The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

Yunmengxuan

Lin Wanru set up a small Buddhist shrine in the house, and copied some Buddhist scriptures every day and burned them to mourn her late husband.

As soon as Shen Qionghua entered the yard, Lin Wanru had just finished copying the Buddhist scriptures.

She accompanied Lin Wanru to burn the Buddhist scriptures, recited the scriptures for a quarter of an hour, and then helped Lin Wanru to get up.

"Why are you here at this time today?" Lin Wanru asked softly.

In the past, her daughter usually wouldn't disturb her at this time.

Shen Qionghua sat down beside her, her eyes filled with urgency. "Mother, do you know how my aunt married into the Yongning Marquis's Mansion?"

Lin Wanru frowned slightly, "Why are you asking this?"

"I... I'm just curious. Jiangnan is thousands of miles away from the capital, and my grandfather's official position is not high. How could my aunt marry into the capital?" Shen Qionghua said casually.

Lin Wanru smiled gently, as if thinking of the days before she got married.

"It is said that the Marquis was in Jiangnan to control the floods when he saw your aunt and fell in love with her at first sight. He then returned to the Marquis' Mansion to report to the elders and came to your neighbor's house to ask for her hand in marriage."

Upon hearing this, Shen Qionghua clenched the handkerchief in her hand a little tighter. "Then, did you meet the Marquis before your aunt got married?"

When Lin Wanru heard this, surprise flashed in her eyes. She didn't expect Shen Qionghua to ask this question.

"No, I was still unmarried at the time and rarely left the house. How could I possibly meet a man from another family?"

After hearing this, Shen Qionghua's eyes flashed with deep thought.

She stood up and took Lin Wanru's hand, "Mother, the weather is nice today, let's go for a walk outside. We have been here for so long and haven't really walked around the gardens yet."

Willows hang down golden threads, and on the shimmering lake, lotus flowers sway gently in the breeze.

Shen Qionghua accompanied Lin Wanru to enjoy the scenery along the way, but his mind was on the people around them.

She had specially chosen this small garden, just across the wall from the front yard of the Yongning Marquis's Mansion.

After walking and stopping along the way, they found a pavilion in front of them. Lin Wanru hadn't walked for such a long time, and her legs were weak and exhausted. Shen Qionghua helped Lin Wanru into the pavilion, but she didn't expect that there was a young girl sitting inside.

The girl in the goose yellow dress was basking in the sun. When she heard the noise, she turned around and her eyebrows instantly raised.

"I was wondering who it was, it turned out to be Cousin Hua and Aunt Shen."

As she spoke, she sneered and made no attempt to stand up and pay her respects to Lin Wanru as a junior.

This girl was Zhou Lingfu. She had just left the ancestral hall yesterday and was holding her breath. Unexpectedly, she ran into this person she hated today.

"Cousin Fu has been locked up in the ancestral hall for half a month, but she is still so ignorant." Shen Qionghua said lightly while supporting Lin Wanru.

Zhou Lingfu stood up instantly, "How dare you discipline me!"

If it weren’t for Shen Qionghua, she wouldn’t have been punished by her grandmother to kneel in the ancestral hall!

And there are more than five thousand taels of silver!

Zhou Lingfu felt heartbroken when she thought that Shen Qionghua had taken away as much as one-third of the dowry her mother had prepared for her.

Suddenly, she seemed to have thought of something, sneered, her eyes full of pride,

"Cousin Hua, I'm afraid you don't know, but Princess Le'an is going to hold a lotus viewing banquet at the Princess's Mansion in two days. She has invited all the young men and women in the capital, but I'm afraid Cousin Hua is not qualified to go."

So what if the Shen family is rich? Only noble ladies like her are qualified to attend a banquet like this.

Zhou Lingfu glanced at Shen Qionghua, hoping to see her envious and jealous expression.

"Oh." Shen Qionghua responded lightly, feeling very calm inside.

