Chapter 691 Gain the Initiative

Long Tianyu showed a smile, thinking the little woman in his arms, who recommended an acquaintance of her, indeed had no scruples when it came to scheming.

Nevertheless, since she recommended Shangguan Hui, Shangguan Hui was certainly a qualified candidate. Otherwise, Lin Mengya would not let her shoulder such a heavy responsibility.

“What were you thinking about just now?” After finis.h.i.+ng talking about their business, Long Tianyu held his wife in satisfaction and asked in a low voice.

Lin Mengya seldom cried, but he couldn’t help worrying about her when seeing her cry.

“No… nothing. My father mentioned my mother’s death. It was not until now that I realized my mother’s death was not an accident,” Lin Mengya said with an unnatural smile.

She had indeed lost her composure a moment ago.

But since she had figured out her real ident.i.ty, the doubts in her heart had gone.

Lin Mengya, who was trying to find an excuse with her head down, did not notice that when she mentioned that her mother’s death was not an accident, a trace of strong uneasiness flashed across Long Tianyu’s eyes.

Long Tianyu tightened his arms around Lin Mengya and buried his face in her hair so that no one could see the expression on his face.

“My father is back, and you should be careful from now on, as he has learned you are going to marry someone else. Besides, I haven’t told him what has happened between us,” Lin Mengya said in embarra.s.sment. After all, Long Tianyu had to bear much more criticism than she did over this matter.

Others must consider him, who relegated his legal wife and was going to marry someone else, as a total jerk.

Moreover, he did that at this critical moment when her brother was imprisoned and her father resigned, many people would think him heartless.

Not to mention others, even her father would not let him off easily.

In fact, Lin Mengya felt guilty about making Long Tianyu take the blame.

“It’s okay as long as you understand my thought,” Long Tianyu said.

A short while was enough for him to weigh his words and adjust his mood.

He never cared about other people’s thoughts. As long as she knew his feelings for her, it could be more rea.s.suring to him than anything else.

Lin Mengya felt delighted and nestled in Long Tianyu’s arms with peace of mind, thinking it was great to have him.

Her father’s return enabled the Lin Family to gain the initiative.

Early in the morning, her father sent someone to deliver a letter of divorce to the Shangguan Qing.

It was said that the Shangguan Family was furious.

However, the person sent by her father was a lieutenant, who had followed him over the years, as well as an official appointed by the imperial court. No matter how furious the Shangguan Family was, they dared not lay a finger on a military official with merits.

As such, although the Shangguan Family vented their anger on the lieutenant her father sent, they still had to accept Shangguan Qing’s being divorced so as to prevent her father from making the agreement between them public.

After all, as such a notable family, the Shangguan Family had to reach an agreement with Lin Muzhi to make him consent to marry their daughter, which was quite a burning shame to them.

They would rather accept the letter of divorce sent by the Lin Family. In this way, they could at least maintain their reputation.

After hearing the news, Lin Mengya was amazed at her father’s wisdom.

She would never get tired of upsetting the Shangguan Family.

“Miss, here is a letter from a man named Gou San.”

Hearing Baiji’s voice, Lin Mengya, who was reading in the yard, immediately raised her head, took the light yellow envelope from Baiji and opened it neatly.

After reading the letter carefully, she couldn’t help beaming with joy and said, “Prepare some generous gifts, and I’ll go to express my grat.i.tude in person.”

Then she carefully put away the letter. She did not expect Gou San to be so efficient.

Just a few days after she delivered the message, he wrote her a letter saying that everything had been settled. Swift movement was the best tactic. Now she could get her brother out of the prison.

Although there had been a dispute between them last time, Lin Mengya had always been a person who clearly distinguished kindness from hatred.

Given his effort to clear her brother’s name, she should express her grat.i.tude to him.

But now, it was really not easy for her to go out.

Both her father and Long Tianyu had repeatedly instructed her to stay at home obediently and try to avoid going out.

But it would be insincere of her to send Qinghu to pay him a visit on her behalf.

Moreover, Lin Mengya was curious about what Gou San had done so that he could reverse the situation in just a few days.

It was said that there were plenty of incredible people in the martial arts circle. Now she really wanted to make friends with Gou San.

After pondering for a while, Lin Mengya thought that it was better to invite Gou An over sincerely than to go to the Ziwei Alley at the risk of exposing Gou An and his fellow apprentices’ stronghold.

She immediately wrote a letter personally to make an appointment to meet Gou An three days later, and then asked Qinghu to find a way to send it to him.

At the thought that her brother’s problem might be solved, Lin Mengya could not help feeling relieved.

