13 coquettish women

yes, why not? is also a young lady of the Zhao family, why should she sit down in humiliation like a lowly slave?

Zhao Qingrong, the second lady of the Zhao family, is seventeen years old, only one year younger than Zhao Yanrong. From childhood to adulthood, she will inevitably have what Zhao Yanrong has, and she will also have what Zhao Yanrong does not have. In terms of food and clothing, she is not much different from her eldest daughter, and in terms of female red poetry, Zhao Fengchun has even put more effort into her than her eldest daughter. Before the Zhao family became the queen, in the circle of nobles in Beijing, there were quite a few people who thought that Zhao Qingrong was the concubine and Zhao Yanrong was the concubine.

So since Zhao Yanrong entered the palace, Zhao Qingrong was reluctant to go out, because no matter where she went, the noble ladies who were still smiling on the surface looked at her with a smile behind their eyes, and they all had the meaning of making her feel like she was on pins and needles, and she was ashamed and angry.

Just like she was originally a colorful peacock, one day she was suddenly skinned and found that under those shiny feathers was just a small gray house finch. The young ladies who were originally commensurate with your sisters, looking at you one by one are not as good as looking at a maid, full of contempt and ridicule, how can the arrogant Zhao Qingrong bear it?

The reason why she is so old and she hasn't negotiated a marriage is because she is the life of a concubine, but all the high-ranking families in the Zhao family will dislike her as a concubine, and if she doesn't care about her background, she dislikes that her family background is not obvious, and her family background is not expensive.

has dragged on until now, and it is estimated that the family she didn't look down on may not want her.

Looking at the eldest sister sitting in the first brocade dress and dazzling appearance, Zhao Qingrong's heart seemed to be fried in oil.

If she was not born to her aunt, if the Duan family was not an aunt but a wife, then the one who is now sitting on the top seat, enjoying the glory and wealth, and becoming above ten thousand people, will it be her instead of Zhao Yanrong?

Zhao Qingrong's eyes were astringent, and she shook off Duan's hand that pulled her sleeve and cast her eyes on Zhao Wanrong.

Zhao Yanrong just forget it, after all, she is the queen, but why is Wanrong, this little girl, different from her?

Her mother was a step-family, and she was not much more noble than her.

Zhao Qingrong secretly hated in his heart, but he didn't show anything to Zhao Yanrong, just stomped his feet and said coquettishly: "Niangniang, you can't be so partial." You didn't treat your sisters like this before. My sister also wants to sit with you, didn't we all kiss like this before? ”

"Yes." Zhao Yanrong was as kind as a stream, and immediately nodded when she heard the words, beckoned to her and said, "You are the young lady of the Zhao family, naturally you don't need to sit on such a pier, come and sit next to the palace." ”

Zhao Fengchun was relieved when he heard her say this. Yanrong still cares about family friendship, and is considerate of her sister.

Zhao Qingrong also went over and sat down with a smile, the queen mother was so close to her, she felt that she had face. With face, who can care about the aunt who is not embarrassed or embarrassed to sit on the pier?

Duan retracted his outstretched hand, still with an almost flattering smile on the queen's face.

The rules in the palace are big, and the reason why the queen lets her sit on the pier is also because the rules are bound. If she wasn't in the palace at this time, if there were no others around at this time, she wouldn't have given her face like this. Duan and Zhao Fengchun resonated, and generally comforted themselves at the same time.

As long as everyone else is kicked out for a while, the family will naturally be able to talk well, and there is no need to be so aggrieved.

Zhao Shangshu, who was thinking like this, was struck by a thunderbolt head-on.

"My father came just in time, and just now Bengong told my mother that she has worked hard to run the family in the past few years, and she has never had the opportunity to move around with her mother's family. I heard that my uncle was unhappy a few days ago, and there was no housewife at home who could help host the feed, and the family didn't know what the mess was like now. Bengong thought that his mother was now his uncle's closest family, and the housekeeper was used to it, so he might as well take advantage of the opportunity to let his mother take Wanrong to his uncle's house for a few days to help him take care of the affairs of the Hou Mansion. ”

If it was left in the past, if Pei's family wanted to propose a trip back to his parents' house or something, Zhao Fengchun would not stop him. He knew that Pei's good face would not speak ill of his husband's family when he returned to his parents' house, he must have said it in a whitewash of the peace. But today, he felt that nothing was right with his wife and daughter.

Pei's family may not say anything, but Wanrong's girl is now older, and her heart is also mixed, so she is good at competing with the few children born by the Duan family, in case she says something inappropriate in front of Pei Yi, then won't all the hard work he has spent in the past ten years be in vain?

Zhao Fengchun thought that if the queen asked, "Father, what do you think", he must find an excuse to stop him. Even if Pei Shi returns to the Champion Hou Mansion by himself, he can't let Wanrong this girl go to bad things with him.

With this in mind, Zhao Fengchun waited for the queen to ask for advice.

