In Minglan's opinion, life in the Duke of Qi's palace is already relatively comfortable. Her father-in-law is very kind. Although the officials have a childish temper, they really love her. Even though her mother-in-law doesn't think much of her, she doesn't treat her harshly.
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Therefore, in comparison, life in the Duke's Mansion of Qi is actually better than that in the Sheng Mansion.
She was nervous at this time. After all, Mo Lan's incident was very embarrassing. She was afraid that her mother-in-law would take advantage of the situation and teach her a lesson.
But something unexpected happened to her.
Princess Pingning looked at Minglan coldly and said: "The rumors about your Sheng Mansion have spread throughout Bianjing City. I have also seen the fourth girl in your family. She is just a show-off.
I'm not surprised at all that she did something like that."
Seeing Minglan lowering her head and not daring to breathe, Qi Heng felt extremely distressed.
"Mother……"
"Yuan Ruo, don't talk, listen to your mother." Qi Guogong stopped Qi Heng's words of defense.
Princess Pingning glanced at Qi Heng, quite dissatisfied with her son who had a wife and forgot about his mother.
But when she looked at Minglan again, her eyes softened slightly.
"Don't worry, our Duke of Qi is different from those common people. We have our own judgment. Your concubine sister is embarrassing, but we will not implicate you because of her fault. She is her, and you are
you."
Minglan raised her head in shock and looked at Princess Pingning in disbelief, as if she couldn't believe what she heard was coming from her mother-in-law's mouth.
As if seeing Minglan's surprise, Princess Pingning continued: "I know you may have opinions about me. Yes, I did look down on your Sheng Mansion before.
Don’t deny that you are flaunting your power in the name of Duke Jingguo. Maybe you don’t think so, but everyone in Bianjing City thinks so.”
Minglan was silent. She really didn't know how to refute, because what Princess Pingning said was right. When the Sheng Mansion came to Beijing, the head of the family, Sheng Hong, was only a sixth-rank official. If it weren't for the eldest sister Hua
Lan married into the Zhongjing Marquis Mansion, and Zhou Chen later made great achievements, rose to prominence, and even became the Zhongjing Marquis. No one would take Sheng Mansion seriously.
"But since you have married into the Duke of Qi's Palace, you are a member of the Duke of Qi's Palace. We will not have any objections to you because of this matter."
Minglan was stunned for a moment, then saluted: "Minglan thanked his father and thanked his mother."
Princess Pingning waved her hands and said, "Go back with Yuan Ruo. As for the Sheng Mansion, don't go back for the time being."
"Yes, mother."
Minglan left with Qi Heng and walked out of the yard. She still felt that it was not real. Was this really her mother-in-law who made people scared just by looking at her? She actually spoke for her.
The simple Qi Heng was even more happy. He felt that what his mother said was very right, and his mother's attitude towards Minglan seemed to have changed. This was a good start.
Sheng Hong's courage was still a bit lacking. One day passed and rumors were swirling outside, but he still hadn't made a decision. He still thought that he could solve the problem better.
It's just that neither Wang Ruofu nor the old lady wanted to go to Lingguogong's Mansion to propose marriage. Zhou Chen also showed his attitude, and Minglan didn't even return home. However, Rulan came back, but Rulan cried as soon as she came back.
Heaven and earth screamed, saying that Mo Lan's incident had embarrassed her in her husband's family, and asked Sheng Hong to punish Mo Lan severely and solve this problem quickly.
This also made Sheng Hong, who already had a headache, even more uncomfortable.
Hualan knew who his father was, so he returned to Sheng Mansion the next day, hoping to resolve the matter as soon as possible.
"Father, the matter has come to this. If Ling Guogong's Mansion had given an explanation, they would have sent someone here long ago. But they haven't given a reply yet, which means that it is impossible for Ling Guogong's Mansion to let Mo Lan enter the palace. You
Do you want to continue the stalemate and let outsiders see the Sheng family's embarrassment?"
Among the children of Sheng Mansion, Hua Lan was the only one who dared to talk to Sheng Hong like this, but Sheng Hong really couldn't do anything to Hua Lan.
"You, you will force me, Mo'er is my daughter, and you ask me to deal with my own daughter, how can I do it?"
Wang Ruofu immediately expressed his attitude: "Official, if you can't do it, then leave it to me. I promise to make that girl Mo Lan become a nun and become a nun."
"Shut up, can you stop adding fuel to the fire?" Sheng Hong shouted angrily.
Hua Lan was very disappointed and said slowly: "Father, the longer you delay like this, the less good it will be to the Sheng Mansion. My officials have said that no matter how my father handles it, even if the news of Mo Lan's affair is spread, it will not be good for Duke Jingguo."
The government will not have much impact, and the Sheng family will be the most affected; because in the end, the Zhou family and the Sheng family are not one family, so father, you don’t have to tell the officials that one family will be prosperous and suffer.
