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

In the courtyard outside Beijing

"What are the conditions I mentioned?"

Shen Wanqing sat on the chair and didn't even bother to look at the person standing in the yard.

The troupe leader first glanced at the knife-wielding guard beside Shen Wanqing before answering, "My lord, please don't embarrass us little people. We really don't dare to do that."

What he said was sincere, and he looked at Shen Wanqing with caution and timidity.

"I know what you are afraid of, but you have to think carefully. Either I can give you wealth and glory, or you can leave your life now."

After hearing her cold words, the people in the yard took a few steps back.

"Owner." A girl came forward and supported the troupe owner. She looked only seven or eight years old.

Shen Wanqing took a glance and continued, "The little girls next to you are only a few years old. You have to think about them." She pointed at the people behind him.

The troupe leader was silent for a while and held the hand of the maid beside him tightly.

The courtyard was silent for a moment.

"We don't want any glory or wealth, we just hope that you can ensure that we are safely sent out of the capital after the task is completed."

Shen Wanqing was slightly surprised and said mockingly, "If you help me succeed, I will be famous in the capital. Do you really want to give up this wealth?"

The troupe owner remained silent.

"Okay! I promise you." Shen Wanqing was actually testing them. Now she really believed it. If they had really agreed to her at the beginning, she would not dare to really use this group of people.

"Thank you, sir."

Shen Wanqing sat in the yard and only felt relieved after she asked them to perform their best acts.

It is indeed a great skill, and the opera tune is very pleasant to the ears.

It was immediately apparent that he was superior.

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"Madam, someone outside has sent me news that it's done."

Shen Lanyue put down the branch she was trimming: "Yes."

Fanfan looked at the beautiful vase with neatly trimmed branches on the table and asked Shen Lanyue, "Madam, would you like me to take these flowers and arrange them?"

Shen Lanyue looked at the colorful bouquet in front of her, smiled and said, "Give these flowers to the butler outside and ask him to deliver them to the Marquis' study."

"?" Fanfan's eyes flashed with doubt.

"Why doesn't Madam send it directly to the Marquis?"

"The Marquis has never allowed anyone to go to the study." Shen Lanyue smiled mysteriously and said, "Of course, this includes me."

When they were deeply in love in the room, Meng Changce suddenly suggested that she add some color to his study, saying that the study was the darkest and most lonely one, without any color at all.

She felt out his intentions, and finally suggested adding a touch of splendor to his study, which would naturally be a bouquet of flowers.

Meng Changce just stroked his cheek affectionately with his hand, and said with a loving and gentle tone that it would be best to choose and trim the hair yourself.

But he also said at the end that after she was done, she could just hand the vase over to the housekeeper in the mansion.

At that moment, Shen Lanyue knew that he was giving her a chance, a test to get closer to him.

Whether I can satisfy him or not.

She knew that what was hidden in the study was naturally Meng Changce's secret or his people. He was trying to decide whether he could really become his wife or continue to be the nominal mistress of the marquis's mansion.

Just like the women in the mansion, they were just pawns used by him to hide from the prying eyes of those people.

"Go." Shen Lanyue handed the vase to Fanfan personally.

"Yes."

Fanfan held the vase in his arms and walked lightly, fearing that he would accidentally fall and shatter the young lady's good intentions.

Shen Lanyue looked at her back and chuckled.

Thinking that the Lantern Festival was about to begin, Shen Wanqing didn't have much time to really check which good plays the troupe performed came from.

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Things turned out just as Shen Lanyue had expected. Shen Wanqing did not ask anyone to investigate the background of these people. After making sure that there was no one behind them, she just listened to their best performances.

None of them were very satisfied until a young man in the troupe secretly found Shen Wanqing and told her that his master had a great trick but was unwilling to show it.

And it is guaranteed to be a top-notch opera.

As expected, Shen Wanqing believed what the man said and once again pressured the troupe to let him perform, even though the troupe owner said that he had not sung that play for a long time. She even brought his youngest apprentice back to her side as a hostage.

Only then did the troupe owner obey and sing for Shen Wanqing, explaining that this was the nobleman who had forced him to do so. If she heard that there was such a play in the capital, she would kill all of them, so she concealed it.

Shen Wanqing's gloomy face was full of indifference: "It is indeed that bitch. It turns out that she is the one who is blocking me in everything." Her beautiful face, which was so beautiful that it could captivate the whole world, also looked a little hideous in the dim space.

"Come out."

A thin man came out from behind the curtain and knelt on the ground cautiously and timidly: "My dear master."

Shen Wanqing closed her eyes and didn't even want to look at him: "After this is done, I will have someone send you what you want."

"Thank you, noble man, thank you, noble man!"

The person kneeling on the ground didn't care at all how disdainful her words were. As long as his request could be fulfilled, it would be a good result.

After everyone left, Xi Ping whispered to Shen Wanqing: "Miss, can you trust this person?"

Shen Wanqing opened her eyes and glanced at her.

"With a large sum of money, there will be someone who wants it."

"Ask Fengshi to check this person." Shen Wanqing was stunned for a moment, but still gave the order.

"Yes."

After learning that there was no problem, Shen Wanqing was overjoyed and rewarded the opera troupe with many benefits, and promised to send someone to send them to a place far away from the capital afterwards.

This is the real arrival of the Lantern Festival.

On the day of the Lantern Festival, the people were divided into two groups: the common people and the nobles. The common people naturally organized themselves spontaneously, mainly selling things, and everyone just watched for the fun.

The Lantern Festival, which represented the reward from the Heavenly Family, was held in a special garden street, and those who were invited were those who had received rewards from the Heavenly Family or held official positions.

Even the vendors who appear here are all royal merchants, and ordinary merchants cannot enter.

When Shen Lanyue arrived, it was almost dusk.

Countless lanterns were already floating on the river, and the markets on both sides where the royal merchants gathered were also decorated with lights and colorful lanterns. Many ladies and nobles had already arrived, dressed in gorgeous clothes and with countless palace maids, and they were extremely happy.

"These were all arranged by the eldest princess." Xu Ziyun said with a bright smile.

Shen Lanyue curved her eyebrows and said, "The princess will not really hand everything over to a noble lady. She just gives her face and some power."

"It seems that you understand it clearly."

The eldest princess, Shen Lanyue would never dare to look down on her, nor would she really think that she was just a royal princess, otherwise why would she have taken out the edict of succession in her previous life.

A woman who holds the imperial decree of succession, but now is a princess who lives cautiously under the control of the current emperor.