Lin Yan wiped her sweat, “So tired.” She picked up the teapot, opened the lid and smelled it, frowning, “I don’t like this tea. Li Si, help me ask the waiter for a pot of post-rain Longjing tea.”
The Mansion Strategist nodded, “Okay.”
After he left, Lin Yan said, “Cousin, these chopsticks are dirty. Can you help me get a new pair?”
I looked around. Perhaps because we were on the second floor, no waiter was in sight. I had no choice but to fetch the chopsticks. I approached the Mansion Strategist and said, “I followed Lin Yan earlier and saw her meeting two people, asking them to marry Lin Zi. Both seemed wealthy and influential.”
The Mansion Strategist said calmly, “She wants to get Lin Zi out of the Lin family. She saw the second madam’s methods today. If her mother and daughter join forces, and Lin Ran is forced to marry, Lin Sen is studying abroad, and Lin’s father doesn’t manage family affairs, the target will directly point to Lin Yan.”
“But she found two people to propose.”
The Mansion Strategist pondered and asked, “One proposing for a main wife, the other for a concubine?”
I was stunned, “How did you know? Did you follow her too?”
“Professional habit.”
…Well, I almost forgot he had managed household intrigues for thousands of years and had seen through countless schemes.
Zhai Dou Jun continued, “If it’s just one person proposing marriage, the Second Madam can decisively refuse. But if two people come at the same time, one a wife and one a concubine, if she refuses both, outsiders will say she is not satisfied, because it is rare for a concubine-born daughter to marry into a great family as the main wife. The Second Madam, no matter how tough she is, must consider this.”
I suddenly lamented that Lin Yan was not a good person. I never expected that behind her seemingly completely submissive appearance, she was secretly plotting against her second sister.
We returned to the table, and Lin Yan had already poured tea for us, saying, “Why were you gone for so long? I just saw the waiter and had him replaced.”
