Chapter 350 Beat Shen Yuantang's governess to death with sticks!

Shen Yuantang avoided eye contact with Shen Lanxi, his gaze darting away.

"Big sister, I just feel awkward and uncomfortable!"

Shen Lanxi: "What do you mean?"

Shen Yuantang lowered his eyes and said, "If you hadn't divorced the Prince of Zhennan, I should have called him brother-in-law. Now that I'm married to Zhou Ruyuan, outsiders will definitely say some hurtful things."

Shen Lanxi chuckled: "What nasty things are you saying? Sisters sharing a husband?"

Shen Yuantang's heart sank, and his expression turned somewhat unpleasant. He quickly lowered his head slightly to conceal it.

“There are many people who want to have this kind of fate with me, Shen Lanxi. If you don’t want to marry, you can have your sisters marry in your place. I believe many of your sisters would be happy to do so.”

Shen Yuantang looked up in disbelief. What absurd thing was her older sister saying?

"Elder sister, my marriage to the Prince of Zhennan was bestowed by His Majesty. If we were to do this, wouldn't that be deceiving the emperor and disobeying the imperial decree?"

Shen Lanxi said coldly, "No, outsiders will only know that Shen Yuantang suddenly died of an acute illness the night before he left home. It's not uncommon for a bride-to-be to have an accident and be replaced by someone else!"

Shen Yuantang's face turned deathly pale in an instant, staring at Shen Lanxi in disbelief.

"Big sister, you're just scaring me, aren't you?"

Shen Lanxi: "I'll ask you one more time, are you still going to marry me or not?"

Shen Yuantang shuddered violently and murmured fearfully, "I'll marry him, I'll marry him."

Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "I know you are willing to marry. I heard that after you returned to the capital, your family arranged a governess for you."

Fearing that Shen Lanxi might say something taboo, Madam Shen quickly reminded her, "She is a governess sent from the palace."

Shen Lanxi: "Did you send gifts to all the sisters in the family?"

Madam Shen nodded: "They were all sent. They were all nannies who had taught the princess in the palace for many years."

Shen Lanxi: "Call them all over, let me see them, and teach me while you're at it!"

Madam Shen hurriedly sent someone to fetch him.

Eight submissive old women, whose manners and speech were identical, were brought before Shen Lanxi.

"Who is Shen Yuantang's governess?"

Two old women stepped forward and whispered, "It is we, your servants."

Shen Lanxi didn't ask who sent them, but only said, "You've been teaching them for three or four years, how did you turn them into crazy women who talk back to their elders and make trouble unreasonably?"

The two old women were so frightened that they immediately knelt on the ground and begged for mercy.

"Please have mercy, Your Majesty! We servants have been taught exactly how the princess was taught in the palace, and we dare not slack off in the slightest!"

Shen Lanxi: "Are you saying that she's inherently a disrespectful, unreasonable, and rude person who doesn't respect her elders?"

Shen Yuantang's eyes were red. How could her older sister ruin her reputation like this?

"Big sister, punish me if you want, it has nothing to do with the nanny."

Shen Lanxi ignored Shen Yuantang and looked at the two old women, saying, "I grew up in the palace since I was a child, and the Empress Dowager also had her governesses teach me from a young age. The palace rules dictate that if masters do something wrong, their personal servants will punish them in their place. You are both veterans of the palace; you must know this rule."

The two old women froze.

"Guards, give each person fifty lashes, life or death!" Shen Lanxi coldly ordered.

The two nannies quickly sought help from Shen Yuantang and the old lady.

"Madam, tomorrow is the day Miss Yuan Tang goes out. Even if we are to be punished, we should wait until later!"

"Miss Yuan Tang is getting married tomorrow; it is not auspicious to see blood today!"

"Please, Madam, and Miss Yuan Tang, have mercy..."

Shen Yuantang clenched his fist tightly in his sleeve: "Elder sister, I'm getting married tomorrow, and it's really not good to see blood today. Besides, I was out of my mind before, it has nothing to do with the nanny, elder sister, please don't punish them."

Shen Lanxi turned to look at Old Madam Shen: "Grandmother, you are the elder, do you think my punishment is reasonable?"

Madam Shen thought to herself, "Of course it makes sense. Yuan Tang has indeed gone a bit too far these days."

But~

Looking at Shen Yuantang, Madam Shen felt that although her granddaughter had repeatedly contradicted her, tomorrow was definitely her wedding day. She couldn't bear the thought of her granddaughter having a bad day after the wedding because of premarital bleeding.

"Lanxi, why don't we wait until Yuantang gets married before punishing him?"

Shen Lanxi: "I will listen to my grandmother."

Hearing her say that, Old Madam Shen breathed a sigh of relief. She had been worried that her granddaughter wouldn't give her face.

"Gentlemen, I don't care who sent you here, but please continue to properly advise the women of the Shen family. If they do anything out of line, the punishment will be doubled. In serious cases, it will even implicate your families."

The old women were so frightened that they all knelt on the ground and remained silent.

"Tie those two old women up, and beat them to death with sticks after Yuan Tang leaves tomorrow!"

The two old women were so frightened that they collapsed to the ground and were dragged away by the servants like dead dogs.

Shen Yuantang secretly glanced at Shen Lanxi and felt a chill run down her spine. She no longer had any intention of competing with her in terms of dowry.

After dragging the old woman away, Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "I picked out some nice things from the storeroom to add to your dowry!"

Shen Yuantang forced a smile: "Thank you, big sister."

Shen Lanxi said gently, "You are the first woman in the family to get married. Whenever any woman in the family gets married in the future, I will give her a generous dowry."

The women of the Shen family, all of whom were about to be married, were filled with restless thoughts, glancing every now and then at the box that Shen Lanxi had brought over.

According to custom, when a concubine enters the household, Zhou Ruyuan is not required to personally come to greet her.

The Shen family treated Shen Yuantang with the highest honors due to a concubine, sending her off at the door.

Shen Yuantang cried all night, and when he woke up in the morning, his eyes were swollen as if he had been punched twice.

"Miss, you are marrying the God of War of our Great Zhou Dynasty, who may very well be the future emperor. Such a good marriage is hard to find even with a lantern."

"Once you enter the household, if you can give birth to an heir as soon as possible, going from a concubine to the principal wife will be a piece of cake. You'll be the Princess Consort of Zhennan, and no matter how capable the eldest young lady is, she'll never be able to compare to you..."

That day, the discussion started again.

"I hope he doesn't end up spending the night in a concubine's room again this time."

"That concubine is so capable, how come I've never heard of her in the Prince's harem?"

"Hmph, what good can a woman be who's obsessed with men even on her wedding night? Can such a person be kept around?"

"That's true, that's true..."

Bai Qingling stood in the crowd, watching the sedan chair being carried into the Prince's mansion through the side gate with a sinister look on her face, so angry she felt like she could tear her palms apart.

Who does Shen Yuantang think she is? Does she think that marrying a prince will win his favor?

Don't even think about it!

The women of the Shen family are all shameless sluts who love to steal others' affections. Hmph, tell me, what woman in this world would want her husband to have someone else on his mind? Especially someone who is her own sister?

Bai Qingling stared with eyes that seemed to be coated with poison, a sinister smile playing on her lips. She stood at the side gate of the Prince's mansion until the onlookers left, then she mingled inside and followed them out.