Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

The old lady said: "Why didn't you tell me when you were on the boat? If you knew this was the case, you should have been more careful from the beginning. People of this status, no matter what position they end up in, can't be neglected at all."

Minglan: "But grandma has already guessed most of it, right? Otherwise you wouldn't have ordered people to take care of their daily life and food."

The old lady said: "I just looked at Mrs. Shen's face and guessed that she was not an ordinary person, but I didn't expect that she was involved in such a big thing. The two are not comparable."

Minglan: "Grandmother, don't worry. You have taken good care of their family on the ship, and they are on the run now, and they really don't want their identities to be exposed. Although I told you the truth today, you still have to do what you want to do in the future, and don't tell them that you know their identities, so that everyone can be at ease."

Old Madam Sheng nodded: "That's right. If we were in the other's shoes, I would also hope that everyone would just treat me as an ordinary woman." She thought for a moment and then asked: "Does Changbai know about this? Does your father know?"

Minglan: "Gu Tingye has already explained it to Brother Changbai. As for father, he was already scared enough when he was locked up in the palace that time, so don't scare him with these things anymore." The main reason was that Minglan didn't want to bring her father along to play this time.

Old Madam Sheng frowned at first, but then she felt that there was nothing wrong with this and said, "Your father has never dared to get involved in these things... It's good this way, let him remain neutral in the court and not offend anyone, lest he find out the truth and be at a loss as to what to do." She thought for a moment, then hesitated and said, "But there are still many variables in this matter. It is not certain that Zhao Zongquan's family will be able to win the two big Buddha statues in the capital?"

Minglan: "On the surface, Zhao Zongquan didn't fight, he was hiding. But the two people in Bianjing City were dancing too much, and they wanted to kill each other."

Old Madam Sheng: "While the snipe and the clam fight, the fisherman benefits?"

Minglan: "Grandma is wise!"

Old Madam Sheng sighed, "But there are still variables. If we fail, our family will be doomed."

Minglan paused and said seriously, "Grandmother, as long as we insist on not knowing Madam Shen's true identity, we will still have room to maneuver even if this matter ends in an unfavorable outcome. Of course, if it really comes to that, we will inevitably lose some skin, but there is no business without capital in the world. The greater the gain, the greater the risk. When we were in the capital, we saw Princess Pingning holding the young master's marriage for sale. Didn't we think that such a reverse approach was not advisable? Now that we have chosen this path, we might as well grit our teeth and go all the way. "

The old lady's eyes were slightly red: "But I don't want to take such a big risk. I just want you all to be well, safe and sound, without any disturbances."

Minglan's eyes also turned red: "It's your granddaughter who wants to ask for it for you. Not for the Sheng family, not for father, but for you!"

The old lady was stunned: "For... for me?"

Minglan: "That's right, for you. You severed your relationship with the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion for your father and lost the greatest support in your life. But your father was ungrateful and has been hypocritical to you for so many years. Your mother also criticized you in her heart. For my sake and to protect yourself, you have lived cautiously and tolerantly in this Sheng family... Your granddaughter feels distressed and angry when she sees this!" She almost said the last two words with gritted teeth. The cruelty in her eyes was something the old lady had never seen in her before.

"My granddaughter knows that Brother Changbai will be filial to you, but he is your grandson after all. No matter how successful Brother Changbai is, the imperial decree he earns can only fall on the head of the eldest lady or the second sister-in-law...My granddaughter wants you to have the most solid support, and no one will dare to neglect you from now on!" She did not continue to say the rest of the words, but Old Lady Sheng already understood her intention.

Old Madam Sheng held Minglan's hand and remained silent for a long time.

It was not until Xiao Tao knocked on the door and said it was already three o'clock in the morning that Old Lady Sheng stood up and took Minglan's hand, saying, "You should go back and rest first!"

After all, at this moment, she really couldn't figure out what to do.

