The prince realized later that it seemed, as if, that perhaps these words were not suitable to be said to his own wife!

He glanced at the woman beside him with a guilty conscience, and seeing her half-smile, he felt even more guilty. Especially when he heard her snort, he immediately panicked and swore to heaven: "I just sat there for a while, drank a glass of wine, and then left!"

"Only drank one glass?" Shen Xinyan snorted again, making it clear that she didn't believe what he said.

"Just, just, just, one, one cup." Wei Junhang's eyes wandered around, but he didn't dare to look at her.

"Do you and King Nanin often stay together?"

"Ah? Oh, no, not often, just occasionally we exchange a few polite words when we meet on the street. Madam, really, I only drank with him once, I wasn't trying to please you! If you don't like him, I will avoid him next time I see him!" The prince expressed his loyalty hastily.

Shen Xinyan was choked by him, cleared her throat, and said helplessly: "I am not restricting you from interacting with him. After all, he is a prince, and it is okay to get to know him. But, I am afraid that you...well, alcohol and sex can easily harm your body."

Wei Junhang was stunned for a moment, as if he didn't understand what she said. After thinking for a while, he burst into smile.

"Okay, I'll listen to you, madam!" The little chicken nodded like pecking at rice.

Shen Xinyan glanced at him, and naturally could not ignore the overly bright smile on his face. For some reason, she suddenly felt a little guilty, and quickly turned her head away, not daring to look at him again.

Seeing this, Wei Junhang's smile became even brighter.

"What are you laughing at? Your mouth is split behind your ears!" Shen Xin frowned.

“Hehe, hehe…”

"...Stop laughing like a fool!" She said with a hint of shame.

"Well, okay, I won't laugh anymore, hehe..."

"..." Shen Xinyan decided not to pay any more attention to this idiot.

Wei Junhang didn't care. He smiled as he looked at his wife who was rarely showing signs of shyness, and felt very happy.

Hehe, the lady must be jealous. The more I thought about it, the happier I became, and the more I couldn't suppress my smile.

Shen Xinyan stroked his forehead.

How could she not know that this dandy husband could be so silly sometimes?

***

When Qiu Tang brought back all the monthly allowances for Funing Courtyard for the next month, Shen Xinyan was not surprised. Looking at the maids in the room with excited faces, she raised the corners of her mouth slightly.

Although this incident could not cause any serious damage to Fang, it could at least dampen her temper. Of course, the most important thing was that I benefited.

"That's great now. If I want to buy something in the future, I don't have to go to the government office to ask for other people's opinions!" Chunliu's pretty face flushed with excitement.

"That's right. It's clearly the allowance of our courtyard, but when it comes to using it, they still ask grandpa for help. It's really frustrating. This time I've finally got through it!" Xia He's eyes sparkled, and she was so excited that she twisted the handkerchief in her hand into a ball.

"Just know it in your heart, but don't say these words outside. If you are accused of criticizing the master, I will see what will happen to you!" Qiu Tang, who was always calm, warned in a low voice.

"I know, don't worry!"

"Okay, sort out everyone's monthly salary and distribute it!" Shen Xinyan handed the invitation in her hand to Chunliu and gave instructions.

Qiu Tang agreed.

"An invitation to Princess Kang's Hundred Flowers Banquet? Are you planning to go, Madam?" Chunliu glanced at the invitation and asked curiously.

"We still have to give face to the Princess. Besides, I have nothing to do recently, so I might as well go and take a look to relax." Shen Xinyan disagreed.

The Hundred Flowers Banquet of Princess Kang was quite famous among the noble ladies in the capital. Apart from the astonishing number of exotic flowers and plants in the garden of Prince Kang's mansion, the most important reason was that this Hundred Flowers Banquet had resulted in countless marriages since it was first held, so that all the ladies with children of marriageable age were happy to attend.

Over time, Princess Kang's Hundred Flowers Banquet became a synonym for husbands looking for future daughters-in-law.

There is no man of the right age for marriage in the younger generation of the Duke of Ying's Mansion. The second daughter of Fang is only twelve years old now, so it is too early for her to get engaged. Even if there is a marriage proposal in the future, it will have nothing to do with Shen Xinyan, the second aunt. Therefore, she really plans to go and appreciate the precious flowers and plants in Prince Kang's Mansion.

"Is the second sister-in-law in the house?" Yang's laughing voice suddenly came from outside the house. Shen Xinyan raised her head and saw Yang walking into the house with a smile on her face.

"The weather outside is so nice, why don't you go out for a walk and enjoy the beautiful scenery in our house!"

"My third sister-in-law is here. Please take a seat. Chunliu, serve tea!" Shen Xinyan stood up and invited her to sit down.

"My second sister-in-law is really good at educating people. This girl Chunliu is obviously a smart girl." Yang took the teacup offered by Chunliu and praised her with a smile.

"Don't praise her. This girl can't stand praise. She will become very proud if she is praised." Shen Xinyan smiled with her hands covering her mouth.

"Madam!" Chun Liu stamped her feet in shame, bowed, turned around and walked out.

"Look, he has such a bad temper!" Shen Xinyan chuckled, but there was no displeasure on her face.

Yang was a perceptive person, so she could see what was going on. She also joked a few times, and then said meaningfully, "From now on, we can truly be our own masters! This is all thanks to my second sister-in-law."

