On the second day when Mama Wen of Yingchuan Palace, she visited Zhou Caiwei in Anyuanbo's Mansion, and Concubine Yingchuan sent a table to Emperor Linde, saying that she had set a family affair for Qin Min, the king of Yingchuan, in the past years, and was the daughter of the late Shaanxi Zuobu political envoy Zhou Zhen, and also presented the eight characters of the birthdays of the two of them.

Emperor Lin De wanted to agree, but his mother, Empress Dowager Sun, disagreed. It was so easy for her to select carefully and arrange the candidate for Princess Yingchuan, how could she just fulfill the wishes of Princess Yingchuan?

She used the excuse that she had to know what kind of woman the Zhou family girl was, what her family background and temperament were, and whether she was worthy of King Yingchuan, so she agreed, and she stopped Emperor Lin De from commenting on the word "quasi-playing" on Concubine Shen's upper table.

When the palace people returned the news to her mother and son, the Empress Dowager Sun heard that Zhou Caiwei's parents were now dead and her brother was gone, and she was an orphan girl, so she suddenly had more reason to stop Emperor Lin De from agreeing to this family business.

"Although this family affair has been decided a long time ago, after all, it is only set on the lips, and there is no serious marriage book, which is fine. The key is that the girl's fate chart is not good this week, if her father is still there, her identity and family background are still worthy of a royal highness of the county king, but not only her parents have gone early, but even her two brothers have fallen ill one after another, which shows how hard her life is, and she has killed all the relatives around her. Such a hard-nosed woman, if she is allowed to marry into the Yingchuan Palace, how can Min'er's weak body withstand her hindrance? ”

Emperor Lin De said disapprovingly: "Haven't you asked Qin Tian to calculate, as long as the two of them are compatible, then there will be nothing, not to mention what Guhong Dao Chang once said, most of the so-called hard-fated women in this world are because of their precious lives, if they are rationed to an ordinary person, they naturally can't afford it, and they need to be people with noble birth and noble status to be able to afford it." Min'er has a noble bloodline, but she is the king of the dynasty, and she is afraid that she will not be able to suppress her! ”

Naturally, this is not what Empress Dowager Sun wants to hear, "But even so, the girl lost her mother since she was a child, but she took the first place in the 'five don't marry', how can such a girl marry Min'er to preside over the middle feed of the palace?" ”

Emperor Lin De still didn't let go, "Didn't she raise her grandfather in Uncle Anyuan's mansion for more than three years?" has been raised by her own grandmother, and it is not bad. ”

"But the matter of choosing a concubine for these two county kings to marry is already known to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and the roster of show girls to be selected is almost ready, just for this baby who suddenly appeared in the early years, and he can't do it all? Such a backsliding, then where will my royal face go! Empress Dowager Sun was dissatisfied.

"Isn't there still Fei'er? Just choose a princess for his good life. Emperor Lin Dedi rubbed the corners of his forehead, and did not want to argue with his mother about this topic anymore, so he got up and said, "If the mother likes to stay with her son, please take care of herself, and the son will go out for a walk." ”

Empress Dowager Sun hurriedly shouted to him, "Where are you going?" Isn't it good to sit here and talk to your mother more? ”

Emperor Lin De said without looking back: "Isn't my mother anxious to look forward to her grandson, if I don't go to the concubines in the harem to walk around, where will my mother get her grandson?" ”

Empress Dowager Sun looked at his back as he strode away, and was so angry that she smashed a tea cup on his desk again, and saw that her son had left, and it was not interesting for her to sit here alone, so she also got up and went back to her Ciqing Palace, and instructed the palace people to call her nephew, Sun Chengqing, the son of Cheng'en Gong, who is currently the right minister, to come to see her, and wanted her nephew to come to her to give her ideas, so as to prevent this family affair set by Concubine Yingchuan.

Speaking of which, since she became the most noble woman in the empire, all the relatives of her mother's family have ascended to heaven with her, and those who are close to her have either been crowned as dukes or uncles, and those who are far away have also been given the shade of an official and a half-position.

On the one hand, the Empress Dowager Sun was proud of the glory she brought to the Sun family, but on the other hand, she disliked her, a family of relatives, there was no capable and outstanding man, and after they were developed, they only knew how to eat, drink, and enjoy honor. Only her younger brother Chengqing, the seventh concubine of Chengengong, still had some talent, so he promoted him and forced Emperor Lin De to give him the official position of right minister.

Although Cui Chenggang, the former prime minister, has always been the person of the Empress Dowager Sun, but in the end, there is still a family member of his own among the powerful ministers in the court, and Cui Zuoxiang has been the dominant one for so many years, if he sits back and ignores it again, he is afraid that he will not be able to lose his tail in the future, and his mother and son will be held hostage by him.

After her nephew Sun Chengqing came, the Empress Dowager Sun told him about it, and this minister was also a little smart, after listening to it, she rolled her eyes a few times, and said with a smile: "Aunt don't worry, although you failed to persuade the saint, but the saint wants to agree to this matter, I'm afraid it's not so easy!" ”

"Oh, what do you mean?" Empress Dowager Sun suddenly came to her senses.

