Li Ying's subordinates were very efficient. They quickly investigated Lin Qingzhi's identity and background thoroughly.
She was from Yangchuan County. Her father was a seventh-rank official who was inadvertently caught up in factional strife.
Mr. Lin was used as cannon fodder and exiled.
Not long after, news came that Mr. Lin had died of illness during his exile. Unable to bear the blow, Mrs. Lin soon fell ill and passed away as well.
Lin Qingzhi originally had a brother as well.
The siblings planned to leave Yangchuan County and seek refuge with their maternal grandfather's family, who lived far away in Shangjing.
Unfortunately, her brother had bad luck and contracted an acute illness along the way. He also died after the doctor's treatments proved ineffective.
Lin Qingzhi was the only one left in her entire family.
Her maternal grandfather was the old master of the Han Family. The internal relationships within the Han Family were intricate and complex.
