Chapter 537: Concubines
Anti-theft chapter, change later.
The emperor understood Lian Yufeng's attitude.
Speaking of which, even Yufeng has always been the same point of view as he was at the beginning, and if he doesn't mix with the internal affairs of Dajing, let them mess up by themselves, and then sit on the power of the fishermen, and when the time is ripe, he will find another way.
But the emperor is really unwilling, the internal chaos of Dajing is not caused by a day or two, the emperor also adhered to this point of view, waiting for a better time, but as a result, he waited and waited, and his internal chaos arose, Dajing was still like that, several changes, and there was not much change.
Speaking of which, Dajing is different from Da Zhou after all, they are mostly literati, they like to salute first and then fight in everything, fight with words, civil officials control the government, in the civil fight instead of the martial arts, it takes a long time, and the impact on the people is not very great, once the situation is stable, it is easy to recover.
Unlike the Great Zhou and other surrounding tribes, they all subdued people by force, and each vassal king had heavy troops, and once there was chaos, they would lead their armies to fight each other, and it would be difficult to recover for more than ten years.
If he waits for ten years, or even longer, he really can't afford to wait, he is already forty-two years old this year, a man is in the prime of life, just the age to make a difference, wait another ten years, he will already be old.
The emperors of the Great Zhou rarely lived long, probably because of too hard work.
Compared with the first emperor trying to find the elixir of longevity, the emperor is not obsessed with this, he just wants to establish great achievements in his lifetime, and become a promising monarch who will be admired by future generations to open up the territory. But there was not a single merit that could be done, and he couldn't help but be a little anxious.
If you miss this opportunity again, when will you have to wait?
Even Yufeng is not in a hurry, because he is still young and can afford to wait, but what about himself?
For this reason, the emperor finally said: "Do we do nothing and miss the opportunity?"
"What does the emperor want?" asked Lian Yufeng respectfully.
He wants to know how to do it, and he still needs to be able to resist the wind, and the emperor secretly slanders in his heart. Dummy up.
Even Yufeng thought about it. said: "Otherwise, the younger brother will send a spy to investigate first, see what the situation of the Dajing royal family is now, and plan separately." After all, the Great Jing Mission hadn't really come to Yancheng yet. Everything is just one side. ”
"That's all it can be. The Emperor nodded. His expression was a little dissatisfied, and he hurriedly summoned Lian Yufeng back, but he didn't come up with any ideas. Just let him wait and see, he was naturally dissatisfied, but he couldn't say anything.
Even Yufeng immediately retired first.
Return to King Ding's Mansion.
Su Yiqing had already led everyone to greet him outside the mansion.
No matter what kind of problems their husband and wife have to face later, they still have to maintain their superficial feelings to the outside world, as the princess, what Su Yiqing should do is still to do it, this is something that their husband and wife have discussed before marriage, she wants to do her duty as a princess, and she must not let Lian Yufeng lose face.
It's just that Lian Yufeng is welcoming the wind into the door.
When the husband and wife closed the door and were alone, Su Yiqing's enthusiasm that had been maintained for a long time suddenly cooled down, and her smile could not be maintained.
Even Yufeng let out a long sigh and said, "You know everything." ”
Su Yiqing didn't expect to speak alone, even the first sentence of Yufeng's book would be like this, but she still said: "If the prince is referring to something that happened when I gave birth, I do know something." ”
"Would you like to hear my explanation?" Even Yufeng was a little helpless, and he also showed a little tiredness.
Su Yiqing's heart softened a little, and she said softly: "There is no need to explain, I can understand your hardships, but for me, this is not a happy thing after all, please understand it too." ”
"Don't you want to know why I'm like this?" even Yufeng sighed faintly.
Su Yiqing lowered her eyes, didn't look at the handsome face in front of her that once made her heart, and said softly: "The matter has happened, and the reason is not very important." ”
Or rather, there are too many mysteries in her mind, and he can't answer them all, and if he answers one and the other, why bother? Even if she does, she may not be able to accept it, and she has doubts about this explanation, wondering if it is another lie.
