[Haha~~~" Host, students from all over the country will be coming to Beijing in a few days. Then you can carefully select some, and you're sure to make a fortune!]
Okay, okay! I'll be waiting!
After distributing the money, Shen Mingzhu glanced at the Emperor discreetly, thought for a moment, and made up her mind.
"Your Majesty, I have just been fortunate enough to obtain 500,000 dan of grain and several warehouses of cloth. Knowing that the north is bitterly cold, I am willing to donate all of today's gains to the soldiers in the north free of charge!"
Emperor Jingyuan frowned.
He knew Shen Mingzhu's little scheme all too well.
Crown Prince Yan Beichen saw Emperor Jingyuan's appearance and called out softly.
"Father!"
Emperor Jingyuan: Enough! Enough!
"Granted!"
"Alright, I am travelling incognito today, so please make yourselves at home and have a meal together."
"Thank you, Fourth Master."
Soon, the group sat down around the table and quietly began their lunch.
Because of the presence of Emperor Jingyuan, everyone was very reserved and stopped eating after a few simple meals.
Emperor Jingyuan noticed the unease among the crowd and returned to the palace shortly afterwards.
Wow~ the great Buddha has finally returned to the palace! I need to go back to my residence and prepare, too!
[Yes, host. Tomorrow, His Highness Prince An is recognizing his relatives, and your second and third brothers are returning home. You'll be quite busy!]
Yan Beichen nodded knowingly upon hearing this.
Shen Qinglan and Shen Qingzhan will return tomorrow!
...
The Changping Marquis's residence, Shou Kang Courtyard.
"Are you talking about that girl Mingzhu?"
The old lady, Madam Wang, looked at her grandson, Shen Qingyan, with disbelief.
"Grandmother, it's true! My eldest uncle even bet 5,200 taels of silver! He's made quite a bit of money today."
"Qingyan, don't try to fool your grandmother. That girl grew up in the countryside and has been dull and stupid for three years. How could she possibly be the brilliant and talented person you're talking about?"
"Grandmother, it's true! The news has spread throughout the streets and alleys of Shengjing. If you don't believe me, just go out and ask around. The key point is that she also won all of Jiaojiao's dowry!"
"What?"
"What happened?"
Shen Qingyan then recounted the entire story in detail.
"Foolish! Foolish!"
"Grandmother, the elders have probably received the notification as well, and they'll likely remove Jiaojiao from the family tree soon!"
"Okay, I understand! I'll talk to your uncle when he gets back home."
"Yes, Grandmother."
[Host, Madam Wang is acting very strangely. She's actually preventing your father from removing Shen Jiaojiao from the family genealogy.]
[She's so old, why isn't she enjoying her retirement? She lives by the sea, yet she meddles in so many things!]
As soon as Shen Mingzhu finished complaining, she saw the two brothers, Shen Qinghong and Shen Qingbo, standing at the gate of her yard.
"Big brother, fourth brother."
"Little sister, these are the silver notes given to us by the Second Prince."
"Um."
Holding the silver notes, Shen Mingzhu was overjoyed.
Looking at the strawberries on the table.
"Big brother, fourth brother, sit down for a while. Let's have a chat."
"Okay."
Shen Qinghong responded.
Soon, the three siblings chatted for a long time while eating strawberries and drinking strawberry juice...
[Host, I've discovered something interesting.]
[Guagua, what's up?]
Shen Jiaojiao is not a child of a farming family!
Shen Mingzhu was speechless!
Now that the female lead is being suppressed, are they going to give her a more awesome plus identity instead?
What happened?
[Host, Shen Jiaojiao could always be a daughter of the Shen family, but because of her various misdeeds, your father wants to remove her from the family register, for the sake of future development. But she is the daughter of your second uncle, Shen Changshan!]
[Guagua, come out here! How can this be? When did my second uncle get a daughter?]
Shen Qinghong: ...
So all these years, the eldest son's wife has been helping the second son's wife raise their daughter.
Shen Qingbo: Is it possible to get the child support back?
[Host, it's said that your second aunt, Madam Wang, was jealous of your uncle concubine, Liu Yanyan, and sold her off while your second uncle was away on business. Later, Liu Yanyan was eventually given away to a farmer, and you know what happened after that!]
So, this was actually a conspiracy?
That's not entirely true; the babies were indeed switched at birth!
Shen Mingzhu: So the female lead was born with the life of a young lady!
So the female lead has to be a young lady from the Shen family?
She can't live without the Shen family!
[Host, the old lady is still trying to persuade your father with all her heart! Sigh... she's even using filial piety to pressure him!]
Sigh... My dad is really helpless with a mother who can't think straight.
[Host, there's some big news!]
[What a bombshell!]
Your second uncle, Shen Changshan, was not born to your grandfather!
Cough cough cough...
Shen Qinghong choked and coughed repeatedly.
Cough cough cough...
"Brother, slow down! Nobody's going to take it from you!"
Shen Qingbo: Is your brother afraid that someone will steal his strawberry juice?
Oh my God!
It shocked his little mind!
He never imagined that such an outrageous story would happen in their family.
[Guagua, this is truly sad news!]
Good news: The female lead, Shen Jiaojiao, has absolutely no connection with the Changping Marquis's family!
She can still be expelled from the family register!
Bad news: My wise and powerful grandfather has been cheated on!
Poor grandfather, even in the underworld, still got cuckolded!
The green hat may be late, but it's finally here!
Thinking back, my elder brother almost got cuckolded and his mansion was ruined!
"Guagua, look, isn't my father a descendant of a marquis?"
[Host, don't worry. Your father, as the eldest son of the Marquis of Changping's family, is now the only legitimate son. He is definitely your grandfather's bloodline. He looks exactly like your grandfather; he is absolutely his biological son!]
Shen Qinghong: It's alright, it's alright!
Shen Qingbo: My grandmother still had some conscience; she left a bloodline for the Marquis's family.
[Guagua, what about my cheap aunt?]
She's not even their biological daughter!
Good heavens, so my dad's an only child now!
[Bingo! Congratulations, host, you answered correctly, but there's no reward!]
Shen Mingzhu: ...
[Thank you for the reward! It's a reward of two green hats for the Marquis of Changping's household!]
[Host, please don't be like this! At the very least, you are blood relatives!]
When Xie Qinghuan, the mother of Shen, learned of her daughter's deeds, she was preparing to spend some time with her and praise her. However, before she even entered Mingzhu Courtyard, she heard this juicy gossip.
The melon was fried to a perfect crisp on the outside and tender on the inside, leaving her stunned and unable to recover her senses!
She looked around. Great, no one was coming!
Only she knows about this!
Thank goodness!
Upon entering the courtyard, she looked at her two sons, who were standing there blankly, and stepped forward helplessly.
"Mingzhu, what are you talking about? I heard you've been doing really well out there, so Mom's planning to celebrate with you tonight!"
"Mother, there's no need for that. It's better to keep a low profile."
Sigh... let's not celebrate. Now we know that only Dad is the biological son, and I wonder if my second uncle and aunt know. It feels like there are always troublemakers trying to harm us!