"You heard it right, the emperor intends to marry the king." Chu Hua had a playful smile on his face.

Chu Zhan's eyes widened: "But the king has a princess!" Even if it is a side concubine, it is also a princess who is upright, and if she gives marriage again, is it a side concubine? ”

"No, the emperor gave King Gongding a flat wife."

"Flat wife?" Even the Xu family couldn't hold his breath, "The two heads are big, both of them are concubines?" ”

Chu Hua nodded.

The whole family was amazed, no one could have imagined that the emperor would be so miraculous.

Chu Junlan lowered his eyes, quickly connected the recent events in his mind, and asked hesitantly: "Father, I don't know which family's daughter the emperor gave to King Gongding?" ”

"It's still Sister Lan'er who is smart, and she asked the point at once." Chu Hua smiled lovingly.

Chu Yuan and Chu Zhan both looked back at Chu Junlan in surprise, their father had always been strict with the two of them, and it was rare for him to praise them so bluntly, let alone show such a loving smile.

Chu Hua said: "The object of the emperor's marriage is the eleventh lady who carries the Bofu. ”

One sentence caused everyone to gasp.

"Isn't that Concubine Shu's cousin?" Xu Shi was stunned, "If I'm not mistaken, that Miss Eleven seems to be about the same age as Sister Lan?" ”

"Yes, it seems to have just arrived."

"Did the emperor tell King Gongding when he would get married?" Xu's tone was anxious.

"It was said that it was done a year ago," Chu Hua looked at Chu Junlan and said a little helplessly, "It seems that the marriage between Sister Lan and Shizi has not yet been completed, and there will be another young mother-in-law." ”

Everyone's expressions were very complicated for a while.

Chu Junlan smiled: "It's nothing bad, anyway, there are many female dependents in the palace, and this one is not bad, not to mention one more princess, Princess Zhang also has many companions, so it won't be too lonely." ”

said such things in a relaxed tone, and several people couldn't help laughing.

Everyone spoke for a while, and the Xu family called Chu Junlan to go to the inner room alone.

Mama Guo took the maidservant to bring two cups of cow's milk bird's nest, and Xu pulled Chu Junlan to sit next to him on the warm kang and brought her a cup of bird's nest.

"My mother opened a small stove for me again. If Brother Yuan and Brother Zhan know, wouldn't they be jealous? ”

"Leave them alone, they're all wild boys, and they're embarrassed to fight with their sister for bird's nest to eat? I asked someone to send your sister-in-law's share, and I didn't care about the two of them. ”

Chu Junlan relieved himself when he heard this, knowing that the Xu family was doing things properly, but he couldn't help but remind him.

After the two of them ate the bird's nest, took the hot tea brought by the maidservant and rinsed their mouths, Xu smiled and waved his hand, signaling everyone to retreat.

After everyone left, Xu approached Chu Junlan and said in a low voice: "Sister Lan, your future father-in-law is going to marry a new princess, and you have another serious mother-in-law." Hey, this family business is really not easy to do, I'm just afraid that you will suffer when you get to the palace. ”

"Mother, don't worry." Chu Junlan said with a smile, "Princess Zhang's temperament has always been domineering, relying on her son is the second son, and she has been supporting herself, so she has been looking forward to King Gongding being able to help her son as the son as soon as possible, but unfortunately the son was cured by me, she may be anxious enough, and now there is a flat wife with a huge power in her mother's family, she is afraid that she will be even more too busy to take care of herself, and it is estimated that she will not have time to do anything to me." ”

"Not really." Xu shook his head, "I'm just afraid that she won't be able to get benefits from Cai's, and I'll come back to you to vent my anger." ”

Xu took Chu Junlan's hand and said: "The Cai family of the Bofu was not originally a noble, and he did not make any outstanding contributions to the court, and the reason why he was able to get the title is all because of the biological mother of our current emperor, Cai, that is, the late Queen Mother." ”

Chu Junlan was very surprised, "It turns out that Concubine Shu and the Queen Mother are still related?" ”

"Yes, Concubine Shugui's father is the emperor's fifth uncle. In fact, their Cai family is also smart, and their family was in business during their time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are rich and rival the country. It's just that Shinong industry and commerce, merchants are at the end, even if they have the financial resources of the rich country, their status is still low, but they are different from other merchants, they do not associate with courtiers, nor do they form a party, but they just selected a beauty from the clan and sent it to the emperor's residence, and later in the process of the first emperor's practice, the Cai family's strong financial resources played a lot of roles, and the Cai family also gradually became a queen from a concubine, and gave birth to the present. ”

Chu Junlan nodded, "From the dragon's skill? ”

"Yes, so the queen mother's father was named the first generation of carriers by the emperor," Xu said, "Or say that their family is smart, even if they have a title, they are still focused on business, the children of the Cai family, none of them are officials in the court, and even the daughters of the Cai family, except for the queen mother and Shuguifei who are married to the royal family, the rest of the daughters are recruited at home." ”

"Recruitment?" Chu Junlan said thoughtfully, "A son who is willing to join must not be very good." ”

"Yes, this is the trick of carrying the Bo Cai family through two dynasties, their family still has no one to be an official, only loyal to the emperor, it can be said that the wealth of the Cai family has helped the first emperor and the two emperors today. This is also a reason why Concubine Shu has been favored by the emperor for many years.

"As for the eleventh lady of the Cai family who is about to become your mother-in-law, as far as I know, she is the daughter of the seventh uncle of Concubine Shugui, her name is Yingqiu, the children of the Cai family, both men and women can do business, women either never marry for life, or recruit money, it seems that Cai Yingqiu is going to become the third exception."

Chu Junlan's long eyelashes flickered twice, and he laughed with a snort.

"You kid," Xu said with a laugh, "how can you still laugh?" I'm worried here, then Cai's cousin is the concubine of the favored official's harem, his father is the emperor's uncle, and his aunt is Mrs. Hanmei, who is highly respected by the emperor, such a powerful backstage, if she wants to target you, how will you live in the palace in the future? ”

"Live as you please."

Chu Junlan grabbed Xu's arm and shook it, "Mother, don't worry, it should be Princess Zhang who should be worried about this time, what are we worried about?" In the future, I will go to the palace of Gongding, I will only live with the prince, but I just greet one more person every day, it's okay, don't worry. ”

Xu patted the back of Chu Junlan's hand and sighed lightly: "I originally thought that with the ability of our family, although Mao Guogong's line can be regarded as lonely, it can be regarded as a serious noble family, compared to Princess Zhang and her father, who are a five-grade official, how can they give you a backing, if she wants to bully you, she must also weigh it." I don't think that one Princess Zhang is not enough, and now I want to have another Princess Cai. ”

Chu Junlan giggled when she heard it, because Xu's appearance of worrying about her was too funny and too warm.

"Okay, in fact, my daughter thinks that we don't have to worry about our future mother-in-law setting rules for me at this time, but we should think about standing in line in the future."

"Take sides?" Xu didn't react for a while.

Instead, there was a voice at the door: "That's a good point." ”