kvmb Chapter 64 Do You Know? 18
Chapter 64 Do You Know? 18
Good things kept happening to the Sheng family. After Mo Lan's marriage was arranged, Madam Wu from the Yongchang Earl's Mansion also came to ask for Ming Lan's hand in marriage for her son Liang Han.
Minglan grew up under the care of the old lady, so her marriage naturally required the old lady's approval. Knowing this, Madam Wu began to frequently visit Shou'an Hall, but the old lady refused to agree no matter what she said.
The old lady herself was unhappy in her marriage. Her husband favored his concubine over his wife and even harmed her son. So she wanted to find Minglan a husband with a virtuous family, who was honest and upright, and who valued his wife. She hoped that the two of them would live in harmony and have a smooth life together.
However, after much deliberation, just like in her previous life, she chose He Hongwen from the He family of Baishitan. But because Rulan's marriage was not yet settled, she decided to wait until Rulan was engaged before the two families began the six-rite ceremony.
Sheng Hong planned to finalize Ru Lan's marriage as quickly as possible. The reason was that Qi Heng and Princess Jiacheng's marriage was already on the agenda, and he was afraid that Ming Lan would be blinded by her emotions and do something that would disgrace the family. He was afraid that she would regret it later!
Especially after Minglan returned, Lin Qinshuang's position became more secure because Molan was married into a high-ranking family. Seeing that the matter of avenging her mother was far away, she was heartbroken and depressed all day long.
This made Sheng Hong even more uncertain, and he couldn't even care about Sheng Changfeng anymore, focusing all his attention on finding a husband for Ru Lan.
Children are all debts!
Just then, Wen Yanjing suddenly appeared again.
Sheng Hong had originally planned to marry Mo Lan to him, but due to Sheng Changfeng's manipulation, Mo Lan was directly engaged to the Prince of Xin's mansion.
Wen Yanjing was greatly disappointed. Having witnessed the wealth of the Sheng family, how could he possibly let go of such a good family?
He then shifted his focus to Rulan.
This fifth daughter is the legitimate daughter of the Sheng family. Rather than marrying a concubine's daughter, I might as well marry this fifth daughter directly. In the future, the Sheng family will dote on their daughter, and I will receive more help from them.
At this time, Wen Yanjing was unaware that Minglan was already engaged and that Sheng Hong intended to marry Rulan to him. He assumed that after Molan's engagement, Sheng Hong would send another concubine's daughter, Minglan, to him. To avoid this situation, Wen Yanjing immediately decided to start winning over Rulan today.
Sheng Changfeng naturally wouldn't stand by and watch such a thing happen. It wasn't that he liked to meddle, but rather that he felt Wen Yanjing was of humble origin, adaptable, and shrewd, and that he might influence what he was doing in the future.
In his past life, because he wanted the Sheng family to support him more, he didn't even glance at the beautiful Mo Lan and Ming Lan, but instead set his sights on the plain-looking Ru Lan, and the two secretly began an affair.
Later, due to the imperial decree, seeing that his marriage proposal to Rulan was hopeless, he directly and decisively conspired with Gu Tingye to scheme against Rulan, disregarding the reputation of the Sheng family and Rulan's honor. In the end, he successfully married Rulan and often used this incident to suppress Rulan's arrogance.
Everything he does is clearly purposeful. For his own future and interests, he is willing to take risks and seduce Ru Lan. One day, it is hard to guarantee that he will not abandon the Sheng family for greater benefits.
In this lifetime, Sheng Changfeng's choice to support the Prince of Yan is already changing history, which can be considered going against the will of Heaven. He cannot allow any mistakes to happen, no matter how small the possibility may be.
Having figured this out, Sheng Changfeng strolled leisurely into Sheng Hong's study.
"What did you say? Wen Yanjing is plotting against Rulan?" Sheng Hong's eyes widened.
