Chapter Ninety-Five: The Sought-After Prince
In the puzzled eyes of the girls, Liang Aiyuan said: "...... I had a baby family when I was a child, and I haven't been in touch with each other for many years, and my family hasn't mentioned it again, but a few days ago, the family sent someone to see my father with a Geng post, and my mother told me that the son of that family was sick, and he was just waiting for me to marry in advance......"
Zhang Erzhen opened a pair of round eyes and asked, "Do you want Miss Liang to marry Chongxi?" What kind of family are they, they can't think of it when they are good, but they come to the door when they are sick. ”
"It was the Confucian family in Shandong, and the Confucian grandfather and my grandfather had a very good relationship, and then the two grandfathers died one after another and there was no contact. The Confucian family in Shandong has been a clear stream for generations, and my father said that he must go. Hearing that you are from Shandong, I only have a few more words, Miss Zhang, don't mind. After Liang Aiyuan finished speaking, the table was silent, and Li Zhuozhuo's arrogant temperament stopped talking, Zhang Erzhen asked: "If Miss Liang is unwilling, just beg Master Liang to withdraw from her family, you are not too big, you are not too late, you haven't reached yet, right?"
Liang Aiyuan sighed and said: "It's going to be two years away, my mother just made a fuss about my affairs, and I was detained in the house today and didn't come out, I was released for ventilation." It can be regarded as saying goodbye to the girls, and it should be very hasty when you leave, and it is unknown whether you will have a chance to meet in the future. ”
"Haven't you ever thought about quitting your family?"
"What to retreat, how to retreat, everyone has come to the door, if the Kong family is unwilling, my father will definitely not go against my grandfather's wishes for me, and marry the two families. ”
For the first time, Zhang Erzhen clearly realized the injustice of the girl in the boudoir in the Ming Dynasty, who had stayed at home and lived happily, but suddenly wanted to marry away from home, and the thirteen-year-old Liang Aiyuan couldn't resist and accepted it silently. Zhang Erzhen also clearly understood herself, if Sun Baijian was also sick and needed her to rush to rejoice, would she be ready to marry immediately? Zhang Erzhen couldn't help but take a sip of herself, what kind of nonsense she was thinking, Amitabha, she couldn't count what she thought nonsense.
Li Zhuozhuo lowered his head for a while before saying: "Although my sister-in-law is young, she is also a thoughtful child, thinking that she can live better with me in the future, but I don't know that our concubines don't know their future days, let alone her." Now that everyone is older, it is no longer the drooping child of the past, and it is one less time to be able to get together like this. ”
Wei Pujia is the highest position in the house among all the people here, and said with a smile: "Father and brother can't harm us, although the Confucian family in Shandong is farther away, but the Qingliu family doesn't have so many messy pickling things, I heard that the Confucian Mansion is not allowed to take concubines, unless the man is over thirty years old." After Aiyuan got married, the son of the Kong family was in good health, so Aiyuan you will enjoy endless blessings. ”
Zhang Erzhen's eyes lit up when she heard this: "There are still families who don't take concubines?"
"The Kong family is indeed like this, so most of the girls who married in the past are carefully selected, and they have good looks and character. Aiyuan sighed, what a good thing this is, it is a blessing that others can't ask for. After Li Zhuozhuo finished speaking, Wang Xueqiao said: "If the son of the Kong family is not in good health, then Sister Liang will not ......."
Liang Aiyuan frowned and said: "It's not like this, I can't see it, I don't know how sick it is." I thought it wouldn't be too light, and the Kong family couldn't wait to think about Chongxi, probably not much better. "To put it bluntly, this is a gamble, winning the gamble Liang Aiyuan's life in the second half of his life is smooth and prosperous, and the consequences of losing the gamble are too bleak to describe. Although Liang Aiyuan was a little mean, his heart was open, and he scooped a spoonful of milky white crucian carp tofu soup and continued: "Today is about the last time I will have dinner with you, everyone eats more, the meals are all made by the cook invited by my aunt in Fenglou, but it is authentic." Miss Zhang, don't be restrained, I just said, you are young, and there will be a good life waiting for you in the future. I'm going to Shandong, and maybe we'll have a chance to meet in the future. ”
Zhang Erzhen nodded and said with a smile: "Miss Liang is so casual and free, she will definitely be able to live well in the future, but Zuo has only lived in Shandong for two years, and she will come back often." ”
A slip of the little girl came up, and a small golden enamel cup was placed in front of each person, Wei Pujia smiled: "Aiyuan has a good place, let us practice it for you today, but it happened that the bamboo leaf green made by Fenglou was secretly made, let's drink, for Aiyuan He - a drink cleanses the sleep, and the love is refreshing." Drink my mind again, and suddenly sprinkle light dust like rain. Three drinks to get the way, why bother to break the troubles......"
Liang Aiyuan quietly wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with a smile: "I hope you will have a good future and come to Shandong when you have time, I heard that the mountains and rivers are wide there, and the scenery is wonderful." ”
Zhang Erzhen said with emotion, the precocious maturity of women in ancient times was not physical at all, and the psychological maturity was also forced by reality......
