The daughters of the Fang family's generation, except for those who are too young, or those who are too low in the side branches, the two daughters of the Fang Shaoqing family are the most outstanding, and they are all descendants. Their father, Fang Shaoqing, is a fourth-grade official, only one step away from Xiao Jiuqing, and he can be regarded as a high-ranking official, decent enough, but not to the extent that it will make the royal family or courtiers jealous. In the royal marriage of this dynasty, the royal family and the close branch clan, the daughters of the official eunuchs who chose this rank were the most.

Fang Shaoqing's eldest daughter, Fang Huizhu, is good-looking, dignified and steady, she was going to enter the palace, but she has not succeeded, and I am afraid that there is little hope in the future.

The second daughter, Fang Renzhu, is impeccable in terms of appearance and talent. Although the body looks a little weak, the daughters of high-ranking families have many weaker bodies, which is nothing. The Fang family failed to send Fang Huizhu into the palace, so they began to play with Fang Renzhu's idea. The two sons of the new emperor and the queen are both healthy and intelligent since childhood, and if there is no accident, the eldest son of the emperor will be the future prince. The eldest son of the emperor is only one year younger than Fang Renzhu. It is also common for royal wives to choose an older and more stable one. The Fang family has always wanted to promote Fang Renzhu to become the eldest concubine of the emperor. It's just that the eldest son of the emperor is still young, and it will be a few years before the concubine is decided, of course, before that, it is not impossible to let the nobles in the palace look at Fang Renzhu and make an internal decision.

Shang Qiubo, the son of Fang Renzhu's father's aunt, was the new emperor's teacher when he was a prince in the past, and now he has become an imperial teacher and is very respected by the new emperor. With his help to recommend, Fang Renzhu's own conditions are also very good, and among the famous girls of the same age in Beijing, few people are better than her, and her winning chance is still very big. Previously, because her cousin Fang San was assigned to marry the Marquis of Shanyin, she became the sister-in-law of the Marquis of Shanyin in disguise, and she became the elder of the emperor's eldest son in terms of generation, and lost her qualification to be a candidate for the emperor's eldest concubine. But now that Miss Fang San died unmarried, the marriage contract naturally did not count, and she had hope again.

However, now that the Jiannan Hou Mansion has returned after a long absence from the capital, and the female dependents of the Jiannan Hou Mansion have once again become the guests of the nobles in the palace, things have changed.

The Fang family didn't know the calculations of the Hou Mansion in Jiannan, but they simply felt that a daughter of the Hou Mansion was undoubtedly stronger than the daughter of a Shaoqing of Taichang Temple in terms of family background. The eldest girl of the Zhao family is not as good as Renzhu in terms of appearance and talent, but the people have the merit of saving the driver, and the Zhao family is still two generations of dragon heroes, and this amount is not lighter than the emperor's inner niece. Maybe the nobles in the palace just looked at these halos on her head, completely ignoring her personal appearance and education, and directly canonized her as the eldest concubine of the emperor?

As soon as Mrs. Fang Shaoqing got the news, she and her concubines began to worry about their daughter's marriage, and at the same time sent their henchmen and family members to the Yamen of Taichang Temple and other officials to report to their men. Fang Huizhu was a little older, followed her mother, listened to the discussion of the elders, and felt very uncomfortable, so she found a time to look at her sister, and saw that she couldn't understand the hearts of the elders, and she also had a private correspondence with the eldest girl of the Zhao family, so she couldn't help but say a few words to her.

Fang Renzhu listened to the eldest sister's words, and looked at her in a daze, as if she couldn't react: "What does my sister mean by this?" ”

Fang Huizhu saw that she still looked ignorant, and couldn't help sighing: "You don't know the family's plans, what kind of stupid are you pretending?" My father and mother often sighed in private, saying that our Fang family is not as good as the generation, and now it is just supported by the glory of our ancestors, and we have in-laws to take care of it. The brothers are just mediocre in their studies, and it is difficult to walk the road to fame in the future, what else can our family do to maintain the glory of the Fang family's century-old family? Is there any other way than you and my sister sacrificing their lives? It was only because you were of the right age that your father and uncles decided to facilitate your marriage to the emperor's eldest son. This is a blessing to you. Why don't you know how to cherish your blessings? Those who hold these poems and lyrics all day long ignore all the general affairs. These are just gadgets, they can't add glory to the family, they can't revitalize the family business, even if you learn well, what's the benefit?! ”

The expression on Fang Renzhu's face gradually changed, and her gaze at the eldest sister was no longer the softness before, but a little cold: "What do you expect me to do when my sister said these words to me?" My marriage is naturally decided by my parents, is it possible that I can say anything? Besides, no matter whether or not the family's plans can be successful, I don't see how useful this is for the other family. My sister Fang Cai also said that our Fang family is not as good as the next generation now, but it just relies on the remnants of our ancestors and the care of our in-laws. If you really want to revitalize the family business, you have to look at your father, uncles and uncles, cousins, and nephews. Even if you and my sisters sacrifice themselves, they are just nepotism after all, can they really support a century-old family? It's ridiculous for my sister to say this to me! ”

