Chapter 20: The First Man

The import of Tian Ding was originally a great event, but Qin Youan was a little unhappy-

Since Zhao Hanqiu is pregnant, there is naturally no way to help her mother take care of the house.

This kid came at a bit of an inopportune time.

At this time, he once again lamented that there were too few people in the backyard, otherwise, without the Zhao family, there would be other candidates.

He is so powerful now, and it is common for him to have a few women. However, after a lifetime, he didn't pay much attention to women for a long time, and he was busy during this time, so he didn't care about it.

Unless it is helpful to his great cause, he basically will not be beautiful in order to satisfy his selfish desires.

Now he feels that it is also beneficial to have a few women. At least, unlike now, there is no one to find a mother to share.

When he first married Shen Jingfang, he never thought that there would be such a day.

Once, in his heart, all the other women combined were not as heavy as Shen Jingfang.

But now, Shen Jingfang is no different from other women.

He no longer looks at Shen Jingfang with the feelings and eyes of his previous life. He'd already distinguished them.

Therefore, many things will no longer care about her face.

The matter of taking a concubine is already imminent. At least before he sets out on the expedition, he has to do a good job.

After Qin Youan revealed a little bit of his intention to take a concubine, many families with daughters at home quickly took action.

Before, it's not that no one sent a woman to the generalissimo, it's just that the generalissimo doesn't seem to care much about women, and the family has just married a beautiful wife and concubine, so everyone can only put their minds down for the time being and wait for the opportunity.

They didn't believe that there were only two or three people in the Generalissimo's backyard.

Men are greedy for the new and tired of the old.

When the woman in the backyard gets tired of seeing it, she will naturally accept new ones.

No, here's the opportunity.

Not only some of the big families in Ying Tianfu moved their minds, but also some of Qin Youan's subordinates.

If you can give your sister (daughter) to the generalissimo as a concubine, wouldn't it be another layer of protection, and the benefits to them will be great. If you are not favored, it is just the loss of a daughter (sister).

What's more, why did the generalissimo take a concubine, everyone probably inquired clearly.

The generalissimo's wife, Shen, has not appeared in front of everyone for several months, you know, in the past, she was handling all kinds of interpersonal relationships for the generalissimo, and many ladies have had contact with her, and everyone's impression of this dignified and generous, long-sleeved and dancing generalissimo's wife is still very good.

However, the person who has recently stepped forward to deal with various affairs for the generalissimo is Mrs. Qin.

Mrs. Qin also did a good job, there was no rudeness, and she was kind to people, but Mrs. Qin was of high seniority, and they were not very comfortable getting along. She has a high seniority, a high status, and a young person, so they don't know how to deal with it.

You must know that most of them have a relationship with Shen Jingfang's peers, but in fact, they are all older than Shen Jingfang.

This kind of communicative thing should have been done by Generalissimo Qin's wife, but Mrs. Tai did it for her, what does this mean?

Everyone is not stupid, so they can naturally guess one or two, plus some of the news they got, and things are obvious.

The housewife is grounded and can't preside over the feed, which is a good thing for people who want to send their daughters in.

Moreover, they also got some gossip that the reason why the generalissimo wanted to take a concubine was because the generalissimo's concubine Zhao was pregnant and had no one to serve him, but also because he wanted to choose a capable and virtuous woman to take care of his backyard.

It's so exciting.

As a result, the people who didn't invite their daughters to pet also had some thoughts.

Obviously, the generalissimo's wife, Shen, is not taken seriously, otherwise, the generalissimo's concubine must be based on color, not "talent".

It is common sense to marry a wife and a virtuous person, and to take a concubine.

It's just that the generalissimo wants to take a "virtuous" concubine.

Isn't this clearly saying that the Shen family is not virtuous? It's not good to divorce your wife, so you can only find another way?

Therefore, this matter is ostensibly a concubine, but in fact it is a wife.

