After three days of the end of the exam, some students can finally let go of most of their hearts, before the time to release the list has to wait for five days, the tea shop restaurant on the street is very lively, most of them are some students who have finished the exam, gathered in two by three to talk about the exam experience.

The palace ended because of the autumn season, and when it came to the later marking of the papers, the eldest prince and the second prince fought for the position of the marking officer, but fortunately, there was finally a conclusion, and the holy decree was issued by both parties to get what they wanted, and the eldest prince and the second prince each selected one person to participate in the marking of the papers, and the remaining positions were still held by the head of the Hanlin Academy.

After the matter is decided, the two parties are happy, although the volume is a paste-name system, and the examiner does not know who he is, but he can still do some tricks and feet, of course, not for personal gain, but to write down those good papers, and when the list is released, the name will naturally come to be registered in the book, and then write down the name of the person for later use, and the capable young people will of course receive more under his command and serve the master.

There are many students inside and outside the restaurant on the street, and when they meet acquaintances, they go together, and the most talked about is the autumn test questions.

"This time, the test questions are quite meaningful." One person said.

"Not really." The student sitting across from him smiled, "Fortunately, it's not too difficult. ”

"I don't know if I can make the list." The man worried.

"I'm not in the top of the list, as long as I can be on the list, I'll be satisfied." This person knows his own knowledge, and it is a blessing not to fall off the list, and he will not think much about the ranking.

"Also, those who can make the list can take the spring exam next year." The man smiled lightly and said, "Isn't it that the cold window is looking forward to high school in one fell swoop and the glory of the lintel." ”

"Otherwise, who would still be going to read a book." The man said, "I've been going to make money for a long time. ”

"It's better to go on a career than to go straight into business." The man picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip and said, "I know that Shinong is the last in the business line." ”

"Yes, if you want to get ahead, you have to compete and be a person." This is the reason why there are so many students, and it is much better to be an official than to be for the people.

The big exam has been over, so as not to be in a bad mood, I changed the topic and talked about some interesting things that have happened recently.

"Recently, I heard that the Holy Admiral sent the third prince to study at Wenchang Academy." Although this matter is a secret royal matter, it is not impossible to mention, and it is mostly when gossip and anecdotes come out.

"What is royal is something we can speculate about." After all, that person was too secretive, and he didn't want to talk about the rights and wrongs of the royal family in public, and he would get into trouble for nothing.

"It's just small talk, there's nothing to be afraid of." The person on the other side was quite unimpressed by the friend's caution, "There are a lot of people talking about it." The eyes motioned to the friend to look at the position on the right, there were five or six people sitting there talking about this matter, and the voice was not deliberately hidden, and those who were close could hear seven or eight points.

"Wenchang Academy is also the best academy in Beijing." The man said: "Many people want to squeeze in when they break their heads, but unfortunately the rules for accepting students in Wenchang Academy are extremely strict, and it is not something that ordinary people can enter if they want to." ”

"Most of the people in the academy are eager to learn, and it can be said that there are many talents, so it is no wonder that Wenchang Academy can become a first-class institution." The person on the other side put his mind at ease and had the heart to talk about the affairs of Wenchang Academy.

"If you want me to say that no matter how good it is, it can't compare to the palace, there are many knowledgeable adults there." Especially in the Hanlin Academy, there are many previous champions, and there are few capable people.

"After all, it's a palace, what's the comparison." The man felt that something was wrong, "After all, he is going to learn things." ”

"Yes, it's a pity that the future of the third prince is worrying." sighed lightly, and said something indescribable.

"Anyway, it's not something you and I think about." The housework of the royal family, being able to talk about it is already the limit, if you really participate in it, a few lives will not be enough to fill it.

"If you have the opportunity, you want to meet the third prince himself." That's the prince, and a poor student like them may not be able to see the big man above in his life.

"The third prince rarely goes out, and his appearance naturally has no chance to be seen, how can you see me?" This is not an exaggeration but a fact, whether it is a student who has no identity, it is very rare for the ministers of the court to see this frail and sickly third prince.

"Don't you say that I forgot," the man said with a smile: "Aren't we and this third prince in the same academy, not only are we curious, but there must be many people in the academy who want to inquire." ”

"After all, he is a prince, and if he really wants to see him, he has to be polite." The man reminded that even if it was an exiled prince, it was still a prince, and it was not for them to have their identities at will.

"You're talking about it." patronizing and smiling, they forgot their duties, fortunately, the main lord is not here, otherwise he would really be depressed to death.