Fang Huizhu's face changed greatly, she bit her lip, and said, "My father and uncles are all elders, what do they want to do, I have no room to speak as a junior." It's just that if the brothers want to gain fame and get official positions, it will take time, and the nephews are even younger, so they can't be counted on for the time being. The Fang family couldn't wait any longer. Our sisters sacrificed their lives just to buy more time for the children in the family, where is the reliance on nepotism to support the family business? My sister thought it was ridiculous, but she misunderstood what I meant. ”

Fang Renzhu sneered: "As long as the children in the family are willing to study hard, they can be famous in the future and revitalize the family business, even if they are silent for a while, what does it matter?" Twenty or thirty years of hard work is enough for two generations of children to grow up. In my opinion, it's not that the Fang family can only rely on our sisters to get ahead, but that my sister wants to get ahead, right? ”

Fang Huizhu's face suddenly turned red.

Her entry into the palace was decided by the family a few years earlier. At that time, it was the king of Guangping who entered the East Palace, just because he only had one princess, no concubine, and the princess only had one son under his knees, which could be called a thin heir. It is rumored that the crown princess Zhong injured her body during childbirth and may not be able to give birth again. When King Guangping ascends the throne in the future, he will definitely recruit concubines, fill the harem, and reproduce heirs for the royal family. The Fang family cultivated Fang Huizhu with all their hearts, just so that she could be elected to the palace in the future, they didn't dare to say that they would snatch the position of the main room with the Zhong family, they only needed to become a concubine or concubine, and give birth to a son and a half daughter, even if they couldn't be the crown prince, it was enough to ensure the wealth of the Fang family for decades to come. The Fang family has already studied the character of the Zhong family, and knows that even if she is jealous, she is not a ruthless person, and her own daughter is under her, so she can be safe.

Later, the East Palace changed, and the Fang family's goal naturally changed. Coincidentally, the new prince King Le'an also has only one wife, no concubines, and although he has two concubines, the number is not large. Although the new crown princess Xie is rumored to be more powerful than the Zhong family, she is not ruthless, and she will not be too sad to think about it.

Who knows, Fang Huizhu is fifteen years old and can get married, the Fang family has opened the door to the palace, and it is possible to persuade Concubine Jiang Shu to call the shots for her youngest son and accept a side concubine, but it is just when Zhu Lifei is in full favor, and there are rumors that the first emperor intends to change the crown prince and want to change the title of the sixth prince as the crown prince. The Fang family was afraid that the bet on the wrong treasure would be too risky, so they temporarily stopped their actions and wanted to wait for the result of this battle. I didn't expect this press to be pressed for two years. Fang Huizhu is seventeen years old, and she has never said anything about her family, and if she doesn't marry, she will become an old girl.

However, after the new emperor ascended the throne, in the face of the temptations of the Fang family and other families who intended to send their daughters to the palace, there was only one answer: not to accept a concubine.

The new emperor did not refuse on the grounds that the emperor and queen were harmonious and had no intention of accepting a concubine. If he said so, the Fang family also had a way to deal with it - the harem favor is easy to cause the dominance of foreign relatives, the court is unstable, Queen Xie's maiden family is already an uncle's mansion, and it is a noble, if he is in real power again, is there still a place for civil officials to stand in the court? When the time comes, the civil servants will be in a state of flux. As long as the new emperor can't resist the pressure and speaks, even if he doesn't just accept the Fang family's daughter, the Fang family has enough confidence in his daughter's appearance, thinking that she will definitely be able to stand out.

However, there was only one reason for the new emperor's refusal: the father was mourned, and the son should serve filial piety for three years. If you have filial piety, of course, you can't take a concubine.

Maybe after three years of filial piety, the courtiers will still try to persuade the new emperor to take a concubine, but for Fang Huizhu, that no longer makes sense. She couldn't wait until then. Now, even her parents have given up on it, and instead focus on her sister Fang Renzhu, to promote Fang Renzhu to become the eldest princess of the emperor, for her, just want to find a similar family as soon as possible and marry her, so as not to affect the good reputation of the Fang family's daughter, just do it.

How could Fang Huizhu be willing? But the upbringing she received since childhood made it impossible for her to complain about the family's decisions. She will continue to be a gentle, considerate, sensible and steady daughter. It's just that Fang Cai, facing her sister who is extremely lucky in her eyes but doesn't know how to cherish it, can't help but show resentment.

Fang Renzhu looked at the change in the expression on the eldest sister's face, and sneered again: "It's really boring." My sister was clearly not such a person in the past, why is it now vulgar? Is the palace really that good? She turned and sat down, picked up the book on the case, and ignored Fang Huizhu again.

