The mental state is beautiful

On the way to Quanzhou, Sheng Minglan and her grandmother encountered bandits. This time, Gu Tingye stayed obediently in Bianjing, with his wife and children!

With no one to rescue her, Sheng Minglan could only jump into the water to escape. Sheng Minglan, who was not familiar with the water, narrowly escaped death and finally got ashore. However, at this time she had nothing, was unfamiliar with the place, and had no idea where to find her grandmother.

On the other side, Mrs. Sheng was very anxious when she learned that Minglan was missing. At the critical moment, Sheng Minglan gave the only escape boat to Mrs. Sheng, which moved Mrs. Sheng so much that she vowed to protect Minglan for the rest of her life.

Unfortunately, before she could meet Minglan, she was killed and robbed by the pirates who caught up with her.

Princess Yan never thought that just changing Gu Tingye's life trajectory would make the original heroine become so miserable.

Princess Yan watched as Sheng Minglan's luck suddenly dissipated, and she knew that without the help of Gu Tingye and Old Madam Sheng, Sheng Minglan would no longer be able to turn danger into safety and disaster into blessing as in the original plot.

The news that Old Lady Sheng was killed and Sheng Minglan was missing reached the Sheng family. Sheng Hong was in a trance, as if he couldn't believe that his "all-powerful" stepmother had died like this.

The women in the Sheng family were extremely worried. They were not worried about Sheng Minglan's safety, but they were worried that the news that Sheng Minglan might have been kidnapped by bandits would spread and damage the reputation of the other women in the Sheng family.

In Ninghui Hall, the lady was fidgeting.

"Oh my God! How could something happen to the old lady? And Minglan, I don't know if she is dead or alive?"

In Linqi Pavilion, Lin Xiaoniang hugged Molan and cried.

"If Sheng Minglan hadn't been so shameless and had an ambiguous relationship with the young master, why would the old lady need to take her out to relax? If she didn't go out to relax, would the old lady die?"

"Mom, that Sheng Minglan wouldn't really be captured by the pirates, right?" Molan's voice trembled, and she was very scared.

"Don't be afraid, Mo'er. Even if Sheng Minglan gets into trouble, your father won't allow her to bring shame to the reputation of the entire family. Even the Madam and the Wang family won't allow Sheng Minglan to bring shame to Hualan and Rulan's reputation! Don't worry, ah!"

"The old lady has always been partial to one person, and now this is the result of her partiality to Sheng Minglan. Isn't it good to just stay at home and be an old feudal lord? Why did you have to cause so much trouble?"

"Who doesn't know what she's thinking? Isn't it because she's unwilling to not have a biological son, doesn't want to worry about her master in peace, and is afraid that her master will ignore her in the future? Did she think that raising Sheng Minglan would be enough? But now she ends up like this!"

"Back then, she didn't care that the third place winner had a childhood sweetheart to be engaged to, and she used the power of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion to force the third place winner to marry her, causing the man's original wife to become a concubine. Don't blame her for favoring the concubine and ignoring her wife!"

"If you ask me, the murder of her child was her own retribution. Later, she didn't want to marry again, so she kept the master by her side. How could the master have a good skin when he was young?"

"Then she acted like she couldn't stand seeing me and my master together, and acted like she was noble and upright. Did she really think that no one would remember that she had shamelessly married me?"

Lin Qinshuang burst into tears as she spoke, venting her resentment towards Old Madam Sheng.

That year, something happened to the Lin family. Some died, some left. Lin Qinshuang's younger sister disappeared on the way to escape. Before her mother died, she used their past relationship to send the last bit of assets of her and the Lin family to Old Lady Sheng.

Lin Qinshuang had seen the fickleness of the world along her journey, and she was too afraid of the life of having nothing, so she served Mrs. Sheng in a humble manner.

Seeing how Old Madam Sheng treated her like a maid, she knew that the relationship between her mother and Old Madam Sheng was actually just average.

At that time, Lin Qinshuang's only wish was to find a good man and live the rest of her life in peace. If possible, it would be even better if she could find her lost sister.

But Old Madam Sheng drew an absurd conclusion from her failed marriage. She thought that if she married Lin Qinshuang to a boy from a poor family and let her live a hard life with him, she would be able to live a good life?