Shen Xinyan knew what she meant, but she just smiled and ignored her words.

Yang didn't care. She had also realized that her second sister-in-law was used to fooling people. In the past, not only herself, but also the eldest princess and Mrs. Fang looked down on her.

Indeed, this move snatched a piece of meat from Fang's mouth.

"Why don't you see Ying?" Yang asked casually after chatting about some family matters.

"I think she is at her grandmother's place now! Yesterday she was mumbling about the delicious osmanthus cake at her grandmother's place. I think she won't come back until she has eaten her fill today, what a greedy girl!" When Shen Xinyan heard her asking about her daughter, she couldn't stop smiling.

"It's natural that children don't have a greedy streak. The osmanthus cake from mother's courtyard is indeed better than that made elsewhere. Not only Ying, but I love it too much." Yang said with a smile.

The two talked about their children's interesting stories for a while, and then Yang said casually, "I just came here, and from a distance I saw my eldest sister-in-law taking a girl to my mother's place. I saw that the girl looked a bit like her. Could it be that her sister from her mother's family has returned to Beijing?"

Shen Xinyan was stunned and shook her head, "I haven't heard of this before. If it was that girl, it would be normal for her to come to visit her elder sister whom she hadn't seen for many years."

"I roughly remember that the girl is almost seventeen, right? Could it be that she is returning to the capital to prepare for her wedding?" Yang paused, then smiled and said, "That's right. Although Pingliang Hou was expelled from the capital by the emperor, he is still a native of the capital. His daughter must return to the capital to prepare for her wedding."

After she finished speaking, perhaps thinking of the decline of Fang's family, she could not help but chuckle, but her laughter could not hide her schadenfreude.

Shen Xinyan smiled and did not tell her that Miss Fang had not yet arranged a marriage, so naturally there was no marriage preparation. At this moment, she also remembered that in the previous life, Fang's younger sister also came to the mansion, and the time when this Miss Fang was in the mansion was also the time when Fang treated her closest.

It was because Fang also wanted to ask her to take her sister to attend banquets in Beijing so that she could be married to a good family in the future.

I guess Fang will still have to rely on her for the rest of her life.

Yang sat for a quarter of an hour and then left.

At this time, in the side hall, Xia He and two housekeepers were distributing monthly wages to the servants.

"Miss Lianxiang, this is yours. You can take it away after you give your fingerprints." Nanny Wang took out a portion of the monthly allowance and said to Lianxiang in front of her.

Lian Xiang thanked her quietly, pressed her fingerprints, and then took her share of the monthly allowance, but she did not leave like others did after receiving the money.

"Anything else?" Xia He, who was facing the booklet, looked up and saw that she seemed to want to say something but hesitated. She frowned slightly and asked.

"Sister, where is the prince's?" Lian Xiang bit her lip lightly and asked in a low voice.

"The prince's?" Xia He put down the brush in her hand and said with a smile, "I don't understand what you mean. What is your status? I don't know when you are in charge of the prince's things?"

Lian Xiang's face turned red, but she didn't dare to offend her, so she said in a mosquito-like voice, "I said something wrong, don't worry, sister."

"I don't deserve your words, young lady. You are a favorite of the prince, and you may even be half the master in the future. I am just a servant, and I don't deserve your words!" Xia He sneered.

Lian Xiang apologized again in a low voice, and was about to leave with her head down and her face flushed. The little girl who had been following her said unhappily, "What does Sister Xia He mean by this? Sister Lian Xiang was just asking one more question. Besides, usually Sister Lian Xiang has been collecting the prince's monthly allowance, and now she..."

"Bang!" The loud slam of the table silenced the indignant little girl.

Xia He looked coldly at her, whose face turned slightly pale from fear, and said in a chilly tone, "From what you said, your sister Lianxiang has worked hard and made great contributions, but the Crown Prince's wife is incomparable? Will the position of wife be given to your sister Lianxiang tomorrow?!"

"Sister, please forgive me. Dong'er didn't mean that. Please forgive me." Lian Xiang's face turned pale and even cold sweat broke out on her forehead. She almost knelt down and begged Xia He for mercy on the spot.

"Oh, Miss Xia He is so arrogant. If you don't know her, you'd think she's the master!" The woman's slightly sharp voice came from not far behind Lian Xiang. Lian Xiang looked back, anxious and scared. Seeing Xia He's face was even more irritated, she quickly stepped forward, grabbed the woman's sleeve and begged, "Mother, please, stop talking! Do you want to ruin me forever?"

Only she knew the reason why she could stay with the Crown Prince. If she offended someone on the Crown Prince's wife's side, the Crown Prince would not let her off without his wife saying anything.

"You spineless person, you've been bullied to the extreme! What are you afraid of? It's true that she is by the lady's side, but you are the concubine given by the Grand Princess to the Crown Prince. It's her... What are you doing? I haven't received my monthly salary yet! Hey, don't pull me! You damn girl..." Lian Xiang didn't dare to let her say anything else. She tried her best to pull her away, which annoyed the woman and made her curse non-stop.

Among the people present, some were happy to see the disaster, some were sympathetic, and some were disdainful, but no one dared to say anything.

The opponent had left, and Xia He, who had wanted to fight back, suddenly became furious, which made Qiu Tang, who was just walking in, look puzzled: "What happened? Why is your face red from anger?"