Hearing this, Lin Jingmo admired his father's open-mindedness very much, but he was still a little worried and said: "But the situation in the court is turbulent. If even his son-in-law cannot be his support, then his father will not feel that he is alone.
Are you alone?"
Lin Yuanzhi said: "The affairs of the imperial court are not just as simple as the four words "turbulence and clouds". My father has been in the officialdom for more than thirty years. What dangers have I not experienced, what tricks have I not seen? This is exactly the case, and my father will not know it.
For the sake of my own selfish interests and to make others recognize me, I support my close associates. I am loyal to Your Majesty. I only hope that the country will be peaceful and the people are safe. I will put the country and the people first in everything, instead of worrying about personal gains and losses. In this way, I can speak out with justice instead of being timid. If
I really have my own party members like Chen Mianzheng, so when I speak and do things for my father, I will take into account the interests of all the people in the party. Isn’t it hard to achieve anything with my hands and feet tied? I work for my father, but I want peace of mind. The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water.
, you don’t have to agree with me to have friendship with me. Moreover, it is precisely because I have no friendship with the courtiers that your Majesty thinks that my father is the best person to take charge of the Ministry of Personnel."
Lin Jingmo nodded, recalling Xiao Huzi's words, she felt uneasy again, and asked again: "As the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, my father has appointed countless officials, has he missed anyone?"
When Lin Yuanzhi was asked about this, he couldn't help but stood up, sighed, and said: "I was indeed wrong. He is a good friend who was my classmate. He is well-read and has a lot of ambition. I thought he could do something for the people.
In order to achieve such a great undertaking, he was recommended to your majesty to serve as an official in Nanling. Nanling was rich and prosperous, but who would have thought that he would actually enrich himself and end up in a state of ruined reputation and death without a body. His parents, wife and children were also implicated. At that time, if it weren't for
His concubine couldn't stand his torture and went to the capital to expose his crimes to me. I'm afraid the people of Nanling will suffer for a few more years. As the official minister, I also made some mistakes!"
It’s Nanling again...
Lin Jingmo raised her eyes and looked at her father. She was very confused about how to explain what she saw and heard to her father, but she was also worried about Shang Shixu's future. When she recalled her father's words again, she suddenly felt that even if Shang Shixu had really done something wrong,
, for the sake of the suffering people in Nanling, she should not hide it for her own selfish desires. If Shang Shixu is really a traitor through and through as they said, then she, the wife of the traitor, will never escape. She is willing to fight with her
The husband bears all this together.
So she said frankly: "Nanling is rich, but a continuous heavy rain has ruined the wheat. I'm afraid we won't be able to collect grain this year."
Lin Yuanzhi heard this and asked in surprise: "Is this true? The briefing from Nanling hasn't arrived yet. How did you learn about this, Mo'er?"
Lin Jingmo said with a troubled expression: "That's what the gangsters who kidnapped us said. They just suffered a locust plague last year, but the court turned a deaf ear to the matter and continued to increase taxes. Their grain transport officer also died innocently because of this. I and I
Shang Shixian was tied up because of this matter, maybe... maybe he, Shang Shixian..."
"Are you worried that Timing is related to the tax increase in Nanling?" Lin Yuanzhi took over his daughter's words and said: "The reason why Nanling raised taxes was because the general from the north repeatedly wrote letters stating his interests. Although Timing is the Minister of Household Affairs,
, but had no right to raise taxes privately. Moreover, after my father heard that the Northern Territory was defeated this time, he wrote a letter requesting Your Majesty to send someone to the Northern Territory to re-examine the reasons for the defeat before issuing another decree. He did not directly state to His Majesty that he wanted to increase taxes!
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After hearing this, Lin Jingmo's heart finally fell. On the one hand, she was glad that Shang Shixu was not the treacherous official who harmed the country and the people as they said. On the other hand, she blamed herself for actually believing those people's words for a while and thinking that Shang Shixu was.
They are sycophants, presumably. They are just farmers suffering in Nanling. How do they know how the imperial court in the capital makes a decision?
Knowing a daughter is like a father, Lin Yuanzhi saw that the expression on his daughter's face had changed so much in a short period of time, and he guessed that he was almost the same. He gently stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Between husband and wife, the most important thing is to know each other, no matter what.
You should trust him all the time. Don’t forget, your father is a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and has read countless people, so he will not be a bad person."
Lin Jingmo smiled happily and nodded.
Lin Yuanzhi said to her: "Mo'er, you must remember your original intention."
Listening to his father's words, Lin Jingmo couldn't help but have doubts in his heart. His father taught him by words and deeds, so why was he such a poisonous woman in the past?
……
The sun shone on the window lattice, and Shang Shixu slowly opened his eyes. He looked at the unfamiliar curtain top of the bed. This was Lin Jingmo's main courtyard room that he had never been to.
He turned his head and saw Lin Jingmo, who was sleeping soundly beside the bed. Her soft hair lay casually on his hand, and the sun shone on her face, which was both quiet and warm.
He couldn't help but raise his hand slightly, and his black hair slipped gently from top to bottom. He looked at Lin Jingmo beside him, with a smile on his face.
He stretched out his hand to caress Lin Jingmo's white and tender cheeks, caressed her lightly frowned brow with his fingertips, and then traced the direction of her eyebrows to the scar between her eyebrows.
Lin Jingmo opened his eyes slightly as if he was awake. He quickly retracted his hand and tilted his head to the side of the wall as if nothing had happened.
Lin Jingmo rubbed his eyes drowsily, turned around and reached out to hold him, then put his hand on her face and said, "Husband, are you awake?"
Shang Shixu turned around and glanced at his own hand with a hint of success.
Suddenly Lin Jingmo woke up. She stood up and said, "Husband, you are finally awake!" Then she lifted his quilt with concern and looked at his wounds while saying, "Are you still feeling unwell?" p>
Shang Shixuan frowned slightly in cooperation, gritted his teeth and said, "Well, it's very painful."
"I'll ask someone to call the doctor!" After saying this, he stood up and left.
However, Shang Shixu reached out and grabbed her forearm, gently pulled her into his arms, and said with a wicked smile: "Madam, don't move around, it will hurt my husband if you touch the wound."
Lin Jingmo blinked in his arms, afraid of touching his wounds and did not dare to act rashly.
After a long while, he finally said: "Madam, do you still remember what you said in the cabin?"
Lin Jingmo whispered back: "Which sentence did your husband say?"
Shang Shixu reached out and stroked her soft hair, and said as if flirting: "I want to hear Madam say that you admire me..."
Lin Jingmo's head suddenly exploded with a buzzing sound! She shyly stretched out her hand to push Shang Shixu away and stood up, but she still touched his wound.
He sighed in pain and said with some disappointment: "It seems that Madam just lied to me."
"No...I didn't lie to you." Seeing that he was in pain, Lin Jingmo hurriedly squatted by the bed again, looked into Shang Shixu's eyes and said, "Everything said in the wooden house is true."