The Queen shook her head but didn't say much. She said calmly, "Okay Yan Li, don't worry. This is a matter between me and your father."

Pei Yanli frowned and looked at the queen in confusion, "Mother, I can already stand on my own now, can you tell me the truth?

The queen looked at him blankly. Many thoughts flashed through her mind at this moment. Looking at her most beloved son, the queen finally decided to tell Pei Yanli everything.

"Your father was not like this at the beginning." The queen's eyes were full of nostalgia. When she first married His Majesty, they really lived in harmony for a while.

But later, the pressure from the Empress Dowager and the late Emperor made him change.

"My son, I know you are afraid that I will be wronged, but all this is what I deserve for being the queen." After saying this, she turned her head and looked at the magnificent inner hall, "All this glory and wealth is earned by me. No one will be able to say a bad word about me in the future."

At this moment, Pei Yanli suddenly understood why the queen didn't care about everything. Maybe it wasn't that she didn't care, but that she, as the mother of a country, couldn't care.

Pei Yanli was in a trance for a moment. He didn't know whether Lin Tingwan in his previous life was as helpless as the queen today, with so many things beyond her control.

He calmed himself down, his eyes full of determination, and clenched his fists tightly, "Mother, please believe me, everything will be fine. I will never let you stay like this."

The queen nodded and looked at Pei Yanli with a faint smile, her eyes full of pride, "My son has really grown up, and now he knows how to protect his mother."

"It was my fault before. If I had known this would happen, I shouldn't have invited the Empress Dowager that day."

"My son, there is no need to be like this. Your grandmother is powerful and has always been well connected. How could she not know what is happening in my palace? It is just a matter of time. What is coming will eventually come. My son, there is no need to blame yourself."

Having said that, Pei Yanli still felt uncomfortable. He looked at the queen quietly without saying anything for a long time.

……

The new year is approaching.

Some are happy and some are sad.

The beginning of spring was the day when Lin Tingwan was going to marry Pei Yanli. It was clearly the end of the year, but there was no joy on Lin Tingwan's face, and she looked a little lonely.

Her chickenpox was completely healed, and there was no trace left on her face or body, as if she had never had chickenpox.

It was as if nothing had happened.

Perhaps the only thing that has changed is the relationship between mother and daughter. Although the two still look close, there is some estrangement between them involuntarily.

Pei Jinan in the carriage looked at the familiar words "Lin Mansion" from afar.

It's time for his 'illness' to be cured.

Pei Jinan knocked on the carriage and the driver drove away.

Lin Tingwan, who had just stepped out of the mansion, did not see this scene. She got into the carriage with the help of Yuzhu.

The carriages were moving slowly on the bluestone road, the sound of horse hooves was crisp and loud, and the two carriages passed each other.

Lin Tingwan received a letter from Lin Mingqian today, asking the whole family to go look at clothes for the New Year.

To wear new clothes in the New Year, you naturally have to prepare them early.

Just now, Lin Tingwan went to look for Song Yingyue, but was told that she had gone out early. After some calculation, Lin Tingwan guessed that she went to look for Lin Tangning.

Although the two were as close as mother and daughter, they rarely met after Mrs. Lin passed away.

Somehow, during the time when Lin Tingwan had chickenpox, something inexplicably changed between Song Yingyue and Lin Tangning.

Everything now seems like it was in the past. Even though she is my mother, I feel like an outsider.

Therefore, the closer the wedding date was, the more flustered she became. Lin Tingwan was fine, as her wedding dress was embroidered by an embroiderer in the palace. Besides the fact that the deadline was getting closer, Pei Yanli also knew that she was unwilling and did not come to bother her.

In order to get a good sign of new clothes, the clothing store should be doing the best business now.

Lin Tingwan felt something was strange when she came here today. Only Lin Tangning was trying on clothes inside, and the expressions on Song Yingyue and Lin Mingqian's faces were indescribably strange.

Lin Yuehong was the first to see Lin Tingwan. He quickly stepped forward and held her. Then he looked back at Lin Tangning awkwardly and slowly said, "Yangyang is here?"

Lin Tingwan nodded and said, "Sorry for the long wait, brother." Then she stepped forward to greet Lin Mingqian and Song Yingyue.

Song Yingyue's attitude today was obviously colder than usual.

Lin Tingwan immediately realized what was going on. Just as she was about to speak, Lin Tangning stepped forward, took Song Yingyue's arm, and looked at her with a smile.

"My cousin is finally here." She shook Song Yingyue's arm and said, "Aunt, do you think I look good in this dress?"

Song Yingyue looked her up and down and said with a helpless smile, "Our Tang Ning looks good in anything she wears."

Lin Tingwan knew at this moment that Lin Tangning was itching for trouble again.

However, compared to the worries of Lin Mingqian and Lin Yuehong, Lin Tingwan actually didn't feel anything.

She had seen too many things like this in her previous life and had long since become numb to them.

Lin Mingqian walked forward, picked up a moon-white dress and placed it in front of Lin Tingwan, saying, "Yangyang, take a look at this one. Do you like it? I think it suits you very well."

From ancient times to the present, wearing white clothes during the New Year has been considered unlucky. Lin Tingwan knew at a glance that Lin Mingqian didn't want her to look because he was afraid that she would be sad, but unfortunately she didn't notice it when she picked up something casually.

Lin Yuehong obviously noticed this and quickly stepped forward to take the clothes from Lin Mingqian's hands.

"Dad means that you look good in anything you wear."

Lin Mingqian noticed it and quickly said, "Yes, that's what Dad meant. Our Yangyang would look good even if he wore a torn sack."

The father and son were surprisingly in agreement at this moment.

Hearing this, Lin Tingwan suppressed his laughter and said, "Yangyang knows."

Song Yingyue, who was standing aside, looked at the three people having fun and her eyes flickered slightly.

Just before Lin Tingwan came, she and Lin Mingqian had just had an argument, and as expected, it was because of Lin Tingwan.

The two had rarely had a quarrel over the years, but they started arguing these past few days because of Lin Tingwan's behavior.

Lin Mingqian felt that Song Yingyue shouldn't have brought Lin Tangning with her and shouldn't have waited for Lin Tingwan.

However, Song Yingyue felt that as long as she was happy, she could bring anyone she wanted. The two of them argued about this in the store and it seemed like the argument would never end.

Lin Tingwan arrived at this time, and Lin Mingqian stopped what he was about to say.

The three of them tacitly chose not to mention this matter.

Lin Tangning, who was trying on clothes in the back, actually heard the argument between the two clearly.

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