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

The next morning.

Zi Su and Qi Luo called Shen Li several times, but failed to wake her up.

Today is the day when the wife of Duke Wei will come to apologize to the girl. The general's wife and Miss Mingwan will also be here later. We can't let the girl sleep in.

The two of them pulled Shen Li's arm and shook her until Banxia came in and shouted, "The sugar-steamed custard is out of the pot. It won't taste good if it gets cold." Shen Li then opened her eyes and said sleepily, "Let He Gu put my share in the steamer. I'll eat it when I get up."

Shisu smiled with her lips pursed.

Ever since she had the protection of her uncle, the girl has become more and more like a child.

Several people were busy helping Shen Li get dressed. Banxia opened the wardrobe and looked at the brocade dresses inside. She couldn't help but sigh, "The young lady's clothes and jewelry were all bought by the old lady of the Fang family and the general's wife. If it weren't for them, the young lady would have nothing to wear today."

Shen Li's eyebrows moved.

He said to Banxia, ​​"Find the old clothes I brought from Mizhou and wear them today."

The girls looked at each other, not understanding what the girl meant.

Shen Li said: "Since you are a distinguished guest of the Shen family, you should naturally wear the clothes of the Shen Mansion. If you are meeting guests from my uncle's family, you should naturally wear the clothes given by my aunt."

The girls understood.

What the girl meant was, why should you wear the Fang family's clothes to flatter the Shen family?

Makes sense.

Several people hurriedly found the clothes and surrounded Shen Li for a while, finally tidied Shen Li up to the same look as when she just came back.

After breakfast, a maid came to inform that the wife of the General of Cavalry and the cousin were about to arrive. The old lady asked the girl to go to Yanshou Hall early to wait.

Shen Li walked through the garden with Zi Su and Qi Luo.

The maids who were sweeping the floor twitched their lips when they saw their master and servant.

The girl was dressed so poorly, even worse than them.

Didn’t they say that the late lady’s soul has left?

Why does the girl still look confused?

Don't you know you're meeting an important guest today? Why don't you dress up nicely? Instead, your appearance is getting worse.

Yanshou Hall.

The old lady and Mrs. Zhao and Mrs. Wan have all arrived. They didn't sleep well last night, and they all have dark circles under their eyes that can't be concealed no matter how thick the makeup is.

Sitting next to them were the sisters Shen Yao, Shen Yan and Shen Lin. They said they were there to talk to Fang Mingwan, but in fact they were all waiting to see the wife of Duke Wei.

The marriage between the youngest son of Duke Wei and Shen Li fell through, and now their chance had arrived.

That’s the Duke of Wei’s Mansion, a century-old family.

Even though they are not as prominent in recent years, they still have much more background than the Shen family who came from a poor background.

To put it nicely, Shen Zhaojiang is a third-rank official, but in the eyes of the powerful in Beijing, he is not good enough.

Who doesn’t know that he got to this position thanks to his two wives?

Colleagues are polite to each other when they meet on weekdays, but when it comes to their children getting married, they only look for partners from wealthy families, and they want to be a good match.

Shen Yao still has a maternal grandparents' home in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but Shen Yan and Shen Lin have nothing.

Now that Shen Li has returned with the support of his uncle, the General of the Cavalry, the two of them have to stand aside.

They both knew that even if the Duke's wife did marry into the Shen family, she would only choose Shen Yao. But it was good to be able to show her face in front of the Duke's wife. Even a casual word of praise from her would greatly help their marriage.

These words were spoken to them by Mrs. Wan herself, and the two sisters were looking forward to this meeting.

Just as I was looking forward to it, Shen Li came in wearing clothes that were washed so clean that they looked white.

When the old lady and Mrs. Zhao saw what she was wearing, they were immediately overwhelmed.

I didn't get enough rest last night because I was scared and tired, and I was also very irritable. Now that I see this, how can I still bear it?

Zhao stood up and started scolding Zisu and Qiluo: "How do you two do your job? Don't you know you're going to meet an important guest today? Why did you dress the girl like that? Why don't you change back now?"

