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  Huang Yiniang immediately sensed Lin Jirong's rejection, and smiled slightly at her, saying: "Madam, it's time for lunch, I'll go take a look at Master's place."

  "I'm not in good spirits now, and I don't have time to take care of Master. You just need to serve Master well, that's your duty." Madam Tao nodded slightly and let her go.

  Lin Jinyong's puzzled expression had already dissipated, and she walked over to Tao Shi with a smile, sat down beside her, tucked the stray hairs behind her ear with one hand, and grasped Tao Shi's hand with the other, saying: "How did she end up here?"

  Before she could finish speaking, Lin Jin was quietly tugging on her sleeve. Looking at Tao Shi again, the joy that had initially appeared on her face had already dissipated by a third. She said calmly: "She's been coming over every day to pay her respects to me, and whenever I have time, she waits until then. The Fifth Master also comes to pay his respects early in the morning, adhering to etiquette. If I don't let her enter the house now, won't everyone in the household say that I'm taking advantage of my pregnancy to bully people?"

  Lin Jin-yin, however, knew what Lin Jin-rong was worried about and hastily said: "She's very well-behaved, never touched anything carelessly, and didn't stay long every day. She would leave at this time, otherwise she wouldn't have been allowed to come here every day." From the tone of her voice, it seemed that she had also been keeping an eye on her these days.

  Huang Niangniang wanted to make amends with them, but she didn't have to lower herself so much. There must be some other reason. Lin Jinrong was suspicious in her heart, but she didn't dare to continue asking questions in front of Tao Shi. She looked up at the sky and made a silly face, exaggeratingly telling Tao Shi about what had just happened when Lin Shenzhi read books and wrote words while making funny faces in the Listening Wave Pavilion, trying to make Tao Shi happy.

  Taoshi gently stroked her belly, temporarily forgetting her worries, and smiled sweetly: "Your seventh brother said it was a younger brother. I don't know if he's right or not."

  "Exactly right." The two sisters were accompanying her in laughter, but they both saw a hint of worry in each other's eyes.

  After lunch, Mr. Tao took a nap.

  Lin Jinrong said: "Since I've come out, I'll go and pay respects to Father."

  Aunt Huang's so-called going to arrange lunch for Old Master Lin was just an excuse. Lin Jin-yin took his sister's hand and said in a low voice, "He's not home. Come on, let's talk."

  The two sisters sat shoulder to shoulder on the windowsill, basking in the warm autumn sun. Lin Jiner couldn't help but feel a little uneasy: "What's going on?"

  Lin Jin's beautiful eyes were filled with helpless sorrow and worry, but she suppressed them and said lightly: "Nothing, it's just that after he recovered from his injury, those friends in the social circle invited him to dinner parties, one day at the east house, the next day at the west house, so these days are all busy. The other night, he even stayed out overnight and didn't come home, and Mother had to cover up for him for our siblings' sake, which is why she got a bit close to Huang Niang."

  Lin Jin's reluctance to expose his own father's ugliness is understandable. If it was indeed a hangover, it wouldn't be a big deal, and Old Master Lin would have just scolded him casually and let it pass. Why did he need to join forces with Huang Niang for the sake of his siblings' face? It's likely that the beautiful concubine Lin San took in later appeared, causing Lin Jin to feel a chill in her heart. Apart from this, she couldn't think of any other reason why Tao Shi and Huang Niang would form an alliance at this time. Calculating the days, it was around this time too.

  She suddenly felt like laughing. Look, so-called Lin San's true heart and sincerity towards Huang Niangniang were nothing more than this. At that time, it was because of Huang Niangniang's death that he deliberately took in the beautiful concubine Tao Shi. Now that Tao Shi is pregnant, Huang Niangniang lived a comfortable life, and their two sons are making progress, he can still enjoy what he should enjoy. Was he really heartbroken and angry about Huang Niangniang's death back then? Were those ten or so years of pampering Huang Niangniang truly for the sake of that elusive "love"? No, Lin San was just very good at finding excuses for his own incompetence and lust.

  The husband and wife are not in harmony, it's because of Taoshi's overbearing and lack of romance. Look at Huang Niangniang, she is so gentle and obedient, why can't Taoshi be more gentle and obedient? The children don't respect him, they're useless, it's because Taoshi didn't teach them well. Otherwise, the children of the first and second wives are well-behaved and have a good reputation. He doesn't have a good reputation because he's unlucky, Taoshi didn't do a good job as a virtuous wife, and Lin Laotaitai retired too early. Now, he wants to go out and have fun, it's also because Taoshi is not gentle, she got pregnant and can't take care of him, Huang Niangniang is old and can't take care of him anymore.

  These men are so contemptuous of women, yet they themselves aren't even as good as a woman's foot wrapping cloth.

  Lin Jianyin saw an inexplicable weirdness in Lin Jianrong's smile, and her heart felt a bit hairy. She gently bumped into her: "What's wrong with you?"

  Lin Jinyong put away his smile and turned to look at her seriously, saying: "Nothing, I just suddenly feel that if we want to be a person who is not despised, we really can't always blame others and complain about the heavens. Also, for people you don't like, you can't let them die, just treat them as if they didn't exist."

