Princess Menglang is hard to change, the whole capital is embarrassed for her

The Duke's Mansion of the State of Wei.

Yuan Zhilin lay in bed. The pain all night long made him look like a dried-up vegetable leaf fished out of the water, listless, exhausted and lifeless.

He had also read the letter that Shen Li sent yesterday. No one recognized her handwriting, so after guessing and guessing, they finally understood the meaning of the letter.

That village girl had the audacity to threaten them, telling their father to go to the General of the Cavalry's mansion within three days and take back the two shops her mother had saved him from. Otherwise, she would post a notice in the downtown area, demanding the return of the shops in front of everyone in the capital.

After seeing the location of the shop, my father was furious. If my mother had not stopped him, he would have almost dragged me out of bed and beaten me.

At the beginning, his father asked him to pick two better shops for Shen Li and also asked him to bring 5,000 taels of silver notes along with them.

How could a fool from a country village be worth so many things?

He took it upon himself to change shops to the two worst ones, and put the banknotes directly into his own pocket without even paying.

Damn it, she said posting the notice was clearly to tell others how ungrateful the Duke of Wei’s Mansion was. She wanted others to laugh at them and despise their family.

The servant hurried in from outside, glanced at Yuan Zhilin, who had a gloomy look in his eyes, and reported, "Sir, the Shen family's eldest lady just sent someone to complain, saying that they were not aware that Miss Shen wrote the letter, and that it must have been the General of the Cavalry who instigated her to do so."

"Who? The General of the Cavalry?"

"Yes, that's what the Shen family said."

Yuan Zhilin narrowed his eyes.

The General of Cavalry is really Shen Li’s uncle.

That's why my father was so angry after seeing the letter.

My father didn't agree with the cancellation of the engagement in the first place. He said that if things didn't work out, I could just marry her and keep her at home, and then take in a few concubines. There was no need to do something that would make people gossip about me.

It was he and his mother who insisted on breaking off the engagement.

My mother knew that my father was marrying into the Shen family because he had his eyes on the Prime Minister's Mansion behind the Shen family, so she advised my father that even if he really wanted to take the relationship with the Prime Minister's Mansion to the next level, he should choose Shen Yao, the Prime Minister's granddaughter, instead of Shen Li.

My father was persuaded.

My mother went to the Shen family to discuss the cancellation of the engagement. Mrs. Shen handed over the engagement contract without saying a word.

After learning that the Shen family didn't value Shen Li so much, her father felt that canceling the engagement was right, and his expression improved.

But it was only a few days later, and my father's face became gloomy again.

Because the General of Cavalry went to the palace to ask the emperor to take Shen Li back, saying that Shen Li might be his niece.

This news made the father extremely regretful.

In my father's eyes, the value of the General of Cavalry is far greater than that of the Prime Minister.

The Prime Minister originally belonged to the Second Prince, and adding another layer of relationship was just icing on the cake.

The General of Cavalry is different.

Everyone in the court who was fighting for the position of Crown Prince was trying to win him over, but he didn't stand on anyone's side and was only loyal to the Emperor. The Emperor knew this and trusted him very much.

If his engagement with Shen Li was still in place, the general would have a marriage relationship with the Duke of Wei's Mansion. Even if the general did not take sides, others would still classify him as the second prince's side.

When his father learned the news, he had already gone to Mizhou. In order to prevent him from going to Shen Li to cancel the engagement, his father sent people to chase him overnight. As a result, he was one step too slow by accident. Everything was already decided, and he and Shen Li were completely cleared.

I never expected that Shen Li would write to me just a few days after returning to Beijing.

His stomach churned and a strong stench hit him, and Yuan Zhilin defecated again.

......

The General's Mansion received the house deed sent by Shen Li yesterday. Upon learning that this was the compensation from the Duke of Wei's Mansion in return for saving his life, General Fang almost tore the house deed to pieces.

When he inquired about his sister, he learned that she had once saved the youngest son of the Yuan family, and also learned that the two families were related by marriage.

Not long after, I heard that the Yuan family and Li'er had broken off their engagement, but I didn't have time to ask Li'er what happened.

Now that I see the title deed, what else is there to not understand?

My sister even broke her leg while saving someone, but they insulted her by using two shabby shops. This is simply too much.

When General Fang went to court today, he brought the house deed with him. As soon as the eunuch said the words "dismissal", he walked towards the Duke of Wei.

"Duke Yuan, please stay." Fang Yao, hands clenched into fists, walked up to Duke Wei and said, "I heard that my niece sent a letter to your house. I'm sure you've read it. I've also brought the property deed with me."

He pulled out the deed from his pocket and said to Duke Wei, "My niece asked you to come to my house today to get the deed. I don't think that's necessary. You and I see each other every day. Some things can be discussed here. There's no need to come to my house and avoid unnecessary misunderstandings."

Duke Wei had a sullen face and said nothing.

What misunderstanding?

General Fang just wanted to draw a clear line between himself and him.

"General, if you have anything to say, please speak frankly," Duke Wei bowed and said calmly, "My son was ignorant and broke off the engagement with the eldest daughter of the Shen family. My Yuan family has always wanted to wait for Lord Shen to return to the capital and then go to the Shen Mansion to complain. I wonder if the general has any advice for you?"

Fang Yao tried his fist.

He could understand what Duke Wei meant. He was saying that Li'er was a member of the Shen family, and if there was anything, she should explain it to Shen Zhaojiang, not to him.

"Yuan Mengxing," Fang Yao sneered, taking two steps forward. "My sister saved your kid, and for that she lost her leg years ago. And yet your Yuan family forced my nephew to break off the engagement before her body was even cold, and even offered two shabby shops in a remote corner as payment for my sister's kindness. What's the matter? Is your son's worth just two shabby shops?"

As he spoke, he knocked the title deed in his hand and threw it in Duke Wei's face.

The fist followed closely behind the house deed and hit Duke Wei in the face.

The people watching the fight were startled and rushed forward to stop the fight.

Duke Wei had been hit hard two or three times.

Everyone rushed to support him, but failed to hold on. The Duke of Wei took a few steps back and fell to the ground, his legs flying in the air.

There are many officials in the Yuan family, and two or three of them attended the court today. When they saw the Duke being beaten, they immediately jumped out and pounced on Fang Yao.

Who is Fang Yao?

How could a man who could be awarded the title of General of Cavalry be beaten by a few weak-boned literati? He didn't even move, but just raised his foot and kicked out quickly. Those people didn't even touch his clothes before he was kicked far away.

The scene suddenly became chaotic.

The fight started before they even left the palace, and the noise was so loud that even the emperor was alarmed.

The chief eunuch, Chang Gonggong, rushed over and shouted, "Stop, stop! The emperor has ordered the general of the cavalry and the Duke of Wei to come to the imperial study for an audience."

Fang Yao retracted his fist, brushed off the non-existent dust on his body, spat at Duke Wei, and turned away.

Duke Wei finally got up from the ground. He was in so much pain that he dared not even step on the ground. Eunuch Chang had no choice but to call two young eunuchs to support him as they followed Fang Yao to the imperial study.

Royal study room.

The emperor sat behind the imperial desk, staring at the two people kneeling on the ground, without saying a word for a long time.

Fang Yao and Yuan Mengxing stared at the ground in front of them, and the emperor's heavy breathing came to their ears.

The emperor was extremely angry.

These two most important ministers started fighting in the palace right after the court session. They were so bold, so bold.

The emperor became angrier and angrier as he read it. He grabbed the memorial on the desk and threw it at him.