Chapter 216: Family
Sister Chu heard Xiao Xuan say this, and thought that before leaving yesterday, Lord Su had specially instructed her that it was enough to listen to her sister-in-law when she went out, so she stopped insisting and obediently accepted all those things.
Xiao Xuan sat in the hall closest to the eldest princess of Yongshou, and Sister Chu was also arranged to sit down beside her. For this reason, when the ladies who went to the banquet came to the hall to greet the eldest princess of Yongshou, and by the way, they also wanted to greet Xiao Xuan, so they would naturally notice Sister Chu sitting next to Xiao Xuan.
Xiao Xuan took the trouble to introduce Sister Chu to others, and after listening to Sister Chu'er's life experience, the thoughts in the hearts of the ladies began to keep calculating.
After all, if there is no boy of the right age in his family, there are few boys of this age in his family. Unlike the children of ordinary people's families, when the boys of officials and families reach about the same age, the elders of the family have to start looking for suitable marriage candidates.
After all, marriage is a lifelong event, and it is not enough to look at appearance and background, talent, conduct, etc. are all criteria that need to be considered.
Duan Shaolan and Sister Chu's biological mother's appearance is not bad, and Duan Chengwen was also a young man when he was young, so Duan Shaolan and Sister Chu'er were born well. Duan Shaolan is handsome, Sister Chu is soft, and both of them have chosen the best advantages of their biological father and mother to grow up.
The ladies took advantage of the efforts to speak in the hall, and first began to quietly and silently look at Sister Chu'er's appearance. After looking at Sister Chu'er's appearance, and after listening to Xiao Xuan's introduction of Sister Chu'er's identity, she felt a little more calculating in her heart.
Sister Chu is the sister-in-law of Princess Zhaoyue's concubine, although the biological mother of the two is just an aunt, but the biological mother of their brother and sister has passed away for many years, and the county lord of Duansu has opened an ancestral hall when their brother and sister were just born, and they have been recorded in their own names and become her children who have a reputation under her knees. Although the Duansu County Lord successfully gave birth to his own child not long ago, Duan Shaolan became the concubine of Princess Zhaoyue, Emperor Chu's favorite, and was successfully promoted from the Jinqi Guard to the military department a while ago.
You must know that Duan Shaolan's grandfather, Zhen Guogong, has been fighting horses all his life, not only has a lot of prestige in the army, but also has a lot of connections in the military department. Now that Duan Lian, the righteous son of Zhenguo Gong, is serving in the army, Duan Shaolan went to the military department at this time, and it was Emperor Chu who intended to let Zhen Guogong hand over his connections to Duan Shaolan.
The ladies who can walk in the imperial capital all the year round have their own small account books in their hearts, and the relationship between the first room and the second room of the prince of Zhenguo has not been harmonious for a long time, and it is not a secret that the queen deliberately intervened in the marriage of Shaolan in the imperial capital two years ago.
The Zhenguo Mansion is now in the limelight in the imperial capital, there are only two princesses under the knees of Emperor Chu, although they are both princesses, but Emperor Chu does not have princesses, Princess Nan'an and Princess Zhaoyue are both from the royal family, as long as they do not make big mistakes in the future, their future honor is guaranteed.
According to the rules of the Jokhang dynasties, the children born to the princesses who married abroad can be crowned with the title of county king, and the eldest daughter and the queen can be awarded the title of county lord.
But as long as the princesses don't make any big mistakes, and the number of children is not very large, almost every child can fall into a knighthood.
And now the two princesses under the knee of Emperor Chu are married to the Zhenguo Mansion, Nan'an Princess Xiao Lu married the third son of the prince of Zhenguo - the nephew of the queen's mother, and now she has given birth to the eldest daughter, her eldest daughter is the first grandchild of Emperor Chu, Emperor Chu Longyan Dayue does not wait for the princess's daughter and the old practice of being able to be sealed, and she has named her eldest daughter as the county lord early, but there is no fief for the time being.
Emperor Chu's favorite daughter, Princess Zhaoyue, was only married to Duan Shaolan, the eldest son of Duan Chengwen, the second room of the Zhenguo Mansion, and she was married for a short time and had no heirs, but her biological mother was the long-lasting concubine of Emperor Liu, and her grandmother was still the eldest princess of Yongshou, and she also had two princesses, among which the most advantageous King Qin was her eldest brother.
Xiao Lu's concubine Duan Shao took the civil official route, because he married Xiao Lu before the Spring Festival, so naturally he no longer had to take the road of the imperial examination of thousands of troops and horses crowded with a single wooden bridge, he has now entered the Hanlin Academy, and he has done a few errands at present, and has been praised by Emperor Chu several times.
Xiao Xuan's concubines Duan Shaolan and Duan Shaoyou are cousins, and the route they take is more like that of a child born in the Zhenguo Mansion, he has served in the Jinqi Guard a few years ago, and now he is serving in the military department, which inevitably makes people think that Emperor Chu is more biased towards Xiao Xuan's concubine.
