Ever since noble consort Lin and Minister Lin fell, the entire Lin family had scattered. Only Madame Lin was safe and sound because of her status as the country guarding Duke's wife.
However, her life was not good either. It was far worse than before. She had always been the protagonist of the banquets held by the various families, but now she could not even get an invitation. In the high Duke's public house, the second and third branches were also innuendously criticizing her and disrespecting her. Even her son and daughter were being bullied.
Lu Zheng, who she thought had been burned to death, was now living well and had even left his name with the Emperor. He had been promoted one after another from a nobody. Her first daughter, Lu Xue, who she thought had no future and married a junior Jinshi without any Foundation, was now the wife of a young minister.