Lian Yufeng took her hand and said softly: "I am sincere to you, from the beginning." ”
Su Yiqing remembered a sentence, holding the hand of the son, growing old with the son, but she really doesn't have the confidence to grow old with the man who holds her hand, obviously he is the person she likes, they have also become husband and wife, and they can be regarded as lovers and eventually become dependents, it stands to reason that she should not have any complaints.
Where can a husband and wife in the world really have a lifetime of love that can pass smoothly?
Compared to other couples, they are already very good, at least even Yufeng did not take concubines, and there was no vicious mother-in-law to embarrass her.
But...... Su Yiqing slowly withdrew her hand.
She didn't have the confidence to go down with him, this man's heart was too big and he packed too many things.
She doubted everything now, but she couldn't say the deepest or most important doubt in her heart, because if she said it, it might really be over between them.
She was reluctant to pierce the window paper, and she didn't know what to do once the truth turned out to be what she thought.
After all, at this point, she can no longer just leave as she did back then.
Lian Yufeng looked at Su Yiqing's withdrawn hand with some disappointment.
They were relatively speechless to each other, and in the end, he could only say: "It's been a tiring day, you can rest well, and I'll go back to the study to tidy up." ”
Su Yiqing didn't speak, just watched him slowly walk out of the room step by step.
She knew that maybe he wanted her to say something, but she didn't say anything and just watched him walk out.
That night, he slept in his study.
And she had no sleep all night, looking forward to meeting when she didn't meet, and when she actually met, she felt that the distance between the two was even farther away.
She had a lot of questions she wanted to ask him. But what I want to know most is, the first question, why did he marry her? After many years of separation, why did he still marry her?
So many coincidences are connected, is it really a coincidence?
She had such doubts about him, and what about him? did he not have anything about her? She had made it clear that she didn't want to mention the past, and he didn't continue to ask.
But it doesn't mean that all this can pass, after all, there is a deep gap between them, or there are doubts in his heart.
Su Yiqing had such doubts. There was silence.
The news of King Ding's return to Yancheng slowly spread. The Dingwang Mansion began to be lively again, and there was an endless stream of guests.
From time to time, there are also female relatives who come to visit, Su Yiqing, as a princess, no matter how disliked. Some guests still have to be perfunctory. Get busy. Life is much easier.
Everyone's impression of this princess is that she is a little silent and a little stuffy. But overall, there is nothing wrong with it, very ordinary lady.
It doesn't look very capable, but it's not a stupid person, it's just an ordinary woman.
Many noble ladies can't help but feel a little envious, women? No matter how capable they are, it is better to marry well, and it is better to marry well than to be born well, this princess is first of all destined to be good, married to a man like King Ding, and then her belly is angry, and she gets a man in one fell swoop, and she sits firmly in the position of Princess Ding, and she only guards her son in this life, so there is nothing to worry about.
Some families with daughters, when the king did not get married, occasionally had a little thought, but after all, they were frightened by the reputation of the king's wife and romance, and they didn't want their daughter to work so hard, so they broke off the idea and married their daughter to the son of the right family.
But now compared with the two, his daughter has married in the past, there are a lot of mothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, and the son-in-law is not too outrageous, but there are still so many concubines who serve in the room, and there are a lot of worries, but it is not as majestic as the princess in front of her.
There is no mother-in-law above, there are many beauties in the backyard of the king, but there is no name and no share, and the princess is not happy to send it away, I heard that the king left Yancheng in this period of time, the bunch of beauties in the backyard were almost sent away by the princess, and the name is beautiful, the prince does not know when to come back, don't delay the youth of those women.
Outsiders are still speechless, men are stationed at the border gates, I don't know when they can come back, wives should be guarded, what are the nameless concubines guarding?
I heard that the prince is still romantic, and he seems to be accompanied by a beautiful woman when he is at the border, but he didn't bring it back this time to make the princess block.
Men can be regarded as affectionate and righteous in this way.
At the beginning, there was a chance to marry their daughter into the Dingwang Mansion, but in the end they gave up some noblewomen, and they felt a little bad in their hearts, looking at Princess Ding, she was not a stunning beauty, and her family background and appearance ability were lost to her daughter, but now she is better than her daughter.
