“Yun’er, I shall go to the master right now and report this matter to him!” After Yan Shi finished speaking, she was about to walk out.
Lin Yun pulled at his mother’s arm: “Mother, all of this is merely our unfounded speculation. We have no evidence at all. Even if our hypothesis is true, if it truly was the Madam who did it, they would surely have eradicated all traces of evidence by now.”
After all, the Madam held an extraordinary position in the Lin household. Just going to report her based on a mere speculation, Lin Yun was clearly afraid that doing so would lead to his father blaming his mother, afraid that the matter would reach the Madam’s ears and cause her to create trouble.
“Even without evidence, I must tell the master. At the very least, it can make him investigate in this direction. We must give you an explanation, Yun’er!”
Yan Shi also knew that reporting the Madam was a very serious matter, but in order not to let him suffer this injustice and pain in vain, she must do it, even if it meant paying a great price!
After Yan Shi finished speaking, she hurriedly left Yi Garden and headed straight for the front hall.
Front hall.
After reporting, Yan Shi smoothly entered the front hall and met Lin Guangde.
“Yan Shi pays respects to the master,” Yan Shi curtsied.
“Yan Shi, you have come to ask about Yun’er’s matter, have you? These past half month, I have been investigating,” Lin Guangde looked up at Yan Shi.
Over this half month, Lin Guangde had sent the steward to rigorously investigate the matter, but nothing substantial had been found.
“Master, Yan Shi has come today because there is a clue regarding Yun’er’s incident,” Yan Shi said.
“Oh? Tell me,” Lin Guangde sat up straight and became alert.
“Yan Shi suspects that this matter was done by the Madam. My son and I have carefully recalled that nine days before Yun’er met with this incident, the Madam brought Young Master Lin Wei to apologise and presented an apology tea. This is the only possible point where something could have happened to Yun’er. Apart from that, in the half month before Yun’er met with the incident, he had not eaten any food nor drunk anything,” Yan Shi said.
When Lin Guangde heard Yan Shi mention the Madam, he was also startled.
“You think this matter is related to the Madam? Yan Shi, you should know how serious the nature of accusing the Madam is. Do you have any evidence?” Lin Guangde asked.
“No evidence, but this is the only suspicious point. Yan Shi begs the master to investigate it and seek justice for Yun’er! We cannot let Yun’er suffer such an undeserved injustice in vain!”
Yan Shi knelt on the ground, crying and kowtowing repeatedly in plea.
“Alright, get up first. Yun’er is also my son. This matter, I will investigate,” Lin Guangde waved his hand signalling Yan Shi to rise.
“Thank you, master!” Yan Shi kowtowed once more.
“Alright, you may go now,” Lin Guangde said.
After Yan Shi left, Lin Guangde also fell into contemplation.
“The Madam!” Lin Guangde’s face turned grim.
Previously, when Lin Guangde had the steward investigate, it was always targeting Lin Yun’s few enemies. He had not suspected anyone within his own household.
Now, with Yan Shi putting it this way, Lin Guangde instantly felt that the possibility of the Madam doing it was not small!
Lin Guangde was no fool. Of course, he understood what purpose and motive the Madam would have for doing such a thing.
After all, as a concubine’s son, Lin Yun had performed too outstandingly. It was not impossible for the Madam to want to ruin Lin Yun!
There was still one person standing in the hall, the Lin household’s chief steward, who was also Lin Guangde’s trusted confidant.
“Chief Steward Wu, go and investigate the Madam,” Lin Guangde said.
“Master, investigating the Madam now would probably… probably be meaningless. If it turns out to truly be the Madam’s doing, then… then what? We cannot cripple Young Master Lin Wei as well, can we?” the steward said.
Lin Guangde was taken aback.
“Master, Young Master Lin Yun is ruined, and this has become an unchangeable fact. We cannot destroy another one, can we? I believe you can certainly understand the reasoning behind this. I am merely speaking out of turn. Everything should still be done according to your wishes, master,” the steward said.
Lin Guangde picked up the wine cup on the table, poured himself a cup of wine, and then gulped it down fiercely.
The reasoning behind it, Lin Guangde of course could quickly understand.
If it were found out to truly be the Madam’s doing, once the truth was revealed, it would be a family scandal for the Lin household. If word got out, who knew how others would mock the Lin family.
This was not the most important thing. The most important was that once it was truly confirmed to be the Madam’s doing, how to punish her? It would certainly require severe handling to give Yan Shi and Lin Yun an explanation.
A person like Lin Guangde would naturally pay more attention to the final outcome.
He had to consider this matter from the perspective of the entire Lin family.
