If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Aunt Cheng cried for several days, and Shen Jianglin felt heartbroken for several days as well.

Shen Sui'an and Lu Yuan's marriage is proceeding step by step.

There is no conflict between the two people's horoscopes.

So, their wedding date was set for the eighth day of next month.

They shouldn't be so anxious, but the Imperial Astronomical Observatory calculated the horoscope for Princess Guangning and found that the eighth day of next month was the most suitable for her and Lu Heng.

The Tian family has made the decision, what else can the Shen family and the Lu family say?

We can only prepare for the wedding in full swing.

With Lu Heng and Princess Guangning in the spotlight, Lu Yuan and Shen Sui'an's marriage was naturally neglected.

Mrs. Lu had lost face last time, so she was unwilling to make arrangements too carefully and left everything to the steward to prepare.

Old Prince Jing Zhao directly assigned the palace's housekeeper and nanny to help Lu Yuan arrange the wedding.

The second wife of the Shen family also returned, and Jiang could finally feel more at ease. She no longer had to worry that Shen Jianglin would impulsively hand over Shen Sui'an's marriage to Aunt Cheng.

If this is true, it is no longer a matter of worrying about Aunt Cheng interfering, but rather that one will not be able to hold their head up in the Lu family for years to come.

Mrs. Shen only brought her daughter back this time; her two sons and husband would not arrive for some time.

Before Jiang married Shen Jianglin, it was Mrs. Shen II who helped take care of Shen Sui'an.

Shen Sui'an and Shen Siyao also have a very good relationship, the two sisters are only two years apart in age.

"Why didn't the eldest sister ask me to come along when she came to talk and joke with the third sister?" Shen Siyi's bright figure appeared at the door.

Interrupting the conversation between Shen Sui'an and Shen Siyao.

Shen Siyao stood up with a smile, "My second sister is here."

"Third sister has grown into an even more beautiful girl." Shen Siyi glanced at Shen Siyao.

Jiangnan is indeed a place that nourishes people. Shen Siyao, who used to be dark and ugly, has now become so pretty and delicate.

Shen Sui'an raised his eyes and looked at Shen Siyi, "Why is my second sister so plain today?"

Shen Siyi almost couldn't hold the smile on her face. It was no secret that Aunt Cheng had lost a lot of money in business, and a lot of her jewelry had been pawned.

Shen Sui'an deliberately humiliated her.

"Elegant dressing has become a fashion outside recently. Doesn't your elder sister know? Oh, I forgot. Your elder sister is getting married soon and can't go out recently, so naturally she doesn't know what's going on outside." Shen Siyi smiled.

"Eldest sister probably doesn't know yet, but yesterday Lu Yuan was reported by the ministers of the court for disrespecting the Empress Dowager's maternal family, and the Emperor ordered him to reflect on his mistakes for three days."

Shen Sui'an glanced at Shen Siyi fiercely, "Second sister knows everything about what happened in the court."

"Don't you know that you will be convicted for discussing state affairs?"

Shen Siyi was startled by Shen Sui'an's eyes, "How did I make irresponsible remarks? I was just stating the facts."

"Second sister, the girls in our backyard should not talk about court affairs. We don't know what is right or wrong, so as to avoid saying the wrong thing." Shen Siyao tried to smooth things over.

Shen Suian picked up the teacup and frowned slightly.

She witnessed what happened that night with her own eyes. Lu Yuan did nothing wrong, yet the ministers in the court were still looking for faults in him.

The emperor gave the Qu family enough face.

This is not a good thing for the Qu family.

The higher you praise someone, the more painful it will be when he falls.

"It's because Lu Yuan is our future brother-in-law, otherwise I wouldn't say a word." Shen Siyi snorted, with a look of gloating in her eyes.

"My eldest sister is so pitiful. Her marriage was ruined by a bartender, and now she has to marry a bastard with an uncertain future."