Once, she married a scholar who had won the imperial examination in the imperial examination, thinking that she could live a harmonious life with a prosperous family. However, in the end, her husband died, her sons were gone, and her descendants were extinct. She raised a large number of descendants, but not a single one of them was of her blood.

She thought she would be alone and helpless and would have to rely on pleasing illegitimate sons to make a careful living from then on, but it happened that these grandsons who had no blood relationship with her were the most filial to her, allowing her to enjoy family happiness.

God always likes to play jokes.

The old lady lay down on the bed with Minglan's help, and got up by herself after Minglan left.

I can’t sleep. I really can’t sleep.

This matter was so big that she couldn't sleep.

In the past, whenever the family faced important matters, the old lady would use the hexagram to draw a hexagram. Although Sheng Hong always said that these were all supernatural, the old lady felt that at least getting the hexagram would make her feel more at ease and not let her have wild thoughts and lose her focus.

She took out a tinder and lit the oil lamp. Tie Ren, who was guarding outside the house, immediately knocked on the door: "Old lady?"

"It's okay, I'll get up and drink some water." The old lady said slowly.

"Yes." Tie Ren said no more.

The old lady washed her mouth with tea, and then washed her face and hands carefully in a copper basin. Then she took out the tortoise shell and three copper coins from the brocade box and cast the hexagram.

After shaking the dipper six times, the old lady used her fingertips dipped in tea to draw a hexagram on the table.

"Kun on top, Qian on bottom... Tai Gua?" She was a little surprised and blurted out the hexagram of "Tai", "The qi of the earth intersects, small goes and big comes...with the help of women and the support of the people."

The old lady suddenly covered the hexagram on the table, as if she was afraid of being seen by someone.

A feeling of excitement and joy arose from the bottom of my heart.

The old lady held the tortoise shell in both hands and murmured to the faint candlelight: "Could it be God's will?"

……

From that day on, the old lady no longer treated Shen Congying and others as "unknown disasters". She would often ask Minglan to send things to the west courtyard, and sometimes she would come to visit them in person.

The eldest wife of the Sheng family also came over often. At the beginning, Shulan and her daughter would be so excited that they would cry every time they saw Shen Congying. Later, after being scolded by the old lady several times and with more visits, they gradually became more normal, but they were still overly enthusiastic.

Shen Congying knew that the change in the Sheng family was closely related to the favor Minglan did for her this time, but she also understood that the Sheng family must have known about her special identity. Although the two sides did not make it clear, they were both grateful for the risks the other took for them.

Soon, Shen Congying became completely familiar with the Sheng family. Hearing that the old lady and Minglan loved delicious food, he cooked a table of Yuzhou specialties himself, and called his grandchildren as well as the mother and daughter of the Zou family to eat and chat together.

Once, when everyone was sitting together and chatting, the eldest lady of the first house got excited and said that she wanted to adopt Shen's grandchildren as her godchildren and love them as her own children.

Minglan and her grandchildren stopped them on the spot. Minglan was sweating profusely, thinking that although her aunt had good intentions, these people would be the princes and grandchildren in the future, and not everyone could bear the title of "godmother"...

In the awkward situation, Shen Congying smiled and said to the eldest wife of the first house, "Although I became a grandmother a few years earlier than you, in fact, the age difference between us is not that big. If you let my grandchildren call you godmother, wouldn't it make me look older than you?"

A joke eased the awkwardness and everyone in the room laughed.

Shen Congying: "Instead of saying godmother or godson, why not let these children call me aunt from now on?" She pointed at Minglan, Shulan and Pinlan, "They are only a little younger than my son, and I think they are very adorable sisters." Mainly because she didn't want Shulan to call her "benefactor" and "benefactor" every time she spoke to her.

Old Madam Sheng slapped her thigh and said, "That's great! This way we are considered a family. If someone outside really asks us about it, it will be easier for us to explain."

Therefore, Minglan and her sisters upgraded the way they addressed Shen Congying from "Madam", "Wife", and "Benefactor" to "Aunt", and Shen Congying's family was completely integrated into the Sheng family.