Fang Huizhu gasped and gradually calmed down. She looked at her sister's back with complicated eyes, and said lightly: "You can look down on your sister, but my sister said these words for your own good." The Fang family has raised you so big, with fine clothes and fine food, and now they need you to contribute, can you still refuse? Then how can you be worthy of your family, how can you be worthy of your ancestors, and how can you be worthy of your parents who gave birth to you and raised you?! ”

Fang Renzhu frowned and said sideways: "Sister doesn't have to use these big truths to press me, when did I say that I would not contribute to the family?" The elders are in charge of those things, and I just need to do what I am told. What is there to be dissatisfied with my sister? Just because I have correspondence with the eldest girl of the Zhao family? Not to mention whether the Jiannan Marquis Mansion really intends to give Miss Zhao to the emperor's eldest son, even if there really is, what qualifications do we have to stop it? The eldest son of the emperor was not ordered by our Fang family. What our family can do, others can do too. Do you want me to distance myself from her for this reason, or secretly be on guard, and think too much, right? According to what my sister said, if anyone with a school-age daughter has an order to enter the palace, our family has to be vigilant and estranged, can we be busy? Who does the Queen Mother want to see, is it up to our family to decide? ”

Fang Huizhu's face changed again: "You know I don't mean that!" ”

"I don't know what my sister means." Fang Renzhu turned his back and picked up the book again: "I only know how the elders arrange, I can do what I do, and there is no room for me to speak on such things." My sister seems to be very unwilling in her heart, and her resentment is about to overflow. If you really have something to say, why don't you tell your mother? As long as my sister can convince my parents, I don't care about this marriage. ”

Fang Huizhu was so angry that her face turned blue, but she has always respected her identity, there are girls outside the house, she can't get angry in front of them, she can only forcibly endure it, barely restrain her anger, and turn around and leave.

Sister In-joo said that she was a layman, but she didn't know that sooner or later she would have such a day. Now that In-joo is still young and ignorant, her mother will allow her to play for two more years. When In-joo grows up, she will be like her sister, learn housekeeping director, start worrying about the future of the family, and go out to let people look at her in order to get married, no matter how noble she is at home, she will also be picked and chosen outside!

Who doesn't want to marry a good family, be prosperous and prosperous for the rest of their lives, and be safe and stable? Renzhu now has the confidence to say cool things to her, but it's just because she knows her family's plans and knows that she has a good future. If one day, Qingyun's dream is shattered, Renzhu will be like her, suffering from gains and losses, but I'm afraid it's not as good as her!

Fang Huizhu angrily left her sister's room and went back to her room. The sisters live in the same courtyard, which is very convenient for them to travel back and forth. Unexpectedly, after returning to her room, she found that Miss Fang Er had come over. The thought that her cousin had most likely heard their sisters' quarrel changed her face.

Fang Er didn't hear anything, she was a little weak-hearted, because when she came in, she found that the girls were not there, only a little girl who was watching the house, and she also poured tea, so she quietly slipped into Fang Huizhu's bedroom and peeked at what jewelry the latter had. Of course, she was just addicted, envious, jealous and hateful, and she didn't dare to touch it. The Fang family lives together, she is the daughter of the side branch, and her family is far less rich than the Yan branch, and there are some things that Fang Huizhu's sisters have, she can only blush.

When Fang Huizhu returned to the room, she had just slipped out of the bedroom, still a little panting, and her eyes flickered to avoid Fang Huizhu's gaze. In the latter's eyes, this became evidence that she had indeed overheard her sister's conversation.

Fang Huizhu secretly gritted her teeth, but Second Miss Fang didn't say anything, she naturally didn't want to mention it, so she had to ask tentatively: "Why is the second sister here?" ”

Miss Fang Er smiled dryly and looked left and right: "There are only my sister and me in this room, right?" I have a confidential matter that I want to tell my sister because I overheard it. ”

Fang Huizhu frowned: "What's so sneaky?" We girls shouldn't learn that kind of style, just say it generously if you have something to say. Besides, don't say anything if you're rude, don't listen to it, why did my sister make the same mistake again? This is the connotation that the second girl Fang just "eavesdropped" on the quarrel between their sisters.

Second Miss Fang elongated her face when she heard this, now she is not as stubborn as she was before for Fang Huizhu, for no other reason - everyone in the Fang family now knows that Fang Huizhu can no longer enter the palace as an imperial concubine, and now it is Fang Renzhu who is expected to become a nobleman! What's more, Second Miss Fang heard about a confidential matter related to Fang Huizhu again......

She looked at Fang Huizhu with ill intentions and said, "If it weren't for my sister's life, how could I do such an unseemly thing?" I was dedicated to my sister, but my sister blamed me. ”

Fang Huizhu's face changed, and she grabbed her hand: "What did you say?" What do you hear?! ”

Second Miss Fang broke away from her hand and chuckled, "I heard that Uncle Niang is discussing with her cousin that she wants to marry her sister to Cousin Qiong of her cousin's family." Speaking of which, you are the same age, your family background is the same, and Cousin Qiong is the only son of the emperor's family, which is really a good marriage. Then she showed a malicious expression: "If there is any shortcoming, it is only one point - Cousin Joan was born with a broken appearance, and he will not be able to gain fame in this life!" Why did the aunt set such a family affair for her sister? ”

Fang Huizhu's eyes were black, and she could barely stand still.