Chapter 1143 Shen Qinglan's Stubbornness
Song Zhiqing said expressionlessly, "The daughter of Mr. Zheng Shicheng."
"If it's him," Lady Zhenguo frowned, "then it will be difficult to deal with."
Shengze has not yet rewarded everyone, but well-informed families like the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion have long known that Zheng Shicheng and Liang Cheng are Shengze's right-hand men.
If it were any other small family, they could still go to the Shen family to ask for an explanation, but this approach would not work for the Zheng family.
"What should we do?" The wife of the Crown Prince began to pace again, her tone a little panicked. "Will our family also be exiled?"
Song Zhiqing asked, "If the Shen family can go, why can't we go?"
She has always been competitive, but at this moment she no longer cares about anything else. She only knows that she cannot lose to Shen Shan, let alone Zheng Ruoxi.
They were able to marry happily even when they were exiled, so it's not like your family would be destroyed because of exile, right?
"Stupid!" The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo suddenly shouted, "Sister Qing, how can you speak like that? Our Duke's Mansion is a century-old family and has contributed to the founding of the country. No matter who becomes the emperor, they cannot easily touch us!"
These words made the Song family feel better, but at this moment, someone came in and reported, "Old Madam, someone from the palace has come to announce the decree!"
The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo suddenly stood up and asked, "Who is coming?"
"I don't know." The servant shook his head, looking at the masters in the room with some fear.
He was a servant of the family and could not raise money to redeem himself and leave the Duke's Mansion like other servants, otherwise he would have run away long ago.
The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo remained calm and led everyone out, "Let's go take a look."
Almost at the same time, the Rongguang Marquis Mansion also received an imperial edict from the palace.
"It's over, everything is over!" Mrs. Rongguang cried and wailed, and the others were not much better off.
At this time, the Marquis Rongguang suddenly grabbed Shen Qinglan and said, "Lan'er, you are a member of the Shen family. I heard that your sixth sister is engaged to His Highness. Go back to your parents' home and ask her to intercede. Our Marquis Mansion cannot be exiled to Lingnan!"
The people in Rongguang Marquis Mansion had always thought that they would be fine. After all, Shen Qinglan was the eldest daughter of the Shen family, and the Shen family was so close to Shengze, so they would not take action against their in-laws.
Unexpectedly, Shengze did not play by the rules. He wanted to exile the whole family to Lingnan on the grounds that Marquis Rongguang was not productive, his son was idle, and other officials in the Rongguang Mansion were ineffective.
Of course, the imperial edict gave him an official position, and Marquis Rongguang retained his title, but it was no longer hereditary. After going to Lingnan, he served as the Inspector of Lingnan, and suddenly changed from a military officer to a civil servant.
The other people in the Rongguang Marquis' Mansion were even worse off. Except for the Rongguang Marquis's son who was given the position of county magistrate in a county town within the Lingnan area, the rest of them were all dismissed from their posts.
"I'm not going." Shen Qinglan stood there, motionless. "When the Shen family was in trouble, you turned around and took in two concubines. Now that something's wrong, you want someone to rescue you. My family will never agree."
"You!" Upon hearing this, the Marquis of Rongguang was furious. However, he didn't dare to anger Shen Qinglan at this moment, so he could only suppress his anger and said, "They are just two playthings. If you don't like them, I will send them away immediately. Now that something is wrong at home, you can't stay out of it. We are in the same boat!"
Shen Qinglan sneered, "It's just a trip to Lingnan. I have nothing to be afraid of. If you are afraid, then find a way on your own. Anyway, I won't go back to my parents' home to beg for help."
On that day when the Shen family was exiled, the Rongguang Marquisate asked her to deliver some things, but that was just a face-saving effort. In fact, the Shen family's misfortune was also related to the Rongguang Marquisate.
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