As soon as Xiao Xuan mentioned this, the Hu family immediately understood, knowing that Xiao Xuan was talking about Aunt He beside Xiao Jin.

Aunt He's background is indeed higher than the other concubines and concubines around Xiao Jin, one of her two brothers in the family is also the secretary of the ministry, and the other is Xiao Jin's staff, and she is also a serious official lady.

She is very good-looking, so she has high ambitions in marriage, and she is unwilling to submit to ordinary people. Later, her brother came to Xiao Jin's side as a staff member, and she got her wish and was carried into the palace of Jinjun in a pink sedan chair.

She will please and behave, and her brother is a capable person in front of Xiao Jin, so Xiao Jin is quite fond of her.

Speaking of which, Hu felt that Aunt He was also quite clever, Xiao Jin was difficult to please, but Aunt He had never fallen out of favor since she entered the mansion.

"The princess really woke me up with a word." Hu suddenly realized. "Speaking of which, there is indeed a vacancy in the position of the side concubine next to the county king, if Concubine Liao and I both want to stay in the imperial capital to accompany the children, it is indeed a good way to bring Aunt He to the position of the side concubine to accompany the county king to leave the imperial capital and go to the fief in the future."

Aunt He has been aiming at the vacant position of the side concubine since she entered the mansion, but although she has been in the mansion for a while, she is still empty under her knees, and Xiao Jin naturally will not bring her up.

"Since Aunt He is quite favored by the second brother, she is naturally a little self-motivated." Xiao Xuan said again. "After the second sister-in-law returns home, we will first find a way to reach an alliance with this Aunt He, and we will try to promote the second sister-in-law and Concubine Liao to stay in the imperial capital with the children externally, plus Aunt He will blow the pillow wind beside the second brother, and the odds may be greater."

After passing through the qi with Xiao Xuan, Lu Lin escorted the Hu family back to the Jinjun Palace, and Xiangdong, who was guarding at the side door, came out to pick up the Hu family.

"Has anyone found out I've been out of the house?" Xiangdong took Hu Shi through the backyard path back to the courtyard, Hu Shi lowered his head and followed Xiangdong all the way, until he returned to his room before asking reassuringly. "Is there any movement in the front yard?"

"If you go back to the princess, no one in the mansion will find out that you have left." Xiangdong served Hu Shi and changed out of the clothes of a servant woman, and said in a low voice. "There's been no movement in the front yard for a while."

"Okay, you send someone to call Concubine Liao over." Hu put his clothes back on and combed his hair in a bun.

Hu waited in her room, and after Concubine Liao came, she ordered all the maids in the room to withdraw, and asked Xiangdong to wait outside the door.

Concubine Liao listened to Hu's relays worriedly, and after knowing Emperor Chu's treatment of Xiao Jin, Concubine Liao was also surprised.

"Princess Jun, is the matter really decided?" Concubine Liao asked worriedly. "Then the princess and I also want to take the children to follow the princess to the fiefdom?"

"Look at the disturbance made by the county king when he returned to his house today, and Princess Zhaoyue personally asked me to ventilate, the matter is about to be true." As for trying to stay in the imperial capital, the Hu family was actually not completely sure in his heart. "You, I can't be favored by the county king, I am even more bad with the county king, if I really follow him to the fiefdom of the Tiangao Emperor in the future, you and I may not have a good end. But fortunately, the princess gave us another option, which was to stay in the imperial capital by taking care of the children. ”

"But the princess of the county is the main room, and I am also the only side concubine in the palace, so we are afraid that it will be difficult for us to stay in the imperial capital." Hu's words made Concubine Liao's eyes glow brightly, and then dimmed again.

"The princess said that the prince went to the fief to settle the domain, and there was an old practice for the princess to stay in the imperial capital to take care of her young children." Hu said. "The princess is willing to come forward for us, but we also have to do something. Before Your Majesty officially promulgates the decree, my mother-in-law will have a sudden illness, and you and your sister will not be able to stand the long bumps in the journey to the fiefdom. Your Majesty has always been soft-hearted, and he also cherishes the children of his grandchildren, but we are innocent when the king of the county is at fault. ”

"The princess of the county's words, the concubine understands." The Hu family's words have already been said to this point, and Concubine Liao naturally understood.

"I need to go back to the Liguo Mansion tomorrow, and when I come back, you will invite someone to come to my courtyard for me to talk."

"Who does the princess need me to invite?" Liao Fangfeihu asked.

"I want you to invite Aunt He over."

"Aunt He?" Concubine Liao was surprised. "What's the use of the princess seeing her?"

"I am the wife of the county king, you are the side concubine in charge of family affairs, you and I have stayed, and there is naturally a proper person to take care of the county king." Hu Shi said in a low voice. "If you look at the house, is it only Aunt He who can be of great use?"

After listening to Hu's words, Concubine Liao thought about it carefully.