Sheng Changfeng seemed reluctant to speak, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "I happened to overhear the servants' gossip. They said that Father had intended to marry my fourth sister to Wen Yanjing, but he disliked that she was a concubine's daughter, so he wanted to marry my fifth sister instead. However, he was afraid that Father would not agree, so he secretly inquired about my fifth sister's temperament and her daily activities. After I learned about this, I felt that this person was dishonest, so I thought of telling Father to prevent my fifth sister's life from being ruined."
"Nonsense!" Sheng Hong couldn't believe that the person he valued could be of such low character. He immediately slammed his fist on the table and angrily rebuked, "You're always running around doing nothing but gossip and now you're here to gossip about other people."
“Everything I said is true. I also found out that Wen Yanjing will take advantage of his visit to our Sheng family today to pretend that he does not know Fifth Sister and pretends to recognize her as a maid of the Sheng family. Then he will slowly make Fifth Sister fall in love with him.”
"absurd!"
"Everything I said is true. If Father doesn't believe me, go and see for yourself. I suppose Wen Yanjing is about to run into Fifth Sister!"
Seeing Sheng Changfeng's confident declaration, Sheng Hong couldn't help but become skeptical. Although he was willing to marry Rulan to Wen Yanjing, his own daughter was not in need of marriage and didn't necessarily need him.
If Wen Yanjing really uses such methods to get to Rulan, and it gets out, what will become of the Sheng family's reputation? What will happen to Hualan, who is already married, and Molan and Minglan, who are already engaged? And what will happen to Rulan, who is at the center of the storm?
A fierce glint flashed in Sheng Hong's eyes as he said to Sheng Changfeng, "You stay here and are not allowed to leave!"
After saying that, he turned and left.
"If you don't let me follow, I won't be able to see anything?" Sheng Changfeng smiled slightly, his mind following Sheng Hong.
When Sheng Hong arrived at the flower hall, he found that Wen Yanjing was indeed not there, and his heart skipped a beat.
Could it be that what Changfeng said is true?
Sheng Hong was in a state of turmoil, wanting only to find Wen Yanjing as soon as possible, but he couldn't find him for the time being, and he dared not make this public. After thinking for a moment, he headed directly towards Taoran Pavilion.
Taoran Pavilion is Rulan's residence. You can't find Wen Yanjing, but you can find Rulan.
Sheng Hong still clung to a sliver of hope. He thought Wen Yanjing was a well-educated and reasonable man, so how could he do such a thing? He figured Chang Feng must have misunderstood him.
Just then, she heard a familiar voice coming from behind the artificial hill beside her: "Are you a maid from the Sheng family, young lady?"
Upon hearing this, Sheng Hong's vision went black.
It's Wen Yanjing!
Sheng Hong hurried over and saw that his daughter was adorned with jewels, with hairpins and pearls in her hair and wearing silk and satin. Most importantly, her maid was following behind her!
How can you tell that Rulan is a maid?
Wen Yanjing is indeed up to no good!
Still retaining some rationality, Sheng Hong managed to calm himself down and walked a little further away. Only when he could no longer see the two of them did he call out loudly, "Nephew Wenxian!"
Just as Wen Yanjing was about to try and get closer to Rulan, he heard Sheng Hong's shout, which startled him so much that he thought he had been discovered.
Turning around to see that no one was around, I breathed a sigh of relief, only to see that Rulan had already turned and left as soon as she heard the sound.
Frustrated at missing the opportunity, he stomped his foot, but could only compose himself and walk toward the source of the sound.
Sheng Hong breathed a sigh of relief as he watched Ru Lan's departing figure, regaining his usual calm and collected demeanor, but in his heart he had already killed Wen Yanjing a thousand times over.
That bastard actually had designs on his own daughter!
They still resort to such despicable methods!
Fortunately, God had eyes and he discovered the man's true colors in time!
Sheng Changfeng smiled slightly in the study, keeping his identity and name hidden.
Sheng Hong values family reputation above all else, and he's petty and narrow-minded. Wen Yanjing is doomed once he falls into his hands.