The daughter of a general is reborn to save the whole family of the marquis

Mottled light and shadows swayed on the wall. Before Xie Lin could speak, he heard footsteps coming from the hall, and there was more than one. It seemed that many people were passing through Mingde Hall and rushing towards the backyard.

As he expected, after a while, he saw the court officials rushing to the backyard. They looked at him, Chu Heyi, Tong Xiling and the wall, and then knelt down.

"Congratulations, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Congratulations, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The Minister of Personnel, Lord Chen, took the lead in speaking.

Xie Lin, dressed in a green brocade robe, stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the court officials, his gaze especially focused on Lord Chen: "I wonder what you gentlemen are congratulating me for?"

Lord Chen said, "I heard that Miss Tong is very talented and has created cement mortar that can replace glutinous rice mortar. In the future, when we build roads, city walls, and houses in Daqi, we can save a lot of costs. This is a blessing for Daqi, so we came here specially to congratulate His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Xie Lin frowned slightly, and Tong Xiling asked, "Your Highness, have you informed the adults about this matter early in the morning? I thought you would wait until today to confirm whether the cement mortar is strong enough before informing the adults."

She smiled, a sweet and contented smile.

Xie Lin was even more surprised. He thought that the court officials knew about the cement mortar because Tong Xiling had ordered people to spread it in order to force him to acknowledge her identity as the "Crown Princess".

But looking at Tong Xiling's appearance, she didn't seem to know about this in advance, and her smile was genuine, which showed that Tong Xiling really thought that he was the one who publicized this matter in advance.

There is someone behind Tong Xiling.

Thinking of this, Xie Lin did not deny what Lord Chen and Tong Xiling said.

Lord Chen said: "Your Highness, Miss Tong is simply our Daqi's lucky star. Our Daqi country and the people will benefit from the cement mortar created by Miss Tong."

Tong Xiling raised her chin and looked at Chu Heyi. Although she didn't say anything, the boasting in her eyes was very obvious.

Chu Heyi smiled coldly: "It is indeed beneficial, and it should be rewarded."

Lord Chen took the opportunity to say, "Your Highness, I have a favor to ask."

Xie Lin's face showed no emotion: "What's the matter?"

Lord Chen said, "Lord Tong Zhang came to me a few days ago and said that his eldest daughter had died and he wanted nothing else in his life but to see the second young lady again. He asked me to bring him into the palace... I felt sorry for him, so I took the initiative to bring him in. I also ask His Royal Highness to pity him for missing his daughter and let them meet."

"Father?" Tong Xiling asked in astonishment, "My father is here?"

She turned to face Xie Lin: "Your Highness, please let...let me see my father. After all, he is my father."

Chu Heyi sneered, "Miss Tong is not a servant in the palace. If she wants to see her father, of course she can. Why don't you go and invite Master Tong over to meet Miss Tong?"

Tong Xiling immediately looked at Chu Heyi, her eyes seemed to be spitting flames. At this point, Chu Heyi was still presiding over the situation here as the Crown Princess. It was really hateful.

In Xie Lin's mind, she is the real Crown Princess, and Chu Heyi is just an impostor. She doesn't know what Chu Heyi is so arrogant about.

I don't know which blind person actually made the matter of cement mortar public at this time, causing Lord Chen to come and bring other court officials to congratulate.

If this hadn't happened, she would have been recognized as the true Crown Princess, and Chu Heyi would have been sent to the eighteenth level of hell by Xie Lin himself.

She would endure it for the time being and wait until everyone left before talking about it.

She couldn't say in public that she had come back to life through a reborn corpse, otherwise, as Chu Heyi had said, she would be treated as a monster and executed.

As long as Xie Lin and a few other insiders know about it, she will gradually erode Chu Heyi's identity and become the real Crown Princess.

Tong Zhang was brought in. After seeing Tong Xiling, he burst into tears. He hugged Tong Xiling in his arms and cried loudly.

"Why don't you go home while you're still alive? You make your mother and I very worried." Tong Zhang said with tears in his eyes.

"Father, I have made you and mother sad. I am unfilial. But I have been busy with urgent matters in the palace, so I have never returned. I hope you will forgive me."

Tong Zhang looked at her with concern, to see if she had lost weight, if her face looked sick, and if the way she dressed showed that she had been wronged in the palace.

Finally, he stroked Tong Xiling's hair and said, "As long as you are well, that's all. Your sister has passed away. Your mother and I only hope that you can live well. We don't have any other extravagant hopes."

Tong Xiling held his shoulders and shed tears: "Father, I made cement, which will be of great use to our Daqijiangshan. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very good to me."

Tong Zhang seemed to have just reacted at this moment, and quickly knelt down to salute Xie Lin and Chu Heyi.

Xie Lin asked him to get up, and he said, "It is a great honor for my Tong family that my daughter Xiling is being taken care of by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Now that my daughter's work in the palace has been completed, it may be inappropriate for her to continue staying in the palace. I would like to take Xiling home, and I hope His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will allow me."

Tong Xiling immediately said, "Father, I cannot go home with you. I am already your Highness's, and I will follow you through life and death."

The scene was very quiet and no one was surprised. After all, Tong Xiling had been in the palace for a long time. No one would believe it if someone said there was nothing between her and Xie Lin.

Otherwise, why would an unmarried girl stay in the palace for so long?

Tong Xiling continued, "Father, don't worry. After today, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will give his daughter a title. Father will go home and wait for good news."

Tong Zhang subconsciously looked at Xie Lin, but the moment he met Xie Lin's cold gaze, he lowered his head and dared not look again.

"Oh, by the way." Tong Xiling turned to face Xie Lin: "Your Highness, my father is here too. I want to ask you for something."

Xie Lin had no expression on his face: "You say."

Tong Xiling said: "I grew up with my sister. If it weren't for her protection, I would never have survived. My sister's death was a big blow to me. I feel heartbroken day and night..."

She closed her eyes and her body trembled slightly. She seemed to be really heartbroken. It took her a long time before she opened her eyes.

"During the time I've been in the palace, I've gotten along very well with the two sisters of the Chu family. If I can have them be my sisters and have them call me sister, I won't be considered a person without sisters. Your Highness, can you agree?"

Almost in an instant, Xie Lin and Chu Heyi knew in their minds the purpose of Tong Xiling's doing this.

Turning Chu Heyi's two sisters into her sisters was the first step for her to replace and seize Chu Heyi's status and identity.