The Road Back to Beijing (I) (II)

As a royal princess, it is common to marry far away and get married. It's just that the Great Zhou soldiers have been strong and strong in recent years, and the surrounding countries dare not act rashly, and the Great Zhou royal family does not need to sacrifice the princess to appease these subject countries, and this method has not been used for many years. Over the years, South Vietnam has been very honest, and the Great Zhou State also has a lot of internal affairs, so it has no energy to take care of it. However, the old emperor of Nanyue was old, and the princes were infighting. The prince of Nanyue consulted with the empress and decided to marry the royal princess of the Great Zhou Dynasty. In this way, with the Great Zhou royal family in town, the other princes who are eyeing each other will be more restrained.

The letter of marriage proposal of the prince of Nanyue has long been handed to the palace. Except for following the eldest son of the Tang family to Jing'an in Guanxi, the princesses in the palace were in a trance, lest this marriage fall on their heads. Although Jing Chen is not the oldest of the four marriageable princesses, she does not have the queen's mother, and her status in the palace is not as good as Jing An.

However, Concubine Chen's position in the palace is not low, how can she be more noble than another princess of the right age, Jinghua, to say it decently. Jinghua's mother was originally a dancer in the palace music workshop, but the emperor occasionally blessed her on a whim, and then forgot about her completely. It wasn't until the eunuch from the palace desk came to report that the dancer was pregnant, and the emperor remembered. casually sealed her as a nobleman, and after giving birth to a child, no one mentioned this nobleman in front of the emperor. Therefore, Jinghua is the most humble among the princesses. With such a background princess, if the emperor values Nanyue Kingdom, he will definitely not let her marry her like this, so as to avoid the misunderstanding that the Great Zhou royal family despises them. Since the queen let Jing'an follow the Tang family brothers to Guanxi, it means that Jing'an wants to marry into the Tang family. Excluding these two people, it is Jing Lan from Jing Chen and Concubine Xi.

A few years ago, Uncle Huang threatened her with this, and asked her to take the initiative to ask for blessings in Jiangnan. Now that the plan has failed, Uncle Huang said like this, which made Jing Chen secretly despise it in his heart, and he would only threaten her, a weak woman, with these things. How could she be so stupid to be threatened by him before? I don't know if the mother concubine was a demon obstacle or what, she would choose this one, and I feel that it is safest to follow her and Yiqing. Jing Chen now feels that maybe marrying Nanyue to be the crown princess is the best ending. Instead of bothering to plan every day, instead of losing the gratitude of her mother and brother, it is very likely that she will go to hell with her mother who is higher than the sky and Yiqing, who is not self-conscious, she might as well go out early and save her life. Although he was a killing god, that sentence was right, as long as she didn't help anyone other than the crown prince, his sword would not be pointed at her. Concubine Chen and Yiqing were too big-hearted, and when the time came, they buried themselves in it, and there were no bones.

"Uncle Huang, if there is anything Jing Chen can help you take care of in Jiangnan, and ask Uncle Huang to plan for Jing Chen. Jing Chen really didn't want to go too far away from his mother. ”

"Uncle Huang can ask you to help, you are precious and noble, it is better to return to Beijing as soon as possible, so as not to worry about your mother."

Jing Chen's heart was full of flames, but he had to bow down: "Uncle Huang, the concubine knows that I am here to do something for Uncle Huang." If she knew that something had gone wrong with me, she wouldn't have let me go when she went back. Uncle Huang might as well give me a chance to make up for my merits, and Jing Chen can give an explanation to my mother when I go back. ”

The scribe smiled slightly: "Lone has already sent someone to the Jiangbei camp, and General Lu of the Jiangbei camp has always been scruples about the princess's childhood sweetheart. Originally, General Lu repeatedly asked to escort the princess from Hangzhou to Jiangbei this time, but Lone never agreed. Now that you are frightened, let General Lu come to Hangzhou to pick you up and escort you all the way to Gyeonggi Province. ”

Jing Chen's scalp tingled a little when he heard this. General Lu, she has known this person since she was very young, the second son of the Rongguo Mansion family in the capital.

The Rongguo Gong of that year was born a bandit, followed the Taizu uprising, has been following the left and right, after the completion of the Great Zhou Dynasty, on meritorious service, was named Rongguo Gong. Those meritorious families are different from the Chen family and the Tang family. The Chen family, the Tang family, all dynasties, no matter who the dynasty replaces, they are all about ensuring the safety of the people in the world. I really don't care so much about who sits on the country. When the war broke out, they did their part to help the people in the war. In the peace of the world, they help maintain the stable livelihood of the people in the world and relieve the sick. The different ways of educating children and nephews also determine the difference between these families and meritorious families. In the family of meritorious service, often one person attains the Tao, and the chicken and dog ascend to heaven. Many people have forgotten their roots, lost the motivation to fight hard and serve the imperial court, and most or most of them live a peaceful and drunk life. Therefore, it often falls after two or three generations. At the beginning of the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, most of the Tang forces were in the people. With the decline of the meritorious children, the Tang Sect accumulated the exploits of guarding the border for the Great Zhou, and became the first general of the Great Zhou. If there is anyone else in the court who can match the Tang Sect now, it is really difficult to find. But there are also some children of meritorious families, although they are a minority, who enter the barracks, pick up the strength left by their ancestors, and occupy a place, and there is still a little capital to compete with the Tang family, among which the Rongguo Mansion is a family.

