"...So, this makes you feel happy?" Yan Nangui found it really funny.
A man she doesn't care about, yet Shu Chengfeng cares? That... is truly laughable.
"Then why are you still pleading for me?" Shu Chengfeng asked.
Yan Nangui leaned back against the pillow. At this moment, the two of them were on the couch in the outer room, separated by a kang table.
"Firstly, he'll want to enjoy the aftermath of the Meng family's downfall. Secondly, he'll be relying on his wife from now on. Although the Meng family is gone, the Yan family still has many troublesome members. Do you think it would anger Her Highness, the Princess, if her disgraced daughter brought home such a burdensome son-in-law?"
Yan Nangui laughed: "You know, I had someone carefully inventory my third sister's dowry yesterday, and it's all going to be moved back. After you ascend the throne, the eldest princess will become a concubine. How can a concubine have private property? Won't it all go to the Yan family? At that time, will their salaries be enough to support their lives? You see, isn't it better to let Meng Junxian stay in the capital? Living under someone else's roof, he's struggling to make ends meet..."
"You're such a wicked person," Shu Chengfeng chuckled.
I just can't stand being jealous.
This woman truly has absolutely no feelings for her ex-husband.
"So it's not good to agree to my request?" Yan Nangui looked at him.
Shu Chengfeng didn't say yes, but since he didn't say no, wasn't that a yes?
The matter was dropped when the wild geese returned south.
Shu Chengfeng has been extremely busy lately, and he only had a rare half-day of leisure before leaving in the afternoon.
The outcome for the Meng family is easily determined.
It is true that Meng Jianghe bribed the Second Prince; he even lined his own pockets while in Quzhou. However, Meng Jianghe was also a capable man and genuinely never did anything to harm the common people.
Even so, he couldn't escape exile. This exile meant he was forbidden from returning to the capital until his death.
He was guilty, and his sons were not innocent either. So, apart from Meng Junxian, his other sons were all exiled for three years.
But how can a case be solved so quickly?
The Meng family, however, wanted to immediately confiscate their property.
On the day the house was ransacked, the old lady of the Meng family, supported by her daughter-in-law, watched the soldiers swarm past like locusts. Apart from her small dowry, nothing else was left.
Even the dowries of both daughters-in-law were taken away.
Most of the maids, servants, and young servants in the mansion were driven away.
In the end, the old servant helped them leave first, and they settled in an inn for a few days. They then rented a courtyard for them to stay in.
The old lady is already very ill, but now she has to be careful with how much medicine she takes.
The daughter-in-law was full of complaints, and even Meng Junjie's wife cared about her to some extent. The illegitimate daughter-in-law completely ignored her.
After all, there's still the concubine.
However, Meng Jianghe's most beloved young concubine, Madam You, immediately asked to leave.
The old lady was too weak to stop her.
They sought help from the Yan family, but Meng Junxian was nowhere to be found, and Yan Jinsi ignored them as well.
For a time, this group of women and children truly endured an incredibly difficult period.
After Li finished doing this, she truly gained her freedom. Yan Nan returned a sum of money to her.
Tell her to go wherever she wants.
In the end, Li did not leave the capital. She bought a small courtyard in a village near Jingci Temple and also bought a young maid to live with.
Whether the Meng family members are alive or dead, or whether they are doing well or not, who in the capital would care about them?
The situation on the battlefield was constantly changing, but unexpectedly, before the reinforcements even arrived, General Fan, who had previously betrayed them, had now betrayed them again.
He led 30,000 men and launched a surprise attack on the Prince of Nan'an.
In that instant, the battlefield changed dramatically. The Prince of Nan'an was caught off guard and quickly found himself in a losing position.
By the time the 60,000 reinforcements arrived, the defeat of the Prince of Nan'an was already irreversible.
From April to June, in just two short months, the battlefield had been compressed back into Nan'an Prefecture, the fiefdom of the Prince of Nan'an.
At this time, the Third Prince's residence was also shrouded in gloom and despair.
With the defeat of the Prince of Nan'an, neither Shu Xiufeng nor Wang Fu could be at ease.
Wang Fu, in particular, knew in her heart that if the Prince of Nan'an lost, she might not be able to save her life.
But now that things have come to this, she can no longer sit idly by and wait for her fate.
"In your opinion, is there still hope for the prince?"
The female guard who was sent earlier was not there; the one serving her now was Wang Fu's personal maid.
"Judging from the current situation... I'm afraid it won't work. Miss, you need to make plans soon. Even in the palace, His Majesty... the troops that His Highness the Crown Prince has mobilized are still there."
Wang Fu took a deep breath: "Let me think about it carefully."
When she was worried, the Meng family was also worried.
Meng Junxian and his son were detained until the end of May before being released.
When they were released, they learned that the Meng family mansion had been taken away.
Now, the women of the Meng family live in a three-courtyard house in the city. They had been eagerly awaiting their return, but they couldn't keep them. They were all to be exiled.
The whole family lives together, but now it's all sordid. Before, even though the old lady had lost power, she was still the mistress, and the concubines didn't dare to act recklessly.
Now, everyone's in the same boat. Her son has been implicated and is facing exile, so how could those two concubines possibly let her off the hook? They point and curse at her all day long. The old lady is too ill to get out of bed, and Meng Junjie's wife initially said a few words, but later simply stopped caring.
Madam You had no children and passed away peacefully, but these two old concubines were not young, especially the second son's mother, who was a real shrew.
Even in the past, the old lady of the Meng family had suffered quite a bit. How much more so now?
There's hardly anyone to serve her anymore. She's lucky if she has even one person to keep her company. All the old lady's close relatives have passed away over the years, and the one left behind isn't very diligent anyway. She's only kept here because she has nowhere else to go. It's good enough if she doesn't starve to death; naturally, she won't stand up for her.
When the Meng family father and son finally returned, the old lady was already on her deathbed, clinging to her last breath, only wanting to see Meng Jianghe, Meng Junxian, and Meng Junjie.
Finally, they met, and Yan Nangui seemed eager to tell them everything he had mentioned. As for the hardships he had endured during this time, there was no need to mention them at all.
Upon hearing the word "longing," Meng Junxian was taken aback.
Upon hearing the name Liu again, he was stunned once more.
He was completely lost in thought for a while.
I just can't believe it, Yan Nangui actually did so much.
You can't deny it, she really did all that. When did she develop such cunning and scheming methods?
If she were still his wife, would the Meng family still be at the height of its power and wouldn't have run into trouble?
He was in a daze.
The old lady of the Meng family finally had her wish fulfilled, but she passed away that very night. Although her sons returned, they were left with only a desolate legacy.
Meng Jianghe was to be exiled and had to leave the next day, so naturally he couldn't care less about what happened after her death.
Although the sons were not severely punished, it was mainly because none of them had been involved in these matters.
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