Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Shi Ying's appearance alone was enough to make him a killer. Old Madam Sheng couldn't help but think in her heart that Shi Ying might become the third place winner in the imperial examination that everyone had been talking about for many years, so she started thinking about finding him for Minglan again.

But Minglan was still thinking about Qi Heng, so even though she was bewildered by Shi Ying's appearance for a while, after she went back at night and talked with Xiao Tao for a long time, she thought of her young master again. She couldn't help but feel proud of her ingenuity in embroidering a gold ingot pattern on Qi Heng's knee pads, and she was even more looking forward to the day when Qi Heng would come to propose marriage after the results were announced.

Minglan felt that she had been ignored by everyone in this family for too long. Qi Heng was a very beautiful surprise because, besides Molan and Rulan, Qi Heng was the first one to see her and understand her embarrassment and helplessness in this family.

"No matter how beautiful and gorgeous the outside world is, I only want this piece of pure land in my hands." Minglan said to Xiaotao.

Xiao Tao does understand Minglan, but she doesn't understand her well enough. However, she understands that Minglan is comparing Qi Heng and Shi Ying, but she herself feels that even though Shi Ying does not have Qi Heng's noble birth, Shi Ying and Minglan are more compatible.

So Xiao Tao said to Minglan: "Young Master can't be considered a pure land, Princess Pingning is famous throughout the capital for her power."

Xiao Tao's words directly broke through Qi Heng's illusion. After a long while, she heard Ming Lan lower her voice and said, "But I am willing to take a gamble for our future."

Xiao Tao quickly let go of the matter of the Duke of Qi's Mansion. Anyway, she only needed to listen to the orders of Miss Minglan, and nothing else mattered.

When the banquet was over, Sheng Hong went to Linqi Pavilion to rest. When he held Lin Qinshuang in his arms, he couldn't help but say to her, "Changbai and Changfeng brought back a friend today. He is from Liuzhou and has some assets at home. The most important thing is that he is handsome and has no peers. His knowledge and character are impeccable. He is very suitable for our Mo'er."

Lin Qinshuang had long heard that Shi Ying had an extraordinary appearance. Although she had never seen it with her own eyes, the reactions of the maids and servants at home were not fake. She was also very curious about what Shi Ying looked like that could make Sheng Hong deliberately mention her appearance.

However, when it comes to Molan's marriage, Lin Qinshuang is most concerned about Shi Ying's family wealth and talent. Of course, the most important thing is the family wealth. At least it can ensure that Molan will not have to lower her quality of life once she gets married, and she will not have to suffer.

As for talent, Lin Qinshuang believed that since Sheng Hong was optimistic about her future, Shi Ying would be able to get the attention of the palace at the first time with her extraordinary appearance, so her future would naturally not be bad.

But as Molan's biological mother, she not only looked at the other person's appearance, family background and talent, but also paid attention to the other person's family situation, so she tactfully said to Sheng Hong: "It's rare for Honglang to be so optimistic about a young man, and I can't help but be curious. But whether to look for a young man for Moer is not a casual matter. No matter how good the young man is, if he has a mother-in-law like a grown-up girl, Moer will probably suffer."

Sheng Hong understood Lin Qinshuang's concerns about Molan's future in-laws, but he didn't take it seriously. He just thought that Lin Qinshuang was a woman after all and was only focused on the problems in the rear house.

But he would not say this out loud. Instead, he chuckled and said to Lin Qinshuang, "Shuang'er is probably overthinking. Kagura is already 24 years old. Others would probably have two children by this time, but he is not married, and he doesn't even have an engagement. I asked him about it during the dinner, and he said that he wanted to start a career first, so he postponed his family's arrangements several times."

"Just think about it, if such a person's parents are like Hualan's parents-in-law, then Kagura will never be able to become Yuan Wenshao!"

Lin Qinshuang thought it made sense. Although she was still a little worried that Shi Ying looked down on Molan, she felt that with Sheng Hong around, things should be fine.

So the next morning, while Molan was having breakfast with her, she grabbed Molan and tried her best to promote Shi Ying: "Yesterday your father said that if Kagura didn't have an ordinary family background, she would have no shortcomings and would be more than qualified to be a princess in the palace!"

Molan admitted that she always felt that Shi Ying treated her differently, and she even had an inexplicable sense of familiarity with Shi Ying. But when it came to marriage, she felt somewhat resistant. No matter how good the other party was, she would always hesitate when asked to agree.

Seeing Molan's hesitation, Lin Qinshuang became anxious and put down her chopsticks and said seriously, "Mo'er, if you miss this opportunity, it will take you a lot of time and energy to find a good husband. So, since the heavens have sent the best candidate to you, what are you hesitating about?"

Molan couldn't tell her mother Lin Qinshuang about her inexplicable feelings, so she could only find an excuse to shirk her responsibility: "Mother also said that Kagura was very rare at that time, and even a princess was worthy of it. No matter how much I am loved by my parents at home, I am just a concubine's daughter of a fifth-rank official in the outside world. The rarer Kagura is, the more I can't afford it."

What Molan said made sense, but Lin Qinshuang was completely dazzled by Sheng Hong's description of Shi Ying, so she said nonchalantly: "Alas, the more rare Kagura was at that time, the more glorious it would be if you could marry him in the future! Besides, his family is quite wealthy, and the future is foreseeable. What else are you dissatisfied with?"

Lin Qinshuang said that she felt that Shi Ying was rare, and she wished that she could marry him to Molan tomorrow. She even began to teach Molan the art of controlling her husband: "Mo'er, you seem a little too cold, but you can't always be reasonable and put on airs in life. If Kagura treats you well, you should accept most of it, and only reject the ones you don't like."

"Mo'er, the biggest advantage you have over your mother is that you have been carefully taught by your father since you were a child. You can also help to understand some of the things happening outside, unlike your mother who can only use some tricks of acting like a spoiled child. But don't think that your mother's methods towards your father are low. Those men are all the same. They always like to act big and smart in front of delicate women."

"Mo'er, although you will be the wife of the emperor in the future, you can't always put on airs in front of your son-in-law and talk about etiquette all the time. Men go to the backyard to rest and relax. You can tell him about some unimportant things, which can be considered as fun, but you can't always bother men with the affairs of the inner house, otherwise he will think you are incompetent."

Molan heard all this nonsense and after finally finishing her breakfast, she quickly made an excuse to go look for Rulan and escaped from Lin Qinshuang.

However, Rulan was also determined to bring her together with Shi Ying.

When Rulan saw that Molan looked unhappy, she knew that Lin Qinshuang must have said something to her. She knew without even thinking that Lin Qinshuang must have also taken a fancy to Shi Ying and wanted to make him Molan's husband.

Rulan smiled at Molan with a bit of gloating, "This morning my mother said that Shi Shenle is a son-in-law picked out of thousands. No matter if it's you or me, we must keep him in the Sheng family. She must be Shi Shenle's mother-in-law!"