Although it was inconvenient for Marquis Pingliang to return to the capital, his wife was not affected. She was overjoyed after receiving the letter from her eldest daughter. The couple was excited reading the letter for most of the day and felt that they were finally going to get through this.

Chief Minister Zhou is the head of all officials and has always been trusted by Your Majesty. As long as he lends a helping hand, his return to the capital will be just around the corner.

The news that the eldest son of the Chief Minister's family was about to marry the eldest daughter of the Pingliang Marquis's family finally spread throughout the capital. For a time, the Pingliang Marquis's family, which had been deserted for many years, once again welcomed groups of distinguished guests, allowing the wife of the Pingliang Marquis to finally feel proud.

"It is said that this marriage was decided by Prime Minister Zhou. His wife had always disagreed, but as a woman, how could she win over Prime Minister Zhou? She had no choice but to accept the marriage reluctantly." Yang curled her lips with a look of disdain.

"My mother-in-law has already disliked me before I even got married. I'm afraid my life will never be easy in the future. It's really pitiful!" When she said this, there was an undisguised look of schadenfreude on her face.

It seems glorious now, but once you get married in the future, you will have nothing to do but cry!

"What's the big deal? No matter what the Prime Minister's wife is dissatisfied with, can she go beyond the Prime Minister? Can't you see that the marriage has already been settled?" Shen Xinyan disagreed.

As long as Prime Minister Zhou recognized her, no matter how dissatisfied his wife was, she would not dare to do anything too much. And as for Mr. Zhou, as long as he was willing to protect his wife, no matter what others did, it would be useless.

Furthermore, with Fang Birong's skills, she was able to fight her way through the Xu Shangshu's mansion in her previous life and secure her position in the mansion. This life would not be an exception.

But she never dared to underestimate Fang Birong's abilities.

"That being said, I still can't understand why this girl has caught the eye of Prime Minister Zhou, to the extent that he insisted on arranging this marriage despite his wife's objection." Yang was puzzled.

"How do you know that it's not Master Zhou Wu who is interested and asks father to make the decision for him?" Shen Xinyan said slowly.

"What you said does make sense. Miss Fang is so beautiful that even women would praise her, not to mention those young men." Yang said helplessly.

Shen Xinyan smiled.

In terms of beauty, Fang Birong now is still inferior to Zhou Wanning in the future.

"Now that my younger sister has made a name for herself, my eldest sister-in-law is so happy now. She's smiling all day long, and even the wrinkles on her face are almost laughing out. How come all the good things fall to the eldest son's family? It's really infuriating!" Yang said sourly.

Is it a good thing? Shen Xinyan still has reservations about this. Fang Birong entered the Zhou Mansion and became the legitimate daughter-in-law of the Prime Minister's wife, but the Zhou Mansion's legitimate lineage will be suppressed by the illegitimate Zhou Maoyi in the future.

But... thinking that Fang Birong would become Zhou Wanning's fifth aunt and the sister-in-law of Mrs. Zhou and Mrs. Wen in the future, she was somehow full of expectations.

She couldn't remember exactly which girl the Mr. Zhou Wu married in his previous life, but she was sure that girl would not have as good means as Fang Birong. She just didn't know which side would have a better chance of winning if Fang Birong faced off against the Wen family in the future.

After Yang left, Qiu Tang came in and whispered, "I inquired privately. It was the day when the eldest lady brought Miss Fang to the temple to fulfill a vow. Although it was to fulfill a vow, she actually made an appointment with the wife of Minister Xu to meet there. I guess it was for the purpose of arranging a marriage between Miss Fang and the young master of the Xu family."

"If that's the case, how did the marriage become between Mr. Zhou Wu and Miss Fang?" Shen Xinyan was even more confused.

Fang hooked up with Madam Xu again in this life and she was no exception. The sick young master of the Xu family married Fang Birong in his previous life, and if nothing unexpected happened, it should have been the same in this life. But no one knows why Young Master Zhou Wu suddenly intervened.

"I heard from Lu'er that Miss Fang seemed to have been separated from her that day. When Lu'er found her, she found that something was wrong with her and her sleeve seemed to have been torn by something. As for what happened after Miss Fang was separated from her, Lu'er is not very clear. However, I heard that after the engagement between the young master of the Zhou family and Miss Fang, Madam Xu had some quarrels with the first lady."

Shen Xinyan frowned and thought, could it be that in that short period of time, Fang Birong had some opportunity, which allowed her to finally climb up to the Prime Minister's Mansion? I just don't know who she met, Prime Minister Zhou or that Mr. Zhou Wu?

But now it seems that Fang Birong's engagement with Mr. Zhou Wu has displeased Mrs. Xu? Could it be that the Xu and Fang families were originally planning to get engaged, but the Fang family regretted it and got engaged to the Zhou family instead?

If this is the case, it's no wonder that Madam Xu is unhappy. Isn't this a slap in the face? The Xu family is a noble family after all, and Minister Xu is a popular figure in the court. It's not a good thing to make enemies with them!

She vaguely remembered that in her previous life, Minister Xu had a very successful career. When Prime Minister Zhou was in mourning for his mother, he was directly admitted to the inner cabinet. Perhaps he would become Prime Minister in the future.

The eldest princess also had complicated feelings about this marriage. The eldest daughter-in-law had clearly talked to her about the marriage with Minister Xu's mansion earlier, and had even made an appointment with Mrs. Xu to meet him. However, she never expected that after the meeting, the one she was betrothed to was not the young master of the Xu family, but the young master of the Zhou family.

