Minglan is reborn, this time with no regrets!

When Shen Congxing arrived at the palace, he actually met the old lady of the Zou family!

The old lady had been crying in the Queen's Palace for more than two hours and had fainted twice.

Seeing Shen Congxing, Old Lady Zou pointed at him and cried, "What a treacherous son-in-law! He swore to me that he would be good to my daughter, but now he is so obsessed with marrying up that he doesn't even care about the future of my grandchildren!" She turned to the Queen and said, "My Queen! My grandchildren are still so young. If I find them a stepmother from a wealthy family, how will they be treated!"

The emperor and the empress had reached a consensus on Shen Congxing's marriage. As Minglan guessed, they were already prepared. If Shen Congxing wanted to marry a second wife, he would definitely choose one from the family of a civil official. So even if Madam Zou cried to death in front of the empress today, the empress would never agree to let Madam Zou be the next mistress of the general's mansion.

The only viable option is to become a concubine.

But she hadn't asked Shen Congxing and his wife's opinions yet, so it was not a good idea to make a decision just like that.

After Madam Zou finished crying, the Queen gave Shen Congxing a look, asking what he thought.

Before Shen Congxing left, Minglan stabbed him hard with an injection. He was filled with hatred for the Zou family mother and daughter. He said bluntly, "Your eldest daughter is still alive, why is your mother-in-law hoping for her death? She hopes that your grandchildren will lose their mother?"

Old Mrs. Zou was extremely shameless and asked back, "If I don't think about it now, do I have to wait until you marry a rich woman and torture my grandchildren to death before I think about it?"

Shen Congxing: "So, mother-in-law thinks my wife is doomed to die?"

Old Lady Zou: "Son-in-law, don't pretend to be ignorant. How many doctors have the Empress sent from the palace? How many doctors have you found among the people? Which one can cure my daughter? Things have come to this point. Shouldn't we who are still alive make plans for her children?"

Shen Congxing: "My eldest wife has already made plans for her younger sister. I came to see the Queen today to ask her to find a good marriage for my fourth sister. My mother-in-law always said that I wanted to marry someone higher up. Now that I'm looking for someone higher up for my fourth sister, isn't my mother-in-law satisfied?"

Old Madam Zou knew that she couldn't say anything about continuing the Zou family's wealth in front of the Queen, so she continued to use her grandchildren as an excuse: "I have never thought of finding a high-class marriage for my daughter. I did this for the sake of my grandchildren and your children! Son-in-law, you really hurt my heart when you say this about our Zou family!"

Shen Congxing: "My children are protected by my eldest wife. Even if something unexpected happens one day, they are still protected by the Queen and me as their father. If my mother-in-law is not greedy for the wealth of my general's mansion, then accept the Queen's marriage and find a husband for your fourth sister in another family!"

His words were harsh and decisive. If Old Madam Zou continued to make trouble, it would mean that she was greedy for the wealth of the general's mansion.

The old lady was so angry that she trembled and knelt before the queen and cried: "My queen! What a sin I have committed! Why did I marry my daughter to such a cruel husband! I have a miserable life!"

皇后已经明白沈从兴的意思，叫人扶起邹老太太，道：“老夫人，你已经有一个女儿嫁给我弟弟，若再把四妹妹嫁过来，你怎么算还是只有他这一个女婿。只要我们替四妹妹找的郎君家世好、人才好，那你便有了两个女婿，如果一个女婿不听话，那不是还有另外一个女婿帮你揍他？”

Old Madam Zou knew that the situation was already decided, so she could only follow the Queen's words and pretend to be stupid, "Is that so?"

Queen: "Of course. The Zou family's younger brother and sister-in-law gave birth to three such good children for my family. No matter what happens in the future, the blood of our two families is bound together. No matter where the Zou family goes, we Shen family will support them. If they can get another high-ranking marriage, then two families will support the Zou family. Old lady, I am afraid you will enjoy endless blessings in the future?"

Old Mrs. Zou wiped the tears from her face and finally smiled: "That seems to be the truth."

The queen exhaled a breath of foul air and said with a smile, "Then let's do it! I will have someone select a few young men of noble families of the right age today, and then let Fourth Sister choose carefully. I will definitely let her choose someone that suits her heart."

In this round, Old Mrs. Zou was completely defeated.

It was actually quite smart of her to think of coming to the Queen to cry first. As long as the Queen nodded and issued an imperial decree, Shen Congxing would have to accept it no matter how unwilling he was.

On this point, she and Minglan agreed.

The only shortcoming was that she failed to deeply realize that with the current status of the Shen family, marriage was no longer a family matter, but a state matter. Even she understood that in-laws were the most reliable bond, so how could the emperor and the important officials in the court not understand? None of the Zou family's children were capable and meritorious. Under such circumstances, how could Zou Si be the next mistress of the general's mansion?

You can rely on luck to succeed once, but if you want to succeed all the time, you have to rely on your strength!

