The news that the emperor's eldest concubine had been decided was not revealed to the queen by Qu Shuibo, but how could this kind of happy event celebrated in the palace be hidden?

The emperor ordered Qu Shuibo to propose marriage, and the officials and guards waiting outside the palace knew it, and the palace people waiting inside and outside the palace were naturally no exception. This is not a confidential matter, but a rare joy, maybe the top will give a reward. Moreover, the daughter of the Li family is no stranger to the people in the palace, she has an excellent temperament, and she also understands that she will be the princess of the East Palace in the future, and she will be kind and sympathetic to the people below. For the people waiting around the eldest son of the emperor, it is really lucky to have such a housewife. So everyone happily exchanged their heads in private, and the other palace people came over to listen to it, and when they knew what was going on, they also rejoiced. This matter spread quickly in the palace.

The queen entered the middle palace, and there were so many people under her command. Among them, those who are flexible or have bad intentions are basically chased by the emperor, and the rest are honest and scheming people, and they will not put any slander in the queen's ears. Because of this, the palace did not strictly control these palace people. The queen was under house arrest and could not leave Kunning Palace, but her subordinates could go out from time to time, visit the princes and princesses every day, and come back to report to the queen about the living conditions of several children. They soon heard the news from the palace people who were waiting beside the emperor's eldest son, and immediately revealed the news to the queen.

In fact, they didn't mean anything else, they just thought that the queen was going to marry her daughter-in-law, which was a great joy, and the queen might be happier when she knew it, and her mood would be better, and her illness would be better sooner.

But the queen didn't think so. In order to choose a suitable concubine for her eldest son, she has been picking for several years, and she always feels that every lady has shortcomings and is not worthy of her excellent eldest son. Now that she is sick and under house arrest in Kunning Palace, she can't continue to draft for her eldest son, but she still cares about this matter. In addition to self-pity every day, I will also take out an hour and a half to recall the famous ladies I have seen, pick and choose fat, and see which one is more suitable for the eldest son to be a concubine, and which one can be a side concubine.

If she is a noble born and has a family member with real power, if she has a dignified and generous temperament and outstanding upbringing, she can be a concubine; If the family background is slightly inferior, it is best to be a girl from a scholarly family, gentle, beautiful and talented as a side concubine, which is suitable for adding fragrance to the red sleeves of the eldest son of the emperor; The family background is first-class again, or the daughter of a beautiful official family can be a concubine, but she must be healthy and well-born, so that she can give birth to a healthy child for the emperor's eldest son in the future. Whether it is a wife or a concubine, they must be of extraordinary origin, have a good character, and have a gentle and obedient temperament, and must not be jealous and jealous, causing unrest in the backyard......

There are not many ladies who can meet these requirements of the queen. Even if she meets everything, she can pick out a few shortcomings. It's not that her appearance is not beautiful enough, or her personality is too strong, or one of her father and brother doesn't go along with her heart, cousins, sisters, or even cousins, and even cousins......

It should be said that the queen mother is still quite double standard sometimes. There are some things that she does by herself, but she can't allow her daughter-in-law to do it. There are some requirements that she thinks the emperor should do, but she thinks her son doesn't have to comply.

Therefore, when the palace people told her that the queen mother and the emperor had appointed Li Shanwen as the concubine for the emperor's eldest son, she blew up at that time. When she urgently summoned her father Qu Shuibo to come over to inquire, and learned that the news was indeed true, she immediately made a fuss.

Li Shanwen's family background is not obvious (compared with many famous ladies that the queen can see), his appearance is not extremely beautiful, his talent is not the most outstanding, and his talent has never overwhelmed everyone. She has no father, grandfather and uncle who hold real power, nor does she have a well-known talent, and she has never even been courteous in front of the queen, why should she be the eldest princess of the emperor?