This also makes the Rongguo Mansion a reason why all forces in the DPRK and China want to win over in addition to the Tang family. At least his brother Yiqing wants to be wooed by his in-laws with the Rongguo Mansion. Since he was a child, Yiqing sometimes took his sister to visit the Rongguo Mansion, and he was very familiar with the two sons of the Lu family. The eldest son Lu Xi and the second son Lu Fan have both learned martial arts since childhood. Rongbin, a scholar of the Rongguo Mansion, also joined the military camp in his early years and made some small military exploits in the area of Annan. For the balance of the court, the royal family specially rewarded the descendants of the meritorious family, and the appreciation was extremely fast. When Lu Xi and Lu Fan became adults, they also went directly to the barracks. Lu Xi will have a national mansion to inherit in the future, some military industry, these years in Annan with his father to create some fame, when the old lady Rongguo passed away a few years ago, reported Ding Wei to return to the capital, to help his mother take care of the affairs of the house. Over the years, Jing Chen and others have reached the marriageable age, and this Lu Xi is also in the ranks of the horse candidates, although Jing Chen is dedicated to Tang Xinjie, but Lu Xi is dignified and has an extraordinary family background, and as a candidate is no exception.

It's just that Lu Xi has always stayed away from her, even when she was young, she rarely gave her a straight eye when everyone was having fun together. On the contrary, it was Lu Fan, who often came to her side. Although Lu Fan is not as thick as an ordinary soldier, he can only be said to be upright, and he is not tall, standing on par with Jing Chen. In addition to his family background, this Lu Fan is clever, and he is good up and down in the army, so his current position is similar to his father's position in the army.

Because the two sons of the Lu family were in the army, they had already reached the age of marriage and did not marry the main family. Because of the status of the Guogong Mansion and Lu Fan's status in the army, there are actually a lot of people who come to the door to say goodbye. Because Lu Xi has a knighthood, his requirements for his wife are beautiful and pleasing to him. Lu Fan is different, there is no title waiting for him, everything depends on himself. In addition to Jing Chen's tomboy personality when he was a child, the most important thing is her identity as a princess. Jing Chen was also selected because Yiqing was not a candidate for the crown prince, and there was no possibility of competition between him and the superiors, so the position of this concubine was relatively safe. Everyone thought the same way, and before today, Jing Chen thought the same way.

At this moment, Uncle Huang said this, which can only show one point, Lu Fan is on Uncle Huang's side, at least the person that Uncle Huang wants to woo. Wealth is in danger, which is also reasonable for Lu Fan, who does not have a title. But Jing Chen really didn't like this dwarf who stalked her. What's more, he has a very bad reputation in that regard. In Beijing, it was rumored that the second son of the Guogong Mansion was born in the army, and he was too powerful, and many Hualou women were folded in his hands. She didn't want to lose her life like this.

"Uncle Huang," although he was used to being pinched by Uncle Huang, Jing Chen still decided to explain his words first: "My niece really has no intention of General Lu. ”

"General Lu is a young man, and with the Rongguo Mansion behind him, it is better than marrying Nanyue from afar. If you really go to South Vietnam, with the character of your mother and Yiqing, how long do you think they will live? If the crown prince of Nanyue Kingdom sits firmly in the throne and your mother loses power, what do you think you still have to rely on in Nanyue Kingdom? ”

There are more and more feminine women in the south, and there are also many dancing girls in the palace who pay tribute from there every year, and Jing Chen naturally knows what the fate of marriage as a transaction will be.

"Uncle Huang doesn't want to force you, you grew up under Uncle Huang's watch. The choice is yours. ”

Jing Chen smiled bitterly, when did Uncle Huang scruple about family affection. She has always been jealous of Uncle Huang, but she didn't expect that Uncle Huang even received Lu Fan and Jiangbei Daying. She sighed weakly in her heart, it's not that she's unfilial as a daughter, it's really that the imperial uncle is too strong. The father and the emperor are suspicious everywhere in the capital, there are countless beauties in the harem, and it is okay to be separated from the queen, but he is also separated from the emperor's grandmother, which is really the rhythm of death. She really can't be blamed for taking refuge in the imperial uncle in order to save her life, for her mother and brother. In that position, if the father is not self-righteous and does not separate from the queen mother, how can he take advantage of others to take advantage of loopholes? Uncle Huang has always been ruthless, and she can't save her life if she doesn't take refuge. Anyway, my father has so many women and children, he doesn't care about it, she still saves her life.

Just thinking of her new master, Jing Chen, is a spirit. The man opposite saw her change and thought that she was shocked by his words, and couldn't help but show a smile: "Among my nieces, you are really the smartest one." ”

In the evening, Jing Chen had to cheer up and go back to the post house to deal with Lu Fan from Jiangbei. After three times of drinking, Lu Fan's true form was revealed, and he looked at Jing Chen without any scruples, and after looking at her beautiful face greedily, his eyes wandered around her white jade-like neck and the mountains below, as if he had forgotten the wine glass he was holding in his hand, and a glass of wine was unconsciously poured on Jing Chen's sleeve. Then he hurriedly wiped her with his hands, taking advantage of his arms and elbows.