After three rounds of tea, a group of little girls gradually became acquainted, Wang Xueqiao was one year younger than Zhang Erzhen, and said with a touch of mystery on her chubby face: "When it comes to things, I want to mention His Royal Highness the Prince." A while ago, the queen mother was nervous about picking girls from various families, just to choose the crown princess. Wei Pujia's eyes flashed, Zhang Erzhen and Li Zhuozhuo had already heard of this, and they didn't show curiosity, Wang Xueqiao hated: "But recently, I dispelled this idea, saying that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is in good health, but a lot of schoolwork and affairs that have fallen before have not been properly handled, and I can't spare time to take care of these." ”
Zhang Erzhen's hand paused for holding vegetables, and Wei Pujia said: "It's about the meaning of the saint, I also heard that the queen mother and the concubine have favorite candidates, but I can't be sure for a while, so I delayed it again." ”
The Wang family is a standard queen party, Queen Wang is Wang Xueqiao's aunt, although Wei Pujia is not Wan Guifei's niece, she also has a very close relationship with the Wan family, Wei Pujia's mother Wan is a girl from Wan Guifei's mother's family. Wang Xueqiao heard Wei Pujia mention Wan Guifei, and said disdainfully: "Who will be the crown princess in the end is not the queen's mother." Wan Guifei Niangniang just had a miscarriage, she should be born and raised in the palace, hum!" Although Wang Xueqiao is young, there is room for what she said, Zhang Erzhen heard that Wan Guifei was aborted, and wondered: "Wan Guifei Niangniang is not young......"
"Who's to say it isn't. Wang Xueqiao snorted: "A while ago, the Holy Lord gave amnesty to the world because of the fact that the concubine was pregnant, but it was just to celebrate this, but it was aborted after only a few days." The news from the palace was that the concubine had fallen. The concubine Niangniang's fall, without the prince's side, how many eunuchs and palace maids around her have lost their lives. ”
Zhang Erzhen remembered the emperor list she saw a few days ago, and it was indeed only a few days ago. For the things in the palace, Zhang Erzhen has long heard that Wan Guifei Niangniang is favored by the sixth palace, and the queen mother fifteen years ago is not the queen of today, but the girl of the Wu family in Shangshu. The girl of the Wu family has been the queen for less than a year, and because she offended Concubine Wan, she angered the saint and imprisoned the cold palace. Why is Wan Guifei so favored but unable to be the queen, it is because Wan Zhen'er is ten years older than today's saint. Zhang Erzhen sowed a little abacus in her heart, how can you calculate that Wan Guifei will be in her forties this year, my God, this age is also a high-risk mother in her previous life, not to mention that in the Ming Dynasty, where medical technology is relatively less developed, Zhang Erzhen wants to know, can Wan Guifei's body be tough after she has been aborted?
Wang Xueqiao also knew a lot at a young age, thinking that the old lady of the Wang family did not avoid her when she said this, and continued: "But the noble concubine in the bed is still concerned about the affairs of His Royal Highness the Prince, and the queen is angry, so the matter is put aside for the time being......"
Wan Zhen'er's favorite name is not inferior to Daji, of course, it doesn't mean that the current saint is the king, but it just says that Wan Guifei is very favored, and it is expected that the queen must be unable to compete with Wan Guifei before giving up for the time being. Empress Wang learned the lessons of Empress Wu and never had a head-on conflict with Concubine Wan. If the people of the Wan family become the crown princess, it will be more difficult for the queen to gain a foothold in the harem.
Zhang Erzhen expected it well, at this time, all the concubines in the backyard of the palace were terrified, not to mention competing for favor, even if they went out of their palace gate to go to the imperial garden for a walk, they were not willing to go, because the saint was like a volcano about to erupt at this time, and the land for ten miles was silent. Only then did he go back from Fengzao Palace, and received the news of the victory of General Wan in the Northwest, the gloom between his eyebrows was reduced, and the emperor pinched his aching forehead and said: "Where is the prince, find me quickly, immediately!" The beardless old eunuch on the side replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince went to the Ministry of Rites in the Six Ministries today, and the little eunuch next to His Royal Highness the Prince talked back and forth, but I don't know what to do in the Ministry of Rites." ”
The emperor snorted coldly: "What are you doing so diligently in the Ministry of Rites, I am still alive, I don't need him to care, hurry up!
............ Obviously, the emperor was in a very bad mood because of Concubine Wan's miscarriage, and the unlucky one was His Royal Highness the Crown Prince......
After the feast in the Liang Mansion, Zhang Erzhen said goodbye to the newly met girls and got into the carriage back with the Jin family. It was about three o'clock, the old man who pulled the shadow of the sun, Zhang Erzhen leaned on the wall of the car a little cowardly, Jin glanced at it and asked: "Shicai is not very happy to see you, why are you like this now, don't put such a face on me, my mood is not much better." ”
Zhang Erzhen said lazily, "I just saw that the girl of the Liang family was only thirteen years old and was going to marry far away to Shandong, so I was sad, why is my mother in a bad mood?"
Jin sighed and said: "This capital looks magnificent and noble, but I didn't expect that there are so many twists and turns in secret, and there are so many ladies today, who doesn't have three or five taels in their stomachs......"
Zhang Erzhen was puzzled, and Jin continued: "Mrs. Liang and Mrs. Shao are very warm, and the conversation during the banquet is always inseparable from the queen's mother, Concubine Shao's mother and His Royal Highness the Prince. Although the sitting ladies occasionally say a few words, I can see how many people envy them. If there is really a crown princess in the family, she will be the queen of the world in the future, and she will always be able to prosper for a lifetime......"
"What my mother said is not right, you forgot Queen Wu, I heard that she just punished a palace maid next to Concubine Wan Niangniang, but Concubine Wan Niangniang ran to the saint to cry, and after some tossing, Queen Wu was beaten into the cold palace. Zhang Erzhen felt that things must not be so simple, the words from the palace could only be believed in five points, and history was written by successful people.