The protagonist of this crossover film and television series is disrupting the plot again.

Chapter 61 Do You Know? 15

Secondly, the news that Qi Heng is going to marry the Princess of Jiacheng County has spread like wildfire.

Qi Heng may have been exactly what Princess Jiacheng was looking for. Although Qi Heng did not shine at the polo match, he still caught Princess Jiacheng's eye. She went back and told Prince Yong that she would marry no one but Qi Heng.

Although the Prince of Yong had many children, he loved this daughter the most. Hearing his daughter say this, he naturally chose to grant her wish.

Princess Consort of Yong condescended to personally propose marriage to Princess Pingning, but Princess Pingning, not wanting to be associated with either Prince Yong or Prince Yan, politely declined.

Prince Yong has always been domineering, and Princess Yong is no less so. Although Princess Pingning spoke very politely, no matter how polite she was, it did not change the fact that she refused.

My daughter has taken a liking to your son, and I came to propose marriage. Instead of accepting with joy, you actually dared to refuse. You are even more arrogant and domineering than me.

Princess Consort of Yong returned home in a huff and complained to Prince Yong about how arrogant and rude Princess Pingning was. In a fit of anger, the latter detained Duke Qi in his residence, intending to use this to coerce Qi Heng into agreeing to the marriage.

Princess Pingning was once raised by the current Empress. After the Duke of Qi was detained in the Prince of Yong's residence, she went directly to the palace to ask the Empress to make a decision. Unfortunately, the Empress did not intervene, and even the Emperor did not intervene when he found out. He only symbolically inquired about the Prince of Yong after receiving the news. The Prince of Yong naturally did not admit it. Seeing that he did not admit it, the Emperor gave up getting involved.

Helpless, Qi Heng personally went to the Prince of Yong's residence to sign the marriage contract, agreeing to the marriage with Princess Jiacheng.

Detaining a duke without authorization and forcing him into marriage is a grave crime, yet Prince Yong escaped unscathed except for a few memorials from court officials. The emperor even suppressed the memorials, and the matter was simply dropped.

The Prince of Yan looked sarcastically in the direction of the palace and said coldly, "His Majesty values ​​the Prince of Yong so much that he even suppressed the crime of detaining the Duke. It seems that he has his eye on the Prince of Yong for the position of Crown Prince."

“Your Highness, since ancient times, those who win the hearts of the people win the world. Prince Yong has acted perversely and acted recklessly in the court, which has probably aroused the fear of all the officials. This is a good opportunity for you to win over the hearts of the people!”

Sheng Changfeng already knew about the matter concerning the Prince of Yong, so he wasn't surprised and was able to calmly analyze the pros and cons for the Prince of Yan.

Now is the crucial moment for vying for the throne and establishing an heir. We should eliminate all negative emotions and focus on our careers. Every time the Prince of Yong acts arrogantly and domineeringly, he is only hindering himself.

What the Prince of Yan should do is unite all forces that can be united, seize every opportunity, and quickly improve his status in the emperor's eyes, while also winning over the officials in the court to build up strength for a potential palace coup if he fails to seize the throne in the future.

Seeing that he remained calm and methodically analyzed the pros and cons, the Prince of Yan once again marveled at his own discerning eye for talent, having recruited such a man early on, thus greatly enhancing his abilities.

While Sheng Changfeng and the Prince of Yan were locked in a fierce battle, Sheng Hong felt utterly cold inside.

Previously, Sheng Hong still harbored a sliver of hope that Princess Pingning would actually come to propose marriage to Qi Heng. However, after the news of the marriage alliance between the Duke of Qi's mansion and the Prince of Yong spread, Sheng Hong immediately gave up hope. His daughter absolutely could not become a concubine.

Having made up his mind, Sheng Hong plunged into Shou'an Hall and stayed there for most of the day. He and the old lady talked about something, and after they came out, they began to actively prepare for Sheng Changbai's marriage with Madam Wang. The day after Hai Shi entered the family, the old lady took Sheng Minglan back to her hometown of Youyang. Sheng Hong also quietly looked for suitable husbands for his remaining two daughters.

