The cousin is beautiful but ruthless.

Liang Ruoyan stood there stunned, and then she saw Li Jun step forward and say something to Liang Ruoxue. The atmosphere between the two was very good, just like when she and Li Jun had been together.

Liang Ruoxue made a provocative gesture towards Liang Ruoyan, but Li Jun didn't see it.

"What a humiliation," were the four words that popped into Liang Ruoyan's mind.

Li Jing, who was standing nearby, saw Liang Ruoyan's ambitious eyes. He felt helpless. The Liang family members were really always causing trouble, arguing endlessly over Li Jun.

But this had nothing to do with him, so he couldn't say anything.

Shen Hanyu sat at the table. Li Jiangui went out for a while and then came back. Soon after, several meat dishes were served on the table.

"Everyone should try it, Minister Qin, you've worked hard these past few days."

The eunuch beside Li Jiangui brought a dish from in front of him to Qin Shoujie, and then looked at him with a smile.

Qin Shoujie's face twitched, but he still ate a few bites as Li Jiangui instructed.

These past few days, he has stopped making a fuss about impeaching the women's imperial examination and has instead been forced by Li Jiangui to set the date for the women's imperial examination.

Li Jiangui was pressing him hard, and he couldn't refuse to do it, so he went to find Zhao Wanfu. He had indeed been very busy these past few days.

He still had some doubts, but he knew that the few of them couldn't stop it on their own, so they could only do as Li Jiangui said.

Shen Hanyu couldn't help but smile as she watched this scene from below. She recalled her past life, when Zhao Wanfu remained indifferent and uninvolved, while Qin Shoujie cried, made a scene, and even threatened to hang himself in the main hall, shouting that civil officials should die for their cause.

Now that Zhao Wanfu has spoken, he has become much more obedient, but he must still have a lot of grievances in his heart.

However, once Qin Shoujie sees that the girls' school has actually been effective, he will likely be convinced.

Just then, Li Jing and the others returned, and Liang Ruoyan and Liang Ruoxue, who were behind Li Jun, went back to their positions at the Marquis's residence.

Seeing that Liang Ruoyan looked unwell, Xu Ying asked, "What's wrong?"

Liang Ruoyan shook her head: "It's okay, I can handle it."

Xu Ying could probably guess what had happened, and she patted Liang Ruoyan's hand.

“That Liang Ruoxue has been getting quite close to Shen Hanyu lately. I underestimated Shen Hanyu. Liang Ruochu sent a message that Liang Ruoxue is now able to contact Li Jun. Shen Hanyu is probably behind this.”

Liang Ruoyan frowned: "What is Shen Hanyu planning to do? Is she taking revenge on us?"

Xu Ying guessed that was true, but she hadn't suspected Shen Hanyu before, thanks to Liang Ruochu's reminder.

It seems that those people who caused trouble when we were looking at the property earlier were also hired by Shen Hanyu. I just don't know how Shen Hanyu knew that she would hire those people.

There are still some doubts about this matter, and she needs to investigate it carefully. It's also possible that the problem lies with someone close to her.

At first glance, Xu Ying thought Shen Hanyu was easy to manipulate, but now that she knows Shen Hanyu also has ambitions, she naturally has to take her seriously.

"You should be careful; she doesn't resemble her mother at all."

Liang Ruoyan nodded. Having been humiliated by Liang Ruoxue today, she was actually more motivated. Now that she knew why Liang Ruoxue was able to succeed so easily, she also had a way to deal with her.

“Mother, I will not lose to Liang Ruoxue and Shen Hanyu.”

Xu Ying was very satisfied with Liang Ruoyan's reaction.

Lee Jiangui looked at the things that Lee Kyung and the others had brought back.

"It seems we can have mutton tonight. Tell the chefs to take some and make a whole roasted lamb. I haven't had it in a long time, and I'm really craving it."

Li Jing walked over and said, "Father, my third brother and I have hunted so many animals, we should at least get a reward."

Lee Geon-kyu pointed at the two of them.

