As we all know, in order to avenge her birth mother Wei Xiaoniang, Minglan did not hesitate to take the reputation of the entire Sheng family, angering Mo Lan's private meeting with a foreign man who was still unmarried and pregnant, just so that Lin Xiaoniang could get the punishment she deserved.
Because Minglan is a girl, it is difficult to confront Lin Xiaoniang's concubine, so she chose to attack the west, and this is not the first time she has tried to make Mo Lan make a mistake to implicate Lin Xiaoniang, but the last time Minglan's face was almost destroyed by Mo Lan, Lin Xiaoniang was unharmed, not only that, even Mo Lan was only a small punishment and a big admonition, Minglan saw that mo Lan could only provoke Mo Lan to make a big mistake that could not be hidden.
However, Minglan still has some miscalculation, from the perspective of a normal person, the girl who is raised next to her mother has a private meeting with a foreign man, and her birth mother also helps to hide the sky and cross the sea, at least she has to be punished with the same punishment as Mo Lan, but after Mo Lan was arrested by Sheng Shao and returned home to punish kneeling in the ancestral hall, Lin Xiaoniang did not receive any punishment, and even returned to Lin Qi Pavilion to eat, drink and sleep well, but people were grounded.
And on the night that Mo Lan was punished, Sheng Shao listened to Mrs. Sheng's warning on the front foot, and then went to Lin Qi Pavilion to visit Lin Xiaoniang on the back foot, before Lin Xiaoniang's showdown, he was not even willing to slap Lin Xiaoniang's face.
This shows that Minglan's plan to avenge Wei Xiaoniang was almost in vain, and Sheng Xuan obviously did not want to severely punish Lin Xiaoniang at first. However, she could not stand Lin Xiaoniang's own death, not only exposing the rumors that were unfavorable to the Sheng family outside that she had spread, but also completely negating her relationship with Sheng Shao for more than twenty years, which made Sheng Shao disappointed her completely.
However, this is not the reason why Sheng Shao made up his mind to dispose of Lin Xiaoniang, what really made Sheng Shao kill Lin Xiaoniang was Lin Xiaoniang's remarks that she wanted to drag the whole family into the water, what Changbai Haishi, Hua Lan Rulan, all of them had to be buried with Lin Xiaoniang's mother and daughter, sheng Shao couldn't bear it after listening to this.
If there is no Lin Xiaoniang's "initiative" to seek death, perhaps it will really be like what she said to Mo Lan, after the fact, a petite looking for a death or something, Sheng Shao will obediently return to the palm of her hand, as long as this ugly matter is covered up, Sheng Shao's personality will certainly not allow anyone to mention it again, Wang Da Niang and Old Lady Sheng will also rot in the stomach for the sake of the juniors, then Mo Lan will become the grand lady of the Earl's Palace, Lin Xiaoniang will only be more arrogant.
This is also the reason why Minglan refused Wu Daniang's offer to marry her together, she cares about the reputation of the Sheng family, and she also feels sorry for the innocent brothers and sisters who are implicated, but in order to avenge, Minglan cannot give Lin Xiaoniang a chance to escape.
In Minglan's impression, Lin Xiaoniang was not a person who would confront Sheng Shao, and in order to prevent Lin Xiaoniang from turning over again, she must not give her any way to live. Even if in the end Lin Xiaoniang was beaten up by Sheng Shao and driven out, Minglan still couldn't rest assured, and wanted to personally send Lin Xiaoniang on her last journey, and also let Aunt Wei pretend to be a member of the Sheng family to explain that the servant women on Zhuangzi should not invite Lin Xiaoniang to Langzhong, which sent Lin Xiaoniang to the Western Heavens.
And Minglan will never know that Lin Xiaoniang ended up in this fate, most of it was her own doing, Minglan's trap is just an inducement, as long as Mo Lan climbs the high branch, Lin Xiaoniang will show her true face.