It was about noon when Lin Sishen finally returned to the house. Before she entered the house, she saw a carriage parked outside the house. A driver was leaning against the car and taking a nap. It seemed that he should have stayed here for a while.

Lin Sishen recognized it at a glance as the carriage belonging to the Fourth Prince's residence. She stared at the carriage and pondered for a moment, then stepped forward and asked the guards, and learned from them that the Fourth Prince had been staying at the residence for an hour.

When the fourth prince came here, he must have asked General Lin why he did not impeach Sun Wenqian when he went to court today.

Thinking of this, Lin Sishen's face darkened, and he quickly walked into the mansion. Looking up from a distance, he saw that General Lin and the fourth prince were not in the hall. Lin Sishen guessed that the two of them should be having a secret conversation in the study at the moment.

Then he walked straight to the study.

Lin Sishen arrived neither early nor late. When she happened to walk to the door of the study, the fourth prince was about to open the door and walk out. As the door suddenly opened, Lin Sishen and the fourth prince ran into each other unexpectedly.

When the two people's eyes met, Lin Sishen could clearly see the pride and ridicule on the fourth prince's face that he had not yet had time to hide. Lin Sishen's expression was slightly startled, and an ominous premonition inexplicably arose in his heart.

The fourth prince looked at her with a half-smile but not a smile. After looking Lin Sishen up and down, he suddenly raised his foot and stepped across the threshold. He stepped in front of her in one step. The distance between the two of them was almost only a fist.

The ambergris penetrated directly into Lin Sishen's nasal cavity, making her dizzy. She subconsciously held her breath and wanted to step back to put some distance between the two of them.

But the fourth prince was one step ahead of her. He suddenly reached out and grabbed Lin Sishen's arm and pulled him forward. Like an eyeing beast hidden in the darkness, he pounced on his prey without any warning, leaving him defenseless.

Fortunately, Lin Sishen reacted quickly enough and put her hand on his chest in time, otherwise she would have almost run into his arms.

Being so close to the fourth prince made Lin Sishen feel nauseated in her stomach, and goosebumps almost appeared all over her body. She wanted to break away and retreat without even thinking, wanting to stay away from him.

But the fourth prince's gradually tightened fingers were so strong that they almost cut off Lin Sishen's arm. The pain caused a layer of cold sweat to break out on her forehead. She suddenly raised her eyes, with uncontrollable disgust and anger in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth.

A few words came out from between his teeth: "Your Highness, please respect yourself."

Seeing the anger and hostility that could not be suppressed in Lin Sishen's eyes at this moment, the fourth prince actually enjoyed it. He leaned over and stared into Lin Sishen's eyes playfully, raised his lips and smiled and said: "You and I are both men, how can we have self-respect?"

After saying this, before Lin Sishen could speak, the fourth prince leaned closer again, narrowed his narrow eyes slightly, and whispered jokingly in Lin Sishen's ear: "Oh, I almost forgot, you are not."

As the words fell, a cold light flashed across Lin Sishen's eyes. Her hand on the fourth prince's chest suddenly gave a strong push. The fourth prince had no choice but to let go of his hand, staggered back a few steps, and bumped into someone behind him in a somewhat embarrassed manner.

on the door frame.

Lin Sishen clenched her hands, and her body couldn't stop trembling with anger, but she was a person who knew how to be patient. Even if she was so insulted by the fourth prince in front of her, she quickly regained her composure.

The fourth prince leaned against the door frame, but Lin Sishen's push just now did not hold back at all. If he hadn't stabilized his body in time and with Lin Sishen's strength, he might not have smashed the door frame behind him.

Lin Sishen was so ruthless, but the fourth prince was not angry. He frowned and took a deep breath. Instead, he laughed out loud. He took a long breath and raised his eyes to look at the expressionless Lin Sishen with interest.

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General Lin inside the house had long heard the movement outside the door, but remained unmoved until the second prince hit the door frame with a loud noise. Then he finally got up and walked slowly to the door.

General Lin's face didn't look good. It had only been half a day, but he seemed to have changed. His straight back, which seemed to be unbreakable even if the sky fell, was now slightly hunched, and his face had an expression on his face.

