pack his luggage in the yard, not in a hurry at all.

But Nanny Xu and Chunhua kept inquiring about the news. Especially Nanny Xu, when she heard that the young master of the Huaiyin Marquis's Mansion was of that kind of character, she was disheartened and quickly advised her to find Lin Hewen to reject the marriage.

But Lin Xi remained unmoved.

Since there was something fishy about this matter, she was not in a hurry. She could find a way to meet the young master, and then the conspiracy would be exposed.

If the young master was really a person without temper, how could the wife of Huaiyin Marquis think of marrying him to set up a competition stage at home?

Isn't this asking for trouble?

This matter is very easy to solve. We just need to let that young master know that the person he is thinking about day and night is not me, and the marriage will be solved.

"Mother, have you found anything strange in the courtyard?" Lin Xi always felt that they had suddenly resolved the crisis because someone was controlling it. As for the monk, it seemed as if he existed in a dream and no trace of him could be found at all.

This matter suddenly occurred to her, and she could ask someone about it.

Thinking of this, she quickly put all the items in her hands into a package and told Aunt Xu, "The remaining pens, ink, paper and inkstone must be handled by you. No one else can touch them."

"Yes, I understand." Madam Xu nodded.

Seeing this, Lin Xi did not delay any longer and went to the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion to find Shen Qingran with the visiting card.

Shen Qingran was also happy to hear that Lin Xi was here. He brought her to his courtyard and couldn't help sharing, "My eldest brother seems to have a girl he likes. He has been losing his appetite recently, but my mother and I don't know who this person is."

Lin Xi grabbed her hand and asked, "Do you know if there have been any famous monks in recent years?"

"Monk?" Shen Qingran looked at Lin Xi and saw that she looked serious. She pursed her lips and thought for a while. It seemed that she really thought of something. Her expression changed. Her eyes changed: "There are so many monks. I wonder which one you want to know."

"You know, all of them, especially the most bizarre and shocking ones."

Seeing Lin Xi's expression, Shen Qingran hesitated to speak: "The monk you mentioned does exist. There was a monk who occasionally accompanied the late emperor since he was young. From various rumors, this monk is smart, and more importantly, he is very smart and seems to know everything in the world."

"But if there really is such a monk, how could we not know about it?" Lin Xi was puzzled.

Shen Qingran looked around and continued, "How could His Majesty deliberately erase everything about this monk? How could he let you know? What's more, I only heard that this monk's strange behavior is because he loves to help others change their fate. He had an affair with the princess and gave birth to a child. There were droughts in various places and strange phenomena in the sky. There were rumors that he and the child were the source of the strange phenomena, so all traces had to be erased."

"Having a child with the princess?" Lin Xi was horrified. Such a thing was indeed shocking and had never been heard of before. Such a thing was probably a royal scandal and all traces of it had been erased long ago.

"Is that monk really dead?" Lin Xi asked.

Shen Qingran was a little puzzled: "Why did you suddenly come to ask me about the monk today? Did you see it?"

Lin Xi shook her head. It would be nice if she could see it.

Shen Qingran smiled and said, "How is that possible? If that monk were still alive, he would definitely be over a hundred years old. At our age, we would be considered his great-granddaughters."

Lin Xi lowered his head and couldn't help asking, "Could it be that there is no monk who can shock the world now?"

Shen Qingran shook his head, "No, His Majesty has strictly prohibited it."

"Qingran, Qingran." Shen Renzhang's voice sounded outside the door.

Even Shen Qingran couldn't help but frown, and murmured: "My elder brother doesn't come to my yard often. Lin Xi, you actually ran into him when you came."

Shen Qingran instructed the servant beside him, "Tell my brother that Lin Xi is here and it's inconvenient to let him in."

The maid went out and soon brought back Shen Renzhang's words:

"The young master said that he is not asking you to go out, but just asking you to go for an outing in the suburbs with Miss Lin."

Shen Qingran said in surprise: "Summer is almost here, and we still want to go outing in the suburbs?"

She thought about it, then turned to Lin Xi and asked, "Lin Xi, do you want to go?"

Lin Xi was silent for a long time before he slowly said, "It depends on whether you want to go or not. I have asked all the questions I wanted to ask today."

Shen Qingran held Lin Xi's hand tightly, and suddenly thought of something, and said, "Since it's an outing, it can't just be a few days for us, right?"

After that, she whispered in her ear again, "I know that someone from the Huaiyin Marquis's Mansion went to your house, and I know the whole story. This time, I will find a way to help you meet that young master."

"He is also a second-generation rich man, how can he allow others to deceive and take advantage of him?"

Lin Xi smiled, held her hand, and was extremely grateful: "How should I thank you for this?"

When the group went out for the trip, Shen Renzhang also accepted Shen Qingran's request and went to look for the young master of the Huaiyin Marquis's Mansion. Unexpectedly, he found the person in his mistress's house.

While walking on the road, he heard from Shen Renzhang that Miss Lin was also there. His expression changed immediately, and he laughed heartily and said to him, "Brother Renzhang, it is fate that Miss Lin and I will be engaged soon."

"What?" Shen Renzhang was surprised. He didn't expect that his sister asked him to invite Zuo Wancheng with this intention. His smile became stiff.

But Zuo Wancheng didn't notice the change in Shen Renzhang's expression at all, and was still talking about his meeting and acquaintance with Lin Xi.

Ride all the way to the suburbs.

Zuo Wancheng was expectantly waiting for Miss Lin, but he looked around but didn't see any sign of "Lin Xi". He immediately went to find Shen Renzhang and asked, "Miss Lin, aren't I going with you today?"

At this time, Shen Qingran and Lin Xi were watching the fish swimming by the stream, thinking about how to eat them later.

Shen Renzhang was puzzled and pointed in the direction of Lin Xi and said, "Where is that? Isn't that Miss Lin?"

When Zuo Wancheng saw Lin Xi's face and the face of Miss Lin whom he had met, his mind was confused and his expression suddenly changed. He gritted his teeth and said, "If she is Miss Lin, then who is the person I met?"

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