The fifth girl, Xue Dongrong, is the second daughter of the second room, and when she was to be married, she married into the Xiao family as a concubine. Although the rumors praised her for her love and righteousness, everyone knew that as the daughter of the Hou Mansion, she made the Xue family lose face. In the end, the Xiao family made compensation, but it couldn't make up for the Xue family's losses.

Since she was exiled with Xiao Xuanqin, the fifth son of the Xiao family, the Xue family rarely mentioned her.

Dongyu didn't know why the queen mother mentioned it at this moment, and affectionately called her "fifth sister".

She was a little wary.

The queen took the initiative to mention the fifth girl, Xue Dongrong, but the others did not have an interface. Everyone knows it, they don't know what Niangniang wants, and they don't dare to touch the mold.

“…… When His Majesty is in better health, the palace will definitely intercede with His Majesty and let the fifth sister return to Kyoto. Although we have many sisters, but our own sisters do not support each other, who will think about us? The queen sighed.

Xue Shufei's heart moved, she remembered something, and lowered her head slightly.

Duchess Shan Guo has always been cautious. Although the queen is her own sister who loved her when she was young, the gift of the monarch and the minister cannot be abolished. She didn't dare to come forward and say something considerate.

Dong Yu was even more puzzled in his heart, so he naturally didn't answer.

"I don't know how the fifth sister is doing lately, do you have any news of her?" The queen asked the Duchess of Shan Guo and Dong Yuan.

Duchess Shan Guo thought for a while and said, "The fifth sister and the fifth brother-in-law are not far away, just in the countryside of Jinan Mansion. The grandmother said to give the Zhuangzi of Jinan Mansion to the fifth sister, but the fifth brother-in-law did not want it. The last time I went back, I heard from my mother that they rented some fields, and the fifth brother-in-law went to work in the fields by himself. The help sent by the family, the five brothers-in-law don't want it. Later, it was not good to send it again. The fifth brother-in-law is strong and strong, but he is not hungry for the fifth sister. ”

Hearing this, the queen mother was slightly stunned.

Then, she sighed and said, "It is said that the fifth son of the Xiao family is a gentleman. Now it seems. There is a handful of hard bones. ”

As he spoke, there was a few reliefs in his tone.

Dong Yu had also heard Sheng Xiuyi say some of these words earlier.

For Xiao Xuanqin's behavior. The Xue family has both praise and depreciation.

The old marquis and the old lady admired Xiao Xuanqin's toughness; Others ridiculed him for not knowing the times. The second lady couldn't bear it, so she secretly wiped her tears several times, and often asked the third young master to send some gold and silver money to Xue Dongrong. Xiao Xuanqin still didn't accept it.

Xue Dongrong listened to her husband in everything, and the angry second lady wiped her tears all night.

Dong Ying and Sheng Xiuyi both felt that Xiao Xuanqin was good, but it was the Xiao family who affected him.

"It's hard to speak now." The queen said, "When I find a good time, this palace will tell Your Majesty about this." Let the fifth brother-in-law and the fifth sister return to Beijing. They are just side branches, and they have never followed Xiao Yanfei to do evil. Can Your Majesty forgive those vassal officials, but not the concubines of the side branches? ”

"Niangniang, now Your Majesty is not in good health, and his temper is not very good......" Xue Shufei reminded in a low voice on the side.

Your Majesty's condition. Doesn't the queen know? But Xue Shufei still told the queen, which shows that she has always been the queen's intelligence agent by the emperor's side.

Dongyu looked at Concubine Xue Shu and understood why she was favored by the queen.

The queen mother laughed: "This palace knows that it will not argue with His Majesty." But there is always great joy. When the prince is newly married, shouldn't he be amnesty to the world? ”

The crown prince is newly married?

Dong Yu is a spirit.

She felt that the main purpose of announcing her entry into the palace this time was finally talked about by the queen mother.

Duchess Shan Guo didn't hear that the prince had chosen a concubine, and she was slightly surprised when she suddenly heard the queen say this. asked, "Niangniang, is the prince getting married?" ”

The queen mother smiled, glanced at Dong Yu, and then said: "Your Majesty is not in good health, and I want to choose a concubine for the prince when he is ten years old." The crown prince will be ten years old next year......"

That is to say, the crown prince will get married next year.

"Congratulations. Congratulations to the Crown Prince. Duchess Shan Guo was sincerely happy, the queen's son was about to get married, which was naturally a great joy, and she asked again, "Whose daughter is the crown princess?" ”

"It's not ......decided yet," the queen said.

Dongyu raised her eyes to look, and saw the queen looking at herself.

She vaguely guessed seven or eight points in her heart.

It made her so nervous, and she thought that it was Emperor Yuanchang who announced her to enter the palace, but it turned out that it was not! Her heart finally returned to its place.

The candidate for the crown princess has not yet been decided, and the queen mother said that the prince will be pardoned when the prince is happy and let the fifth girl Xue Dongrong return to Beijing.

On the surface, these words were promised benefits to the Xue family, but Dong Yu heard the deep meaning at this moment.

She was thinking about it when she heard the Duchess of Shan Guo ask, "Has anyone chosen one?" ”

The queen smiled gently: "I heard from the attendants beside His Majesty, it seems that there are several young ladies in the family." The first point is the eldest granddaughter of Princess Wenjing. The eldest princess Wenjing is His Majesty's aunt, and it is naturally best to be close to each other; Second, it is Yongningbo's eldest granddaughter. Yongningbo is the cousin of the Queen Mother and a relative, and although the grandson of Yongningbo's Mansion is young, she has a good name and has been brilliant since she was a child. There is another one, which is our sister Rui's ......"

Sister Rui is Xue Fengrui, the eldest daughter of Xue Huajing, the eldest brother of Dongyuan.

