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Chapter 7: Yan Lin Actually Defends Her
"The Eighth Prince has arrived, why haven't you quickly prepared tea?"
Consort Jiang walked over quickly, not forgetting to coldly scold the people in Jiangxin Hall.
"No need. This king has only come to fetch the Princess Consort and will not stay long." Yan Lin tightened his grip on Chu Baihan's hand, intending to leave with her.
Consort Jiang grew anxious and quickly said, "Lin'er, it's been so many years since you've come to your mother's palace. Mother has so much to say to you, you..."
"Apologies, but this son is unwell and should return to the manor," Yan Lin interrupted Consort Jiang, his voice extremely cold.
Listening to Yan Lin's words and feeling the strength in his hand, Chu Baihan couldn't help but look up at him a few more times.
She sensed that his relationship with Consort Jiang was very cold.
Why was that? Weren't they mother and son?
Rejected by her own son, Consort Jiang's expression was somewhat annoyed.
She took a deep breath and barely regained her gentle appearance.
"Alright, if you don't want to stay here with me, then I'll make it brief. This daughter of the Chu family is not suitable for you. Divorce her, and I'll find another princess consort for you," Consort Jiang's words were very forceful.
Chu Baihan pursed her red lips. She didn't know what attitude this prince held.
However, he seemed to dislike her very much as well. Would he take the opportunity to agree?
Thinking of this, a hint of joy rose in Chu Baihan's heart.
As a result, Yan Lin seemed to be able to guess her thoughts. He sneered, "Discard your unrealistic fantasies. The Emperor has already acknowledged your identity, so in this lifetime, you can only be tied to the Lin Prince's manor."
Hearing this, Chu Baihan's face fell.
Watching the two of them whispering to each other, completely ignoring her, Consort Jiang was furious.
"Lin'er, are you even listening to your mother!" she rebuked, the gentleness in her tone completely gone.
"This son is very satisfied with his princess consort. If you have a daughter-in-law you fancy, you might as well give this son another imperial brother. When the time comes, he can marry the daughter-in-law you are satisfied with," Yan Lin said coldly.
"You, you..." Consort Jiang clutched her chest, gasping for breath. She glared at Yan Lin, clearly provoked.
Standing there, Chu Baihan could feel the tension in the air.
Yan Lin and Consort Jiang... were they really related by blood?
Why did she feel like they were more like enemies?
Also, weren't Yan Lin's words just now a bit strange?
"Again" give this son another imperial brother.
Again?
But wasn't he Consort Jiang's only son?
"Yan Lin, I am your mother consort. Do you really have to treat me like an enemy? You need to know that you are now blind, a cripple. If it weren't for my maneuvering in the palace, do you think you could still protect your Lin Prince's title?" Consort Jiang said angrily, the rebuke spilling out.
Blind, cripple—these words came out of her mouth so skillfully, as if she had said them countless times before.
Were these really words a mother should say?
As an outsider, Chu Baihan felt uncomfortable listening to them.
Yan Lin must have been very sad hearing such words from his own mother.
She couldn't help but look up at Yan Lin again, a hint of pity in her eyes.
But Yan Lin's expression was as cold as ever, his empty eyes without a ripple, as if these words had no impact on him at all.
"Are you finished? If you are, then this son should leave," after a long while, Yan Lin said coldly.
"Hehehe," Consort Jiang began to laugh wildly, her face hideous and gloomy. "The year you killed your imperial brother, this consort should have strangled you, this wicked offspring, as well, to avoid you becoming my enemy now."
Chu Baihan's eyelids twitched violently...
She seemed to have learned another royal secret.
Just then, an old nanny walked in from outside.
"The Empress Dowager has decreed that Prince Lin is unwell and should return to rest early. Prince Lin, Princess Consort Lin, the Empress Dowager has already had a carriage prepared for you, and you may leave now."
The person who came was none other than Nanny Xiao, the Empress Dowager's most trusted aide. She respectfully addressed Yan Lin and Chu Baihan, not even glancing at Consort Jiang, completely ignoring her.
