In order to prevent foreign relatives from interfering in politics, Daming's concubine cannot be a duke or an official of the imperial court, so once he is selected as a concubine, her son's court road will be cut off.

The colt sounds good, but it's just a fictitious job in name only. A man who can't eat and live with his wife, can't display his ambitions, and even gets reprimanded and ridiculed by the emperor for the slightest inappropriateness is no better alive than dead.

Just as he was looking at the cold ground and distracted, the voice above his head said: "Who of these two is a colt, you can choose one." ”

Wen Wan laughed at herself, and all thoughts were empty at this moment: "The princess has golden branches and jade leaves, but the courtier's two sons are mortal in the flesh, and the courtiers think that the dog and the princess are not compatible." Besides, when it comes to the dog's life, the courtiers have to ask the husband of the family what he means. ”

The voice above his head did not distinguish between joy and anger, but Wen Wan felt his scalp tingle when he heard it: "In this way, no matter which one it is, you don't want to?" ”

Wen Wan nodded, and her voice was firm: "Yes, courtier......"

Almost at the same time as the word "yes" fell, the emperor "snapped" and put down the imperial pen to interrupt her: "Oh? So, the princess who has been held in the palm of my hand since childhood, your Lin family can't look down on it? ”

Wen Wan only said: "The courtiers don't dare, it's just that the courtiers still want their two sons to continue to serve the country and be loyal to the Ming Dynasty; Yu's two sons are still young, and the courtiers still want to see a few more families who are the right people, so they are not in a hurry. ”

The majestic voice above his head cooled: "The word loyalty does not come from the gossip of the upper and lower mouths. ”

Wen Wan put her head on the ground and said softly: "What the emperor said is that the courtiers and sons have traveled thousands of miles to Jiangsu and Zhejiang for disaster relief and saved thousands of refugees from fire and water at this time of ice and snow; The courtiers and children go out early and return to the evening every day to take charge of the military defense of the capital, and push the prison case, so that the Son of Heaven can govern in an orderly manner and the people live and work in peace and contentment. ”

Rao is Emperor Tianshun has been moody for a long time, and when he heard Wen Wan's thick-skinned words, he couldn't help but breathe.

Sima, who had no real power and had nothing to do to collect her son's military power, turned out to be an important position in this woman's mouth.

But the woman also said: "The courtiers think that the matter of their children talking about marriage should be a family matter, and the emperor is the king and the father, but she only summons the courtiers to the palace to discuss or does not issue a decree to grant marriage. ”

Emperor Tianshun smiled: "Sure enough, she is a woman in the market, and she does things with all her will." If you don't think about yourself, you should think about your two children and think about your Lin family. ”

Wen Wan raised her head, glanced at the faintly impatient Son of Heaven and said, "Please forgive the courtiers for being stupid, I don't know what Your Majesty means by this." For the sake of the Lin family, dare to ask the emperor what are the benefits of my son as a concubine for the Lin family? My son is not a colt, so what harm is there to the Lin family?

Could it be that the emperor is the king of a country, and marrying a daughter will threaten the lives of others at every turn? ”

Emperor Tianshun choked, and only after a long time did he say: "Okay, good!" Very good! It was I who underestimated you, and if you want a holy decree, I will give you a holy decree! If your Lin family dares to disrespect the will, be careful of your heads. ”

Wen Wan looked at those icy eyes: "Oh, that courtier is waiting at home to be killed, and the courtier is leaving." ”

After speaking, no matter how Emperor Tianshun exposed his muscles, and how the chief eunuch who was born on that face was in a hurry, he got up and walked out of the main hall of Qianqing Palace.

After leaving the gate of the Qianqing Palace, Wen Wan stood in place for a while, and the little eunuch who heard the Qianqing Palace smashing the cup and bowl also trembled and urged her for a while, and then she walked away.

As for the summons of the Qian family, who was staring at the Qianqing Palace at the critical moment but had no trace at that moment, Wen Wan only sneered and treated it as if she had not heard of it.

It may not be difficult for others to help you in ordinary times, but it is difficult to ask others to help you when it comes to your own interests.

In Kunning Palace, the Qian family, who had received the eunuch's report, waited for people to retreat before saying to the palace maid beside him: "Qingyuan, do you think this is the case?" ”

Qingyuan bowed his head and said respectfully to the Qian family: "After so many years, the slave maid has never seen the Lin Wen clan really bow their heads to anyone. ”

Qian smiled faintly, too, the woman's weakness and obedience have always been pretended. The dignity engraved in her bones can not be stepped on by anyone.

As soon as Wen Wan walked out of the palace gate, she whispered a few words to Mrs. Fang who was waiting at the gate of the palace, and when Mrs. Fang nodded after listening, she got into the sedan chair with the stove.

When I got home, it was almost evening, and the two ladies of Qu Hou, who were waiting at the Lin family, smiled: "If you don't come back, we will send someone to look for you at the palace gate." ”

"The queen mother got a human-tall coral there, and summoned me to take a look, and the color was bright and easy to look at." Wen Wan said.

The two women who were nervous let go of their hearts hanging in their throats and said with a smile: "It was for this reason, it seems that Sister Wan is very valued by the queen, but we are worried in vain!" ”

Seeing Wen Wan smiling and silent, Mrs. Qu said again: "You are also tired, go and freshen up and rest, we will go back and come to the door another day." ”

When he arrived at the door, he said, "It's a cold day." ”

yes, it's a cold day.

Wen Wan looked out the door, except for the occasional sound of the north wind blowing snow drops against the window paper, it was a hazy black. The hall is brightly lit and warm like a spring day. On both sides of the door, the red plum blossoms in the mandarin duck pink porcelain jar are open, and the cold room is fragrant.

When the sky was completely dark, Wen Wancai stood at the door with the fat rice balls clapping her hands and welcomed her ingots, and there was a greeting between mother and son.

At this time, Mr. Wang also went to the dining room with Wanwan, and after the family finished talking, they had dinner and wine, and they went back to each courtyard after a lively time.

Before going to bed, Wen Wan was dressed in homely clothes, with black hair tied up in a bun at will, and a branch of emerald magnolia hairpin was inserted obliquely to accompany Lin's father and mother to talk for a while, and looked at the children.

sat on the side of the bed and said to the other mother-in-law: "Let the rice balls sleep with me today, it's cold, and I will add a pot at noon tomorrow." ”

Mrs. Fang tried to test the water temperature of her feet for her, and said with a smile: "I know, with you thinking about it inside and out, my brother and sister can't freeze." The water is a little hot, and you are just in time to get tired. ”

Wen Wan nodded, and complained to her while taking off her socks: "A-Yuan said that he would come back in January, and there is no one in this month, so talking doesn't count!" ”

Mrs. Fang couldn't help laughing: "In two days, the eldest prince will settle down and go back, and the snow will stop."

Wen Wan let her wipe her feet and turned around and got into the brocade quilt, and waited for her to bring the rice balls before she fell asleep peacefully.

Early in the morning of the second day, Wen Wan got up as usual, and Mrs. Fang, who was guarding the brocade tent, said: "The sky is a little cloudy, Mrs. should sleep a little longer." ”

"I'm used to it at this hour, but I still have something to do today, where can I sleep again?" As he spoke, he opened the tent and walked to the bronze mirror to let the maid dress up and freshen up.

I had breakfast with my children and sent the ingots to the court as usual.

When they left, Wen Wancai sat quietly in the chair in the living room, leaning on the armrest of the chair and looking at the wide open courtyard door and the servants who were in a hurry, feeling that everything mattered.