Zhao Xiu became suspicious, and it was not good to ask Gao Zhen directly, but Jiang Wen, a friend who knew the gossip of the palace, was there, so she simply asked Jiang Wen. Of course, she couldn't have said to Jiang Wen directly that I wanted to know what the queen was doing, so she told Jiang Wen about the pattern of communication between her and Fang Renzhu, and developed the latter into a pen pal.

It is not easy for the daughter of a wealthy family to go out, but it is no problem for girls to communicate with each other.

Jiang Wen is also lonely at home on weekdays. In the past, she would often go into the palace with her elders to accompany the queen mother and please her old man. But now that the queen is on guard against the daughter of the Jiang family, although the queen mother is angry, she has no intention of going against her daughter-in-law - after all, she doesn't really plan to let her junior enter the palace as a concubine, why should she fall out with the queen for some unwarranted misunderstanding? So she instructed her mother's family to bring less unmarried girls into the palace - not even small dolls over six years old and under twelve years old, so that the queen would be suspicious that the Jiang family had taken a fancy to the name of the princess, and if she really wanted to bring it, she had to avoid the time when the emperor, the queen and the princes came to Cining Palace.

Because of this, Jiang Wen has had a lot of free time recently. She has been away from her parents for a long time, and she is not very close to the cousins and nieces in the family, and there are many intrigues and intrigues within the family, so she is too lazy to pay attention to it, so she is naturally bored.

Zhao Xiu's mention aroused her great interest. She finally had a way to have a pastime. Sometimes she would spend most of the day writing a letter and talking to Zhao Xiu about her family. Since Zhao Xiu would send Liu Lu to Jiang's house every time, the girl could go directly to Jiang Wen's boudoir to deliver the letter. Then he stayed on the side and watched Jiang Wen reply after reading the letter, and left directly with the letter, no elder of the Jiang family would say to the girl of the Zhao family without eyes, "Let me see what is written in the letter first." Therefore, the confidentiality of the letter is very reliable, and Jiang Wen naturally feels free to boldly write some words in the letter that she will not mention in front of outsiders.

Of course, she doesn't talk about the secrets of the palace in her letters all day long, most of the time she talks about the trivial things in her life at home, the nieces and nephews are implicated in her, the cousin takes a fancy to the material that Zhao Xiu gave her and wants to take half of it, and the aunts and uncles always want to suppress her mother's limelight in front of her grandmother. It turned out to be ugly, a certain dish was too soft and salty for dinner, but because my grandmother liked it, she had to eat it and praise the deliciousness against her will...... And so on. It's all trivial. Zhao Xiu comforted her while saying something about herself in return, which was usually the troubles and solutions she encountered when she was housekeeping, and occasionally there was gossip between her subordinates.

Jiang Wen loves to see these very much. She was very much loved by her parents. Weekday carefree. Although he also learned some housekeeping methods from his mother, he didn't really manage it, so he naturally couldn't compare to Zhao Xiu's experience. Sometimes she sees a good thing and discusses it with her mother. Mrs. Jiang Si will take the opportunity to instruct her daughter. Jiang Wen communicated with Zhao Xiu, and there was still this benefit, and Mrs. Jiang Si was pleasantly surprised, so she was even more in favor of the interaction between the two.

With her mother's support, Jiang Wen became more and more bold when writing letters. Zhao Xiu can finally see some gossip related to the Queen Mother. For example, the Queen Mother is becoming more and more dissatisfied with the queen. On the surface, the queen still does her duty as a virtuous daughter-in-law, and she is also very filial and dignified in front of foreign women. But the queen, who used to personally choose new clothes for the queen mother and personally inquire about the queen mother's daily diet and daily life, now handed over this matter to the internal affairs office, and only concentrated on taking care of herself, her two sons and a daughter. Although the things sent to Cining Palace by the Internal Affairs Office are still good, whether they have intentions or not, the Queen Mother can feel it, and the concubines and concubines can also feel it. The queen is now the only surviving daughter-in-law of the Queen Mother, and in terms of intimacy, she is not as good as the niece and daughter-in-law in the clan, which makes the Queen Mother very faceless. What made the Queen Mother even more dissatisfied was that the Queen Mother used the busy homework of the princes more than once as an excuse to reduce the time and frequency of her sons seeing the Queen Mother. The Empress Dowager had already complained to the emperor.

Zhao Xiu looked at these news, and some didn't understand what the queen was thinking. What good can she gain by offending her mother-in-law so blatantly? If the Queen Mother really intends to insert people next to her son, forget it, but now the Queen Mother has not done so. Listening to Jiang Wen's meaning, the Jiang family has no such plan for the time being. Could it be that the queen relied on all the imperial heirs to be born by herself, so she didn't care about her mother-in-law's face? And what did the emperor think?

Zhao Xiu wanted to know what the queen thought of Gao Zhen.

After more than ten days, Zhao Xiu and Jiang Wen corresponded almost every day, and she got more and more news, and finally it involved the Guangping Palace. According to her summary, the situation goes something like this:

First, the two palaces in the palace are not in harmony, because the queen thinks that the queen mother is partial to the prince of Guangping, and she praises too much, but she treats the two princes so kindly. And someone in the past before the emperor became the crown prince, in front of the queen mother to build yì emperor to set up the prince of Guangping as the prince, the queen mother and the king of Guangping were opposed at that time, and now that person came to the queen mother again to flatter, the queen thought that the queen mother might want to bring up the old things, so she was even more dissatisfied.

