CHAPTER 697: CHAPTER 699: RELUCTANCE IN THE HEART (4 MORE UPDATES)

Wang Yanran’s eyes widened upon hearing this.

"What? No, that can’t be!"

She had indeed not considered this possibility.

Yun Zhen’s words suddenly filled her with a sense of anxiety.

She became more hostile towards Yun Jinnian.

In the past, it was due to beauty and status, but now she always felt like Yun Jinnian intended to harm her, to harm her child.

"One must always guard against others, Jinnian and the Yun Family are not close, you must never be alone with her in the future, and also stay away from her. I always feel that my cousin is very strange!"

"Ah, my husband, why do you say that?" Wang Yanran was extremely astonished.

She hadn’t expected Yun Zhen to think of Yun Jinnian this way.

"She is so young and just a girl. She has been at home all these years, except for that one year she spent at Yingci’an, but after she returned, she knew medical skills. Even if she’s really intelligent, how much could she learn in just over a year? So many people spend their entire lives and still achieve nothing!"

Yun Zhen spoke and sighed, "But no matter what, she has succeeded!"

Yet he remained stationary.

He thought his opportunity had come, only to realize the Emperor had completely forgotten about him.

Wang Yanran pondered, keeping her thoughts to herself, and instead, she coaxed Yun Zhen to sleep.

The two shifted the topic to other matters.

"Husband, the eldest Prince cousin told me there is a County Magistrate position available in a county, do you want to try for it?"

"County Magistrate?"

A petty seventh-rank official, how was that different from his current position?

"Let’s wait until after the imperial examinations next year!"

Wang Yanran knew from his response that Yun Zhen was not interested, so she did not push him, "Hmm, my husband has great talent; next year, you will surely top the examination and become the number one scholar!"

Feeling his wife’s trust, Yun Zhen felt greatly gratified. "I will surely make you envied by everyone you meet!"

No matter what these people were thinking, the return of Yun Jinnian and Mrs. Han brought joy to some in the Yun Residence.

For instance, Yun Zuomo, Yun Qingzhi, and Yun Qingqing were all happy.

Even though they didn’t know how Yun Jinnian managed to get them into Songshan Academy, their father didn’t stop them, and even gave them a hundred taels of silver every month in private. Aunt Su and Aunt Hua were also released.

But that did not hinder their admiration for Yun Jinnian.

Yun Jinnian returned in high spirits, also wanting to show her capabilities to her legitimate sister.

The three of them worked on embroidery through the night.

They had little silver in hand, saving and scrimping for a year to buy three colors of Yunyan Brocade.

Two were making handkerchiefs, one was making a sachet.

The patterns had been drawn long ago, and they had been embroidering for days, but some work was left, so they wanted to finish it overnight. When their legitimate sister returned, they planned to present it to her immediately.

Aunt Hua and Aunt Su were also contemplating whether to reveal the truth to Mrs. Han or not.

But would Mrs. Han listen?

What would happen to them after she heard it?

Aunt Su did not understand the differences between legitimate and illegitimate children before, but after all these years, she had come to realize that the difference between them was like that between heaven and earth.

At dawn

Han Residence

Chaoyang Academy

Yun Jinnian yawned, sitting up slowly yet gracefully, and swept her long black hair over her shoulder before slipping her feet into her shoes and standing up.

"Miss!"

Henuan entered the room with a basin of water.

"Hmm!"

"Miss, where would you like to have breakfast?"

Yun Jinnian slightly furrowed her brows at the question, "What’s the matter?"

"The lady and the old master are up; they are talking in the study right now, and the young master is still asleep!"

Yun Jinnian laughed, "Tianci must be exhausted from the journey; let him sleep. I will eat breakfast at Chaoyang Academy before heading to the study. You go with Hemei, and take the opportunity to listen in!"