As she finally had time to unravel the complicated situation, she, who had been laden with anxiety in the past few days, gradually calmed down.

It could be said that ever since she came back from the Huguo Temple, she had been deeply troubled by what the Shangguan Family had done so that she could barely avert the crisis after the Shangguan Family made their move.

These days, she had been worn out with tackling various problems. If she couldn’t turn the situation around, she would eventually lose control of the situation.

Once someone found fault in her, she and the Lin Family and even Long Tianyu would be doomed eternally.

Thus, in recent days, she could only conceal her unease and keep calm.

Now, all of this finally came to an end.

Sighing softly, Lin Mengya felt as if she were the Monkey King that had been rescued from beneath the Five-finger Mountain.

Everything was going on in a well-ordered way. Her father, who came back from an old acquaintance of him, brought more accurate information.

The Shangguan Family intended to make unfounded countercharges because of the letter of divorce.

According to the news Lin Muzhi got, the Shangguan Family probably had projected their daughter Shangguan Qing as a loyal and patriotic citizen, and they claimed that the reason why Lin Nansheng attempted to kill her and Lin Muzhi tried to divorce her was that she had discovered the secret of the Lin Family’s collusion with the enemy and committing treason.

After hearing the news, Lin Mengya was stunned for a few seconds, and then involuntarily admired the shamelessness of the Shangguan Family from the bottom of her heart.

Compared with their ability to turn right into wrong, her brother was too upright.

Now that the two families had fallen out with each other, the Shangguan Family naturally had no more scruples.

They would like to see all members of the Lin Family executed, otherwise, they would not have put on such a farce.

But in this case, the Emperor’s att.i.tude became very important.

Fortunately, she and Long Tianyu didn’t disobey the Emperor’s order before, otherwise, they would be in a difficult situation now if they p.i.s.sed off the Emperor.

After thinking it over, Lin Mengya thought that the Emperor was waiting for their Lin Family to clarify their position. If they made good use of this opportunity, maybe they could turn around Lin Nansheng’s situation.

In the study, Lin Muzhi and Lin Mengya, each with a heavy heart, raised their heads after a long while.

However, they were surprised to find that they did the same thing.

Lin Mengya couldn’t help smiling, thinking there seemed to be connections between her and her father.

“Father, I guess we are thinking the same, right?” She asked with a playful smile as if this life-and-death struggle were nothing but a common game between them.

“Alas, as an official, I shouldn’t do that. But our Lin Family is really wronged,” Lin Muzhi said with a sigh.

Anyway, he had been loyal and patriotic, but now he had no other choice.

If his son had really committed treason, he would definitely place righteousness above family loyalty.

But now, he really didn’t want to get involved in the internal strife and just wanted to protect his children in the turbulent situation.

“Father, you don’t have to blame yourself. I think His Majesty has been waiting for you for a long time. Be careful. I’ll keep an eye on the Shangguan Family,” Lin Mengya said, got up, and made a bow leisurely.

The Shangguan Family had made this matter public, but the Emperor still took no action. In this case, his intention was very obvious.

At present, the Lin Family was still a sharp sword in the Emperor’s hands. If the Emperor really decided to give up on them, he could just let things drift.

However, Lin Nansheng was still detained in the prison of the government office, and the Ministry of War had not taken any action against the Lin Family yet.

This meant that the Emperor was waiting for the Lin Family to make the request and remember the convenience the Emperor’s favor had brought to them.

Only in this way could he use the carrot-and-stick approach to take full control of this sharp sword.

If the Emperor played such a trick on others, they would definitely be grateful to him and claim tearfully that they would never disobey him again.

Unfortunately, he did this to the Lin Family.

Lin Mengya shook her head and watched her father leave.

The Emperor didn’t see through the pride deeply rooted in the hearts of the members of the Lin Family.

It was impossible to tame a proud wolf in a way of training a dog. One day, the Emperor would realize that he was far from mastering the tactics of manipulating power.

“Howl—”

In the courtyard, the white wolf, which had grown up into a fierce beast, suddenly let out a trembling howl.

Lin Mengya moved to the courtyard and stood at the door.

Now that the cubs were about to become the king of the forest, was what they had painstakingly cultivated also going to grow wildly into ripe?

She looked forward to the day when the seeds she sowed grew into a towering tree.

“Prepare a sedan. I’m going to the Shangguan Family in person,” Lin Mengya said with sparkling eyes.

No one could tell what she was up to.

However, those, who were familiar with her, knew that every time she showed such a serious expression, it meant that some people were going to get into big trouble.