Princess Le'an was the daughter of Concubine Zhou and the Emperor, the second princess of the Dai Viet Dynasty, and the younger sister of King An.

In her previous life, when she was married to Prince An, she had attended countless palace banquets. A mere lotus viewing banquet was unlikely to cause her any excitement.

But a lotus viewing banquet?

Shen Qionghua's eyebrows twitched. She remembered that there was no lotus viewing banquet in her previous life, but there was a chrysanthemum viewing banquet held in autumn.

But by then, her mother had already been murdered, and she had to observe mourning for her mother, so she was unable to go.

Is this too early?

Then will my mother's death also come early?

Zhou Lingfu stared at Shen Qionghua's face intently. Seeing that there was no fluctuation on her face, she thought that she was just pretending in front of her. She was probably jealous to the point of going crazy.

"Cousin Hua, you must be envious. It's a pity that someone like you, who reeks of money, will never be able to enter the princess's mansion in this lifetime."

Zhou Lingfu smiled, her eyes full of pride.

Lin Wanru couldn't stand it anymore. Although she respected her elder sister and was grateful for the care the Marquis' Mansion had given them during this period, it didn't mean that she could tolerate others verbally humiliating her daughter.

"Miss, isn't that too much?" Lin Wanru said with some embarrassment.

Her daughter knows herself well, and Hua Jie'er has never cared about these celebrity banquets.

But even if she cared, Zhou Lingfu shouldn't have said such harsh words to Hua Jie'er.

Although she stayed in Yunmengxuan all day and rarely came out, just from this sentence, one could imagine that Zhou Lingfu definitely didn't bully Hua Jie'er in normal times.

Lin Wanru's hands, which were holding the handkerchief, turned pale, and for the first time she thought of moving out of the Marquis' Mansion.

"Aunt Shen, why are you so anxious? You've just recovered. Don't get sick again. If someone with a weak constitution gets sick a few more times, you might have to go downstairs to find Uncle Shen."

He openly cursed Lin Wanru to die early.

Lin Wanru was so angry that her face turned pale, and her hands were shaking as she pointed at Zhou Lingfu.

Shen Qionghua was also very angry. After being reborn, her family was her bottom line. Now that Zhou Lingfu was openly cursing her mother to die early, how could she remain indifferent?

Shen Qionghua took a step forward and protected her mother behind her. Just as she was about to speak, she was interrupted by a cold shout.

"presumptuous!"

Following the sound, I saw a tall man wearing a dark green brocade robe and a sword at his waist standing not far away. It was Marquis Yongning.

Shen Qionghua's pupils shrank and her hands clenched unconsciously.

So, it’s true!

The reason why she brought A Niang to this garden was to test Marquis Yongning.

She asked Shaoyao to find out that Marquis Yongning had been in the mansion for the past few days. Apart from paying his respects to the old lady, he rarely came to the backyard and basically handled military affairs and state affairs in the front yard.

It had only been a quarter of an hour since she brought A'niang from Yunmengxuan to the small garden when Marquis Yongning arrived.

This is no coincidence!

"Is this how you treat your elders? You're so rude! You've completely forgotten all the etiquette the Marquis' Mansion taught you as a daughter of a noble family!"

The majestic voice gradually became louder as the Marquis of Yongning approached. By the time the Marquis of Yongning reached her, Zhou Lingfu was already trembling with fear.

"Uncle, I... Fu'er didn't mean it." Zhou Lingfu said in a trembling voice.

Zhou Lingfu is not a fool. She knows who can be bullied and who cannot be provoked.

The glory of the Marquis' Mansion today is all due to the fact that Marquis Yongning saved the emperor when he was still the crown prince. Even Concubine Zhou, who is now the most favored concubine in the harem, was able to enter the crown prince's mansion because of Marquis Yongning.

If she angered the old lady, she and her mother could still argue and ask the old lady to give her a lighter punishment. But if she angered the Marquis of Yongning...

Zhou Lingfu still wants to continue being the eldest daughter of the Yongning Marquis' Mansion!