Even without confronting Liu Mingxin face to face, Sikong Mingxuan had already confirmed that Liu Lin was naturally his son.
Although his Prince Duan’s estate had been expelled from the capital, it still wasn’t something ordinary people could afford to provoke.
Compared to these commoners, he naturally leaned toward his son.
And besides…
He had also heard just now that these commoners had been the ones to slander Liu Mingxin first.
Although Sikong Mingxuan had never spent time with Liu Mingxin, her great name was spoken of everywhere around him. Her unfathomable medical skills left him in awe.
Tell me, where else in the world could you find someone who would cut a person open to save them?
So regarding how these commoners had just pressured Liu Mingxin, he only felt that they had been the ones bullying her first. As for Liu Lin poisoning them, he didn’t think there was anything wrong with it.
Instead, he admired Liu Lin’s abilities even more. This was truly worthy of being his son.
As for Liu Mingxin, who had raised such an outstanding son, he also regarded her with new eyes.
The people around them had originally been accusing Liu Lin, but they hadn’t expected a handsome man to suddenly appear out of nowhere. Who in the entire city didn’t recognize the young prince of Prince Duan’s estate?
For a moment, everyone looked at each other in dismay.
This area was already a prosperous part of Jiangnan. After the authorities were notified, the officials arrived very quickly. Especially since this involved the young prince, those constables practically raced over.
“That’s actually the young prince’s son. He really does look very much like the young prince.”
When the constables saw Liu Lin, they were all a bit stunned. He looked so much like Sikong Mingxuan that no one could possibly mistake him.
“In my opinion, the scariest thing is still Prince Duan’s son’s strength. I heard the injured commoners in this area were all taken down by him. To have such strength at such a young age, if he joins the military in the future, he’ll definitely accomplish great things.” A group of people discussed Liu Lin.
Hearing this, Liu Mingxin felt very pleased. She couldn’t help but secretly turn her head again to glance at the unignorable Sikong Mingxuan beside her, her cheeks slightly reddening.
Liu Lin had already scattered an entire packet of poison powder onto Ye Shaohua through his methods, yet there was not the slightest effect. For a moment, he was somewhat puzzled.
But he didn’t doubt his poison powder at all. He simply thought Ye Shaohua had a special constitution and it would take a while.
Instead, he asked about Liu Mingxin’s situation.
“How would I know? The Ye family really is as fake and shameless as the rumors say.” Liu Mingxin had great confidence in her own medical skills. In modern times, she could perform surgery on patients. Here in this ancient era, she had never doubted herself.
She took it for granted that Ye Shaohua was jealous of her, which was why she had done such a despicable thing.
When Liu Lin heard this, the coldness on his face deepened, and he applied even more kinds of poison to Ye Shaohua. He was determined to make Ye Shaohua embarrass herself in front of everyone, and also to let this cheap father of his see just how vicious this woman really was.
But…
He had been applying poison for quite a while now. Why was there still no reaction?
Meanwhile, Sikong Mingxuan kept staring closely at Liu Mingxin and said directly, “Linlin is my son.”
His words were a statement, not a question.
Hearing this, Liu Mingxin let out a mocking laugh. She looked at Sikong Mingxuan coldly. “I’m telling you, Linlin was raised by me alone. I won’t just hand Linlin over to your Prince Duan’s estate.”
Before Sikong Mingxuan could say another word, he was blocked by Liu Mingxin’s remark. He was somewhat surprised.
But in the end, he was in the wrong on this matter. A woman had given birth to the child and raised him all this way, which made Sikong Mingxuan sigh with emotion.
“Also, your Prince Duan’s estate and I will stay out of each other’s way. Please don’t come and disturb my son’s and my life.” Liu Mingxin straightened her backbone. Her eyes looked toward Sikong Mingxuan without the slightest timidity. “Even though we’re just ordinary commoners, my son and I are not afraid of you.”
Her attitude somewhat shocked the people around her.
In this ancient society with very clear class divisions, Liu Mingxin’s attitude still made them look at her twice.
Sikong Mingxuan felt even more that this person before him was different from the women he had met before, and he grew even more curious about her. “I promise you, but you can’t stop me from seeing my son, right?”
Hearing this, Liu Mingxin frowned. “You can see Linlin, but I don’t want you attracting all sorts of messy people. Prince Duan, I’ve heard you’ve always been on good terms with the Ye family. Today I’ll give you face and let the Ye family’s medical clinic off.”
Hearing this, Sikong Mingxuan’s fingers paused slightly. He turned to look at Ye Shaohua.
Seeing that she wasn’t looking at him, but rather had her gaze fixed on Liu Lin and Liu Mingxin, Sikong Mingxuan couldn’t help but shift a step and block Ye Shaohua’s line of sight.
A dark expression flickered across his brow.
Other than Imperial Physician Ye, he didn’t have deep feelings for anyone else in the Ye family. Earlier, he had still felt some pity and sympathy for Ye Shaohua, but he hadn’t expected to discover today that this whole Ye family was no different from those ordinary people outside.
Gathering a crowd to cause trouble and ruin someone’s reputation—if he and Liu Lin hadn’t rushed back today, who knows what the situation would have been!
Once he got back, he should tell his mother the consort that the Ye family couldn’t be allowed to keep acting recklessly.
“Mother, don’t worry,” Liu Lin said, seeing that Sikong Mingxuan wasn’t paying attention to him, and only then lowered his head and said smugly to Liu Mingxin, “This person surnamed Ye will soon make a fool of herself in front of everyone. She dared to bully my mother—she clearly doesn’t know how the word ‘death’ is written!”
Liu Mingxin was naturally very comforted that her son protected her so much.
Her heart felt even warmer. In this other world, fortunately she had such a smart son, which let her feel a tiny bit of belonging.
She didn’t doubt her son’s strength at all.
Back then, her son had been born at Shaolin Temple. As soon as he was born, the abbot of Shaolin Temple detected a strange phenomenon and wanted to take him as a disciple.
But Liu Mingxin was unwilling for her son to become a monk in the future, so she refused.
However, he still learned martial arts from the abbot. Her son was naturally clever. He had only just left the mountain at five years old, and the old abbot said outright that he could no longer teach him anything.
Liu Mingxin still thought of Ye Shaohua as the orphan girl she had read about in that book. Now that her son said Ye Shaohua would make a fool of herself in front of everyone, she didn’t doubt it at all.