Second, the emperor had just changed the masters of the two princes, because the queen praised them for praising the prince of Guangping, but was dissatisfied with the eldest son of the emperor. This incident aroused the dissatisfaction of several important ministers in the DPRK and China. Strict teachers produce high apprentices, and the masters are more strict with the eldest son of the emperor, which is what a teacher should really do, but because of this, the queen is dissatisfied, so that he lost his official position, which is too wronged. Some people think that loving mothers have many defeated children, and the emperor should not ignore the education of the emperor's eldest son because of the queen's thoughts, and some people are worried about whether the two princes can become excellent pillars of talent under the queen's doting. But the emperor supported the empress, and also felt that the masters' practices were inappropriate, and it was a good thing to be strict, but that way of speaking was suspected of finding fault with the royal siblings, so he insisted on replacing people. Now that the new master has taken office, not only did he no longer praise the prince of Guangping in front of the princes, but he also occasionally belittled a few words, and praised the two princes. The queen was very satisfied, but the queen mother was very unhappy.

Third, the empress's various behaviors caused a strong sense of crisis in the Jiang family. If the queen mother is still alive, the queen will no longer take her seriously, so wait for the emperor's eldest son to become a prince in the future, and even ascend the throne as the emperor. Who else could there be in the eyes of the queen? Now that she will lose face to the daughter of the Jiang family in front of the queen mother, will she encourage the emperor or the eldest son of the emperor to wear small shoes for the Jiang family in the future? The Jiang family never thought of sending women into the palace again. The Queen Mother suffered from this, and she didn't want her juniors to repeat her mistakes. Anyway, with her and the emperor, the Jiang family's wealth is already worry-free. But the current shape is very different, and the Jiang family began to discuss, if the emperor accepts a concubine in two years, will the Jiang family send another daughter into the palace? has the status of cousins and sisters, and then looks at the queen mother. The emperor must not be too faceless. And as long as this girl has a son and a half daughter, the Jiang family will have a little confidence in the future.

The Queen Mother was noncommittal, and the Jiang family had not yet decided on a candidate. However, Mrs. Jiang Si had already written to Tianjin, asked her husband, and was sure that Jiang Wen would never be involved. In this way, there are only two people who can be selected: the youngest daughter of Master Jiang San's concubine. and the old daughter of Jiang Er's grandson. The former is more beautiful. A little older, eighteen in two years; The latter is of higher origin, slightly inferior in appearance, but his talent is good, he is only twelve years old this year, and he is a little small in two years, and his temperament is a little too pampered and naïve. The second and third rooms of the Jiang family have begun to compete openly and secretly for this place. But in addition, Jiang Wen also has several aunts and cousins. It is also possible to get involved. Therefore, the Jiang family is becoming more and more lively, the queen mother in Cining Palace. There are also people who come to visit and accompany me every day, and I am not lonely at all. It's just that on the queen's side, the mood may not be very good.

Jiang Wen complained to Zhao Xiu in the letter that after her father clearly decided not to send her daughter to the palace, she had accompanied her mother into the palace to see the queen mother once to explain her intentions and aspirations. The Queen Mother was very pleased with this, and she didn't approve of her nieces entering the palace to compete for favor. But the queen didn't know where she heard the gossip, and she became more and more taboo about Jiang Wen, and led people to intercept their mother and daughter halfway, said something that was not salty or light, and said that she would be a matchmaker for her and help her choose a good husband. Mrs. Jiang Si was too frightened to answer at that time, and she prevaricated in a daze, but when she returned home, she felt bad when she remembered the queen's face at that time. I'm afraid that the queen has a deeper misunderstanding now. Jiang Wen herself was also very troubled, and she didn't know what to do.

Zhao Xiu was deeply sympathetic to her situation, so he gave her an idea: "The queen is completely misunderstood, this is due to poor communication." When the queen understands that the queen mother does not approve of the Jiang family's daughter entering the palace, and even if the Jiang family has a woman entering the palace, that candidate will not be Jiang Wen, then her attitude will change. However, the queen was more suspicious, and told her directly, which might not make her believe, and it was best to think of a way to let her 'discover' the truth by herself. ”

After Jiang Wen read the letter, she thought it was so and went to discuss it with her mother. For the first time, Mrs. Jiang Si knew that her daughter would write this kind of thing in a letter and tell her friends, which was really shocking. Jiang Wen said disapprerovingly: "Sister Xiu'er is fine, she never tells others about me, and she doesn't even know the girl she is waiting for." I tried Willow Green, and she thought that we would only discuss how to make clothes and how to make snacks in the letter. Sister Xiu'er will also give me some ideas, the last time the eldest sister came back to save relatives, I accidentally offended her in my words, that is, according to Sister Xiu'er's method of building yì, and reconciled with the eldest sister. The second aunt used housework to embarrass her mother, and I also learned the housekeeping method mentioned in Sister Xiu's letter and blocked the second aunt back. There was also the matter of giving a birthday gift to the eldest princess, wasn't it also Sister Xiu'er who helped inquire about the eldest princess's preferences, and her mother prepared a suitable gift? ”

Mrs. Jiang Si was right to think about it, but she still didn't forget to tell her daughter: "Having said that, you should also pay attention to proportions in your words and deeds, and tell people about everything else in the family and the palace." ”

"My daughter knows." Jiang Wen secretly stuck out her tongue and asked again, "The construction ...... that Sister Xiu'er mentioned in the letter today"

Mrs. Jiang Si thought about it and thought, "Okay...... I'll go and talk to your grandmother. It is not a way to continue to stalemate with the queen. The queen mother in the palace was angry, and the emperor felt embarrassed to be caught in the middle, and we had to beware of the Xie family secretly blocking us. She looked up at her daughter and touched her daughter's face lovingly: "The most important thing is that you are now at the age of looking at others, don't delay your life's events for this!" ”

Jiang Wen was shy, blushing and sneering: "What did mother say?!" "Stomped, turned and ran. (To be continued......)