Once the daughter of their family is valued by Mrs. Tai and liked by the generalissimo, she will definitely take over the fed, and when the time comes, it will not be the main room, but it will be better than the main room.

Because of this news, many people have made preparations with both hands.

In addition to the stunning beauty they had prepared earlier, they also selected a well-educated woman from among the concubines of the family.

It doesn't matter if your appearance is almost there, the key is to be virtuous and capable.

It doesn't matter if you can't choose, just send the stunning beauty you prepared before into the house.

If it is both good looks and talents, it will be more perfect.

The He family, as a big clan of Ying Tianfu, naturally also received the news.

Originally, the head of the He family planned to send his two concubines to the Generalissimo's Mansion.

No matter who is favored, the benefits to the family in the future will be huge.

But in fact, it was not easy to successfully send her daughter to the Generalissimo's Mansion.

Although the two concubines of the He family are also beautiful, they are not outstanding compared to other women.

Unless, the appearance is as good as He Yunyao, the man is moved when he sees it, but the youngest daughter is too young, and he has been worrying in his heart.

At this juncture, when he heard the news, his eyes lit up.

His two concubines, although their appearance is not top-notch, they are also raised according to their daughters-in-law, and their talents are not bad, especially the second daughter, He Xianghua, except for her appearance is not good, and her personality is a little high, everything else is excellent. Talented, capable, and with a steady personality.

Originally, he wanted to send He Xiang to the Generalissimo's Mansion, but he just wanted to make up the numbers, after all, some men would also be very sought after by talented women, and he valued He Xiangshu, the third daughter with better appearance. Right now

's third daughter, He Xiangshu. Now, He Xiang's opportunity to paint is greater than that of his third daughter He Xiangshu.

It was also because of this idea that he attached more importance to He Xiang's paintings.

As for He Yunting, the concubine who had just returned home, he didn't even think about it.

Sending a daughter who had run away from marriage and had a damaged reputation to the Generalissimo's Mansion was not a marriage at all, it was a feud. What's more, she's also old, what are you sending in for? Be a grandmother?

He didn't believe the reasons He Yunting said at the beginning, what he said was bitter, and what he said was for the He family, but he could just fool the children.

He left her a small life for her to eat and drink, and it was already for the sake of the father and daughter.

In the past few days, He Yunting has had a bad time.

She did succeed in staying in the He family, but her status was very different from before.

In the past, she was the eldest lady of He Fu, and she was the only woman who could meddle in the family business.

Now, she is a sinner in He Mansion, a down-and-out daughter who was taken in by the He family, and even her subordinates despise her.

She felt this deeply.

Although, due to their mother's strength, the subordinates were still obedient and did not dare to speak ill of her blatantly, but the contempt in their eyes was not concealed at all.

's orders to her are either pushed, or yang is disobeyed, not to mention that the treatment is worse than those concubines, or worse than those big girls.

Moreover, as soon as she returned to He's house, she was detained in the small courtyard to copy scriptures and repent, and she was not allowed to leave the courtyard without permission.

This courtyard, of course, was not the quiet and exquisite courtyard where she lived before, but a remote and narrow courtyard.

However, in order to achieve her goal, she gritted her teeth and endured.

Fortunately, her guards also got in and heard a lot of news for her, and she didn't have a black eye. also knew the news that Shen Jingfang was grounded and the generalissimo wanted to take a concubine.

In this regard, she just pouted and said: "It is really sad and lamentable, a generation of virtuous queens have been tossed like this by you. ”

Then, he snorted coldly and said: "I really regarded my son as Qin Zhaocheng, not only robbed Cheng Taizu's foundation, but even robbed the queen of other people, it was really shameless." ”

Father even wants to send his two sisters to the Generalissimo's Mansion, but he doesn't think his family died fast enough, right?

He died by himself, and she couldn't control it.

As long as you don't send the little sister into the fire pit.