Forget her affection and drink water to satisfy your hunger. Old Mrs. Sheng just came from a good family, so she can talk without any pain in her waist.

Even though she was not on good terms with her husband, her own son was murdered, and she even severed ties with her natal family and had no further contact with them, the dowry from Old Lady Sheng was her confidence.

In the years that followed, even though she had severed ties with the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, as long as others knew that she was once the only daughter of the Yongyi Marquis's Mansion, who would not give her some face?

Old Lady Sheng really seemed to be unaware that her confidence came from her natal family. She thought of marrying Lin Qinshuang to a poor family with a simple population so that Lin Qinshuang would have a good life.

But Lin Qinshuang is no longer the daughter of an official family. She will not have a decent dowry and her family will no longer support her.

She has seen through the nature of Mrs. Sheng's "Why not eat meat porridge" attitude. She knows that Mrs. Sheng does not have much affection for her, and she also knows that if she is really wronged in the future, such a relationship will not be enough for the Sheng family to support her.

Along the way, she saw many sad things happening to poor couples. Before her mother died, she made every possible effort to send her to the Sheng family, not so that she would leave here and suffer again!

So when Lin Qinshuang found out that Sheng Hong had a good impression of her, she decided to give up her integrity as a rich lady and become Sheng Hong's concubine from then on.

She knew that Madam Wang was kind and tolerant, and it was not easy to find such a mistress, so she decided to stay in the Sheng family.

Lin Qinshuang's behavior was not smart. She realized that her actions had been known to Old Lady Sheng, but Old Lady Sheng did not expose her or stop her.

Lin Qinshuang and Sheng Hong both thought that Old Lady Sheng had tacitly agreed, so they became even bolder.

Lin Qinshuang guessed at that time that Old Madam Sheng wanted to use her to control Sheng Hong, or to use her to compete with Madam Wang. She never imagined that Old Madam Sheng wanted to make her fall, let her know the difficulties of a wealthy family, and then she would honestly marry a boy from a poor family.

Old Madam Sheng miscalculated. She didn't expect that Lin Qinshuang was really pregnant. Although Madam Wang was angry, she still tolerated Lin Qinshuang.

Old Madam Sheng was furious, and she knew that Madam Wang was no longer respectful to her because of this. However, she wanted so much to prove that there was no problem with the path she had chosen for Lin Qinshuang that she decided to let Lin Qinshuang experience the difficulties of being a concubine in a wealthy family.

She made it clear in public that Lin Qinshuang's action was not her intention. Her original intention was to make Lin Qinshuang's life in the Sheng family difficult and she could not take a single step. However, she did not expect that Lin Qinshuang would gain more sympathy from Sheng Hong through this.

Lin Qinshuang finally figured out Mrs. Sheng's intention, and she sneered at it.

Old Madam Sheng thought that Lin Qinshuang would be treated like the former Old Madam Sheng, or like other unfavored concubines in the Sheng Mansion. She never imagined that Lin Qinshuang would become a favored concubine, which made Old Madam Sheng unable to accept it.

Seeing that Lin Qinshuang gave birth to Changfeng and Molan one after another and was still favored by the emperor; and seeing that other concubines in the family were unable to compete with Lin Qinshuang, Old Lady Sheng simply retired to Shou'an Hall.

Lin Qinshuang did it on purpose.

Old Madam Sheng's words and actions were too self-righteous. She had never considered Lin Qinshuang's life from her perspective. She just used Lin Qinshuang as a tool for experiment.

If Lin Qinshuang married into a poor family and lived a good life, Old Madam Sheng would be happy that her choice was not wrong, but it was a problem of the character of the former Old Master Sheng.

But if Lin Qinshuang does not live well after marrying into a poor family, Old Lady Sheng will not consider how Lin Qinshuang will live her future life.

This noble old lady paid the price for her impulsiveness in her youth, but she was still unwilling to give up.

I don't know if it was the years that smoothed her edges, but this old lady, who was once furious about the relationship between Lin Qinshuang and Sheng Hong, later began to provide Minglan, who was raised by her, with the opportunity to contact Qi Heng in the name of leaving meals for her.

Lin Qinshuang only felt ironic. People's circumstances were really different! But it didn't matter. She couldn't get the true love of Mrs. Sheng, but she got the favor of Sheng Hong.

