Chapter 42 Retreat is Advance
Princess Lichuan went to the palace the next day and told Wen Hui her idea. Chen Guifei was very satisfied and said: "Wen Hui, this child is really smart, how did she come up with such a good idea?" That's good, I believe that after two banquets, everyone in the capital will know that I am doing good deeds. My name will spread all over the world. ”
Princess Lichuan said: "Yes, mother, the most rare thing is that I just reminded me a little, that Mrs. Liu Mingzhu has not yet reacted to our intentions, she will immediately understand, sometimes I really can't understand, why she is so young for these people how to understand the world?" ”
Chen Guifei said: "Some people are born with precocious wisdom, and this is also true. By the way, do you know that a few days ago, your father was already telling me that he was going to make me his queen, but I postponed it. ”
Princess Lichuan frowned: "Such a great opportunity, I can't ask for it, how can the mother postpone it?" ”
Chen Guifei stood up and said, "That's because you don't know your father as well as me." Your father is not the queen's concubine, he can stand out among the princes, become the crown prince, and then get the world, his scheming, his wisdom are far more comparable. He didn't really want to make me the queen, if he was sincere, he only needed a holy decree, why did he still use it to test me and ask me what I wanted? However, I have been married to him for decades, how could I not understand him. I tried my best to delay retreating, but if I didn't ask for it, I would provoke his suspicion, so I asked to give your brother the title of king, so as to dispel his suspicions. ”
Princess Lichuan said: "Well, the mother concubine is really careful and thoughtful. So what do we do next? What if my father really listened to you and didn't make you his successor, but turned to someone else? ”
Chen Guifei smiled proudly and said, "Others? Who else can be appointed as a queen in this huge palace? The only ones who have children are Concubine Wan De and Xie Chonghua. Although Xie Chonghua is young, he is ordinary, just an ordinary beauty, and he is not very well treated by your father. Your fifth brother is not favored either. It is impossible to set her up. The rest of these concubines only gave birth to princesses. Among them, Qian Concubine was more favored and gave birth to a princess, but. Concubine Qian's position is low, it is difficult to convince the public, there is only one Wande Concubine, who gave birth to the emperor's favored third prince, and she is still favored, but will your father set up Wande Concubine? She is a folk girl who is favored by her face, can she command the harem? Can the mother of the world? She can be a favorite concubine, she can be a concubine, but she can't be a queen. Still, kids. You're right. We have to do both, on the one hand, outside the palace, you and your third uncle will befriend the ministers and let them speak for me in the future. Also, this hospital and Yangshantang must be built as much as possible, so that the people of the world know my good name, and on the other hand, I will also start to prepare some means in the palace. ”
Princess Lichuan asked: "Mother, please rest assured about the affairs outside the palace, me and the third uncle." Sister Wen Hui must handle this matter properly. With the help of the fourth brother and Lord Liu Jingyuan, he will definitely succeed. But, mother, how are you going to deal with it in the palace? ”
Chen Guifei said: "Lichuan, your second uncle's house has been lively recently?" ”
Princess Lichuan was a little strange as to why her mother didn't answer her question. turned to ask about the situation at the second uncle's house, but still replied: "Recently, the second uncle's house has been full of guests, all of whom have come to ask the two cousins for marriage. The second uncle and his wife are choosing left and right, and they are at a loss there. ”
Chen Guifei said: "Your father abolished the queen and queen, in addition to rebelling with the prince, she treated the harem harem harem harshly, and jealousy was also her big sin. I want to be virtuous and virtuous now. Your second uncle doesn't need to be overwhelmed, I'll help him make a decision. I'm going to let Wenhua come into the palace. ”
Princess Lichuan was shocked: "What? Want to let Wenhua enter the palace? ”
Chen Guifei said: "At that dinner, your father and emperor had been watching Wenhua all the time, and he even forgot to send a hard time to Wen Hui. Actually, at that time, I was wondering if Wen Hui deliberately let the Wenhua sisters dress up so beautifully in order to protect themselves. Sure enough, your father and the full house of guests were drawn over. This made me appreciate this, but also found my own shortcomings, I am not as smart as a ten-year-old girl, so I want to let Wenhua enter the palace. Presumably, Wenhua and your second uncle are also willing. ”
Lichuan thought about it and said: "Well, Wenhua has loved Ronghua and wealth since he was a child, so he naturally likes to come to the palace. The second uncle is bent on exchanging his daughter for power and marrying into the noble family, where is the scenery of entering the palace. It's just that the mother said before that what happened to her father and emperor to attack Wen Hui? ”
