Chapter 358 The Past Events in the Capital City (1/2)

The wife of Marquis Zhennan was one of the best legendary characters in the entire capital city.

It was said that she was not only exceedingly beautiful and was excellent in her skills as a physician, she was also extremely kind and compassionate.

Although the Lins were a powerful and reputable family, they were very open regarding the matter of marriage for the children.

Half a year after General Lin returned from the battlefield, he married his wife.

Nevertheless, given that the Lin Family was a well-known family, due to the fact that Madame Lin’s origin was a mystery, she was almost elbowed out by the ladies from illustrious families in the capital city.

That year right after the chaos brought about by the war, the land was struck with pestilence. While numerous victims became homeless, all the physicians in the capital city were at a loss as to what to do.

The present emperor at that time was still a prince. However, when General Lin raised the point that he was able to provide a cure for the pestilence, the emperor was the first to support his idea.

With the emperor’s recommendation, the solution provided by General Lin was accepted by the court. When the prescription was adopted and used all over the country, the pestilence was gradually contained and under control.

All the people thought that it was the work of General Lin. At this moment, however, General Lin attributed the credit to his wife, instead of himself.

The emperor, then a prince, came forward to clarify the facts, and in an instant, Madame Lin became the benefactor of the entire nation of Dajin.

Thereafter, the emperor ascended the throne and General Lin contributed greatly to the victories against the nation’s enemies.

Then, Madame Lin gave birth to their first child. By then, she had become the youngest and the most envied wife of the general in the entire capital city.

Madame Lin was very beautiful. Despite the fact that she had already married the general, there were still many admirers who wished to have a glimpse of her. However, she hardly left the house, and when she did, she wore a veil so that she did not reveal herself before others.

Nevertheless, having a heart of gold, she usually personally received and attended to the sick who had been brought to her gates, and even gave the patients money and medicine for free.

In those days, there was no one person in the capital who did not know about her reputation. No one disliked this lady physician, who was kind and exceptionally skillful.

Lin Mengya was immersed in Long Tianyu’s narration and description, so much so she could not recover for her deep thoughts.

She shut her eyes as she tried to imagine what she heard.

How beautiful, intelligent and virtuous was the woman who had brought Lin Mengya into this world.

From Long Tianyu’s description, she made her mother out to be a tall, slender and elegant lady, always wearing a thin veil. Although she could not make out the facial features, she could imagine a pair of eyes filled with tenderness.

Since young, she had always tried to suppress her longings.

It was the same, be it the Lin Mengya of Dajin or the modern-day Su Qingge.

Both of them had never seen their mothers and therefore had not experienced a mother’s love. In the same way, they had relied on the little strength they had, in order to survive this cold world.

A drop of warm tear seemed to have run down from the corner of her eye.

Lin Mengya did not realize that she was tearing up, because she was overcome by her emotions.

“I can see it now. She’s so beautiful. She is the most beautiful and gentle mother in the world. I — miss her so much.”

Her eyes opened gradually and there were tears pooling in her dark eyes.

It was as if she had ingested some magical pill that took away all her troubles.

Her tears began rolling down her cheeks like strings of pearls, and a brilliant yet innocent smile appeared on her tender pink lips.

Seeing Lin Mengya’s child-like and gentle smile of innocence, Long Tianyu could feel himself holding in his breath.

This seemed like a once in a lifetime opportunity to see her smile in this way, and he did not want to alarm her.

Those who had seen Madame Lin’s appearance had commented that Lin Mengya resembled her closely.

However, compared to Madame Lin, Lin Mengya was missing some lingering charm.

At present, Long Tianyu finally understood what was missing.

This was the true Lin Mengya that she had always tried to suppress.

Now that she had revealed her true self after learning about her mother, Long Tianyu found her breathtakingly beautiful.

It was as if the most dazzling and renowned lady physician of Dajin had been revived in her daughter, at this very moment.

Instinctively, Long Tianyu reached out to wipe away the tears at the corners of her eyes.

Long Tianyu finally understood why General Lin was so smitten and single-minded toward Lin Mengya’s mother.

This was the only salvation to people who had deep struggles all their lives.

Be in Lin Mengya or Madame Lin, they were the only salvation in this world to the people around them.

Thank goodness the Heavens had been merciful toward him that Lin Mengya was granted to him as wife, out of coincidence.

“I’m sorry, I… I’ve lost control of myself.”

Lin Mengya was at a loss at this moment when she was overwhelmed by her emotions.

Lin Mengya, whose eyes were a little red and was looking down, did not look at all like the fierce and evil princess feared by all.

She was more like an innocent and timid young lady, and it made Long Tianyu feel differently about her.

“It’s alright, I understand. You must miss your mother a great deal.”

Lin Mengya nodded. Although she had been living with Long Tianyu since she transcended space and time to enter this world, and rarely saw the relatives of the Lins.

She developed emotions which she never had, since she met her father and elder brother a year ago.