Chapter 365 The Marriage is Granted, Shen Yuanxin Registers Zhou Xinrou Under His Name!

Wei Dongzhu pursed his lips tightly, showing his displeasure, but did not say anything more.

“It’s strange, the medicine you were given is from our Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, but this kind of medicine should have been extinct long ago.” Ban Sicao found that the longer he stayed in the capital, the stronger the traces of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect became.

Wei Dongzhu finally found a point to refute Ban Sicao.

"Why is it you Ten Thousand Poisons Sect again? How come you Ten Thousand Poisons Sect have so many weird and unorthodox medicines?"

Bansi grass exploded like a firecracker that had been set on fire.

"What do you mean, 'It's our Ten Thousand Poisons Sect again'? I am the young sect master of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect. Even I don't have poisons, yet others do. Don't you think that's all messed up?"

Wei Dongzhu looked at Ban Sicao jumping up and down, but he couldn't get angry at all.

"You just said the poison belonged to your Ten Thousand Poisons Sect, and now you're saying you don't? You're really not a good enough young sect leader."

Ban Sicao glared: "Can you blame me for the sins committed by the previous generation? I was also a victim who didn't know the inside story, okay?"

With traces of the Ten Thousand Poisons Sect appearing one after another, Shen Lanxi intended to send Ban Sicao back to fetch reinforcements, but she didn't know if he would be willing.

After all, their two-year agreement had long expired.

She still mentioned it a couple of times.

"I'm already thinking of going back to call for help, even without you saying it," Ban Sicao said decisively.

Shen Lanxi: "Go ahead, take a carrier hawk with you. Next time something happens, you won't have to run back and forth."

Ban Sicao had his own little schemes, but they were too shameful to admit, and he was afraid that if he spoke them out, he would be ridiculed for being short-sighted.

But keeping it all inside was making him feel suffocated.

"I have something to tell you, but I want to talk to you privately!"

Wei Dongzhu's face darkened again.

"Okay." Shen Lanxi was an open and honest person.

Wei Dongzhu let out a breath and walked away.

"Go ahead and say it!" She'll agree if it's within reasonable limits.

Ban Sicao hesitated for a moment, then gritted her teeth and said, "I've always been direct in my dealings with people and I don't like beating around the bush."

Shen Lanxi: "I know."

"Can you give me a chance to like you?" Ban Sicao blurted out.

Shen Lanxi was neither surprised nor surprised. On the contrary, she felt that it was already quite remarkable that Ban Sicao had kept it to herself for so long before finally speaking out.

"You can see my current situation. You like me, but it won't work out!"

Ban Sicao: "Is this your way of rejecting me?"

Shen Lanxi: "How about I take you as my sworn brother?"

Ban Sicao's lips twitched: "Are you trying to comfort me?"

Shen Lanxi: "I have many adopted sons and daughters, but fewer adopted brothers. You are the only one who stays by my side!"

Ban Sicao seemed to be thinking seriously for a moment before saying, "You're still rejecting me."

Shen Lanxi said frankly, "I never give people unrealistic fantasies, and I won't keep you hanging on!"

Ban Sicao: "I need to think about it."

Shen Lanxi smiled and said, "Think about it carefully, there's no rush!"

Wei Dongzhu is back.

"Dinner is ready, would you like to eat?"

Bansicao: "Eat!"

...

That night, a fire broke out at the royal temple, but fortunately no one was injured or killed; only a few side halls were burned.

Zhou Xinrou, who originally intended to go to a temple to pray for blessings after leaving the palace, returned to the Shen residence.

Upon returning home, Shen Congwen ordered his men to take Shen Yuanxin to the ancestral hall, where he was given twenty strokes of the cane and made to kneel there all night.

The next day, Emperor Renxiao's imperial edict arrived, marrying the tenth princess Yunhui into the Shen family, and registering Shen Yuanxin under Zhou Xinrou's name, thus giving the eldest branch of the family another legitimate son.