Lin Xiaoniang threw the list of candidates that Sheng Hong brought back aside and complained angrily to Sheng Changfeng: "Your sister is outstanding in appearance and literary talent, yet your father found these poor scholars to appease her. Does he expect the whole family to rely on Mo'er's dowry to live on after she gets married?"

Sheng Changfeng picked up the list and looked at it. They were all candidates from respectable families, but some of them were quite talented.

The first one at the top is Wen Yanjing. In his previous life, Sheng Hong chose this person for Mo Lan. Unfortunately, Lin Xiaoniang and Mo Lan disliked his poor family background, but Ru Lan hit it off and married him.

Although Wen Yanjing was quite talented and eventually rose to a high position in the court, Sheng Changfeng did not have a good impression of him.

In his previous life, Sheng Hong intended to marry Mo Lan to him, but when he saw that Mo Lan had no interest in him, he turned around and seduced Ru Lan.

He acted like a refined and righteous man in front of Rulan, which made Rulan fall head over heels for him. They even secretly exchanged letters and met in secret. Their affair was only exposed when Gu Tingye plotted to make Rulan marry Minglan. This angered Sheng Hong so much that he almost strangled Rulan to death.

Gu Tingye's timing was so perfect that he and Wen Yan probably had already reached a tacit agreement in private, using Rulan's reputation as a bargaining chip to achieve their own selfish desires.

In the end, Gu Tingye married Minglan under the name of the eldest daughter of the Sheng family, fulfilling his earlier boast that he would only marry the eldest daughter of the family; Wen Yanjing also successfully married Rulan, rising to the top in one step. After the marriage, he used Rulan's dowry to move to the capital and used the resources of the Sheng family to rise rapidly in his career.

She even innocently claimed that she didn't know Rulan was the fifth daughter of the Sheng family at the time, and only thought of her as a maid of the Sheng family.

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Putting aside everything else, Rulan's attire is just like that of a maid. Even if he is blind and cannot tell the difference between good and bad, Rulan has been with him for so long. She is honest and straightforward by nature, the most innocent and the least likely to hide anything. How could her words not reveal her identity?

If it weren't for his behind-the-scenes advice, would Rulan have been able to keep it a secret from the Sheng family for so long?

Moreover, Wen Yanjing is not only scheming, but also has poor character. When he married Rulan, he made grand promises, saying that even if seven or eight princesses took a fancy to him in the future, he would not be tempted.

But what's the reality?

As soon as he and Rulan got married, he and his mother couldn't wait to move to the estate that Rulan had brought with her as part of her dowry. His mother set rules for Rulan every day, and didn't even let her off the hook when she was pregnant. Wen Yanjing didn't care about anything, but just comforted Rulan behind her back, making her rely on him even more.

Rulan, caught up in the situation, didn't understand his intentions; anyone with a brain would have immediately seen the problem.

This is clearly because they are afraid that Rulan, being of high birth, will bully her husband's family by taking advantage of her status. So the mother and son play the good cop and the bad cop, respectively, to control their daughter-in-law.

As expected, after Wen Yanjing was transferred to a new position and moved away from the capital and the Sheng family's sphere of influence, he immediately took a concubine, and no matter how much Rulan made a fuss, it was to no avail.

This isn't Sheng Hong's son-in-law at all, he's clearly Sheng Hong's son!

His behavior and mannerisms are exactly the same as Sheng Hong's!

Sheng Hong, the father, originally meant well. He thought that his eldest daughter, Hua Lan, was so smart, but after joining the Zhongqin Earl's Mansion, she would inevitably suffer difficulties from her husband's family and suffer a lot of losses, both openly and secretly. She even lost her own dowry. This time, he simply chose a family with a lower social status so that he could stand up for his daughter if she was wronged in the future.

Unfortunately, although he meant well, he had poor judgment and chose a wolf.

Wen Yanjing is a talented but morally bankrupt man who is arrogant and lives off his wife.

Pooh!