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In the early morning of the next day, Madame SHen left the Palace. When she returned, he did not even bring Jin Lan with him. Arriving at the gate of Meng Mansion, Madame SHen asked Hui Xiu to pass her name scroll to him, and before long, she was welcomed.

Madame Qin looked as if she knew Madame SHen would come visit him, as there was no surprise on her face, but when she saw Madame SHen's haggard look, she was truly shocked, "A few days ago I saw you in good spirits, but now you look like this?" She sent the servant girl who brought the tea fruit over and pulled Madame SHen's hand to the soft couch. She could not help but size him up.

Madame SHen was a woman from a southern river and township. Her figure was slender, and coupled with her long bed, she seemed extremely weak. At this moment, she was wearing a magenta robe with four joyous cloud patterns on it. It was originally a dress that matched her skin color, but it actually made her face pale. There was a worried look between her eyebrows, making her look very haggard.

Thinking about it, Madame Qin could not help but sigh.

The Madame SHen did not hesitate, she laughed a few times and went straight to the point, "I came today to ask you, do you have any news from the capital?"

Although the Madame SHen asked gently, how could such a shrewd person like her not understand the meaning behind his words? She remembered the last time she went back to Ye Family to visit a patient, she did not receive any response even after trying many times. It was probably already too late. She hesitated for a moment, then softly asked, "Tell me first, is there any unusual activity in the manor?"

She was sure about it! The Madame SHen held the handkerchief tightly in her hands, and said: "The 80th birthday of the Old Ancestor is coming up in the capital, the Old Granny decided it yesterday, she will let Lan Er and Jin Wei go to the capital together to congratulate the Old Ancestor. She set a date, and we will leave on the second of September."

The second day of the ninth month? It seemed like the Ye Family was also about that matter. She raised her head and looked at the Madame SHen, but did not say anything. Although the Yangzhou had revealed its phase, it was also the time when the late emperor had first ascended to the throne. It had been decades, and the glory of the past had long since disappeared. Logically speaking, she shouldn't have the qualifications to do so. Furthermore, it is one thing for she to be the direct descendant, but even a concubine is going with her. I'm afraid …

Madame SHen saw that her eyebrows were slightly furrowed but she did not speak. She then grabbed her hand and said with a miserable look in her eyes, "Sister Lan, you have seen the suffering I have endured for the past few years the most." As she said that, she covered her mouth with the handkerchief and coughed twice. Then she continued, "Carry this tormented body to the famous temple's Ancient Sha, and chugged all day long. Even the bitter and bitter Medicinal Juice has to drink a lot. Right now, there is only Lan Er, if there really is a mishap to her, I, I … " Before she finished speaking, Madame SHen was already sobbing. He got up and was about to kneel down and beg.

The more she thought about it, the more frightened she became. Now that she had determined that there was a hidden secret behind the events at the capital, and that the Madame Qin was the only person who could possibly know of it, how could she bear with it?

When Madame Qin saw sher, he panicked and quickly reached out to support her, "Little Sister Rong, what are you doing? If you still recognize me as your sister, quickly get up! "

After talking for awhile, Madame Qin finally persuaded Madame SHen, and then called for Qing Yu who was guarding outside to bring hot water, and waited for Madame SHen to wash her face, then the two of them sat down to talk.

"Lan Er is your daughter, but I didn't want her to call me aunt for nothing." Madame Qin patted Madame SHen's cold hands and sighed, "Speaking of which, I don't know much about it either. I only know that there's a letter for my husband from the capital, saying that it's to hurry up and set the date for Ru Han's marriage. I have been worrying about it these few days, and do not know what to do."

Meng Zhiyuan had warned her thousands of times not to reveal even a single word about this matter. Now that the Madame SHen was asking for it, she could only reveal a few words.

Madame SHen was intelligent, even though she only mentioned a little, she immediately thought of various crucial points.

The Meng and Ye Families both had direct descendants in the capital, but their Meng Family and Ye Family were different. The Meng Clan was a noble family in the capital, and they were well-received. Under such a deep background, they believed that Meng Zhiyuan could get married as soon as possible, even if he was still young.

From this, it could be seen that something must have happened in the capital, and the only thing that could cause the Meng Clan to panic was the palace …

Madame SHen's eyes widened, revealing a hint of shock. She could not help but take a deep breath and quickly stood up to bless Madame Qin. "Thank you sister Lan for saving my life!"

The Madame Qin quickly turned around and said in a displeased tone: "I only treated you to tea today and you're already so well-mannered. I'm really getting lucky."

Madame SHen knew very well that her meaning was that after she left this sect, she would not recognize the things that she had said today. But to have obtained such information, Madame SHen was already deeply grateful. Of course she wouldn't force others to testify against him.

The two spoke a little more before Madame SHen got up and left.

Seeing that she was distracted, Madame Qin did not force her to stay, and got Qing Yu to send her out of the house.

Once Madame SHen returned to the Ye Mansion, she immediately sent Hui Xiu to the Lan Garden to call Jin Lan over, and then told him about the news she had received from the Meng Mansion.

"So you're saying that the old lady wants to send me and my elder sister to our family for the election?" Jin Lan ran his white fingers across the cloud patterns on the teacup, his face full of doubt. "But based on what mother said before, I don't even have the qualifications to be an elder sister, much less an elder sister. How could the Old Ancestor and Old Granny not know?"