This must be the selfishness of the Empress Dowager Jiang! Who called Li Shanwen to have a grandmother of Jiang's daughter? The queen mother chose such a concubine for the eldest son of the emperor, and I don't know if she wanted to take the opportunity to suppress the eldest son of the emperor so that he could not get a powerful Yue family. And the future eldest princess of the emperor is close to the Jiang family, and in the future, the wind will blow a lot on the pillow of the eldest son of the emperor, and maybe she will persuade the eldest son of the emperor to have a relationship with the queen.

When the queen thought of this, she couldn't calm down at all. She was furious in Kunning Palace, and blamed her father Qu Shuibo for not only not dissuading the emperor from issuing an order, but also aiding the abuse, helping the emperor to hinder the brilliant future of the emperor's eldest son, which was a betrayal of her daughter and the grandson of the emperor's eldest son!

Qu Shuibo could still keep the courtesy of the monarch and the minister, and maintain a respectful attitude towards his own daughter who was the queen, but when he heard her say this, he couldn't calm down: "What did the queen say?!" Since the emperor has made an order, he has a deep meaning, and the eldest son of the emperor also nodded. How can the minister dissuade him? And what reason to dissuade?! ”

The queen threw her glass: "Da Lang was obviously forced to agree, and it is impossible to be willing." His father is his maternal grandfather, and he refuses to make decisions for him, even if he has a stomach full of grievances, how can he say it?! ”

Qu Shuibo couldn't talk to his daughter anymore, so he simply said with a cold face: "The emperor's eldest son has been choosing a concubine for several years, and the mother has never decided on someone, she has already offended a circle of people, and there is a lot of trouble between the government and the opposition. Now the queen mother and the emperor have made the decision for the mother, and the eldest princess of the emperor is also full of character and appearance, and her virtues and deeds are impeccable, even if the family background is slightly worse, it is just to avoid the disaster of relatives, what is there to object to the mother? If you are against it, why don't you make a statement to the emperor early? If Niangniang has a favorite candidate, she should have told the emperor earlier. Now that the decree has been issued, what's the use of you saying such things?! ”

The queen is angry and aggrieved, she wants to decide the candidates earlier, but the problem is that all those candidates have shortcomings, and she doesn't want to wronged her eldest son, so she will delay it again and again. Besides, the eldest son is still young, and he doesn't need to be in a hurry to set the marriage, where did he think that the queen mother and the emperor would make an order so quickly? She was caught off guard, and she was also angry in her heart. How could the Queen Mother and the Emperor make a decision on such a major event without asking her what she meant? didn't even give her a word to her son!

She directly ordered her father: "Father found a reason to postpone the errand, and went home and closed the door." I'll go and tell the emperor to let the emperor re-elect a lady. The daughters of several Guogong mansions and the granddaughters of several pavilion elders are all good candidates, which one is not better than the Li family's girl? ”

Qu Shuibo now refuses to listen to the queen at all: "Niangniang just goes to talk to the emperor, the minister has received the will, but he can't do it without obeying the will." Niangniang only cares about her own happiness, but the minister still has to take care of the future of the Xie family. The crime of disobeying the holy decree, the minister still doesn't want to plant it on his head! "After that, I turned around and left.

"Stop the shrine!" The queen was so angry that she gave an order to the people around her, and Qu Shuibo was also angry when she heard it. Even if he is now a subordinate and his daughter is the queen of the main palace, she is still his daughter, and she actually speaks to her biological father in such a tone, is there still filial piety in her eyes? !

The father and daughter were in a stalemate, and the emperor heard the news and rushed over with the emperor's eldest son.

As soon as the emperor came, the first thing he did was to relieve his father-in-law first: "Qu Shuibo should retreat first, just do what I want." Queen, here's me. ”

Qu Shuibo's face turned pale with anger, and when he heard this, he hurriedly retreated, and then immediately turned around and left the palace. He decided to go to the Li family immediately to propose marriage and complete the mission assigned by the emperor. As for the unfilial daughter, he didn't want to care about it for a long time. The dignity of the family was almost buried in her hands, and outsiders saw the jokes. The eldest son of the emperor is still there, and he can't delay the future of his son and grandson for the sake of an unfilial daughter.

