The legitimate daughter becomes cannon fodder? Rebirth to overthrow the system's fatality

The setting sun melts gold, and the dusk clouds merge together.

In the evening, a maid came in and said, "Second Miss, the Prime Minister has resigned and returned home. A banquet will soon be held in the front yard."

Mu Jin and the other two helped her to wash and dress, and then they walked leisurely towards the front hall.

When they arrived at the front hall, they saw the maids serving the dishes, and Lin pulled her to sit down.

"Yuan'er, look, I asked the girl next to you and made your favorite dish."

"Mother took the trouble."

At this time, a burst of laughter was heard.

Cheng Yunge held Cheng Zongyang's arm and said something, which made Cheng Zongyang laugh heartily, while Aunt Zhou beside him had a proud look on her face.

Behind them was a young man in brocade clothes, who did not inherit Cheng Zongyang's good looks and was rather ordinary. He had a blank expression and gloomy eyes, completely different from the three people in front of him who were talking and laughing.

Cheng Jiuyuan’s forearm tightened.

Lin came back to her senses and let go of her hand. She smiled apologetically and looked at the happy family of four. The smile on her lips was a little stiff.

A hint of interest flashed across Cheng Jiuyuan's eyes. It seemed that without her adding fuel to the fire, the Lin and Zhou families would have become incompatible.

"Master, look at the second young lady, she is so pretty." Lin stepped forward and pushed Aunt Zhou aside, saying with a smile.

Cheng Zongyang raised his eyes and looked at his second daughter, his gaze fixed.

His expression seemed to be filled with reminiscence and nostalgia, and finally he frowned.

Cheng Jiuyuan suppressed her emotions, and when she looked up again, her eyes were full of admiration.

"Father." She bowed slightly.

"Looks a lot like your mother."

Cheng Zongyang walked closer and smelled a scent of medicine.

Aunt Zhou smiled and said, "The second young lady is too weak, it's a pity to waste such a beautiful face."

"Dad will ask the imperial physician to come and take a look tomorrow. Everything will be fine." Cheng Zongyang frowned.

"Thank you father."

Cheng Jiuyuan mocked in her heart, thinking that rather than caring about her, it would be more accurate to say that he needed a chess piece in good health.

"Everyone, take a seat."

Cheng Zongyang sat at the top and Lin sat on her left.

Just as Zhou was about to sit down, Lin spoke.

"Master, I was invited by the wife of Censor Wu two days ago and went to her house. I found that the rules of the Censor's House are very strict, not as casual as our Prime Minister's House. No wonder the etiquette of the Censor's two daughters was praised by the Queen Mother."

Cheng Zongyang asked curiously, "Oh? Are there any rules in their house that are different from ours?"

Lin looked at Zhou who was sitting on Cheng Zongyang's right and smiled slightly: "For example, when the censor's wife was having a meal, the concubine stood by and served her."

Zhou's face froze.

She and Lin disliked each other and never had a banquet together.

If Cheng Jiuyuan hadn't come back today, there wouldn't be this banquet.

"This is just a family dinner, mother, don't make a fuss about it." Cheng Yunge said with a smile.

Cheng Jiuyuan sat in his seat with his head down, not wanting to be implicated.

"Didn't the master tell me to tell the second young lady that she was brought up in Gusu and to teach her the rules? I'm afraid I can't teach her in this way."

Without waiting for Zhou to refute, Lin continued, "Besides, this is not me making things difficult for Aunt Zhou. In such a large Dongling, let alone a powerful family like ours, even in ordinary wealthy families, there is no rule for an aunt to eat with the mistress."

Lin's voice was neither hurried nor slow, and there was a smile on her face.

Cheng Zongyang looked at Zhou: "Rules still need to be followed in front of children."

Those people in the Censorate have nothing to do, just waiting for someone to give them a chance to take advantage of them.

Zhou stood up unwillingly.

No one talks while eating or sleeping. The atmosphere at the dinner table is depressing.

Cheng Jiuyuan missed the days at Pei's house.

After dinner, Cheng Zongyang asked a few questions and then went to the study.

The rest of the people responded with a few fake words and then went back to the yard.

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Qiushuiyuan

"Wow!"

Zhou threw everything on the table onto the floor, and the ground was instantly in a mess.

"That bitch is going too far!" Zhou gritted her teeth.

She had been in the Prime Minister's Mansion for so many years and had never been insulted like she was today.

Cheng Changchuan sat in a chair and just raised his eyelids without doing anything else.

Cheng Yunge frowned: "Auntie, calm down. Didn't you always teach me that a little impatience can ruin a big plan?"

Zhou looked at her two children, each calmer than the other, and felt a sudden chill in her heart.

"You just watched your own mother being humiliated and said nothing. I really raised you in vain!"

Cheng Yunge glanced at Cheng Changchuan.

She had just spoken up for the cause, but what could she do when the other party brought up the ancestral rules?

Zhou got angry for a while, then gradually calmed down, but the coldness in her eyes was still there.

She grabbed Cheng Yunge's hand and said, "Yunge, what happened to the thing you mentioned to your father last time?"

"Aunt, it's not easy to raise a concubine. Dad still has to take care of the Lin family."

"That's because you're not important enough! I know your father. As long as you can catch the eye of the royal family, your father will consider you without you even asking."

"Yunge, mother has spent so much effort on you, more than your brother, you must do your best!"

Cheng Yunge sneered in his heart. Ever since the incident at Changtian Tower, Cheng Changchuan had become withdrawn and depressed. Sometimes the way he looked at people made people feel creepy.

Zhou turned her attention to her because she realized that she couldn't rely on Cheng Changchuan.

After all, Cheng Zongyang and Zhou are the same person.

Seeing that Cheng Yunge didn't say anything, Zhou grabbed his hand even harder.

"Yunge, did you hear what your mother told you? You can capture any of the princes in the royal family."

"The Crown Prince is selecting a concubine soon. If you can capture the Crown Prince's heart, your father will definitely make Mom his legal wife."

Cheng Yunge’s target has never been the crown prince, as the crown prince will be deposed sooner or later. His target is the male protagonist Chu Ze.

But this cannot be told to others.

"Auntie, you got the order wrong. When the prince chooses his concubines, only the legitimate ones are allowed to enter the palace. I can't even enter the palace gate."

Zhou retreated to the next best option and asked, "Then, what about the concubine?"

Cheng Yunge's face darkened. She didn't want to be a concubine!

"Aunt, in fact, the Third Prince and my daughter have met several times, and the Third Prince has a very good impression of me."

"Third Prince? Third Prince is fine too, Yun Ge, mother is counting on you."

When her daughter becomes the prince's consort, that bitch Lin Manqing will have to pay her respects to her daughter.

By then, she will have the final say in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Brother Chuan can also find a good marriage.

Brother Chuan is also eighteen years old this year, but he has a bad reputation and those ladies are too proud of him.

When he becomes a royal relative, the prince's uncle, or even the future uncle of the king.

Thinking of this, Zhou felt happy and laughed out loud.

She couldn't wait to see Lin Manqing and those people regretting their actions.