"Lin Huan's mother is the youngest daughter of Duke Lin, and her name is Lin Ying."

Zhu Yan poured the boiled boiling water into the teapot, brought the teapot to the desk, brewed a cup for Lu Hailan and himself, and set off a long talk.

"The old Duke Lin is old and has a son. The most painful thing is this little daughter. In the social circles of the imperial capital, Lin Ying's beauty and arrogance were also famous. But no one expected that she would run away from home because she was not satisfied with her marriage. She left for six years. No one knew where she went, and when she came back, Lin Huan was in her belly."

Lu Hailan knew about this. When Lin Huan was sent, Wayne Du reported it to him - this is another reason why he particularly favored Lin Huan.

"Lin Ying refused to tell Lin Huan's identity as his father, only saying that he had died. Not long after, she gave birth to Lin Huan and died of difficult labor. So Lin Huan became an orphan at birth. Fortunately, the old Duke Lin is still there, and the old Duke personally brought him by his side and loved him very much. This is all fact."

Lu Hailan said: "However, he still sent Lin Huan to Gu, which is also a fact."

Zhu Yan looked at Lu Hailan with a smile and asked a question that was incompatible: "Your Highness might as well guess which one is older, Duke Lin or I, I?"

Lu Hailan was stunned. Although he had never met Mr. Lin himself, he had seen the other party's images in the news reports. He remembered that he was a very majestic old general. Just in terms of appearance, he was naturally the old eunuch Zhu Yan, who was even older... But since the other party asked such a question, it proved that the answer was probably the opposite one.

Zhu Yan stopped keeping it and took the initiative to give an answer: "He was born in 1970s, and the old slave was born in 1970s, just one year younger than him. Duke Lin is a martial artist and has a strong body, so he looks young, but in fact, he is not young anymore."

Lu Hailan had already vaguely guessed what Zhu Yan wanted to say and frowned: "What you mean is that he was worried that Lin Huan would not have support after his death, so he sent the person to Gu to find a backer for Lin Huan."

"Your Highness is really clear at all, but in my opinion, Old Duke Lin's thoughts are probably deeper than His Highness thinks."

"oh?"

"If I just hope Lin Huan can have a peaceful life, then there are more and better choices than sending someone to Your Highness. The old slave believes that with the ability of Mr. Lin, it is not difficult to arrange everything for Lin Huan before his death, but the premise is that he only hopes that Lin Huan will live as an ordinary person..."

Lu Hailan's expression finally changed.

"The old Duke Lin and the old slave have been through the reign of the late emperor. Although there is no friendship, the old slave still knows his affairs well." Zhu Yan held the teacup and said slowly, "Since the era of Emperor Hongwu, the Lin family has been famous for its loyalty. Lin Qi was appointed as the Grand Marshal of the Expeditionary Army by the late emperor at the age of 36. Until now, he is 94 years old and is still the Grand Marshal of the Expeditionary Army. It is a fantasy to change others. But Lin Qi is different. His loyalty can withstand any test. The Lin family will never stand the side because the Lin family always listens to the orders of one person, the one on the dragon throne."

Zhu Yan recalled many things, which belonged to Lin Qi and his era, but they are all old now, and their era is over... It is really time to urge white hair, and the hero sighs in his old age.

He lowered his eyes and slapped his irrelevant feelings in his heart, and continued: "Actually, according to Lin Qi's age, he should have retired long ago. However, unlike the old slave, the lonely man, he still carries the entire Lin family. If he wants to retreat, someone must take over, and he can still take over and take over them.... Lin Qi and his wife have deep love, and only have three sons. The eldest son Lin Ping is as famous as his name, ordinary, and he is 63 years old this year, and he is still the rank of lieutenant general. The second son Lin Shan is unwilling to join the army and insists on going to politics. Even if His Majesty trusts the Lin family, he cannot let them go to both the military and political circles. There is no need to mention this Grand Secretary of the Wenge Pavilion. As for the third son Lin Hai, he was the most promising person to succeed. His Majesty has praised him for his wisdom and courage. The problem is that he fell in love with a lady named Bai, and he is not married to the right or wrong, and the city is full of wind and rain..."

"Submitted to Bai?" Lu Hailan said, "You mean the Bai family in the Northern Xinjiang?"

"Which other white person can be?" Zhu Yan sighed and sighed, "Lin Qi is tough on the outside, but he is too soft to his family. If he can make up his mind to break up the couple, he will not be called the most promising son, which will ruin his future because of a marriage."

Lu Hailan heard of these things for the first time. Although his identity was there, neither Waynedu nor Flan would mention political matters to him. After all, it was because he was not interested. But after reading so many historical books and biographies, not being interested does not mean that he does not understand. He could understand Zhu Yan's words very clearly. If Lin Hai married a woman from the Bai family in the Northern Xinjiang, his father would no longer be able to give him trust, and would even implicate the entire Lin family.

