==Chapter 113==

The concubine selection banquet ended without a problem, which not only made the nobles and ladies puzzled, but also the princes and ministers were quite suspicious. However, most discerning people can guess that something must have happened in the palace, otherwise it wouldn't have ended like this.

Immediately after that, a series of events occurred, which set off waves in Chang'an City, causing countless people to discuss.

Today, the saint has decreed the marriage of several princes, and this time Emperor Chengyuan is very generous, not only giving concubines to several princes, but also the candidates for side concubines. Emperor Chengyuan has always given people the impression that he is a little harsh, because even ordinary people will not let their sons get married when they reach their age. This time it was so generous, it was really a bit of a surprise.

Or maybe it's frightening.

The first holy decree was to go to the palace of King Zhao first, and named Liu Wan, the daughter of the Liu family, as the princess of Zhao, and Meng Changxi, the daughter of the Meng family, as the concubine of King Zhao, and chose a day to complete the marriage. Followed by King Cheng, Xiao Yan, the daughter of the Feng Xiao family, was the princess of Cheng, and Ruan Mengling, the daughter of Ruan Chengmao, the right servant of Shangshu, was the side concubine of King Cheng. Then there was the King of Qi, and Wu Qian, the daughter of the Marquis of Anyang, was the princess of Qi, and Wu Yuqi, the daughter of Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, was the concubine of King Qi. Finally, the king of Chu, named Xiao Yu, the daughter of the Xiao family, as the princess of Chu, and got married on a certain day.

The decree was in an uproar.

There are those who talk about Emperor Chengyuan's generosity, and there are also those who talk about Emperor Chengyuan's pitfalls, of course, these are all secret, and only the people inside know what the reaction of each family is.

I have to say that Emperor Chengyuan's trick is very ruthless.

The reason why King Zhao and King Cheng are in a hurry to get married is nothing more than to find a powerful wife. Marriage, marriage, union is the power of both sides, if you want to enhance your own power, the best shortcut is to find a powerful wife, but now these have been destroyed by Emperor Chengyuan.

It's just that no one can pick out a thorn in Emperor Chengyuan's move, isn't the identity of Princess Zhao high enough in the future? The power of the Liu family is not bad, not only is it a hairpin family, the Liu family has a noble concubine, and Liu Wan is still the cousin of King Zhao in terms of identity, that is, she has all the love of this cousin's childhood sweetheart, and from the perspective of Liu Wan's identity, she is enough to serve as the princess of Zhao.

Don't forget, the Liu family is the force behind King Zhao, and this time it is inevitable that there will be some snakes. How much help can be exchanged for the position of Princess Zhao, anyone with a discerning eye can know.

Similarly, King Cheng was in the same situation as King Zhao. The King of Qi is okay, he doesn't have this kind of trouble, but the Marquis of Anyang is just an idle title, and he has no ambitions, but he just relies on his ancestors to make a living. As for the King of Chu, it seems that he also has the same illness as King Cheng.

This loss made Zhao Wang and King Cheng both secretly hate, but they had nowhere to say their suffering, and they were grateful to Dade for his thanks, 'Father Emperor Longen'. The only ones who can compensate these two people are the two side concubines they 'planned', which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

As for why Emperor Chengyuan gave the concubines of the Ruan and Meng families to King Zhao and King Cheng as side concubines, naturally there are many people who have a lot of doubts, after all, with the identity of the two of them, even if they are the main concubines, they are qualified, and being a side concubine will inevitably slap the faces of the Ruan and Meng families. It's just that Emperor Chengyuan made a will, and the Ruan and Meng families did not show a trace of reluctance, and others did not dare to question it.

At the same time, Emperor Chengyuan did not forget his favorite son, Prince Yuanzhang, not only gave Ruan Ling'er, the eldest daughter of the Ruan family, to the prince as a side concubine, but also selected several nobles with slightly lower status to fill the East Palace.

Qi system, as the crown prince, can have a crown princess, a prince side concubine, two prince Liangdi, six prince Liangyuan, as well as a number of Chenghui, Zhaoxun, Fengyi, and different grades. Prince Yuanzhang was sympathetic to the people's livelihood and politely refused Emperor Yuan's move to fill the East Palace, so this time for marriage, in addition to one more side concubine, and one Liangdi and two Liangyuan, the East Palace did not add anyone else.

On the Xiao family's side, because of the two princesses in a row, the mood was mixed with joy and sorrow.