She didn't know what had happened. She just watched her eldest daughter-in-law happily preparing for Fang Birong's marriage. She couldn't resist the overwhelming disappointment in her heart.

In life, one must be trustworthy in everything, not to mention such a big thing as marriage. She had a verbal agreement with the Xu family, but she broke it and hooked up with the Prime Minister's Mansion. Such a reversal of one's words is really...

She heaved a long sigh, and was in such a low mood that she did not look very happy even when she heard that her sister, Lady Pinglianghou, whom she had not seen for many years, had returned to the capital and would come to visit her soon.

At this time in the mansion of Marquis Pingliang, Fang Birong was combing her long black hair in front of a bronze mirror with a smug smile on her lips.

So what if she is the Prime Minister’s wife or Mrs. Zhou Er? As long as she wants to do something, there is nothing she can’t do!

They looked down on her? They thought she was not worthy of their young master? She wanted to marry him in a dignified manner!

However, when she thought of that gentle man, the expression on her face became a little dazed.

It turned out that he was the prime minister of the dynasty. I never thought he was so young. His whole body had an aura that was rare in the world. Mr. Zhou Wu, who stood next to him, was really outshined by him.

She sighed softly.

"Miss, Master Qi has sent another letter, asking you to meet him tomorrow." At this moment, the personal maid Xiang'er came in and reported in a low voice.

Fang Birong's face darkened, and she cursed in a low voice: "What time has it come? What are you still seeing? Now all the eyes of the capital are on our house, how can I get away!"

"But girl, this is the third time that Master Qi has asked you to meet him. If you reject him again, he will tell you everything. I'm afraid..." Xiang'er said worriedly.

Fang Birong's face became even uglier. She was so angry that she tightly wrapped her handkerchief around her neck. Finally, she managed to utter, "Let him wait for my news."

Xiang'er took the order and retreated.

She was the only one left in the room. Fang Birong slammed the comb in her hand heavily on the dressing table: "What a shabby guy, you want to take advantage of me!"

At this moment, her face no longer had the pounding heart and entangled feelings she had when she first saw Qi Liuxiu at the Hundred Flowers Banquet at Prince Kang's Mansion.

It was just a one-time encounter in the first place, and because of this incident, he suffered a loss at the hands of Shen Xinyan, and was even more detained by the Fang family. That bit of affection had gradually faded away.

If she hadn't found out later that Qi Liuxiu had lost his good job because of her, and was now neither here nor there, with all his knowledge no longer useful, she would have felt a little guilty and would never have stayed with him again.

Thanks to the fact that Fang was forced to retreat step by step by Shen Xinyan some time ago, and she didn't have much time to focus on her, she found the opportunity to contact Qi Liuxiu. If she couldn't contact him, she wouldn't get his help, and she wouldn't be able to "accidentally" meet the Prime Minister last week that day, and naturally she wouldn't "coincidentally" save his life.

Who said that only heroes can save beauties? She wanted to be a beauty saving a hero! The only pity was that the hero already had a wife and children, and was much older than her. Although he was in a high position, he was born too early.

She rubbed her forehead somewhat depressed.

But Wei Junhang finally got some free time that day, so he planned to go back home early. Just then, Heizi walked in and saw him tidying up his desk. He asked casually, "Are you planning to go back home, my prince?"

"Well, now everything is ready except for the east wind. How to make this 'easterly wind' blow is not within my scope of responsibility. I haven't been with my little girl for such a long time, I'm afraid she won't want to be close to me as her father."

Having said this, he became even more eager to leave.

"By the way, Master, I have something to tell you." Heizi called him.

"What is it?"

"The elder sister of your noble mansion's wife has been engaged to the fifth son of the Prime Minister's mansion. Do you know about this?"

"I'm neither deaf nor dumb, how could I not know!" Wei Junhang said unhappily.

He would go back to the Duke's Mansion every day, so how could he not know what was happening there? However, Miss Fang was not related to him, so he just didn't bother to care.

"Then do you know how these two marriages were arranged?" Heizi looked mysterious.

"How was it decided?" Wei Junhang showed little interest.

"I have to say, the girl from the Pingliang Marquis's Mansion is really capable. She actually found a way to bribe the people around Prime Minister Zhou. Tsk tsk, first she acted out a beauty saving a hero, and then she acted out a scene where a young man and a young lady fell in love at first sight!"

Wei Junhang was not a fool, he understood as soon as he heard what he said.

"This hero is our Prime Minister? And the young master is that Mr. Zhou Wu?" He widened his eyes, somewhat incredulous.

Being able to be promoted by Prince Cheng and to sit firmly on the position of Prime Minister, this Prime Minister is certainly not an ordinary person. How could he be easily fooled by such a clichéd trick?

He expressed his doubts.

"That's why I said that Miss Fang is quite capable, smart and courageous, unfortunately she is a woman. If she were a man, especially a man who was our enemy, it would be difficult for her to deal with him." Heizi sighed.

Wei Junhang sneered: "You are wrong. It is precisely because she is a weak woman that she can show such cleverness."

He lifted the corner of his robe and walked out of the door, then stopped, turned around and said to Heizi, "I forgot to remind you that this Prime Minister Zhou had a fiancée before he married his current wife. Unfortunately, that fiancée died before they even got married."

"What does this have to do with my wife who hasn't married yet?" Heizi was confused as he watched the other party walk away.