Reborn as the crippled king's favorite

"Master Zhen continues."

Zhen Huailin said quickly: "I don't know that Eunuch Li is still alive, because the Lin family has not had any contact with the capital or the palace in these years. The mention of this person is only because the Li family died tragically in the fire." , the boy said, it was Lin who did it!"

"Oh? Why?"

"What the boy means is that the Li family discovered that the person who poisoned people in the restaurant was none other than Lin!"

Murong Jiu, who was sitting next door, was still drinking tea. Hearing this, he paused and his beautiful eyes flashed with surprise.

The restaurant run by the Li family ate people to death, got into lawsuits, and bankrupted the family. They also owed a lot of debt. Eunuch Li's parents became ill, and Eunuch Li also became a eunuch in the palace.

Even Murong Jiu couldn't imagine that this was done by a woman.

How old was Lin at that time? Sixteen or seventeen?

But it’s not difficult to explain.

Mrs. Lin was engaged to Eunuch Li, but Ms. Lin had her eyes set high above the rest and looked down on the Li family who earned hard money by running a restaurant. She wanted to be a member of the county magistrate's family and would rather be a noble concubine than a commoner's wife.

So Mrs. Lin was vicious in her heart and poisoned the food in the restaurant, causing the Li family restaurant to be involved in a life-threatening lawsuit, and she was able to find a way to break off the engagement.

Maybe, Eunuch Li joined the palace as a eunuch, and she also contributed to it.

As for why she pretended to "dedicate herself" to Eunuch Li, firstly, she was worried that after Eunuch Li entered the palace, he would sneak into the palace and cause trouble for her in the future. It would be better to use this painful scene of dedication to make Eunuch Li fall in love with her as his first love. Lian Lian never forgets that when she becomes prosperous in the future, she can climb up again.

Secondly, Mrs. Lin wanted to get pregnant and wanted to borrow a seed, so she thought of Eunuch Li.

It's like killing two birds with one stone.

The vision is indeed very far-sighted, not just a matter of course.

You can guess what Zhen Huailin said later.

Mrs. Lin wanted to get pregnant, but she couldn't pin her hopes on Eunuch Li, so she had an affair with his distant cousin.

Soon Lin became pregnant and happily found the county magistrate's son.

Unexpectedly, the other party was just teasing her, treating her like a monkey, and sent a servant to keep an eye on her. He already knew what she had done and told the Li family about her harm to the Li family.

The Li family came to question her, but she fooled her during the day, and at night she poisoned the well, causing the Li family to die tragically in the fire.

However, Lin was lucky, because the county magistrate and his family were all imprisoned the next day, and no one bothered to burn a few people in the Li family, so it was treated as an ordinary case of cheating.

Lin heard that the county magistrate was going to have his house confiscated and beheaded, and knew that the situation was over. However, he was pregnant and needed a replacement, so he set his sights on Zhen Huailin, who was just a poor scholar at the time.

Because the county magistrate's son disliked her and was wary of her knowledge, Mrs. Lin felt that Zhen Huailin had potential and would not dislike her background, so she deliberately took off her coat and met Zhen Huailin on a day when it was raining heavily. Hug each other for warmth and let outsiders see.

In this way, as a scholar, Zhen Huailin could only grit his teeth and marry her just for the sake of reputation.

However, Zhen Huailin was even better than she imagined. Not only did she not dislike her, but she regarded her as a treasure. She also made great progress in her studies and was admitted to the Jinshi examination within a few years, and she also became an official's wife.

Although Zhen Huailin's official career was not smooth and she had been demoted, but Zhen Huailin had not suffered much in these years, and he created conditions even if there were no conditions, allowing her to live in a privileged and privileged position, which was envied by everyone.

Indeed, if they didn't know what Lin had done, everyone would only envy her for her good vision, choosing a good man, and leaping from a mud-legged peasant girl to the wife of a fifth-rank official.

However, it is horrifying to think carefully that the person Zhen Huailin has respected for so many years is actually responsible for the lives of more than ten people, and is as ruthless and poisonous as a snake or a scorpion.

However, Zhen Huailin's concubine must have been a smart person, otherwise she would have been killed by Mrs. Lin.

The servant in the county magistrate's house must have been found by his concubine. How could the so-called "accidental encounter" really be a coincidence?

Zhen Huailin is also very clear about this.

Being scheming is not a bad thing. It depends on where it is used. It doesn't have to be as vicious as Lin's, but if it doesn't harm others, it doesn't matter.

But at that time, Zhen Huailin still didn't believe what the boy said, and even suspected that the concubine had deliberately slandered Lin, so he even beat the concubine not to frame others for his own selfish interests.

At this time, Lin's distant cousin was not dead yet, and the rumors in the family were getting more and more intense. Lin's children were alluded to be bastards. Zhen Huailin planned to write a letter back to her hometown to find out more about it. Afterwards, Lin went back to her hometown. Then came the news of Lin's cousin's death. It was only then that Zhen Huailin began to doubt Lin's character.

Lin insisted that the other party fell into the water after drinking, but Zhen Huailin could not provide any evidence.

Although there is no evidence, the relationship between husband and wife has also caused a rift. At the beginning of this year, after accidentally witnessing Lin's murder of the domestic cat raised by her concubine, Zhen Huailin was horrified and asked her whether she had killed anyone back then. The Li family Does Liukou's death have anything to do with her?

Zhen Huailin still remembered Mrs. Lin’s panicked expression at that time. Although it was quickly covered up, there was already a gap between the couple. He no longer completely trusted Mrs. Lin. Not long after, the concubine’s three sons suddenly became seriously ill and were diagnosed with the disease. It was poisoning, and he suspected that it was Lin's fault, so he later planned to divorce his wife.

However, the divorce has not yet been completed. There are rumors in the neighborhood that he intends to spoil his concubine and destroy his wife. Some people even say that he is Chen Shimei. Even the top officials have warned him to pay attention to his personal ethics, so the divorce can only be put on hold for the time being.

That's all.

Zhen Huailin and Mr. Lin have been married for thirty years, and they have been together through thick and thin, sharing the joys and sorrows. If it weren't for what Mr. Lin did that shocked him and made him intolerable, Zhen Huailin would not have wanted to divorce his wife.

As for whether the three sons and one daughter he and Lin had were his, he himself had no way of knowing.

These children were all taught and raised by him personally. Although they were not promising, their behavior was not out of the ordinary. He did give them public respect at the beginning. Later, he only hoped that these children would be healthy and safe, and that they would have a good family and a successful career.

But it was only then that Zhen Huailin found out that the Lin family had approached Eunuch Li and stated that their eldest son was Eunuch Li's son. At this moment, he also began to wonder whether those children were his biological flesh and blood.

After hearing this, Jun Yuyan was a little silent.

If Zhen Huailin had not taken in that concubine, she might have been kept in the dark by Mrs. Lin for the rest of her life, raising sons and daughters for others, working hard all her life to take advantage of others, what a great injustice.

It can only be said that God is not willing to let go of those who do evil things.

"Zhen Aiqing."

"Chen is here!"

Zhen Huailin's mood was complicated and uneasy, and he could hardly stand it anymore.

As the saying goes, a family's ugliness should not be exposed publicly, but now even the emperor knows about it.