I just want to live a happy life

Although Old Lady Sheng had previously wanted Minglan to marry into a wealthy family and have her become a support, she also wanted to use Minglan to improve her status in the Sheng family so that she would not be ignored.

But now, with the Sheng family's continuous rise and she has also received the imperial edict, Minglan's chess piece is no longer needed. Besides, Minglan has been by her side for so many years and she still has some feelings for her.

She hopes Minglan will think carefully about whether she must go to the Qi family.

Of course, if Minglan insisted, she would not stop her. The Qi family was the Duke's Mansion. If Minglan married there, she, as Minglan's grandmother, would bring honor to her.

Minglan leaned on Old Lady Sheng and said, "Grandma, I have Qi Heng in my heart, and Qi Heng has made so many efforts for me to marry her. I can't let her down."

Seeing Minglan so determined, Old Lady Sheng didn't say much, but she always felt that something was wrong. She knew Princess Pingning's character and knew she would compromise. No matter how she thought about it, it was impossible.

There might be a trap on the day Princess Pingning comes.

On the day of Sheng Changbai's wedding, everything was busy but not chaotic, as it had been arranged in advance.

So Wang Ruofu doesn't need to do anything too much.

Seeing Princess Pingning's carriage at the door, Wang Ruofu hurriedly asked the servants to greet her, and then Wang Ruofu took Princess Pingning to the room.

This room is where the Sheng family usually meets distinguished guests. Princess Pingning is a princess and can be considered a distinguished guest.

The three girls sitting on the stools bowed quickly when they saw Princess Pingning.

Princess Pingning first greeted Old Lady Sheng, and then said, "Madam Wang is so lucky to have three beautiful girls at home."

Wang Ruofu curled her lips and said with a smile, "Princess Pingning, you are too kind."

Princess Pingning first chatted with Old Madam Sheng about family matters before she talked about the purpose of her visit to the Sheng family today.

In addition to attending Sheng Changbai's wedding, he also wanted to thank the Sheng family for taking care of Qi Heng.

After all, Qi Heng had studied in the Sheng family for many years. Although he failed the exam, he couldn't blame others. It was because he was not serious enough.

The gifts that should be given must be given.

Princess Pingning looked at the three girls from the Sheng family. This time, the Sheng family was not the family of a fifth-rank official. She would not be so stupid as to use the legitimate daughter of the Sheng family to mock the illegitimate daughter of the Sheng family. If she really dared to do so, she would be making enemies with the Sheng family.

Princess Pingning looked at her mother beside her and signaled her. She immediately reacted and asked the servants of Duke Qi's Mansion to bring the gifts, and then called Qi Heng over.

Qi Heng ran over happily. He thought that his mother was going to propose to the Sheng family and had asked him to come over.

But he didn't expect his mother to say something that would make him despair.

Princess Pingning: "When Heng'er was studying at your Sheng family, he always treated the girls of the Sheng family as his own sisters. To be treated as a sister by Heng'er, she must be a beautiful girl. Today, I see that she is indeed the case, so I specially prepared some gifts for you today."

As she said that, she looked at Qi Heng: "Heng'er, don't you treat them as your sisters? Just give the gifts to them."

Qi Heng did not move, still looking at his mother sadly, while his mother's eyes were full of warnings for him.

Qi Heng's eyes were almost red, but he didn't dare to disobey his mother in public.

Wang Ruofu looked at Qi Heng's expression, then glanced at Minglan implicitly. Sure enough, Minglan was not so calm either.

At this time, Old Lady Sheng spoke to break the stiff situation. She smiled and said that among the girls in the family, only Minglan had no brothers from the same mother, so she asked Minglan to accept the gift in Qi Heng's hand first.

She did this to shatter Minglan's expectations. Princess Pingning obviously disagreed. Qi Heng was a good choice, but there were too many men in the world. If Qi Heng was not available, there were still others.

After Sheng Changbai's wedding, Wang Ruofu also relaxed. Although she was not very busy that day and had her subordinates do all the work, she still felt very tired because she had a lot of things to think about.

So after finishing her work, Wang Ruofu went to sleep.

Tomorrow the daughter-in-law will offer tea to her parents-in-law. In order to avoid trouble, Sheng Hong slept at her place. He was half-controlled by her and would not make her unhappy.

The lights are off here.

Inside Shou'an Hall, the light was still on in Minglan's room. Xiaotao was guarding outside the door, but Minglan did not let her in.

Although she couldn't go in, she knew that the girl was crying and very sad. Xiao Tao was anxious, so she went to find Old Lady Sheng for advice.

Old Madam Sheng sighed: "Let her cry for a while, she will feel better after crying."

It just so happened that she was going to her hometown in Youyang to visit the old sisters of the Sheng family, that is, the old ladies of the eldest branch of the Sheng family, so she asked Minglan to go with her so that she could relax.

With this idea in mind, Mrs. Sheng acted quickly. Two days later, she took Minglan away.

Wang Ruofu and Sheng Hong stood outside the door, watching Old Madam Sheng's carriage go away. This time, after Old Madam Sheng returned to her hometown in Youyang, she arbitrarily registered Sheng Minglan under her name without her consent, changing her from a concubine's daughter to a legitimate daughter of the Sheng family.

She wanted to raise Sheng Minglan's status. Okay, as long as she agreed, she could allow her to do so. But not informing her of anything was not okay. There was no such thing as a good thing.

This time she was well prepared, so Old Madam Sheng would have no chance of achieving her goal.

Along the way, Mrs. Sheng and Minglan traveled by water. Before they had gone far, Qi Heng's boat caught up with theirs, and he also wanted to see Minglan.

Minglan knew that Princess Pingning didn't like her. As Princess Pingning was Qi Heng's mother, if she didn't agree, the marriage would not take place. So there was no point in thinking more, and Minglan had already decided to give up.

But I didn't expect Qi Heng to still insist like this.

She didn't want to see Qi Heng, so she stayed in the boat and didn't go out.

It was still Old Lady Sheng who said that she had to explain everything to him clearly and they didn't need to meet again.

Minglan still met Qi Heng, but she was shocked by the sight. Qi Heng was pale and looked very weak and powerless. After listening to his explanation, she realized that his mother did not agree. He planned to starve himself to show his determination. He had not eaten well for several days.

Minglan was very surprised. She didn't expect Qi Heng to go to this extent to marry her. Qi Heng was still insisting on persuading his mother. If she gave up, wouldn't she be letting him down?

So this time the two of them didn't make it clear, but Minglan gave Qi Heng another chance, which was also a chance for herself. If she still couldn't succeed this time, she would really give up.

Looking at the clay doll that Qi Heng gave her, Minglan made up her mind.