Lin Jiaojiao shook her head and said softly, "I haven't been wronged, Yan... Prince treats me very well."
She almost called him by his name directly. After all, she had always called him that in her previous life, and it was a bit difficult to change it for a while.
In order to cover up her slip of the tongue just now, she hurriedly said, "Big brother, please sit down."
After the siblings sat down, Lin Xingzhi took a good look at his sister, who had just married into the Prince Manor for less than a day.
With a slight frown, he found it quite strange. Before the marriage, this girl adamantly refused and even went to his courtyard to kneel for two hours.
Though his heart ached, he still forcefully married her off.
He had thought that she would hate him for a lifetime, but now, he couldn't see any trace of that.
After this much probing, Lin Jiaojiao could naturally see it too, since her change... was a bit too fast.
She knew why her big brother insisted on her marrying Yan Sihan; just Yan Sihan's love for her was far from enough.
After all, her big brother loved her, and if she didn't want to marry, no one could force her. But in the end, the one who forced her to marry was her big brother himself.
She was actually glad to marry Yan Sihan, at least in this life she was glad.
The reason her always-loving big brother made such a change was because the emperor wanted to marry a princess to Gold Country, and had no choice but to do so.
Gold Country was a small country and suffered from frequent droughts. It was at odds with Great Nan, with wars raging at the border all year round, leaving the people in a miserable state.
It was only when Gold Country was defeated this year that a truce was achieved. The Gold Country envoy brought the Gold Country princess into the palace as a "gift" for reconciliation.
Gold Country was a defeated country, yet they dared to demand a princess from Great Nan to marry into Gold Country. Naturally, Yan Sihan, as the Regent King, would not agree to this.
However, the young emperor agreed to this matter forcibly, not wanting to be suppressed by the Regent King in front of the envoy.
As the saying goes, a king's word is final, and there is no way to change it later.
But now, the princesses of the royal family that had married were married. The oldest unmarried one was no more than eight years old. How could she go to Gold Country?
When the emperor was in distress, Lin Zhengyang must have heard Madam Shen's pillow talk and took the initiative to advise the empress dowager and the emperor that she was a county princess personally appointed by the Late Emperor, and that the Lin family was favored by the emperor and should resolve difficulties for the country.
He proposed to make her a princess and send her to Gold Country on behalf of Great Nan.
At that time, all eyes in the Capital were on her, and everyone wanted her to marry the 70-year-old emperor of Gold Country.
Only a single imperial decree was lacking.
That was why her big brother agreed to Yan Sihan's marriage proposal.
Lin Zhengyang strongly disagreed with the matter at the time, but even the emperor didn't dare to speak up too much against Yan Sihan's power.
In the end, she married into the Prince Manor.
In her previous life, however, she was instigated by Lin Zhengyang and Madam to become a "loyal and righteous" person, eager to die for the country.
Now Great Nan has become the first country in history to marry a princess to a defeated country.
She nodded slightly, looking well-behaved, "Big brother, it was because Jiaojiao was ignorant before and didn't understand your painstaking efforts, making you worry about her."
Lin Xingzhi looked at her with a slightly rippling smile, partly surprised and partly gratified, teasingly said, "When did you, little girl, learn to admit your mistakes?"
She said with a sweet smile, "Just learned it."
Having said that, she suddenly remembered the important matter, withdrew the joy from her face, and tried to speak, but didn't know where to start.
But not saying anything is absolutely not an option.
"Big brother, don't use the tonic that Father sent anymore." After saying this, she hesitated for a moment, then said solemnly, "it's a slow-acting poison."
Perhaps fearing that her big brother would not believe her, she added, "I overheard this outside Father's study."
After hearing this, Lin Xingzhi's eyes inadvertently froze for a moment, but there was no trace of surprise on his cold face, as if he had heard the most ordinary matter.
"I understand."