The Zhou Mansion's carriage? Shen Xinyan was stunned for a moment, and a beautiful face reflexively appeared in her mind.

If it was really Zhou Wanning, this time in public, I'm afraid this "hero saves the beauty" story has really come true. Fortunately, the third prince has not yet married. With Zhou Mao's current official position and Emperor Yuanyou's regard for him, it is not impossible for his daughter to be a consort of the third prince.

Although the Third Prince is somewhat reckless, as a member of the royal family, if he wants to live a long life, the last thing he needs is self-righteous intelligence.

I just don't know what the third prince's mother, Concubine Li, would think. Although Zhou Mao is a promising man, his last name is Zhou after all, and he is the half-brother of Queen Zhou. I think Concubine Ruigui would have second thoughts if he married his daughter. This is something Concubine Li should consider clearly.

She pondered secretly.

She gasped as waves of pain came over her forehead, no longer caring about what was happening around her.

Wei Junhang was on a day off today and was holding Xiang Ge'er and teaching him how to write. When he heard footsteps and looked up, he saw Shen Xinyan walking in with a red and swollen forehead. He was so frightened that his hand trembled and he made a heavy stroke on the paper.

"Oh! It's ruined!" Seeing that the words he had written well were ruined, Xiangger pouted and looked very unhappy.

Wei Junhang placed him on the armchair and walked quickly towards Shen Xinyan.

At this time, Xiangger also saw his mother coming back, so he quickly climbed down from the chair, ran over and called out loudly, "Mom!"

Shen Xinyan smiled and touched his chubby face.

"What's wrong? Why is your forehead so red?" Wei Junhang reached out his hand to gently touch the red swelling. As soon as his hand touched it, Shen Xinyan shrank away from him, "Don't touch it, don't touch it, it hurts!"

"Madam, the medicine is here!" The newly promoted maid Zi Yan hurried in with the medicine.

"Have you taken a portion of the medicine to Chunliu?" Shen Xinyan took the medicine and asked.

"It's being prepared for delivery." Zi Yan replied.

"Take another dose of medicine to Chunliu. You don't need to serve here." Wei Junhang took the medicine from Shen Xinyan's hand and instructed Zi Yan.

"How did you get hurt? How could you get your forehead hurt just by going out? How could that happen?" He asked as he applied medicine on her. Xiang Ge'er stared at Shen Xinyan nervously, as if he was worried that she would be hurt.

"It hit the carriage. On the way back, some wicked person let his horse loose on the street. The horse got frightened and accidentally hit it." Shen Xinyan's tone was quite helpless, and she told him everything that happened on the road.

Wei Junhang frowned upon hearing this: "To make trouble in the city and let the horse run wild is really a bad nature. If we find out who it is, we must not show mercy to him!"

After a brief pause, he asked again: "Did the Third Prince save someone in the Zhou Mansion's carriage? Do you know who he saved?"

"I didn't ask about that." Shen Xinyan took the wet towel that her son handed to her considerately and wiped her hands. Seeing the boy's eyes sparkling, as if he was waiting for her praise, she smiled slightly, "Xiang Ge'er is such a good boy!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Xiang Ge'er smiled with his eyes crooked.

"Mom, let me blow on it for you, and it will stop hurting." The young man pulled her and motioned for her to sit down so that he could blow on the painful area.

Shen Xinyan smiled and sat down on the Xiangfei couch, letting him puff out his cheeks and help her blow the redness on her forehead.

Wei Junhang looked at the mother and son with a smile for a moment, thought for a moment, turned around and walked out, calling the servant who escorted the lady out today to inquire in detail.

When he returned to the house again, he heard the happy laughter of mother and son.

"The third prince rescued the daughter of Zhou Mao." He frowned and said this after Xiang'er and his wet nurse left.

Shen Xinyan understood, it was indeed her!

"This time, Concubine Li doesn't have to worry about her daughter-in-law." She said half-jokingly.

Wei Junhang's brows furrowed even more tightly, thinking of the things he had found out earlier when investigating his eldest son. After a moment, he rubbed his forehead and said, "This Miss Zhou is really... I wonder if this is considered bad luck for her."

Is it bad luck? Maybe, maybe not. After all, not everyone can turn misfortune into fortune every time. Among the people she has known in her two lives, there is only one person, Zhou Wanning.

Besides, is it possible for anyone to be rescued so easily by the prince of this dynasty?

Therefore, even though she lived for two lifetimes, she still couldn't figure out Zhou Wanning's strange fate.

She thought, maybe this was the "fate of the protagonist" in the opera?

"I'm afraid there will be some trouble in the palace, and Concubine Li may not be willing to agree to this marriage. But Your Majesty, you don't want to disappoint the heart of a minister who has loyally followed you for many years." Wei Junhang pondered for a moment and said slowly.

"If your majesty is willing to help, it will be useless no matter how much Concubine Li makes trouble."

"That's true. If His Majesty issues an edict to grant the marriage, Concubine Li will have no choice but to accept this daughter-in-law no matter how unhappy she is." Wei Junhang nodded.

