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

After arriving at Jiangbei's mansion, Shen Lanyue noticed that there were many spies around them. Not only Meng Changce's travel, but also her travel was under surveillance.

She couldn't tell how many teams were observing them, but one thing was obvious: Meng Changce stayed in his mansion every day for a few days after arriving in Jiangbei.

Except for the few elders of the Jiang family at the beginning, Meng Changce took Shen Lanyue to meet them, and he did not meet anyone else.

As the sun set in the west, a table full of fish feast was prepared in the mansion.

Shen Lanyue took a glance at the fish feast on the table and felt dizzy.

Even if you are a fish lover, you will get tired of eating it every day. Even though the kitchen staff has tried every possible trick, Shen Lanyue still has no appetite.

"Lan Yue, why don't you try the fish you caught?" Meng Changce tilted his head and looked at her with a smile.

Shen Lanyue gave him a fake smile, secretly thinking in her heart that she didn't want to eat fish in the past few years.

"If your Lordship likes it, please eat more. I'm not hungry." Shen Lanyue picked up a piece of fish with her chopsticks and put it into his bowl, smiling.

A smile appeared on Meng Changce's lips, his mouth corners curled up, and a hint of narrowness flashed in his eyes.

He stared into her eyes and without hesitation picked it up and put it in his mouth.

Shen Lanyue raised her eyes and just smiled, but her hands moved faster and faster. Basically, as soon as Meng Changce finished eating, she picked up the food and put it into his bowl.

Meng Changce looked at her quick movements and the smile in his eyes deepened.

In fact, everything in Jiangbei has been under his control for a long time. When Emperor Yingde was unaware, the old members of the Jiang family had already contacted Meng Changce, so his main purpose of coming here was to avoid the edge of the Fourth Prince.

He had already anticipated that what Li Jing needed most at this moment was a princess who could give him assistance, and he knew the character of the Fourth Prince very well, so the candidate must be Xu Ziyun from the Xu family.

There was a hint of complexity in Meng Changce's eyes. He knew one thing, that the best friend behind his wife was the young lady from the Xu family.

This is also one of the reasons why Meng Changce must take her away from the capital.

According to Shen Lanyue's personality, Meng Changce knew that she would definitely intervene in this matter. Once Li Jing found out that she was involved, Shen Lanyue would be in danger everywhere.

The Xu family did not want to get involved in the fight for the throne among the princes, and as far as he knew, the Xu family did not fancy the fourth prince Li Jing.

There are many reasons for this, the most important one is that the former Taifu Xu was Li Xuli's teacher, a real teacher, and Emperor Yingde at the time also meant that Li Xuli would be the future emperor.

Li Xuli did not disappoint Master Xu's teachings and was outstanding in everything, which made Master Xu love this child even more.

So if the Xu family really wants to participate in it, they will only choose one prince.

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Things turned out just as Meng Changce had expected. Recently, Li Jing began to appear frequently beside Xu Ziyun, creating chance encounters.

Xu Ziyun didn't like Li Jing very much, but she also understood her own fate, so even if she didn't like him, she endured her displeasure and got along with him.

Because Xu Ziyun had already accepted her fate, just when she thought her family also condoned this matter, she told Master Xu about what had happened recently one day.

But when Master Xu heard this, his face looked extremely ugly. His expression, which was usually gentle in front of Xu Ziyun, changed in an instant.

"Nonsense!" Master Xu slammed the table hard and shouted, "Why are you telling me this only today?"

Xu Ziyun had already knelt down when Master Xu was furious.

"Father, please take care of yourself. It's my daughter's fault."

Master Xu looked at his daughter kneeling on the ground, sighed, and said distressedly: "Get up."

"Yes."

The usually gentle smile on Xu Ziyun's face faded, and she stared at Master Xu in a daze.

Master Xu had noticed the look in his daughter's eyes, but he was still thinking about how to talk to her more appropriately.

After a long time, he spoke, and said with a serious tone: "Have you ever had any private dealings with him?" He found it a little difficult to talk about this.

Xu Ziyun's eyes suddenly widened and she quickly shook her head.

"No, my daughter only met him a few times when she was out, all in public, and we didn't have any private interactions."

"That's good, that's good!"

Tutor Xu repeated it twice and seemed to have heard an answer that satisfied him.

"My daughter doesn't understand. I have known who I might marry since I was a child. The Fourth Prince doesn't have a wife yet, so isn't she the best candidate?" Xu Ziyun's eyes flashed with doubt: "Why is father reacting so strongly?"

Master Xu's eyes sank slightly, and his gaze seemed to become indescribable all of a sudden, with dark and unclear emotions churning up.

"The Fourth Prince... is destined to have no chance of that position. Alas... I don't want the Xu family to get involved."

"From now on, you must always maintain a proper distance from the Fourth Prince. Even if he insists on marrying you, let him ask for an imperial decree!"

Xu Ziyun was shocked by Master Xu's tough tone and was unable to react for a moment.

"Fourth Prince..."

She wanted to know why her father said that he had no chance of that position, since he was obviously one of the only two princes in the capital who could be chosen. But after hearing the determination in her father's words, she saw darkness in his eyes, which made her shut up.

She knew she couldn't ask any more.

After Xu Ziyun left the study, Master Xu fell into the chair as if a mountain had collapsed. After a long time, he looked at the moon hanging high outside the window, and his heart felt particularly cold.

In the dim room, Master Xu felt an irrepressible surge of emotion deep in his heart. Thousands of thoughts flashed through his mind, and it felt as if a huge rock was pressing down on his heart, making it hard for him to breathe.

He leaned back in his chair, looking up at the bright moon hanging high in the sky with a sad look.

"It's all fate, it's all sin!"

When Master Xu thought of the child with the hateful and determined look in his eyes, there seemed to be a burning fire in his eyes, which made his mind clearer and clearer.

The Queen would not allow the Fourth Prince the opportunity to ascend to that throne. The image of that paranoid and noble woman flashed before Master Xu's eyes again. She wanted to control the imperial power and was willing to use the Fourth Prince as a shield.

In fact, Concubine Xian has never been a match for the Queen. Perhaps when she was young, the Queen would still care about the Emperor for emotional reasons.

But what the queen really wanted was the feeling of having the entire imperial power in her hands, so she acted in a confused and sober way. Even the rise of the third prince was tacitly approved by the queen behind the scenes, and she was paving the way for the second prince to take the throne.

Even him.