The master and servant laughed a few words.

Qingzhi looked at the half-lit candle, smiled, and said, "I can't delay the hour any longer, I can't miss the county lord's rest later, and the servant hasn't finished what he should say." ”

"Okay, you go on." Tong Yan smiled unfinished, her chin rested on her folded hands, and the whole person lay on the couch.

"Now in His Majesty's harem, it is worth mentioning that in addition to Queen Xie, there are these concubines." Qingzhi counted with his fingers, "Concubine Liu, Concubine Jiang, Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Wang, as well as Liu Jieyu, Hu Meiren, and Wei Meiren." She made a six-six gesture.

"Among them, Concubine Wang Zhuang is the sister of Mrs. Wang in our house."

"Huh?" Tong Yan exclaimed incredibly, there is such a relationship!

"And Mrs. Wang's own mother is still the aunt of Concubine Xian, so Mrs. Wang, Concubine Zhuang and Concubine Xian are still cousins."

Tong Yan frowned and muttered, "This royal is really complicated. ”

Qingzhi nodded: "Not really." Let's start with something to do with Mrs. Wang, so let's make it clearer. ”

"Hmm." Tong Yan nodded, as if listening to a lecture, and listened with her ears open.

"Mrs. Wang's own sister Concubine Zhuang gave birth to a pair of dragon and phoenix fetuses, but unfortunately her son died young, and only one sixth princess remained. The eldest princess and the third prince born to Concubine Xian, but the eldest princess died after not living for a few years, and the third prince had a little problem with his brain and was a fool. ”

"So miserable?" Tong Yan was dumbfounded.

"Not really. Now His Majesty's able-bodied sons, only the fourth prince born to Concubine Jiang Shu, do you remember what Ji Yue said about the third miss of the Jiang family? Concubine Jiang Shu is the aunt of Miss Jiang's family. ”

Tong Yan nodded again and again, "I remember, Ji Yue said that the third lady of the Jiang family is the first beauty in Beijing." Then I think the lady is also very beautiful. ”

"Yes, so Concubine Shuniang is also very favored, she gave birth to the second prince, who has died, and the fourth prince and the third princess, who are the concubines who have given birth to the most children." Qingzhi paused, thought for a while, and said: "But now the most favored is not the lady concubine, but Your Majesty's newly crowned Wei Meiren, young and beautiful, it seems that she is only in her twenties, and she is only seventeen or eighteen years old, I heard that she is the daughter of a county official in the south of the Yangtze River, and she is pregnant with a dragon in her belly!" ”

"Seventeen or eighteen?" Tong Yan wanted to say, wouldn't that be a few years older than Sister Tonghui.

Qingzhi's face turned suddenly, and he suddenly stroked his palm and said: "I forgot to say that the queen mother, she is two years older than Your Majesty, the first prince who gave birth to is also the eldest son of Your Majesty, but unfortunately she also died, and later gave birth to another child, but unfortunately it is a daughter, the fourth in line." ”

"Oh yes." Qingzhi lowered her voice, "I heard that the queen's appearance is mediocre, and it was the queen mother who took a fancy to the Xie family's deep foundation and uprightness, so she insisted on choosing the daughter of the Xie family to be the queen, and at that time, Your Majesty had a quarrel with the queen mother because of this." However, it turned out that the Queen Mother's vision was really good, and Queen Xie was very virtuous and virtuous, and she was praised by everyone. ”

Tong Yan squinted her eyes and said, "Then why can't even a prince survive." ”

Originally, she often heard those grandmothers who had worked in big families hanging out on the street, saying that the wives of those noble families would never let their husband's concubines have children until they had no children.

"Shh Qingzhi put his finger to his lips in fear, and frowned: "What did the county lord say, the Xie family must not raise such a daughter, that is a great Confucianism admired by scholars all over the world." Besides, murdering the emperor's heir is a big crime, and there is no need for Queen Xie to do this, even if there is no biological one, it will be completely feasible to bring one in the end. ”

"I see." Tong Yan understood, and then muttered: "If that's the case, it's really crazy." ”

"There is also Liu Jieyu, who is the sister of Concubine Xian, and she is also very young, and she only has one daughter, the Seventh Princess, who has just been able to run, and she is not very good at talking.

The last Hu beauty, born as a palace maid, gave birth to a second princess, and died in a few years, and now the old Zhuhuang is not favored. ”

Qingzhi sighed, "Your Majesty and our prince are not the kind of people who covet beauty, so there are not many people in the palace or the harem. I heard that Your Majesty was annoyed by this, and said: These women are annoying enough, how many more do you have to choose? made the Queen Mother angry. ”

Listening to Qingzhi's imitation tone, Tong Yan was very happy, twisting and turning on the couch, laughing so much that tears came out.

Qingzhi couldn't help but laugh when he heard the county lord's laughter.

"Oh, Your Majesty is so funny, he must be an interesting person." Tong Yan wiped her tears and stopped laughing, as if sighing and questioning.

Qingzhi tilted his head and thought for a while, "This maid can't answer, but I heard that His Majesty likes to be lively, and it seems that he also loves to play." ”

"When you enter the palace tomorrow, the county lord may wish to make friends with the fourth princess, she is about the same age as you, only one year older than you, everyone says that the fourth princess is gentle and virtuous, approachable, worthy of being the daughter of Queen Xie, and her character is very good." Aoeda smiled and made some suggestions.

Tong Yan asked curiously: "Isn't it that Concubine Shu also has a third princess, is she the same age as me?" ”

Qingzhi pursed her lips, "The third princess is two years older than you, and she is also the same age, but this third princess has an arrogant temper, and she is only close to the third lady of the Jiang family, so I am afraid it will be difficult to make friends." ”

It seems that the third princess and Tongyue have a fight, and I don't know if they are put together, whether they will smell like each other, hate each other, or look at each other with white eyes.

Tong Yan laughed secretly.

When she finished laughing, she found that Aoeda was looking at her in confusion.

"I'm just wondering if Tongyue and the third princess know each other?" Tong Yan asked with a smile.

"I definitely know each other, but the third princess and the lord of Wen'an don't have a deep relationship." Aoeda guessed what the county lord meant, and also pursed his lips and laughed. "The county lord of Wen'an is close to the princess's niece and nephew on weekdays, that is, the cousin of the county lord of Wen'an, and the young lady of the Hu family is also close, and the grandmother of the county lord of Wen'an is the Hu family. However, whether it is the Yang family or the Hu family, it is not a good family, that is, a third- or fourth-grade official family. ”

Tong Yan sighed, "The officials of the third and fourth grades can't look down on it? ”

"That's not it, the nobles in the capital are all over the place, what can the young lady of the third or fourth rank official family count in front of the county lord? Don't look at the cousins of the county lord of Wen'an, Miss Yang and Miss Hu, who are good friends with the county lord of Wen'an, or cousins, on weekdays, the two young ladies listen to the words of the county lord, the county lord goes east, they will not go west, maybe it is because of this that they have developed the arrogant character of the county lord of Wen'an. Aoeda pouted and shook her head.