After the divorce, I pursued the Ninth Prince 100 times.

After Shen Yuan finished giving the order, he suddenly remembered that Eunuch Gui was still watching him. His face turned pale and he felt quite embarrassed.

He bowed his hands and apologized: "Eunuch Gui, I am sorry that my daughter is so ignorant and rebellious that I have embarrassed you."

After apologizing, he saw that none of the maids and servants in the house moved, so he shouted angrily: "Hurry up and make Shen Nanxing kneel down!"

Shen Nanxing looked at him with a half-smile: "Dad, the people who are supposed to receive the decree haven't arrived yet, why are you so anxious?"

"and......"

Shen Nanxing patted off non-existent dust from her sleeves: "Father, you must have a bad memory. I am now the Princess Consort of Jing. Even if you give the order, I doubt any of the servants in the Marquis's mansion would dare to force me to kneel!"

Aunt Qiu immediately exploded upon hearing this: "Shen Nanxing, what nonsense are you spouting? What do you mean the person receiving the imperial decree hasn't arrived yet? Are you blind? Can't you see a grown man like me?"

"Also, even if you are the Princess of Jing, you must kneel before His Majesty's decree! Otherwise, you would be disrespecting His Majesty. If you want to die, don't bring trouble to the Marquisate!"

Shen Nanxing's expression was indifferent: "Oh? Aunt Qiu knows quite a lot!"

She deliberately emphasized the word "aunt".

As expected, as soon as she said this, she saw her scumbag father's face suddenly change.

Only Aunt Qiu herself hadn't realized what was wrong. She stiffened her neck and yelled, looking arrogant: "Shen Nanxing, you probably don't know yet! Today your father will make me his concubine. In the future, I will be the same as your mother, both the legitimate mistress of this mansion! Be more polite when you speak to me from now on!"

"Also, His Majesty's decree today was given to me. This is unique in the Marquis' Mansion. Your mother is the legitimate daughter of the Duke's Mansion, so why doesn't she have this treatment? You..."

"what are you doing?"

Aunt Qiu was talking excitedly when she felt the man next to her constantly pulling at her sleeves, affecting her output, so she glared at him impatiently.

Shen Yuan's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. He tried to pull Aunt Qiu to her feet, but Aunt Qiu was too agitated and resisted fiercely, so he couldn't budge her.

Shen Nanxing smiled, ignoring her father's angry face, and bowed to Eunuch Gui: "Eunuch Gui, I am sorry to have embarrassed you because of your father's ignorant concubine."

Eunuch Gui nodded, looking sarcastically at the two men still kneeling and fighting. "I have delivered imperial edicts on behalf of His Majesty many times, but this is the first time I've seen a concubine receive an edict on behalf of the Queen. It's quite novel."

Aunt Qiu froze, her face turning pale.

She looked at Shen Yuan: "What do you mean? This imperial edict is not for me?"

But the man's face was extremely ugly. He just pulled her hand and tried to help her up: "Qiu'er, get up first. Listen to me..."

"I won't listen!" Aunt Qiu stood up abruptly and shook the man's hand away. "Shen Yuan, you called me here just to embarrass me, didn't you? Are you happy to humiliate me in public like this?"

Wherever she looked, she saw that the maids and servants in the Marquis's Mansion looked at her with strange eyes, and they were clearly laughing at her.

He couldn't bear it any longer, so he covered his face and ran away.

Shen Yuan raised his foot and wanted to chase after him, but when he looked up, he saw Eunuch Gui looking at him with interest, and he immediately stopped moving.

He spoke with difficulty: "Eunuch Gui, I am so sorry. Your humble servant, your humble servant... accidentally made a mistake. I thought, I thought..."

He was halfway through his speech when he couldn't go on.

Eunuch Gui nodded in understanding. "Master Shen, there's no need to explain. I understand. But Master Shen is the only one who can confuse his wife with his concubines."

"Eunuch Gui..." Shen Yuan's face changed drastically, and he wanted to explain something.

Eunuch Gui waved his hand, and Shen Yuan didn't dare to say anything. He didn't know whether to go forward or retreat, so he could only stand there hesitating.

Shen Nanxing bowed to Eunuch Gui and said, "Eunuch Gui, Nanxing has sent someone to fetch mother. Would you like to move inside the mansion and rest for a while?"

Eunuch Gui smiled and waved his hand: "Your Highness, there is no need to be polite. Madam Xu is of noble status, so it is not a problem for me to wait for a while."

Shen Nanxing's eyes flashed. A noble status?

Before her marriage, my mother was the legitimate daughter of a Duke's mansion, so she naturally had a noble status.

But since marrying her scumbag father, where is the dignity left? Although she married into a marquis's family, her grandfather is still alive. Her scumbag father has not inherited the title, and because of his mediocre talent, he only managed to get a minor seventh-rank official position a few years ago because of his grandfather's connections.

A woman is supposed to obey her husband after marriage. Besides, my mother hasn't had any contact with the Duke's Mansion for many years, so it's nonsense to say that she has a noble status.

Eunuch Gui actually said so, could it be possible?

She had some guesses in her mind.

-

Plum Garden.

Xu was sitting in front of the window, staring at the plum forest in the yard in a daze.

Xia He stood beside her silently to accompany her.

"He planted this plum forest specifically for me. He spent a lot of money to have someone transplant it from another place, and he also put a lot of effort into maintaining it."

"At that time, I was still single. Just because I mentioned to him once that I loved plum blossoms, he took the trouble to do all this, just to give me a surprise when I got married..."

"At that time, I entered the mansion in my red wedding dress. He lifted the red veil for me and couldn't even wait to drink the wedding wine. He eagerly took my hand and took me to see the plum forest."

At that time, he sent away all the maids and servants in the Plum Garden, and stood with her under the plum tree, holding hands and smiling at each other.

It was on that day that he promised her that he would love only her for the rest of his life and that having her was enough for him.

"Now Merlin is growing stronger and stronger, but that person..."

In the end, Xu couldn't help but tear up, and a tear slid down the corner of her eye.

Xia He also felt very uncomfortable: "Yes, Madam, this plum garden, from the small plants and trees to the big furniture and decorations, was designed by you personally, and you personally supervised the workers to build it, and personally selected and purchased it..."

"Even this dressing table of yours was made by the master himself, using the finest materials selected. The mandarin ducks on it were also carved by the master himself..."

"Your Excellency was very kind to Madam before."

Xu raised her hand and touched the lifelike pair of mandarin ducks on the table, and tears began to fall.

The words that man once said are still vivid in my mind.

He said: "I only envy the mandarin ducks, not the immortals. I wish to spend the rest of my life with my wife, just like this mandarin duck, living a free and happy life."

He always said that he was dull-witted, neither good at martial arts nor good at literature. The nobles in the capital laughed at him for being neither good at martial arts nor literature, but so what?

He was incredibly lucky; thanks to his wife's magnanimity, he married the best woman in the capital...

"Is Bei Yue's death really related to you?" Madam Xu murmured softly.