Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Upon hearing this, Zhou Sanniang said dismissively, "My aunt is such a good person, how could she have a conflict with me? Wouldn't it be better for me to marry my aunt's son than someone else? At least he's an acquaintance."

Anyway, she felt that her second aunt's son was the most suitable person for her to sleep with, because they knew each other.

Moreover, she felt that the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion was her second aunt's family home, and her second aunt also needed her family's support, so she would have to rely on her own parents.

Since the second aunt has someone to rely on, it's like having leverage over her. In that case, no one would dare to do anything to her. Isn't that great? No one else would have such favorable conditions when they married.

So, Second Aunt said that Zhou San Niang was both stupid and wicked, but even stupid people can be clever sometimes. That's why she realized that climbing up to Second Aunt's son was the most worthwhile thing to do.

Of course, she wouldn't say the latter part aloud; she only gave the superficial reason.

The informant saw that Zhou Sanniang was determined to marry the son of her master. He was annoyed that he hadn't completed the task assigned by his master and that his master would cause him trouble. He wondered how there could be such a stubborn person as Zhou Sanniang, and he couldn't persuade her no matter what he did.

She could only pass the news on to her second aunt. When her informant said that she couldn't persuade Zhou San Niang to change her mind, her second aunt couldn't help but stop laughing.

She never imagined that by instigating Zhou Sanniang to seduce a member of the imperial family, she would end up shooting herself in the foot and becoming the unlucky one.

Having no other choice, the second aunt could only warn her son to be cautious, and she herself was also on guard. She had already made up her mind to prevent her son from going to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and to prevent Zhou Sanniang from coming to the Prince of Yonghe's mansion. That would be enough.

That brat, does she think she can just climb into her own son's bed? Knowing the truth, there's absolutely no chance she'll succeed.

Fortunately, her son also looked down on Zhou Sanniang.

Although the Zhou family had been in the capital for several years, and Zhou Sanniang had learned some etiquette and read some books, and her appearance had improved somewhat, no longer resembling the withered and thin woman from the countryside, she had still spent too much time in the countryside, and many of her habits had been formed. Her speech and behavior still appeared crude. Clearly, she hadn't put in the effort to learn these past few years; otherwise, even if she couldn't compare to her eldest sister, she should at least be comparable to her second sister. However, her speech and behavior were even inferior to Zhou Sanniang's. Instead, after learning that she would one day be the daughter of a Duke and a top-tier figure in the capital, she began to look down on everyone with an arrogant and superior attitude.

Who could like someone who is so ignorant, arrogant, and not even good-looking?

Actually, after Zhou's daughter recovered, she wasn't bad-looking. However, if she were to become a concubine, she would still be far less attractive than the other pretty maids.

He might marry her, but as for taking concubines or other women, most people wouldn't even consider her.

This is also why the second aunt's son looked down on Zhou Sanniang.

Since he didn't like her and his mother had given him some pointers, the second aunt's son naturally agreed, keeping a close eye on Zhou Sanniang trying to climb into his bed.

Although he was wary and looked down on Zhou Sanniang, he still felt a sense of superiority. After all, a future Duke's daughter wanted to be his concubine. How could anyone not feel superior?
So while he was wary, he couldn't help but think that if he didn't like her, so be it, but if he really had a daughter of a duke in his backyard, how prestigious would that be?

Thinking of this, the second aunt's son had a sudden thought... The second aunt had no idea that her son had such thoughts. If she knew, she would probably be furious, after all, how could she have run into two idiots who ended up together?

Linlang originally wanted to deal with Zhou Sanniang, but when she saw that Zhou Sanniang was planning to seduce the son of the second aunt, and the son of the second aunt actually thought that having a daughter of a duke in the backyard was prestigious, he was about to agree, Linlang stopped thinking about dealing with Zhou Sanniang. She thought that Zhou Sanniang should seduce the son of the second aunt, and when they entered the house, she could make the two of them kill each other. Wouldn't that be better?
They weren't worried that Zhou Sanniang's infidelity with the second aunt's son would damage the reputation of the Zhou family's daughters. In any case, all the adult daughters of the Zhou family were already married, and the next generation had just been born. They would still have a couple of decades before they got married, which was plenty of time. By then, if the Zhou family hadn't fallen from power and had secured the position of Duke of Zhenguo, the new generation, as true daughters of the Duke's mansion, would naturally not marry too badly. So there was no need to worry about Zhou Sanniang's infidelity affecting the reputation of the Zhou family's daughters.

Moreover, people in the capital are often framed, so even if the news gets out, probably only half of the people will believe it, while the other half will wonder if someone is trying to harm the Zhou family girl. Otherwise, why would a duke's legitimate daughter sleep with someone?

Since Linlang wasn't worried about this and thought it would be more interesting to bring together the sons of Zhou San Niang and Er Gu Tai Tai, she naturally wouldn't object.

Linlang didn't stop it, and the second aunt didn't have the power to stop it either. After all, her son wanted Zhou Sanniang, so the matter of Zhou Sanniang would naturally succeed.

—Although the Second Aunt did not allow Zhou San Niang to come to the Yonghe Prince's Mansion, her son still arranged for people from the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion to meet with her so that she could successfully climb into the Duke's bedchamber.

So, when Zhou San Niang heard that her second aunt's son had arranged to meet her second brother, she went along with him.

Before long, the two got together, and then the second aunt's son asked his mother to propose marriage to the Zhou family.

When the second aunt heard that her son had gotten together with Zhou Sanniang, she was furious. She immediately scolded her son: "What's wrong with you? Didn't I tell you to be careful of Zhou Sanniang? How come she still succeeded?"

The second aunt's son said innocently, "She likes me so much, and she'll be the daughter of a duke in the future. I feel that if a duke's daughter is willing to be my concubine, then I'm getting a good deal, so I agreed."

When the second aunt heard her son say this, it was clear that Zhou San Niang wasn't entirely proactive, and that her son was also willing. She was furious and pointed at her son's head, saying, "How could I have such a stupid son like you!"

He immediately expressed his disagreement with the marriage.

The son of the second aunt, who wanted a daughter of a duke as a concubine, was unhappy when his mother disagreed with the marriage. He said, "I'm already with her. If I don't marry her, she'll get pregnant, and the people in the Duke's mansion will find out it was me. They'll come knocking on my door to cause trouble. So hurry up and bring her into the mansion before she gets pregnant."

The second aunt was at her wit's end because of her son, so she had no choice but to swallow her anger and tell the Zhou family about it.

When Madam Zhou and Master Zhou heard that their youngest daughter was with the son of their second aunt, they were stunned. After a long while, they said to the matchmaker, "I remember that the son of our second aunt is already married, isn't he?"

The matchmaker was somewhat embarrassed and said, "Yes, so they want to take the Third Miss as a concubine."

How could the matchmaker not be embarrassed? After all, Zhou Sanniang was the future daughter of a Duke, and someone actually wanted to take her as a concubine. If the other party hadn't insisted she come to propose, she wouldn't have come at all, because she was afraid of being kicked out by the girl's family. (End of Chapter)