Chapter 366 Trends from all parties
After a month of rest, Minglan was finally able to move freely.

Although her body had recovered long ago, especially after Lin Hao transmitted the life energy to her, she recovered even faster.

But the Duchess of England didn't know this, and fearing that her body would suffer from some after-effects, she forced her to stay in confinement for the full month.

On this point, even Lin Hao had no right to speak. As soon as Lin Hao opened his mouth, he was scolded by the Duke of England's wife, who accused Lin Hao of not knowing how to cherish his own wife!
Minglan watched Lin Hao being scolded with a smile, feeling both sweet and helpless in her heart. Having a nice mother-in-law is also a burden!
Then she thought that she could not satisfy Lin Hao by herself, and she often asked Sister Xiaodie and Wei Yuner to serve her husband together, and she felt a little guilty.

Sometimes, even when they attacked together, they were no match for Lin Hao. Although her husband did not say anything, as Lin Hao's wife, she was obviously incompetent for not being able to satisfy her husband.

This is the way the world is today, especially since the Zhang family is small and needs more people to expand.

Then she remembered what Lin Hao had said before, that he would not allow concubines and concubines to enter the house before the birth of the eldest son. She felt that Lin Hao was very considerate to her.

At this time, Lin Hao found that Minglan was in a daze, so he asked curiously:
"What's the matter, girl!"

Minglan came back to her senses from her thoughts and said:

"I'm thinking about Sisters Rulan and Yanran. When is the master going to take them as concubines?"

Lin Hao's heart moved, he shook his head and said:

"Rulan doesn't seem to be very willing. Only Yanran will come in this time. The time is next month!"

Hearing Lin Hao say this, Minglan couldn't help feeling anxious. For some reason, she really wanted Rulan to be Lin Hao's concubine.

Minglan thought for a moment and said, "Sir, I am going to go back to the Sheng family. I want to go back and see my grandmother, and also let her see her great-grandson!"

"By the way, I'll go see Rulan and help you find out what she thinks and do some ideological work!"

At this time, Lin Hao was very proud, but he couldn't show it too much, so he hugged Minglan into his arms, gently stroked her back, and said:
"Girl, you don't have to be like this. At most, just let your husband be patient. I don't want you to suffer any injustice!"

Hearing Lin Hao say this, Minglan felt warm in her heart, but she felt even more guilty, so she said:
"In fact, I know that I have not fulfilled my responsibilities as a wife. I know that the master is very tolerant of me, but I can't help but consider the master!"

Then Minglan seemed to have thought of something and immediately said:

"It's settled! I'll go to the Sheng family tomorrow. If Rulan really doesn't want to, I have another candidate!"

Lin Hao asked knowingly:
"You don't want me to marry Molan, do you? Then I'll wait!"

"You dare! Anyone can do it, except Molan!" Minglan rolled her eyes at Lin Hao and said:

"Didn't I tell you before that my grandmother and I went back to our hometown in Youyang once to visit the old lady in the first house?"

"Yes, you did!" Lin Hao thought for a moment and said, "It seemed to be the period after Changbai passed the imperial examination! I even sent people to protect you at that time!"

Minglan looked at Lin Hao and said:

"Yes, that time! The eldest granddaughter of the old lady, Sheng Pinlan, is about my age. She is not only beautiful and kind, but also has a very straightforward personality. What do you think?"

Lin Hao's eyes suddenly lit up when he heard this. Of course he knew Sheng Pinlan. She was the kind of girl who was very simple and lived a pure life.

Innocent, cute, pure, simple and generous, and especially righteous!
Thinking of this, Lin Hao couldn't help but think of Pinlan's sister, the sweet and sour Shulan, so Lin Hao blurted out:
"I remember now, that's what happened, and her sister Sheng Shulan and Sun Zhigao divorced with your help, right?"

Minglan looked at Lin Hao strangely, hesitated for a moment and said:
"Are you still attracted to Sister Shulan?"

Lin Hao did not confirm or deny it, but reached out and rubbed Minglan's round face, then said:

"It's all up to you, my lady!"

"Huh! You are so proud of yourself!" Minglan finally realized what was happening and asked uncertainly:
"You don't want to catch all the girls from the Sheng family in one fell swoop!"

Lin Hao touched his chin. Actually, it was not impossible. However, Lin Hao would not say this out loud. Instead, he said to Minglan:
"You think too much! You don't know who I am!"

