Cen Guifei looked at her niece and shook her head: "You rest here, I'll go and greet the guests." He stood up and left.

Cen Peixuan raised her head and saw Zhao Ruxi sitting there talking to Duchess Wei Guo in the distance.

She looked at it for a while, and then said to the maid incredulously, "Why is she? ”

Isn't it just a bit talented? Even the prince can't look down on him, do you want to go to heaven?

Her maid knew that these words could not be said on such occasions, and that they would be easily heard. Not to mention that Prince An repeatedly told his girl to have a good relationship with Miss Zhao, but only said that Concubine Cen only has these two sons, and the girl and Miss Zhao are close concubines, and if there is a conflict, it will be seen as a joke by outsiders.

The crown princess, Princess Ming, and Princess Qian were all looking at this side just now.

She lowered her head and didn't answer Cen Peixuan's words.

The feast soon began.

Although Zhao Ruxi has not yet married Xiao Lingyan, the three books and six ceremonies are almost finished, and there is still one thing left to marry, which basically belongs to the royal family. Xiao Qi already valued this daughter-in-law, and it was Cen Guifei who presided over the middle palace, and she intended to raise the face of her daughter-in-law, so she regarded Zhao Ruxi as a serious princess, and the seat was arranged behind the fourth princess, Princess Qian, the old princess of Zhennan and the princess of Zhennan.

The third princess, that is, Princess Ming, hated Zhao Ruxi deeply.

At first, the emperor favored the concubine alone, and her husband, the third prince, was also deeply favored by the emperor. Later, because of targeting Zhao Ruxi twice, her mother-in-law fell out of favor, and her husband was disliked by the emperor.

Later, someone went to assassinate Zhao Ruxi and threw the blame on the three princes, and the emperor kept suppressing the three princes during this time.

If it weren't for this kind of unhappiness caused by Zhao Ruxi, her husband would not have had to take risks.

In her opinion, Zhao Ruxi is simply a broom star, specializing in their faction.

I didn't have a chance to meet before, but at this time, Zhao Ruxi was sitting there across a princess Qian, and Princess Ming couldn't help but target her.

"Yo, isn't this a famous female champion? Why didn't you mess with those men in Nanyang and come here? ”

Hearing Princess Ming's harsh words, Princess Zhennan, who was sitting under Zhao Ruxi, couldn't help frowning.

However, during this time, King Ming caught whoever bit whom, and the king of Zhennan was unwilling to get involved in the battle for the heir, and at this time, it was really difficult for Princess Zhennan to speak for Zhao Ruxi.

At first, everyone didn't pay attention to this side, but as the room slowly quieted down, everyone felt that the atmosphere was not good, so they all shut up and looked this way.

"The prostitute sees the prostitution, and the benevolent sees the benevolent." Zhao Ruxi chuckled, "Empress Shengyao's official qualifications for our women have become 'messing with men' in the eyes of Princess Ming." I don't know if Empress Shengyao will be so angry that she will crawl out of the coffin to settle accounts with you, but the emperor will be very angry when he hears this. After all, it was his old man who ordered me to do the champion, seal the official, and give the marriage. If he didn't approve of women's participation in politics, I wouldn't be sitting here today. ”

There is a big banquet in the palace, and those who have more than three orders are eligible to participate.

The place where they are now is a large hall, which can set up five tables, in addition to the concubines above the "concubine" position in the palace and those who have children, princesses, royal daughters-in-law, but also sit the princess of the county, Yipin Decree and the princess's own elders.

These women are in high positions, and many of them are involved in political games, and they greatly appreciate Zhao Ruxi, who has relied on her own talent to stand in the court.

Hearing Zhao Ruxi's words, several people couldn't help but want to applaud.

"Okay, what Zhiwei said is really good." A person stood up opposite Zhao Ruxi and applauded.

As soon as Zhao Ruxi heard this voice, she knew that it was the eldest princess of Shangde.

In the last life, in last year's border pass battle, the father and son of the Fu family were killed in battle, and the border pass was lost, and General Shen, the concubine of the eldest princess of Shangde, was urgently transferred from the southwest to save the field, and also died at the border pass, allowing the three princes to secretly seize the military power. The eldest princess of Shangde was depressed and widowed and did not attend this Halloween banquet.

This year, General Shen was still alive, and Princess Shangde stood at the banquet in a bright and flamboyant red dress and red dress.

She looked Princess Ming up and down, and sneered: "My imperial brother is broad-minded, and he does not deny her talent because he is a woman. Encouraging women to learn to be officials, not to be attached to men, not to be confined to the back house, and to display their own ideals and ambitions, these are the rights that Empress Shengyao has spent her life fighting for our women. But when it comes to your mouth, it becomes 'messing with men', and it's really 'the's seeing adultery'. Brother Heng's daughter-in-law, if you don't abide by women's morals and think about those who don't have it all day long, I will go back to the imperial brother tomorrow and take you back to your parents' house. ”

Princess Ming's mother and grandmother were also present, and they were shocked when they heard this.

Isn't her daughter (granddaughter) slamming Princess Zhun Qi for not abiding by women's morals? Why did the words turn a corner, but she didn't keep the woman's way?

Concubine Jin naturally wouldn't let her daughter-in-law be bullied by Princess Shangde and Zhao Ruxi together, she was about to speak out loud, but Princess Shangde's eyes turned to her, and she said first: "Concubine Jin, your daughter-in-law thinks about that matter as soon as she sees a man, do you still want to protect such a daughter-in-law?" Hurry up and take a break, so as not to lose our royal face. ”

Saying that, she also "tsk" twice: "No wonder the Beijing Women's Academy is not as good as a year in your hands, it turns out that this is how you treat women as officials." I think that Empress Shengyao spent a lot of effort to establish the women's academy, and also formulated the purpose of running the school; As a result, in your hands, you specially taught the ladies how to flatter and please men? Do you think that the status of our women is not low enough, so we should be more contemptuous? ”

"Sure enough, being of low birth is terrible. A woman who climbs to a high position by flattery is even more terrifying. ”

As soon as the eldest princess Shangde said this, the eyes of the people present who looked at Concubine Jin changed.

The people present, except for some concubines, were all noble-born who could marry the prince as his wife. Their mother's family is their confidence, and they never feel inferior to their men. The men in the court are either their sons or their husbands who respect them. In their eyes, only those concubines from low backgrounds need to flatter and please men.

Thinking that their daughters and granddaughters were sent to study at the Beijing Women's Academy, Concubine Jin had been a mountain chief for so many years, and they didn't know what kind of thoughts they had instilled, so they were so angry that they wanted to vomit blood.

"At the beginning, Empress Shengyao insisted that the queen be the head of the Beijing Women's Academy, which is all reasonable." The old princess of Zhennan Mansion said slowly.

Her daughter-in-law and Princess Shangde are good friends and handkerchiefs who are like sisters, even if she doesn't open her mouth, Concubine Jin will not wait to see the Zhennan Palace. At this time, she naturally wanted to support the eldest princess of Shangde.