Chapter Seventy-Two: Choosing a Concubine
There are naturally some obstructions from the queen, the queen will not let a concubine from a palace maid to a very high position, otherwise, where will the faces of those concubines from noble girls go, if it is not for the face of the fourth prince and the fifth princess, I am afraid that the queen is not even willing to give a concubine, after all, concubines below the concubine position cannot raise their children by themselves. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Of course, the queen is not really a fool, knowing that Concubine Zhen is favored, if she suppresses it too hard, the gains outweigh the losses, so she acquiesces to the emperor's promotion of Concubine Zhen.
However, the prince's marriage asked the queen to ask the concubine, which was impossible, and the queen would feel that her queen's majesty had been provoked. Naturally, she wouldn't agree, and the palace maids around her didn't say much, after all, the queen was the master, and it wasn't a big deal.
"Linglong, you go and talk to the emperor, say that I have something to discuss with him, and see if the emperor is free to come." The queen said.
"Yes, sissy." Linglong said.
"Gonggong Ma, does the emperor have time now?" Linglong said.
"It's a delicate girl, but what's the matter with the queen?" Ma Gonggong said.
"The queen has something to discuss with the emperor, and I bother Father-in-law Ma to talk to the emperor." Linglong said.
"Don't worry, Miss Linglong, the miscellaneous family will definitely do it." Ma Gonggong said.
The emperor was reviewing the folds when he found Gonggong Ma coming in and said, "Who is coming?" ”
"Your Majesty, it was the delicate girl next to the queen who came over, saying that the queen had something to discuss with the emperor, I don't know if the emperor has time to go over?" Ma Gonggong said.
"Since the queen has something, then she will take control of Kunning Palace, and it just so happens that I am tired of reviewing and reading." The emperor said.
Ma Gonggong heard the emperor's words, and immediately began to arrange for the emperor to travel, and the group went to Kunning Palace, where the queen prepared the emperor's favorite meal, and just had a good meal with the emperor today.
"The concubines see the emperor." The queen said.
"Queen, please get up, is there something about the queen calling me here today?" The emperor said.
"Your Majesty, now that the four princes are 15 years old, it's time to choose a concubine for the four princes, it happens to be the birthday of the concubine soon, and when the time comes, the marriage of the four princes will also make the concubine happy. The concubine invited the emperor to come over just to ask if the emperor had any suitable candidates in his heart, and the marriage of the four princes could not be sloppy. The queen said.
"The fourth child can have a good mother like you, it's really his blessing, the fourth concubine's candidate, I haven't thought about it yet, in the blink of an eye, the fourth child is going to get married and open a house, I'm really old." The emperor said.
"The emperor is young and strong, where is he old." The queen said.
"The choice of the fourth concubine will be chosen by the queen, just tell me after you choose, you are also the mother of the fourth child, and you will definitely choose a good marriage for the fourth child." The emperor said.
The queen is very happy, the emperor's words show that the emperor does not care about the four princes, what if the concubine is favored, her son is not unfavored, the concubine is also old, and the favor of the past two years has become less and less, in this case, she does not need to be so protective of the concubine, there are many young and beautiful concubines in the palace, compared to the concubine, they are the greater threat, after all, the identity of the concubine is there, in this way, the fourth prince is indeed a good helper who can be cultivated.
Since the emperor handed over the matter to her, the queen naturally would not be too perfunctory, so she decided to choose a good concubine, although she felt that Wang Ziling was really good, but she did not choose her directly, but chose two more, and finally decided to hand over the power to the emperor, so as not to really go wrong in the future and be complained. The things in the palace must not be hidden from the emperor, and the emperor will definitely know about the affairs of the old lady of Yong'an Houfu when he enters the palace to see his own affairs today.
Naturally, he can guess some of these problems, if he directly recommends Wang Ziling, then the emperor may think that he only cares about himself and does not care about the happiness of the four princes, in this case, it is not good to leave a bad impression in the emperor's heart.
If you choose more than two people, it will be different, which shows the importance of the four princes and the respect for the emperor. And the queen is also very confident, the emperor will choose Wang Ziling, and the emperor has been a husband and wife for so many years, and she still knows the emperor and queen very well.
The selection of concubines was approved by the emperor, and the queen found portraits of the ministers of the court and the daughters of the powerful and began the first round of selection. Because he wanted to win over the four princes, he naturally really put a lot of thought into it. In the end, after layers of screening, three women with excellent appearance, excellent family background, and gentle and virtuous women were selected.
gave the list to the emperor, and the queen was considered to have completed her merits. The emperor looked at the list and introduction, and sure enough, as the queen expected, he chose Wang Ziling, although he planned to wait for Concubine Zhen's birthday to issue a holy decree, but the candidate had been decided, and it was almost a nail in the coffin.
Soon it was the day of Concubine Zhen's birthday, and the four princes came to greet him early this morning, and took the gift they bought outside the palace before and gave it to Concubine Zhen.
"Good boy, your kindness is the best gift for me." Concubine Zhen said.
The fourth prince is a prince who has just started running errands, so he doesn't have too much savings, and Zhen Concubine is a palace maid, except for the annual reward month, there is no other silver, so Zhen Concubine and the four princes don't have too much money, so Zhen Concubine doesn't want the four princes to spend too much money on themselves, and should spend the money in more important places.
"Mother, today is your birthday, can't you shed tears, the emperor gave you a birthday, aren't you happy?" The fourth prince said.
"Why is the mother concubine unhappy, the mother just thinks that the emperor has grown up and knows how to be considerate." Concubine Zhen said.
"Niangniang, Grandpa Ma is here, and he also brought the holy decree." Changle, the palace maid of Changchun Palace, said.
Concubine Zhen listened to the words of her palace maid, and hurriedly took the four princes to the door to greet the holy decree.
"Fengtian carrier, the emperor edict said, the four princes are smart and capable, and I am very relieved. The four princes and the emperor have reached the age of the big wedding, and now they are married to the four princes and Wang Ziling of the royal family, and they will get married half a year later. Ma Gonggong said.
"Concubines/sons-in-law take orders." The two said.
The four princes are still very happy to receive the holy decree of marriage, being able to get married means that they are really adults, and their father will be reused, although they have long known that they will be given marriage, and the four princes did not expect that it would be so soon, and some of their temptations are not necessary. The fourth prince who gave the marriage this time is still very satisfied, the Wang family has long been in the same boat as the four princes, and it is naturally good for the daughter of the Wang family to marry herself. (To be continued.) )