Quickly wear salted fish, she won by lying down

Chapter 758: Many Cheats 79
After the palace announced the beauty pageant, very few high-ranking officials and nobles signed up. After all, everyone knew that Concubine Wang was in the limelight in the palace and they didn't want their daughters to be cannon fodder.

If it weren't for Concubine Wang, everyone might have really signed up. At least in the last talent show, many noble families signed up.

But this time, almost no noble families signed up for the beauty pageant. That is, ordinary people did not know the ins and outs of the palace and still signed up their daughters, hoping to get rich.

Because almost no noble families signed up, Cui Erniang, the daughter of the Marquis of Xinxiang, stood out from the crowd. Even though her performance was mediocre, she was retained.

When Cui Erniang saw that she was being kept back, she felt like the earth was collapsing and the sky was breaking. After all, she didn't want to enter the palace at all.

But it was useless for her to think about it. After all, the palace kept her. Could she still object? That would be called disobeying the emperor's order, and she didn't have the courage to do that.

So even if she didn't want to stay in the palace, seeing that the palace kept her, she could only accept it. She didn't dare to say anything. She just thought that it was okay. Even if she became a concubine, it might not mean that she couldn't marry Prince Anjiang in the future. After all, there were quite a few people in history who were concubines of the previous emperor and later married the new emperor. Many of them became queens or noble concubines. If others could do it, she might not be able to. Anyway, she would not give up until the last moment.

Without mentioning Cui Erniang's thoughts, let's talk about the Xinxiang Marquis's Mansion. When the Xinxiang Marquis's wife heard that the palace had kept Cui Erniang, she was overjoyed, as if the mansion would be revived immediately with the help of her daughter. Only Aunt Han and Xinxiang Marquis were furious, especially Xinxiang Marquis. He thought that he had never realized before that the Xinxiang Marquis's wife was so stupid. As a result, she was so stupid that she thought that sending her daughter to the palace would give her a hope of success. She was so stupid that she didn't even think about the fact that Concubine Wang was favored, so it would be strange if Cui Erniang could snatch her favor.

That's right. If he wasn't stupid, how could he not know that his daughter had been swapped?

How could she know that the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang was truly happy, but she was not happy because "her daughter" would be favored in the future, but she was happy that her plan to send Cui Erniang to the palace to suffer had succeeded.

Especially when I saw the Xinxiang Marquis and Aunt Han looking so aggrieved but unable to say anything, I felt particularly happy. I thought, you guys were greedy for wealth and exchanged my daughter for her to marry into a good family. Now, I let you know that sometimes man proposes, God disposes. Even if you become my biological daughter, you may not live a good life.

Linlang did not expect that the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang would act in this way. She thought she was very smart. This method was just right for taking revenge on Aunt Han, the Marquis of Xinxiang and Cui Erniang, leaving them with no way to grievance.

The wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang also anticipated possible changes in the future.

If Cui Erniang enters the palace and cannot get out in the future, Aunt Han will probably change her attitude towards her biological daughter, Cui Yuanniang. After all, the daughter in the palace is considered useless, and she needs someone to rely on outside the palace, lest she worry that he will treat her badly after Xinxiang Hou passes away in the future. So she must be thinking that she must have a daughter to rely on. Even if her wife treats her badly in the future, she will feel better with her daughter to rely on.

——I have to say that the wife of Xinxiang Marquis really guessed it. In the original world, after the fake legitimate daughter Cui Erniang committed a crime and died, Han Yiniang began to treat Cui Yuanniang well. Her biological daughter didn't know Han Yiniang's situation. Seeing that Han Yiniang treated her well, the child was honest and filial, and she was afraid that she would really be coaxed by her.

The wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang could not bear the thought that her daughter would be coaxed and treated well by Aunt Han. So one day, when Cui Yuanniang came to pay her respects and she was the only one there without anyone else, she used the excuse of arranging a marriage for her and had a private conversation with her. She sent her maid away and showed the letter written by the midwife to Cui Yuanniang.

Then she said, "Mother has verified the contents of the letter. It is indeed true. Cui Erniang and Han Yiniang often have private contact. Cui Erniang has long known that she is Han Yiniang's child, but she still occupies the magpie's nest. Good child, you have suffered. Han Yiniang has been bad to you over the years, and mother has seen it all. But before, I didn't know you were my biological daughter, and I didn't interfere with her behavior too much. Now that I know you are my biological daughter, and think about what she has done to you over the years, mother feels uncomfortable every night, so after thinking about it, I still tell you, but you must keep it secret, otherwise, your father and Han Yiniang will know that you already know who your biological mother is, and they don't know how to deal with us, especially your father, who is in control of your marriage. If Han Yiniang knows that you already know your life experience, she will definitely whisper in your father's pillow in a malicious way, and let your father arrange a bad marriage for you. Then your life will be ruined, and mother will never be able to sleep in peace for the rest of her life."

After all, she had dealt with Cui Erniang. If Aunt Han also dealt with her daughter, wouldn't she have dealt with Cui Erniang in vain? Therefore, she naturally had to explain the importance of this matter to Cui Yuanniang.

When Cui Yuanniang read the letter, she felt as shocked as the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang was at the time. It took her a long time to come back to her senses.

She was already fourteen or fifteen years old at this time. In addition, people in ancient times became sensible at an early age. Especially since she was a child who was not liked by her "mother", she became sensible even earlier. So when the wife of Xinxiang Marquis gave her such instructions, she naturally understood and said immediately, "My daughter knows."

It wasn't that she immediately believed the words of the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang and called herself a daughter, but as a concubine's daughter, she had to call herself a daughter in front of the wife.

However, she basically believed the contents of the letter. After all, if it was false, what was the point of Lady Xinxiang lying to her?
Besides, Aunt Han was indeed not nice to her. She had never understood why before, so she had been trying hard to be a better person and to please her mother. Now she knew the reason, and she couldn't help but feel that all her previous efforts were a joke. It turned out that the person she tried to please was her enemy.

Because she had a bad relationship with Aunt Han, she accepted the fact very quickly when she found out that the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang was her biological mother. After all, she had always hoped to have someone who could love her, and now that she had such a person, she was naturally satisfied.

However, she still had to secretly observe Aunt Han's situation to see if this was the case. After all, she couldn't just believe everything others said, otherwise she would appear too careless.

Since Aunt Han doesn't know that she already knows the truth, she will definitely not be too cautious and it will be easy to observe.

When the wife of the Marquis of Xinxiang heard her answer, she said happily, "That's right. Don't be upset when you go back. I think her biological daughter will be hard to see if she loses favor after entering the palace. In this case, she can only rely on you. I think she will change her attitude towards you and treat you very well. She wants to win you over. Don't resist. Take this opportunity to ask your father to find you a good marriage. When you get married, you won't have to worry about them."