"But how can you be so sure that Lord Zhou is willing to marry his daughter into the royal family?" Shen Xinyan raised her eyebrows.

Is it that easy to be a daughter-in-law of the royal family? In her previous life, she only caused trouble for Zhou Wanning, and Zhou Mao and his wife would call their eldest son to have a good "heart-to-heart talk" every now and then, and the Zhou brothers would also warn their eldest son from time to time. If it were someone from the royal family, I'm afraid their family would not be able to stand up like that.

"Why not? Although the Third Prince cannot inherit the throne, if he lives a peaceful life, he will surely be able to obtain the title of a prince. Moreover, the Third Prince has a straightforward personality and acts in an upright manner. Among the three sons of Your Majesty, apart from the Crown Prince, the Third Prince is the one who wins Your Majesty's favor."

"Even the Imperial Concubine and the Crown Prince take good care of the Third Prince, not to mention that he has a mother who holds a high position in the palace." Wei Junhang was puzzled.

"Although it is said that one should bow his head to marry a daughter-in-law and raise his head to marry a daughter, but not all parents in this world are willing to let their daughters marry up. I think Lord Zhou and Madam Zhou may not be willing." Shen Xinyan said.

Wei Junhang thought for a moment and said, "What you said does make sense, but you overlooked one point. Miss Zhou is already quite old. If I remember correctly, she is one year older than Ying'er. No matter how much Zhou Mao loves his daughter, he cannot delay her lifelong event!"

"Perhaps her father and brother don't mind supporting her for the rest of her life!" Shen Xinyan spread her hands.

She didn't say these words, but heard them from Zhou's father and son countless times in her previous life.

"It's just talk, don't take it seriously." Wei Junhang had obviously heard Zhou's father and son say similar things before, and he shook his head when he heard her say that.

The couple only talked for a while and then put the matter aside. After all, whether Miss Zhou would marry the third prince in the end had nothing to do with them.

In the Zhou residence, Zhou Mao rubbed his forehead in pain. Beside him, Mrs. Zhou Wen's eyes were filled with tears: "So many people on the street saw it, what should we do this time? Is it really true that we have no choice but to marry Ah Wan to the royal family?"

After being married for so many years, Zhou Mao still couldn't hold back his wife's tears. Seeing this, he hurriedly coaxed her, "Don't worry. If Ah Wan doesn't want to marry, no one can force her."

"That hateful Wei Chenglin aroused Ah Wan's heart, but left without saying goodbye and has not been heard from since!" When Wen thought of Wei Chenglin who aroused her daughter's heart but then let her down, she was extremely angry.

Zhou Mao was equally furious, but no matter how he tried, he could not get any information about Wei Chenglin from Wei Junhang. Xiyan was thousands of miles away, and he had no connections there, so even if he wanted to find out something, he was powerless.

"Actually, if you think about it carefully, the third prince is also a good candidate for son-in-law." After a long while, he said thoughtfully.

"What? Do you really want to marry your daughter into the royal family?" Wen's eyes widened in disbelief.

"Don't be anxious, let me explain in detail." Seeing that she was anxious, Zhou Mao hurried to comfort her.

"The Third Prince has a kind personality and is not a deep-minded person. Otherwise, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would not be close to him, and His Majesty the Concubine would not allow him to take away His Majesty's favor."

"Besides, once the prince gets married, he can leave the palace and build his own residence. Without the elders around, his life will be more comfortable." Zhou Mao analyzed in detail.

Wen's frown gradually relaxed a little. It was really the best thing that there was no elder around.

Unlike her, she had the pressure of a mother-in-law who used filial piety to pressure her from time to time, and sisters-in-law who made trouble for her from time to time, especially Fang from the fifth room, who was cunning and resourceful. She had already won the hearts of many people within only a year after entering the house. Later, even the one from the second room was forced aside by her. What's more, the mother-in-law who was determined not to agree with her marriage at first was also won over by her, and she listened to her in everything and tried her best to oppose her.

Now, in such a huge mansion, she, the only lady with a royal title, was easily suffocated by the one from the fifth room.

These days are not as good as when she was sent out to work. After all, she was still the mistress of the house at that time, unlike now, where she is constrained in every way.

"Madam, the old lady asks you to come over." Just as she was sighing, a maid came in and reported.

Here she comes again. I don't know what instigation from Fang that made her come to cause trouble for me!

Wen was extremely annoyed, but she couldn't do anything about the other party. After all, the other party was an elder, and she could only accept whatever he did. Otherwise, she would be accused of being unfilial, and no one in her family would be able to get away with it.

How could Zhou Mao not know his wife's hardships, but he himself was also oppressed by his biological father and had long been unable to cope with the situation, so how could he care about her?

More than half a month later, just as Wei Junhang had expected, Concubine Li in the palace started to make a fuss because of the matter between the third prince and Zhou Wanning.

The third prince wanted to marry Zhou Wanning as his principal wife, but Concubine Li only agreed to make Zhou Wanning a concubine, and she chose her niece from her natal family as her principal wife.

Shen Xinyan was stunned when she heard the news. Neither she nor Wei Junhang had ever thought about the possibility that Zhou Wanning was a concubine.