The prince of the Zhenguo Mansion and Duan Chengwen have been at odds for many years, and Duan Chengwen and Duan Shaolan may not support the queen's adopted son, not to mention that in the Jiangnan theft of official salt that Duan Shaolan was sent to Jiangnan, it was precisely because of the evidence of Qin Ling and Duan Shaolan that Duan Chengwen's father and son kept that the Yongchang Earl's Mansion was severely damaged, and the queen's adopted son was named the king of Jinjun, and it seemed that he had completely lost the qualification to compete for the throne.
At present, Duan Shaolan not only married Xiao Xuan, but also went to the military department, it is more like Emperor Chu chose a powerful helper for King Qin, and Duan Shaolan himself is also a friend of King Yi, King Qin's own brother.
Sister Chu has Duansu County Lord, the mother-in-law of the Xianwang Mansion, and Xiao Xuan and Duan Shaolan, two brothers and sisters-in-law, I am afraid that her future marriage match will indeed be able to go to the next level.
Everyone figured these things out, and the only flaws on Sister Chu'er, such as her biological mother not being obvious, her personality being a little timid, and not looking generous enough, were suddenly ignored in the eyes of those ladies
Although Sister Chu'er's background and temperament are not good at being the eldest daughter-in-law or clan wife who will help her mother-in-law run the house and manage affairs in the future, it is enough to be a young daughter-in-law who does not have to take care of things in the family.
Those ladies thought of this in their hearts, and they eagerly approached Xiao Xuan, introduced themselves to Xiao Xuan one after another, and rushed to talk to Sister Chu. It was the first time for Sister Chu to encounter such a sought-after scene for herself, and she was still a little uncomfortable, but fortunately, with Xiao Xuan by her side, she finally coped with it properly.
After a while, the people around their aunt and sister-in-law dispersed a little.
Sister Chu carefully stroked her chest and let out a long breath, at this time she already had a lot of good things on her hands, all of which were the greeting gifts that the ladies who had just come over to talk had to take them down and stuff them for Sister Chu.
Seeing that Xiao Xuan didn't talk much, Sister Chu learned a lesson, and asked the maid next to her to accept those things without asking Xiao Xuan again. Seeing this, Xiao Xuan nodded slightly with a smile.
The day's banquet finally dispersed, and Duan Shaolan personally brought the carriage from the princess's mansion to pick up Xiao Xuan and Sister Chu back to the house.
"Sister Chu, how is it today?" Hearing the movement inside, Duan Shaolan turned over and dismounted to pick up Xiao Xuan and Sister Chu, who were walking outside.
"Brother, are you here to take us home?" Sister Chu let Xiao Xuan lead her obediently outside, and she was extremely happy to see her brother come to pick her up. "I'm doing well today, and I've received a lot of gifts."
Duan Shaolan turned his head sideways, and sure enough, he found that the arms of the two maids behind Sister Chu were full of things.
Duan Shaolan saw that Sister Chu seemed to have a lot of courage after a day, and touched Sister Chu's head with great relief and said.
"Sister Chu is amazing."
Back at the house, Xiao Xuan knew that Duan Shaolan had gone to the mansion of the eldest princess of Yongshou to pick them up without even eating at night, and he was suddenly distressed. As soon as he entered the backyard, he was busy calling Suihong out.
But after calling for a long time, Suihong didn't appear, but Dan Tang ran out in a hurry.
"You first order someone to prepare some easy-to-cook meals." Xiao Xuan wondered. "What about the Spikes? I remember she's still on the line today. ”
"Back to the princess, there is a family at the side door today, more than a dozen men and women came to look for Sister Suihong, and Sister Suihong went out to see for a while, and those people began to move towards Sister Suihong, and I don't know where I want to drag Sister Suihong." Dan Tang said with a still palpitating expression. "Fortunately, the concierge in the house found out in time and rescued Sister Suihong back to the house, but they let those people run away."
"What?!" Xiao Xuan was really frightened, and hurriedly asked about the follow-up situation. "How's Spike now?"
"Back to the princess, Sister Suihong was only a little frightened, and she was slightly injured when she was pulled and dragged, but the wound was treated." Dan Tachibana replied. "Sister Suihong is going back to rest now, is the princess going to call Sister Suihong to come over today to ask questions?"
"That's not necessary, you send a message to her for me, I don't need her to come to me to serve in the next few days, let her recuperate and rest with peace of mind, I will give her a few more days off." Sui Hong was originally the first proud person by Concubine Liu's side, and Xiao Xuan was willing to give her relative decency. "Let her rest assured, when she is well, I will let people find out who the person who shot at her is, and she is angry for her."
"Then the princess doesn't have to do anything more, when Sister Suihong was rescued again, she told the slaves and maids that the people who came to her were her parents, brothers and sisters-in-law, who knew that Sister Suihong was given to the princess to serve out of the palace, saying that she chose a family affair for Sister Suihong and took her home to get married." When Dan Tang said this, he couldn't help but feel a little aggrieved by Suihong. "The slave maid heard that they were looking for a widower in his fifties for Sister Suihong, and even the eldest son was more than ten years older than Suihong, and today their family even took advantage of the chaos to drag down the jade pendant and hairpin on Sister Suihong's body and snatched it away."
Suihong has been by the side of Emperor Liu's concubine for many years, and Concubine Liuhuang has always been a generous hand-gift, so she gave Suihong a lot of fabrics and jewelry. Therefore, Suihong's clothing and dress are not inferior to the average official lady.