At the same time, Shen Lanxi received news that Zhou Yunlang and Zhou Yunjia had been confined to their quarters, and Emperor Renxiao had ordered the Empress to arrange marriages for the two, either for them to marry far away or for political alliances.

Shen Lanxi threw the note into the incense burner and got up to pay her respects to Zhou Xinrou.

“Mother, I heard from Grandmother that you were frightened last night. These are pills bestowed by His Majesty, which can calm the nerves and soothe the mind. I brought them to you especially for you!”

Chunxue handed the box to the person serving Zhou Xinrou.

"You're so kind." Zhou Xinrou lay slumped on the side, her voice weak and feeble.

"If Mother is still unwell, send someone to the palace to deliver a letter requesting the imperial physician!"

Zhou Xinrou: "No need, I'm just upset and don't want to see anyone or talk much."

Shen Lanxi lowered her eyes and said in a low voice, "Then I won't bother Mother. Grandmother sent someone to ask me to go over there!"

Zhou Xinrou: "Go!"

As she was leaving, she happened to run into Shen Congwen, who was bringing Shen Yuanhe and Shen Yuanrui with him.

"Greetings to my elder sister!"

Shen Lanxi hummed in agreement and walked away without stopping.

...

"Grandmother." The old lady's house is very lively today. The remaining members of the eldest branch of the family are here, as are the members of the other three branches.

Madam Shen looked much better than yesterday, probably because there was a happy occasion at the Shen residence, and she kept smiling.

"Lanxi is here!"

Shen Lanxi: "I wonder why Grandmother summoned me?"

Lady Liu spoke first about the imperial decree bestowing the marriage, and then about the matter of registering the son born of a concubine.

“Lanxi, I have already discussed this with your father. Yuanxin, Yuanhe, and Yuanrui are all born of the same mother. Their aunt has passed away, so why not register them all under your mother's name? That way, no one will gossip that Yuanxin has two half-sisters.”

Shen Lanxi: "As long as Mother is willing, that's fine."

Old Madam Shen was a little unsure of Shen Lanxi's intentions. When discussing matters as a family, there was no need to be so tight-lipped.

"Lanxi, so you're saying you're willing?" Old Madam Shen asked tentatively.

Shen Lanxi sat firmly and steadily, giving Old Madam Shen no opportunity to take advantage.

"It has nothing to do with me. You can discuss this with my father and mother. They are the ones who recorded the illegitimate son as the legitimate son, not me who is to be recorded as the legitimate son."

This answer displeased Madam Shen; upon hearing her say that, she was clearly unwilling.

The imperial decree that Yuan Xin was registered under Zhou Xinrou's name was issued by the palace, and the decree did not mention that she was a concubine's daughter.

"Lanxi, I heard from your father that you had someone cut off the family's expenses?" This was the old lady's real purpose in seeking out Shen Lanxi.

Shen Lanxi: "Grandmother, I don't know what Father said to you. Everyone around me heard what Father told me yesterday. Why don't we have them repeat it to you?"

Madam Shen hurriedly said, "No need, your father was just saying that in anger. You and Yuantang are both his daughters, he loves you both equally. He doesn't care about you now that you're doing well. Parents and elders only worry about the children who aren't doing well!"

She wanted to say that she would understand after she got married and had children, but then she thought that she would definitely have a difficult time getting married in the future, so she didn't say it.

Shen Lanxi said without changing her expression, "I understand Father's meaning very well, and I would also like to ask Grandmother to persuade Father to be more sensible and not always do foolish things!"

Madam Shen looked rather displeased, and Shen Conglian quickly tried to smooth things over.

"That Yuan Tang is always causing trouble for the family. My brother is so foolish. Lan Xi is a magnanimous person, how can she possibly control her brother-in-law's family affairs!"

Liu pinched him and said, "What are you saying? What do you mean by brother-in-law?"

Shen Yuantang's marriage to the Prince of Zhennan was already criticized by people in the capital. She hadn't dared to go out for a long time, for fear of hearing rumors and feeling ashamed. Why did he bring it up again?