That’s it.”
"To put it bluntly, if something like this happened, even if the officials divorced me, I would have no complaints, because what happened was because I had brought shame to the Zhou family."
Wang Ruofu was startled and asked eagerly: "Hua'er, did the Duke say he wants to divorce you?"
"No."
Hua Lan said calmly: "The official did not say that he wanted to divorce me, but comforted me. But because of this, I felt even more guilty and wanted to solve this matter better and faster. I have asked the official to
It's humiliating and we can't let the situation get worse."
"Father, I am here to persuade you not only for my own reputation, but also for the Sheng family. If my father doesn't even care about the Sheng family's reputation, then I, as a daughter, will not do this anymore."
After saying that, she turned around and walked out of the yard, and Changbai's wife Haishi hurriedly chased after her.
"Sister, do you really not care?"
Hua Lan sighed: "It's not that I don't care, but that my father doesn't want me to care."
Hai Chaoyun said: "The officials also tried to persuade my father-in-law, but my father-in-law has his own ideas and the officials can't change him."
"Eldest sister, the fourth sister is kneeling in the ancestral hall. Do you want to go and take a look?"
Hualan's expression changed, and she finally said: "We are sisters after all. She did such a thing. I also want to know why she did it."
"Then let's go there together, big sister."
Hai Chaoyun took Hualan to the Sheng Family Ancestral Hall.
Sheng Molan, who was resting on the futon, heard the footsteps and immediately struggled to kneel down again. When she turned around and saw that the people who came in were Hua Lan and Hai Chaoyun, her body relaxed again.
"What, big sister, are you here to see my joke?"
Hua Lan snorted coldly: "Do you think I have time to watch your jokes?"
Mo Lan sneered contemptuously and said: "Yes, eldest sister is now the eldest daughter of the Duke's palace, how can she take my sister, who is a concubine, in her eyes? But eldest sister, what is there to be proud of? You are just lucky.
Well, thanks to the old lady and my age, if I were the same size as you back then, it’s hard to say who the Duke of Jingguo and his wife are today."
Hua Lan and Hai Chaoyun were stunned by these words. They couldn't believe their ears. Hua Lan was even more speechless.
"I am indeed lucky, but I really don't know where you got the confidence from. Even if you are the eldest wife of the Duke of Jingguo, with your behavior, even if you become a concubine for an official in my family, he will not consider it."
.”
Mo Lan's breathing suddenly became heavy, and she took a deep breath to calm down her anger.
"I can't be the eldest daughter of Duke Jingguo, but I can become the eldest daughter of Duke Lingguo. I am the fourth girl of the Sheng family. For the sake of the face of the Sheng family and the face of all of you, you must
Let me marry into the palace of Duke Lingguo."
Hearing Mo Lan's arrogant words, Hua Lan was furious. Even Hai Chaoyun, who was always kind and talkative, showed anger on his face.
Since Hai Chaoyun married into the Sheng family, she is a member of the Sheng family, and her thoughts and worries are naturally about the official Chang Bai and the Sheng family, so she is also very angry when Mo Lan threatens the Sheng family.
It has been more than two years since she married into the Sheng family. All the brothers and sisters in the Sheng family are good. Even Sheng Changfeng, who was also born to Lin Xiaoniang, although a bit naughty, has not really ruined the Sheng family's family tradition, except for that time
Apart from being drunk and talking nonsense, he didn't do anything that harmed the Sheng family.
But as for Mo Lan, she was the most favored by Sheng Hong among the four sisters, more favored than her brother Chang Feng, but what she did happened to bring shame to the entire Sheng family.
"Stop your wishful thinking. My family has already decided that we will not go to Duke Ling's Mansion to propose marriage for you, so you should stop thinking about marrying into Duke Ling's Mansion."
"impossible."
Mo Lan screamed loudly: "Impossible, how could Daddy not help me to marry him? I'm already like Ling Guogong's youngest son. If he doesn't marry me, wouldn't Daddy even give up the face of the Sheng family?
?Aren’t you also afraid of being implicated?”
Hua Lan snorted coldly: "You and Lin have a good plan. You want to use this method to marry into the Duke's palace. But it's a pity that no matter how you plan, things can't develop exactly as you want. According to
Grandma means that if you do such a thing, you should be beaten to death."
When Mo Lan heard this, she was completely panicked and asked eagerly: "No, dad will not do this. He loves me so much, how could he beat me to death? Don't even think about scaring me."
"At this time, do I still need to scare you? Fourth sister, although we have had conflicts, to be honest, I have never thought of targeting you. We are a family, and we are all daughters of the Sheng family. Even though
I don't like you, but I still hope you can marry well."
Hua Lan said with a disappointed look: "But what about you? I don't know why you have to use this method to have an affair regardless of your own face and the face of the Sheng family. This kind of behavior makes the Duke of Guo's government
How can anyone like you?"
To be continued...