My wife wants a divorce; if she ruins my life, I'll leave.

Meng Ruohua chuckled to herself as she watched the three people's eyes darting back and forth.

Fortunately, the Second Madam was sitting in the middle and not easily noticed. If she knew that her son wanted to marry Shen Yunlan, I wonder how she would react.

After dinner, considering that Shen Yunlan had traveled a long way, they decided to call it a night and let her go home and get some rest.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Meng Ruohua hesitated for a moment before asking, "Has my cousin's luggage been moved over?"

Aunt Lü looked bewildered. "I didn't see Miss Biao's luggage."

Upon hearing this, Shen Yunlan became slightly anxious, as her luggage contained all her belongings!

"When I entered the mansion, I told the gatekeeper to carry it inside."

Meng Ruohua gently comforted her, "Cousin, don't worry. I saw the servants at the door carrying luggage. Perhaps they didn't know how to arrange it, so they didn't bring it in."

But her accommodation had been arranged before dinner, and no one remembered her luggage!

Shen Yunlan was puzzled, and her face showed anxiety. Just now everyone was praising her, how could she do things so carelessly?

But this wasn't their own home, so they had no choice but to put up with it.

She could tolerate it, but the second wife could not.

Although Shen Yunlan was just a teenage girl, she was, after all, the only cousin in the household. She might not care, but did Song Chang not care?

She made such a huge mistake on her very first day! It's such a disgrace to her!

The second wife couldn't help but shout, "Ning Shuang, how could you have made such a poor arrangement!"

Lu Ningshuang, who had never served guests before, felt a little aggrieved. She hadn't done it on purpose; she genuinely didn't remember!

"Second Aunt, don't blame Aunt Lü." Shen Yunlan quickly stopped her. Although she was very dissatisfied, she didn't want to offend anyone on her first day.

Song Chen'an guessed Shen Yunlan's thoughts. When she was in the manor before, she never said a word and would just let things slide, saying that she was living under someone else's roof and should avoid causing trouble. So he immediately chimed in, "Mother, it's more important to send someone to find Sister Lan's luggage first."

The second madam then repeatedly called for Ruyi to go look for it, and finally comforted Shen Yunlan, "Don't worry, it's still in your own residence, it certainly won't get lost."

The atmosphere inside the room became tense, and everyone remained silent, waiting quietly for Ruyi's news.

A short while later, Ruyi strode into the house, her body shivering with cold. "Madam, when I went there it was still at the gatehouse, all locked. I've already had someone bring it over."

Shen Yunlan didn't have much luggage, just one large suitcase and two small suitcases, which were easy to lift, so Ruyi had someone take them to Rongxi Courtyard.

"Let's take it to Changling Pavilion!" Shen Yunlan said, as she didn't want to inspect the luggage in front of everyone.

Seeing the Second Madam nod, Ruyi replied "Yes" and left with her entourage.

After this little incident, everyone lost interest in joking around. The Second Madam told Shen Yunlan to rest well and make herself at home. After saying that, she got up to go to Changling Pavilion to see if everything was arranged properly.

Shen Yunlan caught a glimpse of Lü Ningshuang's expression out of the corner of her eye and quickly stopped her, saying, "Aunt Lü's arrangements are certainly proper, so there's no need for Second Aunt to make the trip. The weather is cold now, and if you go out and catch a chill, then it's your niece being inconsiderate."

Although she was a guest, she was already planning to stay permanently, so she couldn't act like one and expect her elders to arrange everything for her. Besides, if her second aunt went and pointed out any flaws, it would be Aunt Lü who would be embarrassed.

However, she was a little puzzled as to why it was Aunt Lü who made the arrangements, while her legitimate second sister-in-law didn't seem to care about anything, as if she wasn't managing the household at all.

Shen Yunlan's gaze inadvertently swept over Meng Ruohua, only to find her calm and composed, as if nothing had happened.

I'll ask them later!