The sad thing is that King Cheng lost a help, but there is a daughter of the right servant as compensation, but at the same time he became a brother-in-law with the prince, and it is unknown whether this compensation is compensation in the end. Happily, Xiao Jiuniang lived up to expectations and was named the princess of Chu, if she worked harder, it didn't seem to be a dream to pull the king of Chu to her camp.

In any case, because of the two holy decrees that came in a row, the Anguo Mansion was busy.

Although the holy decree said that the marriage would be completed on a certain date, King Cheng and King Chu were both young, and the marriage of the princess was not a trivial matter.

Since the daughter of the Xiao family was born, she had to start preparing a dowry for her. Not only does the public middle school have to prepare, but so does his mother, so Xiao Sanniang is not short of dowry, just add some according to the system. But Jiuniang is different, she has no mother, and she only entered the ranking after the age of ten, and this dowry is the top priority to worry about. And because the Xiao family wants to envelop the King of Chu, naturally they can't be stingy with Jiuniang, not only do they have to do it well, but they also have to do it well, at least not worse than Xiao Sanniang.

However, this qiē didn't need Jiu Niang to worry about, and since she received this marriage decree, she fell into an unreal feeling.

Could it be that she is really going to marry the King of Chu?

Even if Jiu Niang didn't want to admit this fact very much, there were people in the house who came to congratulate him for many days, all kinds of banquets continued, and even Lanling sent people to celebrate, which made Jiu Niang have to admit this fact. Not to mention Xiao Siniang's jealous eyes and Xiao Qiniang's jealous eyes, it was really a reminder of Jiuniang this fact all the time.

Jiuniang didn't go to school in Guozijian for many days, and she was dragged by the elders at home to see the people and relatives who came to congratulate each family at home. I finally stopped, and my attention was taken away by another thing.

That is the matter of Ruan Ling'er about to become the crown prince's concubine.

Although the side concubine is also the prince's serious wife and concubine, in the end, the status of the crown princess is not as high, and Emperor Chengyuan seems to be in a hurry to add people to the prince's side, so the first marriage held by Qin Tianjian and the Ministry of Rites is to marry the prince's side concubine for the East Palace.

Ruan Ling'er married into the East Palace, which will be a month later.

For Emperor Chengyuan's decision, Jiu Niang's mood was very complicated, she didn't know why she chose Ruan Ling'er as the prince's side concubine, she only knew that if there was no intervention of King Chu, this prince's side concubine would have been done by her. It's not that she is jealous of Ruan Ling'er, or has any thoughts about the prince, but she feels that the East Palace is the center of the whirlpool of right and wrong, and marrying into that kind of place with Ruan Ling'er's character is undoubtedly the end of being eaten alive by life.

But there is no way to reverse this kind of thing, it can only be accepted, and Jiu Niang can only bless Ruan Ling'er with mixed feelings.

Ruan Ling'er didn't expect that she would be chosen as the crown prince's side concubine, so she was in a trance for a long time, and it wasn't until many days later that she finally accepted this fact.

In fact, if you think about it another way, this is not bad, if there was no accident, she would have entered the palace. This time is also entering the palace, but from being a female official to being a side concubine of the prince. Thinking of the man with a clear face but a gentle temperament, Ruan Ling'er felt that it didn't seem unacceptable.

Jiuniang and Cheng Wenjing came to visit Ruan Ling'er together, and unlike Cheng Wenjing's happiness, Jiuniang seemed much more silent.

"Jiu Niang, what's wrong with you? Didn't you come to congratulate Ling'er, why didn't you speak? Cheng Wenjing said.

"Is there one?" Jiuniang smiled disguisedly, "I just accidentally wandered away." ”

"Jiu Niang, are you alright?" Ruan Ling'er was also worried.

Jiuniang shook her head, "I'm fine, it's just that I've seen too many people recently, I'm a little tired, and I'm always easy to get distracted." ”

"Also, there have been a lot of guests in the family recently, and Daddy said that if you continue to make such a big fanfare, I'm afraid that Yushi's side will have to speak, so there have been fewer guests in the family in the past two days, I'm afraid it's the same at your house."

Jiu Niang nodded.

In fact, she was not only worried that Ruan Ling'er would not be able to cope with the situation in the palace after entering the East Palace, but also because of a worry based on the memory of her previous life.

