A few days after the marriage decree was given, the relatives and old people in the family were almost satisfied. Zhenguo Gong was lazy to take care of those people who came to congratulate him every day, so he simply took Duan Lian out to visit friends.

It is related to the marriage between the sister-in-law and the eldest princess of the dynasty, and the prince of Zhenguo, who has always only asked about Fengyue and does not ask about mundane affairs, is not allowed to accompany the wife of the prince to socialize from time to time.

A few days later, when Mrs. Shizi entered the palace to meet the queen, she mentioned that she wanted to go to Yuxiu Palace to meet Concubine Chen and the eldest princess.

The queen told her roughly that the eldest princess had an accident in the palace, which almost ruined Princess Zhaoyue's appearance and provoked Emperor Chu's anger, and she was now under house arrest in Yuxiu Palace. However, now that the eldest princess has just been married, Emperor Chu has repeatedly thought about keeping the reputation of the eldest princess, so he can only declare to the outside world that the eldest princess suffered from a severe wind chill when she was in the palace and needs to recuperate.

After listening to the queen's words, Mrs. Shizi's eyes suddenly darkened, and her body, which was originally sitting on the chair, shook unconsciously.

The eldest princess is too bold and reckless, Princess Zhaoyue has won the heart of the emperor, and she has a grandmother who is also not easy to mess with, if the eldest princess bullies others, it will matter, she is a royal princess, and other people's families have to pinch their noses and keep silent. But she went to provoke her sister and hurt her.

"Jinxiu, quickly refill the tea for Mrs. Shizi." The queen saw that Mrs. Shizi's face was really ugly, and she probably knew what she was thinking, and frankly speaking, if she was in the position of Mrs. Shizi, she also didn't want her young son to marry such a woman.

"Queen Mother, such a princess covered in thorns, even a delicate person like Princess Zhaoyue is injured when she is injured, our brother You'er, as a colt, will live with her in the princess's mansion in the future." Mrs. Shizi couldn't think about it anymore, and the more she thought about it, the more scared she became. "Brother You is just a weak scholar, how will he live in the future?"

"Sister-in-law, don't worry, since this marriage was brokered by me, I will definitely seek more protection for Brother You." How to say that Duan Shaoyou is also the queen's own nephew, and he married the domineering and ruthless Xiao Lu to him, and the queen also felt guilty about him. "It's just that right now, it is a big deal to keep the reputation of the eldest princess in the imperial capital, and I have to ask my sister-in-law to cooperate in the next few days."

The queen said that Mrs. Shizi had no choice but to come down, Duan Shaoyou still has to take a career in the future, just for the sake of his future career, and not let him have a flawed wife.

Therefore, as soon as the rest of the month came, Mrs. Shizi was not afraid of hard work, and every five or six days, she would go to the palace to visit Concubine Chen in Yuxiu Palace.

On this day, Concubine Chen personally sent Mrs. Shizi out of Yuxiu Palace, and Concubine Chen stood in front of the gate, watching Mrs. Shizi go in the direction of Zhaoyang Palace without looking back.

"Hey, when will this day end?" Concubine Chen sighed softly.

After Xiao Lu's marriage was decided, her mother's Ding'an Hou Mansion also handed over a post asking to see her.

Today's Ding'an Hou Mansion, after the death of the old woman of Ding'an Hou, Mrs. Ding'an Hou, who has lived in seclusion in the Buddhist hall for many years, as the current hostess of the Hou Mansion, has taken over the management of the Ding'an Hou Mansion with a good reputation.

Mrs. Ding'an Hou couldn't see that Ding'an Hou was still like that, hugging left and right in the Hou Mansion all day long, drunk and dreaming of death. Through a letter, he contacted the maiden home of the deceased old woman of Ding'anhou, the Zhenhai Marquis Mansion, and went to Fujian to supervise the army for Ding'anhou. Ding'an Hou has been at the mercy of his mother for many years, and when he saw that his wife arranged an errand for him resolutely, he obediently agreed. A few days later, he took a few beautiful concubines from Xinna into a carriage and went to Fujian.

The matter of the prince of Ding'an Hou was yellow, and Mrs. Ding'an Hou called his biological mother, Aunt Zheng.

"I've seen Madame." Aunt Zheng was very respectful to Mrs. Ding'anhou.

"Sit down." Mrs. Ding'an Hou was disappointed in her husband, but she had no jealousy towards concubines like Aunt Zheng, that is, without Aunt Zheng, there would be countless Aunt Li and Aunt Wang. "Right now, Master Hou has gone to Fujian on an errand, and I am afraid that I will not be able to come back easily without five or six years of hard work. In the future, the affairs of the Hou Mansion will be discussed and handled by the two of us. ”

"Madam, I can't help it. The concubine is just a concubine from a merchant, and she can only raise the son safely if she is rescued by her wife, and she really can't bear the words of her wife. Aunt Zheng shook her head again and again.

"Why can't you bear it, I'm still in charge of the affairs in the mansion, but our Hou Mansion has now lost the emperor's heart, maybe when the Hou Ye is gone, we will have to change the court to Ding'an Bo Mansion." Mrs. Shizi said with a chuckle. "After the Hou Ye left, I checked the account book with the account book, and at a glance, I realized that there was only an empty shelf left in the Ding'an Hou Mansion. Fortunately, the prince has a good way of running it, and the businesses that the Hou Mansion put in his hands are still very profitable. I asked him, and he said you taught him. ”

"Yes, the concubine was born in a merchant, and she doesn't know anything about piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, but the things of these merchants have not been lost."

