Chapter 68: The Princess's Mansion
At the end of November, the emperor gave Zhou Ying the title of Ruyang and the princess's mansion.
On the day of the opening of the mansion, Zhou Yingsan got up, bathed in makeup, worshiped the ancestors, said goodbye to the emperor, and left the high palace wall.
Zhou Ying's princess's mansion is in Chongde Fang, not far from the palace, only two streets apart, and soon the carriage stopped, she stepped into her princess's mansion, but she didn't have time to enjoy the fun, and after changing clothes, she began to feast guests. The emperor was very face-saving, and gave him gold, silver, jewelry, and treasures of many precious objects, and Tang Muyi was extremely rich and beautiful, which made Zhou Ying very popular, and I don't know how much envy and jealousy it aroused.
However, fortunately, it didn't take long for another incident to overwhelm Zhou Ying's limelight - the second princess Zhou Ke finally got married.
Zhou Ke is twenty-nine years old this year, although as a princess, it is not too late to get married at this age, but there is not even a marriage partner, so there are some bad rumors. Some say that Zhou Ke is ugly and saltless, and some say that she is waiting for the price to sell, and now that Zhou Ke has finally decided to marry, the rumors have not stopped, but have become even worse. Because Zhou Ke is going to marry the son of an upstart, named Chai Ji, a prodigal son who is proficient in the five poisons, but there is a father who was born in a poor family, but is in charge of the 100,000 black armor army, the general Chai Zirong.
As the eldest princess of the royal family, marrying a poor family can only bring Zhou Ke shame, but for Zhou Ke's own brother Zhou Lian, the benefits brought to him by this marriage are self-evident.
Zhou Ying was surprised that the emperor would agree to this family business.
But Su Zhi whispered to her: "Your Majesty didn't agree to this family affair at first, but I heard that at the banquet in the Qi Palace, Chai Ji Gongzi bumped into the second princess changing clothes, and His Majesty had to give a wedding ......."
"King Qi?" Zhou Ying recalled for a long time before she remembered who this King of Qi was.
There are many princes and grandchildren in this capital, but under the rule of this emperor, only the names of the princes and princesses of Zhou Ying's generation are valuable, and the relatives of the rest of the country are already out of breath, and they have left the political stage voluntarily or involuntarily.
This King of Qi is the emperor's nephew, and his ancestor has the same grandfather as the emperor. It is said that King Qi has always kept to himself, but this time he was involved, and I don't know if he was being used or volunteering to match, but no matter what, he didn't want a peaceful life.
Zhou Ying didn't care about what happened to King Qi in the future, but Zhou Ke ...... Zhou Ying couldn't help but feel sorry for her.
The wedding date is set very close, so close that it feels a little unseemly. Zhou Ying pondered for a moment and sighed: "Pick out a few needles and threads that I used to make in my spare time, and then pick out some antique calligraphy and paintings, as soon as they are ready, I have to send them to my second sister...... Hershey. ”
This is the proper rule, Su Zhi should go down, go and prepare, and after a while, Zhou Ying went out in a carriage.
At the end of the street is the princess's mansion of the third princess Zhou Yao, Zhou Ying stopped the carriage, came to visit, and asked Zhou Yao to go with her.
Zhou Yao had also heard about Zhou Ke's family affairs, but she hated iron but not steel, "Where is her temperament to compete with me before?" Let others use that kind of clumsy and disgusting means to arrange for her to have a husband who eats, drinks, prostitutes, gambles, and has everything, she is really good! ”
Zhou Ying sighed: "That one is her mother, the other is her brother, what else can she do?" ”
Zhou Yao sneered, looked at Zhou Ying's eyes and said, "If you are replaced, your own mother and brother, when you want to sacrifice your whole life in exchange for something that is helpful to them but has nothing to do with you, will you be willing to sacrifice yourself?" ”