Qu Shuibo walked fast, and the queen couldn't stop him, so he challenged the emperor: "What is the emperor going to do?" Why did you drive away the concubine's father?! ”

The emperor said with a cold face: "You calm down!" In front of the emperor, do you have the slightest respect for your father? Don't you feel ashamed, I'm still worried that you've taught the emperor badly! ”

The queen was stunned, and in retrospect, it seemed that Fang Cai had indeed gone too far with her father. But she is now more concerned about her son's marriage, and hurriedly grabbed the arm of the emperor's eldest son: "Da Lang, you honestly tell the queen mother, are you dissatisfied with this marriage?" You don't need to worry about the queen mother at all, just say what you want to do! ”

The eldest son of the emperor said to her in embarrassment: "The queen mother, the sons are not dissatisfied with the marriage. The girl of the Li family...... Erchen has seen it. The emperor's grandmother made the will only when she saw that her sons agreed, and she did not force her sons to do anything. ”

The queen didn't believe it at all: "What's so good about the girl of the Li family?" The daughters of important ministers in the court, as well as the daughters of those princes' families, you are not uncommon. Aren't they better than the Li family? ”

The eldest son of the emperor shook his head and said: "Those girls naturally have their benefits, but if it weren't for the fact that the sons were about to be canonized as the crown princes, I am afraid that they might not be able to look down on the sons and daughters." Besides, their family background is too good, so they are afraid that they will have big hearts. In the future, when you enter the East Palace, it is easy to make trouble. It is better to choose some daughters of families with low official positions, know how to be knowledgeable, and know where to advance and retreat. ”

The queen only hated her son for being too naïve: "Da Lang, what do you know?" With a good family background, she can help you. Thou hast not yet established a reserve. She still has one sentence that she hasn't said, that is: even if she establishes a prince, it doesn't mean that she will definitely be able to sit on the throne. Isn't King Quang Binh the best example of this?

The eldest son of the emperor smiled and said, "Erchen doesn't need to rely on the help of the Yue family. ”

The queen was anxious and wanted to say a few more words to him, but the emperor sneered beside him: "What a joke." My son, my eldest son, wants to establish a prince, but he still has to rely on the help of his daughter-in-law's mother's family? If he is so incompetent, he might as well just give up the storage position. Relying on eating soft rice to ascend to the throne, even if he inherits my throne in the future, he will not be able to stand up in front of the courtiers. ”

The queen gritted her teeth, clasped her son's wrist and said, "If you don't want to marry the daughter of a wealthy family as a concubine only for this reason, the queen mother will also be up to you." It's just that the girl of the Li family, regardless of her family background, is not the most outstanding one in terms of appearance alone, why did you take a fancy to her? ”

The eldest son of the emperor replied calmly: "Erchen is not familiar with the girl of the Li family, but he has heard something about her. She accompanied the sixth cousin of the Jiang family into the palace to accompany the imperial grandmother, and served the imperial grandmother very attentively, which shows that she is pure, benevolent and filial. And she is good with the sixth cousin of the Jiang family, the sixth cousin of the Jiang family has a cheerful temperament and often goes out of the palace to visit relatives and friends, and the girl of the Li family stays in the palace without complaints. The imperial grandmother asked her to copy the scriptures, and she copied them; The imperial grandmother asked her to study, and she did. The imperial grandmother once asked her if she found it boring. But she replied that if you put your mind to anything, you can find pleasure in it. So Erchen thought that she must be a person who can endure loneliness. Living in the deep palace and being able to endure loneliness is the most important thing. Even if Erchen snubbed her because of government affairs in the future, she must be able to enjoy herself, right? ”

The queen was stunned. (To be continued.) )