Minglan pouted and said, "I'm worried because I understand you. Rulan is actually pretty good too~ wuwuwuwu!"

Lin Hao was not going to let Minglan continue talking, lest she really see through his little thoughts. Then Lin Hao took Minglan to do that kind of exercise that could make people's souls fly away!

For some reason, Lin Hao always had a feeling that Minglan seemed to be particularly concerned about having Narulan as a concubine.

This made Lin Hao have some vague guesses in his mind. Perhaps he wanted to see Rulan find a legitimate daughter and let her husband, a concubine, be a concubine!
"Tsk tsk!"

But this is just Lin Hao's guess. Maybe it is really as Minglan said, she really can't bear his love, so she needs to find a reliable person to help her share the burden!
After all, Minglan had just set her sights on Pinlan, the eldest daughter of the Sheng family. I guess this was the result of her hard work during this period!
next day
Minglan took the child back to the Sheng family, and Lin Hao sent a team of guards to protect them, and then they came to the archives room.

Seeing Lin Hao coming in, Wei Yuner came up to Lin Hao and said:
"Your Highness, we have already found out that the King of Shu secretly arranged for people to enter Bianjing a month ago and join the major military camps around Bianjing!"

"I already know this. Have you found out any other information?" Lin Hao asked while sitting on the recliner and holding Wei Yuner in his arms.

Wei Yuner fell into Lin Hao's arms, then glanced at him coquettishly, picked up the intelligence book, and began to speak:
"Not only that, the King of Shu also sent people to infiltrate the civil and military nobles in Bianjing, using methods similar to yours!"

"And it seems to have achieved results, successfully infiltrating several noble families. Although our Zhang family is not afraid of such means, Your Majesty should also make preparations early!"

Lin Hao stroked Wei Yun'er's soft waist and said with a smile:

"It's just a small trick. Don't worry. These spies who have been discovered can also serve us as long as they are used well. It is more useful to keep them than to get rid of them!"

Then Lin Hao asked again: "By the way, is there any news from father?"

"Yes, recently there are a large number of Liao cavalry near Yanmen Pass and Chenjia Valley. They neither attack nor go far away, but just wander around the Song-Liao border!"

At this point, Wei Yuner said uncertainly:

"I always feel like they have some ulterior motive!"

Lin Hao closed his eyes and thought for a while, then asked again after thinking for a while.

"Anything else? I mean the movements of the other two princes, the King of Qin and the King of Wu!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Yuner glanced at the intelligence book and continued:

"In addition to the King of Shu taking action, the King of Wu is also making a big effort to invite civil and military officials to get acquainted with him, especially the old nobles in Bianjing City. He is also quite diligent in paying homage to the Queen Mother!"

"Go on!" Lin Hao nodded, and then said: "Tell me about the situation on King Qin's side!" Wei Yun'er ignored Lin Hao's mischievous hands and frowned and said:

"Apart from sending people to monitor you, the King of Qin doesn't seem to have made any major moves. Even when he occasionally visits the Queen Mother, he doesn't discuss any confidential matters!"

"But I always feel that King Qin is a little strange?"

Lin Hao smiled faintly, then his hands wandered over Wei Yun'er's silky skin, and he said:

"As far as I know, the King of Qin has been doing business with the Liao Kingdom through northern Shaanxi these years! Have you thought of anything~!"

Wei Yuner was startled when she heard this, then she thought of something and, without caring about Lin Hao's twitching hands, she immediately turned the intelligence book to the page about the Duke of England.

After a while, Wei Yuner said incredulously:
"Your Highness, what you mean is that the cavalry is wandering around Yanmen Pass because the King of Qin had colluded with the Liao Kingdom before. They want to..."

On the other side, Minglan returned to the Sheng family with a happy face. She first went to pay a visit to Old Madam Sheng and held her son in her hands to show him!

"Oh my! That's great!" The old lady said happily while holding the child: "What's your name?"

"Call Zhang Yuchen, Brother Chen!" Minglan also said with a smile.

Zhang Cuifen, who was also holding her son, said with a smile:

"Haha, it's my brother's style indeed, the meaning of the universe and stars, simple and rough!"

"Ah~! It means the stars in the universe!" Minglan heard this and said with a smile: "See if I won't laugh at him when I get back..."

Afterwards, the three of them chatted about some personal matters, and then Minglan went to Weiruixuan to meet Madam Wang.

When Madam Wang's personal maid, Madam Liu, saw Minglan coming, she shouted to Madam Wang:
"Madam, Ming girl, no, it's the Princess of Yan who is here!"

