King Jin was previously imprisoned in Zongrenfu due to an incident at the Crown Prince Residence, with the Empress personally overseeing the matter until the Emperor released him on the day before the new year.

Everyone knew that it was due to the Crown Prince’s affair that he was imprisoned, but outsiders did not know the specifics.

Madam Lin seized the opportunity to ask: "Youyou, what exactly happened? Being locked in Zongrenfu is no small matter, it’s the first time the Emperor has punished King Jin by imprisoning him there."

Gu Youyou sighed, "He had been feeling unwell before and went to Jisheng Hall for treatment, and then he took a liking to the female doctor who treated him. You know this doctor, it’s Searcy who used to live in my courtyard."

"Searcy?" Madam Lin expressed immense surprise.

Searcy, that unruly maid, was still fresh in Madam Lin’s memory. King Jin really had... peculiar tastes.

At the same time, she felt somewhat angry.

King Jin had already taken quite a few concubines, was he still not satisfied? To think he even flirted with a female doctor, let alone one who was such an unruly maid.

"What happened then?" she asked.

Gu Youyou said, "Searcy is skilled and daring, doing things as she pleases. She wouldn’t treat you nicely just because you’re King Jin.

It turns out Searcy didn’t favor King Jin but instead took a fancy to a coachman employed at the residence.

It was said that the Empress intended to marry her to King Jin as a concubine, but she rushed to marry the coachman.

This angered King Jin, who then led a band of men to storm the residence.

Later, Jin Zijin captured her and brought her directly to the Emperor just like that. "

Gu Youyou’s words turned into a puddle.

Madam Lin and Old Madam Lin sighed incessantly, thinking that King Jin was too reckless in his actions. No matter what, you shouldn’t lead a group to storm the Crown Prince Residence, especially over a female doctor?

Madam Lin paused, a bit puzzled, and asked, "Wait a minute, I heard from your uncle that the Empress wanted to find a concubine for King Jin, but wasn’t that supposed to be General Lu’s daughter?"

Gu Youyou also paused, then hurriedly said, "Aunt, I didn’t tell you the truth before. That Searcy is actually General Lu’s daughter, her real name is Lu Xueying."

"Ah...? How did General Lu’s daughter end up becoming a doctor with you?" Madam Lin was immensely surprised.

"Ah! Those Lu Family matters, aunt, we shouldn’t lightly discuss other family’s affairs. Anyway, she was beaten half to death by Madam Lu and thrown out."

What Gu Youyou said was half true, half fabricated, and the two Madam Lins understood.

They knew a bit about Madam Lu’s notorious reputation, dealing with General Lu’s concubines and their daughters had always been her forte.

Thinking this way, this Miss Lu seemed to be a person of hard fate, a pity she even ended up marrying a coachman.

...

Gu Youyou had few female guests to entertain, as everyone knew she was pregnant and should not be overworked, so most just sent servants to deliver gifts.

There were more people at Jin Zijin’s side. This was his first New Year since returning, and many wanted to establish a good relationship with him, especially before the new year, as the King Jin incident made everyone feel the Emperor favored the Crown Prince even more.

Compared to that, the King Jin Residence was much colder.

Every time Madam Lin saw Lin Qianqing, she kept saying how thin she had gotten. This time, she and Old Madam Lin went to see her at King Jin Residence because she hadn’t returned to her maiden home on the second day of the new year, saying King Jin was sick.

Madam Lin could understand, after all, King Jin had just been confined.

But what she didn’t expect was that King Jin, despite being sick, still vented his anger on Lin Qianqing.

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