Chapter 9: The Five Concubines

"Mother, my daughter is not greedy for glory and wealth, as long as she knows the warmth and coldness. Liang Aiwan looked straight at her mother: "My daughter is not blessed, she can't enter the royal family, I just ask my mother to love her daughter more." ”

Mrs. Liang was especially unwilling, and said angrily: "Mother has her own success, there are many people in the capital who are the prince of the world, and my mother doesn't believe it, with your good looks, I'm afraid that I won't be able to marry?!"

Liang Ai's late defeat was a time of grief, she had been devoted to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for a long time, and her shy heart to marry was shattered, she was extremely sad, and cried: "Why do you have to embarrass your daughter? Dad doesn't like his aunt very much, and the third brother is close to you, what is there to be dissatisfied with?" Liang Aiwan's thin shoulders trembled, full of thought that she could marry the prince, even if it was the position of the side concubine, it didn't matter, but what can she do now, that beautiful and moon-looking man, after all, she seems to have accepted her fate, but Mrs. Liang is unwilling, the two mothers and daughters are relatively silent, and no one can convince anyone.

Bangzi knocked three times, Zhang Luan returned home in the moonlight, Jin sat at the head of the bed with his eyes open, heard the sound and hurriedly greeted him, looked at the old man with a tired face, and comforted: "Master, the royal rain and dew are all graces, we are not grateful, then, you run like this, if you are known from above, wouldn't it make the saint unhappy, I'm afraid I will blame you?"

Zhang Luan took off his robe to reveal the dark gray undershirt inside, the maid brought warm water, Zhang Luan soaked his feet and motioned for the Jin family to sit down, "There are as many people staring at this draft as there are carp crossing the river, Zhen Zhen was selected, I really don't know if it's a blessing or a curse." ”

Jin hesitated: "...... What do you mean, sir?"

"Wan Guifei's methods have always been good, and the saint naturally made Wan Guifei unhappy when he accepted the Bai family girl today, so if Wan Guifei stopped her, our girl would not enter the harem. I have inquired today, and tomorrow the decree will be given. ”

Kim was surprised: "So fast?!"

Zhang Luan shook his head and sighed: "Avoid long nights and dreams." "We'll find out tomorrow.

Zhang Erzhen didn't know that the holy decree came so quickly, and everyone was caught off guard.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Zhang Erzhen, the daughter of Zhang Luan, the daughter of Zhang Luan, the capital of the Inspectorate, is cautious, diligent and submissive, pure and pure, gentle and gentle, and virtuous, and can be a woman. Immediately canonized as the crown prince's side concubine, admire this!"

"The courtiers take the order, thank you Lord Longen. ”

The white-faced and beardless little father-in-law took the purse handed by Zhang Luan and put it into his sleeve with satisfaction, and said in a sharp voice: "After the prince and the princess get married, Miss Zhang can move to the East Palace, Lord Zhang is so blessed, the future is limitless, congratulations, haha." ”

Zhang Luan also smiled, and did not sink his face until he saw off the little father-in-law and his party, and ordered Changfeng to go out to inquire who the crown princess was, and the family gathered in the Spiegel Hall to wait. Zhang Luan and Jin sat on both sides of the top, Zhang Erzhen sat on the right side of the bottom, Zhang Heling sat on the left side with a serious face, and down were Zhang Yanling and Er Shu.

Crown Princess's Side Concubine...... Zhang Erzhen didn't know whether to be happy or sad, happy that she didn't have to serve the emperor who was older than her father, and sad that she was going to be Zhu Youji's little wife. Zhang Erzhen held a hard cloisonné enamel teacup in her hand, and she couldn't bear to tremble with anger. Everyone waited quietly, Zhang Luan couldn't sit still, pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, Jin pinched the handkerchief with an unknown expression, Zhang Erzhen could probably guess what she thought, her daughter's marriage with the Sun family was gone, and she didn't have to serve the old emperor, so it was a blessing to be the crown prince's concubine.

Changfeng came back quickly, panting: "Crown Princess——, Crown Princess is a girl from the Wan family." ”

Zhang Luan picked up his robe and sat in the chair, looking uneasy, the Jin family seemed to be afraid of the handkerchief, Zhang Erzhen looked like "if this is the case", the battle between the queen mother and Wan Guifei was defeated again, poor Prince Zhu Youji, I don't know how much work it took to make her a prince and concubine.

Changfeng continued: "...... The girl of the Wang family, like our girl, is also the prince's concubine. "Everyone's faces are a little unsightly, the girl of the Wang family is better than the distant branch of the Wan family in any aspect, and the saint is raising the Wan family like this, are you sure it's no problem?

