While the harem in Xijiang and Chang'an is about to be turbulent, Nanfeng County is also full of chills before the storm.
Sheng Lanci, who was worried about her daughter and completely listened to Xuan Yu Feng's threats, changed her attitude towards Mr. Luo and his wife on the day they returned to Sheng Mansion, and even politely invited them to go to Sheng Mansion. The reason for living in Lance's house is that after all, Sheng Weide is the son of the second wife. As an uncle, there is no problem for him to help entertain his nephew's relatives. However, when it comes to formal discussions about marriage, it is only up to Sheng to make the decision.
Moreover, when the second wife's in-laws came to Nanfeng County, they did not visit Shenglansi, which also seemed to be disrespectful to her younger brother.
How did Master Luo and his wife know the inside story
Hearing this, everyone felt confused and secretly discussed: "This marriage was decided for the sake of the old master of the Sheng family and his big house. Otherwise, our sister is such a good girl, even if she joins the royal family and becomes a concubine, it will be unreasonable. Why?" Maybe to a boy who is not even a boy? And I heard that the second master of the Sheng family is not a good person. His wife left and his step-brother died, both of which are inseparable from him!"
"Even if she doesn't remarry now, there are still many concubines in the backyard. Because the eldest daughter-in-law has not married yet, and her daughter, the head of Fuchang County, has not been in the county for the past two years, so the housekeeping must be taken care of by my aunt."
"I wonder if those aunts are sensible enough to know how to exchange authority immediately after my sister comes over?"
"Otherwise, without the interference from Mrs. Sheng and the Sheng family's family... how would our sister's life be easy in the future?"
When Mr. Luo heard what his wife said, he frowned and said, "Do you still have time to care about your sister's life after she gets married? The reason why the family was willing to marry my sister to the eldest son of the Sheng family was because he was still with Old Mrs. Sheng. The status in front of Mr. Shanda! To be precise, it is for the sake of Mr. Shanda’s son-in-law, Prince Mi Zhen! Now Mr. Shanda has suddenly changed his attitude. Who knows if this is what Prince Mi Zhen means?! If so, it means that My sister will live at home all her life, and she won’t be able to get married!”
"After all, the purpose of entering into this marriage is to get closer to Prince Mi Zhen."
"If the relationship doesn't work out, and instead it makes the county king bear a grudge, how can it work out!"
The couple discussed it for a while, both of them were worried. They wanted to stay and polish Sheng Lanci's questions, but because they were not familiar with this person's temper, they were worried that they would offend him and not be able to explain it to their family, so they packed up their things in great annoyance. , contacted Shenglansi.
When Sheng Lanzi and his wife heard the news, they felt incredible. Mr. Xiao came over specifically to visit Mrs. Zheng, trying to make some conversation. In the end, Mrs. Zheng pulled her around and asked her if she was a couple. You are young and ignorant, and you have violated the Sheng family's taboo without knowing it
Mrs. Xiao said blankly: "Our family has only been prosperous for a few years, and we are not a long-established family like yours, so what rules can we have? The old lady and the old lady above are the most considerate. You don’t even need it... I’m not saying that being my wife has always been the easiest thing.”
Mrs. Zheng said: "But the eldest master said that the eldest son is the heir of the second house. Now the second house has been divided. His uncle entertained us in his house and asked about this matter. He really disrespected the second master, so he asked us to go to the second house." Master, what are you talking about?"
"...I don't know about this anymore." Mrs. Xiao was very surprised and couldn't figure it out, because although everyone knew that Sheng Weide was Sheng Lansi's son, they also all knew that Sheng Lansi was unreliable and the most valued by others. The eldest son is nothing in his eyes, it doesn't matter whether he lives or lives... Anyway, this man just cares about his own romantic life!
Therefore, from childhood to adulthood, Mr. Sheng, Mrs. Ming, and Sheng Lanci and his wife had been keeping an eye on Sheng Weide's affairs.
