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"When the Jing Emperor came back from the royal study for lunch, he had told her (Xiao Hua) a story.
This story was rather complicated. It was about a concubine's daughter being sold out of the capital by the evil principal wife.
If nothing was out of the ordinary, that girl would have lived out her life in a remote countryside. Unfortunately, this girl had a capable older brother. He had risen up in ranks rapidly, and spent countless efforts to find his younger sister.
At that time, she had already married and given birth to children. She had married a local farmer and given birth to two sons. The brother could only accept this low-born brother-in-law of his, and bring them both back to the capital.
Of course, that principal wife didn't have a good outcome. Because the events ended up spreading after the girl returned to the capital, the people all disdained her for her malice and lack of motherly virtue....
The brother in the story was Commander Lin of the Jing Prince Estate. He was now both the Dingyuan Marquis and the commander of the capital guard office, and was His Majesty's trusted aide. As for his sister, she was the girl who was sold out of the capital with Xiao Hua by Trafficker Qian, and given to a farmer as his wife: Lin Qing Wan."
So: Lin Qing Wan's brother finds Lin Qing Wan and brings her and her husband and their children back to the capital to live. Empress Xiao Hua and Lin Qing Wan become best friends and Lin Qing Wan visits the palace regularly and their children (Lin Qing Wan's children and the Empress/Emperor's children) grow up together in the capital and become best friends, and then their children start to get married off too... Lin Qing Wan married a lowly farmer, but her brother is a Marquis and she's the Empress' friend, so her status is high too now. It's in the last few chapters of Counterattack of the Cannon Fodder Chambermaid, which is now completely translated.
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