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When Shen Yu heard this, he was just as surprised as Shen Ruojin and began to think quickly.
Just a few days ago, while playing chess with Marquis Qingning, he heard that Tao Sheng was becoming very popular among the nobles in the capital and could even meet the emperor privately sometimes.
After hearing this, Shen Yu began to feel moved.
Although he was the Marquis of Wenyuan, he was never given an important position and had no real job. He might not even have the opportunity to see the emperor once a year.
But now, Tao Sheng could do it easily.
From the news brought by Ruojin today, we learned that Tao Sheng not only has a good reputation with the emperor and is on good terms with nobles, but is also favored by Prince Rui.
This time, Prince Rui didn’t just want to take in a concubine; he was willing to give Tao Sheng the position of concubine in the royal family’s jade book, which is a record of official consorts.
Shen Yu’s mind began to become more active.
If they brought this daughter home now, how many people in Beijing would envy the Shen family’s good fortune?
Shen Yue was also a little surprised. He had heard about Tao Sheng from others recently and never thought she could develop so well without any help from the Marquis’ Mansion.
When Shen Ci went to the Guan family for a banquet not long ago, he was not respected because he was young, had no achievements, and was not the eldest son.
Shen Ci told Ruojin about this, but his sister did not support him. Instead, she defended the Guan family’s relatives, which made Shen Ci have some opinions about Ruojin. When Ruojin came to ask for help this time, she unexpectedly said nothing.
Old Madam Shen looked down on Tao Sheng from the bottom of her heart and never thought that such a woman, who had no respect for elders and no rules, could win the favor of Prince Rui. However, now she would have to be more polite to Tao Sheng, and the past could only be written off.
Shen Yu was immersed in the joy of potentially becoming Prince Rui’s father-in-law, and he could not extricate himself. He immediately promised Ruojin, “Marriage is originally a matter of ‘parents’ orders and matchmaker’s words’. You just go back and wait for the news. I will take care of this.”
Recognizing Tao Sheng now would not bring shame to the family but would be a great honor. Shen Yu felt it was time to recognize Tao Sheng.
Tao Sheng is now an official of the imperial court. After going through so many experiences, she should know the proper manners and behaviors. She is probably a completely different person from the little girl from Qin County before.
As a father, Shen Yu thought that as long as he said a few nice words and showed sincerity, he would be recognized.
He never expected that while the sons in the family were quite well-behaved and not very ambitious, the two daughters were more capable and resourceful than the others, bringing many surprises to the family.
Thinking this, Shen Yu, afraid of missing the chance to become Prince Rui’s father-in-law if he delayed recognizing his relatives, took immediate action.
He specially prepared gifts and took them to the Ji family, but he was not allowed to enter for ten days. The doorman simply said that strangers could not enter without the owner’s permission.
After wandering around for many days without results, Shen Yu changed his approach and went to block Tao Sheng at her unit. He was told that Grand Master Luo had gone to the Imperial College to teach for the next few days and his return date was uncertain.
Madam Guan waited for over ten days but received no response from Ruojin. Her sister-in-law, Princess Rui, pressured her hard. Even though she was anxious, there was nothing she could do, so she called Ruojin over and scolded her. She was inevitably dissatisfied with this unreliable daughter-in-law.
Princess Rui did not expect that her family could not handle such a small matter, so she stopped relying on the Guan family and went directly to Tao Sheng’s home in the name of Princess Rui.
Tao Sheng didn’t have a good impression of Prince Rui’s family. Although she felt that Princess Rui’s visit was strange, she thought that Prince Rui had a good relationship with Prince Chu, so as someone on Prince Chu’s side, she should be polite to Prince Rui’s family and invited her in warmly.
After Princess Rui entered, she discovered that not only was Tao Sheng there, but Ji Yanming was also in the room, and the siblings were sitting together playing chess.
Since Prince Rui said things should be done step by step and there was no need to rush, Princess Rui just wanted to get to know Tao Sheng today and had no intention of making anything clear.
Faced with Princess Rui’s goodwill—lots of gifts, various compliments, and praise for her Prince Rui—Tao Sheng felt indifferent and guessed that this goodwill was mostly directed at Ji Yanming.
However, in the original text, King Rui successfully recruited Ji Yanming because the Crown Prince had completely fallen, and the King of Chu was gone. Ji Yanming had no other choice but to choose King Rui.
This time, Prince Chu was fine, and he obviously had more favor in the eyes of the Emperor than Prince Rui. Ji Yanming had no plans to change employers in the short term, so Tao Sheng felt that Prince Rui and his wife’s efforts were in vain.
Tao Sheng sat aside, smiling calmly, and clearly did not take Princess Rui’s visit seriously.
However, Ji Yanming sensed something was off from Princess Rui’s words today.
He had met Prince Rui several times in court and knew that he was an extremely selfish person with impure thoughts and difficult to get along with.
Combining Princess Rui’s tone, the emphasis of her praise, and her look at Tao Sheng, Ji Yanming had a very bad feeling, especially when Princess Rui casually mentioned that the concubine position in the family had been vacant for a long time.
Since Prince Rui had enough free time to consider Tao Sheng, it was clear that he was living too comfortably.
In that case, Ji Yanming thought it was time to give Prince Rui something to do so he wouldn’t cause trouble or have any dirty thoughts.
Tao Sheng was about to get up to see Princess Rui off when she noticed the change in Ji Yanming’s expression.
This expression was exactly the same as the one mentioned in the original text when the villain and powerful official were scheming against someone. Looking at Ji Zhuangyuan’s expression, he was probably scheming against someone now.
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