I just want to live a happy life

The Song Dynasty is becoming more and more powerful, and there are so many capable civil and military officials in the court. The bandits in the Song Dynasty have long been eradicated, so the journey is still very safe and there is no trouble.

There was no Gu Tingye to rescue them this time, but the two still met halfway.

Gu Tingye had only studied at the Sheng family for a period of time, so he couldn't say he was very familiar with the family, but he could still talk to them.

It was only at this time that Minglan learned what had happened to the Gu family from Gu Tingye.

Just like in the original plot, to outsiders, it seemed that Gu Tingye angered his biological father to death and was then kicked out of the house.

Since he could no longer take the imperial examinations, he had to find other ways out.

It just so happened that Shitou's brother and sister-in-law were running a Cao Gang, so he came to help, also to find something to do for himself.

As for his two children, Rong Jie'er and Chang Ge'er, they were left in the care of Man Niang and Nanny Chang.

In the original plot, Gu Tingye used Rulan and told others that he wanted to marry the eldest daughter of the Sheng family. In fact, the person he really wanted to marry was Sheng Minglan. However, in order to make Minglan marry him without any worries, he set up a trap with Wen Yanjing. Rulan had obviously planned to give up being with Wen Yanjing, the hypocrite, but because of Gu Tingye, she still married him.

The Sheng family had no idea that this was a setup, and they felt guilty about Sheng Minglan's substitutionary marriage, so they not only let her marry as the legitimate daughter of the Sheng family, but also gave her a lot of dowry. Gu Tingye not only achieved his goal, but also had to be grateful to him for letting bygones be bygones.

What is this called.

Of course Wang Ruofu was going to teach him a lesson this time, so he let Man Niang know that Gu Tingye was not only the second son of Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, but also the heir to the Bai family's property.

So even without the identity of the Gu family, he still has a huge fortune and can still live a very comfortable life.

Man Niang originally wanted to leave after Gu Tingye lost his status as a member of the Gu family and could not take the imperial examination, but when she knew that Gu Tingye still had so much money, she naturally did not want to leave, and she had to hold Gu Tingye even tighter.

When Gu Tingye was down, Man Niang had always taken good care of him and treated him as well as before, or even better. Gu Tingye had always liked Man Niang, and now he liked her even more.

Although she cannot be given the status of his legal wife, Man Niang is the person Gu Tingye trusts the most.

Nanny Chang used to dislike Man Niang, but now she has much less of a dislike for him.

For the sake of Man Niang and the two children, he naturally had to find a way out. He couldn't continue to be decadent, so he came to the Cao Gang. Of course, he wouldn't stay here forever. The more places he went with the people of the Cao Gang, the more he would find something suitable for him to do.

After learning that Gu Tingye's mother also died of childbirth complications, Minglan felt the same way and couldn't help but say a little more.

After hearing what she said, Gu Tingye knew what to do. He was going to join the army. He was skilled in martial arts, and if he joined the army he would gain fame. Then, no one in the Gu family would dare to look down on him anymore.

Moreover, Gu Tingye also discovered that Minglan was a good girl and was tolerant of children. Because her mother also died of childbirth complications, she could understand his difficulties even more.

He had originally planned to marry Yu Yanran, but his plan was ruined by Man Niang. Now he thinks Minglan is good and can tolerate his two children. If he marries her, she will definitely accept Man Niang and the two children.

But this idea is just a thought. He is now a person abandoned by the Gu family and has no qualifications to propose marriage to the Sheng family. But if he cannot do so now, it may not be impossible in the future.

Minglan had no idea what Gu Tingye was thinking. If she knew, it was unknown whether she would regret telling Gu Tingye so much.

After that, they separated, and Minglan and Old Madam Sheng continued on their journey.

Soon, we arrived in Youyang.

Minglan spent several months here. Unlike the Sheng Mansion, there are not so many rules here, and she doesn't have to worry about being punished by her father if she gets noticed. She can live the way she wants here.

After helping Sheng Shulan escape from the Sun family, the people in the first house were very grateful to Minglan and treated her better.

This time, when Old Lady Sheng returned to Youyang, besides visiting her old sisters, she also wanted to give Minglan the status of a legitimate daughter. Minglan did not want to give up being with Qi Heng, and as her grandmother, she could not dissuade her, so she could only help her.

Old Madam Sheng told Minglan about this, and Minglan was delighted. If she became a legitimate daughter, she would be one step closer to Qi Heng.

Under Minglan's expectation, the ancestral hall was opened. Just when Minglan was recorded as the legitimate daughter, Sheng Wei suddenly said, "Madam Sheng, does Madam Wang know that Minglan was recorded as the legitimate daughter?"

Old Madam Sheng's face froze. She really hadn't told her about this matter, not even a letter.

Sheng Wei knew what was going on when he saw the expression on Old Lady Sheng's face. He wanted to register Minglan under the name of Madam Wang, but Madam Wang didn't know about it.

Although Sheng Wei was grateful to Minglan for helping Shulan, he would not do such a thing as "acting first and reporting later".

So this matter ended in a whimper.

Having lost face once, Mrs. Sheng didn't plan to stay any longer. If she stayed any longer, she would just be laughed at by others.

Minglan was the most looking forward to this matter, but it ended in failure.

She was angry in her heart.

Why is it always like this?

She and Qi Heng liked each other, but because of Princess Pingning, or because of her status as a concubine's daughter, their plans could not be fulfilled. Now that she finally had the chance to become a legitimate daughter, it was still disrupted.

At this moment, she suddenly resented her mistress who had passed away many years ago. Why did she crawl out of her belly? Why was she not the mistress's biological child?

If she was a real daughter of the Sheng family, she wouldn't have so many troubles.

But no matter what she thought, she was a concubine's daughter and that could not be changed in any way.

This time I went to Youyang, I was very happy, but I returned very sad.

After returning to the Sheng family, Minglan went to meet Wang Ruofu.

Minglan kept her head down the whole time. Whenever she thought of the embarrassing incident at her hometown and the thoughts in her mind, she didn't dare to look at the lady.

Wang Ruofu didn't care about what she was thinking. She just went through the motions, asked her a few simple questions, and then let her go.

She and Sheng Minglan had nothing to talk about.

Sheng Minglan returned to her own courtyard and asked Danju if anything had happened during the time she was away.

Danju avoided the question and didn't answer what Minglan really wanted to ask.

It was Minglan who interrupted her, and Danju said seriously, "Miss, something really happened in the Duke of Qi's Mansion recently."

Minglan: "What?"

Danju looked at Minglan and said, "Buwei, who was beside Young Master Qi, was beaten to death by Princess Pingning."

Minglan's eyes widened in shock.