Shen Siyao glanced at her and said, "Second sister, the commander of the Pacification Division is a third-rank official. Your uncle's rank is not as high as Commander Lu's."

"It seems that what I said did not make my second sister remember it." Shen Suian said slowly.

"You are a bastard, and you keep saying that you look down on Lu Yuan's status. Who do you think you are?"

"It's as if others are attracted to you."

"Let me hear one bad word about Lu Yuan from you again, and I'll let you know the true difference between legitimate and illegitimate children."

Shen Siyi's face turned pale after hearing these few words.

She was indeed born out of wedlock, but because her father doted on Aunt Cheng, her treatment in the Shen family was no worse than that of Shen Sui'an.

Shen Suian didn't dare to talk to her like this before.

"You humiliate me like this, aren't you afraid that my father will blame you when he finds out?" Shen Siyi was so angry that her fingers were shaking.

Shen Sui'an used to be accustomed to putting himself in a difficult position just to get a few words of praise from his father.

I don't know how many tears were shed to express the words "sensible and obedient".

"Then go and file a complaint." Shen Sui'an rolled his eyes.

Shen Siyi left angrily.

"Eldest sister, you are like a completely different person." Shen Siyao couldn't help clapping her hands. "This is the first time I see you so proud in front of Second Sister."

"Don't do such stupid things as sacrificing yourself to make others happy," said Shen Sui'an.

The two sisters quickly put Shen Siyi behind their minds and started talking about interesting things again.

Shen Sui'an still felt a little uneasy about the Qu family.

While she was thinking about how to find an excuse to go out and look for Qu Qingli, Qu Qingli came in hurriedly carrying a box of jewelry, saying that she was coming to buy some makeup for her.

"You... have taken away all your personal money, right?" Shen Suian was shocked.

"It's not just mine. There are two more sets of headwear that my grandmother asked me to send to you." Qu Qingli said with a smile.

"Anyway, I can't let you lose face in front of the Lu family."

Shen Sui'an hugged Qu Qingli tightly, "Li'er, you are so good to me."

Qu Qingli kicked off her pearl shoes, lay down on the bed carelessly, and pulled Shen Suian to lie beside her.

"I told my grandmother what you said to me that night. She said you are a careful person and that you can see things more clearly than we can."

"My grandmother went to the palace today to apologize and told the Emperor and the Empress Dowager that it was the Qu family's negligence that happened that night."

"The relatives who harbored the fugitives should also be handed over to Lu Yuan for interrogation. The Qu family will never protect them."

Qu Qingli turned over and lowered her voice, "Grandmother also ordered that we should not take in distant relatives anymore, and also ordered father to send away the guests."

This will make the Qu family completely lonely.

Old Madam Qu is truly a wise and courageous person. She has already seen through the Qu family's situation.

The emperor doesn't want the Qu family to gain power behind the fifth prince.

If the Qu family had seen it clearly, would the entire family’s property have not been confiscated later?

"Lu Yuan was scolded this time. It's really our Qu family who owes him so much." Qu Qingli whispered, "When you marry him in the future, I will go and apologize to him."

Shen Sui'an's cheeks felt a little hot. She actually didn't feel real enough to marry Lu Yuan.

Hearing his name is like hearing a stranger.

"By the way, I have something interesting to tell you. Song Xiuzhi's Chun Bu Wan has closed down." Qu Qingli looked happy.

"I heard that because they were afraid that Princess Guangning would come looking for them, the Song family fled from the capital overnight. She will probably just marry someone randomly in the future."

Shen Sui'an's eyes were cold, and he was doing the same thing as in his previous life.

She once thought that Song Xiuzhi had imprisoned Chun Buwan to get married, but later she found out that she was just hiding, waiting for an opportunity to make a comeback.

This time, the person Song Xiuzhi met was Princess Guangning. She really wanted to see how she would make Princess Guangning accept her existence when the fact that Song Xiuzhi was Lu Heng's mistress was discovered in the future.