The king of Chu is undoubtedly going to that position, and the biggest obstacle is the prince, how did the king of Chu ascend to that position in his last life, Jiuniang does not know the specific situation during this period, she only knows that the prince died young as everyone said, and did not leave an heir. As for whether the prince accepted Ruan Ling'er as a side concubine in the previous life, maybe because it didn't have much to do with her own body, Jiu Niang didn't pay much attention to it, as for how the prince died, whether he died of accident or illness, she didn't know.

In other words, Ruan Ling'er is likely to be widowed in the future, and the two may become hostile because of their positions. Even if it doesn't become hostile, I'm afraid that the future friendship will not be so simple, and Jiuniang has a hunch that she may lose this friend.

Because of this, Jiu Niang will be depressed, and there is a feeling that she doesn't know how to face Ruan Ling'er.

Looking at the gentle and kind girl in front of her, Jiu Niang sighed in her heart, she could faintly see that Ruan Ling'er was not so reluctant to become the prince's concubine, and now it seemed that she could only bless her.

Jiuniang barely cheered up and talked with the two about Ruan Ling'er's marriage, and during this time, she mentioned Ruan Mengling's matter, and Ruan Ling'er said something a little cramped.

It turned out that on that day, when Jiuniang and Ruan Ling'er were scheming, Ruan Mengling was actually with King Cheng, and the two talked very well, completely forgetting about choosing a concubine, but found a place to enjoy the moon. Later, the scene of the two embracing each other was broken by the palace people, which is the fundamental reason why Ruan Mengling became the concubine of King Cheng. Of course, this is also Ruan Ling'er's idea, she also overheard Xu and Ruan Mengling talk about this matter, as for whether this is the reason, it is up to her.

All in all, this matter is a secret in Ruan's Mansion, and Ruan Ling'er is quite ashamed of it, if it weren't for the fact that Jiu Niang and Cheng Wenjing have an unusual relationship with her, she wouldn't have said it.

Thinking of some of the things that happened that day, as well as the marriage given by Emperor Chengyuan later, Jiuniang always felt a kind of weirdness. Unlike others, in the whole matter, the King of Chu has not shown any figure, and even everyone's attention is completely on other people in this marriage, but they have not paid too much attention to the King of Chu.

Was this a coincidence, or was it specially arranged by the King of Chu?

If it was deliberately arranged, then King Chu's mind would be too terrifying, but Jiu Niang didn't think so, because she had seen a lot of similar things in her previous life.

The king of Chu was originally a deceitful person.

*

Time flies, and a month passes.

In the blink of an eye, the day of Ruan Ling'er's marriage has arrived.

Jiuniang and Cheng Wenjing came to add makeup to Ruan Ling'er a day in advance, and the wedding day also came, until this time did the two realize that although the title of the crown princess and concubine looked brilliant, it was not a wife in the end, although Ruan Ling'er also had a wedding, but this wedding was much worse than when the crown princess got married that day. It's not that the Ruan government is reluctant to do a big deal, but that the regulations are so.

There was no groom to greet his relatives, there was no red all over the sky, there was no banquet on the wedding day, the palace would not do it, and the Ruan Mansion did not do it because of the scruples. There was only one chariot that connected Ruan Ling'er to the palace, and from then on, there were two worlds inside and outside the palace walls.

On this day, Lianzhi hurriedly walked in and said something in Jiu Niang's ear.

In this regard, Jiuniang did not show too much surprise, because there were clues before.

Xiao Liuniang has disappeared from everyone's eyes since the beating, and it is okay for a day or two, which can be explained as feeling faceless. But even she and Xiao Sanniang were both named princesses, and the Anguo Mansion was both a decree and a banquet, and it was lively for a long time, and there were many elders in the family who came to the door, but Xiao Liuniang did not come forward from beginning to end, which is a little difficult to explain.

Jiu Niang has been ordering people to keep an eye on Linlangju's side, and today she finally learned something.

Xiao Liuniang actually has a body!

This is really surprising news!

“…… Linlangju is very tightly guarded, and our people have not been able to interfere, but this time the county lord and the six ladies quarreled, and only then did they hear some clues...... The county lord asked the sixth lady to kill the child, and the sixth lady was scared and cried out. And the slave suspects that there are still ten ladies in Linlangju, and it is estimated that this matter is also known over there......"

Jiuniang hugged the little wine, smoothed it with hair, and fell into contemplation.

She is different from those ignorant girls, she naturally understands the power of abortion, if she accidentally hurts her body, I am afraid that the opportunity to regenerate in the future will be deprived, and it is extremely painful, so Xiao Liuniang's fear is also understandable.