She knew that the cinnabar poison wouldn't disappear so quickly, and Shen Li's dullness wouldn't be cured for a while. She could let it go without saying that Shen Li didn't know the rules, but those two girls...

Never mind, Zi Su doesn't understand either. But what about Qi Luo?

She came from the General of Cavalry's Mansion, doesn't she understand?

This is a deliberate slap in the face of the Shen family.

But Qiluo and Qili's monthly wages did not come from the Shen Mansion, and their indentures were not in the Shen family either, so she couldn't control them even if she wanted to.

The Shen family could not afford to offend the General's Mansion. Since they were willing to send two maids to serve Shen Li, she did not dare to object.

But how could she tolerate such nonsense in such an occasion today?

Just as he was about to give her a good scolding, a little girl hurried in, bowed and said, "The General's wife and Miss Fang are here."

Zhao suppressed her anger.

I had heard from my father a long time ago how respectable the General of Cavalry was in front of the Emperor, but I never dreamed that he was actually Shen Li's uncle.

Fortunately, Fang died, otherwise, given Shen Zhaojiang's character, he would definitely bring Fang back and worship her as an ancestor.

While Zhao was thinking, a maid in cyan clothes led Lan and Fang Mingwan in.

The two men entered Yanshou Hall in a serious manner and were about to pay their respects to the old lady, but when they looked up, they were stunned.

"Li'er?"

Lan's eyes widened, her face full of heartache and pity, disbelief, and suppressed anger.

I quickly covered my mouth with a handkerchief to stop the snot bubbles that were about to come out from laughing.

It's so fucking satisfying. After all, she is the general's niece. She follows the general's wild ways and can slap him in the face any way she wants.

Tell the general about this later, and he will laugh out loud with pride.

"Cousin? Why...why don't you have any clothes to wear?" Fang Mingwan was surprised at first, but now when she saw her mother's shoulders shaking as she was trying to suppress them, she knew that something was up.

She knew her mother too well. The way her shoulders were shaking proved that her mother was laughing so hard and was trying hard to hold it back.

Ming Wan quickly walked forward, holding Shen Li's hand, and was so sad that tears were about to fall out, "Cousin, didn't our family make new clothes for you? Why don't you wear them?"

Yeah, why don’t you wear it?

The old lady and Zhao were filled with hatred.

Why the hell don’t you wear your new clothes?

"The person I'm meeting today is a guest of our Shen family. How can I meet him wearing the clothes given by the Fang family?" Shen Li said confidently, as if he was thinking about the Shen family's reputation.

I am poisoned, and poisoning makes sense.

Zhao's heart ached.

The old lady covered her chest with her hands, and could hardly sit still.

Lan's shoulders finally stopped shaking. She took away the handkerchief and her face turned as black as an iron pot.

"Is it possible that the mansion didn't even prepare a decent set of clothes to pick you up?"

How could such an elder be worthy of her gift?

Lan's eyelids drooped, and she pulled Shen Li and Ming Wan to sit down.

The ladies were very angry but dared not say anything.

All the ladies in the capital knew about Lan's aggressiveness. If they were to confront her today, even the three of them combined would not be her match.

What’s more, the wife of the Duke of Wei is about to arrive. What should I do?

The old lady hurriedly said to Nanny Sun, "Quick, take out my set of Dongzhu headdresses and comb the young lady's hair again."

Zhao also hurriedly said to Madam Zhou, "Hurry up and go to the sewing room and get the blue smoke gauze dress that the second young lady just made. Hurry and change the eldest young lady into it."

"Mom." Shen Yao almost cried when she heard it.

That was the smoke silk gauze her grandmother gave her, why should she let that bitch wear it?

Zhao had no time to coax her. If she didn't hurry up, the Duke's wife would be here.

I was busy right now, and what I feared came true.

The little girl who had delivered the message came in again, bowed and said, "Madam, the wife of the Duke of Wei has arrived."