The expression on Madame SHen's face was heavy as she studied Jin Lan's delicate face. After a while, she said in a deep voice, "Lan Er, even though my first wife and you do not have the qualifications to participate, if it is Lateral Consort, it is not certain."

Lateral Consort? Jin Lan looked at Madame SHen in shock, and a "boom" resounded in his mind.

Yes, in her previous life, Ye Jinwei had been depressed all day after she had returned from the capital, so she could not persuade him for a long time. No matter how she asked, she was not willing to divulge anything about him being in the capital.

Then, was the reason why Ye Jinwei was the only one to go to the capital in her previous life, because she was obstructed by the Concubine Shao?

In this life, due to her change, Concubine Shao was grounded by the old lady, so she naturally did not know of this matter. As a result, no one tried to stop her, so the old lady naturally included her in it.

Jin Lan's heart was ice-cold. It seemed like even the so-called blood relationship was not comparable to the glory and riches of the past. As long as the Ye Family was flourishing, not to mention her, even the Yu Ge'er and the Old Granny would be willing to part.

"Mother." Jin Lan called out in a low voice. What should he do now? For the first time since her rebirth, she was at a loss of what to do. The Old Granny, the Old Ancestor, her family, and the Imperial Palace were all insurmountable mountains for her.

Even after so much effort, he still couldn't reverse fate's course of action?

Madame SHen hugged Jin Lan's trembling body into his embrace, and said with heartache: "Don't be afraid Lan Er, Mother will definitely not ask you to go to that place that eats people without spitting out their bones."

Jin Lan laid in Madame SHen's embrace, listening to her messy thoughts and the rapid rise and fall of her chest, but her heart had calmed down bit by bit.

At this point, no, no.

The Old Ancestor had already sealed off all avenues of retreat, and the Old Granny's thoughts were clearly the same as the Old Ancestor's. If she acted rashly, it might be her mother who would be implicated.

The old lady's words were like a thorn in her flesh, making it impossible for her to ignore them.

Therefore, there was no choice but to go forward.

Jin Lan greedily took in the warm smell coming from Madame SHen's body. He sat up and said softly, "Mother, I'm afraid this trip to the capital is unavoidable."

"Lan Er!" The thing that the Madame SHen feared the most had happened. She could think of any means to stop the Old Granny and even the Old Ancestor, but if Jin Lan was willing, what could she do?

She grabbed Jin Lan's hand and said with a trembling voice, "You can't go! I believe in my mother. I will definitely think of a way. "

"Mother, first listen to what Lan Er has to say," Jin Lan shook hshe head, a clear and gentle light shining in her eyes, as she slowly calmed down Madame SHen's anxious heart, "I guess that there must be many girls that are congratulating the old ancestor on his death in Shang Jing. Lan Er is only nine years old, and even if she was born in the capital, he would still be ten years old.

Madame SHen was a mystery to the public and was extremely worried. Adding to that, Jin Lan had a calm demeanor every day, which made her neglect Jin Lan's age. Now that she was given such a lesson, she vaguely understood.

Jin Lan saw her anxious expression lighten a bit, and continued, "Mother also said that our family has a huge scheme, so we definitely won't do anything shameful. Otherwise, if there's any trouble, I'm afraid our family won't be able to handle it." Even if it was just a side branch, with so many tiny branches combined, they could still fight the main branch.

"My daughter suspects that the Old Ancestor is the younger sister of Emperor Xian. His aunt today must be someone from the imperial family involved in her birthday feast." I, the, my clan, am using this birthday banquet to secretly act. As long as a lady is chosen, marrying a Lateral Consort is just a sentence from today. "

Lateral Consort was not a match for the main wife, she still needed to plan for her family's talents, her family background was too mediocre, perhaps the higher ups would not be at ease. The Lateral Consort was different. As long as one's background was pure, even a level nine sesame official would give birth to a prince or Lateral Consort.

It was only after they moved to the capital that Jin Lan finally understood the truth. Now, it just so happened that she could use it. "Therefore, as long as your daughter doesn't show off, or doesn't show her face in front of the prince, no matter how scheming the family is, it won't be your daughter's turn."

The other honey is mine, and she doesn't want it, but that doesn't mean that others will scoff at it. There will definitely be a lot of people fighting over that spot. Didn't Ye Jinwei lose in her previous life?

"But …" Madame SHen still didn't feel reassured. She was prepared to persuade Jin Lan, but she stuck her tongue out at him.

After being cooped up with the Madame SHen for a while, Jin Lan finally sat up from Madame SHen's embrace and said in a clear voice, "Mother, you can be at ease. Lan Er will definitely be unharmed, and return safely!"

Madame SHen looked at her daughter's determined face and could not help but feel pain on the tip of her nose. If she could be like Madame Qin, her daughter would definitely not suffer like this! As he thought of this, he once again embraced Jin Lan and started crying.

Jin Lan advised for a long time. When the sky darkened and it was about time, she and the Madame SHen went to pay their respects to the old lady. The old lady didn't expect that she had yet to wake up, so they went to the Shuixie Pavilion for dinner.

Just as she was about to enter the room, Bi He raised the curtain and said to Jin Lan: "Miss, Mama Shang is here."