After Minglan entered the room, she smiled and said, "There's no need to be so formal, Madam Liu!"

Then Minglan said to Madam Wang:
"When mother is at home, please call me by my nickname. It's so kind!"

When Madam Wang heard Minglan say this, she felt that although Minglan was a princess, she still respected her as her biological mother, and she was immediately delighted!
"Ming girl is back!" Madam Wang said with a kind smile, "Why didn't you tell me in advance that you were coming back so I could have someone prepare something!"

Minglan smiled and said:

"I came back on a whim this time. I just wanted to confirm what happened to my fifth sister."

"This~!" Madam Wang hesitated for a moment, but didn't know what to say.

Seeing Madam Wang's expression, Minglan naturally knew what was going on, but she still asked in surprise:

"Mother! Is it possible that Fifth Sister still doesn't want to?"

"How could she not want to?" Madam Wang said excitedly, "If she is not happy with the perfect match for Prince Yan, does she want to marry the Jade Emperor?"

"She, she's just shy. Don't worry, mother will take care of it!"

However, before Wang Ruofu, who was in charge of the whole thing, finished his words, Rulan's voice was heard outside the room:

"I advise mother to stop worrying! I will go to the temple and become a nun. I will never be a concubine!"

Wang Ruofu curled the corner of her mouth. This damn girl really didn't give her any face at all, and even dared to refute her. She was becoming more and more unruly!

Seeing that Rulan was determined not to obey, Minglan said to Madam Wang:
"How about mother go and rest for a while, so that I can talk to my fifth sister alone?"

"This~!" Wang Ruofu hesitated.

"Don't worry, mother. If Fifth Sister really doesn't want to get married, I, as her younger sister, will naturally not force her!"

"Oh~!" Wang Ruofu sighed. If it were in the past, no matter how good the Prince of Yan was, she would never agree to let her own daughter be his concubine.

No matter how nicely the Prince of Yan's concubine speaks, she is still a concubine. No matter whether he is a duke or a prince, a concubine is a concubine and will always be inferior to the principal wife.

But King Yan Lin Hao is different. According to Sheng Hong, if King Yan is willing, he can change the dynasty at any time. It’s just that I heard that the time is not ripe now.

If Prince Yan really became the emperor, Minglan would be the queen, and Rulan would at least be a noble concubine!
Moreover, although the son born in the future is unlikely to inherit the throne, he will at least be a prince!
She had already won at the starting line when she was born, so why should she be unsatisfied? By then, with one queen and one concubine, their Sheng family will definitely be the number one foreign relative family in the new dynasty!
Especially this queen and concubine, both of them are daughters under her name, how impressive it would be if she could tell others about it!
At this time, Minglan said to Rulan: "Fifth sister, let's talk alone!"

Rulan pouted and said, "Are you here to persuade me too? That's your husband, and you want me to be his concubine. Are you willing to do that?"

Minglan smiled and said, "I just want to chat with Fifth Sister!"

Rulan heard Minglan say this and agreed hesitantly:

"Well, all right then! Come with me to the room and talk!"

"Hmph~!" Rulan snorted at Wang Ruofu, then pulled Minglan towards her room!

Wang Ruofu was furious when she saw Rulan looking for trouble:

"Why is this Ru Lan not worried at all! Although she is currently serving as a concubine to King Yan, but now that she is following King Yan, she can become a concubine in the future~!"

Mother Liu, who was standing by, was so frightened when she heard this that she didn't care about anything else. She immediately covered Madam Wang's mouth and then tried to comfort her in a low voice...!

Minglan followed all the way to Rulan's room and found that Rulan's eyes were a little red and swollen:
"Do you have to cry like this? I'm not asking you to go through fire and water!"

Rulan quickly looked in the mirror and then said:

"Let me make it clear in advance, if you also want to persuade me~!"

"Don't worry, I won't persuade you." Minglan smiled and said:
"I'm just curious. There are so many ladies from wealthy families trying their best to become the prince's concubines, but Fifth Sister is going to be a concubine. Why is she still unwilling?"

Rulan said shyly: "I have high standards and I don't like him!"

Seeing Minglan's disbelief, Rulan finally compromised and said, "Actually! I think it's shameful to be a concubine!"

"I am the legitimate daughter~!" Rulan stopped here, and the word "legitimate daughter" remained in her mouth after all!
(End of this chapter)