RWNEFE -Chapter 355 Things Escalate!

Shen Lanxi’s face was filled with an unrelenting, bitter sarcasm.

“I really didn’t expect… you think of me like this.”

Shen Yuantang’s eyes darted around nervously, avoiding Shen Lanxi’s gaze.

“Big Sister, I am already the prince’s now. As the saying goes, when at home obey your father; once married, obey your husband. After marriage, if I consider the prince a little more, is that wrong?”

She wasn’t wrong. In the eyes of outsiders, their Shen family already belonged to the prince’s “ship.” Why bother pretending to be impartial? Naturally, they should give their all to help him—and help the prince!

Shen Lanxi looked at Shen Yuantang again, her eyes cold and indifferent.

“I hope you remember what I said today. Don’t regret it later.”

Shen Yuantang hadn’t come to sever ties with her Big Sister, nor to force her to say words of estrangement.

She had been irritated earlier by Big Sister’s accusatory tone and had foolishly let the matter at hand slip from her mind.

“Big Sister, if you still see me as your younger sister, then help me!” Shen Yuantang’s plea carried a subtle forcefulness.

Shen Lanxi sneered: “Go home. You are now a married woman. Don’t casually enter a house that is full of men.”

Shen Yuantang’s face went iron-blue. Big Sister was still so stubborn. So what everyone said was true: Big Sister might speak casually about not caring for the prince, but in reality, her plan was clear—if she couldn’t marry the prince, no one else would.

Truly selfish and vicious!

“Big Sister, can’t you think about me? I am your own younger sister!”

Shen Lanxi: “I’m going to ask Zhou Ruyuan myself. A grown man wanting to gain merit and yet sending a woman in his place… what kind of achievement is that?”

Shen Yuantang panicked: “It wasn’t the prince who sent me! I came on my own. You are not allowed to ask him!”

Shen Lanxi lifted her foot and headed straight out. She had never coddled such a relative.

“Stop! Don’t go!”

Shen Yuantang screamed, rushing toward Shen Lanxi, but before she could reach her, the female guards restrained her.

Without a glance back, Shen Lanxi rode straight to the Zhen’nan Prince’s mansion.

Seeing her take no precaution and blatantly confront the prince’s residence, Shen Yuantang went pale and screamed repeatedly.

“Go to my grandmother!”

“Go to my mother, quickly…”

Shen Lanxi rode her horse almost as if she were parading through the streets, arriving at the Zhen’nan Prince’s mansion.

“Bring Zhou Ruyuan out!” Shen Lanxi shouted from her horse.

Behind her, another horse carried Shen Yuantang, tightly bound, along with several female guards.

The prince’s steward was terrified.

This scene reminded him of when Shen Lanxi had come before demanding her dowry. Though it ended without incident, the prince’s mansion had lost face.

“The prince is not in the mansion! Really, he isn’t!” The steward dared not deceive her, raising his voice immediately.

“Where has he gone? Send someone to call him back!” Shen Lanxi had no intention of dismounting. Today, she intended to make a scene.

The steward didn’t dare hesitate, immediately sending the guards to locate him.

In front of outsiders, one must maintain the prince’s dignity—so it couldn’t be “send someone,” it had to be “report to him!”

“Madam, may I ask the reason you are looking for our prince?” The steward flattered her while motioning to the servants to disperse onlookers.

Shen Lanxi pointed to the struggling figure on the horse behind her: “Isn’t that your mansion’s secondary consort, Shen Yuantang?”

The steward froze, cautiously glancing up. Internally, he thought, Oh no! He hurriedly said: “Yes… she is the secondary consort granted by His Majesty.”

Shen Lanxi: “Just admit she belongs to your mansion! Today she stormed into my residence, spouting nonsense, claiming I should plan benefits for your prince. I want to ask—was this Zhou Ruyuan’s idea?”

Who could answer that?

The steward’s face went pale, cold sweat pouring.

“The prince will be back shortly… perhaps you could enter the mansion for tea? We have the finest spring tea.”

Shen Lanxi raised her hand: “Spare me. I’ve drunk your mansion’s tea before. I don’t like it.”

The steward could only wipe his sweat.

Could she really speak so freely? The former princess left no face for the prince’s mansion at all!

“The prince will really be back soon…”

Shen Lanxi simply sat on her horse, waiting.

Zhou Ruyuan had gone to the military camp. Luckily, he had instructed that if anything arose at the mansion, they could seek him there, so it hadn’t delayed matters. Otherwise, Shen Lanxi could have waited outside the mansion all day.

Before Zhou Ruyuan arrived, members of the Shen family had already gotten there.

“Lanxi, what are you doing?” The old madam Shen seemed about to faint, pounding her cane repeatedly.

Chunxue explained the full story to the Shen family, leaving them utterly dumbstruck.

They had rushed over to plead for her, yet it was Shen Yuantang who had caused trouble.

“Lanxi, even if Yuantang is wrong, in front of everyone, you should still give her some face—she is after all your full-blooded sister!” Old Madam Shen was still struggling to catch her breath.

Shen Lanxi: “Grandmother, precisely because she is my full-blooded sister, I must be strict with her. Otherwise, her recklessness could bring trouble to the entire Shen family!”

She said that, yet Shen Yuantang was tied up on the horse for everyone to see…

“Lanxi, the reputation of the young women in our household is already poor. Some men in the family haven’t even been betrothed yet.” Old Madam Shen glared sharply at Shen Yuantang.

Why couldn’t she have discussed matters at home first? Didn’t she know Shen Lanxi’s temper? Charging in like this was asking for trouble.

“Give Grandmother some face—put her down. And stop spouting nonsense!” Her words were infuriating.

Shen Yuantang’s face was streaked with tears. By now, she was too weak to struggle.

She wanted to seek help from her grandmother, but the female guards held her down, and being bound, she couldn’t move at all.

Grandmother just watched Shen Lanxi tie her up, saying nothing, not even defending her.
Just wait, she thought. When the prince returns, let’s see how they explain this to him!

“Lanxi, the street is no place for talking. Let’s go back to the mansion, or enter the prince’s mansion to speak.” Old Madam Shen was exhausted.

Couldn’t her family ever let her rest in peace?

“All right, Grandmother, let’s go back to the Shen residence!”

As the group began to march out tens of meters, Zhou Ruyuan arrived with his entourage.

“Stop right there!”

Shen Lanxi raised her hand, halting as the man charged up.

“Master Shen, what do you mean by this?”

The steward hurried forward to explain the situation, which he had just learned from Chunxue. Some of the townsfolk had overheard, and he still needed to manage the fallout.

Seeing Zhou Ruyuan, Shen Yuantang immediately struggled again.

Zhou Ruyuan first glanced at her, then looked away, dismounting to approach Shen Lanxi.

“Our current relationship isn’t that of enemies. Let’s discuss this inside the mansion.”

Shen Lanxi: “No need. When I left previously, I swore never to set foot in the Zhen’nan Prince’s mansion again!”

Zhou Ruyuan’s expression darkened. He couldn’t help clenching his fists.