"Brother, I don't understand, why?" Yanran asked, bewildered.
Linlin said coldly, "You'll understand when you grow up. Anyway, your aunt is right, and I'm right too."
He's a man; he knows what he should and shouldn't do.
He understood his aunt's deep love for her child and her concern for his safety; but how could he bear to watch the prince die unjustly, given how good the prince had been to him?
When a person dies, they may know nothing; but how can the living find peace?
He and Tang Zhuyun had different ideas, but he respected and understood her care and love, while also having his own principles.
The Prince of Jin understood Linlin's thoughts and was deeply moved.
Everything he did for this child was rewarded tenfold or a hundredfold.
Linlin carries the spirit of the Tang Family.
Although some of his things were secretive, he didn't mind letting Linlin know.
Just like before, he stumbled upon his and Huaishang's conspiracy and even dared to "threaten" him, but he never revealed a single word to anyone.
This child possesses a sense of responsibility that even adults rarely have.
Unfortunately, Tang Zhuyun soon discovered that the two children were not in the house, came looking for them, and quietly took them away.
Prince of Jin: I hate it!
Tang Zhuyun also found it extremely annoying!
Why Linlin such a strong sense of responsibility? Linlin feels she can't get over the truth about Prince of Jin's death until it's all thoroughly investigated.
Seeing Huaishang's furtive behavior today, Tang Zhuyun felt that he definitely couldn't escape.
If Huaishang really is the culprit... she'll tell her father and have him behead Huaishang! She absolutely mustn't let Linlin deal with him.
During dinner, Tang Zhuyun served each of the two children a bowl of porridge.
Because they are in deep mourning, they are now eating vegetarian food.
Tang Zhuyun herself didn't think it was a problem, as milk, eggs, and beans were enough. However, for children, the intake of high-quality protein needs to be more comprehensive.
So tonight, she added chopped sea cucumber and soaked shiitake mushrooms to the black rice porridge, which was not very noticeable.
Yanran didn't notice and finished the porridge in her bowl.
But Linlin took a sip and pushed it aside, never touching it again.
Tang Zhuyun was almost in tears.
Please, you haven't wronged Prince of Jin. His death shouldn't hinder your growth, right?
However, she dared not speak, for if Yanran found out, Yanran feared she would refuse to eat.
After the meal, seeing that the two were still listless, Tang Zhuyun said, "Such a large palace must have water. Shall I take you to release river lanterns? Write down what you want to say to the prince on slips of paper and stick them on the lanterns. The prince will know your feelings."
The two obediently went to write on the river lanterns.
Tang Zhuyun sat beside her, resting her chin on her hand, lost in thought.
Now she finally has some free time to examine this completely unfamiliar royal palace.
But it doesn't matter, she has a long life ahead of her, and her footsteps will traverse every corner of the Prince's mansion.
As for those servants who stole things, she didn't care about them at all. Whether they were under contract or not, they were all in her hands— Nanny Rong had already handed over all the keys to the mansion to her, and they couldn't escape her grasp.
We'll see in ten days!
"Sister, why aren't you writing?" Yanran looked up at her, puzzled. "Are you overthinking things and don't know where to begin? Me too."
Tang Zhuyun: I really am not.
But to deal with the child, she picked up a pen and chewed on the pen shaft to work out her thoughts.
Although she recognizes many characters now, the characters she can write are basically those from "Admonitions for Women," haha, thank you for your grace.
"Wang X," she picked up her pen, "Very good, Wu X, Yanran is good, Linlin is good, I am good, and you X is good too."
"Master" doesn't know, "Nian" doesn't know, and "Shu" doesn't know either.
Especially the word "most", it has been so difficult to write in past and present lives, and it is annoying.
She originally didn't know how to write and wanted to draw a circle, but then she remembered that the Prince of Jin had mocked her when he was alive, and out of respect for the dead, she used an "x" this time.
Your Highness, if you are still not satisfied, please bear with it.
If she dares to appear in my dream, next time she'll have to have sex with me.
Alright, it's just a note anyway, no need to write a thousand words.
Tang Zhuyun pasted the note onto the river lantern.
To avoid being laughed at by her two children, she said that each of them should only read what they wrote, and if others saw it, Prince of Jin would not receive it.
So the two children obediently ignored everyone else's and pasted the notes on themselves.
The group went out carrying river lanterns, arrived at the lake, and were dumbfounded.
When Prince of Jin had his accident a few days ago, the river wasn't completely frozen yet, which is why he tragically fell into it. But now, the lake in the Prince's palace is frozen solid, the kind of lake where you can go ice skating.
Tang Zhuyun was dumbfounded.
"Sister, what should we do?" Yanran asked in a small voice.
Tang Zhuyun: "It's alright, I have a solution!"
You've made yourself out to be cool, so you have to keep pretending, even if you have to kneel down.
"Placing the river lanterns on the ice is the same thing," Tang Zhuyun said. "Your father is now a deity in heaven; he'll receive them no matter what."
Yanran: "Then why did we come here? Couldn't we just hang it in the courtyard?"
Tang Zhuyun: "... A sense of ritual, that's what you call a sense of ritual."
Poor her, she'll have to come back later to collect the river lanterns; hopefully they won't freeze into the ice and be impossible to pry out.
Otherwise, she would have had no choice but to set it on fire...
The three of them placed the river lanterns on the ice, and then Tang Zhuyun took the two younger children back.
The winter night sky is the most magnificent. Tang Zhuyun pointed to the stars and said to them, "In my hometown, there's a saying that every deceased relative becomes a star in the sky, watching over us on earth. If you miss them dearly, just whisper what you want to say to the stars in the dead of night like this, and they will know."
The Prince of Jin has swiftly transformed from him into it.
After they left, someone emerged from behind the bushes and took away the three river lanterns.
The first thing the Prince of Jin mentioned was the Linlin phrase, "The truth will eventually come out," each word like a powerful stroke of iron, conveying emotion that resonates through the paper.
The Prince of Jin's eyes were full of satisfaction, and then he picked up the Yanran River Lantern.
"Father, if blessing me is too tiring, then go somewhere where you won't be tired. I'll be fine."
Although there were several typos, the Prince of Jin still understood it.
This thoughtful young girl has made him never regret his decision back then.
When he finally saw what Tang Zhuyun had written, all his joy and emotion turned into silence.
What kind of garbled scribbles did she draw again!
After oo, she fell in love with xx?
The problem is, you don't even do it properly!
Look at that "x", it's clearly written as ""!
He's already "dead," and she still won't let him go? Can't you give me a break?!
Also, what does "Don't x" mean? Don't disturb? Is he still afraid of disturbing her?
"Whether you're good or bad," what on earth is this "x"?
The Prince of Jin, who had survived drowning, felt that he was about to be driven to his death by Tang Zhuyun's anger.
He couldn't help but want to ask her right now what she had written!