The Double-Chapter 512 - 156 Marriage Matters_5

But he couldn’t stop Shen Ruyun, nor could he stop Mother Shen. Shen Yurong knew that even though the Zhou Family dared not offend Shen Ruyun for the time being due to his status, it wasn’t a long-term solution. A married daughter is like water that’s been poured out, and Shen Yurong couldn’t possibly be watching over the Zhou Family at all times. With Zhou Yanbang’s character, who knew how much suffering he would bring onto Shen Ruyun. Shen Ruyun’s days of hardship were yet to come.

Thinking of this, Shen Yurong couldn’t help but feel a headache. He thought to himself that women really are troublesome when they’re foolish. If it were Xue Fangfei, she definitely wouldn’t, she was inherently smart and wouldn’t let herself fall into such a passive situation. But then... he changed his thoughts and felt that this was absurd. Even though Xue Fangfei didn’t marry Zhou Yanbang, she did marry Shen Yurong. While Shen Ruyun, married off to the Zhou family, at least had her life, Xue Fangfei, having married into the Shen family, lost hers.

In that case, wasn’t Xue Fangfei even more foolish than Shen Ruyun?

He laughed, but he didn’t know whether he was laughing at himself or someone else. ƒreeωebnovel.ƈom

Shen Ruyun was led by Zhou Yanbang, almost unable to contain her joy that bubbled up from deep within, like a spring in early spring, bringing an unending stream of happiness. Her beautiful dream had actually come true!

She liked Zhou Yanbang and had done so for a long time. She always knew the distance between herself and Zhou Yanbang, destined to only watch him from a distance. Zhou Yanbang even had an engagement early on, and the other party was the Chief Minister’s Daughter. Everything changed on the day Shen Yurong became the Top Scholar; she was no longer the daughter of a commoner, she was the Top Scholar’s sister. And as if to compensate her for the hardships she endured over the past dozen years, fate gave her an opportunity to take advantage of a weakness, dissolving the marriage between Jiang Youyao and Zhou Yanbang, and she herself married into the Zhou Family.

Even the heavens were helping her.

While holding the hand of the one in her heart, Shen Ruyun felt extremely content. If it weren’t necessary to be under a bridal veil right now, she would even want to see the eyes of the people around her, some envious and some jealous.

All this she owed to her brother, and yes, that noble princess. Princess Yongning had told her early on, "Whoever you wish to marry, you will marry. For me, it’s not that difficult."

So she spoke well of Princess Yongning in front of Shen Yurong. She never understood why her brother didn’t marry this princess earlier. After all, everyone in the world knew that Xue Fangfei had cuckolded her brother, and it was only right for her brother to remarry, and people would even applaud it.

As long as the Princess was married into the Shen family, from then on, the Shen family could only rise even further.

But these words, she dared not speak to Shen Yurong. She used to dare, but since Xue Fangfei died, Shen Yurong had become increasingly strange and frightening.

Shen Ruyun didn’t like Xue Fangfei, not from the start. Perhaps it was because Xue Fangfei was born too beautiful, standing next to Xue Fangfei, she became like dust without luster. Or maybe because Xue Fangfei, a mere small official’s daughter, was proficient in all kinds of literary arts, making her seem worthless. In front of Xue Fangfei, Shen Ruyun always felt an inexplicable inferiority. The more inferior she felt, the more she wanted to trouble Xue Fangfei to prove she was still better. She was Xue Fangfei’s younger sister-in-law after all, and of course, Xue Fangfei had to support her.

Xue Fangfei also knew about Shen Ruyun’s fondness for Zhou Yanbang. However, unlike Princess Yongning who encouraged and helped her solve the problem, Xue Fangfei just smiled, as if she understood everything, as if watching Shen Ruyun’s smile, knowing that it was just a dream that could never be fulfilled.

The facts proved that she was right, and the omnipotent Xue Fangfei was wrong. And now, Xue Fangfei was dead.

Under the bridal veil, Shen Ruyun’s brows furrowed. She really didn’t understand why on this happy day she suddenly thought of Xue Fangfei. But what she could be certain of was that thinking about Xue Fangfei made her very uncomfortable, as if there was a stone blocking her chest, suffocating her.

She shook her head, as if to throw Xue Fangfei out of her mind, holding onto the warm hand of her own. From now on, she would be the Crown Prince’s Consort.

Unseen by Shen Ruyun, among the crowd from the Zhou Family, there stood another person.

She was born with a beauty that outshone the moon, today dressed in a pink silk gown, lightly powdered, not heavily made up, yet still strikingly charming. She wore a smile, but her eyes were fixed on Shen Ruyun without shifting away.

This person was Jiang Yue.

Looking at Shen Yurong, the hand hidden in her sleeve twisted a handkerchief resentfully.

Resentful.

How could Shen Ruyun, inferior to her in every aspect—be it appearance, demeanor, or conversation—claim a higher position? Although she was the daughter of an illegitimate son, in the Shen family, she never missed out on any learning. In Mingyi Hall, she was considered half a talent. What did Shen Ruyun have? Merely the daughter of a commoner who could barely recognize a few characters, didn’t understand the zither, chess, calligraphy, painting, but because she had a brother who was an official, she could occupy the position of the principal wife?

During this time, she had finally made Zhou Yanbang warm up to her slowly. Now was she to let everything return to the starting point because of Shen Ruyun’s existence? Absolutely not!

Jiang Yue fiercely twisted the handkerchief into a rope, her gaze becoming more lovelorn, fixed on Zhou Yanbang. As if she had endless grievances and affection that couldn’t be expressed.

Zhou Yanbang saw that gaze, a young woman’s deep and resentful affection could easily shake a man. But that gaze was also seen by Shen Yurong.

Shen Yurong sneered in his heart.

Spurred by that sneer, Zhou Yanbang shivered, averted his gaze, and no longer looked at Jiang Yue. Jiang Yue, greatly disappointed, thought to herself how to win Zhou Yanbang over, how... to bring Shen Ruyun down.