In the inner garden of the Great Prince's Mansion, the Yuan family finished dressing up early in the morning, waiting for others to come to say hello, and then had breakfast, remembering that one thing needs to be done.

"Have you chosen someone in your family?" Yuan's asked Mama Zhou, who was serving on the side, that Mama Zhou went to the house to deliver the message.

"The choice is the election." Mama Zhou knew what the Yuan family was asking, and there was a lot of hesitation in her expression: "There are four young ladies of the right age in the house, one concubine and three concubines, according to the master's intentions, I want to send the second lady over." "The second lady was born to the step-wife, and she is considered to be a concubine, I don't know what the lord thinks, and she actually let the only remaining concubine enter the palace as a concubine, although it is said that she is a concubine for the eldest prince, and the current status of the Yuan Mansion is also considered to be high, but there are many defects in taking the concubine as a concubine, and it does not make people poke the backbone.

"Why is Dad so confused?" The Yuan family was extremely displeased when he heard it, and it was only with good intentions that he told his mother's family about the concubine, and the person selected was a young lady who knew the roots of his family, and he would definitely become a good helper for himself, but he didn't know that his father would actually give birth to such a disregard for people's words, and where would she be a daughter.

"The lord means the position of another side concubine." Mama Zhou doesn't say it thoroughly, but she can understand the meaning of it just a little.

"It's ridiculous." Yuan's anger was extreme, "The emperor will never allow the main concubine and the side concubine to go out of the same mansion." "She just wants to get back a concubine instead of a side concubine, and with the title, she naturally wants more, how can she respect her as a concubine, once she has a child, she will be even more indifferent.

"Fortunately, the master just mentioned that, and it is the lady who is in charge." Mama Zhou naturally had some other thoughts in her heart, but it was inconvenient to explain to Yuan's father that because of her own identity problems, she was afraid that Yuan's father and daughter would have unnecessary gaps.

Hearing this, Yuan's anger disappeared a lot and said, "Choose a concubine with a gentle temperament." "She didn't want to lure a wolf into the house, even if it was a half-sister.

"According to Madame's meaning, the slave maid thinks that the fourth lady is better." Mama Zhou has seen the four young ladies in the Yuan Mansion, and judging by the appearance and behavior of the four of them, she has already made a preliminary judgment.

Yuan's thought about it carefully after Zhou Mama mentioned it, this fourth lady has an impression in her mind, the fourth lady's name is Yuan Jia, she is the last young lady to come out, she is sixteen years old, and she is timid and afraid of things.

"That's her." The Yuan family is in charge of setting people, as for what her father means, she will let Mama Zhou make it clear, don't always think about what you shouldn't think.

"Is that good, ma'am? Don't look at it before you decide. "After all, the matter of taking a concubine is a big deal compared to the Yuan family, and if you don't get it right, you have to make a bamboo basket to draw water, and Mama Zhou has many doubts in her heart, "Just look at its surface, but it is not clear that there will always be omissions inside." "The Yuan clan is looking for an easy helper, not an enemy.

What the Yuan family did this time was for the sake of the child, she desperately wanted a child to be around, she was afraid that the prince would one day become a great treasure in the future, and she had no children under her knees, and the life in the palace was mostly bleak and bleak, so she wanted to stabilize her position.

"No, it's better to be a concubine than a concubine." Yuan's heart already has a plan, the child must do his best, if the concubine is disobedient, then don't blame yourself for being ruthless, leave the son to the mother.

Mama Zhou saw that Yuan's mind was determined and she couldn't say anything, she could guess a little bit of Yuan's impatience. She has a saying in her heart that is not easy to say, that is, a woman is strong as a mother, although the young lady has been specially taught, and the mental means are eight or nine points more than the young lady who is out, but she can't be sure that after the young lady is a mother, she will be willing to be well-behaved and obedient, and if she has a child, she will naturally plan for her own child, and it is only a matter of time whether she fights or not.

Yuanshi saw that Mama Zhou wanted to speak and stopped, and said a little more clearly in his heart: "My sister is not a fuel-efficient lamp, not from the same mother, after all, people are separated from each other, my stepmother must have pouted a few words in front of my father, otherwise my father would not have given birth to other thoughts." "I can only blame my biological mother for going early, fortunately, the marriage with the eldest prince was set by the emperor, otherwise I would definitely not have such a scenery, I expect that those dirty tricks in the family, the stepmother will not let herself marry a good family.

Mama Zhou couldn't help but sigh, feeling sorry for the lady who went early, but fortunately, it was worth it to get through the end.

"Choose a good day and an auspicious day to bring people into the house." The Yuan clan instructed Mama Zhou to do this.