As for the mood of the county lord of Chaoxia, Jiuniang can also understand a little, she insisted on suppressing the matter with the Wang family, even if it attracted everyone's ridicule, she didn't care, in order to prevent Xiao Liuniang from marrying Wang Zuyao's gentleman. The heavy price has been paid, and there is a stiffness with her own sister, so it stands to reason that Xiao Liuniang only needs to be silent for a while, and wait for the rumors to fade down, and then talk about her marriage, but this qiē plan has now been broken.

There was a biggest accident, and it is conceivable that the county lord of Chaoxia would allow this accident to destroy his plan and make Xiao Liuniang have a miscarriage.

"Although the sixth lady is unwilling, it is very likely to be persuaded." Lianzhi said again.

It's not big, it's inevitable.

It's just that how can Jiu Niang allow it?

The county lord of Chaoxia attacked himself, so he caused serious injuries to himself and Xiaocui Dakui, and he was also affected by the rain and cold, which hindered his heirs. The heir is the biggest knot in Jiu Niang's two lives, how could she let go of the mother and daughter of the lord of Chaoxia County?! Xiao Liuniang is innocent, but she is also innocent, there are many innocent people, the mother and daughter pay the debt, it is justified, and the retribution is unpleasant.

"Reveal this matter to the people in the fourth room of the Wang family, and you can do it, Xiaocan." After a moment of silence, Jiu Niang commanded.

Xiao Can nodded and retreated.

*

The atmosphere in the fourth room of the Wang family has been very bad recently.

Without him, what was supposed to be nine out of ten things was lost.

Because of that incident, the Wang family was always looked at strangely when they walked outside, and there were many gossips. The Wang family was angry outside, and Sifang, who was the culprit, naturally had a hard time in the house.

Wang Zheng was angry and anxious, so he didn't go to embarrass Mrs. Wang.

It's useless to embarrass Mrs. Wang, this series of things happened enough to make Mrs. Wang anxious. There was a stiff fight with her sister, because she didn't do things well, and the people in the house were also quite resentful of her, and the old lady didn't give her a good look for a long time. Immediately afterwards, the Cheng family incident happened, and she stabbed the big basket, and she had to come to the door to remedy it with a hot face. This finally stopped for a while, and there was a concubine selection banquet, and now the baby daughter is in a difficult situation in the East Palace. There are so many people around the prince, and they are all justifiable, can Mrs. Wang not be anxious.

In this case, if the fourth room comes to find fault again, how can Mrs. Wang give the other party a good look.

Zuo is just like that, Mrs. Wang doesn't have time to pay attention to any face now, the fourth room is willing to make trouble, she can't help it anyway.

So when both sides don't pay attention to face, it's really hard to say whether the winner or loser. After all, Mrs. Wang is the eldest sister-in-law, and she is the housekeeper of the Wang family, and the people in the fourth room dare not tear their faces, so they have no choice but to suffer this sullen loss.

At this moment, things turned around.

Speaking of the emergence of this turnaround, it is far away. A servant woman beside Mrs. Wang Si has a relative who works as an errand in the Anguo Mansion, and the relationship between the two is very distant, saying that the sister of the mother-in-law of her aunt and sister-in-law is a rough servant in the Anguo Mansion. No matter what kind of relative it is, all in all, this person has brought great news to Sifang.

It is said that the sixth mother of the Xiao family is pregnant.

This matter was extremely secret in the Anguo Mansion, and the servant woman only learned about it by chance.

It's not good news, Wang Zheng has a noble daughter and daughter-in-law because of the water, which is already irritable enough, and he has been criticized in the house for this matter before, and now such a good opportunity is sent to the door, how can he let it go.

In his mind, since the other party is pregnant with his son's grandson, it must be the daughter-in-law of his Wang family who can't run away. Once this thing is done, not only will there be a daughter-in-law with a rich dowry, but the problems faced will also be solved, and the improvement of Sifang's status in the family is just around the corner. Not to mention that there will be multiple princesses and county lords' in-laws in the future, and the county lord of Chaoxia will not hesitate to lose face for his daughter to suppress this matter, which is enough to see how much she loves this daughter.

Love hobbies, people get married, what's going on in the fourth room in the future, don't the in-laws have to help solve it? !

After excitedly rewarding the servant woman with a piece of silver, Wang Zheng and his wife sat together to discuss the matter.

The servant woman did not come to ask for a reward, and the matter was very clear.

