Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Of course, even if Second Aunt's wife exceeded Linlang's expectations and still wanted to sue her maternal family, the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion, it didn't matter. After all, it was Zhou San Niang who was in jail, so what was she afraid of?

Linlang's answer was obviously correct. Upon hearing this, the Zhou family suddenly realized what was going on. When the second aunt's son came to ask again, the Zhou family's attitude became firm again, saying, "Since that's what your family thinks, fine, go ahead and sue. Let people see how powerful it is for a married woman to sue her own family."

These words truly left the second aunt's son at a loss. He went back to consult his mother, wondering what to do now—should they really sue? And if they did, would it affect their reputation?

Need I say more? This will definitely have an impact.

Putting everything else aside, just this one point: once she files a lawsuit, everyone will know that she has completely broken ties with her maternal family. Her son will also lose support from his maternal family. She is already paralyzed, and if she doesn't have the support of her maternal family, then life will be very difficult for her and her son in the mansion.

Although the relationship between the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and them was not close before, outsiders did not know the truth or the nature of their relationship. If they were to report this, then others would definitely find out.

So when Second Aunt said those things before, she only wanted to warn the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion and force them to hand over Zhou Sanniang. In fact, she didn't dare to really accuse them. She didn't expect that Madam Zhou and Master Zhou would have such quick wit and see through their bluster. Now she is in a bit of a dilemma.

If we don't sue, they definitely won't hand over Zhou Sanniang; but suing won't do them any good.

Thus, the threat from the second aunt's wife came to nothing.

When Madam Zhou and Master Zhou saw that Linlang had dispelled the threat with just one sentence, they admired her immensely and listened to her even more in the future.

When Zhou San Niang saw that Lin Lang had helped her and prevented her from being taken back by her second aunt, she should have been grateful to Lin Lang. However, seeing her parents praising Lin Lang and saying how good their eldest daughter was, she couldn't feel grateful at all. She only thought about marrying someone better than Lin Lang, so that her parents wouldn't only have eyes for her older sister.

However, it seems quite difficult now. After all, even if she sleeps with a member of the royal family after the three-year mourning period at the Prince of Ying's residence, she will only become a concubine and not the principal wife. That would be worse than the marriage Linlang made.

Zhou Sanniang was truly not satisfied with this, so she was in a panic right now, thinking about how she could do better than Linlang.

Finally, she actually came up with a plan—the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion attended a banquet hosted by the Prince of Jin's mansion, which allowed her to successfully climb into the Prince of Jin's bed.

The other party initially thought she was an ordinary woman, which is why they made their move. Later, when they learned that she was the direct granddaughter of the Duke of Zhenguo, they were quite surprised. They couldn't treat her as an ordinary person, so they didn't give her any title or status, but only treated her as an ordinary concubine, giving her the title of a concubine.

In Zhou San Niang's eyes, becoming a concubine of a prince was quite impressive. It was much better than being a concubine to her second aunt's son. If she ever met her second aunt's family in the future, she could laugh at them for not knowing what was good for them back then. She was willing to marry them, but they didn't appreciate it. Now she was marrying someone much better.

When Madam Zhou and Master Zhou saw that their daughter had married a prince as a concubine, they thought the same as Zhou San Niang, feeling that it was much better than her becoming a concubine to the son of their second aunt, so they were naturally happy.

Although the heir apparent of the Prince of Jin has been established and is not young, he is still a prince, which is different from others. In their limited understanding, the second aunt's wife only became a concubine of a prince of the second rank, which is the same as their own daughter becoming a concubine of a prince. Their own daughter must be very powerful.

When Zhou Sanniang saw her parents praising her, she became even happier, thinking that she had made the right move.

Linlang was speechless when she heard about this.

Previously, Linlang saw that Zhou Sanniang was planning to cause trouble after the mourning period at the Prince Ying's Mansion. However, in the end, because she was praised by Madam Zhou and Master Zhou once again, Zhou Sanniang's competitive spirit was aroused. She didn't want to marry into the ordinary royal family of the Prince Ying's Mansion, lest she be worse off than her. So she found an opportunity to marry a prince. Linlang was speechless, thinking that she must know that this Prince Jin's Mansion was the same mansion that helped the concubine become the principal wife, and then the concubine squeezed out the principal wife's son's position as heir apparent, so that her own son could become the heir apparent.
This woman looks formidable; she actually dared to marry into the Prince of Jin's mansion. She won't even know how she died.

It must be said that the current Princess Consort of Jin is very shrewd. Not only did she manage to get the position of Princess Consort of a Prince and make her son the heir apparent, but she also made the Prince of Jin think she was exceptionally good. What's good about her is that she never stops the Prince of Jin from taking in beauties. Sometimes, when she sees a stunningly beautiful woman, she even helps the Prince of Jin bring her into the family. She makes the Prince of Jin very happy and often praises the current Princess Consort of Jin in public, saying that she is the most virtuous.

Otherwise, how could Zhou San Niang have gotten into Prince Jin's bed so easily? It's because Prince Jin is indiscriminate in his affections, unlike other princes who would at least consider the princess's reputation and wouldn't engage in inappropriate behavior with guests at banquets held at home.

If the Prince of Jin were to engage in such indecent behavior with his guests, the Princess Consort would surely be furious. After all, if this were to happen, which family would dare to bring their wives to banquets at the Prince of Jin's residence in the future? What if the Prince of Jin, that lecherous old man, were to take advantage of them?
But when they arrived at Prince Jin's residence, Princess Jin not only didn't scold Prince Jin or Zhou San Niang for climbing into his bed, but she also didn't give Zhou San Niang any bad looks. Instead, she smiled and held Zhou San Niang's hand, saying that Zhou San Niang was young and beautiful, and arranged a large courtyard for her, which surprised and delighted Zhou San Niang.

She thought that doing this would anger the Princess Consort of Jin, and that if the Princess Consort of Jin wanted to cause her trouble, she would have to use the name of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion to prevent her from doing anything to her. However, the Princess Consort of Jin was surprisingly kind to her, which made Zhou San Niang feel that she had made the right choice in seducing the Prince of Jin.

The thought of becoming a concubine of a prince, which made her feel much more respectable than Linlang, made Zhou Sanniang feel like she had finally made it big and was able to hold her head high.

Linlang couldn't help but smile as she watched Zhou Sanniang's situation develop.

Everyone in the capital knows how formidable the Princess Consort of Jin is; she actually dared to climb into the Prince's bed.

Doesn't she even realize that no children have been born in the Prince Jin's mansion since the Princess Jin took over? And as long as no children are born, the Princess Jin naturally doesn't care who climbs into her bed, since after the Prince Jin passes away, they'll all be sent to the family temple or disposed of by her.

Princess Consort Jin was a shrewd woman. Since she rose to power as a concubine, she naturally had to guard against others following her example. So she used some means to make Prince Jin lose his fertility and ensure that the new concubine never had a child. This way, she wouldn't have to worry about the new concubine being beautiful and favored, or if something happened to her in the future, the new concubine might rise to power like her, and then her child might become the heir apparent and take her son's place.

As long as the favored newcomer doesn't have children, there's no need to worry about them posing a threat to her son if they rise to power.

As for those who are not favored but have given birth to children before, there is no need to worry. After all, Prince Jin would not make them his concubines if they were not favored.

Zhou Sanniang was unaware of all this; she only thought that entering the Prince of Jin's residence meant she had surpassed Linlang, and she was still smugly pleased with herself. (End of Chapter)