Chapter Ninety-Seven: The Tilting Scales
Zhao Zhenzhen was shut down in the iron wall in the northwest.
Life in the Northwest is joyful. In this, she really went to the grassland with her second uncle and Xiao Honglie, visited five cities on the grassland, and saw the desert scenery on the grassland, the vastness of the grassland, the beauty of those silent lakes on the grassland, and the tribes with various customs.
In addition to these, Zhao Zhenzhen also has to continue to study with Mrs. Bai, and there is one more study with Chen Wenhui, Chen Wenhui did not deliberately teach anything, but often took Zhao Zhenzhen to the yamen to manage the affairs of the entire northwest.
Zhao Zhenzhen grew up quickly, and in the summer, Chen Wenhui gave birth to a cute little girl, and Zhao Zhenzhen also became a little assistant who could help Chen Wenhui at work.
Chen Wenhui saw Zhao Zhenzhen's intelligence, and admired it in her heart, of course, this kind of admiration, she did not hesitate to write it into the secret letter to the emperor and the queen.
There are not many little girls who can praise Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi, and the emperor was originally a little unhappy that the queen tended to choose Zhao Zhenzhen instead of the Bai family's concubine, but when he saw Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi's secret fold, and saw Mrs. Bai and Chen Wenhui's praise of Zhao Zhenzhen, his heart was also loosened.
As an emperor, he knew better than anyone the importance of a good heir. A good heir, a good empress, can bring two or three good emperors to a dynasty, what an important thing. In fact, Emperor Liu Yan was very satisfied with the skills of the girl of the Bai family. He thinks that if he can marry the daughter of the Bai family to the eldest prince, he will definitely be able to assist the eldest prince.
But. Because of personal grievances, the queen did not choose the girl of the Bai family, which made him very annoyed. However, the girl of the Zhao family is not bad. After all, she is Zhao Chongyi's niece, and Zhao Zhenzhen's father Zhao Chongli is also a good friend of Emperor Liu Yanwei. This kind of affection is incomparable to the Bai family.
Also, Zhao Zhenzhen's mother, Han, is one of the few virtuous ladies that Liu Yan has long thought in his heart. He didn't have a good time in the palace back then, but he didn't go to the Zhongyi Mansion to follow Zhao Chongyi, and at that time, he was in the Zhongyi Mansion. Han didn't take care of him less.
Emperor Liu Yan had no mother since he was a child. His mother, Queen Wang, was not good to him, and he couldn't feel any warmth in the palace. Later, after leaving the palace, he was in the Zhongyi Mansion. Han cared for him. At Liu Jingyuan's house. Liu Jingyuan's mother cared for him very much, and then when he went to Jiangnan, the Bai family also cared for him. So. Even if he became an emperor, he always felt that the Han family, Liu Jingyuan's mother, and the Bai family were the most virtuous women.
Because of his good impression of the Han family, although Emperor Liu Yan has never seen Zhao Zhenzhen, he still thinks that the concubines raised by the Han family should not be bad. However, it is not bad and it is only said to be virtuous. It doesn't necessarily mean competent. You must know that in Liu Yan's heart, there is a thought that no one knows, that is, his eldest prince must be his heir, the future crown prince, and the future emperor, and this idea has never wavered.
It's just that Emperor Liu Yan has experienced a dangerous battle for succession, and he knows very well the whole process of his eldest brother, the abolished prince, being pulled down from the crown prince. He felt that the reason why the abolished prince was pulled down was because he became the prince too early, and he had always been a thorn in everyone's side, and everyone was staring at him, harming him, waiting for him to make a mistake, or creating an opportunity for him to make a mistake, and in the end, he was finally pulled down.
Liu Yan didn't want his favorite eldest son to be sharpened like this. He hopes that his eldest son can live smoothly and smoothly for a few more years as a prince. Therefore, he has always been slow to establish the crown prince. It's just that no one can understand his kindness, but everyone began to speculate, many people, including Queen Chen Wenfeng, think that he is because he loves Bai Guifei's son, so he wants to wait until Bai Guifei's son grows up, and then make Bai Guifei's son the crown prince.
Even Bai Guifei also has such thoughts, of course, the Bai family even has such thoughts, these emperors Liu Yan know, but he didn't say anything, or as always, because he knew in his heart that the future throne would not be given to Bai Guifei's youngest son, but to the eldest prince who had always had high hopes.
It is for this reason that Liu Yan is very concerned about the marriage of the eldest prince. Because, in his heart, the eldest prince's concubine is the future queen, which is a major event related to the country, so it cannot be ignored.
Liu Yan still thinks that the upbringing of the daughter of the family is better, suitable for the mother's world, the average virtuous woman, if she has no ability, she can't dominate the harem, dominate the entire capital, and the whole world's internal and external women. Therefore, you must have the ability to do it, if you have the ability and virtue, that is the best, but if you only have virtue and no ability, it will never work.
Therefore, for his queen Chen Wenfeng to abandon the Bai family daughter and choose Zhao Zhenzhen, Emperor Liu Yan is full of opinions. Fortunately, this matter has not yet been finalized, there is still room for maneuver, and the final decision is not in the hands of the queen, or the emperor has the final say. Therefore, Emperor Liu Yan is still not in a hurry.