"Aunt He is different from those concubines and concubines who were born as slaves and maids, she is from an official family, and she can match the position of a side concubine." Hu Shi persuaded him. "Besides, when we all stay in the imperial capital, after arriving in the fief in the future, her low position in the palace will naturally not be the same. She's a smart person who knows what's important. ”

"Okay, the concubine understands that she will definitely be invited tomorrow."

Hu Shi didn't sleep all night, and when it was pale, she immediately got up and got out of bed.

Hu couldn't sit still at all, and after packing up and stopping, he went directly to the Liguo Mansion in a carriage.

"What's wrong?" Fortunately, the Duchess of Liguo was too old to be young, and she had already gotten up when Hu arrived. "This morning, your father and they just went out to go to the court, why did you come alone? Could it be that something is going on in the house again? ”

Duchess Liguo only has two daughters under her knees, as Xiao Xuan said yesterday, although her second daughter is married far away, she doesn't have to worry about anything when she lives a comfortable life. On the contrary, the eldest daughter of the Hu family, who married in the imperial capital, always made her hang her heart and worry about her and her grandchildren all day long.

Today, the Hu family came back to her parents' house alone in the morning, and the Duchess of Liguo immediately became worried.

"Mother, don't worry." Hu hurriedly appeased the Duchess of Liguo. "There is indeed something in the house, and I wanted to ask my mother for help early in the morning."

Duchess Liguo has been in charge of family affairs for many years, and after the initial panic, seeing that Hu's expression was still calm, she slowly eased down and listened to Hu's words quietly.

"Okay, I understand," Duchess Liguo has reached this age, and after listening to Hu's words, she can calmly think about the whole thing. "I know what you mean, I'll make it clear to your father and brother when they come back in the evening. I'm going to have an emergency tonight, and your father will contact a physician I know to see me. The imperial doctor will prove that my condition is serious, and then you will personally enter the palace and ask the queen to allow you to leave the house with the children to stay temporarily. ”

"The daughter thanked her mother." Duchess Li Guo didn't say much, but calmly arranged the next thing, and Hu fell on her knees and shed tears.

"What are we mother and daughter doing with these words?" Duchess Liguo's hand gently stroked Hu's hair, and she said softly. "Your relationship with the county king has always been bad, if you really go to the fiefdom with him, I won't be at ease. If you and your children can stay in the imperial capital smoothly, your father and I will be able to take care of you. ”

"Then I'll go back to the house first, there are still things to settle down in the house." After that, the Hu family also informed the Duchess of Liguo about wanting to use the position of the side concubine to appease Aunt He.

"Well, although Princess Zhaoyue is still taking the lead for you in this matter, it is right for you to get an extra way back." Regarding those things in the backyard, the Duchess of Liguo, who has been in charge of the backyard of the Liguo Mansion for decades, naturally knows it well. "The women in the backyard compete for favor either for money or status, and there are no permanent enemies."

When Hu returned, the sky was bright.

"Princess Jun, Concubine Liao has already taken Aunt He to wait for you in the room." Xiangdong picked up Hu at the door, and when he went back to the courtyard, Xiangdong said in Hu's ear.

"Okay, when I go back, I will retire everyone as usual." Hu instructed Xiangdong. "You just stay outside the door."

As soon as they saw Hu come back, Concubine Liao and Aunt He, who were originally sitting in the seat, immediately stood up excitedly.

"There's no need to be polite." Hu Shi glanced at Xiangdong, Xiangdong immediately called all the maids in the room out, and Xiangdong walked and closed the door at the end. "I asked Concubine Liao to invite Aunt He over today, because I have good news to tell Aunt He."

"The princess of the county." Aunt He looked at the Hu family, and couldn't help but secretly think about her recent words and deeds, recalling whether she had offended the Hu family recently, but she really couldn't grasp the reason. "If the princess of the county has any orders, just order the concubine."

"Aunt He doesn't have to be too afraid, and I won't beat around the bush." Hu sat opposite Aunt He, with a slight smile on his face. "There is still a vacant side concubine position next to the county king, I wonder if Aunt He is interested?"

"Side concubine?" When she was still in the boudoir, Aunt He blindly wanted to marry into the high gate, and after being included in the county prince's mansion as an aunt by Xiao Jin as she wished, plus her background was not bad, if she didn't have a thought about the position of the side concubine, I am afraid that no one would believe it. "But after all, I haven't served the king of the county for a long time, and I haven't given birth to an heir for the king of the county, so I'm afraid I can't reach the position of the side concubine."

"But if the county king needs to go to the fiefdom to become a vassal, and Concubine Liao and I can't go to the fief at the same time with the county king for each reason, the county king must always have a female relative by his side who is worthy of identity and liked by the county king." Hu Shi simply spoke directly. "There are many women in the backyard of the county king, but no matter their background and pampering Aunt He, they can be said to be top-notch. For this reason, Concubine Liao and I are willing to come forward to ask for the seal on behalf of Aunt He, and let Aunt He accompany the county king out of the imperial capital to the fief as a side concubine. ”