Chapter 9: Jia Lian Creates Trouble

  Contrary to Lin's expectations, it was indeed Kangxi who had arrived. In the main hall of the Lin residence, Kangxi and his princes took their seats, each with a different expression: Yinren was expressionless, Yintang had a cold face, Yinyi wore a warm and elegant smile, Yinxin had a casual demeanor, and Yinfu looked furious. Meanwhile, Jiaxun knelt in the middle of the hall, trembling with fear. Lin thought to himself, "I only went out to pawn some items, how did I end up offending such intimidating figures?"

  It turned out that Jia Lian had nothing to do today, so he stole the flower vase from the Lin Mansion's main hall and pawned it. However, he ran into Emperor Kangxi in disguise, accompanied by his imperial guards. With one glance, Kangxi recognized the vase as something he had bestowed upon Lin Ruhai, which originally belonged to the imperial family. Now, a lowly servant was pawning it off. He flew into a rage on the spot. With a single order, Jia Lian was miserably dragged back.

  Lin Fu poured tea for everyone while sending someone to invite the young lady. After all, Lin Ruhai was seriously ill now, and it seemed that these things could only be handled by the young lady herself.

  Lin Ruhai in the house heard this and frowned, originally planning to deal with Jia Yu after a while, but did not expect that Jia Yu would run into the Emperor's hands. This is quite troublesome.

  "Anna doesn't have to worry, Yu'er will take care of it." Jia Xian, you really are bold enough, this time you'll surely suffer the consequences.

  "I'll go with my niece, don't worry about it, Lord Lin." Li Taifu was originally going to report back to Kangxi, but now he can directly meet Kangxi at the Lin residence.

  Lin Ruhai nodded and took the medicine. He was also feeling a bit drowsy, after all, Daiyu had added a sedative component to the medicine.

  Daiyu, under Xueyan's service, put on her veil and followed Li Taifu to see Kangxi. Thinking that she would have to kneel down and pay respects to Kangxi soon, Daiyu felt uneasy all over, the evil old society.

  "This old minister wishes Your Majesty good health."

  "Lin Jia Daiyu wishes the Emperor good health." Daiyu knelt down and paid her respects with great impatience.

  "Get up." As soon as Daiyu entered, Kangxi noticed her and felt that she was shrouded in a murderous aura, an air that shouldn't be present on such a young girl.

  "How's your mother?" Kangxi asked with interest, sizing up Daiyu, and as expected, he drew the attention of all the princes to Daiyu, whose frailty was able to evoke a strong protective desire in men.

  "Ah-ma has just taken her medicine and gone to sleep, otherwise she would have come to pay respects to the Emperor." Dai-yu chose her words carefully, although she was quite bold, but before she had a good read on Kang-xi's pulse, she wouldn't dare make any excessive moves.

  Kangxi looked at Daiyu's words and his eyes turned towards Li Taisheng.

  "Reporting to Your Majesty, Lord Lin was rescued by a superior doctor and is no longer in danger of losing his life. He will recover after some time." Upon hearing the mention of a superior doctor from Imperial Physician Li, Kangxi became very interested, because he knew Imperial Physician Li's level, and the superior doctors mentioned by him were not many.

  "Who is the noble person who saved the pillar of the great Qing?"

  "It's a pity I came too late, the superior man has already left." Li Taizhen said regretfully. Kangxi heard him say this and didn't plan to ask further.

  The Emperor arrived, Daiyu was remiss in her distant welcome. However, Daiyu saw that the prince's face bore an angry expression, yet the Lin family's hospitality was not lacking? Before coming, Daiyu already knew the cause and effect of things, but she had no intention of pleading on behalf of Jia Yu. She naturally kept her mouth shut and didn't mention these matters.

  "Do you know this slave?" Kangxi pointed at Jia Yun kneeling on the ground.

  "Acquaintance, it turns out he's my cousin." Daiyu nodded slightly, but when she said the two words "cousin", her tone was somewhat disdainful, which naturally caught Kangxi's attention. It seems that Daiyu and Jiafu have a bad relationship.

  "What? You don't like him?" Kangxi asked with some interest.

  "There's none, I'm Lin Jia, a direct descendant of the Huang clan. Some servants always try to get close to me because of that little blood relation, it's really annoying. After my mother fell ill and I became weak, I had to stay in the Lin manor." Daiyu said coldly.

  Jia Lian's heart sank when he heard Daiyu's words. He had actually pawned something bestowed upon him by the imperial family, which was a serious crime. His cousin wasn't even pleading on his behalf; was he doomed to die?

  "Oh? There's still this matter?" Although Kangxi advocated for Manchu-Han unity, he still believed that the Manchu people should be superior to the Han people and opposed intermarriage between them. Therefore, he had strong objections to Lin Ruhai marrying Jia Min, a Han woman, and even considered arranging a marriage for him, but was rejected by Lin Ruhai.

  The princes originally thought that looking at a lowly slave would tarnish their eyes, but upon hearing this, they glanced at Jia Rui with cold indifference. Jia Rui knocked his head to the ground, "This slave knows his mistake, Your Majesty spare my life."

  Daiyu walked up to Jia Lian and said, "Even if the Lin family were all dead, it wouldn't be up to a lowly servant like you to dispose of their property! Don't think that just because you're from the Jia family, you're so powerful - you're just a servant!" Daiyu's cold tone made Jia Lian feel as though the temperature around him had dropped another notch. And it was this very Daiyu who caught Kangxi's attention. Since she had moved into the Jia household, he had been keeping an eye on her day and night. How could such a spoiled little girl suddenly change like this? It truly piqued his interest.

  Kangxi's gaze was fixed on Daiyu, but she didn't react much. She looked straight at Kangxi and said, "Your Majesty, this is still a family matter of the Lin household. My mother is bedridden with illness, and I am now in charge of the Lin household. I request to handle this matter myself. I, Lin Jia Daiyu, want to let everyone know that as long as I'm alive, who dares to try anything against the Lin household?" Daiyu's sinister tone shocked everyone, and suddenly they felt that this was not a seven-year-old girl, but someone with the aura of a seasoned veteran.

  Kangxi looked at Daiyu with an unpredictable expression, and the girl finally revealed her true nature. When she was born, Master Wudeng predicted that this girl would be a phoenix who would dominate the world, and whoever got her would get the world. However, when she was young, Daiyu was weak and sickly, melancholic in spring and autumn, so he didn't pay much attention to her. It seems that now he needs to put her under his own eyes.

  "Lin Jiadai Yu listened to Feng..." Kangxi's words had just fallen.

  "Your Majesty, Daiyu is a member of the Lin family in life and a ghost of the Lin family in death!" Daiyu coldly gazed at Kangxi, who seemed to want her to become some kind of princess or his adopted daughter, but she had no interest whatsoever.

  Kangxi's face turned very ugly, no one had ever dared to refuse his reward so blatantly.

  Lin Fu, who was standing beside him, wiped the sweat for his family's young lady. Would this anger the Emperor?

  "Your Majesty, I'll deal with this servant first!" Daiyu ignored the awkward atmosphere and shifted the topic to Jia Yu. "Someone, come and give him forty big slaps, drive him out of the mansion, and deal with those related to him at the same time."

  "Yes, miss, don't worry." Lin Fu retreated after hearing Daiyu's order.

  The atmosphere in the house became awkward again.