Chapter 437 Shen Shuniang and Shen Huiniang Visit!
After the court assembly ended, the civil and military officials gathered together and discussed the matter of the Yue Kingdom prince proposing to marry Shen Lanxi.
Yue Chuhe quickly walked up to Shen Lanxi and stopped her.
"Lord Shen, I was impolite yesterday, and I apologize to you here."
Shen Lanxi: "No need. Yesterday's competition was fair. Although there was no winner or loser, the outcome is in people's hearts, and everyone will make their own decisions. Third Prince Yue really doesn't need to hold a grudge!"
"I'm not holding a grudge, everything I said is true!" Yue Chuhe quickly declared her sincerity.
Shen Lanxi stopped and looked directly at him: "As far as I know, the Third Prince of Yue married the eldest daughter of the Prime Minister of Yue as his principal wife. I would like to ask you, what will happen to the Prime Minister's eldest daughter if you marry me?"
"I am the Duke Protector of the State of Zhou. Putting aside whether I am willing to be your concubine, your deceitful behavior alone is enough for my Great Zhou to use as an excuse to destroy your Yue Kingdom!"
Yue Chuhe's face paled; he hadn't expected Shen Lanxi to know so much about his Yue Kingdom.
The eldest daughter of the Prime Minister's family naturally cannot be divorced, much less become a concubine.
"Lord Shen, you flatter me. Since I dared to ask for your hand in court, I certainly will not make you my concubine."
Shen Lanxi raised the corners of her mouth: "That means you'll marry me as your principal wife. I'll just write a letter to the Prime Minister of Yue Kingdom right now and tell him to be sensible and bring his daughter home as soon as possible!"
Yue Chuhe felt a chill in his heart. He hadn't expected Shen Lanxi to be so ruthless, actually trying to destroy his foundation.
His ability to run rampant in the Moon Kingdom was entirely due to his father-in-law, the Prime Minister's, influence. If his father-in-law found out that he was going to marry Shen Lanxi as his principal wife, would he ever be able to return to the Moon Kingdom?
Ignoring Yue Chuhe's pale face, Shen Lanxi continued, "Does your Yue Kingdom have a tradition of marrying a concubine? I don't know about this tradition."
Yue Chuhe secretly wished she could kill Shen Lanxi.
The customs of the Yue Kingdom are similar to those of the Great Zhou Dynasty, so naturally there is no tradition of marrying a concubine as a secondary wife. She is just a discarded woman, yet she dares to dream of becoming his principal wife. Where does she get such a big face?
Even if she were the Duke of the Great Zhou Dynasty, she would still be a used and discarded piece of trash. The fact that he allowed her into his household was already an act of divine grace; Shen Lanxi was simply too ungrateful.
"Misunderstanding, it's all a misunderstanding! Since Lord Shen has no feelings for me, then I'll just take it as a case of unrequited love!" Yue Chuhe said with a stiff smile.
Shen Lanxi found it amusing and calmly nodded.
"Is that so? That's a real pity. If you had persisted a little longer, I might have been able to become the principal wife of the Prince of Yue."
Yue Chuhe gave an awkward laugh and fled as if her life depended on it.
Such a vicious, treacherous, and cunning woman should never even dream of entering his prince's residence!
Zhou Ruyuan walked over quickly.
What did he just say to you?
Shen Lanxi raised an eyebrow, looking at him with amusement.
"Is the Prince of Zhennan questioning me?"
Zhou Ruyuan frowned, his face grim as he looked in the direction Yue Chuhe had left.
"I'm just worried he might do something bad to you!"
Shen Lanxi: "Then thank you for your concern, Prince Zhennan. It's a pity that even if Yue Chuhe wanted to harm me, he wouldn't have the strength!"
Zhou Ruyuan: "Don't underestimate him. He must be cunning and resourceful to be sent as an envoy to the Great Zhou."
Shen Lanxi raised an eyebrow, a half-smile on her face, and said, "I thought the Prince of Zhennan was worried about the grain supplies, but it turns out I was overthinking it!"
