After being rejected, he emptied the mansion and went into exile

The room was filled with women from the Shen family.

All the men were invited to the front yard.

When the female relatives sat together, they naturally cared about the marriage life of the two married women.

Everyone knows why Shen Jinyao married into the Xiang family.

No one asked Shen Jinyao any more questions.

Instead, Shen Leyao secretly whispered in Shen Jinyao's ear.

"Sister, do you live with... your brother-in-law?"

Shen Jinyao's eyes were filled with shock.

Shen Leyao smiled secretly.

Shen Jinyao: "Who asked you to ask?"

Shen Leyao looked unhappy.

"Why? Why can't I ask? I know everything."

If you really understood everything, you wouldn't ask so bluntly.

None of the female members of the Shen family were not curious about how she and Xiang Hongxuan got along, but they all seemed to have lost their memory. When they encountered the topic of Shen Jinyao and Xiang Hongxuan, they all just laughed it off.

Shen Jinyao found it funny.

She glanced at her mother.

The mother also looked at Shen Leyao and Shen Jinyao.

Then he moved away in a hurry.

This was to get Le Yao to ask her some questions.

Shen Jinyao looked mysterious and asked, "Guess?"

Of course Shen Leyao couldn't give up just like that, because they had made a bet.

"Sister, sister, please tell me..."

Shen Jinyao knocked on Shen Leyao's head.

"Don't ask too many questions, young girl. You'll be getting married in two years."

When it came to marriage, Shen Leyao blushed and stopped asking questions.

It seemed as if she was afraid that her elder sister would bring up her marriage.

After a few words, everyone started talking about the rumors outside.

The Third Madam said dissatisfiedly, "This group of people clearly did it on purpose. Sister-in-law, should we find some guards to beat them up?"

The eldest lady also chimed in, "I think it's okay. If not, call Zhiyong back."

As the eldest daughter of a marquisate, she must teach them a lesson.

Mrs. Shen shook her head.

"They've been hanging around just trying to piss us off."

She looked at Shen Jinyao.

"Jin'er, do you know who did it?"

Shen Jinyao then told the story of what happened at the Xiang family's old house that day.

Before she was exiled, the original owner rarely went out because of illness.

She never had any interactions with the young ladies from aristocratic families.

After returning from exile, Shen Jinyao started to get busy with her marriage. How could she have time to make enemies?

Now there are only two people who don't want her to live a good life.

One is her good mother-in-law. Because she can't get any benefits from her, and because she is Xiang Hongxuan's wife, they are originally at opposite ends of the interests.

What's more, on the first day of her marriage, she offended her mother-in-law and everyone else in the Xiang family. How could they want to do her well?

Of course, the more people care about something, the more they want to explain it.

She listened to the slanders those people said in the morning.

The simple thing is that the Xiang family had already broken off the engagement, and now they married her back, and they felt it was a loss of face.

As for Xiang Hongxuan, it's nothing more than that he is unfilial.

The other person is the emperor.

But she felt that the emperor had no time for these conspiracies.

What's more, the kings of the four countries are about to come to Kyushu. If the emperor really wants to do something to her, now is not a good time.

After all, her husband is a reception envoy.

The topic of the crowd changed from the mistress of the Xiang Mansion to Shen Tingyao's belly.

However, Shen Jinyao felt that everyone was a little strange today.

As for what was strange, she couldn't tell.

Where there are many women, there are naturally endless topics to talk about.

The maids came with a smile and called everyone to eat. Shen Jinyao grabbed Shen Leyao's hand and didn't let her leave.

"Sister, aren't you hungry?"

Shen Jinyao dragged her to the corner.

"Has anything happened at home these days?"

Shen Leyao rolled her eyes.

"Tell the truth, you know..."

Finally, under pressure from Shen Jinyao, he said, "Actually, there's nothing serious going on at home, it's just..."

If there is one thing, there is one.

After listening to what Shen Leyao said, Shen Jinyao raised her eyebrows in surprise.

Establish the crown prince.

If the Shen family had not been exiled a few years ago, they would have established a crown prince.

Now that the title has been restored to the Marquisate, it is natural that this matter has to be brought up again.

But, what's there to be entangled about?

The Marquis's eldest son inherited the throne, and that was Shen Zhixin.

She thought for a moment and asked, "Zhi Xin doesn't want to?"

Shen Leyao was surprised, "Sister, how did you know?"

Shen Jinyao teased her, "Because I have something you don't have."

"what?"

"Of course it's the brain."

Shen Leyao...

"I have a nine-section whip, but you don't know how to whip it... Hey, sister..."

After everyone finished their meal, Mrs. Shen took Shen Jinyao to her room.

"Jinyao, are you happy in Xiang Mansion?"

Shen Jinyao smiled faintly and said, "Don't worry, mother. Jinyao is doing well."

Mrs. Shen couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"That General Xiang..."

Shen Jinyao: "The general is polite and respectful, and treats me very well."

Mrs. Shen did not ask any further questions, presumably because nothing had happened.

That's good.

She knew that Jin Yao had no romantic feelings for General Xiang, but General Xiang did treat Jin'er differently.

Although Jin Yao chose to marry into the Xiang family in order to protect herself, she was also worried that Xiang Hongxuan would do something bad to Jin'er.

Now it seems that although the two are not as sweet as Tingyao and the eldest prince, they also respect each other.

As for the future divorce, it is still early and nothing is certain.

She also hopes that Jin'er can find her own home.

If that person is Xiang Hongxuan, then it would indeed be a best of both worlds.

Mrs. Shen naturally would not tell Shen Jinyao about this idea, although everyone except her thought so.

Then, Mrs. Shen sighed softly.

"Mother, is this about establishing a crown prince?"

Mrs. Shen was not surprised that Shen Jinyao knew about this. After all, she had not intended to hide this matter from her and Tingyao.

"Yeah, it used to be a good job, but now it's become something no one wants..."

Only then did Shen Jinyao realize that according to the hereditary system, Shen Zhixin, the eldest son, should be the crown prince.

But Zhixin, who had always been obedient and sensible, was very unwilling.

In the end, the matter fell on Shen Zhixue, after all, he was the marquis's illegitimate son.

However, Zhixue said that he wanted to pass the imperial examination on his own.

The position of the crown prince fell to the eldest wife. Shen Zhizheng was now on duty in the Hanlin Academy, so he naturally refused the position of the crown prince that did not belong to him.

Shen Zhiyong didn't want to shoulder the family mission, he just wanted to be a general.

Ever since the master and mistress agreed to let Shen Zhiye do business, he has not been seen for two and a half days out of three days.

Shen Jinyao smiled and said, "Since no one is willing, then give it to Xiaojiu or Xiaoshi."

Mrs. Shen had an expression of sudden enlightenment.

Yes, why didn’t I think of the two little ones?

I originally thought that with so many boys in the Shen family, it would be difficult to find someone to be the crown prince.

Naturally, I forgot about the two little ones who only knew how to play around.

Thus, the Shen family's "dispute over the crown prince" ended.

While listening to Shen Jinyao, Xiang Hongxuan placed a cushion behind Shen Jinyao so that she could lean on it.

After listening to this, he couldn't help but sigh that the competition among other noble families for the position of heir was probably even more intense than the competition for the crown prince.

When this happened to the Shen family, it was so ridiculous.

He looked at Shen Jinyao's smiling eyes and couldn't help but look at her a few more times.

He had already found out that the rumor this morning came from the old house.

As for how to vent his anger, he had already thought about it.

"Madam, I will be staying in the palace tomorrow. How about we go out for a walk tonight?"