Concubine Chen sent the big palace maid with a good face beside her to send Jinxiu away, and she was busy getting up and calling people into the courtyard to serve her to change into a plain dress, and the golden hairpin on her head and the ruby ring on her hand quickly faded and replaced with a white jade hairpin.

After Jinxiu went back to the queen's courtyard, Concubine Chen came over.

The queen didn't take Qiao again this time, and asked Jinxiu to directly invite Concubine Chen, who was asking to see outside, to come in.

As soon as Concubine Chen came in, she walked quickly to the queen, knelt down and bowed to the queen.

"The concubine meets the queen." Concubine Chen leaned over and said, as soon as she knelt, the palace maids who followed her hurriedly knelt down with her.

"Oh, we've been together for many years, and now it's not a festival, what do you do to me with such a big courtesy?" The queen hooked her lips slightly and smiled, and raised her hand to signal Jinxiu to step forward and help Concubine Chen. "Jinxiu, hurry up and help Concubine Chen get up and help her sit down."

"Yes." Jinxiu answered, stepped forward in a few steps, walked up to Concubine Chen, and helped Concubine Chen up. "Concubine Chen, our mother-in-law invites you to sit."

"The concubine thanked the queen mother." Concubine Chen obediently helped herself up by Jinxiu and sat down in a seat close to the queen, and she half sat on the seat and thanked the queen very respectfully.

"I look at your work in the last year or two, and it looks more and more haggard." The queen straightened her cuffs, looked up at Concubine Chen's face and said. "Coincidentally, a few days ago, my sister-in-law sent someone to send me medicinal materials to replenish my body, I still have some surplus here, and when you leave, I will tell Jinxiu to put some on you, you go back and try to use it, if it is used well, I will prepare some for you next time."

"Thank you, concubine, those medicinal materials are the filial piety of the princess of Zhenguo, how dare I use them without permission."

"It's okay, I see that you are also very worried now, you have to use some good ones, and you can better continue to worry about the child by taking care of your body."

"That's right." Speaking of the child, Concubine Chen didn't say anything, but her eyes were red and sour, and a few tears fell in an instant. "I have the honor to enter the palace to serve His Majesty and Niangniang for so many years, because I have been blessed by my mother, and the color of the concubine Pu Liu is now also the eldest princess. It's just that this child is really stubborn, and a few years ago, because of the affairs of my mother's Ding'an Hou Mansion, I ruined my marriage, and I was heartbroken for this child. ”

"Quick, Jinxiu took my handkerchief and wiped Concubine Chen's face." The queen was waiting for Concubine Chen to take the initiative to mention this, and when she saw her crying, she handed her own handkerchief and asked Jinxiu to take it and hand it to Concubine Chen. "What you are saying is that this child is born in debt. Whether it is the common people, the noble family, or the princes and princesses in the palace, where can people worry? There is no escaping the fact that those of us who are mothers think about them. ”

The queen has said everything here, and Concubine Chen still doesn't understand the meaning of her words.

She took the handkerchief from Jinxiu's hand and hastily wiped away the tears on her face.

"Queen Mother, the concubine knows that the concubine should not have agreed with my mother about Lu'er's marriage in private a few years ago. It's just that the Ding'an Hou Mansion has declined, and the concubine's mother enters the palace every day to cry and beg, and the concubine is really helpless for her mother's family. I wanted to rely on Xu Marrying Lu'er to be able to pull the Anhou Mansion a hand. Helplessly, the nephew of the concubine was really angry, not only did he have to take a Qinglou woman as a concubine before marriage, but he also killed the concubine's mother. Concubine Chen sighed and said. In the end, His Majesty was also annoyed by the Ding'an Hou Mansion. Even Lu'er felt that this marriage was not good, and she was a little alienated from the concubine. ”

"Well, I know you're helpless too." The queen followed Concubine Chen's words. "But if you want me to say, this marriage is indeed a grievance against the eldest princess. Although the eldest princess is your daughter, she is still Your Majesty's bloodline and Your Majesty's first daughter. The prince of Ding'an Hou is just a concubine who is recorded in his mother's name, even if he inherits the title, a prodigal son who can make his grandmother angry. Princess Celestia is your only child, are you really willing to marry her to such a person? ”

"Woo woo~~~" Concubine Chen listened to the queen's words, the more she thought about it, the more she regretted it, thinking that because of this marriage, Xiao Lu had not been able to find a good match, and she couldn't help but regret it more and more.

She got up again, fell on her knees before the queen, and begged with tears.

