“Shu'er, it is my fault to have wronged you,” Yu said, unable to control her tears. It was her fault that her Shu'er had to face this. If… if she had never come, she would not have caused trouble for others.
“Sister, you mustn't say that. It is your Shu'er’s honor to marry my Feng Xi.”
“Can I have a glimpse of Shu'er getting married?” Yu suddenly asked, wiping away her tears.
Min Shi thought she had accepted the reality. “As long as you don’t cause trouble, you can watch your daughter get married.”
“I won’t cause trouble,” Yu said seriously.
Min Shi nodded and instructed a maid beside her, “Watch her closely, don’t let her ruin my son’s big day.”
How dare the maids slack off? They quickly helped Yu. It was more like supporting her, or rather, escorting her.
Finally, they arrived at the place where Lin Shishu and Yu Feng Xi were to be married. Min Shi skipped many unnecessary rituals and proceeded directly to the wedding ceremony.
Yu watched her daughter being married against her will, her heart aching as if being carved by a knife.
She looked up at Lin Feng on the high platform and said to Min Shi beside her, “There should be a place for me on the high platform as well.”
“Don’t push your luck,” Min Shi said coldly.
Yu looked at her and said indifferently, “I won’t cause trouble. I just want to sit there on the high platform as my daughter’s mother. Is that wrong?”
Min Shi looked at her expression, which didn’t seem to have any other intentions. She nodded, “Take her over.”
Lin Feng saw her and a trace of sadness appeared in his eyes. “Madam, you’ve come.”
Yu smiled and reached up to touch her hair. Once everything was in order, she sat down.
“Madam, you shouldn’t have come,” Lin Feng said in a low voice.
Yu smiled, “Today is Shu’er’s happy day. If I don’t come, who will?”
“Madam, this marriage…”
“My Lord, you don’t need to say more. Your concubine knows everything. You were also helpless, and I do not blame you.”
Lin Feng sighed, “I am responsible for reaching this point.”
“The newlyweds kowtow to the elders.”
Lin Shishu gritted her teeth and kowtowed to her parents. Although she might lose her future happiness, as long as her father and mother were well, she was willing.
The love of the past, the person she had pursued with all her heart, she could now bid farewell to them…
“Shu’er…”
Lin Shishu looked up and through the red veil saw her mother sitting outside. Her voice choked with emotion, “Mo… Mother…”
“Shu’er, I’ve wronged you…”
Lin Shishu shook her head, “Mother, you have not wronged me in any way. Rather, it is Shu’er who should repay your kindness in raising me.”
“Shu’er, you will have to walk the path ahead on your own. I can no longer accompany you by your side.”
“Daughter understands.” The path ahead was hers to walk alone.
“Shu’er, let me have one good look at you.”
Lin Shishu looked at her mother before her, tears streaming down her face, “My Shu’er should be the most beautiful bride. Mother hopes to see you happy. This can only be your beginning, not your end…”
“Mother…”
Lin Shishu felt that her mother was not quite right. Suddenly, her father cried out in panic, “Madam…”
She lifted her veil with one hand. Warm liquid fell onto her face. She trembled all over and saw her mother smiling at her, blood flowing from the corner of her mouth, “Shu… Shu’er only has this one chance, to… to live for yourself…”
“Mother…” she cried out.
“My Lord, your concubine… your concubine will take her leave first. This is the best last thing I can… I can do.”
Lin Feng wept choked, “Madam… I will come to accompany you soon…”
“Good…” Yu said with a smile and lowered her head.
Min Shi panicked. Such a thing had happened at the wedding ceremony of the newlyweds. No matter what, the following events had to be stopped.
Lin Shishu hugged Yu and cried, “Mother, Mother…”
Waiting outside, Xue Zi Ning, who was preparing to storm the wedding, heard the cries from the mansion and rushed in with Xue Yan. She saw Lin Shishu holding a woman and weeping.
She was stunned. At this moment, she inexplicably remembered Li Yaoqin’s mother, Madam Li, who had also walked this path.
“This…” Xue Yan was also stunned. If Madam Lin had held on a little longer, she and His Majesty could have saved Lin Shishu.
But Madam Lin had chosen the most tragic way to prevent Lin Shishu’s wedding.
“No, this wedding must continue,” Min Shi said, looking at all of this coldly.
Yu Yang, standing beside her, tugged at Min Shi’s sleeve, “Madam, this… let’s postpone it!”
Although he knew this was a bandit pretending to be his sister, his sister had treated him well and supported him over the years.
Today, she was dead, and it would be a lie to say he was not sad.
“No, it cannot be postponed,” Min Shi stated decisively.
“Madam…”
Min Shi looked at Yu Yang coldly and said, “Don’t forget, to whom do you owe your current gains?”
Yu Yang fell silent.
“Madam has left. Continuing now will not be good for anyone,” Lin Feng said, standing up and speaking word by word.
“Lin Feng, are you going back on your word?” Min Shi said coldly.
Lin Feng chuckled in a low voice, his eyes bloodshot as he looked up, “The person I wanted to protect is no longer here. Do you think I have any intention of going back on my word?”
Min Shi was stunned. Yes, she had always used Yu Shi to threaten Lin Feng and Lin Shishu. Now, the person she could use to threaten them was dead.
It was only now that she realized Yu Shi had planned to die from the very beginning, to remove the person she used for leverage.
Lin Shishu tore off her wedding gown with one hand, revealing the inner garment, and said with grief and indignation, “From today onwards, I will observe mourning for my mother.”
“You…” Min Shi was so angry she almost fainted.
“I want Shu’er to be my bride…” Yu Feng Xi cried out.
Min Shi sneered, “This is my Min Shi’s territory now. Do you think you can leave?”
“Min Shi, are you underestimating us? Isn’t my master still here?” Xue Yan said coldly.
Min Shi turned to look at the two uninvited guests and sneered, “Just the two of you? Guards…”
Guards appeared outside the door and stood guard.
Min Shi said coldly, “It’s easy to come in, but not necessarily easy to get out.”
Before she finished speaking, the guards at the entrance suddenly fell to the ground.
A person walked in. His white moon-white brocade robe seemed to be bathed in light, his entire being covered in a layer of golden radiance. His refined and handsome face exuded a cold aura, giving people a sense of unapproachability.
“Young Master Yan…” Lin Shishu cried and lunged towards him.
“Miss Lin…” Just as Lin Shishu was about to touch his sleeve, he took a step back. His cold voice, like the chill of winter, starkly awakened Lin Shishu, who was still immersed in grief and looking for someone to confide in.
Lin Shishu was forced to stop by the chill, “Young Master Yan…”
Yan Jin Chao raised his eyes, but his gaze was not on her expression, but on the person behind her.
Xue Zi Ning retracted the weapon in her hand. She knew she was no longer needed here.