Chapter 90: Disappointment
Of course, what Xu Cheng and Cai didn't say was that although Xu Qing's words just now were very heart-wrenching and scary, what if Jiao Niang didn't hate them? If Jiao Niang can give birth to a son and a half daughter like An Guifei, although she hates her family, she also needs to have her mother's family to rely on, so what if they rely on Jiao Niang to rise to prominence?
So now they go to Anjia and directly abandon Jiao Niang, then they and their daughter will be completely separated, Xu Cheng and Cai's are reluctant to give up this possibility, maybe there is another way?
Xu Qing looked at the expressions of her brother and sister-in-law, where she couldn't guess what they thought, and laughed coldly, as if laughing at their innocence.
"Isn't my brother and sister-in-law still dreaming of being a national ruler? It's not my sister who hits you, Jiao Niang is beautiful, but there is no shortage of beauties in the palace. There is no shortage of top-notch beauties in the family.
Even if Jiao Niang can compare with others, and compare with An Guifei, who has been with her for many years? Compared with the concubine who has become more and more favored in recent years? Or is it better than a queen who has an eldest son from a palace of the opposite sex?
What's the use of Jiao Niang boiling them all down? Even if Jiao Niang can give birth to a son, our family has the strength to help her win the heir? Not to mention that the eldest son of the emperor is about to enter the court, and Jiao Niang will stay in the palace like this, who would not guess what will happen.
If the emperor really cares about Jiao Niang, he won't let Jiao Niang stay in the palace like this, let Jiao Niang go home first and give her a name after a while, is it so difficult? It's not that the emperor is reluctant to let Jiao Niang get out of bed, and he didn't think about Jiao Niang. ”
Xu Cheng and Cai were a little embarrassed when they heard Xu Qing's words, after all, the woman who couldn't get out of bed in Xu Qing's mouth was their eldest daughter.
"Jiao Niang's reputation has been ruined, it's nothing to be a little concubine, but Jiao Niang is afraid that it will stop here, even if Jiao Niang gives birth to a prince in the future, the people in the court will not agree to have a prince with a flawed reputation of his biological mother to succeed to the throne. It's not that the emperor doesn't have a son, and he has no sons and grandsons.
Brother and sister-in-law instead of dreaming that Jiao Niang can bring the glory of the family, it is better to think about Mei Niang's brothers and sisters, although everyone does not dare to talk about royal things, but there is such a sister, who do you say dare to marry you?
Poor Mei Niang, there was originally a green cloud road, but now I'm afraid it's all over. Xu Cheng and Cai finally calmed down when they heard Xu Qing say this.
They also feel that Jiao Niang may not have any future now, and the fact that Mei Niang will enter the backyard of the four princes when she grows up is probably also hanging, so they must go to the An family to apologize, and they must not let the An family blame them.
Xu Cheng met Prime Minister An's father and son in private, and the Cai family also took Mei Niang to the An family, and then Xu Qing made peace from it, and the relationship between the Xu family and the An family seemed to have gone further.
When Su Xizhu heard about this incident, the pastries in her hands fell to the ground, and Xu Jianniang became a concubine? And there's a lot more to say?
Oh mom? What is the mood of the eldest prince now? Too curious, there is wood? That is because Su Xizhu didn't know that Xu Jianniang originally entered the palace to see the second prince, otherwise she would definitely feel that the imperial circle was really messy, and it was more chaotic than the noble circle.
Xu Jianniang, who was guessed by Su Xizhu, was not as beautiful as outsiders thought, and the emperor loved her very much at first, but Concubine An Guifei always looked at her unpleasantly and looked for all kinds of troubles.
Although Xu Jianniang also complained to the emperor, in the emperor's opinion, there is no big deal, it is just the jealousy of the women, and the emperor
also knew the original intention of Xu Jianniang to enter the palace that day, and felt a little sorry for Concubine An.
So as long as Concubine An Guifei is not too excessive, the emperor will turn a blind eye to Concubine An's behavior, but the emperor is fresh to Xu Jianniang after all, so there is a lot of compensation, and Xu Jianniang can only admit it.
It's just that with the development of time, Xu Jianniang gradually found that after entering the palace or the emperor's attitude towards her was different from what she thought.
In Xu Jianniang's heart, after she enters the palace, the emperor will pamper her and then be infatuated with her, she will become a concubine or even a concubine, who knows that the emperor is not giving her a title except for making her a concubine, and she is only appeased by being bullied by the emperor, and does not make decisions for her.
Although Xu Jianniang has scheming and means and even charmed the eldest prince, she can't be compared with the emperor who reads Qianfan, plus many high-ranking concubines in the harem have been with the emperor for many years and are familiar with the emperor's preferences, so Xu Jianniang can only be regarded as a new favorite, but she does not pose a threat.
Sure enough, as time went by, the emperor's enthusiasm for Xu Jianniang gradually cooled, Xu Jianniang became more and more dissatisfied, and even had a little temper, and later found that if the emperor didn't come to her, she would have a very difficult life, and was ridiculed by the high-ranking concubines, so Xu Jianniang restrained everything to please the emperor, but it was only the more favored echelon in the harem.
Concubine Shu was overjoyed when she heard that Concubine An was put on the table, especially when the emperor asked Concubine Yu to go to Weiyang Palace to live, hey, Concubine Shu was even happier, I really wanted to see Concubine An's face.
