Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 65 You Are Just a Dowry

"Madam, I asked Danju. The Sixth Miss practices in her room every night. And she is not like when she was studying and could not learn anything. Instead, she does it quite well. It is obvious that the Sixth Miss is trying to hide her incompetence." Madam Fang said.

Minglan moved to Shou'an Hall and only brought a little maid named Xiaotao with her, so Mrs. Sheng asked Fang Mama to arrange another maid for her.

The maids in Shou'an Hall were all trained by Mother Fang, so they naturally dared not hide anything when faced with her questions.

Upon hearing this, Old Madam Sheng sighed and said, "I always thought that among the girls in my family, Hualan was the most outstanding. I didn't expect that this inconspicuous girl Ming was the most outstanding one."

"Madam, the eldest daughter is gentle, honest, steady and polite. How can the sixth daughter compare with the eldest daughter?" Mother Fang retorted.

"Hualan is indeed steady and polite, but she lacks tact. If she marries a kind family, she will naturally live happily and smoothly. But from the information I got after arriving in Bianjing, it seems that Madam Yuan prefers the eldest son and the eldest daughter-in-law. The eldest daughter-in-law is Madam Yuan's niece. After she gets married, she will inevitably be troubled by her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.

Hualan is very good in every aspect, but she is too polite and doesn't know how to adapt. Even if she is treated with difficulty, she will just endure it. "Old Lady Sheng shook her head.

"That doesn't mean the sixth girl is better than the eldest girl, right?" said Mrs. Fang.

"If Ming girl only knew how to hide her incompetence, at best she would be just like her mother who wanted to protect herself. What's smart is that she deliberately let us know that she is hiding her incompetence." said Old Lady Sheng.

"Madam, do you mean that Sixth Miss let us know on purpose?" Mrs. Fang asked in surprise.

"When you went to ask Danju, did she hesitate? Did she tell her that the maid had told her not to tell anyone?" Old Lady Sheng asked back.

Mother Fang thought for a moment and said, "That's not the case."

"Do you think that a person who knows how to hide her shortcomings would easily trust a maid who has just been with her for a short time? She neither told Danju not to tell anyone, nor did she practice those things away from Danju. Isn't it intentional to let us know what it is? I even suspect that she deliberately acted abnormally to make us notice." said Old Lady Sheng.

"That's impossible? Since Sixth Miss is hiding her abilities, why would she deliberately let us know that she is hiding her abilities?" Mrs. Fang asked doubtfully.

"This is where she is smart. She hides her shortcomings so as not to stand out. If she behaves like Rulan, do you think Rulan will tolerate her? And if the Madam knew about it, she would be angry. Although she is here with me and the Madam can't do anything to her, she still has the young lady and her brother. It is very easy for the Madam to find an excuse to deal with the young lady Wei.

If she hides her shortcomings from everyone, she will be punished every day. She deliberately let me find out, so I will naturally go easy on her when punishing her.

This is exactly where she is smart, she knows who to hide from and who not to hide from. "Old Lady Sheng said.

"This sixth girl is so scheming at such a young age." Mother Fang said in surprise.

"If a woman wants to live a good life, she has to be more scheming. If Hualan had half of her scheming, I would feel relieved." said Old Lady Sheng.

Scheming is not a derogatory word. As long as a person does not harm others, being scheming is a good thing.

She herself has her own ideas, but her proud nature makes her disdain to use them.

If she had let go of her pride at the beginning, she wouldn't have ended up in such a miserable state.

"That's true. After all, the Sixth Miss will follow the Fifth Miss in the future to serve His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. It's a good thing that the Sixth Miss has this intention." Mother Fang said.

"Ugh."

Old Madam Sheng sighed and said, "If possible, I really don't want her to follow Rulan into the palace. She must be very sad to learn to hide her shortcomings at such a young age."

Mother Fang saw that Old Lady Sheng was moved by sympathy, but she didn't know how to comfort her, so she could only change the subject and said, "How about I tell the person who hit her hand to be gentler?"

"Need not."

Old Madam Sheng shook her head and said, "No need to explain, just do as usual."

"Since the old lady knew that the Sixth Miss was hiding her abilities, why did she still..."

"Not everything will happen as she expected. I want to see what she will do when she realizes that her plan is useless." Old Lady Sheng said. ...

Minglan had no idea that everything she did was seen through by Old Madam Sheng.

Although she had only been in Shou'an Hall for a short time, she was very smart. After spending some time with her, she had already figured out some of Old Lady Sheng's character.

Mrs. Sheng appears to be as hard-hearted as iron, but she is actually a soft-hearted person.

Minglan thought that she was hiding her incompetence, and given Old Lady Sheng's personality, she would definitely not expose her and would even show mercy when punishing her.

Although she wanted to hide her incompetence, she couldn't stand being spanked on the hands every day.

The person who was hitting me with the palm board had obviously received special training. It hurt without breaking bones. There was some slight swelling at the time, but it basically went away overnight.

With the medicine sent by Rulan, the two hands can be used alternately to achieve a basically seamless transition.

Who can bear this?

Therefore, when she was studying, she deliberately acted as if she could do something well but couldn't, just to make Old Lady Sheng notice something unusual.

However, after a few days, Mrs. Sheng seemed to have not noticed anything and showed no mercy when spanking his hands.

This made Minglan feel a little depressed. Could it be that her performance was not obvious enough and Old Madam Sheng did not notice it?

Within two days after the Sheng family arrived in Bian Jing, the Yuan family came to the Sheng family to offer a betrothal gift.

After the betrothal gifts were given and the wedding date was set, Hualan no longer studied the rules with her two sisters, but was busy embroidering her dowry.

During the break, Rulan saw Minglan was always in a daze and asked in confusion: "Sixth sister, what are you thinking about?"

"Nothing... nothing." Minglan came back to her senses and shook her head.

"Why are you like Xiaotao, so stupid and not fun at all. How can you be my dowry if you are so stupid?" Rulan muttered.

She had already learned from her mother that she had become the prince's concubine.

After Minglan was arranged to Shou'an Hall, Madam Wang also learned about Sheng Hong's plan from him.

Given Mrs. Wang's personality, she was very reluctant at first.

But Liu's mother told her that this was a good thing, after all, the prince would definitely have concubines. In the deep palace, having a sister to accompany her would also be a good companion.

In fact, Mother Liu also felt that Minglan's personality was not suitable for entering the palace, and it was a good thing for Minglan to be included in the dowry.

Mrs. Wang accepted this matter only after being persuaded by Mrs. Liu.

When Rulan went back to Weiruixuan to visit Madam Wang two days ago, she overheard the conversation between her mother and Mama Liu, and learned that Minglan was the dowry chosen for her by her family.

Rulan was a simple-minded person to begin with, and due to her age, she had no idea what all this meant and didn't care.

"Fifth sister, what did you say?" Minglan didn't hear clearly what Rulan said and looked at Rulan with some confusion.

"I said you are my dowry, just like the dowry maids that mother and grandmother arranged for my elder sister." Rulan said.

(End of this chapter)