If a world didn't have Ah Xuan, why would she stay in this world? Without Ah Xuan, she couldn't bear the loneliness for even a moment longer. Thinking of the past, Shen Wangshu lowered her eyes.
"Which do you think Mother Empress would prefer: a capable princess who can't win over all the court officials, or a capable princess who must be praised by the entire court and overshadow His Majesty?"
With her growing influence, all that awaited her was the emperor's apprehension.
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The more glamorous you are, the more dangerous it is. Shen Wangshu smiled faintly and said, "With the Empress Dowager still on the throne, there can only be one sun in the sky and one ruler in the country. Even if we become the Crown Princess, we should be more discreet."
The eldest princess was completely taken aback when her younger sister uttered such reasonable and astute words. She was momentarily stunned, her gaze fixed on a cluster of flowers beside her for a long time without speaking. After a long while, she suddenly asked with difficulty, "Who told you all this?"
"That's what I thought of myself," His Highness Prince Luan said shamelessly.
"Does it really work?"
This was valuable experience gained after the fierce struggle for the throne. Shen Wangshu smiled and said gently, "Being a capable prince means spending time entertaining court officials outside the palace, and also serving the Empress Dowager as a dutiful daughter. Besides, it would be good to have more daughters during this time, so that there would be an heir. Wouldn't the Empress Dowager be happy then?"
If everything is good but there is no heir, it is easy to imagine that the Empress would hesitate to give you the throne. Shen Wangshu's mouth was dry from talking, but seeing that the eldest princess was tempted, she smiled and said, "You are the eldest daughter of the legitimate wife, so even if you are not as good as others, Mother will value you more."
“I’m only worried about Consort Lin in the palace…you know she’s very favored,” the eldest princess said softly.
"Now there's another Roujun, isn't there? He's old, what can he say in bed? Just don't let him become the Phoenix Consort as he wishes."
Given Lin Guijun's fighting ability, Shen Wangshu really didn't underestimate him.
Of all the concubines she had been through, Consort Lin was the most useless.
The eldest princess lowered her eyes, a look of seriousness appearing on her face.
She looked up at her younger sister, a stunningly beautiful woman who was smiling and touching the corner of her thin lips. Her hands were delicate and white, hands that had been pampered, possessing a breathtaking beauty, yet they seemed capable of seizing someone's neck at any moment.
The eldest princess suddenly felt a sense of relief and nodded slightly, saying, "In that case, I'll listen to you." She felt that keeping a low profile and cultivating one's talents was indeed a good thing, especially since her sister wasn't telling her to be a good-for-nothing like her, but simply not to cause trouble and offend the Empress.
It's not a bad thing.
She figured it out and suddenly said with a smile, "We have to teach the second son to be ambitious."
If the princess makes friends with court officials and is praised by everyone, she would probably be willing.
"Then let's help her," Shen Wangshu said dismissively.
Of course, she's now a spendthrift woman who only knows how to enjoy herself, so she absolutely shouldn't listen to any of these conspiracies and schemes. Seeing that the eldest princess wanted to discuss it with her, she hurriedly got up and left.
The eldest princess chuckled and scolded, then got up and followed her out of the study. A sense of pride welled up within her; she felt the sisters working together would be invincible. With a hint of amusement, she followed her sister, saying, "A child came to live with your brother-in-law's family. He's quite handsome, but unfortunately, his stepfather wants to offer him to his mother's superior as a servant because of his good looks. So he escaped and begged your brother-in-law. He's a soft-hearted man, and besides, the child is indeed beautiful; he couldn't bear to let him suffer for life, so he kept him at home."
"My brother-in-law's family is a prestigious family, how could they be so despicable?"
"Every family has one or two troublesome relatives."
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"Even if he wanted to seek refuge, he could have gone to his brother-in-law's house. Why did he have to come here? Doesn't he know that a married man is like water spilled from a cup? After all, his family is the most elegant and polite in his brother-in-law's family. How could he be wronged? Now that he's come here, firstly, he doesn't care if his brother-in-law will be in a difficult position in front of the Empress. Secondly, I'm watching closely and suspect that he's greedy for vanity and may have other motives."
Seeing the eldest princess's surprised expression, Shen Wangshu gently advised, "No matter what, he's still a man without a title or status, living so brazenly in the princess's mansion. Doesn't he care about his reputation?"
"I think he's quite decent."
"If all men in the world were honest and dutiful, there wouldn't be so many stories."
Shen Wangshu walked briskly, and soon he and the eldest princess passed through the garden of the palace. They saw that the garden ahead was more exquisite, and the servants coming and going were very well behaved and had a grand demeanor. When they saw Shen Wangshu and the eldest princess, they hurriedly came over to pay their respects. Shen Wangshu told them to get up and then went with the eldest princess to the main house.
As soon as he entered, he heard a young man dressed in a green bamboo-colored robe sitting in the study, listening to what Prince Xiao was saying to him with his beautiful eyes lowered. Hearing a noise at the door, he suddenly looked up.
He looked up, his fair and clean face lifted, and a bright light flashed in his dark and clear eyes, as if breaking through the darkness in the room in an instant.
Such stunning beauty was something even King Xiao himself did not possess.
Shen Wangshu glanced at him with a smile, and saw that the charming and handsome young man's face turned pale instantly.
If he had the strength to speak, he would definitely shout, "What a small world!"
Isn't that the white-clad youth who was once thoroughly scolded by Shen Wangshu?
"Oh, it's fate that we meet again." Of course, Shen Wangshu already knew that this young man would be at the First Princess's palace.
In his past life, he lived in the Xiao Prince's mansion, seduced the Third Princess and his own sister, caused a rift between him and Prince Xiao, and finally left to become the Second Princess's consort.
Thinking of this, Shen Wangshu smiled faintly.
Since this young man and the Second Princess are so destined for each other, this time the Third Princess cannot be the one to break them up and become the culprit who forces them to be unable to stay together despite their love.
She really wanted to know if, without the Third Princess's tireless efforts to clean up the mess left by his troublesome family members and prevent them from bothering him as he lived a carefree life as an immortal detached from worldly affairs, the Second Princess would treat him with the same unwavering devotion as the Third Princess when he faced his family this time.
However, true love is about being willing to do anything for the other person. Shen Wangshu wouldn't be like the Third Princess, who killed his entire family before the Empress died just because of his words "once and for all," so that he could have an easy second half of his life.
Let the Second Princess go and show off.
"You two know each other?" Seeing Shen Wangshu looking at the handsome young man with a faint smile on her lips, while the young man's face turned pale, the eldest princess suddenly felt a surge of nervousness.
Um... has this princess fallen back into her old ways and taken a liking to this young man again?
Heaven have mercy, General Fang, why don't you strike that unfaithful woman to death!
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