Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Of course, the key is to marry Linlang as soon as possible.

Originally, the Crown Princess of Zhou felt that the two were too young to be married, but given the danger of the Duke of Cheng'en's residence, she decided to wait until the formalities were completed before bringing them into the family. After all, according to the law, a woman could marry at the age of thirteen.

However, her own son is still a bit young, so she can simply have the two of them postpone their marriage until the time comes.

Once she marries Linlang, she won't have to worry about being implicated by revenge against Madam Chengen and her son. Then, she and her son will find a way to deal with Madam Chengen and her son. After all, those two have been too vicious towards Linlang, especially Madam Chengen, who even prevented her son from proposing marriage to Linlang and kept the letters her son wrote to Linlang. No matter what, she will definitely get revenge. Otherwise, Madam Chengen might think that they are afraid of her and that no matter what she does to them, they will not retaliate.

Linlang was engaged to such a good marriage, so Song Yuanniang was naturally unhappy.

At first, she didn't know that others knew about her mother's tampering. She thought only she and her brother knew. It wasn't until the news spread throughout the capital and some of her friends asked Song Yuanniang about it that she was so ashamed that she almost wanted to crawl into a hole. So she came back and questioned her mother about what she had done and how she had made it public that she had tried to stop Shen Linlang and Chu Yue from being together, making her unable to hold her head up in public.

As a result, her mother scolded her, saying that it was all for her sake. If she didn't want a daughter of a duke to marry someone worse than Shen Linlang, she would never have done such a thing. Now that it's been exposed, it wasn't her fault. Chu Yue and Shen Linlang met and confronted each other. What could she do? How could she be blamed for this?

When Song Yuanniang heard what the Lady of Chengen said, she realized what was going on and there was nothing she could do.

To be honest, she was indeed very unhappy that Shen Linlang was able to arrange such a good marriage for her.

Previously, she had always thought that since she was the daughter of a duke and Shen Linlang was an orphan living under someone else's roof, the person she married would definitely be much better than Shen Linlang. Moreover, her mother said that besides the fact that Shen Linlang's parents had died and she could not be married into a family through marriage, so generally, well-off families would not marry her, and because of her status as an orphan, most people would not marry her either, for fear that marrying her would cause the family's descendants to die young. Therefore, it would be difficult for Shen Linlang to marry into a good family.

Unexpectedly, the Zhou Prince's Mansion has become engaged to Shen Linlang. Isn't the Zhou Prince's Mansion afraid that the early death of Shen Linlang's parents will affect the lifespan of Chu Yue's descendants in the future?

In fact, this wasn't the first time she'd been unhappy. She'd been upset ever since she heard that Linlang had taken back her dowry.

Although her mother told her to take advantage of Linlang, she was too embarrassed to ask for it back. However, seeing that Linlang's dowry would be more than hers in the future, she was not very happy at the time. She could only try to balance the psychological gap by thinking that she would marry someone better in the future.

Now that other women are marrying so well, she might not even be able to get married, which makes her feel even more disappointed. After all, not only is her dowry inferior, but her husband is also inferior. How can she accept that?

Another unhappy person was Liu Si Niang. Before Lin Lang was engaged, Liu Si Niang was unaware of the matter because the Lady of Cheng En kept it a secret. So when Liu Si Niang came to visit the Heir Apparent of Cheng En, she kept nagging about how Lin Lang liked the Heir Apparent and demanded that he promise to stay far away from Lin Lang so that she could deal with her.

After listening to Liu Siniang's advice to deal with Linlang last time, he was humiliated and ended up losing face. This made the heir of the Duke of Chengen somewhat dislike Liu Siniang, but he didn't dare to show it because of her status.

Hearing Liu Siniang bring up the matter again, and urging him to continue dealing with Shen Linlang, the heir of the Duke of Chengen didn't want to listen to her fantasies anymore. He immediately interrupted Liu Siniang's advice on how to deal with Shen Linlang, saying, "You don't need to worry, she doesn't like me."

Although outsiders are unaware that the Zhou Prince's Mansion is about to be engaged to Shen Linlang, the Zhou Prince's Mansion's matchmaker has already come to propose marriage, and the marriage between the two is practically settled. Therefore, the heir of the Duke of Chengen, who knows the situation, can no longer deceive himself as before. After all, it won't be long before outsiders know about this, and there's no point in him continuing to deceive himself.

Liu Si Niang didn't like hearing the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en say that, so she immediately pouted and said, "How do you know she doesn't like you? She's an orphan, who else could she marry but you? Of course she'll be clinging to you..."

The heir of the Duke of Chengen said, "She really doesn't like me..." Before Liu Siniang could argue about this issue, the heir of the Duke of Chengen said, "The Prince of Zhou's mansion has already proposed marriage to her. She will soon be engaged to Chu Yue of the Prince of Zhou's mansion, so don't spread these rumors outside anymore. If they reach the ears of the Prince of Zhou's mansion, they will say that we are spreading rumors, and that will be bad."

Upon hearing the words of the Duke of Chengen's heir, Liu Si Niang was taken aback and asked, "The Prince of Zhou's mansion is proposing marriage to her? Is it... the son of some General Zhenguo or General Fuguo?"

Even this was beyond her imagination. After all, the General Who Protects the Nation is on the same level as the Duke, and the son of the General Who Assists the Nation will also become the General Who Assists the Nation in the future, which is on the same level as the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en. This is already very high. She never thought that Shen Linlang, an orphan, could marry such a good man, so she never thought about anything higher.

Of course, the main reason was that there were too many members of the royal family, and she had no idea who Chu Yue was.

As a result, the heir of the Duke of Chengen shook his head and said, "No, he is the second son of the heir of the Prince of Zhou, who will be enfeoffed as a prince in the future."

Upon hearing this, Liu Si Niang's eyes widened, and she remained speechless for a long time.

What's going on? She'd already prevented Shen Linlang from marrying into such a good family as the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en, so how come Shen Linlang's marriages are getting better and better? Shouldn't she be doomed if she couldn't marry the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en, ending up marrying into some impoverished family and living a miserable life? How can her fate keep improving? Is there really such a thing as a female protagonist's halo? No way, right?
Now things are really messed up. She can't cause trouble for Shen Linlang anymore, because the Zhou Prince's Mansion has already announced that if anything happens to Shen Linlang, the Cheng'en Duke's Mansion will be held responsible. As a result, how could the Cheng'en Duke's heir dare to continue to play along with her nonsense and deal with Shen Linlang?

There was no reason to say that Shen Linlang liked the heir of the Duke of Cheng'en, because after she returned, she investigated Chu Yue. His appearance was no less than the heir's, and more importantly, he was younger and of higher status. Even if she were to falsely accuse Shen Linlang of liking the heir, she couldn't justify it. After all, Shen Linlang's fiancé was far superior to the heir—it was a complete mismatch. If she were to insist that Shen Linlang liked her fiancé, who would believe her? Not only would her fiancé not believe it, but he repeatedly emphasized that she shouldn't say such things, lest it bring trouble to the Duke of Cheng'en's mansion. (End of Chapter)