Otherwise, he would definitely not be able to pass Bai's level alone!
Let alone Sheng Weide's marriage this time, it was decided because of the big family. Even if it wasn't, it was normal for Sheng Lanci and his wife to handle it all in the absence of Mr. Sheng and Mrs. Ming.
But it would be strange to those who know if Lance Sheng, his biological father, stepped in to take charge of the matter!
Although Ms. Xiao couldn't figure out what went wrong at all, she followed Sheng Lanzi and had always had a principle that she would never go against Dafang.
Now that Sheng Lanci was driving people away in person, she didn't dare to say anything about staying with the guests. She even regretted coming over so rashly and showed her goodbyes.
It's just that she wanted to leave, but Mrs. Zheng refused to let her go, coaxing, begging, begging, and insisting that she say she was ugly!
Mrs. Xiao couldn't be entangled, so she could only make random guesses: "As a sister-in-law, how can I tell the second uncle's fault? But it's not a secret. You can just send someone to find out after you two go out... Although the second uncle's family is older. They were separated in 2001, but they were in the same city, and the old man and the old lady were both alive and well, and they didn't say that he couldn't come to the ancestral home. I thought, maybe he heard that the two of them were coming, so he didn't go there for the time being. , I felt unhappy, what did I say to my uncle when I came over?"
"Although the uncle has good intentions, after all, he is De'er's biological father. If he doesn't speak, it's fine. If he does, the uncle will definitely not be able to continue to act on his behalf?"
She didn't say this just to step on the second wife, she really thought so.
Because Sheng Lanci had always been caring and responsible for his younger brothers, sisters, nephews, and nieces, Mrs. Xiao didn't think he would do anything to drive away his nephew's in-laws' relatives or the in-laws' relatives who came to discuss the marriage.
On the other hand, it was Sheng Lance, this little troublemaker who was honored as the Sheng family's little troublemaker. He had been either a day or two, and his own father, Mrs. Sheng, had just come to him directly when something went wrong or a disturbance happened in the family, regardless of the cause and effect... one of the ten times Right nine and a half times!
Mrs. Zheng was only willing to let her go after hearing the news. Although she was still embarrassed about being kicked out like this, after informing her husband, the couple breathed a sigh of relief: "It's not that Prince Mi Zhen is dissatisfied with our family and doesn't approve of this door." Just get married."
At the same time, he was also sincerely annoyed with Sheng Lansi, who had not yet met him, "This prodigal son has a good reputation and has long known that he is not a good person. How can he restrain himself from such a big matter like the eldest son's marriage? He won't let the eldest master of the Sheng family help his nephew, so he has to do it himself? He doesn't even think about what he is. Even in the one-third of an acre of the Sheng family's land in Nanfeng County, how many people think highly of him?! "
"How dare you come here to detain the eldest son of the Sheng family in this situation and not allow us to live here in the ancestral residence of the Sheng family... What kind of grudge does he have against his eldest son?!"
As a female family member, Mrs. Zheng had more to think about: "Could it be the concubines in his backyard who instigated it? I just said that the second master of the Sheng family has been in trouble in the past two years since his step-wife, Mrs. Bai, left. There is no renewal of the relationship. I don’t have a eldest daughter-in-law, and my only daughter has been away for the past two years. The backyard is probably dominated by those concubines, right?"
"At this time, the eldest daughter-in-law wants to come in. They must delegate power both emotionally and rationally."
"You are not willing to accept it, maybe you are planning to disturb this marriage?"
Mr. Luo said: "Isn't it possible? Even if our marriage is disturbed, won't Sheng Weide ever marry a wife in the future? He is the eldest son of the second wife of the Sheng family. He must have been married to Sheng Lansi, otherwise his wife , she is the most legitimate mother of the second house!"