However, things have changed a little, and the loyal and righteous husband actually sent their daughter to Mrs. Bai to be raised. Although this matter is a trivial matter, Emperor Liu Yan still attaches great importance to it. Because, in Liu Yan's mind, the Bai family is the smartest and most capable person in the entire Great Chu, even more powerful than Chen Wenhui.
Others don't know, but Liu Yan knows it very well. Because he stepped onto the road to the throne step by step, there are too many traces of Bai's help, the section in Jiangnan is still average, the key is that after returning to the capital, when Liu Yan and the three princes struggled, when Wan Guifei and the Queen Mother struggled, the Bai family could be the right hand of the Queen Mother, it can be said that without the Bai family helping the Queen Mother defeat Wan Guifei, then it is really hard to say whether the person sitting on the throne today is him Liu Yan or the third prince.
Emperor Liu Yan knew the Bai family's abilities too well. Knowing that the Bai family really began to teach Zhao Zhenzhen, he couldn't help but start to pay attention to Zhao Zhenzhen.
In the emperor's opinion, if Zhao Zhenzhen can really learn the skills of the Bai family, the position of the future queen may be more suitable than the Bai family's girl sitting.
Just when the balance in the emperor's heart began to tilt, the Bai family took Zhao Zhenzhen to the northwest. Then, in the secret fold that Zhao Chongyi and Chen Wenhui gave to the emperor, they spared no effort to praise Zhao Zhenzhen, which made the balance in the emperor's heart completely tilted.
After many years of friendship, Emperor Liu Yan knew Chen Wenhui and Zhao Chongyi very well. The two of them definitely did not praise Zhao Zhenzhen because Zhao Zhenzhen was their relatives, nor would they praise Zhao Zhenzhen because Zhao Zhenzhen was the Zhao family and would represent the interests of the Zhao family, the Xiao Chen family, and the Chen family in the future.
Because of the status of Zhao Chongyi and Chen Wenhui, as well as the relationship with the emperor, in the future, no matter which of Liu Yan's sons becomes the prince, they will inevitably respect their husband and wife.
Therefore, Emperor Liu Yan absolutely trusts Zhao Chongyi and his wife, so he is naturally more inclined to Zhao Zhenzhen.
The balance in the emperor's heart has tilted, the queen's heart is one-sided at all, and the queen Chen Wenfeng has taken a fancy to Zhao Zhenzhen from the beginning. For the Bai family's daughter, she is very tired, from the day Bai Guifei entered the palace, Chen Wenfeng has not had a good life, it can be said that the hatred for Bai Guifei has been engraved in the bone marrow of Queen Chen Wenfeng.
If there is no Zhao family, the sudden rise of the Xiao Chen family, then Chen Wenfeng can only pinch his nose and choose the daughter of the Bai family for the future of his son, but now that there is such a good choice as Zhao Zhenzhen, how can Queen Chen Wenfeng still choose the daughter of the Bai family?
However, as her son's concubine and side concubine, Chen Wenfeng still likes it. As a wife, I don't want my husband to have concubines, but as a mother, I hope that my son will have many good women, who can spread out more branches and leaves, and can hold more grandchildren. Chen Wenfeng is no exception.
She not only chose the daughter of the Bai family as her son's side concubine, but also chose the daughter of the Xia family, the granddaughter of the emperor's uncle, as her son's side concubine.
The emperor's thoughts and feelings for his late biological mother are very well understood by Chen Wenfeng, who is a married couple. Therefore, the emperor's feelings for the outside world are deep. The emperor's family is a gardener in the capital, but it is very strange that such a commoner family is genetically focused on appearance.
It is rumored that the biological mother of the late emperor is very beautiful, although she is not as beautiful as Wan Guifei, but she is also a rare beauty. Chen Wenfeng believes this, because you can know it by looking at the appearance of Emperor Liu Yan, and Emperor Liu Yan is definitely the most beautiful emperor in history.
The rest of the Xia family is also very good-looking, although the emperor's uncles and aunts are old, they can still see that they must be handsome guys and beauties when they are young.
In the next generation, the emperor's cousins and cousins are also very good-looking. In the next generation, especially the selected Xia family girl, she is really beautiful, more beautiful than Zhao Zhenzhen and the Bai family, she is a level more beautiful, and her appearance, not to mention a man, is Chen Wenfeng, a woman who likes it very much.
Such a beauty is still very satisfied with her son's side concubine.
In addition to her beauty, her identity also made Chen Wenfeng very satisfied. Others may think that the Xia family has a low status and no power, but Chen Wenfeng doesn't think so. The level of status and the size of the family power are not what Chen Wenfeng values. Chen Wenfeng attaches more importance to whether this family can give his son extra points in the emperor's heart.
The emperor's biological mother died early, and the emperor could not be filial to his biological mother, which was a regret in the emperor's heart. Therefore, after the emperor owned the world, the emperor took special care of the outsiders, and often rewarded things in the past, either land or gold and silver, workshops, shops, Zhuangzi, slaves, and treasures.
Anyway, the emperor attaches great importance to foreign families, although because people from foreign families have no ability except for beauty, they can't give them official positions, and they can't give anything else. The queen thought in her heart that if there was such a side concubine, the emperor would be very kind to the eldest son. (To be continued......)