Chapter 330: Going Overboard
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
When Jiang Yang’s bridal procession arrived outside Prince Qi’s Manor, the guards set off the firecrackers. For a while, thunderous explosions shook the sky.
Jiang Yang gave the bridal sedan a customary kick with excitement and led Lin Zhuyu out.
Just as the two of them were about to enter Prince Qi’s Manor, a figure quickly squeezed out from the crowd.
“Lin Zhuyu, stop right there!”
Lin Zhuyu was so shocked that she froze on the spot.
Jiang Yang felt Lin Zhuyu’s fear and instinctively held her hand tightly. “Don’t be afraid. I’m here.”
Lin Zhuyu gave a soft answer but her tight grip on Jiang Yang’s hand betrayed the fear in her heart.
Lin Jin walked up to the two of them and reached out to pull Lin Zhuyu’s veil.
Jiang Yang moved quickly and blocked him.
“Lord Lin, what are you doing?”
Lin Jin glanced at Jiang Yang contemptuously. “This is between me and my daughter. What does it have to do with an outsider like you?”
Jiang Yang pulled Lin Zhuyu behind him to protect her. “Lord Lin, you must be joking. This is my wife who has signed the marriage contract with me. How can you call me an outsider?”
“She’s still my daughter. Lin Zhuyu, say something!”
Lin Zhuyu’s body could not help trembling. All the things she had suffered in the Minister’s Residence all those years surged into her heart, making her fearful instinctively.
“If Lord Lin is here to attend our wedding banquet, then 1 welcome you. But if you are here to cause trouble, then don’t blame the people of Prince Qi’s Manor for not showing you courtesy.”
Jiang Yang didn’t want to get into a conflict with anyone on his wedding day, especially when the other party was Lin Zhuyu’s biological father. However, if Lin Jin went overboard, Jiang Yang wouldn’t allow him to act outrageously.
“She, Lin Zhuyu, is the daughter of the Minister of Works. Two years ago, she married Prince Qi as a concubine, and now she wants to marry you. The Ministry of Works is completely unaware of this matter. What do you take the Ministry of Works for?”
Lin Jin was Lin Zhuyu’s father. In a sense, Lin Zhuyu’s divorce and re-marriage had to go through him. However, Lin Zhuyu did not want to see anyone from the Minister’s Residence again for the rest of her life, nor did she want to go near that damned place.
“The marriage was bestowed by His Highness Prince Qi, and Zhuyu has also agreed to it. We should indeed have informed the Minister’s Residence after the agreement. I have overlooked this matter and I hope Minister Lin won’t hold it against me. If you don’t mind, please come into Prince Qi’s Manor and have a drink on us.”
Lin Jin gave a scornful sneer. “I won’t let Lin Zhuyu marry you. Lin Zhuyu, come back with me now!”
As Lin Jin spoke, he reached out to pull Lin Zhuyu.
Lin Zhuyu was so scared that she almost squeezed herself behind Jiang Yang.
This matter quickly spread to Prince Qi’s Manor.
Su Ying was sitting in the front hall, waiting for Lin Zhuyu to come and pay her respects. To her surprise, the couple did not come in after a long time.
“Why are the two of them dragging their feet?”
A moment later, the maidservant ran to the door of the front hall. “Your Highnesses, the Minister of Works is blocking the door. He says he wants to bring Miss Lin back.”
Su Ying paused for a moment before remembering that this Minister of Works was Lin Zhuyu’s father.
Lin Zhuyu had followed them back to the capital for a long time but he hadn’t even made a fart. Today was Lin Zhuyu’s wedding yet he had come here to shit. He really needed to be taught a lesson.
“Tell the guards to get rid of him. It’s such bad luck to see him on such a momentous day.”
“Yes, Your Highness.”
Many commoners had come to watch the spectacle outside Prince Qi’s Manor. They were all curious to know what joyous occasion was taking place. Now that they overheard Lin Jin saying it, they knew that Prince Qi’s concubine was getting married, and she was marrying one of Prince Qi’s subordinates. It was truly novel.
