Leng Lanzhi's wrist was hanging in the air, his eyes looking at the blank rice paper. The tip of the fine brush dropped large drops of ink, staining the rice paper.
Fortunately, it was already pure white, with no writing or paintings on it.
"Princess, are you tired? Want something to eat?" Xiaorou came in with a tray filled with cold and delicious sweet soup.
Leng Lanzhi put down the pen, not having much appetite: "Put it down."
Madam Xia has been here for a while, but Mrs. Zhao has not come back yet.
Could it be that Mrs. Zhao planned to have the marriage test directly outside?
Just as he was thinking about it, Alan came back: "Princess, Madam is back, but..."
"What happened?"
"Madam didn't arrive at Shen's house. She met my aunt who was coming back halfway."
Leng Lan was stunned, and then he remembered something.
During this time in the previous life, Shen Yizhi's sister Shen Lan'er came back.
Shen Lan'er is one year younger than Shen Yizhi, but got married two years earlier than Shen Yizhi.
At that time, the old Pingnan Marquis was still alive, and the Pingnan Marquis Mansion had not yet declined. Therefore, Shen Laner's husband's family was pretty good. Although he was an official outside the capital, he was a third-grade magistrate of the state with real power, and the area under his jurisdiction was Jinzhou is a very prosperous city.
Shen Laner married the eldest son of Jinzhou Zhizhou Mu Fangzhou.
Although Marquis Pingnan had no real power, he was actually a second-grade marquis and an official in the capital. According to the situation at that time, it was Mr. Fang who had the upper hand.
Therefore, when they first got married, Shen Laner and Mr. Fang really had a good time.
However, the old Marquis died of illness not long after, and the old lady became ill with worries and followed him, and the Pingnan Marquis Mansion fell into decline.
From then on, Mr. Fang began to let himself go. He either visited brothels or brothels every day, or was keen on bringing concubines home.
Shen Lan'er reacted very fiercely at first, ranging from beating and scolding the concubines at every turn to directly fighting with Mr. Fang at worst.
Although her behavior was considered outrageous for this era, at that time, she had the support of the old marquis, so she was fine.
Later, the old marquis and the old lady passed away one after another, and the status of Pingnan Hou Mansion plummeted. Master Fang could no longer tolerate Shen Laner. The mistress of the Fang family also punished her daughter-in-law. From then on, Shen Laner Then he became honest.
But later, when she married into Pingnan Hou Mansion under Lenglan, Shen Laner suddenly became the sister-in-law of the current Princess Jialuo, and the Shen family was once again overwhelmed by Shen Laner.
In the past few years, Mr. Fang has become a lot more honest. Although there are still a few concubines and children in the house, they were all taken in and born in the year when the old marquis passed away. After that, he did not dare to mess around again.
The reason why Shen Laner ran back to Shengjing angrily this time was of course because Mr. Fang had committed another crime.
This eldest son has no other abilities, but he is quite good at flirting with women. Not long ago, he hooked up with the concubine of General Dingguo's mansion who was passing by Jinzhou.
Although she is a maid, General Dingguo is a first-class military general in the dynasty, and his status is much higher than that of Pingnan Houfu.
Mr. Fang immediately decided to marry this concubine as his equal wife.
Shen Lan'er naturally couldn't agree, so she had a big quarrel with the Fang family and ran back to Shengjing.
In the last life, Shen Lan'er ran directly back to Pingnan Hou Mansion. Shen Lin'an was still in the manor at that time and got along very happily with this aunt. However, they both disliked Leng Lanzhi, the princess's adoptive mother. .
During this period, Leng Lanzhi was busy trying to find something to do with Shen Yizhi, but he forgot about it.
Being interrupted by Shen Lan'er, Zhao naturally gave up the thought of blood test and decided to settle her daughter's matter first.
Not long after, a servant from Xinyueyuan came to send a message, saying that the lady had invited him.
Leng Lanzhi understood that it was because of Shen Lan'er's affairs, so he tidied up a little and went to Crescent Garden.
When she arrived, Ping Nanhou and Shen Yizhi had already returned, and the whole family was surrounding Shen Laner.
The eldest aunt of the Shen family was crying so hard that she cursed at the same time: "This bastard, I have been married to him for so many years, I have given him children, taken care of the housework for him, and taken care of everything inside and outside." Neat!
I, the Marquis of Pingnan, am a second-class marquis, and his father is only a third-class magistrate of the state. If not for the secret help of my Marquis of Pingnan over the years, would their family have been able to stay in Jinzhou for so many years? He doesn't want to be grateful, but he still dares to be extraneous!
Fair wife? Fortunately he could figure it out! "
Officials of the Sheng Kingdom were reviewed every three years. If their merits met the standards, they could be promoted; if they had no merits and demerits, they would be retained for review; if their merits were not enough or there were major mistakes in the places under their jurisdiction, they would be demoted. , or at worst, he will be dismissed or lose his life...
In a place like Jinzhou where there is plenty of oil and water, I don’t know how many people are trying to get in.
The reason why Fang Zhou was able to win this lucrative position back then was not because of his beautiful political achievements, but because he had a cousin who was a concubine in the palace.
However, it didn't take long for the concubine Fang to be demoted because she made a mistake. Since then, she has fallen out of favor and no such person has been found.
Without the help from the palace, the Fang family would naturally live in trepidation, walking on thin ice.
Until later, she caught up with Pingnanhou Mansion, and then met Leng Lanzhi, the Jialuo Princess, through Pingnanhou Mansion.
However, Shen Laner subconsciously did not take her princess sister-in-law seriously, nor did she think that her father-in-law was able to secure the position of Jinzhou Zhizhou Mu because of her princess sister-in-law. In her words, she gave all the credit to Pingnan Houfu. .
Leng Lanzhi listened quietly, without any disturbance in his heart.
"Princess, you came just in time." Seeing Leng Lanzhi's arrival, Zhao ordered angrily: "That Fang family has gone too far, please let the emperor punish them!"
Leng Lanzhi raised his eyebrows.
This matter-of-fact tone made Leng Lanzhi laugh: "Mother-in-law, from what standpoint do I think I should take care of this?"
Even the emperor couldn't easily interfere in the family affairs of his courtiers, let alone her?
"What's your attitude?"
When Shen Lan'er saw the smile on Leng Lanzhi's face, she was so angry that she forgot to cry: "Are you laughing at me? Why are you laughing at me?"
Leng Lanzhi stopped smiling and his expression became lighter.
If you think about it carefully, everyone in Pingnanhou Mansion's respect for her is superficial, and Shen Lan'er doesn't even bother to do anything superficial.
In her previous life... she was really blinded by love.
Shen Lan'er didn't have much respect for Leng Lanzhi from the bottom of her heart.
Her impression of Leng Lanzhi was still before she got married.
At that time, Leng Lanzhi was just a lover who liked to chase after her brother. Although she was wearing the most luxurious dress and rare jewelry in the world, she didn't have the airs of a princess at all.
For some unknown reason, Shen Laner always put herself in a higher position when facing this princess.
You admire my brother, right?
Then you must be good to my sister!
Otherwise, I will never let my brother marry you!
But at that time, Leng Lanzhi actually felt that... it made sense.
So, she condoned Shen Laner's disrespect again and again.
With her acquiescence, Shen Lan'er's attitude became more and more excessive.