Tired and weak, even his eyes, which were always sharp and clear, became dull and dull.

As soon as she saw General Lin's face, Lin Sishen's heart sank instantly, as if she had fallen into a bottomless abyss. A chill and inexplicable fear suddenly hit her body. She looked at General Lin with a pale face, trying to get out of Lin's eyes.

There were clues on the general's face.

But General Lin only glanced at her numbly and calmly, slowly withdrew his gaze and waved his sleeves, saying, "Come, let's see you off."

General Lin's voice could not be heard outside the courtyard at all, and the servants could not hear it either. However, the fourth prince understood what was happening. He smiled without saying a word and rolled up his sleeves, dusted off his shoulders, and faced General Lin.

He cupped his hands and said, "General Lin, I will come to visit you another day."

After saying that, he walked down the stairs. The moment he passed by Lin Sishen, he turned his head and glanced at Lin Sishen, raised the corners of his lips playfully and smiled, and then walked away with great satisfaction.

After the fourth prince left, Lin Sishen came back to her senses as if she had just woken up from a big dream. She looked at General Lin anxiously, her thin lips trembled slightly, and hesitantly said softly: "Father..."

General Lin lowered his eyes and raised his hand, lightly interrupting her words, and said calmly: "No need to say more, you can step back, you are tired of being a father."

Lin Sishen was like a child who had done something wrong. She rubbed the corners of her clothes uneasily with her fingertips. She slowly lowered her head, her clear and clean eyes filled with tears. She hesitated and opened her lips, but she didn't open her lips for a long time.

Say a word.

Without even looking at her, General Lin turned around and walked into the study. With the creaking sound of the door closing, a drop of water suddenly fell on the hem of Lin Sishen's crimson official uniform and disappeared in an instant.

What did the Fourth Prince say to General Lin that made General Lin so helpless? The answer is obviously ready to come out.

Lin Sishen just stood in front of the study door with her head down, until it was getting late and her legs were so numb that she could hardly stand. Then she finally raised her eyes and looked at the closed study, dragging her heavy

The footsteps left slowly.

Lin Sishen just didn't understand that even if she had done something wrong, General Lin could have reprimanded her as usual, scolded her loudly, or punished her to kneel in the ancestral hall, but why was he so silent and why he refused to do anything?

explain.

But she didn't dare to ask, nor did she dare to knock on the door. She didn't know how General Lin would look at her after entering the door.

The son he had raised for more than 20 years, the heir for whom he had high hopes, suddenly turned into a daughter one day. Perhaps besides being puzzled, he felt more anger and disappointment in his heart.

After all, she disappointed her father.

Lin Sishen dragged her steps numbly, and unknowingly returned to Liuguang Pavilion. She opened the door and went straight to the cloud couch to sit down. She stared blankly at the shadows of the trees outside the door, feeling exhausted.

A deep feeling of powerlessness came over me.

Lin Sishen sat alone until dark before he was finally found by Liu Qingyun. As soon as Liu Qingyun entered the house, he first complained about the darkness in the room, then went to find a candlestick to light, and kept complaining to Lin Sishen.

"Shen'er, what did the fourth prince say to your father when he came to your door today? As a result, your father didn't even eat a bite of dinner. He ran out of the house and bought several jars of wine by himself, then sat there and drank to himself.

I was afraid that he would be harmed by drinking too much, and he even yelled at me."

When the candlestick was lit, the light in the room became much brighter. Lin Sishen's eyes only moved slightly, but he did not say anything to Liu Qingyun.

Liu Qingyun noticed something strange. She walked around to Lin Sishen, looked at her a few times, and asked hesitantly: "Shen'er, you... what's wrong with you? Are you scolded by your father again?"

Just because Liu Qingyun asked this question, Lin Sishen felt even more aggrieved and sad. Her dim eyes quickly condensed into mist of tears. She opened her mouth, just about to speak.

Liu Qingyun let out a long sigh, sat next to her, and before asking the reason, she comforted her with sincerity: "Shen'er, you also know your father's temper. Don't argue with him. I was just raped."

He ran out in anger. He likes drinking so much, so let him drink alone. The body is his own and I don't care about him."

