My sister must marry someone else? Why are you crying when I marry the King of War?

Several hundred taels of silver, it’s a bargain for Lin Yulan.

But if you think about it, Lin Yulan's absence from the summer banquet means that it is still their second branch that represents the Wuwei Marquis's Mansion, and that the title of Wuwei Marquis will most likely fall on their second branch in the end.

Then, it will be easier for her children to find a better match.

Compared with this benefit, a few hundred taels of silver are nothing.

If Lin Yulan knew what she was thinking, she would probably look at her with some sympathy. Lord Shao was just a dandy man with a dark heart. It was not easy for the second branch to take the title from him.

Lin Yulan's financial luck has been pretty good recently. Not only did she get more than four hundred taels of silver from Old Madam Shao, but the silk gauze she had hoarded before also gradually became popular, and she was making large sums of money every day.

She intentionally controlled sales and would increase shipments after more than a month. This fortune was bound to be made.

Unexpectedly, the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace secretly sent someone to the Marquis's Mansion to convey a message, hoping that the wife of the Marquis of Wuwei would attend the summer banquet.

Madam Shao and Mrs. Fu were almost furious when they heard the news!

When Mrs. Shao sent someone to call Lin Yulan over to tell her about this, Lin Yulan opened her eyes wide in surprise.

She really didn't expect it.

In the eyes of Madam Shao and Mrs. Fu, her reaction was clearly that she was taking advantage of the situation, which made the two of them even more aggrieved.

Mrs. Fu smiled sourly, "My niece-in-law has caught the eye of the Crown Princess. I didn't expect that I would have such good fortune! But the An brothers and sisters came to the capital and had some unpleasantness with the Deng family. Although the matter has passed, it was their fault. When I meet the people of the Deng family, my niece-in-law must apologize to them, so that they won't say that our Wuwei Marquis Mansion is ignorant of etiquette."

"Your second aunt is right," Madam Shao said calmly, "The emperor attaches great importance to the summer banquet. Every year, the summer banquet is very grand. All the prominent families in the capital will attend. If you embarrass yourself at the summer banquet, everyone will know about it. Ah Xun's reputation is not good to begin with. If you cause any trouble again, it will only make things worse."

"Then you should follow your Second Aunt closely, talk less, walk less, and do whatever your Second Aunt tells you to do. Don't act rashly on your own. Do you hear me?"

Before Lin Yulan could say anything, Shao Xun came in from outside and said with a smile, "Why bother, old lady? Master will take good care of his wife, and Second Aunt will take good care of the cousins ​​and pay attention to Second Uncle. Ah, pay your respects to the old lady!"

There is no separation between men and women at the summer banquet, and no one is stupid enough to dare to create any romantic scandal in the royal gardens. If there really is one, it will bring shame to both families and both people will be doomed.

When Old Madam Shao and Mrs. Fu heard Shao Xun mention Mr. Shao, their faces suddenly became gloomy.

At a summer banquet last year, Mr. Shao got drunk and jumped onto the stage to sing an opera. He flirted with the actors, hugged them and insisted on calling them his brother, making a fool of himself in front of countless people.

After waking up from his drunken stupor, Mr. Shao was too embarrassed to go out for half a year.

Shao Xun did not go last year. A few days before the summer banquet, he and a group of friends went out of town on horseback hunting and injured his leg, so he stayed at home to recuperate.

Even so, some rumors still spread, saying that Shao Xun was resentful because he could not go to the summer banquet, so he bribed someone to do bad things and deliberately framed his own uncle to make him look bad...

After Shao Xun knew about this, he had people arrest a few scoundrels who spread the rumors and beat them so hard that they couldn't recognize their parents. After a simple and rough interrogation, the scoundrels cried and claimed that Master Shao had paid them to do this on purpose, otherwise it would be too embarrassing for Master Shao to be the only one to be embarrassed...

As a result, Shao Xun didn't believe it at all and ordered his men to beat them even harder.

Shao Xun argued that Master Shao was his second uncle, so how could he do such a shameless thing? These people were just talking nonsense, and they lied without thinking. If they dared to talk nonsense again, he would cut off their tongues.

A few scoundrels refused to change their stories, and Shao Xun cursed at them and firmly expressed his disbelief. In the end, he just beat them up, gave them a warning, and let the matter go.

After all, no matter how evil Shao Xun is, he would never kill anyone.

However, the news spread among the powerful and wealthy circles, and Mr. Shao's reputation plummeted to the bottom. Everyone who mentioned it could not help but shake their heads and sigh.

Who doesn't know about the dirty tricks in the mansions of the rich? Mr. Shao is too ungentlemanly. Even if Shao Xun is a scoundrel, he is still his nephew.

How could he frame his own nephew without any evidence?

Although there were families fighting openly and secretly for titles and heir qualifications, it was unique for someone to eat in such an ugly way as Master Shao.

Mr. Shao, Mrs. Fu, and Old Madam Shao were almost furious.

They did bribe people to spread rumors about Shao Xun, but the people they bribed were not the ones Shao Xun had arrested. God knows what happened to those people? They spoke in a very convincing manner!

They naturally didn't know that those people were directed and acted by Shao Xun himself. If he said it was, it was, as long as the content matched, it didn't matter whether the people were them or not.

It was also because of this incident that the second branch’s fight for the title had to be put on hold for the time being.

After all, they lost such a big person, how can they still have the face to fight? Who would look favorably on them?

We'll just have to wait until this matter slowly passes.

It was also from that time that Old Madam Shao began to force Shao Xun to marry her.

When Shao Xun brought up this matter at this moment, it was a double blow. On the one hand, it mocked Mr. Shao, and on the other hand, they were really regretting marrying such a wife to Shao Xun.

Mrs. Fu smiled with a fake smile: "Ah Xun, are you going to the summer banquet this year?"

Madam Shao said angrily: "With your personality of causing trouble wherever you go, it's better not to go. If something happens, no one will clean up the mess for you."

Shao Xun smiled nonchalantly: "Don't worry, old lady, I will try my best to be patient. If something really happens, I will ask you to love me more. If my wife goes, I will definitely go."

Madam Shao said angrily, "I don't have that ability! Since you are going, just control your temper! Lin, please take good care of the Marquis. I really have to worry about you all."

Lin Yulan responded softly.

Mrs. Shao was in a bad mood when she saw them. She waved her hand and said, "Go down!"

Lin Yulan and Shao Xun took their leave.

Lin Yulan continued, "Madam, the pair of gold bracelets you gave to your granddaughter-in-law before..."

When she mentioned this, Mrs. Shao felt even more pain in her heart.

Hundreds of taels of silver were just wasted!

How could a grandmother take back the things she gave to her granddaughter-in-law? She could never do such a thing.

"Since it's a reward for you, just keep it."

"Yes, thank you, Madam."