"The problem with the Lin family is that there is no successor. With Lin Ping's ability, after Lin Qi died, His Majesty will most likely take back the position of Grand Marshal of the Expeditionary Army. This is not the most critical. The trouble is that if no one in the Lin family can gain His Majesty's trust, his status in the Expeditionary Army will naturally not be maintained. Without military power in his hands, only one duke's air rank is left, and the Lin family will decline."

"So he sent Lin Huan to Gu's place because he wanted Lin Huan to follow Gu's side so that he could inherit the Lin family in the future?" Lu Hailan said.

Zhu Yan shook his head: "It's not that simple. I have said before that the Lin family never stands in line. Even if you are the prince, Lin Qi will never stand on your side with a clear conspiracy... This matter is probably what His Majesty meant."

A trace of confusion flashed in Lu Hailan's eyes, and he finally couldn't understand it. However, he saw Zhu Yan smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "Your Highness, don't worry too much. This is a good thing. This just means that Your Majesty is very fond of you and paves the way for you in the future in advance."

Lu Hailan remained silent.

If there is a father who can never see his son for several years, others say that he is very fond of him... Lu Hailan will find it difficult to describe his feelings.

"Gu felt that once everything is influenced by power, it will change its taste." Lu Hailan whispered, "You have said so many good things for Mr. Lin, but Gu still felt that he shouldn't have sent Lin Huan to Gu."

Zhu Yan opened his mouth and said nothing after all. If everything in this world had to be divided into right and wrong, then nothing was right... His little master was still too young and had a too gentle heart.

Maybe he is really old, he doesn't really want to see the other person change the day.

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Lin Xiaohuan played comfortably and happily for a while, but his good days finally came to an end. Because he was addicted to games, he refused to hand in homework repeatedly, fell asleep in class, and failed the exam in the small test. Lu Hailan confiscated all his game consoles, and ordered him not to lose his ambitions and could only play games once a week.

Lin Xiaohuan was in pain, but with his courage, he didn't dare to act coquettishly and play with Lu Hailan like he did to Mr. Lin, so he had to swallow the bitter fruit of losing his ambition. After breaking through the second level of the ancient road, Lu Hailan stopped playing games with him, saying that he would wait until he recognized all the words in the game before playing with him. Stimulated by this, Lin Huan worked hard to learn Chinese and got an unprecedented 89 points in the recent small test.

"No, I have made great progress, I want to reward you." Lu Hailan took the test paper he gave to him like Lin Huan offered treasure, nodded with a smile, "Tell me, what do you want?"

Lin Huan wanted to play games with Lu Hailan, but he wanted to ride a horse on Yuelan Grassland. But what he wanted the most was to leave this palace and go outside. He had been away from Lin Gong's Mansion for so long, and I don't know how the little girl and sister Yun were like. Even Lin Xiaopang, who was annoying, missed a little... He also wanted to go to the amusement park, take a fighter plane and a spaceship, eat grilled lamb skewers on West Jiu Street, and play football at school...

"Brother Prince, why do you always say orphan?" Lin Huan looked at Lu Hailan without blinking, "I heard from the teacher that orphan means being alone, that is, being very lonely and without anyone to accompany you."

Lu Hailan was slightly stunned.

"I will accompany you." Lin Huan said seriously, "I will not go anywhere, I will accompany you all the time, so Prince, don't say you are alone again, okay?"

The outside world is very good, but there is no prince brother. Lin Huan learned the word unique during class. He thought that prince brother was unique to him.

There is only one, there will be no second one, and no one can replace it.

Lu Hailan lowered his eyes and looked at the 89-point test paper in his hand. Lin Huan's dog crawling words were arranged crookedly on the surface, just like an abstract graffiti painting. This guy's sentence making question is written like this:

1. Although...but...

Answer: Although the prince confiscated my game console, I still like him very much.

2. As long as...

Answer: As long as the prince’s brother is not angry, I will be very happy.

3. Both... and...

Answer: The prince’s brother is both smart and powerful.

The teacher gave him a full score in the sentences. It is hard to say if there are any other factors in it... Lu Hailan smiled unconsciously, and his head came over from the side, with a proud face: "As long as I want to learn, these are all small things. Prince Brother, will we go riding a horse on the weekend?"

Lu Hailan blinked.

"I remember you had just made a request, so are you going to change your mind?"

Lin Xiaohuan immediately felt bitter and shook his head into a rattle: "Then I won't ride a horse anymore, I'll want the one in front." He looked at Lu Hailan, "Brother Prince, if you promise me, I can't say I'm lonely anymore, I can't go back on my word."

Lu Hailan smiled.
Chapter completed!