Chapter 120 – Temporary Imperial Residence, Part 2
It turned out that Official Registrar Wang had heard the news that His Royal Highness sent people to Lin Da Zhuang’s home to escort the family to the temporary imperial palace in Li Province at the county government office. Then once he returned home, he immediately began scheming with his family. In the end, Lin Chun Er returned to her maternal home and told Lin Da Li and the others about the news. No one wanted to miss this opportunity to go tot he temporary imperial palace. If they missed this chance, they might never have such a good opportunity again in their lives.
Official Registrar Wang said to Lin Chun Er: “Daughter-in-law, I, your father-in-law, have been in the position of official registrar for a long time. Find a way to mention this to Lin-cejun…”
Lin Chun Er nodded to express her understanding. Even if her father-in-law did not ask her to do this, she would still do it for her own sake. If she could accomplish this, she would really be able to speak her mind in the Wang family from now on.
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Lin Da Zhuang was a little hesitant. The crown prince had sent people to escort his family and the Qin family to the temporary imperial palace in Li Province, but there was no mention of Lin Da Li’s family.
“Well… we’re going to the temporary imperial palace after all, so I can’t make decisions without permission.”
“Uncle, we really miss little Jia Bao, so please let us go together. It’s rare for little Jia Bao to see his family, so let us relatives come along. Besides, it will be livelier with more people…” Lin Chun Er continued to persuade Lin Da Zhuang.
Lin Da Zhuang and the others were troubled by this turn of events. “Well…”
“The palace has its own rules. It would not be appropriate to go to the temporary imperial palace without careful consideration…” Lin Jia Wen said. He didn’t want Lin Da Li and his family to go with them. He has always felt that that side of the family was too snobbish. For the sake of money, they sent their daughter to marry into the Wang family as a chongxi bride* and forced Jia Bao to enter the palace in her place. And now they wanted to tag along because Jia Bao became a cejun.
[*T/N: chongxi bride – a woman marries into a man’s family to bring luck to the man’s family. Usually it’s because there’s some sickness or misfortune in the man’s family and they think the good luck of a wedding will drive away the back luck. The woman’s date of birth has to be a good match for the groom’s in order for it to work.]
Seeing this, the leader of the guards stepped forward with good intentions and said to them, “Since they are all relatives of Lin-cejun, why not travel along at the back of the convoy. It should be okay. We better not waste time.”
The leader of the guards said this because he thought it wouldn’t be a big deal to bring along more of Lin-cejun’s relatives to see him, considering how much the crown prince dotes on Lin-cejun. This should just be a trivial matter, right? What was more important was that His Royal Highness had specifically ordered them to safely escort Lin-cejun’s family to the temporary imperial palace in Li Province before the sixth day of the sixth month in order to make it in time for Lin-cejun’s birthday. He did not dare to delay any longer.
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Lin Da Li and the others happily followed along at the back of the convoy. Ke Mei Li hugged her son Lin Jia Wang and said joyfully, “Ha ha ha, we’re going to the temporary imperial palace. When I come back, I can brag to those rich ladies.”
Lin Jia Wang rolled his eyes. When he came back, he could also flaunt this at the academy of classical learning.
Lin Li Er was sitting inside the carriage. When she heard that Lin Da Li’s family and Lin Chun Er and her husband were also going to the palace, she said unhappily, “Why do they have to come along? His Royal Highness did not invite them.”
Lin Li Er disliked Lin Da Li’s family very much. Ever since they caused Jia Bao to enter the palace, she had never shown them a nice expression. She didn’t like how Lin Chun Er put on airs after marrying into the Wang family. First, she flaunted her new status and looked down on others. Later, when Jia Bao became a cejun, she deliberately tried to curry favor with them. That Lin Xia Er was also very annoying. Every time she came to their house, she would beg for any beautiful clothes or jewelry she saw. Once, she even took a fancy to her younger sister Lin Xiu Er’s hairpin. It was a greeting gift that His Royal Highness gave to every female member of the Lin family. How could they possibly give that away? Lin Li Er gave her a good scolding, but Lin Xia Er didn’t care. After a few days, she acted like nothing happened and was sticking to them like goldfish poop again.
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Lin Li Er never went to banquets or flower-viewing parties because she was already engaged. It was her mother who took Wu Qiao Lan and Xiu Er to those events, and Lin Xia Er would beg to join them every time. She was so young, but she already knew how to display herself in front of those rich madams, with the hopes of marrying into a rich and powerful family one day.
“They must not have any good intentions!” Lin Li Er said angrily.
Zhang Hui Niang comforted her second daughter, “All right, don’t be angry. You are going to be a bride soon, so you should change your temper and stop being so explosive all the time. When we get to the temporary imperial palace, let’s look out for Da Li’s family some more. There shouldn’t be any mishaps.”
On the fifth day of the sixth month, Lin Da Zhuang and the others finally arrived at the temporary imperial palace in Li Province.
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