"Niangniang, the concubine knows that she is wrong. It's just that the concubine mother and daughter really have no way at the moment, so they can only ask the queen for mercy and want to help Lu'er. Seeing that she will be twenty years old next year, her marriage can no longer be delayed. ”

"Hey, speaking of which, I'm also Lu'er's mother-in-law, and she can be regarded as a child who grew up in front of me with you, can I really watch her be wronged?" The queen sighed helplessly, got up and walked to Concubine Chen, and helped her up. "It's just that at that time, Your Majesty was really angry. You know what I'm doing in the palace, and I can't say anything about my dignity in front of Your Majesty. ”

"Niangniang is the queen's mother, and the mother is the world's mother." Concubine Chen seemed to hear hope from the queen's words, and she tugged at the queen's sleeve with one hand. "As long as the mother is willing to help the concubines and daughters, there is nothing that cannot be done."

"Alright, alright." The queen helped Concubine Chen to sit down again. "Calm down and listen to me next."

"Uh-huh, okay." Concubine Chen forced herself to compose.

"You know my mother's Zhenguo Mansion, my brother-in-law is now the son of Zhenguo Gong, and you also know the family history of my sister-in-law, Mrs. Shizi." The queen said slowly. "Lu'er has that temperament, don't say it's you when you marry into someone else's family, even I don't feel at ease. It took me a long time to think about it before I came up with a great candidate. My brother and my sister-in-law have a total of four sons, the eldest son and the second son have already started a family, the third child is not engaged now, and Lu'er is the same age, the child is good at studying, docile, and Lu'er is also suitable, right? ”

After listening to the queen's words, Concubine Chen did not answer for a while.

In the imperial capital, among the older generation of gentlemen, the one who can sit on an equal footing with his brother Ding'an Hou is the queen's brother Zhenguo Gongzi. However, in terms of it, the luck of the prince of Zhenguo is not as good as his brother. His father, Lao Ding'anhou, had a cowardly personality and was addicted to wine, and he was exhausted in his early years, and his wife was strong, so he went early.

The old lady of Ding'an Hou finished her husband's funeral, divided her husband's aunts and concubines into some family property, and successfully used the prestige of her mother's family to let her unsuccessful son inherit the title and become the new Ding'an Hou.

But Zhen Guogong is different, although the same husband and wife are not harmonious. Zhenguo Gong was born in the military, and his behavior and style are different from that of the old Ding'an Hou who is lazy in wine, even if he is over the age of six, his body is still strong, but he survived the Duchess of Zhenguo first.

Therefore, the son of Zhenguo Gong is several years older than his brother, but he is still a gentleman who wants to see his father's eyes.

The Duke of Zhenguo doesn't look down on the fact that the son of the concubine and the son of the concubine Duan Chengwen fully supports the house, even a deep palace woman like Concubine Chen also knows a thing or two.

"I know your concerns, but my brother is not angry at the moment." The queen saw Concubine Chen's face darkening in an instant, and naturally knew the concerns in her heart. "But if that kid is bad, I won't tell you about it. In the end, he is a descendant, his parents are from a good background, and when the time comes, if he really agrees on a marriage with Lu'er, I will definitely go to His Majesty to intercede in person, find an official and a half-position for the child, and fight for Lu'er's dignity in the future. ”

The rule of the Jokhang is that if the princess's concubine does not have an official position before marriage, she will generally give the five-grade official position to the concubine.

Concubine Chen was moved by what the queen said, and the third son of the prince of Zhenguo was the nephew of the queen's mother. When the time comes, the queen will really come forward to ask for dignity for him, and maybe he can be knighted.

"The queen is thoughtful for Lu'er, and the concubine is deeply grateful to her mother." Concubine Chen thought about it in her heart and moved sincerely. "The children of the Zhenguo Mansion are indeed good, if the mother is willing to pull the strings from it, the concubine naturally didn't say anything. But Lu'er's temper is here, wait for the concubine to go back and discuss the matter with her. ”

"Well, this kind of thing is Lu'er's life's event. You're right, we can't think well here, we have to ask the kids to nod their heads. The queen said deliberately. It's just that you have to hurry, my sister-in-law is also anxious to see the marriage for that child. It's not good for me to stop people, anyway, you go back and talk to Lu'er about this as soon as possible. ”

"Good..... Good. When Concubine Chen said this, she couldn't wait to get up and go back to her yard immediately, and immediately pulled Xiao Lu to explain this matter to her. The concubine will not continue to harass the mother now, and the concubine will immediately go back to her courtyard to persuade Lu'er to live up to the queen's wishes. ”

"Hey, if only you knew my hard work." The queen mother took Concubine Chen's hand and sent her all the way to the outside of the courtyard, saying. "Don't be impatient, there are children who can't turn a corner for a while."

"Yes, Queen." Concubine Chen was anxious to leave, and after hurriedly saluting the queen, she left with her palace maid.

When Concubine Chen left her yard, she was still full of sadness. But when she hurriedly brought people back from outside, she was unstoppably happy.

She walked back to her room quickly, and while ordering someone to serve her to clean her face, she also instructed someone to go to Xiao Lu's house and invite Xiao Lu to come and talk.

The palace maid received the order and immediately went to Xiao Lu's room to spread the word, but it turned out to bring bad news to Concubine Chen.