After laughing, Concubine Shu fell into deep thought, although Concubine An Guifei was pecked by geese, but she had to say that Concubine An did a good job of telling the second prince about a family affair that favored her.
It's just that Concubine An Guifei chose an ambitious person, and she didn't say that she pushed the second prince away, so didn't she say that she could bring the second prince over?
Su Ximei was a little stunned when she heard the summons of Concubine Shu in the palace, but she still dressed up and entered the palace, and after greeting Concubine Shu for a while, Concubine Shu got to the point.
"Brother and sister, don't your two younger sisters know how to kiss?"
Su Ximei was stunned by Concubine Shugui's question, "No, but I heard that the family is already helping the second sister to see each other." ”
"It's good that you didn't say kiss, the second prince in the palace has reached the age of saying kiss, I remember that your sister at home is almost thirteen years old, just the right age, although the second prince is not favored, but in the end it is the prince and the grandson, if your mother's family has no opinion, the palace is willing to pull a line."
Su Ximei was very happy to hear it at first, after all, marrying the second prince is different from the eldest prince, the second prince has no support, and will not become the opponent of the third prince, and it is Shuguifei who is the match, and the mother-in-law and mother-in-law are afraid that they will be grateful to her, but thinking of Su Xilan and Su Xizhu, Su Ximei quickly calmed down.
"Of course the maiden courtiers are very happy, but the second sister, I heard the family say that they want to find an ordinary family for her, and they don't want to marry."
When Concubine Shugui heard Su Ximei say this, she knew that her second sister was afraid that her personality was not suitable for high marriage, and the Hou Mansion was even afraid that she would not marry a bad woman, otherwise she would not be willing to marry a girl low, after all, there are not many girls in the Hou Mansion of Annan.
Concubine Shu frowned, she wanted to win over the second prince instead of pushing him into the enemy camp, although the second prince was not favored, but in the end it was the emperor's own son, the second prince was older, and the emperor would definitely let him enter the court when the second prince was older, and his son was still young, so it was best to have fewer enemies.
"What about your third sister?" Although Su Xizhu's father is not an official, he has a good reputation, and he is a serious concubine of the Hou Mansion, so it is okay to be a second princess.
"This, Niangniang, young Mu Ai, my third sister's personality is no problem, but her appearance is a little lacking."
The more Su Ximei spoke, the quieter she became, she was embarrassed to say it herself, why didn't any of her mother's sisters take it. Her own sister is in every way, but she is too young.
"It doesn't matter, girls value virtue and appearance, and appearance is secondary." It's a big deal to choose a few beautiful side concubines for the second prince, and Concubine Shu thinks it's not a problem. ”
"The third sister of the courtier's wife is not ugly, but fat, short and fat, and she has been fat since she was a child, and she has never lost weight." I'm afraid I won't be able to lose weight in the future.
Although Su Ximei was still embarrassed, she still said it, otherwise she would tell the second prince a short and fat second princess, and the third sister would go out to socialize as a princess in the future, so that everyone would know that the second prince had such a princess, could you not laugh at him, after a long time, it would be a feud.
Concubine Shu looked at Su Ximei with her head down and didn't know what to say, could it be that all the essence of the Marquis of Annan Mansion was given to Su Ximei alone?
Concubine Shu knew that no one could choose Su Xizhu, otherwise the second prince could accept even such a princess, and the behavior of pleasing them should not be too obvious, then the emperor would definitely be unwilling to do so, I am afraid that he would have bad thoughts about himself and the third prince.
Su Ximei looked at Concubine Shu and didn't speak, thinking that Concubine Shu was dissatisfied, so she said, "Why don't you go home and discuss with your husband?" ”
"No need, forget about this matter, you go down." Concubine Shu didn't want to talk to Su Ximei anymore, she wanted to think about which girl in their family was suitable for the second prince.
Su Ximei returned to the Dingguo Mansion in a nervous mood, and went back to the house after a few words with the Duchess of Guo, but she didn't expect Han Zhan to come back first today.
"Husband, you're back."
"Well, what is the reason why you entered the palace today?"
"Niangniang intends to say goodbye to the second prince, thinking of the concubine's sister."
"Oh, second sister or third sister?" Han Zhan frowned a little at first, but the second prince has a much better personality than the eldest prince, and it can be regarded as a good relationship, and Han Zhan also understands the eldest sister's thoughts, so he does not object.
"The concubine refused, and the two sisters of the concubine, whether they were the second sister or the third sister, marrying the second prince were not marriages but enmity."
"Why do you say that?" Hearing Su Ximei's refusal, Han Zhan was not a pity, and even felt good.
"Hey, the second sister looks like a pick, but her personality is not good, the third sister looks like that, where can the second prince see it, and he has reluctantly wronged the second prince, won't he have to make a feud after a long time?"
If she could, of course Su Ximei wanted to help Concubine Shu, but her mother's family was too weak, and Su Ximei was also very angry.
Han Zhan frowned slightly and didn't speak, the third sister is a little mellow, how cute the child is when he is fat, but it's useless for him to say this, forget it, when the third sister says kiss in the future, he will help more.
Su Xizhu didn't know that her marriage had been calculated again, because she had been practicing embroidery frantically recently, and the first big exam in the school was about to start.