After the heroine was robbed, save the paranoid villain

The imperial edict soon reached the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion.

Miss Wen of the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion was still ill, and the imperial edict was received by her third uncle Shao Hong.

Shao Hong didn't know what was going on, but marriage was no trivial matter. He was naturally extremely cautious regarding his niece's happiness for the rest of her life.

He stuffed a few gold bars into the eunuch who came from the palace and said, "I hope you can give me some advice."

The leading eunuch smiled and said, "Don't worry, Third Master Shao, the Emperor will not mistreat Miss Wen. The Imperial Observatory made a mistake when calculating the birthday, and the Emperor is going to hold them accountable! We have a lot of things to do in the palace, so I'll go back first."

As soon as the people from the palace left, Shao Hong and his wife talked for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on. They then called over Shao Junliang, the eldest grandson of the Shao family's first branch, and Shao Junshou, the eldest grandson of the second branch.

The Shao family was a well-known aristocratic family in Lingcheng. They were a prominent family of noble birth and had a high status in the entire Wei Dynasty.

The Shao family has complicated rules and strict separation between men and women. In recent years, the brothers Shao Junliang and Shao Junshou have rarely seen their cousin from the Wen family except during the Chinese New Year and other festivals.

Normally, whenever there was something going on in the mansion, the lady would be asked to deal with the cousin. It was only on the way back to the capital that they met their cousin a few more times.

When local officials come to Beijing, they are most afraid of having too close contacts with Beijing officials. Shao Hong knows that the emperor's spies are always watching them, so he didn't dare to do anything rash these days. He only helped clean up the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion and didn't dare to make friends with the powerful people in Beijing.

Now that this kind of thing happened, Shao Hong asked Shao Junliang and Shao Junshou to find out about it.

Emperor Jianxing knew that the Shao family would overthink things, and he also wanted to test the Shao family's attitude, so he let his men leak some information.

The next day.

Shao Hong was so angry that his beard started to blow up: "This is too much! This is really too much!"

Shao Junliang and Shao Junshou also felt unhappy.

They grew up listening to stories about their uncle and cousin fighting enemies outside, and always regarded their uncle and cousin as great heroes of the Wei Dynasty.

For hundreds of years, the State of Wei had been at war with the State of Cang. The State of Cang invaded the land of the State of Wei, plundered the money and women of the State of Wei, and killed the people of Wei.

The Duke of Zhenguo recovered five cities and hundreds of miles of territory from the State of Wei, but was hated by the State of Cang. When he died, not even his entire body was left behind. One of his arms and one of his fingers were regarded as trophies by the enemy to gain fame. His two sons, one sixteen and the other thirteen, had not yet married and had children, and all died on the battlefield!

How many years have passed!

The State of Wei had just enjoyed a few years of peace, but the Fifth Prince had forgotten the peace that the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion had fought hard for, and he insulted the Duke of Zhenguo's only daughter!

And the girl from the Wei family, the daughter of the Minister of Rites, should have been the most polite one, but she actually did such a disgusting thing!

Shao Junliang advised: "Your Majesty is doing this to save our girl's face. Third uncle, the fifth prince is the legitimate son of the Empress, we can't go against him at this critical moment."

Shao Hong thought about it seriously and said, "You are right. The emperor prefers the prince of Qin more. If our girl marries him, she will be rich and prosperous."

Shao Hong's wife Jiang Shi became more and more upset as she listened: "You grown men, are you just going to let it go? Where will our girl's face be? As far as I know, the King of Qin has a violent personality, and the Fifth Prince is gentle and refined. The girl from the Wei family has snatched such a good marriage from us, so she should be held accountable anyway!"

Shao Junshou quickly spoke up: "Don't be angry, Third Aunt, we are not afraid of trouble... it's just that this is not the right time to cause trouble. As for a man, you can only know whether he is a human or a ghost after you get married. Everyone says that the fifth prince is good, but didn't he do such a disgusting thing?"

Jiang gritted her teeth and said, "I can't stand being bullied like this."

However, the emperor has made arrangements, and no matter how unbearable it is, they, the ministers, have to obey.

Besides, although the Shao family and the Wen family have a close relationship, they are both my maternal family, so some things are really inconvenient to do or say.

To be honest, the young lady from the Wen family is quite pitiful. She lost her parents and brother at a young age. There is not even an elder with whom she can have a say in the family with the same surname. Even if she is bullied to the extreme, she can only endure it.

Jiang sighed and said, "By the way, our girl's health has improved. This is rare. As soon as the emperor's decree came yesterday, her health has improved a lot. Who knows, if the girl marries His Royal Highness the Prince of Qin, she will have a good fortune. I haven't told her about the marriage exchange yet, so I'll talk to her about it."

Although she said this, Jiang was still a little scared in her heart. She felt that the King of Qin was a madman with a murderous habit, and her helpless cousin would have a hard life if she married him.

If I marry in Lingcheng, the Shao family can still take care of me.

The capital city is far away from home and if you suffer any injustice, you can only swallow it silently.