Who knew that the queen didn't mean to ask for advice, and then said: "Wanrong may not have seen her uncle for a long time, just to visit one or two on behalf of the palace, uncle has taken care of our family for so many years, and we should be more filial to the younger generation." ”

Zhao Wanrong hurriedly got up and promised.

Zhao Yanrong said again: "Xiao Jiang, you go and talk to Manager Li now, let him go to the Hou Mansion in person, and then explain the son, and the palace will send someone to send his mother and sister over." ”

"Yes!" Xiao Jiang bowed and bowed out of the hall.

"Wait!" Seeing that Eunuch Xiaojiang was about to go out, Zhao Fengchun was so anxious that he stood up and stopped him.

"How?" The queen looked surprised, "Does my father want to go too?" Forget it, you are the head of the Zhao family, and it is not good to live outside. If you have a heart, you can just sit and sit in the past, and your uncle won't blame you. ”

"Why rush at this time." Zhao Fengchun's white skin turned a little purple, and after thinking about it, he said, "Let your mother stay in the palace for a few more days." ”

Zhao Yanrong smiled faintly and said: "This palace also wants to keep my mother and sister for a few more days, but there are rules in the palace, my mother is a foreign woman, it is not good to live for a long time, otherwise this palace will rob my father." As she spoke, she laughed, and when Wanrong saw her laughing, she laughed along. Pei Shi couldn't hear the queen's words with some sincerity, but when he heard it, his heart was warm, and when he saw Wanrong smiling, a smile appeared on his originally tense face.

Zhao Yanrong then said: "Now that my grandfather and grandmother are gone, there is only one uncle left in my mother's family, so I should be closer and closer." In the past, the palace was unmarried, and my sister was young, and my mother had to take care of a large family, so she was less close to her uncle's family. Now that her daughter has entered the palace and has become a royal daughter-in-law, her sister has also seen her grow up and be sensible. There is a grandmother and Aunt Duan in charge of the family, and my mother is a lot more idle now, and it is time to contribute to my grandfather's family. ”

Of course, Zhao Fengchun disagreed with this. The daughter who marries is someone else's person, what does her mother's family have to do with her? The Pei family is just one Pei Yi who can enter the emperor's dragon eye, and the other side branches and outer rooms are all goods that do not grow much. Although Zhao Fengchun wanted to rely on the champion Hou Mansion, he was not happy that the Pei family and his mother's family were too close.

But when the queen said such a thing, it may not be what the emperor meant.

Seeing that Pei Yi was so old and didn't have a family, the emperor was a little distressed, and wanted his mother's sister to take care of him more.

It's just that before Pei Shi went to the Champion Hou Mansion, he had to beat it well, so as not to hurt the harmony between the Pei and Zhao families when their mother and daughter went back to their parents' house.

"What Niangniang said is, it's better to let my father pick them up and go back to the house today, and say to your grandmother, and the family should prepare some regular gifts to send over, so as not to be said to be rude by outsiders." Zhao Fengchun said.

"Why bother, the left and right are not outsiders, and my uncle will not be able to find fault with it?" Zhao Yanrong turned the mutton fat jade bracelet in her hand, "Grandmother's side, the palace will send someone to ask for peace and talk about it." It's just that I let my mother and sister go back to live for two days, and my grandmother is so kind and loving, knowing that my mother remembers her mother's family and does not ignore her only brother because of my father's absence, she will definitely praise my mother. The mother is virtuous, and the father also has a bright face, right? ”

In one sentence, Zhao Fengchun was blocked to death. If he insists on it, it can't help but make people think that he is deliberately going against the queen. Zhao Fengchun's mouth seemed to contain a yellow lotus, and his mouth was full of bitterness.

Zhao Qingrong heard that the queen said that she wanted Pei and Zhao Wanrong to go to the Champion Hou Mansion, and his heart moved.

Champion Hou Pei Du was the founder of the country, and Emperor Wude's most trusted and closest sister Princess Pingyang, the champion Hou Mansion was built according to the regulations of the eldest princess's mansion, exquisite and luxurious comparable to the princes' mansions. The Pei family is sparse, and among the two daughters and one son born to Princess Pingyang, the eldest daughter died, the second daughter got married, and only Pei Yi was left in the huge Hou Mansion.

It's just that the two Zhao Pei families used to move around less, and Zhao Qingrong was a concubine, and only went with his mother once when he was a child, and in the vague impression, the mansion was terrifyingly big, and it was very extravagant with the glory of the golden wall everywhere.

Although she looks down on Pei's family, she yearns for the champion Hou Mansion very much.

"Father, why don't you let your daughter go with her mother?" The more Zhao Qingrong thought about it, the more he felt that this idea was good.

Pei's family is weak and can be bullied, Zhao Wanrong is young, although she is a concubine, she has to be called Pei's mother. Follow to the Hou Mansion, that is also the eldest lady, who dares to stop her from wearing fine clothes and food, and the servants are like clouds? Pei's dowry is rich and good, which shows how rich the Pei family is. If she goes with her, Pei Hou will give her no less meeting gifts.

