After being rescued, Lin Yutong went to Xiu Yu Hall to apologize. She was pure and kind, not believing that her sister could harm her. Lin Yutong’s sympathy won her over, and she insisted on protecting her in front of their grandmother. This angered their grandmother, leading to a serious illness.
From then on, rumors circulated in Biandu City that she was cruel, stubborn, and defiant of her elders, having nearly killed her half-sister and made her grandmother ill. Her reputation was destroyed overnight.
Years later, the truly cruel half-sister became the high-ranking Crown Princess, while she, the legitimate daughter of the Ning Guogong Mansion and noble Yunxiang Junzhu, became a wife abandoned by Si Yi and ultimately died miserably in the Cold Palace.
She later realized that Lin Yutong and her mother had been planning for a long time to soar to power. She had been naive, trusting the wicked and excessively loving her “well-behaved and gentle” half-sister, even turning against her grandmother to defend her. Reflecting back, her half-sister was full of flaws.
It wasn’t that they were clever; her soft heart and gullible nature made her easy to manipulate.
Ning Wanwan completely understood.
Fortunately, Heaven had given her another chance.
The next year, Lin Zhengyang married the daughter of the He family as his second wife and soon had a second daughter, Lin Yutong. Lin Yutong was raised by her mother to be impatient and calculating. The old lady noticed this but did not intervene, occasionally warning Wan Wan without much focus.
Ning Wan Wan obediently nodded, “No one can be closer than my grandmother. You are the only one who is good to me, so I will stand by your side and help you establish your authority.”
Old lady Ning was gratified, feeling that Wan Wan had suddenly become enlightened after her illness.
She doted on Wan Wan, gently rubbing her head, and said seriously, “Since that’s the case, quickly get up, wash and change, and come with me to the front hall to welcome the empress and the crown prince.”
Ning Wan Wan’s heart skipped a beat at the thought of the crown prince. She nervously grabbed the bedding.
