Because even if Zheng Guogong was partial to his concubine Jiaoyu before, and Meng Bijun was sadly the same age as Jiaoyu's biological daughter Meng Lijiang so that she had never been favored by Zheng Guogong since she was a child and had always been bullied by Jiaoyu and Meng Lijiang, she was the daughter of Zheng Guogong and his second wife after all!
Meng Bijun’s two uncles, Wuan Marquis and Chengyang Marquis, did not dare to openly ask about the family affairs of their elder brother and they were even unwilling to help Madam Xiang and her children in private due to their respect for seniority and Empress Dowager Meng's preference for Zheng Guogong.
But...
The Meng Family was a big family!
Not to mention Zheng Guogong's generation, even if Meng Bijun had thirteen half-blooded elder sisters and elder female cousins.
And she had ten brothers!
The eldest son of Wuan Marquis who she called "Eldest Brother",
Seeing Juli's surprised look, Sheng Weiqiao squeezed her forehead, sneered and continued, "What's more, Meng Junyu, the eldest son of the Young Lord, suggested before that as long as elder brother got a good ranking in the Spring Exam, he would marry his younger sister to our elder brother.""With elder brother's talents and the financial resources of our Sheng Family, it is not difficult for elder brother to marry the granddaughter of the Marquis. There are many girls at the age for marriage in Meng Family!""Even if his aunt Meng Lipiao, who is ranked twelve from the second branch of Meng Family which Meng Junyu belongs to, hasn't been married yet!""The Young Lord's clan isn't very favored by Wuan Marquis these years. If elder brother really got a good place in the Spring Exam, then there would be more families who wanted to marry their girls to elder brother except Meng Family. And elder brother may not be willing to be the brother-in-law o
Sheng Weiqiao stood up to make reverence, and then she was held down by Madam Nan. When she was about to speak, she saw Sheng Weiwu who was dozing off, so she said to Madam Nan, "Auntie, my Eighth Sister is still young. Can you find a place to settle her?"Madam Nan understood that what she would say could be very important, and Sheng Weiwu was too young. She might divulge it accidentally or someone might draw it from her. So Madam Nan hurriedly said to Xu Caikui, "What are you thinking about? Call someone in to take Weiwu to your room to have a rest quickly!"Xu Caikui hurriedly came out and called for a maid with great strength and carefulness to take Sheng Weiwu to Fencai Yard where she and her sister lived.In this way, people left were all the sensible adults. Sheng Weiqiao then smiled bitterly and said, "Auntie, Sister Xu, I brought my Eighth Sister and Yingjiang here in a hurry this time to ask you for help. Maybe we will encounter some
"..." Madam Nan was so sure that what she did could shock Sheng Weiqiao for a while. And then, she said with hesitation, "Then I will just stay away from Fourteenth Miss Meng in the future!"Even though she didn't want to believe that Meng Bijun was someone like this. After all, no one would like to know that the one he or she had taken a risk to save was an ingrate. However, she was reminded of the information told by Meng Guihuan that Madam Xiang wanted her to marry her son Meng Bopeng.Sheng Shuihe had analyzed the situation and thought that it might be wrong, but things become weird after the reasoning of Madam Nan. Sheng Weiqiao had been also suspicious about it when she was in Xin Shou Palace, so she was confused now.She said, "Luckily, I will be back to Nanfeng County soon.""Why do you have to leave so soon?" Xu Caikui was surprised to hear it, "I will get married in April. Will you leave before the ceremony?"
The happy atmosphere was not only about the returning of Sheng Weiqiao and other girls, but also about the good news brought back by the servant, who was sent to Xiazhou by Marquis House to discuss the wedding with the family of Xu Caikui's future husband, "The master got better now, and he might get back to the government later this year!"The fiance of Xu Caikui, Wu Yanyi, was the only son of Wu Ying, the feudal provincial or prefectural governor of Xiazhou.Wu Ying was also from a poor family, but now he was even as wealthy as Xu Zijing. He took the second place in the exam years ago, and got into the government when he was young. However, he offended Meng Family because of impulsion and was sent to the town of Beijiang to be a governor. At that time, Ruru invaded the town frequently, and the governor there was either killed by the enemies or killed by the government for escaping from the war. The intention of Meng Family was obvious.Luckil
"Why should I help you?" Meng Bijun said coldly, "The decision of step-empress has not been made yet. Moreover, I'm not the only unmarried girl in Meng Family. Even if aunt prefers the eldest branch, and father has no other daughter except for me since Meng Lijiang died, they still have Shuangxiao, who has been raised by you and she's also nubile!""Do you really think that I can be in charge after aunt chose me as step-empress?""The decision has not been made, while you have already started to show off in my name!""I'm not the step-empress yet. Even if I am, what will father think about it?!""The reason why we are treated specially by aunt is that we belong to the eldest branch, not that you have served aunt years ago! Remember that!""Father is her most valued brother!""It is natural that father will scold at you. If I were at home, I won't stand by you!""Jiaoyu and Meng Lijiang have di
Seeing Madam Xiang’s bewildered face, Meng Bijun sighed and stared at her with dissatisfaction, “You have annoyed father. And you will definitely leave a bad impression on aunt. Leaving these things aside, do you think that you can hide your secret visit to me? For father, aunt, or Third Brother in Beijiang?”Taking a deep breath, Meng Bijun was exhausted as her tone suggested, “Now, you could not torment Meng Sian anymore in these days. Besides, you’d better be nice to him. If necessary, you even need to take the initiative in admitting your mistake and promising father that you will set aside hatred and be kind to him.”Noticing that Madam Xiang raised her eyebrows, showing her disapproval, Meng Bijun slightly raised her voice and interrupted Madam Xiang in advance, “Is it suitable to be perverse now? Just think what we have? But for aunt and Third Brother’s assistance, we would never be saved from Jiaoyu and her children’s oppression and never hav
Madam Xiang wanted to catch up with her, but a maid sent by Empress Dowager Meng stopped her, "Madam, it's getting late. If Fourteenth Miss Meng didn't sleep now and got a pale face tomorrow, the Empress Dowager would definitely punish us!"How could Madam Xiang bear this?But the maid didn't compromise even if she had pestered her for a long time. In the end, the maid just fell to her knees, grabbed her skirt's hemline, and cried badly, "Madam, please, madam. You've also served the Empress Dowager before, so you must know that the Empress Dowager dislikes useless servants. I had a hard time getting the opportunity to serve Fourteenth Miss Meng. Please, Madam! Don’t let me be punished by the Empress Dowager!"Madam Xiang had been a senior maid of Empress Dowager Meng before and had always been favored by her, so she was quite respected by the servants in Xin Shou Palace, otherwise she could not sneak in the palace after the palace gate was lock
The Gongsun siblings and Sheng Shuihe had the same idea about this, "He is so talented that the Royal Preceptor can't bear his dark future."Before Sheng Weiqiao thought about it carefully, she still thought it was true. After all, Sheng Shuihe was really talented.But thinking about it at this moment, she thought that only talent might not be able to impress Huan Guanlan.After all, Huan Guanlan was so cosmopolitan!When he was the first-rank official and recognized as the great scholar in the world, so many people traveled thousands of miles and knelt in front of his door just to get his advice.To put it bluntly, Sheng Shuihe's talent might be rare for ordinary people. While for Huan Guanlan, it might just be common.After all, when he hadn't been in trouble, so many talented scholars tried to learn from him, even if he was just their nominal teacher.The disciples he had taught personally