When Zhao Wanrong heard her say this, her lungs were about to explode.

How cheeky is the second sister to say such a thing? Pei Yi is her uncle, what does it have to do with you? With such a dead face, he really thinks he is something!

Zhao Wanrong looked at her mother and saw that Pei's face was also surprised, obviously the request made by the second lady surprised her.

"Exactly!" Duan sat down and suddenly slapped his face, startling everyone, and heard her say happily: "The second miss may not have seen her uncle for a long time, so she followed the lady and the third lady over." The second lady is a junior, and she should go to her uncle to do her filial piety. ”

Zhao Wanrong was anxious: "My uncle doesn't need the second sister to fulfill his filial piety." It was enough for me and my mother to go. ”

Zhao Fengchun pondered for a moment, feeling that his daughter's idea was good. Wanrong is out of the house in the end, and she is inevitably lacking in confidence. If you can go to the Hou Mansion to live for a few days, it is best to marry from the Hou Mansion, and if she is the daughter of the champion Hou Mansion to marry, then her identity will undoubtedly be raised to a higher level, and the world cannot underestimate her. Even if you can't marry from the Hou Mansion, you can get acquainted with the Pei family and get Pei Hou's favor, and you can rely on it more in the future.

"It also makes it." Although he said it very peacefully, Zhao Fengchun's eyes were shining out, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Wanrong was really clever and smart, and this idea was really good.

"That's my uncle, not her uncle!" Zhao Wanrong jumped up angrily and shouted, "No, the second sister can't go with us." ”

"Your uncle is naturally her uncle too." Zhao Fengchun saw that the youngest daughter and the second daughter were born like this, so he had to block Wanrong's upward path, and he was angry, "Your second sister is also the father's biological daughter, why do you want to treat her as an outsider in your heart?" Pei, this is the good daughter you taught? In the end, he said this sentence so violently that Pei's body trembled, and tears were about to be scolded.

Xiao Jiang got the queen's eyes before, and withdrew early to pass the word, at this time, there were only a few members of the Zhao family left in the palace, as well as Mulan, Bai Lu, Danfeng and a few palace maids holding tea behind the queen.

Zhao Yanrong glanced at Mulan and asked her to send irrelevant people out, and then said to Zhao Fengchun: "Father, what are you doing?" Mother didn't do anything wrong, so you can't speak well? ”

Zhao Wanrong was angry and anxious and had already cried, Pei Shi was also very sad to see that her daughter had been wronged, and when she heard the queen say this, she hurriedly pressed the corners of her eyes and whispered: "Niangniang, the master is just quick-tempered and not in the way." ”

Zhao Wanrong also wiped her eyes, but said hatefully: "Father, you are biased." But to tell you the truth, you don't don't understand what your uncle's attitude is towards Aunt Duan and the second sister. If she had the cheekiness to go with us to see my uncle, we couldn't guarantee what would have happened. When the time comes, if my sister goes home crying, can you rely on me and my mother, it is all my sister's own fault, and I can't complain about others! ”

Pei Yi doesn't like the Duan family and the children born to the Duan family, how could Zhao Fengchun not understand? But he still has a glimmer of hope, hoping that Pei Yi can understand his feelings, and for Pei's good life in the Zhao family, he will also treat the Duan family and her children well. He felt that as a man, Pei Yi should understand how common it is for a man to have three wives and four concubines.

It's a pity that after so many years, Pei Hou doesn't understand it. Zhao Fengchun thought that this brother-in-law still refused to marry at the age of twenty-four, but he was afraid that there was a problem in that aspect, and when he couldn't become a real man, he would be psychologically distorted and sprinkle his anger on his innocent concubines and daughters.

"Wanrong, sit down." Zhao Yanrong waved her hand gently and motioned for her to sit down, "Father knows everything, why are you in a hurry?" She looked at her father, whose face was gloomy, and her eyes narrowed slightly, "Now there are only a few of us left in the hall, and my father brought my aunt and second sister into the palace today, if you have anything to say, let's say it now." ”

Zhao Fengchun looked around, and when he saw that there were no outsiders, his heart suddenly relaxed, touched his short beard, and looked at the queen with an extremely sad gaze: "Yanrong, my father knows that you are not doing well in the palace." These days, it's really hard for you. ”

Zhao Yanrong smiled faintly: "What's not bitter?" ”

"I've thought about it, you're lonely in the palace, and there's no one to help you if something happens. There are so many palace concubines and beauties in the palace, and you don't like the queen mother, your aunt and I are very concerned, if you want to gain a firm foothold in the palace, you still need to hold the emperor's heart firmly in your hands. ”

"So?" Zhao Yanrong raised her eyebrows, and her eyes swept towards Zhao Fengchun and Duan, who were sitting.

Zhao Fengchun's heart trembled, and he felt a little nervous inexplicably, he coughed twice before he said his true intention: "I want my father to let Qingrong enter the palace and help you." ”