“I don’t agree to this marriage. No matter what happens, I have to bring her back today!” Lin Jin was furious and immediately went forward to grab his daughter.
However, how could a civil official like him be a match for Jiang Yang and the others?
Jiang Yang’s comrades didn’t want him to bear the infamy of fighting his father-in-law, so they rushed forward and separated Lin Jin.
“Lord Lin, don’t be rash. Today is a happy occasion. If there’s anything to discuss, we can go in and talk it over.”
“That’s right. Don’t spoil Prince Qi and Princess Consort Qi’s mood.”
Lin Jin struggled to push them away. “Let go of me. You’re forcefully snatching my daughter. Does Prince Qi’s Manor still have any respect for the law?”
Lin Zhuyu was afraid of Lin Jin, but she would never allow him to insult and malign Su Ying and the others!
She gritted her teeth and lifted the bridal veil on her head. She glared at Lin Jin with red-rimmed eyes. “I have willingly agreed to marry Jiang Yang. Prince Qi and Princess Consort Qi did not force us. We have willingly agreed to everything. I am even grateful to His Highness and Her Highness for helping to bring us together!”
When Lin Jin heard this, he was even more furious. He felt that he had almost lost all his dignity. “You wicked daughter, you still dare to spout nonsense! Quickly go back with me!”
Lin Zhuyu saw that he did not care about her well-being at all. She clenched her fists in her sleeves. “If I go back with you, will I still be able to stay alive? You think I don’t know that you have long been waiting for me to die. During the exile journey, if it weren’t for Her Highness protecting me, I would have been killed by the people you sent!”
An icy killing intent flashed across Lin Jin’s eyes, but he said, “Who told you such rubbish? I wanted so badly to save you, so why would I harm you? Good child, if you are not willing to be Prince Qi’s concubine, then your father will take you home. You don’t have to make yourself suffer by marrying this guy.”
He clearly looked down on Jiang Yang.
“It seems that Lord Lin is really old and doesn’t understand human language. Zhuyu said that she is willing to marry me, so how can she be making herself suffer? You’re her father. She’s been back in the capital for so long, yet you haven’t thought of coming over to meet her. Now that she’s getting married, you’re here to cause trouble. Do you think everyone will believe that you’re truly thinking of your daughter’s interests?”
Lin Jin gritted his teeth. “She’s my daughter. If I want her to get married, she will. If 1 don’t want her to get married, no one can override my decision.”
“Tsk! Tsk! Tsk! Lord Lin is really arrogant.”
Lin Jin’s face tensed up. He turned to look at Su Ying, who was slowly walking out of Prince Qi’s Manor. He stopped shoving the people.
“May I ask Your Highness, did I say something wrong?”
Su Ying stood outside the gates of the manor and looked at Lin Jin from a high vantage point. “Are you saying that your daughter can only be a commodity for you to exchange for benefits? She’s not even a person?”
Lin Jin gritted his teeth. “Of course not! However, shouldn’t parents be the ones to decide on their children’s marriage?”
“Lin Jin, have you forgotten that she was a member of Prince Qi’s Manor long ago? Do you think you are qualified to make decisions?”
“She was divorced by Prince Qi, so she’s still a member of the Lin family.”
Su Ying gave a scornful laugh and shook her head. “The ugly faces of you people have really opened my eyes time and again. You’re really worse than a vicious dog that bites people outright.”
Lin Jin’s face had turned red from the scolding. He was a high-ranking official of the Imperial Court, yet he was being scolded as being inferior to a dog!
“You… you have really gone too far! Gone too far!” Lin Jin roared and charged at Su Ying.
Su Ying’s eyes twitched as she looked at Lin Zhuyu’s frozen face. She lifted Lin Jin’s robe and threw him in front of Lin Zhuyu.
“Lin Zhuyu, you only have one chance to attack. You decide for yourself.”
Lin Zhuyu looked at Lin Jin, whose face had become deformed from the fall.
She raised her head and gave him a vicious slap..