Chapter 366: Against You
"I was thinking, what if something happened to the Feng family? Wouldn't it be good to let the Concubine be her Concubine forever?" Peilan said softly.
Being a concubine in name only, without a family and hope, and just being noble forever, isn't that good? The queen raised her lips and smiled slowly: "Okay, of course it's best."
How boring is it to lose everything? Wouldn't it be better to keep a little but never have hope, or to hook everything but never get it?
What if you lose everything and have no desire to live?
It would be better not to kill them all.
It’s just that things in the palace are sometimes unrelated, but sometimes, they are indeed closely linked.
Northern Xinjiang.
Suzhou City is the largest and northernmost city in Northern Xinjiang.
Of course, further north, there are also places that belong to the Dayi Dynasty, but they are small places.
The Jing'an Marquis Mansion is located in Suzhou City. Of course, this mansion is much smaller than the one in the capital.
But it is still an excellent house in Suzhou City.
After Jing'an Hou retired, the eldest and third sons of the Shen family lived here.
Each of them occupied half, and each had concubines serving him.
Now, Shen Zhong is a first-rank official, and has the title of general appointed by the emperor. Because the governorship of this place has been vacant, he has been acting as the governor of this place for several years. The civil servants in Suzhou City also follow him as their leader.
It is not an exaggeration to say that he is the local official.
The third brother was a little bit inferior, his official position was the third grade, and he also had the rank of general, but he was still not as good as the eldest brother.
What's more, the eldest son is the legitimate son. After Jing'an has been alive for a hundred years, he should be able to inherit the title of Marquis smoothly.
Because he is a marquis for three generations, not only him but also his eldest son will be a marquis in the future.
Shen Yi respected his two older brothers since he was young, but as he got older, he gradually began to feel resentful.
This is a kind of helplessness. He is obviously not bad, but it's a pity that he was born a little late, so he can't compare with his elder brother.
However, even though he was not convinced, he didn't want to do anything.
Shen Yi's favorite concubine is Shang, who is only 28 years old this year and is extremely beautiful.
The main reason is that she is very smart. Since she followed Shen Yi at the age of sixteen or seventeen, she has never returned to the capital.
She gave birth to a son and a daughter, both of whom were raised in the marquis's mansion in Suzhou City.
My son is ten years old this year and my daughter is only five years old.
In Suzhou City, she was like the third wife.
But the Liang family in the capital did not know all these things.
Of course, the matter of having illegitimate children could not be concealed, but she did not know how this Shang family member became favored, nor did she know that the things she saw shipped back from the northern border every year were all arranged by this Shang family member.
She had no idea that she only got half, or even less.
Her son Shen Qingling was unaware of what happened in the backyard. It was not until he heard about it from his younger brother by accident that Shen Qingling suddenly became alert.
It is true that he has been living in Suzhou City for all these years, but in his heart, his mother and sister are naturally the closest to him.
After all, the rest of the people were not born of the same mother.
After he wrote the letter and returned to the capital, Liang finally understood everything that had been wrong over the past ten years.
It turned out that Shen Yi had been using other concubines to confuse her, but she trusted her son and didn't care so much.
Even though there is a commotion every year, there is no result.
Now it is like this.
Liang also came from a good family, so it only took a few people to investigate the matter.
When she learned the result, she almost fainted.
Her husband had been in the Northern Frontier for these years and had actually treated his concubine as his legal wife, and had even let the concubine take care of her things.
This is a great shame and humiliation for the wife of a large family.
She immediately went to the front yard and made a scene in front of the Marquis.
In fact, Jing'an Hou was not unaware of these things, he was just too lazy to care.
How much can he care about what happens in his son's backyard? Besides, hasn't everything been peaceful all these years?
Qu also meant the same thing, so while she scolded Shen Yi, she just advised Liang to keep the peace.
Liang was so angry and upset that she even wanted to commit suicide.
Fortunately, he was rescued by his own servant Ji. Although the Liang family is not as powerful as the Shen family, it is not without people.
At that moment, Liang’s nephew came in person and wanted to take Liang back to the Liang family.
That would be a big deal.
The Shen family absolutely refused.
I thought the quarrel was over and I could just let it go by asking Shen Yi to write a letter to apologize to Liang, but I didn't expect that Liang was determined to return to the Liang family.
As for the Liang family, Liang's nephew was also a fool. He actually wrote a letter to accuse Shen Yi of treating his concubine as his wife and favoring her over his wife.
This may not seem like a big deal, but for people of this era, wives and concubines were clearly just that extreme.
Unless the wife dies, a concubine will never be able to be the head of the household.
No matter what the result of this lawsuit is, the Shen family will definitely be embarrassed.
In the harem, Shen Chuliu heard this and didn't know what expression to use. She shook her head for a while and said, "It's what you deserve!"
"I didn't expect that this aunt still has some backbone."
"What should we do now?" Zi Rui was worried: "Don't let this involve you."
"When something happens to the Shen family, I'm naturally involved. Look, Concubine Feng hates me to death, and she's just feeling sleepy, so why don't you give her a pillow?" Shen Chuliu smiled and said, "Let's see what she does."
Naturally, the Feng family would not miss this opportunity, and together with several officials in the court who were not on good terms with the Shen family, they impeached Shen Yi.
This matter could be a big deal or a small one, but Shen Yi is definitely going to lose face.
When paying respects at Fengzao Palace, Concubine Feng Shu certainly would not let Shen Chuliu go: "No wonder Concubine Jing is so domineering, it turns out it's a family tradition."
"What is Concubine Feng saying? Who is she saying I look like? Why don't I understand? What happened in my family was just a farce between my aunt and the concubine? So my aunt suffered a loss and can't say anything?" Shen Chuliu sneered.
"Liang is naturally innocent." Concubine Feng snorted.
"Oh, so you mean, I'm the same as that Shang? Tsk, let's not talk about the far-fetchedness of your words. Even if it's true, what about you, Concubine Feng? Have you forgotten yourself? In the harem, except for the Empress, who is the legitimate one, the rest are concubines. How can a concubine act so superior?"
Shen Chuliu exclaimed, "Or, I heard when I was a child that Concubine Feng Shu wanted to be the legal wife. Tsk, what a pity."
"You don't have to flatter me. Let's see how your Shen family can escape the blame!" Concubine Feng sneered.
"Look at what you said. Aren't these things all the emperor's business? Your Feng family was involved in the crime of treason before, but isn't Concubine Feng still Concubine Feng? My Shen family's affairs are just my uncle's failure to manage the family strictly, and they are just the wives and concubines fighting for supremacy. Even if it becomes a big deal, am I not still the emperor's Jing Zhaoyi? Won't it be the same from now on?"
What Shen Chuliu meant was, no matter what happens to the Shen family, I will still treat you the same way I treat you, right?
Happy New Year! Although none of your wishes came true last year, so what? Keep making wishes in the new year, what if they come true? I love you.
(End of this chapter)
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