Think about it, if she hadn't given up at the beginning, now the princess might marry someone, after all, a concubine, what kind of high-ranking family can she expect to marry?
Thinking about it together, some people feel very bad in their hearts, they don't want it, but now that others have got it, it has become fragrant and sweet, as if they were snatched from their own hands.
If you can think about it, that is, you will bet in your heart, and some of you will inevitably have some more ideas.
Now that King Ding has returned home, it seems that he is going to be reused again, and the curse of King Ding's wife is broken, and since the title of the princess has been decided, and the sons have been born, is it time to set up a side concubine next?
The princess's name can't be fought for a while, but she can compete for the title of a side concubine, as long as the belly is also angry, and she gives birth to a son, and in the future, she can't tell whose son will inherit this huge Dingwang Mansion.
Besides, even if the position of the princess can't be contested, the name of the side concubine is not bad, with the current power of the king, the son of the side concubine cannot inherit the throne, and it is still possible to get the title of the county king.
In this way, some noble ladies who still have daughters of school age have a thought in their hearts, think twice, and go back to discuss with their own men.
Men don't think the same way as women.
Women think that their daughters can live a good life, but most men hope that their daughters can help them and have a good son-in-law to serve them.
It stands to reason that King Ding also meets many people's requirements for a son-in-law, but a man with a little insight denies this candidate.
There is no other reason, even Yufeng's heart is a little cold.
Before, he was very ruthless to the Yue family, and he used it very thoroughly, and what happened to the maiden family of the first two princesses in the end, it was almost a raid on the family and the extinction of the family, which was vaguely due to the shadow of the king.
Even if the last one of the Meng family looks good, it seems to be good now, but it's just that Meng also has use value, and it's not at all how good Lian Yufeng is to the Yue family.
If Zhaomeng goes on like this, maybe he will be kicked away that day.
This advantage is not easy to take advantage of, but if it is not good, it will be used by Lian Yufeng.
But some things are really uncertain, their daughter must not be risky, and even if she is a side concubine, after all, she is still a concubine, or under a concubine, and it is not good to spread it.
Women think about their daughter's competition, it is better for the princess to have a low status, and if she has a low figure, she can't step on her daughter, maybe her daughter can still compete for the title of this princess.
But men don't think so, especially men who can climb to a high position and have a clear mind, thinking about their sons is the most important, and mothers are expensive by their sons, as long as the woman gives birth to a son, as long as she doesn't make a big mistake, she can't be replaced, otherwise her reputation will be bad and it will hinder her future.
So they discussed and discussed, and came up with a compromise method.
Your own baby concubine can't be sent to be a concubine, but it's still okay to be a concubine or a niece of your wife's mother's family, if you are favored, it is naturally beneficial to yourself, and if you don't want to be favored, it's not your daughter anyway, it's irrelevant, and outsiders can't say anything.
Just like that, when the relationship between Su Yiqing and Lian Yufeng was a little deadlocked, the people who wanted to send the beauty to the Dingwang Mansion began to move again.
Compared with the rich businessmen who sent some stunning beauties into the house before and wanted to get a little benefit, what they wanted to send this time were all women with a bit of status, and they rushed to the title of side concubine.
There are those who directly follow Lian Yufeng, and there are also those who take other ways around the corner.
even cheekily found Su Yiqing.
For other things, Su Yiqing is still okay, but in front of her, she told her that she wanted to take a concubine for her husband, and she said that I am for your good, the girls in our family are all excellent in character and learning, and their personalities are even more generous.
Su Yiqing was really speechless, no matter how good-tempered a person was, he couldn't listen to this, who was a fool? These women actually dared to say this in front of her, openly and secretly belittled her identity, and even said that it was a matter of time before she could give her husband a concubine and get a reputation of being virtuous, so as to be even the status of Yufeng.
Instead of waiting for someone you don't know to enter the house, it's better to take the initiative yourself. Find a temperament that is gentle, end. (To be continued......)