"Because of this matter, not only is your aunt unhappy, but many noble ministers in this court are also unhappy to see it come to fruition!"

"Why is that?" Empress Dowager Sun asked.

"My aunt doesn't know in the palace, since the saint said that she would choose a concubine for Yingchuan and Linchuan, and in the past two months, many people in Beijing are fighting the idea of Princess Yingchuan? These aristocratic and high-ranking officials in Beijing are all human spirits, so there is no stupidity. Since the incident of beating the Seventh Prince came out, they have all set their sights on the King of Yingchuan, knowing that this Princess Yingchuan must be a girl from our Sun family, and they dare to be infatuated and want to marry their own daughter to the palace of Yingchuan. ”

When Empress Dowager Sun heard this, the two painted eyebrows immediately raised and said, "It's really wishful thinking!" How dare they really think about it? How did they know that my son would not have another son? I rushed to hug the thigh of King Yingchuan, hum, that short-lived ghost, I'm afraid that I won't have a few years to live, and I will be treated like a baby by them? ”

It's no wonder that those noble ministers tend to be inflammatory, but there is really a good precedent for the Empress Dowager Sun, who came from a humble background but finally relied on her son, and a good precedent for one person to attain the Tao and the chicken dog ascended to heaven, who doesn't want to have such a beautiful Queen Mother!

Sun Chengqing hurriedly handed his aunt a cup of tea and said: "Although they shouldn't have this thought, but now, since they have this selfishness, they can be used by us, at least so that they can persuade the Holy Lord to refuse the invitation of Concubine Yingchuan." Let's just say that this is a big deal for the marriage of the two royal palaces, how can this royal wife choose to act hastily, and must choose a famous lady with good looks for the two phoenix sons and grandsons so as not to fall into the reputation of my heavenly family. ”

"In any case, this princess must be selected to count, as for Concubine Yingchuan, she said that she has been engaged to the Zhou family, so let the girls of the Zhou family also participate in the election, and it is not a violation of the agreement between her and the Zhou family that day to be crowned as a second concubine or a lady."

"When it's time to choose the princess, those show girls will definitely live in the palace to choose, this palace is not up to you, when the time comes, there will be an aunt and mother in charge, let's use some means, that is, the left minister Cui Chenggang wants to send his daughter to the throne of Princess Yingchuan, and it is also a daydream!"

Empress Dowager Sun first smiled when she heard it, and when she heard him mention Cui Zuoxiang, she frowned and asked, "Why, then Cui Chenggang actually has this idea?" ”

Sun Chengqing said: "Why not, he saw that his aunt and the saint were more and more important to his nephew, and he was very dissatisfied with his aunt!" Otherwise, why did he take the lead in suggesting to the saint that the two county kings should marry as soon as the matter of the Seven Princes came out? He knew that his aunt was not happy about this, but he still had to go against your will and work against you, in order to let his daughter become the princess of Yingchuan. ”

"He's getting fatter! Then why didn't you mention this to me when you came back to talk to me? ”

Empress Dowager Sun gave her personal palace maid Kexin the surname Sun and married Cui Chenggang as the second wife, in addition to wooing him, but also to lay a line of her own eyes beside him and report his every move to herself.

Sun Chengqing said: "Oh, aunt, do you still think that Sun Kexin is the palace maid waiting for you?" People have been Mrs. Zuo for almost 20 years now, this girl is outgoing, you are still looking forward to you, the old master! Isn't Zuo Xiang's daughter also her daughter, if her daughter can have such a good future, she will not be able to stop her, she must be helping Zuo Xiang to deceive her aunt here, and at the same time step up her daughter to compete with the girl of our Sun family for the position of Princess Yingchuan. ”

Empress Dowager Sun was so angry that she shouted: "This cheap, I forgot who promoted her in the first place, so that she can have today." She and Cui Chenggang are just two dogs I raised, and now this dog wants to snatch the meat from the owner's mouth in turn? It's really two ungrateful and wolf-hearted things, look at how Bengong turns around and cleans them up! ”

If her son Emperor Lin De heard this, he would definitely laugh at her, and ask her how she repaid the great kindness of Empress Xiaoci to their mother and son, and even at the beginning of entering the palace, in order to show her obedience and humility, there was no threat, and her name was changed to the word "Shunliang".

Empress Dowager Sun scolded enough Cui Chenggang and Sun Kexin, a pair of dog men and women, before asking her nephew: "Then let's do this thing, I will ask the saint to ask the courtiers what they mean, and you will not agree to the big guys, and you will definitely come out in the form of choosing a concubine." Our Sun family's girls have all been arranged, right? ”

Sun Chengqing hurriedly said: "Aunt, don't worry, everything has been arranged, didn't the saint say that he didn't want our Sun family to have two more princesses?" The nephew passed the two girls of our Sun family to a relative's house and changed their names and surnames, but their bones are full of the blood of our Sun family, and they were so old that they passed out, and they will still be towards our Sun family in the future. ”

Empress Dowager Sun smiled with satisfaction, waved her hand and asked Sun Chengqing to handle it herself, feeling that it was more reliable to have her own talents in the court, and she was now waiting for the matter of choosing a concubine according to her plan.

But to her surprise, her wishful thinking was only half fired.