Reborn as the crippled king's favorite

Zhen Huailin thought that Mrs. Lin's rescue of him home in the heavy rain was their first meeting.

Who would have thought that Mrs. Lin would have recognized him long ago.

That year, he failed the exam in a foreign country and returned to the village sadly. He was caught in a heavy rain but had nowhere to hide. His body was hypothermic and he was about to collapse. It was Lin who appeared, took off his coat, wrapped him up, and called for help.

Because Lin held him and kept him warm, Lin lost her reputation. However, he was grateful to Lin and felt that Lin was kind and gentle and a savior who fell from the sky, so he boldly proposed marriage.

Unexpectedly, Mrs. Lin did not dislike him for being poor and married him.

Not long after they got married, Mrs. Lin became pregnant. Zhen Huailin was overjoyed to be a father for the first time. After the child was born, she doted on her even more.

In the second year after the child was born, he passed the exam and became a scholar. The county magistrate's family he offended had been convicted of corruption and bending the law not long after his marriage. The whole family was beheaded or exiled.

In his heart, he was grateful to Mrs. Lin. Mrs. Lin married him when he was at his poorest and most miserable, and always encouraged him to continue to obtain academic honors and make progress again and again. Over the years, he felt that without Mrs. Lin, he would not be where he is today.

He was very kind to Mr. Lin and his children. He was also conscientious in his work and gradually rose through the ranks. He never took any concubines.

Until more than ten years ago, a local official dedicated his daughter to him. He was drunk that day. When he woke up, it had become a mistake, and he had no choice but to take a concubine.

He felt guilty towards Mrs. Lin because he had promised not to take concubines, so he never went to her place after that. Unexpectedly, she became pregnant.

Then he gave birth to a son.

At that time, he was nearly forty years old, and his youngest child was already ten years old, which was equivalent to having a child at an old age. In addition, when his concubine had a difficult delivery, he went to see the child and found that the child looked very much like him. Flesh and bones, I still like them more or less.

Moreover, the concubine is well-educated, never aggressive, gentle and carefree, which is incomparable to the Lin family who was born as a peasant girl.

Slowly, I became more partial.

He also knew that his concubine had a difficult childbirth and was inseparable from Mrs. Lin.

Because he was ashamed of Mrs. Lin, he did not pursue Mrs. Lin, but later he thought, if the concubine had killed two people, and Ms. Lin was the murderer, how could he let the concubine forgive Ms. Lin?

In short, it was not easy for him to be caught in the middle during those two years. On one side was his wife who shared the hardships with him, and on the other side was his concubine and innocent child who could comfort people without fighting for it.

After discovering that Lin wanted to kill his concubine and son many times, Zhen Huailin's tolerance was limited, so he became more and more partial to his concubine. Later, he gave birth to two more sons. These three children were smart and lively, and they were very close to him. They look similar, and he likes them quite a lot.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison. In fact, the children Lin gave birth to were too stupid. Even if he taught carefully in the early years, it would not help. However, these three children were able to understand everything and learn well, which made him feel Very pleased.

A hundred years from now, there will be successors to the Zhen family.

If these three children can obtain academic status and continue to enter the officialdom, they will be able to protect their brothers who have accomplished nothing in the future and shine brightly.

However, Ms. Lin's jealousy became stronger and stronger, and she once pushed her concubine down from the attic. Fortunately, she survived, but only a broken bone in her leg, which took nearly half a year to heal.

Since then, Zhen Huailin lost patience and tolerance, and severely used family methods to deal with Lin.

Later, I gradually heard some voices saying that the son Lin gave birth to was her distant cousin.

Zhen Huailin knew it was his concubine's counterattack, but he didn't take it seriously and never doubted Lin. Although Lin's cousin often came to visit Qiu Feng in the early years, he didn't seem to have an affair with Lin.

To Zhen Huailin, Mrs. Lin was a poor wife who worked hard and accomplished great things. Even though she had many shortcomings, just the fact that she shared hardships with him in the early days was enough to make him remember her for the rest of his life.

But, until Lin returned to his hometown.

Two days later, her old cousin fell into the water drunk at night and drowned.

"So he didn't die of illness?"

Jun Yuyan slowly opened his mouth.

Zhen Huailin was shocked. She didn't expect that the emperor even knew about Lin's cousin!

He hurriedly explained: "The death of illness was only reported to the outside world. Lin's cousin acted absurdly. When he drowned, he was holding a woman's red bellyband in his hand. I don't know where he stole it. His family members felt embarrassed, so they said he was It was a violent death.”

Jun Yuyan nodded and motioned for Zhen Huailin to continue.

Zhen Huailin did not dare to be careless and carefully talked about what happened next.

He felt that Lin's cousin died strangely, and even people in the family said that Lin was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so he went to kill and silence him.

How could a woman like Lin do such a thing as murder?

Of course Zhen Huailin didn't believe it.

You know, Lin has been a Buddhist for many years and has been reciting Buddhist scriptures all day long. He is the most pious person.

He felt that Lin's cousin's death was just an accident.

However, he accidentally "encountered" the personal servant of the county magistrate's son and learned something that he couldn't believe.

In her early years, Mrs. Lin actually wanted to be a concubine for the son of the county magistrate. Unfortunately, she was plain-looking, and the son of the county magistrate did not look down on her. Instead, she teased her. For this reason, Mrs. Lin did not hesitate to please the other party, not only offered herself to her, but also learned that After Zhen Huailin offended the other party, he deliberately put laxatives in his porridge while he was not paying attention, causing his reputation to decline.

Zhen Huailin was shocked when he heard this, but he did not believe that Lin could be such a person.

The boy went on to say that it was not impossible for the county magistrate's son to take Lin as his concubine, unless she was pregnant with his child, so the mother would be more valuable than the child.

But these words were entirely meant to tease her. The county magistrate's son had several children for a long time. Later, he injured his lower body while riding a horse. Although he could sleep with women, he could not have children. He said this deliberately because he knew that Mrs. Lin was deeply scheming and wanted to Let’s see what method Lin will come up with.

"So she found her fiancé?" Jun Yuyan asked quietly.

Zhen Huailin's face was full of surprise, but she nodded again and again: "Exactly! She had a fiancé back then. There was a change in her family, and she wanted to enter the palace as a eunuch, so she had an affair with him on the eve of his entering the palace. Over the past many years, this man has I don’t know if he’s still alive.”

"While alive, he is Eunuch Li who served the late emperor and me."

Eunuch Li!

Zhen Huailin naturally knew that Eunuch Li was a popular figure around the emperor. He thought to himself, if His Majesty knew about this, could it be Eunuch Li who was gossiping in His Majesty's ears?

Jun Yuyan didn't let him guess and said bluntly:

"On the day of the conferment ceremony, Mrs. Lin contacted Eunuch Li. However, since I came to inquire, I will not listen to the slander."

The word "slander" made Zhen Huailin feel reassured. Your Majesty is infinitely better than the late emperor. How could you believe the eunuch's words?

But he really didn't expect that Mrs. Lin would actually exchange letters with Eunuch Li behind his back!