If I were born again, I would marry a strong but short-lived husband.

Chapter 408 Dog Stuff

An hour later, Prince Chen's Mansion became lively.

The first to arrive were Ruan's eldest aunt and her family. In addition to Liang's mother and daughter, even the third aunt Ye, who usually didn't like to go out for social events, came.

Just as they arrived, Jiang also came.

They all looked at Shen Sui'an worriedly.

"Sui Sui is just a concubine. As long as you and the prince are of one mind, it doesn't matter how many concubines there are." Jiang advised softly.

Thinking back to the time, Shen Sui'an was disgusted and wanted to cancel the engagement because Lu Heng had an affair with bartenders. Now that Fu Jinyuan is asked to take a concubine, what else can she do?

This cannot be changed.

It must be very uncomfortable.

"Mother, I'm not sad. This is a marriage granted by the emperor. I know there's nothing I can do." Shen Sui'an said softly.

Ruan Zhaoxia was so angry that she paced back and forth in the room, and it felt like sparks were about to pop out of her head.

"If you want to grant a marriage, then grant a marriage. Why choose someone else as the concubine? Why must it be from the Chen family? Isn't this making us feel disgusted?"

"I've never seen such an unreliable father. He doesn't think about compensating his cousin for the suffering he has endured, but only about making things difficult for him."

"I'm furious."

"Cousin, you haven't seen that Chen Qiong'er. She's even more annoying than her aunt."

Liang scolded her lightly, "Okay, Third Aunt is still the elder now, please stop talking."

Ruan Zhaoxia sneered, "If she had any sense of being an elder, she wouldn't do such a disgusting thing."

Humph, wait until her second uncle’s leg is healed and he can stand up again, and see if she will regret it.

"Cousin, don't worry. Huang Bizhu is a brainless person. You have seen her before. She is nothing to be afraid of. My cousin certainly doesn't like her. But Chen Qiong'er, you must be more careful. She has many tricks and is used to pretending to be aggrieved to win sympathy from others."

Shen Sui'an had never met Chen Qiong'er. Because of her second aunt's matter, she had no contact with the Chen family.

"Child, don't blame the Queen. If she could stop it, she would definitely stop it." Liang held Shen Sui'an's hand.

"Aunt, how could I blame mother? She was not aware of this matter. It was He Zhiyuan who came to convey the order. The emperor must have done it without telling her." Shen Sui'an said.

Liang increased the strength in her hands. She really hated that guy.

Aren’t the Ruan family loyal enough? Hasn’t the Queen given enough?

A dog who favors his concubine and kills his wife.

She only dared to curse in her heart, but resentment was revealed in her eyes.

"The concubine will be married in three days. There will definitely be a lot of things to do in the mansion these days, so I will stay to help." Liang said.

Jiang said, "Getting married in three days, what a lowly status this is."

"We merchants don't take concubines so hastily. Is this emperor of the Southern Dynasty bringing honor to their family or humiliating them?"

"Pooh."

Liang gave Jiang a look that said she had scolded him.

Shen Sui'an couldn't help laughing.

"Princess, Qingli from the Queen's service is here. Please come to the palace tomorrow." Qingsu said to Shen Sui'an.

"Aunt, third aunt, mother, please sit down first. I'll be back soon." Shen Sui'an said with a smile.

Queen Ruan was worried that Shen Sui'an would feel uncomfortable, so she asked Qingli to convey the message.

"Princess, the Queen was too late to stop this matter, and the Emperor sent his personal soldiers to the cabinet to force the emperor to issue an order. However, you and the prince don't have to worry about the two concubines." Qingli whispered.

Shen Sui'an said, "I understand. Please don't worry about us, mother. They are just concubines. With me here, I won't give them the chance to hurt the prince."

Seeing that the princess did not look upset, Qingli felt relieved and went back to report.

……

Shi Qing went to the Pacification Office to find Fu Jinyuan, only to find out that the prince had left the city early in the morning to investigate a case and was not in the royal capital.

It was not until dusk that Fu Jinyuan returned.

Everyone in the Pacification Office knew about the arranged marriage, and there was a hint of mockery in the way they looked at Fu Jinyuan.

"My Lord, congratulations."

Du Youchuan came over with a smile, "Now that you have returned from your case, you have two more concubines. I heard that the girl from the Chen family is a rare beauty. Your Majesty is so lucky."

Fu Jinyuan's eyes turned cold and he looked sideways at Guan Jin.

Guan Jin said, "Shi Qing came earlier. He Zhiyuan went to the palace to convey the emperor's decree that the emperor has granted you a marriage. In three days, the concubine will marry you."

"..." Fu Jinyuan almost laughed out of anger.

This emperor is really useless.

"The person has been brought here. You go and interrogate him first. I'll go back to the palace." Fu Jinyuan pointed behind him.

They are currently investigating an old case in which the Vice Minister of the Ministry of War was found dead at home two years ago.

This is the widow of the assistant minister of the Ministry of War who came to the Pacification Office, hoping that they could find the murderer.

It was already dark when Fu Jinyuan returned to the palace.

"Have you had dinner?" Shen Suian greeted him with a smile when he saw him come back, and wrung out a handkerchief to wipe his face.

"Not yet." Fu Jinyuan lowered his eyes and looked at her face which was still as smiling as a flower.

Shen Sui'an asked someone to add more bowls and chopsticks, "Let's eat first."

Fu Jinyuan held her wrist and held her in his arms, "Tomorrow I will go to the palace to refuse the marriage. I don't need a concubine."

"The imperial edict has been issued. If you refuse, you will be disobeying the order. Wouldn't that give you an opportunity to be punished?" Shen Sui'an said.

"Then let him be punished." Fu Jinyuan said with a cold face.

Shen Sui'an smiled and said, "I see that the emperor and He Zhiyuan are so anxious to send you two concubines. It's definitely not just to disgust us. Maybe they are preparing for something bigger."

"This is sending everyone directly to the backyard."

Fu Jinyuan stroked her hair and sighed softly, "I'm just worried that you'll slap me."

"..."

The first time he saw her was at Madam Qu's birthday party. Lu Heng protected a bartender, so Shen Sui'an slapped Lu Heng in public and then broke off the engagement with Lu Heng.

Bright and dashing.

Shen Sui'an glared at him fiercely, "What are you talking about?"

Fu Jinyuan lowered his head and kissed her lips.

Just when they were feeling romantic, the crying of a baby broke the beauty in the room.

"Wow."

Shen Suian pushed Fu Jinyuan away with a red face, and quickly hugged her son on the bed and coaxed him.

"What's wrong?" Fu Jinyuan calmed down and sat down beside her.

"He must be hungry." Shen Sui'an said, and asked the wet nurse to come in and hold Chao Ge'er to feed.

Shen Sui'an said, "The marriage was granted too hastily. Although there are many courtyards in the palace, how do you think we should arrange it?"

"The one that's the farthest away, don't show up in front of me." Fu Jinyuan frowned in disgust.

"We need to assign more personnel to keep a close eye on them and not allow them the opportunity to go to the front yard."

Shen Sui'an nodded, "Then let's go to Luomei Courtyard and Chixia Courtyard. The two courtyards are adjacent to each other, so it's good for them to keep each other company."

Fu Jinyuan didn't really want to talk about the concubine issue, "Whatever, it's up to you."

"Okay." Shen Sui'an smiled.

Neither of them mentioned the concubine anymore.

But the surface work still needed to be done, so Shen Sui'an asked someone to clean up the two courtyards the next day.

She took Chao Ge'er into the palace to meet Queen Ruan.