"Those people haven't returned yet. We'll decide who gets the prize after they come back.

Li Jing and Li Jun were already quite late in returning. He glanced around and found that there were indeed a few young masters who hadn't returned yet.

Most of the others were either playing pitch-pot or Liubo, chatting and laughing together.

Li Jing returned to Zhao Yu's side, and Zhao Yu handed him a handkerchief to wipe his sweat.

After informing Zhao Yu, Li Jing went to find the Imperial Concubine.

As night fell, Shen Hanyu, not wanting to stay with Liang Fangrong, went to play Liubo (a board game) with Wei Ming and the others.

Bonfires were lit all around, and the aroma of roasted whole lamb filled the air.

The imperial chef took the chili peppers he had bought from the Hu people, dried them, ground them into a fine powder, and sprinkled it on the mutton.

"Come on, come on."

Ji Yuxiu held a leg of lamb in each hand, with another one in her mouth, and stuffed it into the hands of Wei Ming and Shen Hanyu.

Wei Ming was wearing a cloisonné enamel bracelet, which Ji Yuxiu had won for her.

"smell good."

Wei Ming's mouth watered with cravings, and without caring about her image, she took a bite, only to be overwhelmed by the spiciness.

Just as Ji Yuxiu was about to laugh, she saw that Wei Ming had no expression and instead chewed and swallowed.

"Isn't it spicy?" Ji Yuxiu asked, somewhat puzzled. She had thought the chili peppers were quite spicy when she ate them.

Wei Ming shook her head: "It's not spicy. You two should try it. It tastes even better."

Ji Yuxiu and Shen Hanyu took a bite, and both of them frowned.

Wei Ming chuckled and then quickly told her maid to fetch water.

The three of them were spitting out spicy food and couldn't stop laughing.

"Have some milk."

Miao Cui handed them several glasses of milk to relieve the spiciness. The three of them each drank a glass and slowly ate the lamb leg meat.

Although it's spicy, it's undeniably delicious.

Xu Zhun ran over, carrying a large plate.

"This is roasted venison for you, it's not spicy, please try it."

Xu Zhun placed the plate over to Shen Hanyu, who looked up and met Xu Zhun's teasing gaze.

Ji Yuxiu looked at Shen Hanyu's face, then noticed Wei Ming's meaningful expression, and suddenly felt that she had discovered some secret.

Xu Zhun ran back, but before he could sit down, his mother called him back.

Zhou Jianian smiled ambiguously as she looked at her son.

"Ah Zhun, you've taken a fancy to Miss Shen from the Marquis's mansion, haven't you?"

Xu Zhun's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets.

"Mother, what are you thinking?" He wanted to say that Pei Du liked it, but Zhou Jianian was someone who couldn't keep her mouth shut, so he swallowed his words.

"Don't overthink it. I'd go to great lengths for someone."

Zhou Jianian looked puzzled. What was all this about? How did it suddenly turn into talking about going to great lengths for someone?

Just as I was about to ask for more details, Xu Zhun had already run off.

Pei Du was cutting venison over there when Xu Zhun came over.

"I've delivered the things for you."

Pei Du thanked him.

Wei Ming stuffed a piece of venison into Shen Hanyu's mouth, and she squinted her eyes.

"Have a taste."

Shen Hanyu felt that Wei Ming's expression was too strange and couldn't figure out what it meant for a moment.

Wei Ming had already guessed who the real person who delivered the venison was; it was all too obvious.

Seeing that Shen Hanyu seemed to be unaware of what was going on, she didn't expose her, but simply asked Shen Hanyu if the venison tasted good.

The venison was delicious, she thought, glancing up at the night sky. It was a rare moment of leisure, but sadly, this peace would be shattered tomorrow.

Not knowing if things would happen the same way as in her previous life, Shen Hanyu went to the forest today but didn't find anything wrong with the prey. As for the remnants of the previous dynasty hiding in the hunting grounds, she didn't see the faces she remembered.

If something goes wrong with the prey in the forest, and everything was fine during the day, then this is the only time they would dare to tamper with it.