  Lin Jin suddenly felt a toothache. What was this, it couldn't be said that he didn't like the look of him, yet he couldn't let him die either, when the person who didn't exist was clearly referring to Old Master Lin San. How could Lin Jin Rong say such treasonous words? It seemed he had been scared silly, Lin Jin You hesitated and reached out to touch Lin Jin Rong's forehead.

  Lin Jinyong actively moved his forehead to her palm and said with a smile: "I don't have a fever. I'm serious, I'm not young anymore, although you guys don't say it, but I actually know everything. Is that woman the one sent by the Jin family? It's said that she looks like an immortal fairy, has a good hand at wine and tea, and can compose poetry. Her name is Fei Hong, is that right?"

  "How did you know? Which stinky thing has been talking nonsense with you?" Lin Jinyan was shocked and lost his color.

  "You think you can hide it? It's impossible to hide. Everyone in this house, from top to bottom, already knows about it, except for Grandfather and Grandmother." What she said wasn't a lie, that was indeed the case at the time.

  Sister has grown up, forced to grow up, Lin Jinyan felt a little comforted and a little heartbroken, sighing softly: "Forget it, don't say those reckless words that make people die from now on. Outsiders hear them, it's not good for us." Her white teeth lightly bit her lip, angrily saying: "As for him, there's no harm at all, just innocently dragging us down, not worth it."

  It's rare for Lin Jin to express her dissatisfaction with San Lao so clearly, Lin Jin smiled and looked out the window. The sky was a brilliant blue, the clouds were pure white, and the bare tree tops shone with golden light in the autumn sun. A bird of unknown name flew from above the courtyard wall, its flight posture beautiful and light. When could she break free from this small world? Freely roaming between heaven and earth?

  Lin Jianyin sighed softly beside him: "This matter is probably not easy to resolve. But our three families are already chaotic enough, we can't afford to add more chaos."

  This matter can't be settled, Old Master Lin was really moved, and no one in the Lin family would stop him. After all, it's just a lowly little star, who would take her seriously? The first and second wives also have many concubines and maids to warm their beds. If Madam Tao were open-minded, this woman and Huang Niangniang would be perfect opponents for each other, they could fight among themselves, and Madam Tao could lead the children to live their own lives. But Madam Tao obviously can't think clearly, and she's even joined forces with Huang Niangniang, which is the most frustrating thing.

  "What's the point? Even if our grandparents found out, they would just think it's a trivial matter." Lin Jiner rubbed her forehead in frustration and said in a low voice, "Actually, it depends on what Mother thinks. Otherwise, whether one sheep is let loose or two sheep are let loose, or even a whole flock of sheep is let loose, the sheep will still eat grass and fight with each other, what does that have to do with the people living in this house?" After she finished speaking, she felt like she had misspoken. This phrase about letting sheep loose was something she had heard from a kind-hearted and interesting woman when she was waiting for Lu Xian at Jiang Shen Temple years ago. She thought it was useful now, so she used it casually, but forgot that a well-bred lady like Lin Jiner wouldn't know anything about letting sheep loose or not.

  At this time, Lin Jinrong's heart was already somewhat regretful. Just as he was thinking of finding something to gloss over, he heard Lin Jinyan say: "What's wrong with you lately? Why do you keep talking about strange things? Although the words on that woman's head are clear, but who doesn't have private thoughts as a wife? Who can easily put it down?"

  She can put it down. The situation and identity are compelling, and she cannot help but marry someone who is not entirely under her control. Her son will be used to support her in her old age, as for her husband... a man like San Lao Ye, he is just a plaything, use him to the fullest and that's it, why bother putting him in your heart? If he likes concubines, then let him marry ten or eight of them, let him die from excitement. But this kind of talk is too shocking and unconventional, not suitable for a well-behaved girl like Lin Jianyin to hear. Besides, Lin Jianyin won't need to use these tactics in the future anyway. Lin Jianyin curled up the corner of her lips: "Nothing, it's just that I heard Lü Ling say this sentence the other day and thought it was quite suitable, so I casually brought it up."

  Lin Jinyin looked at her with concern: "Lu Lin is a young and ignorant kid, you'd better not hang out with him, just listen to his nonsense."

  Lin Jinrong responded casually and looked up at the sky again. To make Mrs. Tao feel at ease and maintain the current situation, she couldn't let that beautiful concubine enter the house. But she and Lin Jinrong really had no control over the affairs of Master San's room, what to do?

  Lin Jinrong caught sight of Gong Mama sitting at the door, sunning herself and sewing a small garment with flying needles and threads. Lin Jinrong hastily made a signal to Lin Jinyong, smiled and went out to chat with Gong Mama, probing her indirectly, only wanting to know what kind of idea Tao's family had come up with.

  Gong Mama heard that the two girls were worried about this matter, although she felt it was not good to mention it, but she could also understand their feelings, so she leaked a little wind to them: "Don't worry too much. These days Shu Tai Tai has been talking a lot with Tai Tai, and Tai Tai can still tell what's important and what's not. At this time, nothing is more important than her and the young master in her belly."

  Lin Jin let out a sigh of relief. Lin Jin Rong, however, was slightly uneasy, feeling helpless and could only secretly pray to the heavens to bless the Tao family's mother and son with peace, and decided that if nothing happened, he would come over to keep watch over Mrs. Tao and comfort her.