"Your Excellency, my name is Shen Qingyue. I admire you greatly. May I serve by your side?"
Fang Ruotang tilted her head, looking at the girl in front of her with a sweet and generous smile, but without any obsequious or annoying manner, and was somewhat surprised.
"Your surname is also Chen? Are all girls with the surname Chen this brave?"
Fang Ruotang thought of her fifth sister-in-law, Shen Lixia.
He also came to her all by himself, declaring that he wanted to be her fifth sister-in-law, with a bigger goal than Shen Qingyue in front of him.
"Shen Lixia is my second uncle's daughter, and she is my cousin."
"They're sisters."
Fang Ruotang didn't know much about the women in the Shen family.
I've never heard Shen Lixia mention this cousin before.
[This Shen Qingyue is very shrewd. She is the eldest daughter of the main branch of the family, but her mother died when she was young, so she went to live with her maternal grandparents and only returned to the capital in the last year or two.]
[After returning, she stole her stepsister's life-saving grace. Her stepsister had saved the Second Prince, who had been knocked unconscious by the Third Prince, during a pilgrimage. Knowing this, she took the blame. Because her stepsister didn't know the identity of the person she saved, nor that she was betrothed to the Second Prince for this reason, the matter was kept secret. Recently, she was betrothed to the Second Prince as his principal wife, becoming his future consort.]
Shen Qingyue's expression hardened. She originally thought that if she didn't ask about marriage, the Grand Preceptor might not investigate, but she also anticipated the risk of exposure. However, she still wanted to take a gamble.
If I could stay by the side of the Imperial Advisor, what harm would it do to give up the position of the Second Prince's consort?
"Shen Qingyue!" the woman screamed.
Shen Qingyue looked over and saw that her good stepsister had arrived, and the Second Prince was standing next to her. She pursed her lips and looked at them with a cold expression.
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