Mrs. Zheng glanced at him charmingly: "You men are just careless! You don't even think about it, what kind of family background does our family have? If it weren't for Prince Mi Zhen and Princess Princess, would my sister have promised to this Sheng Weide?! Chong! With the name of Jiangnan Luo family, after my sister married, even if those two concubines had any thoughts, how could they dare to show it? But after missing our family's marriage, they encouraged Sheng Lansi to find a small door for Sheng Weide. Xiaohu's wife... In this way, neither her family nor her methods can defeat them. Isn't this just continuing to act arrogantly and being called aunt, which is really like madam?!"
"You just said that if Concubine Ji is not virtuous, without the help of the Sheng Family Master and the Sheng Family Master, my sister's life will be very difficult?" Mr. Luo reminded, "The gentleness and virtuousness of our girls have always been well-known."
Mrs. Zheng said: "Of course the girls in our family are gentle and virtuous, but we are ladies and have a certain magnanimity. How can a daughter from a small family be comparable? You are already marrying low and you are still being bullied. You Do you think my sister is such a useless person? I just mentioned those two people just because I think if they understand the truth, there is no need for my sister to come out and be a villain! If they don't care, can't my sister herself take care of two mere aunts?! You Where has the head of the family, Bai Caicai, kept his sister these years?"
He added, "This matter is all caused by Sheng Lansi. This is what the third lady of the Sheng family said personally. How can it be false? We have also heard about the character of the eldest master of the Sheng family before. The most important thing is We have nothing to offend him, Bamian Linglong. Do you think he is driving people away so openly? It is obvious that he is very angry with Lance Sheng!"
"And Sheng Lansi is a well-known libertine in the Sheng family. All these years of wearing gold and silver, being well-off and enjoying life, are all earned by relying on his elder brother, the eldest son of the Sheng family? How dare he be so angry with his elder brother? ?”
"It's not like we haven't heard about Sheng Lanci's problems before. He's been ruined by beauties once and twice!"
"At this moment, besides his warblings, who else can make him torment the eldest son of the Sheng family to the point where he can directly issue an eviction order?!"
Mr. Luo thought it made sense and couldn't help frowning: "Such a father-in-law, isn't it a good thing for my sister?"
"Anyway, Sheng Weide is not an only child!" Mrs. Zheng reminded, "and it is said that his relationship with Sheng Lansi is not very good! Let me go back and ask my sister to please the princess of the county more and find an official position for Sheng Weide in Chang'an or something. Stay far away from Sheng Lansi, don’t care if he lives in a drunken dream in this county!"
Mr. Luo said: "Sheng Lansi has started to cheat his son now. According to your guess, he has two aunts with bad intentions behind him. Even if Sheng Weide takes his sister to Chang'an or something in the future, do you think such a biological father What good intentions can I have with my concubine?"
"... We can only talk about this in the future, otherwise what else do you want to do with him?" Mrs. Zheng looked at him speechlessly, "After all, he is the princess's direct uncle. Even if the princess doesn't like him, she won't look at him. Something happened."
Mr. Luo was very troubled: "If I had known that this person was so unreliable, I might as well have considered the third brother of the Sheng family! That one is called Sheng Weiche, right? Although I haven't heard of any talent or ability, at least for now After getting in touch with his parents, the third master and the third wife of the Sheng family, he is quite sensible, much better than Sheng Lance."
He and the girl promised to Sheng Weide from the Luo family were not biological brothers and sisters, but just the same race. They had basically never met each other, so it was hard to say how deep their relationship was.
Now that I regret it, most of it is out of consideration for the family: although there are many girls of this generation in the Luo family, the only one who is currently unmarried and sensible and suitable for marriage is the one under the head of the family.
I used to think that marrying Sheng Weide was a good choice, but now I feel like I should have known better.
And when they left the ancestral home of the Sheng family angrily, Sheng Lanzi, under Xiao's instigation, was heading to Chengchuntai to inquire about Sheng Lanci.