The emperor wanted to choose a concubine for the crown prince, and the first one chose his aunt's granddaughter; and then chose the granddaughter of the Queen Mother's mother's family; In the end, it is the granddaughter of the queen's mother's family.

The emperor's meaning is probably that he doesn't want the daughter of the Xue family to be selected, lest the queen mother and the queen's maiden family will be the Xue family in the future.

The relatives of the Xue family are too powerful and suppress the emperor!

Using the former descendants to balance the new descendants is probably what the emperor wants.

And if the queen wants to be in the harem forever, she needs a queen who is the same heart as herself. Who is safer than their own niece?

Even if the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother will have differences in the future, the backing of their desire to maintain their rights is the Xue family, and they don't need to fight.

Once people have tasted the delicious taste of power, they don't want to let go.

The queen mother entered the prince's mansion when she was a teenager, and at that time she and Sheng Guifei were a few years older than the prince, and watched the prince and the princess of the same age fall in love. They are always on the sidelines.

Then the princess's personality changed day by day, and she gradually lost the prince's favor. But Xue Liangdi is getting older day by day. At that time, the prince's love for women would only be transferred to younger women. It won't be her, a Liangdi who is older than the prince.

She probably never enjoyed her husband's love in her life.

She survived from Liangdi to the crown prince's accession to the throne and became the imperial concubine. was suppressed by the queen mother and the queen again, until the queen's maiden family was in turmoil and the queen died violently. The Queen Mother is ill, and she can come out.

Judging from the shadow left by the most youthful years, the current Empress Xue is a kind person regardless of whether she is a kind person or not. At least she's a person who values her rights.

Dongying understood that the only reason why the queen mother could help the seriously ill Emperor Yuanchang to meet Dongyu privately was the problem of the crown princess.

And now, the queen mother has probably not had a showdown with the emperor.

"Although this palace is the prince's mother, the prince's choice of concubines is a major matter of the country, how can this palace interfere?" The queen mother smiled a little helplessly, "Your Majesty values grandfather now. Besides. It is about Lord Shichai of Kanbunden University and Lord Qin of the Ministry of War. The crown prince chooses a concubine, and His Majesty will definitely ask a few of them. However, this palace has heard His Majesty praise the crown prince and young master Sheng Xiuyi several times, and the prince also mentioned the good ...... of young master Sheng from time to time in front of this palace."

Dongyu is already very sure of the queen's purpose of announcing her entry into the palace.

She needs Sheng Xiuyi to stand in line and stand on the side of the Xue family.

The emperor and the crown prince attached great importance to Sheng Xiuyi's opinions, and Sheng Xiuyi's attitude was very important.

With the weight of the Marquis of Zhenxian and the young master of the crown prince. It can probably add a lot of chips to Xue Fengrui.

"Niangniang's false reputation, Your Majesty and the crown prince have won the award." Dong Ying said modestly, "My grandson's knowledge is shallow, but he relies on his grandfather's recommendation to contribute to the prince's ......."

"Ninth sister doesn't have to be too humble." The queen mother interrupted Dong Yu's words, "This palace knows the ability of the ninth brother-in-law. This palace is just you sisters. These brothers-in-law will be relied on by the palace and the prince in the future. ”

Dong Ying smiled bitterly in his heart.

It turns out that this is politics.

Dongyu had no choice but to say: "My grandson will definitely be loyal to Your Majesty, Niangniang and the Crown Prince." The crown prince is not only the master of his grandson, but also his student. Only when everything goes well with the crown prince can the grandson rest assured......"

The queen mother was satisfied.

Then he spoke for a long time. Before leaving, she also praised Dongyi's intelligence, Sheng Xiuyi has a good wife, and her future is limitless.

Dong Ying and Duchess Shan Guo came out of Kunning Palace, and as soon as they took a few steps, Concubine Xue Shu chased after them.

"Ninth sister. Have you ever been to worship the tenth sister? Xue Shufei had tears in her eyes.

Duchess Shan Guo couldn't stay aside, so she had to leave first.

When Duchess Shan Guo walked away, Xue Shufei suddenly fell under her feet and almost slipped, and Dong Ying and a female official hurriedly helped her.

She pushed away the female official's hand and only let Dong Ying hold her.

The two were very close, and she whispered to Dong Yu: "Ninth sister, don't disobey the queen." His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a well-known filial son, and His Majesty is not in good health, so he won't be able to last next spring. ”

What she meant was: Your Majesty is not in good health, and he will die next spring at the latest; And after the crown prince came to power, he would naturally be filial to his mother in everything. The queen doesn't like others to disobey her. If she doesn't get her wish this time, she will take revenge on Sheng Xiuyi and Dongyu in the future.

Concubine Xue also heard what the queen mother meant.

Then, she stood up straight, and then officially said goodbye to Dongjin.

"Don't worry, the concubine knows it." Dongyu saluted Concubine Xue Shu, "Niangniang is blessed with longevity and health, and the little princess is a thousand years old." ”

Xue Shufei's vision became a little blurred. There was a female official from the queen's mother to send Dongyu, but she finally didn't say anything, turned around and walked back to her palace slowly.

Dong Ying looked back. In the heavy snow, she was wearing a blue-gray windbreaker, her back was delicate and graceful, but she was silent.

Dongyu remembered her reluctance at that moment, and her heart was a little sad. The queen mother can still see her mother and sisters at all times, and she can only stay alone in the lonely palace.

Seeing that she knew the queen's personality so well and was liked by the queen, she finally had a place to rely on, and Dongyi's heart felt better.

Slowly walked out of Kunning Palace, and the female official helped Dongyu into the carriage, and then turned around and returned to the main hall.

The queen has been waiting for the female official's reply. To be continued