Good luck in pregnancy, the daughter of the prime minister's mansion has a soft waist

This peace came to an end only with the arrival of Uncle Song on the night before my grandmother's birthday.

Although it seemed that Song's visit was to celebrate his birthday, the more important matter was to discuss his niece's future dowry. After all, the wedding was only two months away.

Both the Shen and Wei families behaved with exceptional respect and consideration, and Marquis Jingcheng and several elders of the Shen family accompanied and received the guests throughout the entire process.

Before the banquet officially started, just hearing the loud conversations of the guests around him made Duke Song feel dizzy.

Looking back at the past, when the two families had very different attitudes towards their own families, there was obviously something else behind today's humble attitude.

Despite this, Duke Song pretended to be oblivious to everything and chatted with the nobles in the court until late at night.

After he had gone to the palace in the morning to pay his respects to the old lady and nodded slightly to his niece from a distance to express his greetings, he was toasted by everyone until he was drunk and fell asleep in the afternoon.

Before he fell, he did not make any promises and left the other party with no leeway, which made Marquis Jingcheng and the two elders of the Shen Mansion's family shake their heads and sigh.

For such a negotiation process that has made no progress, how to proceed has become an urgent problem that needs to be solved.

After learning about the situation, the old lady changed her mind in an instant and thought that it would be best to send Shen Muxue to handle it personally.

"Xue'er, you know you will always be the treasure in my heart. Now that you are about to get married, even if you go to your aunt's house, grandma still feels it is hard to let you go."

Shen Muxue had no expression on her face, and stood aside with a sneer in her heart, waiting for the next instruction.

"For a woman, the most important thing in marriage is a generous dowry. Only with sufficient wealth can one attain corresponding status and dignity. While our family may not be particularly wealthy, we will not treat you harshly. As for your uncle, since he is quite well-off, I hope you will take the initiative to ask him for additional supplies as an additional dowry. You know, since he has a deep affection for your mother, he will surely treat you like the apple of his eye."

After hearing these words that seem to be exhortations but actually contain hidden meanings, one can't help but sigh.

The old lady's skill in stirring up emotional disputes among relatives has reached perfection.

Shen Muxue nodded as she listened, and the old lady smiled happily.

"Xue'er, you and your uncle haven't seen each other for many years. You should accompany your uncle during dinner."

"Okay, Grandma."

At dinner time, although it was the first time they met, they quickly became familiar with each other because of their blood relationship and with the help of Nanny Yu and Yutang.

After dinner, Shen Muxue asked everyone else to leave and talked to her uncle alone.

"Uncle, the Emperor has no children and will probably choose the Prince of Yongning as his successor. The Wei family is planning to marry their daughter to the Prince of Yongning's mansion, and they hope I'll marry him as soon as possible so they can use my dowry to please the Empress Dowager."

"really?"

Uncle Song was so angry that his face turned red when he heard this. No wonder those dignitaries were so polite to him this morning. It turned out that they had some plan.

"Uncle, don't be impatient. I already have a solution."

Shen Muxue lowered her voice and revealed Shen Yunxiang's plan to her uncle, smiling and saying, "My uncle is determined to cancel the engagement. If it can't be cancelled, at least postpone the wedding date. This way, the situation will change, and I won't have to marry Prince Wei."

"What kind of transformation?"

Uncle Song looked at his niece sharply.

Shen Muxue showed a mysterious smile on her face: "Keep it secret for now. If your uncle is not in a hurry to return to Wenzhou, he will naturally know. If he is in a hurry to leave, I will write to you and explain it in detail."

Uncle Song soothed him, "I'm most worried about you being bullied here. You rarely wrote to me before, but thankfully you're quite resourceful. I'll stay in the capital for a while longer this time, and I'll make sure you get things done."

Hearing this, Shen Muxue's eyes couldn't help but turn red, and she felt truly warm.

This uncle really loved her very much. She was too ignorant in her previous life.

The uncle and nephew had similar personalities and had a very pleasant chat, and they did not say goodbye until late at night.

Although the emperor has recently decided not to worry about Shen Muxue, he still can't help but walk towards the Shen Mansion every night.

Of course, this time he did not enter Shen Muxue's residence, but just stood in the distance looking at the yard.

When I got there tonight, I saw a man walking out of her room at night.

Suddenly, he was furious. He tightly grasped the sword at his waist, suppressed his anger and asked, "Who is it?"

The secret guard beside him replied respectfully: "He is Miss Shen's uncle. He came here specially to attend Old Madam Shen's birthday banquet and discuss matters concerning Miss Shen's marriage."

The emperor looked down at the hilt of the sword in his hand, wondering why he had such a strong impulse?

After returning from the battlefield, he began to listen to Buddhist scriptures. Normally, there was nothing that could make him have such murderous intentions, so why did he do this now?

I returned to Xuan Yang Palace with a heavy heart.

He was once just an unknown prince. If the empress dowager had not adopted him as her stepson, he might have died in the struggles within the palace.

Even so, he was almost killed by the imperial concubine when he first ascended the throne.

Although the poison was eventually removed, he would remain childless for the rest of his life.

He was destined to live a lonely life, so he planned to spend the rest of his life repaying the Queen Mother.

After his death, he would pass the throne to the empress dowager's grandson.

But now, perhaps there is a chance to spend my life with a woman...

This thought tormented him. He had tried his best to suppress it for many days, but today it was difficult to control himself and he wanted to hold her in his arms.

No, I absolutely cannot harm her.

I will go to the temple tomorrow to listen to Buddhist teachings and purify my mind.

The next morning, the emperor went to Hongfu Temple to listen to the monks explain the scriptures.

The Shen Mansion was holding a birthday banquet for the old lady, and guests were arriving one after another.

As the daughter of the birthday girl, Lady Jingcheng Hou warmly welcomed every guest.

Most of the guests were familiar people, and each of them asked Wei Lanqian a few questions with a subtle interest, after all, she might be the future candidate for the Crown Princess.

Lady Jingchenghou proudly introduced Wei Lanqian to others, and she also displayed extraordinary grace and demeanor.

Many people were also curious about the future daughter-in-law of Marquis Jingcheng's wife, and asked which of the three young ladies of the Shen family would be chosen.

Since Shen Muxue is not good at socializing and rarely appears in public, the wife of Marquis Jingcheng is unwilling to discuss this matter in detail.

When asked, she simply responded with a casual finger.

Whenever this happened, among the three daughters of the Shen family standing in a row, the one who was pointed out would always hide behind her elder sister Shen Yunxiang.

This led many people to mistakenly believe that Shen Yunxiang was the real protagonist.