C202 (2/2)

”But look at the appearance of the Chen family's eldest daughter and Second Miss, the appearance of the Chen family's Third Miss shouldn't be too inferior.”

He had seen a lot of beautiful girls. They were flirtatious, charming, pure, and talented … In his heart, none of them could compare to Lin Shu.

He thought for a moment and said, ”They say that the Chen family's Second Miss has already promised the Duke Chengan of the Duke Chengan Palace, and that the date has already been decided. And your fifth sister, I heard that she is going to marry you as a concubine …”

He wasn't a very gossipy person, but because this matter concerned the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion, he paid more attention to it.

The Duke Chengan Palace was no longer as strong as they were back then. Logically speaking, the Palace should have been a little too powerful to marry a direct descendant of the Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion.

Although he was this year's Master Top Scorer, with his status, many people would look up to him. One had to know that Master Top Scorer had this title every year.

But not only did he say that Grand Secretary Chen married his granddaughter to him, he even said that she was his concubine … Even though Lin Lian was born out of wedlock, she was famous for her beauty in the capital. Since Lin Pei's official career was smooth sailing, it would be easy for him to marry an ordinary official.

Everyone could not help but praise Shao Shengping for his good fortune, but Shao Shengping only raised his wine cup and laughed, saying that he did not want to marry Lin Lian. Immediately, the crowd looked at him with even more envy.

Lin Shu smiled, ”Yes, we originally said that she was the principal wife, but now she has become a concubine. Lin Lian was initially very angry, but after being angry for a while, she realized that it's nothing much …” Furthermore, Grandmother also said that regardless of whether she is a wife or a concubine, she is still a young lady from Hou Mansion. No matter how much dowry the House has given us, she will not be missing anything.

The Grand Madam was smart, he wouldn't lose his reputation for such a small matter.

Moreover, there had always been a rule in Duke Xinzhong’s Mansion. This lady had only taken out three thousand silver taels when she came out of the marriage house.

Without mentioning anything else, Lin Qian had raised close to ten thousand or twenty thousand silver for the dowry, and the day she left the pavilion, her dowry was full to the brim with one hundred and eight pieces of it. But the contents of the dowry box, whether it was good or bad, would only be known to the people from the Duke Andong Palace and the Second Madam.

However, when Lin Qian went back to her room a few days ago, her expression did not look good. After bowing to Grand Madam, he did not even want to bother with Lin Shu and the others, and even hid herself in the courtyard of the Second Madam, crying and saying something to them.

At that time, Duke Andong Palace's County Prince stood to the side, feeling extremely awkward. He walked forward, wanting to support Lin Qian's carriage, but he had only fiercely flung away County Prince Palace's County Prince's hand.

Even a fool would know that this young couple was unhappy. When the time came, not to mention Lin Lian, it would be even more difficult for her to live in the future.

Lu Jingran nodded his head, ”After what she did to you before, now that she has ended up like this, it can be considered as retribution … I think that since she's married into the Duke Chengan Palace, he might not be able to live a good life. Although the County Prince s of the Duke Chengan Palace are talented and outstanding, they aren't really good people. ”

”How did you know?” Lin Shu knew Shao Shengping's true appearance, and it was two years after their marriage. She remembered that Lu Jingran and his had never interacted with each other before, so how did she know about it?

Lu Jingran laughed, ”Because everyone says he is good, there doesn't seem to be any problems!”

”Before, I was at loggerheads with Young Master Guo Family, but everyone knew that Shao Shengping and I had eaten a few meals and drank some alcohol, so there was a few sentences that were discussed in the Conference. At that time, Shao Shengping also agreed with everything that we said, and I only thought that Shao Shengping was looking down on the little Young Master Guo Family from the bottom of his heart, but who would have thought that a few days later, we would see him and Young Master Guo Family together at the Celestial Fragrance Pavilion entrance as we went to a private room.”

At the time, I thought it was strange. Since he looked down on the young master of the Guo family from the bottom of his heart, why did he have to interact with the young master of the Guo family?” If the young master of the Guo Family were to mention me in front of him, how would he respond? She might just agree with him … Such a person can gain the support of the masses in a short time, but after a long time, when everyone discovers his true appearance, who would be willing to interact with him? How can such a person be considered a gentleman?

In his opinion, admiring a person's character was equivalent to interacting with that person … On the surface, he might look like a popinjay with some friends, but he dared to say that he was sincere towards his friends.

Lu Jingran understood this logic, but he was unable to extricate himself from his deep love for Lin Shu in his previous life. When everyone said that Shao Shengping was good, she felt that Shao Shengping was the best person in the world.

Thinking about it now, it was all a joke, ”But I'm very happy looking at Lin Lian, I'm afraid that she might be able to marry one of the Chen Family's Second Miss s, it's just that she never thought that the Chen Family's young ladies are not so simple.”

With that, she smiled faintly, ”Forget it, let's not talk about this anymore. Whether he's good or bad in the future, it has nothing to do with me.”

”That's true!” Lu Jingran nodded his head, and said: ”In the beginning, she treated you like that, but in return for your kindness, not only did she not accept your kindness, he kept thinking of ways to make things difficult for you. In the end, you two are only sisters who are of the same father, how could you have such a father …”

Saying that, his voice lowered a bit, ”The people I sent out already got some information, there are people from the nunneries who can testify that your father went to see the Princess Changze before he died, and there are also people from the back door who said that they often saw a handsome man coming in late at night. I sent people to take your father's portrait, and they said that it was your father.”

”Although I don't have complete evidence to prove to the emperor that your father is related to Princess Changze, if something like this were to be planted with the seeds of suspicion, given the emperor's and esteemed empress dowager's personality, your father won't be able to get promoted, not to mention that there's still the King Rui. They won't let him go …” When that time comes, if you use this matter to threaten your father, he will definitely agree to it. ”