It was originally meant to be a comfort, but it turned into a complaint before she even said a few words. Lin Sishen swallowed the words that were almost in her mouth. She shook her head and tried to comfort Liu Qingyun with a few words.

After a while, Liu Qingyun couldn't sit still. After all, she still remembered the drunken General Lin, so she wanted to go back to see him. After giving Lin Sishen a few words, she hurried back and forth, and in the blink of an eye, she was the only one left.

Lin Sishen alone.

Looking at Liu Qingyun's hurried away figure, Lin Sishen closed her eyes numbly. Originally, she should have told Liu Qingyun that her father should have known that she was a woman, but for some reason, she was unable to say it, and instead listened.

Liu Qingyun complained a lot.

After Liu Qingyun left, Lin Sishen did not leave. She lay on the cloud couch and curled up like a baby, as if this would make her feel more at ease.

Lin Sishen had suffered countless grievances since she was a child. She got used to enduring them, and even got used to it until she became numb. Her grandmother doted on her, but she placed most of her thoughts on the emptiness of Buddhism. Liu Qingyun couldn't see through her thoughts, and even if she wanted to comfort her, she couldn't.

There was no way to tell, Mo Zhu knew her, but he was not good at words and always worried about his identity, so he would only stay by her side silently. Let alone General Lin, he only treated Lin Sishen harshly and scolded her.

The funny thing is that the only people in the world who can see through the weak side under her disguise and know how to comfort her are the wet nurse and Shen Qingwan, but neither of them can stay with her all year round.

The wet nurse was not in the mansion, and neither was Shen Qingwan. In the huge general's mansion, Lin Sishen could not find anyone who could give her any comfort.

Lin Sishen hugged herself tightly and kept thinking silently in her heart that it would be better until tomorrow. She would only give her grievances and sadness a night. Tomorrow, she would still be the gentle and polite young master with a measured advance and retreat.

Just as Lin Sishen was licking his wounds alone, a figure approached silently in the darkness, strolling across the courtyard and walking straight to the wing.

She smelled the fragrance before seeing the person. Lin Sishen, who had her back to the door, did not hear the footsteps or feel anyone approaching. She just suddenly smelled a familiar fragrance.

Lin Sishen opened his eyes and sat up suddenly. When he turned his head, sure enough, he saw Shen Qingwan's face that was so beautiful that she didn't look like a mortal. She stood calmly beside the cloud couch, her spotless white clothes stained like ink. She had three thousand black hair, and her cold eyes looked at her softly with a little pity.

Lin Sishen almost thought she was dreaming. She raised her hand to support her still stinging arm, stared at Shen Qingwan with blinking eyes, and tentatively called out softly: "Princess Princess?"

Shen Qingwan didn't speak, his eyes flashed across her red eyes, and then fell on the arm she was holding. Her eyebrows suddenly frowned slightly. Under Lin Sishen's stunned gaze, she slowly leaned down without saying a word. Lin Sishen's body, slightly cold fingertips fell on Lin Sishen's wrist, and then he opened his sleeves inch by inch.

On Lin Sishen's fair and slender arms, the dark blue five finger prints suddenly came into Shen Qingwan's eyes. Her eyes narrowed, and a bone-chilling cold light passed through her eyes.

Shen Qingwan raised her hand and lightly touched Lin Sishen's arm with her fingertips. She quickly stopped her hand for fear of hurting her. She raised her eyes and looked at Lin Sishen, her thin lips parted slightly and said, "Shen Xinxun?"

With just such a sentence, a layer of mist suddenly formed in Lin Sishen's eyes. She finally couldn't help but feel aggrieved. She bit her lip and lowered her head and said tremblingly: "Princess, my father... he seems to know that I am a woman."

Shen Qingwan sighed silently after hearing this, and looked at Lin Sishen with eyes full of pity and tenderness. She gently lifted Lin Sishen's chin with her fingertips. After Lin Sishen raised her head, she gently held her face with both hands. Word by word, he said softly: "Shen'er, you are not wrong."

Shen Qingwan's eyes were so gentle that they were about to overflow. Her fingertips on Lin Sishen's face were gently caressed. Her love and doting was so unabashed that it made Lin Sishen feel aggrieved and unwilling. All of a sudden it all poured out.
Chapter completed!