The news that General Lin, the commander of the Lin Family Army, had a son soon spread throughout Jinling. Everyone knew about it. Who was General Lin? She was the Emperor's favorite, and his wife was the Emperor's younger sister. With such an identity, he had to curry favor with her!
As a result, the Lin Manor was supposed to be preparing for the new year before the new year, but now the Lin Manor's threshold was almost broken by the endless stream of officials who came to congratulate them.
They couldn't go empty-handed, right? They had to bring something to give some red packets or something. They definitely couldn't bring out 180 strings of wine to the Lin residence. It would look shabby. If not 1,000 strings, there had to be at least 500! Just like that, a day's worth of red packets from the Lin Manor was equivalent to a year's worth of General Lin's salary.
Just as General Lin was busy, a duck's voice sounded,""The imperial edict has arrived!"
A handsome eunuch with a smile on his face walked over. Only then did the officials know that the imperial edict had arrived. Everyone hurriedly knelt down and prostrated themselves.
The eunuch said softly,""The Emperor has decreed that General Lin and the Eldest Princess have given birth to a son, Lin Yi. This is a token of General Lin's military merits, and I hereby confer the title of Viscount on him!”
"Long live my emperor." When everyone finished thanking him, they were all shocked. It was a great honor to be granted the title of Viscount at birth! Lin Yi's mother was the emperor's sister, but this reward was too tempting.
No matter what the crowd thought, General Lin was well aware of the Emperor's thoughts. Back when General Lin was still the Crown Prince, the two of them had been very good friends. They had once agreed to share weal and woe. However, when General Lin helped his friend ascend to the throne, the oath from back then had long since ceased to exist.
The title of Viscount was just a way to win him over. After all, although the Lin family army was the Emperor's army, it was not something that the Emperor could decide alone. Although General Lin knew that this was the Emperor's way of winning him over, he still had to accept it. After all, he was the general of the kingdom. He could not let the kingdom fall apart because of a moment of dissatisfaction.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" General Lin took the imperial edict and said.
"General Lin, His Majesty misses you very much. When will you bring the Eldest Princess and Viscount Lin to the palace to take a look? His Majesty said that he wanted to meet his nephew.”The eunuch who delivered the decree said.
General Lin looked at the eunuch and said,""Eunuch Zhao, the war in Nanjing is urgent. I'm afraid I'll have to return soon. Please tell His Majesty that I can't enter the palace.”
"What are you saying, General Lin? This was a matter of great importance for the country and the people. How could His Majesty blame him? Since the edict has already been delivered, this old servant will return to report the edict first. I won't disturb you all.”With that, he led the group of eunuchs out.
Seeing this, everyone quickly bowed and said together,"Farewell, Eunuch Zhao."”They waited until they were far away before they slowly got up and walked to General Lin to congratulate him. General Lin could only return the greetings.
When everyone left, a tall and thin man in a brown cotton robe walked out of the house.
When General Lin saw who it was, he immediately bowed and said,""Brother Han." The person returned General Lin's bow and said,""Brother Lin." After the two of them bowed to each other, they went to the study room to talk. The "Brother Han" that General Lin was referring to was the Marquis of the current dynasty. General Lin was a close friend of his, and now that his good friend had a son, Marquis Han naturally had to come over to congratulate him.
In the study, after the two of them sat down, General Lin was about to pour wine for Marquis Han when he heard Marquis Han say,""Brother Lin, it seems like His Majesty is starting to fear you.”
General Lin paused and said,""That's right. The current Lin family army is already an existence that Your Majesty can't ignore. Sigh!”After saying that, he lowered his head and drank without saying anything. Marquis Han glanced at him and did not say anything else, drinking with him.
Our main character, Lin Yi, was sleeping soundly in Mrs. Lin's arms, not knowing what would happen to him in the future.
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