"What are you still standing here for? Not going to help this king out?" Yan Lin squeezed Chu Baihan's fingers and said coldly.
"Yes, Your Highness," Chu Baihan suppressed the emotions in her heart, ignoring the murderous gaze of Consort Jiang behind her, and obediently helped Yan Lin out.
They had just crossed the threshold when she heard Consort Jiang's resentful warning.
"This consort will just have to see how, without this consort's protection, the Empress and her son, Consort Han and her son, and all the enemies in this capital will draw your sinews and drink your blood!"
Immediately following were the sounds of various heavy objects falling to the ground.
"Princess Consort, please," Nanny Xiao, worthy of being someone who had seen great storms, still smiled and nodded at Chu Baihan in the face of such a scene, gesturing for her to get into the carriage.
Chu Baihan and Yan Lin got into the carriage together, only to find Nanny Xiao following beside the carriage.
"Nanny, you..."
"Reporting to the Princess Consort, you and the Prince have just married and may not understand many things, so the Empress Dowager has specially ordered this old servant to return to the Prince's manor with you to take care of you, hoping that you and the Prince can give birth to a young heir soon," Nanny Xiao replied respectfully.
Chu Baihan's smile instantly vanished.
The Empress Dowager had actually sent her trusted aide to monitor her and Yan Lin.
She and Yan Lin were both harboring their own secret agendas. It would be good enough if they didn't kill each other, let alone have a young heir.
Headache, headache...
She secretly sized up Yan Lin, only to find him extremely indifferent. He must have known about this already.
She instantly gritted her teeth, glaring at him with great dissatisfaction.
He didn't even refuse such a thing? Was he crazy?
"Don't look at this king with that kind of gaze. Although this king is blind, his ears are not deaf, and he can sense the changes in your aura," Yan Lin suddenly said with a cold smile.
Chu Baihan's expression froze again. She awkwardly touched her hair.
She hadn't expected that although his eyes were bad, his other abilities were much stronger than ordinary people.
However, was he mocking himself as "blind" because of Consort Jiang's words just now?
At this moment, Yan Lin's empty eyes swept over in her direction again.
Chu Baihan quickly explained first, "I wasn't guessing about you and Consort Jiang's affairs. You don't need to warn me again."
She hadn't forgotten his previous warning to her.
Yan Lin lowered his eyes, his slender fingers groping on the table before finding the teacup. He picked it up, took a sip, and then said with a profound meaning, "Is the Great General Chu's cultivation of you just to make you like a soft persimmon, allowing others to pinch you as they please?"
Chu Baihan choked. She finally understood...
So, the bit of gentleness this lord had shown her on the way here was all an illusion.
He still suspected her and still thought she was a spy sent by the Chu family and the Crown Prince.
Forget it, she didn't expect him to trust her anyway.
She yawned listlessly and then said self-deprecatingly, "Your Highness, otherwise what? Should this concubine fight with your mother consort? This concubine has no power or influence, I can't fight. I almost died just now."
Although his eyes couldn't see, Yan Lin could imagine that her face at this moment must be both annoyed and angry, yet she had to desperately suppress her emotions, making it extremely vivid.
Sure enough, just as Ziying had said, she was outwardly gentle and well-behaved, but in reality, she was fierce and had many thoughts.
"You are this king's person. Unless this king wants your life, even if the King of Hell comes, you have no right to hand it over," Yan Lin said coldly.
Chu Baihan: "..." Was he out of his mind? How could she not give her life if the King of Hell wanted it?
However, she was too lazy to disobey him, so she listlessly replied, "Yes, this concubine understands."
"If you ever again use such sarcastic and strange ways of addressing yourself as 'this concubine' in front of this king, this king will pull out your tongue," Yan Lin warned again.
Chu Baihan: "..." He really was sick.
"Yes, Your Highness, I understand," she replied unwillingly.
Hearing her resentful words, Yan Lin actually felt that his long-suppressed mood had improved a lot.
If she wasn't someone from the Crown Prince's side, keeping her by his side as a fierce little pet would be interesting.
It was a pity that she was from the Crown Prince's side, so her life... couldn't be kept for long.
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