"Yes." Mama Zhou should go down.

"Do your best, take advantage of the fact that there is nothing to do in the past few days." Mainly on the eldest prince's side, the Yuan family is afraid that the time will drag on for a long time and the night will be long and dreamy.

Mama Zhou was slightly stunned and nodded, the Yuan family was probably afraid that the stepmother and daughter over there at home would not stop, I was afraid that they would take risks for the sake of this idea, and if they really had to quietly carry it in and pretend to be a concubine, it would really be difficult to carry it out again.

That night, when the eldest prince returned home, he was still resting in the Yuan family's room, and the Yuan family told Mu Zhao about the concubine, and at the same time explained the identity of the concubine.

Mu Zhao didn't care much about whose daughter it was, in his opinion, she was just a concubine, and it didn't matter what kind of woman she was born in, and she didn't know what kind of woman she wanted as a prince.

Seeing that Mu Zhao was not opposed, the Yuan clan was overjoyed, and his plan was half successful.

Mama Zhou found Mr. Yin Yang and calculated the auspicious day, and handed the hours written on the red paper to Yuan, "The nearest day is in three days." ”

After reading it, the Yuan family decided: "Then enter the mansion in three days." "The sooner the better, lest anything happen to your father."

Mama Zhou responded and immediately brought someone to the house to explain in person.

The Yuan clan said this great joy in the early morning of the day when the newcomer entered the door, that is, when Ouyang Yun and the others asked for peace.

As soon as Ouyang Yun heard that there was going to be a newcomer entering the door, it was still in the evening of the same day, although it was a concubine who welcomed her into the mansion, and she was not a threat to her status for the time being, but the newcomer who entered the mansion was the young lady of the Yuan family, which meant that the Yuan family deliberately chose such a woman to compete with him.

The few people sitting here didn't feel very comfortable, but their faces didn't show half a point, and they also said congratulations to another sister in the house, one can pretend more than the other, and one can act better than the other.

Yuan's gaze swept over a few people, only Ouyang Yun's face was not very good, and the rest of them pretended to be, snorting coldly in their hearts.

After going back, Ouyang Yun really couldn't hold back the anger in her heart, and dropped a lot of good things in the house, and the anger slowly lowered.

"What's going on?" Mama saw that Ouyang Yun's face was wrong, so she immediately dismissed the people inside and outside the house, and closed the doors and windows.

"Madame has accepted a newcomer to His Royal Highness, and she entered the mansion this evening, and there was no news at all before, what kind of trouble is this." After Ouyang Yun was angry for a while, she sat down and said, "The newcomer is still a young lady from their family's Yuan Mansion. "How can she not be angry, Baba went to cling to Yuan's, wanted to get some convenience from Yuan's, who ever thought that she was like a clown jumping off the beam, Yuan's didn't take her side concubine seriously at all, she went to shoot Yuan's fart in vain, her hot face was attached to her cold ass and she didn't say anything, and now she didn't get anything, so much so that she became the laughing stock of everyone.

Mama understood everything when she heard it, and said softly: "Why is Miss so idle, even if the newcomer who enters the mansion is from the lady's side, but who knows if there will be any problems after entering the mansion." ”

Ouyang Yun instantly looked up at Mama when she heard this, waiting for what Mama was going to say later.

"It's just a concubine who enters the house, and those aunts in the backyard won't sit idly by and watch the newcomer get favored." Mama said: "Madame can not take care of the newcomer all the time, after all, the arrival of the newcomer is to share the favor of His Royal Highness, His Royal Highness often stays at Madame's place during this time, and now the newcomer enters the palace when he is greedy for freshness and will not stay in Madame's room again, Madame is still not pregnant, it can be seen that the newcomer who welcomes the house is a soft character, otherwise how can he hold it, Miss or first look at the situation and then make a conclusion?" ”

Ouyang Yun exhaled a deep breath, listened to what Mama said, thought about it carefully, and did make sense, so she calmed down and waited patiently.

At night, a cleaned up courtyard is lit up with lights, and it is plastered with big red happy characters, which is the new house of the new concubine.

A small sedan chair outside the mansion was carried into the prince's mansion through the side door and sent directly to the newly furnished house.

Yuan Jia sat there nervously on the happy bed, the red hijab on her head hung down to cover her eyes, and she couldn't see the furnishings in the house, only the reddish red candles were burning, the room was quiet, and the grandmother and maid ring around her had retreated.