Old Madam Zou thanked him in tears and returned to the Zou family under Shen Congxing's "escort".

Zou Si was waiting anxiously at home. Seeing Shen Congxing actually came back with his mother, he thought he had succeeded and said excitedly, "The Queen Mother agreed?!"

Madam Zou looked unhappy, and Shen Congxing said indifferently, "Yes, the Queen Mother has agreed to find a good husband for you."

Zou Si was furious: "What husband's family? I don't want any other husband's family! I want to marry you!"

Shen Congxing: "Fourth sister, I am your brother-in-law, and your elder sister is my original wife. Even if you don't care about your sister, you should always remember some moral principles in your heart!"

Zou Si: "When the elder sister dies, the younger sister takes her place. How is this against the laws of nature and morality?"

Shen Congxing finally couldn't help himself and slapped her hard: "Your sister is still alive!"

Zou Si was slapped and flew away, and his cheeks immediately swelled up.

Madam Zou was already holding back her anger, and she was unable to stop herself from crying when she saw her beloved youngest daughter being beaten. "Shen Congxing! Don't think you can do whatever you want just because you are the emperor's uncle! You are trying to climb up the social ladder without caring about the future of my grandchildren. You are a royal relative, and I can't control you. But you dared to come to my house and beat my daughter. Do you really think the world belongs to the Shen family? I will go and beat the drum to report you, and I will go to the government to sue you!"

Shen Congxing: "Mother-in-law, go ahead and complain. I can just tell the emperor how you and your daughter have been forcing my wife these days."

This sentence hit the nail on the head for the Zou family mother and daughter. Old Madam Zou said with a guilty conscience, "Who said we forced her? She proposed it herself!"

Shen Congxing: "You see my eldest wife is gentle and kind, but you keep bullying her, forcing her to break away from me for the future of the Zou family and push her own sister to me. But have you ever thought about it, mother and daughter? The reason you are in this situation is precisely because that person is my eldest wife. Fourth sister, how much have you plundered in my house these days? I don't need to tell you one by one, right? Which of my soldiers and servants has not been scolded and demoted by you? Not to mention my children, how much money have you lent out in the name of my sons? They can't pay it back, and you dare to let my soldiers collect the debt for you! Fourth sister, it's a good thing that my people know the limits and come to tell me, otherwise, with my status as a foreign relative, once the truth is revealed, not only will the heads of my general's house be in danger, but even the queen may be held accountable!"

Old Madam Zou had no idea that her youngest daughter would actually do such a thing. She shook Zou Si and asked angrily, "Are you courting death? You are going to harm the whole family!"

Zou Si didn't bother to answer his mother's words. He looked at Shen Congxing in shock: "But...but they clearly paid back all the debts for me..."

Shen Congxing: "I paid for all that money! Do you think any ordinary people can afford your sky-high interest?!"

Zou Si: "But... why is this... brother-in-law, why are you..."

Shen Congxing: "Because you are my wife's sister, I don't want to embarrass the Zou family, and I don't want to embarrass my wife. Can you also think about my wife and me, and stop causing so many troubles? Can you be more content, embroider and read books at home? There are thousands of good men in the world, and there is more than one way to succeed in the world. Fourth sister, mother-in-law, I beg you two, can you let me and my wife go, and stop focusing on the general's mansion, okay?! Our two families work together to create a bigger world for your nephew and my nephew, isn't that good?"

Madam Zou gently stroked her youngest daughter's hair and said calmly, "The general is extremely lucky. He became the uncle of the emperor at a young age and has connections with people everywhere. But I have suffered so much for so many years. I know very well that creating the world is extremely difficult and it is not something that can be done with just passion."

Shen Congxing thought that the old lady should have understood what he had said, but he didn't expect her to come up with this statement.

He was not a talkative person and was already very tired of talking, so he stopped arguing with the mother and daughter. He clasped his fists and bowed, saying, "This is all the son-in-law has to say. Whether my mother-in-law understands or not, the palace has already made the decision and no one can change it. In order to ensure that my fourth sister gets married smoothly, from today on, my people will stay near the Zou Mansion. My mother-in-law and my fourth sister should stay at home to prepare their dowries and don't go out on weekdays if you have nothing to do."

Madam Zou asked anxiously, "What are you doing? Are you going to put us mother and daughter under house arrest?!"

Shen Congxing: "It's not house arrest, it's protection. I'm worried that some thieves will come to harm you." He is familiar with this trick. If he captured the enemy leader on the battlefield and cannot kill him immediately, he will use this rhetoric to argue with the other side.

Madam Zou: "Our Zou family has never offended anyone, so how could we be persecuted? This is obviously a conspiracy by you, a thief!"

Shen Congxing: "Fourth sister secretly printed money and ruined the business of the gangsters. Why didn't anyone come to persecute her?"

This time, Mrs. Zou was really speechless.

Shen Congxing: "Once the imperial decree granting marriage arrives and Fourth Sister is successfully married, my people will leave."

After saying this, he bowed again, turned around and left.