Chapter 230 The Secret of the Imperial Concubine [Please recommend, please vote for me!]
Lin Xiao did not go back directly to the villa that Li Yujun gave her, nor to Lovers, but went to Chen's Tavern.
Because she learned from Wang Tuo that Chen's Tavern is actually inextricably linked to the Chen family.
It was getting late at this time, and there was a curfew tonight, so Chen's Tavern was deserted and seemed particularly quiet.
Chen Yun was surprised to see Lin Xiao coming, and hurriedly came out to greet him:
"Brother Lin, aren't you accompanying me at the palace? Why did you come to me?"
"How did you know that I was accompanying you at the palace? Not many people know about this!"
Lin Xiao raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at Chen Yun with a half-smile.
"I, I am Sister-in-law Lin, she told me..."
Chen Yun touched his nose guiltily, his eyes were fluttering around, and he did not dare to look at Lin Xiao.
When Lin Xiao saw this, he understood clearly. It seemed that during his absence, this boy had been looking for Lan Lian to deepen his relationship.
However, she did not expose him, she just said lightly:
"There's a curfew tonight, and I came here specifically to get drunk."
Chen Yun was startled, and he looked at Lin Xiao with deep confusion in his eyes:
"Brother Lin, what's wrong with you? Are you worried about something?"
Although he had known Lin Xiao for a short time, he felt that Lin Xiao was a very strong and independent person with a smart mind who could handle anything he encountered.
Lin Xiao shook his head, lowered his eyes slightly, and said calmly:
"It's nothing, it's just that something happened recently that made me upset."
Chen Yun became even more confused when he heard this, but seeing that Lin Xiao didn't want to say more, he didn't ask further questions, but just patted his chest and said:
"My treat!"
Lin Xiao glanced at him and yawned lazily:
"Then it's better to be respectful than to obey!"
The two of them came to the private room on the second floor. Chen Yun specially ordered someone to cook some signature dishes, and also brought out two jars of treasured wine. The two of them exchanged glasses and drank to their heart's content.
"Do you know the Chen family?"
Lin Xiao suddenly spoke, causing Chen Yun who was pouring wine to stop, with a look of surprise on his face:
"Chen family? Of course you know! Brother Lin, why do you ask this?"
"I heard that this family is like this in the capital."
As he spoke, Lin Xiao gave a thumbs up, his eyes full of admiration and yearning:
"Even the emperor's favorite concubine is from their family. Your surname is also Chen. Are you from the Chen family?"
Lin Xiao did not continue speaking, but looked at Chen Yun with doubtful eyes.
Chen Yun was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then smiled bitterly, with a bit of melancholy in his eyes:
"To be honest, our lineage was actually abandoned by the Chen family."
"Why?!"
Lin Xiao exclaimed. She had imagined countless possibilities, but she never thought it would end like this.
"This starts from my ancestors."
Chen Yun took a deep breath and spoke slowly.
"My ancestor was a bastard born from a concubine of the Chen family. Although he was a bastard, he was highly regarded by the elders of the family because of his extraordinary intelligence. They sent him to Egret Academy to study, hoping that one day he would be able to obtain fame and be proud of himself.
Return, however..."
However, Chen Yun's ancestor fell in love at first sight with a peasant girl during a study trip. The girl was also infatuated with him and did not regret it, and the two made a private life.
When the elders of the Chen family learned about this, they were furious. They called Chen Yun's ancestor back home and gave him two choices.
Either break up with the woman, concentrate on studies, and become the helmsman of the family in the future, or marry the woman, withdraw from official status, become a villager in the mountains, and have nothing to do with the Chen family anymore.
Chen Yun's ancestor hesitated for a moment, then resolutely chose the latter, quit his official status, and married the woman, who was Chen Yun's grandma.
Elope, leave the capital, fly far away.
The Chen family really drew a clear line with them and removed Chen Yun's ancestors from the family tree as a punishment.
"So that's it..."
After hearing this, Lin Xiao was filled with emotions.
I didn’t expect that there would be such an infatuated person in the world, but this infatuation made the younger generation spend so much effort to regain their official status?!
does it worth?
"Brother Lin, you seem to be very interested in the Chen family? Do you want to have a relationship with them? I can't help you with this. Although we have obtained official status through our eldest brother, we are still restrained by the Chen family.
, it’s already very difficult to protect yourself, there’s nothing you can do at all.”
"It's okay, I just asked casually."
Lin Xiao waved her hand, picked up the wine bowl and drank it all in one gulp. She put down the wine bowl and looked at Chen Yun:
"Why do they have to contain you everywhere?"
"Alas! It's not like they saw the booming business of our tavern and wanted to get a share of the pie, but my dead father refused, so they are holding a grudge!"
Speaking of this, Chen Yun's face turned gloomy:
"If it weren't for my eldest brother being a proud student of Egret Academy and having the support of Egret Academy, I'm afraid my pub would have been destroyed by them long ago."
"They've gone too far!"
Lin Xiao was indignant. She didn't expect the Chen family to be so petty.
Chen Yun smiled, with a hint of coldness flashing in his eyes:
"If I have a chance, I will definitely go back for revenge!"
Hearing this, Lin Xiao showed an imperceptible smile, but she concealed it so well that Chen Yun didn't notice:
"There is a chance... there is one."
"oh?!"
Chen Yun's eyes lit up.
"Do you know why the Chen family is so powerful and the imperial concubine can't become the queen of a country?"
Chen Yun frowned, thought for a moment and then said:
"Yes? Why is this? As far as I know, the emperor seems to rely heavily on their family."
"That's right."
Lin Xiao nodded and said with a smile:
"You look at the imperial concubine's natal family so much, but the imperial concubine is still the imperial concubine. Do you know the twists and turns in this?"
"Brother Lin, you are too flattering to me, my little brother. How can I, a humble citizen, understand this kind of palace secrets?"
Chen Yun said modestly, but the expression on his face obviously didn't look like this.
Lin Xiao chuckled and lowered his voice:
"Because the imperial concubine is not the direct daughter of the Chen family, but an orphan adopted from outside!"
When Chen Yun heard this sentence, his pupils suddenly shrank and he stared at Lin Xiao in disbelief, as if he didn't believe that all this was true:
"You said that the imperial concubine was adopted by the Chen family?!"
"That's right."
"impossible?"
Chen Yun didn't believe his ears. He thought this was simply incredible.
Lin Xiao snorted softly and said word by word:
"How is it impossible? I even suspected for a time that all the young men in the Chen family were adopted from outside!"
"If this is true, wouldn't the Chen family have committed the crime of deceiving the emperor?!"
Chen Yun's eyes widened in horror.
There were originally many big families like the Chen family in the capital. They all conquered the world with the founding emperor thousands of years ago. They can be said to have made great military exploits and made outstanding contributions.
But as time goes by, many families have completely cut off their relationship because they have not given birth to a son or a half, and are thus buried in the long river of history.