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Chapter 1728 The Country Girl Looked Down Upon 49
Furthermore, Madam Zhou and Master Zhou are not very bright. They took their daughter to someone else's banquet, and as a result, their daughter climbed into someone else's bed. Such a shameful thing, they not only did not scold their daughter for bringing shame to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion, but also praised their daughter for climbing into someone else's bed and finding a good marriage. If others knew about this family's upbringing, who knows how they would laugh at the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion behind their backs.

There was no way around it. Although Madam Zhou and Master Zhou had been in the capital for several years, they still had the mindset of those in lower positions. They thought that being able to marry into a prince's mansion was impressive, regardless of the means by which they got in.

Although before, whether it was Grandma Zhou, Old Master Zhou, or the person Old Master Zhou invited to teach them the unspoken rules of the capital, they had all told them that large families valued their reputation and that there were certain things they couldn't do because doing them would bring shame, they still didn't realize it. They still thought that marrying into a high-ranking family was a good thing, so they never reprimanded Zhou San Niang for doing such a thing. On the contrary, they were proud that their daughter had married into a good family.

But they didn't realize that such behavior would harm the other young ladies in the household.

When Zhou Erniang heard about this, she was gossiped about at her husband's house, so she ran back to her parents' home in anger and cried to Madam Zhou Er about it.

Madam Zhou was dissatisfied when she saw that Madam Zhou had married better than her own daughter. So when she heard her daughter's complaints, she joined her daughter in scolding Madam Zhou for disgracing the family.

—Actually, if her daughter became a concubine of a prince, she definitely wouldn't scold her, because her mind is similar to that of the first wife and her husband; they also think that as long as she can marry well, it doesn't matter whether she climbs into someone's bed or not.

The reason she's cursing now is simply because her daughter hadn't thought of this good idea before, which allowed Zhou San Niang to snatch the good marriage, so she's in a bad mood and that's why she's cursing.

Thinking about how her three daughters were all married to better men than her own daughters, Madam Zhou was naturally dissatisfied. She used this as an excuse to scold the eldest son's family and even brought it up to Old Master Zhou, who then gave the eldest son's couple a severe scolding, saying they didn't know how to raise their children and had caused such a disgraceful incident.

The first wife and her husband didn't think it was a shameful thing at all. They even felt wronged that Old Master Zhou scolded them for it. They thought their daughter was smart and had climbed up to the Prince of Jin's family. Wasn't that a good thing?
Fortunately, they had no other daughters, otherwise, if they continued to be so unrepentant, their daughters would have been in trouble when they got married.

Fortunately, Linlang had a good reputation in the Prince of Ying's mansion, so even though the people in the mansion knew about her family's messy affairs, no one said anything to her face. At most, they would whisper a few words in private.

Of course, the main reason is that the Prince's Mansion is currently observing mourning, and everyone is not going out to socialize or interact with other families. Without interaction, the spread of messy news will be slower. By the time everyone in the Prince's Mansion knows about it, the storm will have long passed, so Linlang has not been affected much.

Of course, even if she was affected, Linlang wouldn't care, since it wouldn't do anything to her anyway.

Zhou Sanniang thought she had come to enjoy a life of luxury after entering the Prince of Jin's mansion.

For the first few days, she did indeed enjoy good fortune, because the Princess Consort of Jin was hypocritical and treated her well on the surface.

But soon, trouble came her way—her second aunt's son, instigated by others, went to Prince Jin's door to demand that Zhou San Niang be returned to him, saying that she was his concubine and had run away. He hoped that Prince Jin would take care of his nephew and return his concubine to him.

Needless to say, the person who instigated the second aunt's son was arranged by the Princess of Jin.

She hosted her own banquet, and then Zhou Sanniang climbed into her bed. It would be strange if she wasn't furious. But she wouldn't show it in front of Prince Jin, lest she displease him. She immediately investigated Zhou Sanniang's background and learned that she had been with the illegitimate son of Prince Yonghe. She promptly sent someone to instigate the son of her second aunt to come and ask Prince Jin for a concubine. She was quite eloquent; she had someone tell the son that if he got the concubine, all the better, so he could take her back and continue to deal with her. Even if he didn't get the concubine, it didn't matter; at least Zhou Sanniang had been disgusted, and it would still give him a chance to vent his anger—a win-win situation.

The second aunt's son thought the servants around him (who were bribed by the Princess of Jin) were right. No matter what he did, he would never lose money, so he had no reason not to do it. Therefore, he went to the Prince of Jin and said these words.

As a prince, what kind of beauty couldn't he have? Why would he need to compete with a nephew for a beauty who wasn't even particularly pretty? So he agreed on the spot.

But his agreement terrified Zhou Sanniang.

Zhou San Niang had no idea that the Princess Consort of Jin was behind this. She thought it was the Second Aunt's son's idea. In her heart, she cursed the Second Aunt and her son to death, calling them shameless for not leaving her alone even after she was married.

But cursing the second aunt and her son was useless. The key was that she couldn't actually be sent out of the mansion by Prince Jin. So she immediately ran to Prince Jin and begged him not to hand her over to the second aunt's son. If Prince Jin didn't agree, she would kill herself in Prince Jin's mansion, saying that she was Prince Jin's person in life and Prince Jin's ghost in death.

She certainly wouldn't kill herself, but the thought of being handed over to her second aunt's son by Prince Jin, and the torment she would suffer in the Yonghe Prince's mansion, made her feel that death was better.

Furthermore, she feared that her second aunt's son was now on guard and that once she entered the Yonghe Prince's Mansion, she would never be able to escape. In that case, she would be in dire straits, crying out to heaven and earth in vain. Even if her parents knew that she had been sent to the Yonghe Prince's Mansion by the Prince of Jin, they might not be able to rescue her. After all, once she became her second aunt's son's concubine, her parents probably wouldn't be able to take her back, lest others say that they had done something wrong. How could they take back their married daughter? After all, if that happened, who would dare to marry the daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion in the future? If her parents were afraid of these rumors and dared not ask for her back, it would be terrible if she stayed in the Yonghe Prince's Mansion.

Therefore, she definitely could not enter the Yonghe Prince's Mansion again, and that's what she said at that moment.

The King of Jin was stunned by her resolute words.

Prince Jin was naturally pleased that the young concubine was so fond of him, and then he thought that he couldn't let Zhou San Niang die, lest he have no way to explain to the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion later.

So he immediately pulled Zhou Sanniang up, saying that he was grateful for her devotion and told her not to worry, he would not hand her over.

Seeing that Prince Jin had given up on the idea, Zhou Sanniang was finally relieved.

After feeling relieved, he hated his second aunt and her son. He immediately sent someone to his parents to tell them about the incident, giving them a chance to cause trouble for his second aunt and her son.

There's no need to worry about her parents not being able to cause trouble for her second aunt and her son. That's because Zhou Linlang is here. She's the most resourceful. If her parents can't cause trouble for her second aunt and her son, they'll definitely ask Linlang for help. Then the problem will be solved.