Now that Old Madam Sheng is dead, Sheng Minglan, whom she raised, is missing. Even if she comes back, she has lost her reputation. It is even a question whether she can keep her life. In any case, she can no longer be compared with Molan.

It was the first time that Molan heard these past events. Only then did she realize that her grandmother, who seemed noble and elegant in her eyes and was the only daughter of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion, had actually caused her original fiancé's wife to become a concubine when she was young. After committing the evil deed, she even blamed others for favoring the concubine and ignoring his wife.

If she hadn't insisted on marrying by taking advantage of her family's power, wouldn't they have been able to live a loving life together?

Sheng Hong stood outside the door for a long time, lost in memories of the past. Old Madam Sheng was not only addicted to unrequited love, but also failed to fulfill her responsibilities as a legitimate wife.

Otherwise, Sheng Hong would not have lived such a miserable life with his mother in his childhood. In the end, he only got the indifferent words of Mrs. Sheng, "I couldn't even take care of myself at that time, how could I take care of you." But, Mrs. Sheng couldn't even take care of herself, wasn't it her own fault?

Sheng Hong recalled that his father's favorite concubine seemed to enjoy torturing the Sheng family members and didn't seem to care much about her own children. Now thinking about it, maybe it was revenge for his original wife becoming a concubine.

After all, she and Sheng Huaizhong are cousins, they have been childhood sweethearts, and their previous engagement is well known.

Although the Sheng family was forced by the power of the Yongyi Marquis' Mansion, they also had the intention of currying favor with the powerful.

And if that young girl did not become Sheng Huaizhong's concubine, she would not be able to find a good family even if she broke off the engagement. If she did not marry, the reputation of other sisters in the family would be affected.

At that time, the Sheng family took advantage of her situation and dared to unscrupulously turn the original wife into a concubine.

How could they not hate him? Sheng Huaizhong had been giving in, so it was inevitable that he felt guilty and had some reasons for doing so.

It is said that when it comes to marriages between royal families, feelings are the least important. In fact, isn't it the same for the officials below? In the final analysis, it is all about considerations of interests, and more.

The reason why Mrs. Sheng has been able to live safely until now is because of her family background and connections.

However, the fighting among the people above caused Sheng Hong and his biological mother to suffer. He still couldn't forgive them when he thought of his childhood.

That night, the entire Sheng family suffered from sleeplessness.

Three days passed and Sheng Minglan was still missing. Sheng Hong sent people to Quanzhou to bring back the body of Old Lady Sheng, and they were now on their way back to Bianliang.

Princess Yan knew that her family would no longer face any threats and all she had to do was wait for the emperor to die in three years as in the original plot.

Gu Tingye finally discovered Xiao Qin's true identity, and in a fit of rage he took Man Niang and their two children and ran away from home.

Seeing Gu Tingye leaving Ningyuan Hou, he gave up the title of Ningyuan Hou that was within his grasp in a fit of anger, and claimed that he could also make a name for himself.

How could Man Niang not know Gu Tingye's true ability? She didn't believe that Gu Tingye could succeed at all, and she didn't understand why Gu Tingye wanted to give up the title.

You know, it is difficult for Gu Tingye to marry a good wife in his current situation. Even if he does, Man Niang's children are already so grown up. As long as Man Niang can stay stable, the title in the future will most likely be inherited by Chang Ge'er, whom she gave birth to.

But everything that was right in front of her was just handed over to Gu Tingye, and Zhu Manniang was almost furious!

Gu Tingye was so angry that he ran away from home, and Zhu Manniang was also so angry that she wanted to run away from home.

Zhu Manniang took her son Chang Ge'er away directly. With Chang Ge'er around, she was not afraid that Gu Tingye would not come to find her. Rong Jie'er was a girl, so it was safer for her to stay with Gu Tingye.

Zhu Manniang could never have imagined that when she took her son to seek refuge with her brother, her brother, after learning that Gu Tingye had left the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, became evil and stole Chang'er away and sold him.

Zhu Manniang fought desperately, but was beaten with a bloody head.

After losing Changger, Zhu Manniang didn't dare go back to look for Gu Tingye. She ran through the woods covered in mud, trying to find her child.

On the other side, Gu Tingye, who finally discovered that Zhu Manniang had left with Chang Ge'er, was furious. He took Rong Jie'er's hand and went around looking for her.