Anyway, if she handles her own affairs, she is leaving, and she doesn't care about the affairs of the He family anymore. Who let them abuse themselves like this?

The only thing she was worried about was her mother and little sister, and she was afraid that she would not be able to take them away this time.

That's it, Qi Wu will capture Yingtian sooner or later, everyone in Yingtianfu will become prisoners, and the He family, who married to the Generalissimo's Mansion, will not be able to escape, and when something happens to them, she will rescue them again.

She still has this power.

The two maids who were assigned to serve the eldest lady heard He Yunting saying something they didn't understand again, so they quietly glanced at each other, made a few looks, and looked at He Yunting's eyes, becoming more and more disdainful.

The eldest lady who has lost her favor, chatters, and has a clear head will not have any possibility of turning over, and it seems that they will have to find another way out.

……

And Shen Jingfang, who was considered sad and lamentable, by He Yunting, is really not in a good situation at the moment.

The people outside had received the news, how could she not have received it.

Even if she is grounded, she is the wife of Generalissimo Qin in the end.

Whether it is a concubine's pregnancy or a husband's concubine, she has the right to know.

Neither Qin Shu nor Qin Youan concealed her meaning.

He even sent someone to ask her about her situation.

Zhao Hanqiu's pregnancy naturally made her a little uncomfortable.

But she was soon caught by her husband's concubine.

In fact, she didn't care much about her husband's concubine from the beginning.

She knew that no matter how many concubines there were, they couldn't affect her status.

Moreover, there are many concubines, which is also beneficial to her balance the back house. lest Zhao Hanqiu always stare at himself. And she herself just needs to be high up and stay out of the way.

From beginning to end, she didn't look at the concubine room.

But not anymore.

The generalissimo took a concubine, not for Nase, but to replace her position and take charge of the middle feed for her. This is simply to set her up and let her make an ornament, which she can't accept no matter what.

After being grounded for so long, Shen Jingfang panicked for the first time.

In the past, she didn't panic because she was the wife of the generalissimo Ming Media, and the generalissimo needed her to preside over the middle feed for him, come forward to deal with interpersonal relationships, entertain and appease the families of the generals, etc., they could lock her up for a while, but they couldn't lock her up for the rest of her life, and sooner or later they would release her.

Many things must be handled by the generalissimo's wife, and it is by no means something that Mrs. Tai can replace.

The Generalissimo will not fail to understand this.

If there is someone to replace her, then what good is she?

She didn't want to spend her life copying scriptures in this courtyard.

Sadly, she had no one around her, not even an ally.

Otherwise, if someone had spoken for her, she would not have been so isolated.

Zhao Hanqiu disdained to be co-opted by her, and even targeted her three times and twice, the two were like sisters on the surface, respecting and loving each other, but in fact they were surging in the dark tide, and she would not speak for her.

It would be good if Zhou Zhen'er was here, the relationship between the two is good, Zhou Zhen'er is simple, and she has a good impression of herself, her admiration and yearning for herself, she also sees it in her eyes, and it is not difficult to subdue her.

What's more, she is still the first woman of the Generalissimo, and she still has a certain weight, even if she is down for a while, she may regain her favor in the future.

She regretted it immensely that she didn't

regretted that he didn't pick up Zhou Zhen'er from Minzhou in time.

But can she be blamed for this?

She was pregnant before, and after coming to Yingtian from Hezhou, she has been busy, and she rarely even sees the marshal's face, how to mention her affairs.

Now, it is far from being able to quench the thirst of the near.

"No, I can't panic, there will definitely be a way to solve it." Shen Jingfang told herself in her heart.

However, she thought about it, but she couldn't think of a perfect solution to this matter.

She thought about killing herself to stop the generalissimo from taking a concubine, but that was the next step. Even if she can prevent the generalissimo from taking a concubine, in this life, she will be disgusted by the generalissimo, and she will even be crowned with a jealous title. The gains simply outweigh the losses.