The quiet room made Yuan Jia worry, she didn't know what His Royal Highness would be like in the future, so she was hurriedly carried into the prince's mansion, she thought it wouldn't be herself, no matter how you look at such a good thing, it won't be her turn, I heard that the second lady of the concubine is interested, and the third lady of the concubine also has such thoughts, after all, she is a prince, even if she is a concubine, it is a hundred times stronger than marrying a small official with sesame mung beans and being a wife.

Who would have thought that the final luck would actually fall on his head, Yuan Jia had a feeling of being smashed, it was too unreal, even if the second lady came to her residence to ridicule and belittle, it was not so important.

Yuan Jia is not stupid, although she is bullied everywhere in the Yuan Mansion, but some things that should be understood are already clear in her heart, her current status is given by the concubine Yuan, if there is no Yuan herself, how can she marry into the Prince's Mansion to serve His Royal Highness, in the future, she will be the most useful chess piece in the hands of Mrs., all of them have to be for Mrs., she can live in the Mansion safely.

"Your Highness." Outside the door, when she saw the eldest prince coming, Mama Yahuan immediately knelt down and saluted.

"Get up." Mu Zhao didn't look at the kneeling person, he walked directly forward and pushed the door open, stepping inside.

Yuan Jia in the house couldn't help but tremble when she heard the sound, her body was a little stiff, her eyes were aimed at her toes, and there was the sound of footsteps in her ears.

Mu Zhao walked to the bed and looked at the bride sitting on the bed, and directly reached out to remove the hijab, revealing the appearance of the newlyweds, it was beautiful, and Mu Zhao was very satisfied.

Yuan Jia was startled by the sudden removal of the hijab, and finally settled down and cautiously raised her head to look at her future husband. was intimidated by the demeanor of the eldest prince, his heart beat faster, and his cheeks were unconsciously dyed red.

Mu Zhao looked at the shy bride, and reached out to touch the bride's soft cheeks, which felt very good.

Yuan Jia showed a shallow smile, respectfully and respectfully called His Highness, and was very happy in his heart, His Highness was really handsome and extraordinary.

Mu Zhao was stared at by Yuan Jia's wet eyes, and his heart suddenly softened, and he grabbed Yuan Jia's slender and soft waist, which man could not be tempted by the warm fragrant nephrite.

Yuan Jia looked like a soft and weak bird, which caused Mu Zhao's desire to protect to be hooked, and he was even more gentle to Yuan Jia.

Yuan Jia knew that his current appearance could attract the attention of the eldest prince the most, so he was obedient to the eldest prince.

Mu Zhao looked at the supple and obedient person in front of him, and he was very happy, Yuan Jia's obedience made him get a faint satisfaction in his heart, especially in the pleasure of the boudoir, let Yuan Jia do whatever he wanted, without the slightest resistance, it really fit his own mind, making him indulge in it, happy from the inside out, this excitement did not scruple Yuan Jia is first time to be favored.

Yuan Jia endured the pain, and looked at the sturdy man with a smile, her husband, even if it hurts her, she must endure it, and she can't leave a bad impression on His Highness.

Early in the morning of the second day, Mu Zhao had already left for a long time, Yuan Jia was tired from last night's indulgence, and there was no place on his body that was not sore, weak and weak, and he slept soundly and did not find that the people around him had left, or the grandmother entered the house to wake up, and the bride must offer tea to the housemother on the second day of entering the door, but she can't miss the time.

Yuan Jia finished freshening up under the service of Yahuan, and followed Yahuan who led the way to Yuan's residence, and it was quite hard to walk along the way, and he could only endure it, I just hoped that he would not be troubled by others.

Ouyang Yun and the others came early in the morning, in order to see what the new concubine was like, and to recognize the opponent and observe a few points, so as not to make jokes at that time, and the other aunts were also thinking the same.

"Xiao Yuan's has arrived." Mama Zhou stood outside the door to report, because Yuanjia and Yuan have the same surname Yuan, in order to distinguish them, they are called Xiao Yuan, and concubines and others generally only call surnames and do not call names, which is a rule that has been handed down.

Yuan Jia raised her feet and entered the house, the room was full of people, she didn't dare to look around, lowered her eyebrows and walked forward to kneel down and make a big salute, and then took the tea cup handed by Mama Zhou, and put her hands in front of Yuan.

Yuan's glanced at Xiao Yuan's family, seeing that his face was particularly charming, and he felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, but his face did not show anything, and he took the tea cup handed over and took a sip as a gift.

"Go and make a tea ceremony for Mrs. Side." Yuan Shi pointed to Ouyang Yun, who was sitting at the lower head with a cold face.

"Yes." Yuan Jia obediently took the newly handed teacup, walked up to Ouyang Yun and bowed halfway, and offered the teacup with both hands.