activa-t Chapter 269 Analysis and Utilization
Chapter 269 Analysis and Utilization
Xiao Shen's character can be simply summarized as "stupid and bad", "bullying the weak and fearing the strong".
To those who share the same stance as Xiao Shen and are her elder cousin, Xiao Shen is nothing but an ignorant child whose indulgence is harmless.
She is not so domineering as to take human life lightly. This is not a big deal. She will be sensible after she gets married.
The attitude of those in power in Yuzhou is like this. Little Shen's nature, coupled with the irresponsible indulgence of her parents, has resulted in a child like her who is nearly eighteen years old and cannot make sense of things.
cute?
It's cute.
As long as Xiao Shen doesn't do anything stupid towards me, isn't she just a young person with a bright personality?
But Molan was not here to play house with Yuzhou and his group of people.
She would not spoil Little Shen, nor would she care about the thoughts of her mother-in-law, Big Shen.
Different times, different copies, and naturally different approaches.
After returning to the yard, Mother Wang, who had just been scolded by Molan, went back into the house, picked up a pen and wrote a letter and handed it to the accompanying guard who was still in the post station and had not set off yet.
The letter was sent urgently over a distance of 800 miles to Jingdong and into the hands of the queen.
The queen at this time was Empress Cao, who later wanted to monopolize power after ruling the country from behind the scenes.
Her contempt and dissatisfaction towards the Yuzhou royal family was one of the reasons why she used various means unscrupulously.
The emperor admired the Sheng family, and the Sheng family had been "very filial" to her clansmen over the years, so after weighing the pros and cons, she followed the emperor's wishes and gave up Gu and Princess Pingning, who had been raised by her, and chose the Sheng family, which had a better future.
Because of Gu, the fourth daughter who was favored by the Sheng family had to marry in the remote area of Yuzhou.
She is already a county lady, and is accompanied by royal ladies-in-waiting, but there are still some ignorant aunts who dare to call themselves her elders and keep humiliating her?
presumptuous!
Xiao Shen was just the younger sister of the wife of the commander of the militia.
And what is a militia commander?
Queen Cao raised her eyebrows, looking quite angry.
In Empress Cao's understanding, the Yuzhou royal family was just disrespecting Princess Jianing and not taking her seriously.
Otherwise, how could he dare to cause trouble for Sheng in front of Mother Wang on the second day of his wedding when several guards, maids and female officials had been sent to Bian Jing and none of them had left?
This can't be stupid, this is intentional!
"This Sheng is also smart."
Queen Cao understood Sheng Molan's intention, but she did not expose it. Instead, she sent a special person to rush to Yuzhou overnight.
Sheng Molan wanted to use her to control Yuzhou.
Yuzhou has nothing to do with her. After Sheng married to Yuzhou, she might not be able to return to the capital in her lifetime, so there is no need for her to stop it.
But this country bumpkin from Yuzhou was disrespectful to the queen and had no idea of how high the heavens and how deep the earth were, which really angered her.
Like the aging emperor, Empress Cao now can't stand those evil people who don't know the difference between respect and inferiority and commit crimes against their superiors.
The older she gets, the more she cares about these formalities; they are the only unchanging evidence that she is still alive and her authority remains.
……
In just three days, the Queen's handwritten letter and edict were delivered.
(There was no such thing as an "imperial decree" in the Song Dynasty.)
Not long before receiving the imperial edict, in Zhao's mansion, Shen Yuzhen, who came to visit from time to time, was still complaining to Shen Congying about Molan's arrogance and indifference.
Little Shen frowned, looking unhappy, threw the bracelet in her hand, and said to Big Shen,
"Sister, this niece-in-law from Bianjing is too arrogant.
If I had known this would happen, I would have let my nephew marry a girl from the Liu family. She is well-educated and well-mannered, much better than this Sheng family."
The Miss Liu refers to the second daughter of the Liu family in Yuzhou. The Liu family served as officials in Yuzhou and were considered well-known local gentry. They had always had a good relationship with the Shen family, and were especially polite to the younger Shen, who was of a higher generation.
Moreover, they had expressed their wish many times in the previous year that Zhao Ceying could marry their daughter.
Shen Congying saw this. After all, she was a girl he had watched grow up, so he knew her inside out and felt at ease.
However, when Zhao Ceying learned that his mother wanted to arrange a marriage for him, he rejected it on the spot and from then on he cut off all contact with people in the Liu family under the name of "relatives" or "childhood sweethearts".
It's okay to say they are forced relatives, but the term "childhood sweethearts" is really an exaggeration.
He was an innocent man who started practicing martial arts at the age of five and spent every day in the military camp in Yuezhou. When he was over ten, he went to Bian Jing to study. How could he have any childhood sweetheart?
too frightening.
At this moment, Zhao Ceying felt that the man who was about to get married must protect himself well when he went out, otherwise his reputation would be ruined and he would not be able to get married, and there would be nothing he could do about it.
Mrs. Shen didn't know what her son was thinking. When she heard Mrs. Shen's complaints, she thought that Mrs. Shen was just telling her some of her inner thoughts in private, so she just taught him lightly.
"She is the county lady, you must not be rude to her."
"I'm still her elder!"
Little Shen had a strange perspective, and Big Shen didn't know what to say after being confused by her.
Xiao Shen is her younger sister, and given their seniority, her daughter-in-law should not be treated with disrespect.
But, her daughter-in-law is not ordinary after all, how can she be treated according to common sense?
Even she didn't dare to set too many rules or be too harsh.
Her family is strong, and she is the Princess of Jianing County.
So the elder Shen comforted the younger Shen and said,
"This...after all, the royal dignity cannot be offended."
Little Shen was full of disdain, and snorted coldly,
“She’s some kind of royal.
She is just a county lady from another family. If she marries into the royal family, she is also a princess of the royal family.
Now that she is a newlywed, she is already so domineering and rude. What will happen to her in the future?
Sister, if you don't set the rules now, she will climb over your head and act tyrannically sooner or later. That would be the real rebellion against the heavens.
Just like the Li in the backyard, if you had listened to me and dealt with her earlier, wouldn't there be so many troubles now?"
Shen Yuzhen's words touched Shen Congying's heart.
When Li was first taken into the mansion, she thought that after all she was the master's new love, so there was no way she could target her.
Who would have known that she would give in step by step and then make such a fool of herself that she did not come to greet people on the first and fifteenth days of the lunar month, took advantage of her maid and proclaimed herself the real mistress of the Zhao Mansion.
Being compared to Xiao Shen in this way, the current daughter-in-law is indeed going a bit too far.
Even if one's status is noble, one should not ignore filial piety.
After all, she was the mistress in charge of the women in the harem, so she had to at least give them a warning...
Big Shen was persuaded by Little Shen.
However, within a cup of tea, the Zhao Mansion received an order specially delivered by the eunuchs in the palace.
This made the two Shens' hearts skip a beat.
Especially Shen Congying, the eldest Shen, who suddenly had some guesses about the content of the order, breathed a sigh of relief when she heard the decree.