Song Chen'an believed he understood Shen Yunlan's thoughts, so he quickly offered a few words of advice. The two ladies then gave up their idea and ultimately sent Song Chen'an and Meng Ruohua to escort Shen Yunlan back and check what was missing, so they could open the storeroom and get it.

Meng Ruohua agreed, and together with Shen Yunlan, they greeted each other before heading to Changling Pavilion.

Changling Pavilion has been uninhabited for most of the year and is located at the westernmost part of the mansion. Few people usually set foot in it, so the house has a musty smell. Fortunately, it is winter, so burning more charcoal braziers will solve the problem.

Fearing that Shen Yunlan would be cold at night, Song Chen'an arranged for an extra fifty catties of charcoal, including ten catties of colorless, odorless, and smokeless silver wire charcoal, specifically for use in the inner room.

Lu Ningshuang followed behind and whispered, "We've already arranged for ten catties of silver thread charcoal. There's not much left in the manor, so let's keep those ten catties for the Madam and Master."

“If they’re all gone, we’ll just buy some more. They’re not expensive,” Song Chen’an said.

A pound of good charcoal costs only ten or so coins, so even if you burn a hundred pounds, how much money would it be worth?

Lu Ningshuang felt bad about the money, but dared not mention it again, lest everyone think she was both incompetent at managing the household and stingy!

After walking around inside and out, Meng Ruohua didn't say anything, but Song Chen'an pointed out four or five things.

“Sister Lan doesn’t like pink, so change the curtain to a light yellow one, and make it thicker, so the wind won’t blow on Sister Lan.”

“Sister Lan doesn’t like landscape paintings, so replace this one with a flower and plant painting, preferably a peony painting, as flowers bring wealth and prosperity.”

"Tomorrow we will open the storeroom and prepare a set of fine writing brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, as Sister Lan needs to practice calligraphy regularly."

"Find that jade narcissus bonsai; it used to be Lan's favorite."

He kept refusing while talking to Shen Yunlan, saying that he was now grown up and didn't like her anymore.

But Song Chen'an ignored her completely, thinking that she would rather suffer herself than trouble others, so he kept promising that she could come to him if she needed anything.

Lu Ningshuang was so angry that her face turned red. If it weren't for Shen Yunlan's status, she would have slapped her twice this morning.

Instead of staying at home, she ran all the way to the capital, thousands of miles away? And she's an official's daughter, no less! At fifteen or sixteen, she doesn't know how to avoid suspicion, flirting with her own cousin. She has absolutely no manners!

On his first day at the Song residence, Song Chen'an successfully made an enemy of Shen Yunlan.

Meng Ruohua watched coldly and realized that Shen Yunlan was very different from her previous life.

Shen Yunlan used to like Song Chen'an. Her only purpose in returning to the capital was to marry Song Chen'an. Every time she looked at him, the love in her eyes was impossible to hide.

Moreover, she often only spoke halfway through her sentences and would frequently lower her head and shed tears in front of Song Chen'an, leading Song Chen'an to suspect that Meng Ruohua was bullying him while he was away, which caused the two to argue many times.

Shen Yunlan is now much more cheerful and confident, and she is also more generous in her dealings with others. She dares to loudly refute Song Chen'an's suggestions. What's more, there is no longer any affection in her eyes when she looks at Song Chen'an!

She didn't understand what had caused Shen Yunlan to change, so she could only remind herself to be more alert.

Shen Yunlan looks delicate and pitiful, but this fragile little white flower has poisonous thorns!

He only calmed down after Shen Yunlan impatiently pushed Song Chen'an out, and gave her a couple of apologetic smiles, telling her to get some rest.

Meng Ruohua and Lü Ningshuang then left together.

Before coming to Changling Pavilion, Lü Ningshuang was thinking about how to invite Song Chen'an to her courtyard, but now that Song Chen'an had made such a fuss, Lü Ningshuang gave up on that idea.

Let whoever wants to serve you do so. I've never seen you so nagging before!

The key point is that they're all pointing out her flaws!