Chapter 622 Shen Yuantang's marriage alliance remains unchanged!
Shen Yuantang seemed to have suffered a great injustice, and said, "I am your own sister. We grew up together, went to Dongchuan together, went through so much, and suffered so much. I am not as capable as my older sister, who has been taught by so many capable people since childhood. I am just an ordinary person. Big sister, do you know how difficult it has been for me all these years?"
Shen Lanxi: "Let's not even talk about how difficult your life is. Even if it is, it's not an excuse for you to make excuses for yourself."
Seeing that feigning weakness wouldn't win him sympathy, Shen Yuantang decided to go all out.
"Every man for himself, or the world will destroy him. What's wrong with me planning for myself?"
Shen Lanxi: "Was poisoning your family also a scheme for your own benefit?"
Shen Yuantang's eyes darted away, not daring to look up and meet the eyes of his family.
"Since neither my father nor my mother can sever ties, Lanxi might as well play the villain."
“Yuantang, since you call me elder sister, I will just consider it as granting you what you desire.”
Shen Yuantang looked up hastily. What does that mean?
"Everyone in the mansion knows that you took the initiative to go to the Northwest, and the people of the capital also know that you are going to the Northwest. So there is no way to change it."
Shen Yuantang's eyes widened in horror as she exclaimed, "No, I won't go. Big sister, I won't go to the Northwest!"
Shen Lanxi: "The Northwest has been pacified. Even if I send a man there, he will be married as my principal wife."
Absurd, utterly absurd.
"I am a second wife and pregnant, so I cannot go to the Northwest."
“If my elder sister sends me to the Northwest, it will mean starting a war with the Turks.”
"Isn't your older sister afraid of another war and being cursed by the people of the Northwest?"
The Shen family members' faces darkened as they listened.
"You bastard, you're actually threatening me! I'll beat you to death!"
Shen Congwen stood up angrily, ready to hit Shen Yuantang, but this time the three Shen brothers didn't stop him. He walked closer, raised his hand repeatedly, but couldn't bring himself to do it.
"Brother, let's see what His Majesty says." Seeing that his elder brother was in a difficult situation, Shen Congli sighed and walked over, pressing him back into the chair.
If they get up and start hitting someone again, he won't stop them.
Shen Congwen's hands trembled uncontrollably, and he was panting heavily, looking like he was about to go crazy with anger.
"I'm not going!"
"Why doesn't Mother let her go, given that she has so many goddaughters? They are princesses too."
"Big sister, why are you so cruel to your family?"
“My mother won’t help me, my father wants to beat me, and as His Majesty’s eldest sister, she wants to send me away for a political marriage. Aren’t I a member of the Shen family? Aren’t I your relatives?”
Why are you so cruel to me?
Ignoring Shen Yuantang's frantic roar, Shen Lanxi turned to her mother.
"Mother, is this arrangement acceptable to me?"
Zhou Xinrou coldly replied, "Alright!"
Shen Lanxi: "There's no need to wait two days to set off. Let's leave today and send them to the Northwest!"
His Majesty's words are law; what he says is an imperial edict.
The Shen family immediately got to work.
"I'm not going..."
Where are you taking Sun Lang?
"I am already carrying Sun Lang's child..."
Shen Yuantang shouted loudly.
Shen Congwen couldn't stand it anymore. As soon as Shen Lanxi left, he immediately ordered, "Gag her, tie her up, and throw her into the carriage."
The maids and servants glanced at Zhou Xinrou cautiously, and the latter slowly nodded.
"Mother, Father..."
Shen Yuantang was filled with shock and disbelief. Her life had been arranged so hastily and casually.
What do they take her for?
Upon receiving the order, the maids and servants swarmed forward, some gagging, others taking people away.
"Brother, Princess, Yuan Tang's belly..." Liu reminded her.
If they really sent them to the Northwest like that, by the time they arrived, their bellies had grown huge.
Then it won't be a marriage alliance, but a feud.
Shen Yuantang is the daughter of the eldest son's family, so they dare not interfere in how she is dealt with.
Shen Congwen remained silent for a long time, and a flash of impatience crossed Zhou Xinrou's eyes.
"Let's brew a bowl of medicine!"
The Shen family members naturally understood that the medicine sent was meant to eliminate the root of the trouble.
Now that everything was arranged, the people in the rooms did not linger any longer.
Shen Yuantang was secretly sent away. In less than half an hour, a carriage full of the smell of medicine sped out of the capital.
Two days later, the marriage procession will leave through the Shen family residence in the same way it should leave two days later.
Shen Yuantang's commotion did not affect the important marriage alliance in the slightest.
A day later, Zhou Xinrou received a message from Huang Yu, who wanted money, food, weapons, and armor.
"Money and provisions are easy to arrange, but where am I supposed to get so many weapons for her?" She was both happy and somewhat annoyed.
“Princess, the young master is using the pretext of suppressing bandits to recruit soldiers over there. This old servant knows the young master's temperament; she wouldn't have written to you if she had no other choice.”
Zhou Xinrou naturally understood this, but she had very limited resources at her disposal.
"Alright, take ten thousand taels of silver from the bank and send it over. Remember, take it in installments and have several people do it."
"As for grain, we'll transfer some from places like Xiguan. That way, we'll keep things quiet."
The old woman smiled and said, "Fortunately, we bought a lot of abandoned land to cultivate before, and we have been growing high-yield grains in recent years, so we have a lot of surplus grain in the granary."
Zhou Xinrou smiled when she heard this, which could be considered as benefiting from Shen Lanxi's influence. If it weren't for Shen Lanxi's decree to cultivate farmland, reduce agricultural taxes, and bring in high-yield grains, she wouldn't have been able to accumulate more in just a few years than she had accumulated in the previous ten years.
"In her letter, she said that she had gathered another thousand soldiers and secretly placed them in the bandits' stronghold. Once the imperial court issued the decree of amnesty, these people could be openly assigned to the bandit suppression army, and then she could legitimately raise an army."
The old woman asked worriedly, "I just don't know if His Majesty will allow it?"
Zhou Xinrou's face immediately turned cold.
"If the whole world knew that she ordered the bandits to be suppressed but did not send troops, money, food and weapons, she would be laughed at."
“If someone can get things done for her without using a single penny of the national treasury or the court’s personnel, and she refuses, the whole world will not agree.”
Such a good deal, as long as Shen Lanxi isn't stupid, she'll definitely approve it.
Zhou Xinrou waited patiently, and just as she was about to lose her patience, the imperial decree of approval from Shen Lanxi was finally sent to Huang Yu.
Instead of being angry, she was happy, which shows that Shen Lanxi didn't take Huang Yu seriously at all.
Only in this way can Huang Yu's actions remain undiscovered.
That would be wonderful!
...
After Wei Jie had been confined to his home for half a month to reflect on his actions, Shen Lanxi lifted the confinement.
"Lord Wei is incorruptible, honest, and upright; he is truly a model for the court!"
In the Golden Palace, Shen Lanxi praised Wei Jie, making her stance clear.
After the court session, Wei Jie had barely returned home when the imperial plaque bestowed upon him, bearing the inscription "Iron-Faced and Impartial," was delivered to his residence with great fanfare.
Officials from the Ministry of Rites oversaw the matter, and Liu Yanhui accompanied them to offer condolences.
"Congratulations, Lord Wei! Congratulations, Lord Wei!"
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