As expected by everyone, she became the wife of the Marquis after being married off

Meng Changce's words made Shen Lanyue wake up. There was indeed a prince with noble birth and healthy body.

The second prince, Li Xuli, she had never thought of him before, and the reason was quite simple. Whether in her past life or in this life, she did not have much impression of this extremely low-key prince.

"Your Highness, are you using the Fourth Prince as a stepping stone for the Second Prince?"

Shen Lanyue looked at him solemnly, the desire for knowledge in her eyes had reached its peak.

Meng Changce raised his eyebrows, narrowed his eyes slightly and approached Shen Lanyue: "Lanyue, this can be said and cannot be said."

Shen Lanyue looked at him and saw that his gentle and soothing aura suddenly became fierce and intimidating the moment she finished speaking. There was a ferocious beast hidden in his deep eyes that could pounce at any time. He was lying in wait, as if he was ready to rush out and give someone a fatal blow at any time.

"I see, this can't be done, right?"

She was asking about the Xu family and the Fourth Prince.

Meng Changce withdrew his gaze from her and just smiled faintly: "Success or failure does not depend on you and me, but on the Queen."

Shen Lanyue felt annoyed. She didn't want to play guessing game with Meng Changce anymore. She knew he must know the answer.

"I want to hear my husband's answer."

Meng Changce's eyes darkened, and his slender fingers played with the folding fan in his hand, stroking the top inch by inch, with a frivolous smile on the corner of his mouth.

"I say." He suddenly closed his folding fan, and the coldness in his black pupils solidified in an instant. "No."

Shen Lanyue's eyelashes flickered slightly, and she calmly lifted the strands of hair hanging by her ears. "I take my husband's words seriously."

Meng Changce just smiled.

Shen Lanyue felt that since she had followed Meng Changce to Jiangbei, things were no longer under her control. She also discovered during this time that Meng Changce had truly protected her by his side.

Since they are already husband and wife, they can naturally resolve this crisis without having to use their own people, and it would be even better if they can take advantage of it.

In fact, when Shen Lanyue received Xu Ziyun's letter, she had already thought of how to help Ziyun most appropriately.

Her original plan was to let Yang Cheng, who had already been placed next to Li Wenxuan, light a spark in his ear, so that Li Wenxuan would have a sense of crisis and understand that Li Jing wanted the Xu family to become his.

After all, in his previous life, Li Wenxuan allowed Zhu Huaishu to marry Ziyun because he was attracted by the Xu family's family background, and in this life, she certainly didn't believe that Li Wenxuan didn't have this idea.

After weighing the pros and cons, Li Wenxuan will certainly not sit idly by and wait for death.

When Zhu Huai goes to Concubine Xian, she will not remain indifferent. As long as she creates a conflict between them first, she can find a glimmer of hope.

Of course, this is not a foolproof plan, and Shen Lanyue doesn't really want to use Yang Cheng as a chess piece right now.

Now that she had Meng Changce's answer, Shen Lanyue was of course happy. Being able to get rid of the big worry in her heart without having to do anything herself was certainly worth being happy and joyful.

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Li Jing also encountered a lot of resistance. He originally wanted to ask Emperor Yingde for an imperial decree as soon as possible, but at this time he heard that Concubine Xian suddenly asked Emperor Yingde to marry the daughter of the Xu family.

This action immediately made him feel threatened, and his expression became even uglier.

He immediately thought of going to the palace to meet the Queen. Although he already knew that the Queen's heart was not with him, he still understood his mother, and the Queen would never let the Virtuous Concubine completely suppress her at this time.

Once Li Wenxuan gets the support of the Sun family and the Xu family at this time, it will be difficult for him to fight with Li Wenxuan, and he will not be able to achieve his goal.

The eunuch who was kneeling on the ground writing the letter saw that his master looked very unhappy and anxious, so he quickly said, "Your Highness, but our people sent news that the emperor did not agree to the proposal of the virtuous concubine."

Li Jing was stunned, and immediately turned around and asked coldly: "What's going on! Tell me in detail."

"Your Highness, the Lord that Concubine Xian told His Majesty is Lord Zhu."

Li Jing paused, a trace of doubt flashed through his mind, as if he was trying to recall who Mr. Zhu was.

Suddenly I remembered that the Lord Zhu he mentioned was related to Concubine Xian.

It could only be Concubine Xian's mother's family. That good-for-nothing Zhu Huaishu immediately sneered in anger.

"Ah-"

Originally, Li Jing thought that Concubine Xian was seeking marriage on behalf of Li Wenxuan, but it turned out to be Zhu Huaishu, the lecherous and useless man with no future.

"Your Highness?" The eunuch looked up cautiously.

Li Jing glanced at him and waved him off. "Go away."

"Yes."

Li Jing felt relieved now, although he didn't know what Concubine Xian was thinking. She was probably so proud of the favor she had received over the years that she actually wanted a fool to be qualified to marry Grand Tutor Xu's legitimate daughter.

Not to mention the difference in status, that old fool Master Xu would not agree to this point.

However, Li Jing frowned, and a flash of hostility flashed across his eyes.

I don’t understand why Concubine Xian wants to marry Xu Ziyun at this time. Could it be that... Li Wenxuan wants to intervene and ruin his plans?

Thinking of this, his solemn black eyes became even more ruthless, his clenched five fingers sunk deep into his palms, pinching one mark after another.

Li Jing's depression became even worse. He thought of the queen who treated him as a pawn, and the virtuous concubine who was wholeheartedly protecting Li Wenxuan. His desire for power became even stronger.

"One day, you will all kneel at my feet, surviving by my breath."

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"Third Prince, all I want is the opportunity to serve you wholeheartedly. I have no other thoughts at all!" Zhu Huaishu, a grown man, knelt at Li Wenxuan's feet and cried.

When Zhu Huaishu learned that the virtuous concubine was asking for his hand in marriage to the daughter of the Xu family, he was so frightened that he almost fainted.

Li Wenxuan's expression at this time was not good. He looked at his kneeling cousin with a speechless look.

"Well, you'll be a joke to others if they see you like this. And you still think you're not a joke enough, right?"

"Your Majesty...Your Majesty..." Zhu Huaishu stood up crying, "Your Majesty is guilty."

"Humph, if the emperor had not rejected my mother, you would have been so happy right now. The eldest daughter of the Xu family is also very beautiful. With your temper, if this matter could be accomplished, you would have already made a big fuss about it."

Zhu Huaishu didn't dare to speak and could only lower his head.

Li Wenxuan was so angry when he saw his cowardly appearance, and his eyes were gloomy and dark.

Originally, he just wanted to test Li Jing, and he also understood how it was impossible for his father to really marry the daughter of the Xu family to Zhu Huaishu.

Thinking of the paper that appeared on his desk, the murderous intent in his eyes deepened.