Chen Guifei said: "It's the people around your father who said it, your father feels that Wen Hui is too smart, and the black family recognizes the master, so for the benefit of the Nanyang area, he wants Wen Hui to enter the palace, so the title of the county lord has not been given for a long time." When Wen Hui entered the palace and became a palace concubine, the black family naturally fell into the hands of the royal family. Actually, I don't approve of Wen Hui entering the palace. First, she is still too young, and your father is old. Second, she is the heart of your third uncle, if she enters the palace, I am afraid that it will be counterproductive to your third uncle. Third, for us, Wen Hui's ingenuity can bring more benefits to us outside, but becoming a palace concubine, there is no great use, she is so smart, if he is to protect himself and become an enemy of me, I am not too sure, why bother to damage my arms, but set up a strong enemy for myself? Therefore, I have thought of a complete strategy, as long as your father and the emperor open his mouth, I will take it and marry Wen Hui to the Xungui family, your father is not good at robbing the hired wife of his ministers. In this way, Wen Hui was saved, and Wen Hui and your third uncle's family were grateful for their loyalty. How good, it's a pity that before it was realized, Wen Hui used a few sets of gorgeous clothes and a few pieces of jewelry to dress up your two cousins. Then I will take advantage of the situation and bring these two into the palace, so that the three aunts and nephews of our Chen family are all in the palace, and your father and emperor are embarrassed to enter the palace again, so they can only reward her with the title of county lord. ”
Where could Princess Lichuan think of so many things, even if she was born in the palace and saw a lot of intrigues, she didn't expect such a tortuous thing. couldn't help but say: "Mother, your thinking is very good, Wenhua and Wenjuan are both easy to handle, enter the palace, rely on the mother concubine everywhere, and naturally look forward to the mother concubine." But Wen Hui is different, she is smart and witty, her father and brother in the family have great power, maybe she can still fight with her mother and concubine in time, that is what is called injustice. The mother's plan is really clever. ”
Chen Guifei continued: "In addition to these articles, I have also prepared one. ”
Princess Lichuan asked, "What is it?" ”
Chen Guifei said: "When your two cousins enter the palace and get a favor, I will start to get sick. If you can't manage the harem, when the time comes, you may have to come to serve the disease, don't be afraid when the time comes. I just can't be sick anymore, then your father will definitely let Concubine Wande manage the harem, and when the time comes, Concubine Wande is on a business trip, hmph, your father will understand, such a small family can't take on a big responsibility at all. ”
Princess Lichuan smiled and said, "This plan is wonderful. At that time, I was probably going to the spring banquet in the palace, that kind of grand scene, how could she control it, she Wande Concubine would definitely go on a business trip, I was also in the palace to serve the concubine, it was convenient to act, that is, she didn't have a bad cuò, I also had to give her a little bit of bad cuò, and when the time came, the father and the emperor would know more about the preciousness of the concubine. ”
Chen Guifei nodded and said, "Without further ado, you will go to handle the affairs of the hospital and Yangshantang, and I will give an order to your second uncle, Na Wenhua and Wenjuan to enter the palace." ”
Princess Lichuan hurriedly agreed.
In the next few days, Princess Lichuan urged the officials of the Ministry of Industry to choose a good address and build a hospital. Wen Hui and Mingzhu husband and wife, as well as Liu Yan, the king of Jin, selected the site every day with the officials of the Ministry of Industry, discussed the establishment of the hospital, the construction of various houses, and the system of interior furnishings, and kept their busy feet on the ground.
On this day, Wen Hui returned home, and as soon as she sat down, she heard Qiu Bi say: "Girl, the second room received the will of the palace mother today, asking the fourth girl and the fifth girl to enter the palace, the emperor has issued a decree to seal the fourth girl, and the fifth girl is a nobleman, and now everyone is congratulating in the second room." ”
Wen Hui frowned and said, "It's really in the palace." They're really fast, absolutely action-oriented. Now it's a big problem for me. What the two of them said was also calculated by me, but I wanted to take it into the heart. Doing things is all about having a beginning and an end. Now, I'm safe for the time being. Well, Qiubi, we also want to celebrate, but there are a lot of people here, so you can do something first, well, just send the head of the set of pearls I created before, one set per person, Sister Wenhua's will send that set of red gold pearl heads, and Sister Wenjuan will send that set of gem pearls. Sister Wenhua looked gorgeous, just with the dignified red gold. Sister Wenjuan is pretty, just using gems to enhance the brilliance. Also, each person gave them ten fresh patterns of wrinkles, by the way, you can also tell them that we can push off some orders and prepare some of the best embroidery girls for her to make the most fashionable clothes. By the way, did my mother give them a gift? ”
Qiu Bi hurriedly agreed and said: "Madame sent it early in the morning, and gave each of them ten brocades, ten makeup python forgings, and ah, each gave them a thousand taels of silver." There are also two packs of small gold ingots and small silver ingots per person. There are about a hundred pieces per pack. ”
Wen Hui nodded and said, "I understand what my mother meant, tomorrow night, when I come back, you remember to remind me, take the two clips of the newly made golden hairpin for rewarding." By the way, add a gold bracelet with two clips. I'm going to congratulate them personally with these four clips of jewelry. ”
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