Zhang Erzhen was more concerned about the whereabouts of the remaining two girls, and it was obvious that Changfeng was very thoughtful: "The girl of the An family promised the prince of Yu, and the girl of Wei promised the fourth prince. ”

Emperor Taizu said that the royal family does not intermarry with the ministers, naturally, the powerful and powerful cannot communicate with each other, my son marries the girl of your family, this is a strong alliance, such a turn of relatives endangering the throne is even more bad. But today, the saint doesn't know if he is old and confused, and he actually promised the daughters of the two powerful to the prince and the prince. The origin and status of King Yu are quite extraordinary. Zhang Erzhen also knew some about reading history books when he was bored, but he didn't expect to ——,use it at this time, and when Emperor Yingzong, the father of Emperor Taizu, was young, he also personally led the troops to the battle, but unfortunately he was not well prepared and was taken away by Wara, which is known as the "Civil Engineering Change" in history. The country cannot be left without an owner for a day, the national situation at that time was like this, the prince was too young to bear the burden, and the courtiers surrounded Zhu Qiyu, the younger brother of Taizong, as the new emperor, and the new emperor abolished the princely status of Taizu and set up his son Zhu Jianji as the prince. Later, Yingzong returned to the dynasty, restored and regained the throne due to the change of seizing the door, and established Taizu as the crown prince, and retained the emperor title of the new emperor, and the crown prince established by the new emperor was abolished and named King Yu. And the current prince of the king is the eldest grandson of the deposed prince of the king of the servant. If it weren't for the restoration of Yingzong, the current prince of King Yu would be the crown prince. Also because his grandfather was the emperor, Zhu You, the son of King Yu, has always been disliked by the saints, and he has not had a wife in the year of the weak crown. Zhu Youfang now that he has such a powerful wife, will he have those thoughts that he shouldn't have?

Zhang Erzhen felt that she was thinking a little badly, according to the normal law of the development of things, it is not that having a strong wife in the family will give birth to a sense of resistance, but it will definitely be ready to move. Now that the prince of Yuwang, the crown prince, and the four princes all have wives, and the relationship is complicated, I really can't see through whose handiwork it is. Zhang Erzhen sighed, if Zhu Youzhu can't ascend the throne smoothly in the future, if it's better, she will be sent to the Taimiao Temple to chant scriptures day and night to pray for the new emperor, and in the future, she may be able to enter the palace to regroup and become a new empress. If His Royal Highness Zhu Youji successfully ascends the throne, she may be made a concubine, with His Royal Highness the Prince's current interest in her, it would be good to have a princess in the future, and it would be too risky not to have a prince...... Zhang Erzhen thought about it, and felt more and more that the road of the prince's side concubine was not easy to walk, and she hated it so much that the roots of her teeth itched, Zhu Youzhi - why did you decide to let me be your little wife!

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Since the decree came down, the queen mother, who was considerate of her "daughter-in-law", sent a small team, including an old lady and two strict palace maid sisters, who were responsible for teaching the crown princess and the prince's side concubine. The old lady who came to Zhang's house had a round blessed face, wearing an ochre red palace dress, and looked like she was doing business. Under the stern gaze of the old mama, Zhang Erzhen sat and walked all over again, and the old mama nodded slightly to express her appreciation, thinking that her work was huge, and looking at Miss Zhang's behavior, it saved a lot of things. It's just that......

"Girl, you must not lose your face when you salute, for if you are seen by someone from above, it will only make people unhappy. ”

Zhang Erzhen sighed, but replied obediently. Since this Mama Dou led the two palace maids into Zhang's mansion, she has not been so honest in the past thirteen years. The province is fixed in the morning and dusk, and it does not leak day by day.

If you want to go out of the house, girl, if you lack anything, just tell the people in the house to buy it, and you can't show your head again.

Want to write a letter and let Mingyue take it out? Not to mention that no one can let her ask for help, even Mama Dou saw it, and she would also say: "Girl, you are now the crown prince's concubine appointed by the saint, you must not exchange letters with others too closely, if you catch the handle for someone with a heart, is it happy?"

Zhang Erzhen also said euphemistically, can you meet His Royal Highness the Prince? Mama Dou is still so iron-faced: "Girl, you are already the prince's concubine who is the saint's own concubine, and the prince is married in November, you can enter the palace, don't be in a hurry at this moment." ”

There are a lot of maids and wives in the room, not only Zhang Erzhen and Mama Dou, hearing Mama Dou say this seriously, Mingyue's little face is slightly difficult to look at, what virtues her own girl has She still doesn't know?

The only thing that makes Zhang Erzhen happy is that Mama Dou and Mama Hua are old acquaintances, and they were both shocked when they met for the first time, so Mama Dou occasionally has to go to Mama Hua's yard to sit for a while, Zhang Erzhen can finally relax for a while at this time, looking at Mingyue, Jin Qiu and Yinqiu, who are also disciplined, and comforted: "Such days will end soon, you can bear with it." "It's the end of October now, and the prince's wedding will be in a few days. And as a little wife, she probably doesn't have the complete process of a regular wife - it seems to be trouble-free.

Zhang Erzhen sat on the Taishi chair with Erlang's legs carved and hollowed out by Nanmu, holding a small teacup with a blue background in Phnom Penh, and took a sip very heroically. Zhu Youzhu is also well-intentioned, since it is already an ironclad fact that she wants to marry Zhu Youji, she just waits, surrounded by rich and glorious brocade clothes and pearls, she is not in vain in this life. Zhang Erzhen replaced the wine with tea, and toasted himself with a glass, Zhen Zhen, Zhen Zhen, the more she lived, the more she went back!

In the dead of night, the lights are shining. The moon outside the window is like a hook, and the sighs in the house are not stopped-

"Chirp chirp, chirp, Zhen Zhen is a household weaving, I don't hear the sound of the machine, but I hear the woman sighing......" Zhang Erzhen stared at the green gauze tent on the window curtain with a pair of big round eyes, it was rare to have insomnia tonight, and her always accurate sixth sense told her that something was going to happen again.