Xiao Liuniang is indeed pregnant, but there is one thing that Wang Zheng and his wife have to pay attention to, that is, the county lord of Chaoxia does not want his daughter to keep this child, and intends to solve the worries of the future.

Hearing the news, Wang Zheng almost didn't blow up, but fortunately he was stopped by Mrs. Wang.

People are just planning, they haven't had time to do it yet, and what they have to do now is how to stop this matter, and use this matter to let Xiao Liuniang marry into the Wang family.

After the agreement, Wang Zheng and his wife got ready and went out with someone.

In order to prevent Mrs. Wang from knowing about this matter and revealing it to the county lord of Chaoxia, they also deliberately used a pretext to go back to Mrs. Wang's mother's house under the pretext of going back to Mrs. Wang's mother's house, and even many preparations were carried out outside.

Without mentioning these, Wang Zheng and his wife took a large number of gifts and a number of servants and servants, and boarded the gate of the Anguo Mansion with great fanfare.

When the news came up, Cui Shi was a little surprised. It's just that she won't take care of this matter, so she hurriedly went to An Rong Yuan to report it to Duchess An Guo.

Regarding the incident that happened to Xiao Liuniang in the Wang family before, everyone in the Xiao family has always maintained a pretending to be deaf and dumb. More than two months have passed since this incident, and suddenly the Wang family came to the door, if there is nothing greasy in it, Duchess An Guo will never believe it.

"Ah Jia, what do you say about this? Shall we let them in? ”

Duchess An Guo pondered for a moment and shook her head, "Report it to Chongyue Pavilion, we won't touch our hands." ”

Since the Duchess of Anguo had spoken, the Cui family was naturally willing to listen, and hurriedly ordered someone to spread the word to Chongyue Pavilion.

On the side of Chongyue Pavilion, the county lord of Chaoxia was also very surprised when he heard the news, and at the same time he was surprised and a little worried. In the end, anger accounted for the majority, and she said sharply, No, let them go.

The people above can say the word 'roll', but the people below don't dare to say that. However, the subordinates also figured out the attitude of Chu Shang, although they did not copy the original words of the county lord of Chaoxia, but the attitude towards the Wang family was not very good.

"You guys hurry up, the master said that he can't see you, and your Wang family will not go to the gate of our Anguo Mansion in the future."

Now the Wang family is not happy, Wang Zheng is a stingy character, and he scoldly raised his eyebrows at the people of Anguo Mansion on the spot, scolding and scolding him. Do you treat your in-laws like this, why is your Xiao Liuniang pregnant with my son's child and so on, and so on, in front of the gate of Anguo Mansion.

When things got like this, the people below couldn't hold back, so they had to report it again.

Therefore, there are also benefits of not being cheeky, and those who want to be cheeky are invincible.

So, Wang Zheng and his wife were invited in.

When Wang Zheng and his wife arrived at Anrong Hospital, they greeted Duchess Anguo with a smile, and Duchess Anguo sat on the first gum with a stiff face, unable to even pull out a smile. The Cui clan also had the same expression, as for the county lord of Chaoxia who was invited to solve the matter, it was needless to say.

"Your Wang family is really too much, you will ruin my daughter's reputation in public, is this to go against the county lord and the princess's mansion and the Xiao family?"

The county lord of Chaoxia is worthy of being the lord of Chaoxia, and as soon as he came up, he took the lead and put on his own forces in an attempt to intimidate the other party.

It's a pity that if he would be frightened lightly, Wang Zheng would not have gone to the gate of the Anguo Mansion today, before he came, he had already planned the situation he was about to face, and he was naturally mentally prepared.

Mrs. Wang Si pretended to be too frightened to speak, and Wang Zheng smiled at her: "It's a bit too hurtful for my in-laws to talk like this, but we came to visit with a friendly attitude, but unfortunately we were kicked out by the ignorant subordinates of your family, so I didn't control my temper for a while." ”

Well, not letting the Wang family enter the door was acquiesced in by the three Duchess Anguo, and this time it was not a scolding of all three people. The point is that you can't express it yet, otherwise you won't respond to the other party's statement.

Duchess Anguo is an old man, just this sentence shows that Wang Zheng is a playful character, this time the person is not good, I am afraid that this matter is not good.

If it was before, she could continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb, and the county lord of Chaoxia would dispose of it himself. But there are two princesses in his house in a row, and it is when the limelight is in full swing, so it is not suitable to make any jokes at this time.