"Well, that's it." Mrs. Ding'anhou asked her to bring over a dozen account books and send them to Aunt Zheng. "I'll entrust you with these livelihoods now."

Aunt Zheng hurriedly got up and took the account books from the maid.

"Alright, sit down, I have other things to discuss with you." Mrs. Ding'an Hou said. "After those things happened in our Hou Mansion before, the prince lost the opportunity to be the master, and now his reputation is like that, I'm afraid that I can't say anything suitable for the time being."

Speaking of her son's marriage, Aunt Zheng was also anxious. But she is just a concubine, and she has no say in the marriage of the prince of Ding'an.

"What does Madame mean?"

"I mean I won't mention the marriage of the prince for the time being, anyway, as a man, it will be okay for him to delay for a few years." Since Mrs. Ding'anhou has sent Aunt Zheng, she already has a general plan in her heart. "I also asked him what he meant, and he thought it was okay. As his biological mother, I think I should have let you know. His little thing, where can those people in the imperial capital remember how long they lived. ”

"But the son of the world has no heirs so far, and his yard also needs someone to take care of it, you might as well take a good concubine for the son of the world first, not to mention giving birth to children for the son, at least there is a caring person in the yard of the son to take care of him." Aunt Zheng felt sorry for her son and couldn't help but say. "What do you think, ma'am?"

"You're right, he's not young, and he deserves someone to serve in his courtyard. It's just a concubine, and having a concubine before marriage is an obstacle. According to my meaning, the original girls in the prince's room have all been replaced, and all the new ones have been replaced to serve them, and then a room will come out. In this way, there is someone who can take care of the yard for him, and the reputation of the house is not high, and it is easy to skip the kiss in the future. ”

"Madame is very true." Aunt Zheng listened to Mrs. Ding'anhou's words, felt extremely reasonable, and said very approvingly. "Can the lady choose the candidate for the room?"

"I didn't choose, it's the person who the son of the world came to talk to me by himself. That girl's name is Yunmian, and she entered the imperial capital when she fled the famine in her early years, and she sold herself into the Hou Mansion. The prince fell in love with her and wanted her to have a room, so he went to his yard first and took care of some sundries. Wait for the future son to marry a wife, and then mention Yunmian as a concubine. ”

"Yunmian?" Aunt Zheng felt very familiar with Yunmian's name when she heard it, but she couldn't remember where she had heard it for a while. "The concubine thinks the name is familiar."

"You don't have to think about it, it was the old lady who came to serve you." Mrs. Shizi said. "One day, you will take the time to meet that child, he is a clever and sensible person, and it is quite appropriate to put it in the courtyard of the prince."

After this, Yun Mian naturally pulled up the woman's hair bun and entered the courtyard of the prince to make a room.

In line with what Mrs. Ding'an Hou thought, Ding'an Hou's Mansion became more and more low-key after the death of Mrs. Ding'an Hou and the Ding'an Hou's mission to Fujian.

After that, the prince of Ding'an Hou also seemed to have changed as a person. No longer living the absurd days of sleeping in flowers and willows and getting drunk all day long, he had no intention of pursuing a career, so he put all his mind on the livelihood of running the Ding'an Hou Mansion, and the income was very considerable. On top of women, he has never had anything to do with any women, and there is only one slave and maid by his side.

Gradually, the people in the imperial capital seemed to forget the things he had caused before, although those high-ranking people still didn't think much of him. But there are some people with low doors who have come to ask him about his marriage.

It's just that Mrs. Ding'an Hou has her own concerns, and she is not in a hurry to reply to those people.

The Ding'an Hou Mansion finally had a slight turnaround, and it happened to meet the news that the eldest princess was about to get married in the palace.

After Madame Ding'anhou summoned Aunt Zheng to discuss, she decided to prepare a generous gift, and Mrs. Ding'anhou came forward to hand over the post to the palace.

So on this day, Mrs. Zhenguo Gongzi left Yuxiu Palace with the front foot, and Mrs. Ding'anhou came over with the back foot.

"The courtiers have seen Concubine Chen." Mrs. Ding'an Hou saw that Concubine Chen's face was haggard, and she really couldn't see any joy, so she couldn't help but be very worried. "Why is Concubine Chen's complexion so bad, is there any discomfort?"

"Nothing." Concubine Chen shook her head. "It's just that the eldest princess's illness is not good, I am worried about her, and it is inevitable that I will not be able to sleep well, so I look a little worse."

Concubine Chen and Mrs. Ding'an Hou returned to Yuxiu Palace and sat down, and the six maids accompanying Mrs. Ding'an Hou placed six brocade boxes on the table in front of Concubine Chen.

"The marriage of the eldest princess has been decided, and I have specially prepared a congratulatory gift." Mrs. Ding'an Hou said to Concubine Chen with a smile. "I hope that Concubine Chen will not be disgusted, and accept it for the eldest princess first."

"Sister-in-law, let you break the bank." Concubine Chen ordered someone to accept it. "The eldest brother went to Fujian, and the current Ding'an Hou Mansion is all supported by the sister-in-law, and I don't have any help, it's really hard for the sister-in-law."