With her mother dead early and her father cold and distant, the person most cherished by the youngest daughter of the Minister of Personnel's household, Seventh Miss Lin, was her elder brother.
Her elder brother was gentle, exceptionally talented, and deeply trusted by the emperor at a young age.
She grew up by his side. He dealt with the difficulties her sisters gave her and turned down banquets she didn't want to attend.
No matter how unreasonable her request, as long as Lin Jin looked at Lin Fei with tearful eyes and a timid expression, he could only brush the corner of her eye with his hand and say helplessly, "Don't cry, Xiao Jin. Your big brother will do it for you."
On the web of his hand was a ring of bite marks from when Lin Jin had bitten him as a child, not knowing her own strength.
In the undercurrents of the Minister of Personnel's household, her elder brother had carved out a peaceful refuge for her.
But one day, her elder brother died.
Later, someone even told Lin Jin that she and he were not related by blood.
No one asked Lin Jin what she wanted. A year after her elder brother's death, Seventh Miss Lin was hastily married off, bewildered and afraid.
Her husband was none other than His Highness Prince Jing, who had just returned from the border and was notorious for his ruthlessness and cruelty.
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On her wedding night, Lin Jin sat nervously on the edge of the bed. The moment her red veil was lifted, she thought of the maids who had been carried out in a pitiful state and couldn't hold back her tears.
Crying, she trembled and tried to kneel to beg forgiveness.
But through her tear-blurred vision, she saw her husband reach out and gently brush the corner of her eye. A small ring of bite marks circled the web of his hand.
He soothed her softly: "Xiao Jin, don't cry."
Lin Jin froze.
Because his voice was exactly like that of her dead elder brother
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