Chapter Twenty-Three: The Concubine
How Gillian replied is not enough for outsiders, but since that day, the rumors in the capital about Meng Jiao and Shen Yunxiao's heart-to-heart promise have been very loud, almost to the point of becoming a household name.
"Oh, Shen Shuai is really good to our little lady, look at you, this jade hairpin, the slave maid has never seen such a good material in the palace before, and this dress, ouch, what kind of material is this, why is it so dazzling?"
"This dress, is the most expensive one in the floating brocade, called the phoenix fire, the slave maid has served in the palace for so many years, and the total has seen this cloth once, that is fifteen years ago at a big banquet, a little princess of the oak wore such a dress, the lights are brilliant, very good-looking."
Phoenix fire, is the best looking in the floating brocade, the world knows, the floating brocade is a very rare cloth, the price of one inch, can be compared to three Shu brocade, in this way, the value of the phoenix fire, self-evident.
"As the saying goes, if this son is unwilling to spend money on the girl, it proves that this son must not be sincere, now look at Shen Shuai's handwriting, this is to put our little lady at the top of my heart!"
Meng Jiao was teased by a few of them, even with Mama Lin, the most stable, and in order to let Meng Jiao smile more, Meng Jiao touched the fabric of the phoenix fire, but what she thought about was that among the lotus flowers in the lake that day, Shen Yunxiao's extremely gentle eyes, it turned out that being treated like a jewel by someone was like a jewel, it was such a feeling, and this feeling was too wonderful and too easy to dazzle.
"Oh yes, the slave almost forgot, it will be the winter solstice in a few days, the concubine of the Nankang Mansion set up a banquet, and invited all the ladies of the officials to go to the banquet, the little lady is now in the limelight, and the concubine has given you a message early in the morning."
The concubine of the Nankang Palace, Meng Jiao didn't know, Mama Lin saw that Meng Jiao was a little confused, so she stood up with a smile and introduced this Nankang concubine.
Emperor Dayan had a total of thirteen concubines and twenty-four princes, and the current emperor is the son of the virtuous concubine of the year, and he was made a prince early, but the emperor did not like the concubine very much, but fell in love with the concubine Nankang, who was still a concubine.
"The slave maid heard that the Nankang concubine at that time could be said to be the sixth palace of the favored crown, if it weren't for the love between the first emperor and the first queen, this Nankang concubine might have become the queen mother of the year."
Concubine Nankang was favored and threatened the status of Concubine De, but Concubine De did not worry much about her position and grace, she was a woman with a long-term thought, she only wanted to keep her son's position as the prince, as long as her son ascended the throne and became the emperor, she was the justifiable queen mother, and other people, no matter how much grace there was, it was useless.
"The Empress Dowager thinks about it for a long time, but this matter almost went wrong, Concubine Nankang is too favored, and the first emperor in the last period of time, he actually moved his mind to change the prince."
The wind in the ears of Concubine Nankang was blowing badly, and the emperor saw the current King of Nankang a few times because of her, and felt that this son could also be worthy of a great responsibility, so he moved the mind of changing the prince, and the news spread to Concubine De, she panicked, if Concubine Nankang succeeded, not only would her position as the queen mother not be guaranteed, but with the stiff relationship between her and Concubine Nankang, she was afraid that her life would be insecure.
"The Queen Mother is also a strange woman, in the time when the emperor is about to die, she goes to the emperor's bedroom every day to kneel, and a kneel is four or five hours, after all, the emperor and the queen mother have husband and wife affection, and moreover, the current emperor has not done anything wrong, so the matter of changing the prince will be over, so that the emperor can successfully ascend the throne."
After the emperor ascended the throne, Concubine Nankang reversed the attitude of wanting to fight for the position of prince for her son, and tried her best to escort the emperor, together with the king of Nankang, who was loyal and helped the emperor recruit talents.
"From this point of view, this Nankang concubine still has a foresight, since the matter is a foregone conclusion, then she is willing to become the king and defeat the king, so as to keep this glory. It's just that the original momentum was like fire and water, what was the reason why Concubine Nankang suddenly changed her position, the queen mother and the emperor... Isn't there anything to be done? ”
Meng Jiao sighed at the rapid retreat of Concubine Nankang, but she was indeed very curious, even if Concubine Nankang sincerely surrendered, would the Queen Mother be able to let go of this former red-eyed enemy so easily? Besides, can the emperor easily trust this younger brother's family who once threatened his position? If this is the case, then there must be something that must have happened together among them to be like this, and they are defenseless.
"This slave doesn't know, I only faintly heard people say that it seems that after the emperor ascended the throne, there was a big family who rebelled, and Concubine Nankang and King Nankang desperately protected the emperor and uprooted the family, which eliminated the doubts of the queen mother and the emperor, and then their mother and son were prosperous and rich until now."
Sure enough, this court dispute is no less than a game on the battlefield, and it is also a success, but Meng Jiao feels that it is more enjoyable to fight with real knives and guns on the battlefield, and these conspiracies and tricks are really unpopular.
"Mama, this winter solstice day has a banquet, but is it our Dayan's custom?"
"Yes, our Dayan, the most important festival, one is the New Year's Festival, the other is the winter solstice, as the saying goes, Ruixue is a good year, if it snows on the winter solstice, the next year will be smooth, if it snows heavily, the emperor may not issue an edict of amnesty! Why did the little lady ask that? ”
"If the winter solstice is a big day and needs to be celebrated by the whole world, why didn't the queen mother in the palace move, but Concubine Nankang took the post? If the Queen Mother places another invitation in a few days, then the person who has already received the post of Concubine Nankang is suitable to go there? ”
Mama Lin then understood, and couldn't help but sigh that Meng Jiao was delicate, too, Concubine Nankang's invitation this time was indeed suspicious, the queen mother in the palace had not yet moved, how could she dare to start this first? Also, if it really bumps into the Queen Mother's banquet, where do these ladies who receive the posts choose to go? If you go to the Queen Mother, you will definitely offend the Nankang Princess, and if you go to the Nankang Palace, I am afraid that the Queen Mother will be recorded.
"The little lady is really thoughtful, the honor of the queen mother is naturally comparable to that of Concubine Nankang, but this concubine is not a good child, if she loses her face, I am afraid that it will not be easy to get along in the future."
"That's it, this post will be put on hold first, don't reply for the time being, after all, no one from Nankang's side will urge, wait for the news of the Queen Mother first, if the Queen Mother holds a banquet, prepare a generous gift to send to Nankang Palace, if the Queen Mother does not set up a banquet, then take the invitation to Nankang Palace's banquet, so, although it is not a two-way strategy, but it will not lose face."