Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

After Qi Heng failed the imperial examination, Princess Pingning originally wanted to directly reject his wish and let him end his relationship with Minglan, but she could not stand Qi Heng's excessive insistence. Because Shi Ying served in the emperor's court every day and was also engaged to Molan, Princess Pingning could not bring Qi Heng directly to the Sheng family to ask them to make the three girls his sisters, so she just refused to compromise.

However, after being rejected once by Minglan on the grounds that their family backgrounds were not compatible, Qi Heng became determined to achieve his wish and even went on a hunger strike to threaten Princess Pingning.

Princess Pingning had been strong all his life. The son she had carefully raised used his body to threaten her as a mother for an outsider. At that moment, she was very hurt and hated Minglan, the culprit, even more. She captured Buwei, the servant who served Qi Heng personally, and beat him to death in front of Qi Heng. She also admonished everyone in the mansion, saying that was the result of pretending to obey the masters but actually disobeying them and seducing them to be bad students.

Qi Heng, who was under the control of Princess Pingning, had a bit of compromise and cowardice in his character. The courage he had finally mustered for Minglan was mostly lost in her cries. What was left was only the resentment that he could not escape his parents' control.

Qi Heng's weak body soon developed a fever after the hunger strike. Princess Pingning took care of Qi Heng for a whole day and night. After making sure that Qi Heng's fever would not recur after it subsided, she washed herself and went straight to the Sheng family.

Princess Pingning did not have the corresponding imperial edict of the wife of Duke Qi, but she had the title of a princess, so even if she came uninvited, the women of the Sheng family had to come out to entertain her.

During this period, the Sheng family was very busy. Molan's marriage had been arranged, and Rulan and she were only one year apart, so their marriage should also be arranged. And she had two older brothers, whose marriages should also be arranged as soon as possible, and Minglan's marriage was actually scheduled in two years, so everyone was very busy, and they were puzzled by the sudden visit of Princess Pingning and felt that something was wrong.

Wang Ruofu really couldn't understand why Princess Pingning suddenly came to her house. She just felt that the other party had bad intentions. When she went to Shou'an Hall, she couldn't help but be highly alert together with Mother Liu.

Old Madam Sheng knew without hesitation that Princess Pingning came because of the matter between Qi Heng and Minglan, but she had already thought of a way to exonerate Minglan. As for Princess Pingning's face, it was not something she had to consider.

Molan and Ruolan had no idea what Princess Pingning said to Old Madam Sheng and Wang Ruofu in Shou'an Hall, and they were not interested in guessing. Ruolan followed Molan to Shou'an Hall and said casually, "Anyway, we are far away from Qi Heng. One is already engaged, and the other will be soon. Even if Princess Pingning is a princess, there is no reason for her to come here and cause trouble."

In the past, Rulan was really worried that Princess Pingning would go to the palace and speak ill of the Sheng family, but now this worry no longer exists, because her good brother-in-law is also someone who can speak in front of the emperor. Even if Princess Pingning deceives the queen with her sweet words, the Sheng family will not be unable to defend themselves or have no place to speak because of Shi Ying and the two Jinshi.

Molan ignored Ruolan's implicit teasing. The two of them entered Shou'an Hall and after paying their respects to Princess Pingning and the two elders, they sat quietly, demonstrating the principle of silence being golden to the fullest.

At this time, Princess Pingning suddenly smiled and praised the three girls to Old Lady Sheng and Wang Ruofu, saying, "The girls of the Sheng family are really rare. They almost gathered all the spiritual energy of the capital."

When Wang Ruofu heard that her daughter Rulan was also praised so highly by Princess Pingning, she would not have wanted to be modest if it were not for social etiquette.

However, she was overwhelmed by Princess Pingning's sudden soft words, but when she thought of her son-in-law Shi Ying, she smiled and said to Princess Pingning: "Our daughter is not worthy of such praise from the princess, but my fourth daughter's future husband is worthy of it. After all, he is a third place winner who has been praised by the emperor!"

Princess Pingning was immediately choked by Wang Ruofu. Old Madam Sheng picked up the teacup to hide the corners of her upturned mouth. She knew that Wang Ruofu was a person who had no rules in speaking. When she really spoke, she could make others suffer and they would not know how to refute.

Princess Pingning forced herself to remain calm and continued to talk to herself: "That evil creature of mine, it's all my fault that I didn't give him a smart sister. Today I met the three girls in your family, and I don't know if I can have the honor to have your sixth girl call me stepmother."

As she spoke, Princess Pingning took off a mutton-fat jade bracelet from her wrist and had someone pass it to Minglan.

Minglan had long noticed that Princess Pingning did not come to propose marriage. When she saw her two sisters in front of her looking at each other in bewilderment, she was suddenly overwhelmed with grief. If she had not been able to keep calm, she would have burst into tears on the spot.

Old Lady Sheng was naturally distressed to see Minglan like this, but Wang Ruofu was confused by Princess Pingning's sudden move, and was secretly reminded by Mother Liu who pulled her sleeve, so she naturally did not dare to speak easily.

There was no other way, so Old Lady Sheng had to speak up for Minglan herself: "How dare a little girl like Ming'er marry the princess? If the princess really loves her, and Ming'er's marriage is settled next year, please invite the princess to your house for a drink and support her as a child."

Qi Heng was still lying on the bed. Princess Pingning was too lazy to stay any longer as long as she achieved her goal. As for the nice-looking mutton-fat jade bracelet, it was just one of her hundreds of bracelets. She felt it was a great bargain to get rid of the Sheng family at such a small price.

Moreover, she found the three girls of the Sheng family very interesting. In the past, she might have thought that Sheng Minglan was quite smart and resourceful, but after seeing her two sisters, she felt that Sheng Minglan, who had bewitched her son Qi Heng, was nothing special. She even felt a little disgusted with her son's ignorant vision for picking the worst girl in the Sheng family!

Sheng Si and Sheng Wu were wearing sky blue and goose yellow respectively, and the embroidery on their clothes were all magnolia flowers. The focus was on the handkerchiefs in their hands. The handkerchief in Sheng Si's hand was goose yellow, and the handkerchief in Sheng Wu's hand was sky blue, which happened to be the color of the other's clothes. It can be seen that the relationship between the two was very close!

But Sheng Minglan is different. She stays away from Sheng Si and Sheng Wu, and does not look as generous as Sheng Si and Sheng Wu. She even looks a little timid when sitting there, and her thick bangs make people feel unbearable to look at.

Princess Pingning recalled the words that Buwei confessed. Buwei said that her son initially felt sorry for Sheng Minglan because she was ostracized and bullied by her two elder sisters at home, but later found that she was not as dull as she appeared in class, but was very smart. He also said that Sheng Minglan had been carefully taught a lot by Old Madam Sheng since she was a child, and that Sheng Minglan was treated harshly by the entire Sheng family.

At this moment, Princess Pingning felt that her son and the servant were blinded by Sheng Minglan. Today, Sheng Minglan was wearing a pink dress made of Jiangnan brocade, and the crabapple pattern embroidery was the finest Suzhou embroidery. How could she look like she was being treated harshly? !