She had never had such an idea at all, but Wei Junhang did not think that given Zhou Mao's status in front of Emperor Yuanyou, his daughter could only be a concubine of the prince.

Shen Xinyan shook her head. It was incredible that Concubine Li could think of such a thing.

Concubine Li's family was not a prominent family. Although the Zhou family had lost their prime minister, Zhou Mao was a capable minister who was highly regarded by Emperor Yuanyou. Even the crown prince treated him with great courtesy. Zhou Wanning was his only legitimate daughter. How could she possibly become a concubine to the third prince?

Concubine Li's thoughts must have made Zhou Mao very angry.

"It's really stupid!" Even Wei Junhang was speechless towards Concubine Li.

It turned out that he had overestimated this person. No wonder he was used as a gun by Empress Zhou and Concubine Shu and almost implicated the Third Prince. This shows that stupidity does not necessarily change with age.

This is not a marriage at all, it is clearly an enmity with the Zhou family!

The mother and son in the palace refused to give in, and later the third prince went directly to Emperor Yuanyou and asked him to arrange a marriage for him with the daughter of Lord Zhou, the Minister of Honglu Temple.

Emperor Yuanyou neither agreed nor refused. The Third Prince was unwilling to give up and went to Concubine Rui for help, which made Concubine Rui laugh and cry and extremely embarrassed.

Wei Yingzhi told Shen Xinyan about this during their casual chat.

"The Imperial Concubine is having a headache. The Third Prince didn't bother His Majesty and Concubine Li, but instead tried to get the Imperial Concubine to make the decision for him. Concubine Li also tried to get the Imperial Concubine to make the decision after hearing the news. Neither the mother nor the son was willing to give in. The Imperial Concubine is having a hard time saying anything."

Shen Xinyan laughed dumbly and felt very sympathetic towards Concubine Rui.

How could an outsider possibly interfere in such a matter? Concubine Li and her son are really helpless.

"His Majesty must be heartbroken when they harass the imperial concubine. Just wait and see, mother, His Majesty will issue an edict in a few days!" Wei Yingzhi said with certainty.

Shen Xinyan thought so, but she thought that Zhou Mao loved his daughter so much that he must have been disgusted with this marriage. But because things had come to this point, Zhou Wanning had no choice but to marry the third prince.

"I heard that you tidied up the inner house not long ago?" Shen Xinyan asked suddenly.

Wei Yingzhi was stunned, and pouted and said coquettishly: "No matter what, I can't hide anything from my mother!"

"That's true, but it's not a big deal. It just lets those people who use chicken feathers as tokens of authority see clearly who is the real master of the mansion!" She paused and snorted coldly.

"No matter what, they are the Royal Concubine's people. You have to know your limits and not make things difficult for Fu." Shen Xinyan had already thought about this situation.

Previously, the Mansion of the Marquis of Loyalty had only one real master, Lin Fu. As a man, Lin Fu would not focus his energy on the inner house, and the people sent by the Concubine naturally felt superior.

When Wei Yingzhi marries in and takes charge of the family legitimately, those people will lose their power. Of course they will feel unbalanced. Although they dare not do anything openly, they will definitely cause trouble in private.

But Wei Yingzhi was not someone who would easily suffer a loss. Those people in the Zhao clan were completely helpless against her, so how could she be controlled by the servants in her own house? She immediately took ruthless action to deal with them, and completely controlled the inner house of the Marquis of Loyalty with thundering means.

"Don't worry, mother. Lingfu also supports me in this matter. He is more annoyed than I am. I have never seen anyone who is so ignorant. If you give her some face, she will really think of herself as an important person and even dare to interfere in the affairs of the master's room." Wei Yingzhi couldn't help getting angry when she thought of it.

What happened in the house? Shen Xinyan hadn't thought of this, and then she heard Wei Yingzhi angrily say: "Lin Fu didn't say anything, but she asked me to save face for the maid. It turns out that her mother-in-law died early, and the noble concubine is in the palace, and she thinks of herself as a half-lady of the Marquis's mansion!"

Shen Xinyan was also annoyed when she heard this, her face darkened: "I really don't know what you are talking about. You don't have to worry about this matter. Even if the noble concubine blames you, mother will worry about it for you!"

"I knew that mother loved me the most!" Hearing her say this, Wei Yingzhi's expression immediately softened.

A few days later, just as Wei Yingzhi had expected, Emperor Yuanyou officially issued an edict to marry the third prince to the legitimate daughter of Zhou Mao, the Minister of Honglu Temple.

The dispute between Concubine Li and the third prince ended with the victory of the third prince.

When Shen Xinyan heard the news, she couldn't describe the feeling in her heart.

The daughter-in-law of her previous life became someone else's in this life. She didn't know what her eldest son, who was far away in Xiyan, would think if he knew that his beloved had married someone else.

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"Fuck, scumbag, his whole family is scumbag!"

"I feel sorry for the heroine, what a nasty scumbag!"

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Shen Xinyan suddenly woke up from her dream.

Those strange noises again...