She couldn't have done that anyway.

It wasn't until this moment that she realized how ridiculous she was thinking.

She took herself too seriously.

determined that the generalissimo and the lady were both people who respected the rules, and they would not divorce their wives at all, let alone let the concubine room press on their heads.

And Mrs. Tai seems to be born with a lack of affection for concubines, no matter how Zhao Hanqiu pleases her and respects her, her attitude towards Zhao Hanqiu is still far inferior to her, and she also knocked Zhao Hanqiu for her and handed over all the housekeeping rights to her.

She values her as a daughter-in-law, and it is impossible for her to raise a concubine to suppress her wife.

She always thought so.

This is especially true of the generalissimo, who treats his wife and concubine with two attitudes.

Therefore, her mentality has gradually changed.

In addition, he gave birth to his eldest son, and his position is stable. She became more and more convinced that she was irreplaceable, and gradually became a little complacent, and dared to test Mrs. Tai's bottom line.

Even before that, she had always thought that this grounding was just a warning given to her by Mrs. Tai.

Even if the means are ruthless this time, sooner or later she will be let out, and when the time comes, she will still be the wife of the generalissimo.

She was so determined.

Even if he is in a deep predicament, there is no trace of panic.

Who knows, the reality gave her a slap in the face.

She is not irreplaceable.

Now, there is someone to replace her.

She...... I can't be calm anymore.

"Double happiness, you have to find a way to inform your mother, no matter what, you have to let your mother come to the house."

Now, she can only rely on her mother's family.

In the past few days, Qin Shu has been busy with her own affairs, and she has one more task, which is to look at the concubine's room for You'an.

This is also the first time she has chosen a woman for You'an. Although it is said that it is a selection of concubines, in fact, it can be regarded as a selection of daughters-in-law.

Mrs. Qin personally went out, which is enough to see that the Generalissimo's Mansion attaches great importance to this concubine.

Everyone cheered up and dealt with the matter.

The reason why Qin Youan let Qin Shu out of the horse was because he wanted his mother to choose a woman she really liked and admired to be her daughter-in-law.

His preference is secondary.

It was only now that he discovered that none of the three women he married was personally selected by his mother.

He felt that he was really unfilial.

Even if he liked the concubine Xiao in his previous life, he didn't bring it up, otherwise, his mother would have to take into account his feelings again, and he didn't want to do this.

Of course, in addition to accepting "virtuous" concubines, you can also choose a few more spare, so as not to happen like this again.

It's rare to have such an opportunity, just do it in one step.

Hearing the news, Zhao Hanqiu, who was pregnant, was also in a complicated mood.

Originally, when she was pregnant, she was very happy.

But now, she didn't know whether she should laugh or cry.

If she hadn't been pregnant, the stewardship would have fallen to her. How can there be another concubine like now?

When Shen Jingfang was grounded before, she was still looking forward to her mother-in-law letting her take care of the house, but after a few months, there was no movement, and she slowly let go of her thoughts. It wasn't until recently that my mother-in-law seemed to have a little bit of meaning to let her be in charge of the house, who knew that she was pregnant.

And then it happened.

The cooked duck in hand just flew.

Although disappointed, she didn't give up completely.

Even if the generalissimo marries a newcomer, Mrs. Tai may not be at ease to hand over all the power to her, and the best way is to let her follow her as a housekeeper. She entered the door early, she knew everything about the house, Mrs. Tai had a good impression of her, she was pregnant again, and Mrs. Tai could not let her succumb to a newcomer.

She was sure of that.

Although she missed out on the housekeeper, she is pregnant, and she may have half of the housekeeping in the future, which can be regarded as both.

Thinking about it this way, her mood is much better, and she secretly resolves that she will be more respectful and flattering to her mother-in-law in the future, and she must not be compared to a newcomer.

In any case, she will be the first person in the concubine's room.

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