Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

After walking for an unknown amount of time, Old Lady Wang felt hungry, so she and Wang Shiping went to a small roadside stall to eat noodles.

The noodle stall owner had never seen such a big scene before. Not to mention the two leading men were dressed in luxurious clothes, the carriages, sedan chairs and more than 20 maids and servants behind them almost blocked the street. The noodle stall owner thought that this time he would have a big business, so he and his wife started rolling noodles eagerly. As a result, the maid who came over to take the order said, "Two bowls of shaobing."

The noodle stall owner was stunned for a while: "Just... two bowls?" At least give one bowl to these twenty people!

The maid said "Just two bowls" and immediately hurried back to Old Lady Wang.

The noodle stall owner secretly complained: "Eating a bowl of noodles requires such a big fuss, it's really just a show of strength."

Old Mrs. Wang is certainly not short of money for a few bowls of noodles, but the Wang family is indeed just trying to show off their wealth nowadays.

Wang Shiping was a man of limited intelligence, and had only been able to enter the officialdom through imperial influence. After decades of ups and downs, he was promoted to the third rank during the reign of the new emperor, but this was all thanks to the legacy of his late father. The Wang family is no longer as powerful as it once was, and many court officials no longer care about the Wang family.

Old Lady Wang: "Parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run. Your father and I worked from the wasteland to earn your current family business, so even if you are not a talented child, you can still make it to where you are today in the officialdom. But what have you earned for your children?"

Being scolded in front of so many people, Wang Shiping felt his face burning. He put down his chopsticks and said, "What are you talking about, mother? I haven't done nothing over the years. I still have some face in the officialdom."

"So stingy? So stingy that you can't even do anything if your sister is killed?" Old Mrs. Wang didn't give any face to her own son at all.

Wang Shiping was so angry that he wanted to leave, but he didn't dare to. He sat there hunched over, staring at the flickering candle on the table without saying a word.

Seeing that he didn't eat, Old Lady Wang scolded him again: "You have a lot to do but eat little. This is not a sign of longevity! Eat quickly!"

Wang Shiping is so old, but in front of his old mother, he is treated like a child who is even chased away from eating, and his face turns red.

But he didn't dare to disobey his mother, so he picked up his chopsticks awkwardly and took a sip.

Old Lady Wang: "Did you understand what happened tonight?"

"Auntie..." Wang Shiping suddenly remembered that they were on the street and changed his words, "She wants to get rid of the Gu and Sheng families, right?"

Mrs. Wang nodded.

Wang Shiping: "They should be the ones who cut the wick. But what's the point of saying it burns longer?"

Old Mrs. Wang: "Don't you understand?"

Wang Shiping: "It's not like they can stay together forever, right?"

Old Mrs. Wang sighed helplessly and said, "You're talking about our Wang family, silly son!"

"Our family?" Wang Shiping was very shocked. "What does this have to do with our family?"

Old Mrs. Wang was very tired. She didn't understand why her son was so stupid when she was excellent in everything.

She didn't want to beat around the bush with her silly son anymore, so she gave a direct answer: "Only if we help her get rid of these two families can our family survive in the long run."

Wang Shiping's jaw almost dropped to the table: "We take action? But...but didn't we go to the palace tonight just to ask the Empress Dowager to take action?"

Old Lady Wang: "It's my fault for not thinking it through. If the Madam could do it herself, based on the incident of Gu Tingye cheating the imperial seal, she would have been able to control this kid and would not have allowed him to jump around until now."

Wang Shiping: "But Gu Tingye was the one who saved the emperor! He shot and killed the rebel king and saved the late emperor. The late emperor also said, 'No one should treat the Gu family with disrespect.' How can the empress disobey you?"

Old Lady Wang: "Yes! That's why the Madam can't do it herself."

Wang Shiping: "Then we can't do it! If we do this, it's not a big deal to violate the will of the previous emperor, but it will offend the current emperor, and we will be in big trouble! Mother, my father came from a poor and remote village and risked his life to fight for the Wang family! Now we have a little wealth and official status, why bother to take chestnuts from the fire?"

Old Lady Wang: "The grace of a gentleman is cut off after five generations. You are living a comfortable and bright life now, but what about your son? What about your son's son? If the Wang family wants to continue its honor from generation to generation, it must make achievements."

Wang Shiping: "This isn't the kind of achievement that should be made! Oh, helping Tai... her get rid of a few thorns in her side, that's considered an achievement? If the Gu and Sheng families fall, there will still be the Zhang and Li families. I can't take the fact that I've defeated a few officials as my political achievement, right?"

Old Lady Wang: "You have been an official for decades, why are you still so naive? This is called a pledge of allegiance! If you don't help her get rid of the biggest worry in her heart, why would she ask you for a good job? Just based on your mediocre talent?"

Wang Shiping choked.

Old Lady Wang: "Don't blame me for being harsh. My son, our Wang family was once so prosperous, but now it has fallen to this point. You should be worried. How can you still have the time to talk to me about achievements?"

Wang Shiping lowered his head and took a few mouthfuls of noodles.

Seeing that her son had been convinced by her, Old Lady Wang nodded with satisfaction: "Now that you are the head of the Wang family, you still have to make the decision on such a big matter. Eat slowly and think slowly, and tell me when you have thought it through. No matter what choice you make, I will stand by you."

……

On the second day, mother and son came to Baoci Palace again.

The Queen Mother knew that the mother and son had made a plan, and said with a smile: "The emperor needs loyal ministers like you. Unlike treacherous people like Gu Tingye, who can only instigate the emperor to do petty thefts and prepare for war. With such people around the emperor, he will find it difficult to carry out his revenge even if he has the utmost revenge. You, the Wang family, must be loyal to the country and live up to the late emperor!"

She did not make any specific arrangements, but after the mother and son returned home, Li Dequan, the eunuch chief of the emperor's affairs, sent a woman.

"Eunuch Li said that the girl's name is Fengxian, and she is his distant niece. She is gentle, kind, and easy to bear. Lord Wang, you can keep her for yourself or give her to your relatives. I only ask that you find a good family for the child so that she will have someone to rely on for the rest of her life." The visitor said with his head down.

Old Lady Wang bowed and thanked him: "My son is so old, how can he let such a young beauty stay with him? Please go back and tell Li Neiguan not to worry, my family will definitely send his niece to a suitable family."

After the eunuch left, Wang Shiping asked Old Lady Wang: "Should we send him to the Sheng family or the Gu family?"

Before Mrs. Wang could speak, Fengxian replied, "Gu family."

Both mother and son looked at her.

Feng Xian bowed her head and said, "I heard from my uncle that the Marquis of the Gu family still has no children. My ancestors gave birth to twins. If I go to the Gu family, I will definitely be able to serve the Marquis and his wife."

"Very good!" Old Lady Wang smiled. "She is the apple of the eye of the old lady from the Sheng family. If you can help her husband have a child, both the Wang family and the Sheng family will come to thank you."

Two hours later, Old Lady Wang and the carefully dressed Fengxian appeared in Chengyuan.

Minglan smiled and said, "How come Grandmother Wang has time to come here today?" She guessed that the Wang family had bad intentions today.

Old Lady Wang: "My dear child, you have been married for such a long time, and I have never come to see you. Now that your mother is not in the capital, I will of course take good care of you children for her."

"Thank you, grandmother, for your kindness." Minglan looked at Fengxian who was standing next to Old Lady Wang, "Does this sister look unfamiliar to me?" In fact, she looked very familiar. In her previous life, the damn Fengxian almost killed her brother Tuan. She would recognize this face even if it turned into ashes.