Zhou Ruyuan looked like he was choking.
Shen Lanxi silently told him two words: hypocrite!
Zhou Ruyuan stared blankly in the direction Shen Lanxi had left. Why was she so stubborn, refusing to listen to advice?
...
Shen Lanxi's sudden return to the manor caught everyone off guard.
The harmonious scene of a virtuous mother and filial daughter instantly froze!
"Is this Lan Xi? Oh my, it's been seven or eight years since we last met, I almost didn't recognize her!"
"Lanxi is back! Come closer quickly so your aunt can have a good look at her!"
Shen Congwen's two younger sisters, Shen Shuniang and Shen Huiniang, spoke one after another, waving to Shen Lanxi in a warm tone, but their bottoms didn't lift up from the stool at all.
Madam Shen's heart skipped a beat. She had been so happy that she had forgotten to remind her two daughters.
Shen Shuniang smiled and pointed to her two sons and one daughter beside her: "Sons, quickly call her cousin."
"Daughter, call her cousin:"
Not to be outdone, Shen Huiniang also introduced her three daughters and one son.
"Quickly call them over, we're the closest of relatives, you used to play together all the time when you were little."
The seven men and women were observing, probing, curious, and also harboring a deep-seated contempt and disdain.
"Cousin~"
"Cousin~"
Shen Lanxi looked at them coldly. Just because she tolerated her family members didn't mean she could tolerate them.
"Lanxi, your two aunts have come all the way to see me, and they've brought you a lot of things that are only found in Jiangnan!" Old Madam Shen was afraid that Shen Lanxi would get angry, so she quickly softened her tone, hoping that her granddaughter would give her face.
Shen Lanxi said coldly, "Since you're here, stay for a couple of days and then go back. I imagine you're busy in Jiangnan and need to get back to take care of things as soon as possible!"
Shen Shuniang and Shen Huiniang's faces fell, and they leaned back in their chairs with stern expressions.
"Lanxi, that's not right of you. We've come all this way, and instead of letting us stay longer, you seem to want us to go back as soon as possible!" Before the Shen family had this incident, they would stay for more than half a year with their entire family, and no one in the Shen family, from top to bottom, dared to say a word.
Today, she finally got a taste of her own medicine from that little bitch, and Shen Shuniang immediately put on her haughty airs.
"Yes, Lanxi, that's not right of you. Your aunt and I, two elders, have come all this way, and instead of offering to treat us to good food and drink, you seem to be trying to send us away!" Shen Huiniang and Shen Shuniang chimed in.
Madam Shen's heart clenched immediately. In the past, out of consideration for her reputation, she had always been very kind to her two daughters in their correspondence, never mentioning a word about Shen Lanxi's domineering behavior in the Shen family.
Now look what's happened, the two daughters are about to get into big trouble.
"Shut up! Stop putting on airs like you're from a poor family!" Old Madam Shen scolded her two daughters with a dark face.
Shen Shuniang and Shen Huiniang still thought that their mother was helping them scold Shen Lanxi, and they all looked at Shen Lanxi with smug satisfaction.
Just wait and see how Mother deals with her.
"I'm talking to you all! Get up and apologize to Lanxi right now!" Old Madam Shen scolded.
Shen Shuniang and Shen Huiniang immediately changed their expressions.
Should they apologize to Shen Lanxi?
Did they hear me correctly?
Seeing that her two daughters did not move, Madam Shen immediately scolded them: "Your arrival has brought unrest to the manor. If you are here to cause trouble, pack your things and go back to Jiangnan. You don't need to come here again."
Shen Shuniang and Shen Huiniang's expressions immediately changed drastically.
They cannot go back.
"Mother, where did we say something wrong?"
"Yes, Mother, how can an elder apologize to a younger person? Isn't that making the younger person feel ashamed?"
"If outsiders find out, they will definitely say that Lanxi is disrespectful to her elders."
"That's right, if word gets out that we Shen family men and women will never have the face to go out in public again!"
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