The concubine An Huatang will be fifteen in the coming year.

An Huatang's mother was originally the most useful maid beside Mrs. An Futai, and she was the third aunt who lifted her face and opened her face. The wife of the head of the Anfu, Tu, is the daughter of a military marquis, and in terms of means and temper, she naturally has two catties. Therefore, the third aunt's room, under the eaves of the Tu family, has never really raised her head.

If you want to be mean, but there is none. It's just that under the control of the Tu family, the word "concubine" in Anfu has never passed. An Huatang is a smart person, who reads and writes faster than ordinary women, and has a delicate mind. But since she was born, she has been living under the haze of her sister-in-law's An Zhenchun.

Lejing is the imperial capital, and the reputation of the nobles and daughters in the city is also an important topic of conversation after dinner. Since childhood, people in Beicheng have heard that there is a beautiful Miss Eleven in Anfu, who can write poems and paintings at the age of six or seven, and is a daughter with good character. No one has ever paid attention to it, and this fourteenth lady also works hard to write and paint, just to be able to walk in front of people one day.

But no one talked about her.

My aunt always said to An Huatang, it doesn't matter. It's like this, and when you grow up, you have to try to marry a beautiful Lang Jun. Marriage is a woman's second life, and in this marriage event, she must be overwhelmed.

Anfu and Annan Dadu Huliu clan are world friends, and when the Liu family visits, the third aunt always makes An Huatang and the Liu family's daughter Liu Anran close. There are many young talents in the Liu family, and Liu's father is a second-grade high-ranking official, which is a rare high-ranking family. However, Liu Anran, the concubine of the Liu family, has a noble and arrogant personality, and she is full of Miss Qianjin's exquisiteness, so she didn't care much about her humble concubine when she was a child.

Miss Liu and Sister An Zhuchun are handkerchiefs, and they always have so many words to say. The fashionable shark pearl glass and gold step they talked about, she had never seen it; The Songxue Dao people they said were lone Motuo, and she had never copied them; The shocking Gongsun dance they talked about, she had never learned.

The daughter of the grandmother has a lot of knowledge, and she can't compare to them, and she can't talk to them. She even hated her aunt, why she was so humble, why she couldn't give her the glory of her daughter-in-law.

But An Huatang still has a glimmer of hope, that is, waiting to get married. She is going to marry into an official family...... No, you have to serve the purple officer...... No, to the princes and nobles. She wants to suppress her sister in marriage.

But things in the world are so unpredictable. Sister An Zhenchun actually married into the emperor's family. She married the most noble man in the world, and married the supreme man in the world who is both civil and military. An Huatang was stunned for a long time for this matter.

Later, she heard about it. Her sister-in-law, who was married to the king, wanted to marry her to a man surnamed Zhang, and only one uncle in the poor family was a county magistrate in a remote place. There is no such thing in the world! Sibling sisters, all of them are young ladies of the An family, one has become an extremely noble imperial concubine, and the other is going to marry a poor scholar who has a broken household!

An Huatang was reluctant to do anything, and heard that Emperor Shi's brother-in-law, He Tingshi, wanted to accept a concubine, and intended to carry her to the entrance. Although He Tingshi is a concubine, He Mansion is a real rich Zhumen, and He Tingshi is also a Zi servant of the Eight Classics. It is better to be a wife and concubine than to marry a scholar. Having made up his mind, An Huatang cried with his wife Tu for a few days, and would rather die than marry Zhang Juren. As a result, Tu Shi relied on her and responded to the marriage between An Huatang and He Tingshi.

But God did not fulfill people's wishes, and before the matter was settled, Emperor Shi and Concubine Shi actually fell. The imperial concubine fell down by herself, which affected the Shi and He families, involved the impeachment of the three provinces and three books, and He stabbed the history of the head.

An Huatang is naturally resentful, but this is the destiny of heaven and cannot be blamed by others. Her future is all about marriage, so she has to work harder and plan carefully.

Fortunately, Heaven has taken it away like this, and it will always be given back like that. Tu Shi passed her over one day to question, saying that her father and brother had made meritorious contributions, and the Son of Heaven intended to give the second son of the Marquis of Guangping a family affair to settle down. The Anjialejing family has many daughters, but the meritorious ones are the father and the two brothers-in-law, so it is also the father's family affairs in this room. There are only two daughters in this room, and the sister is known to everyone as a favorite concubine, but only one of her own daughters is left.

The wife of the concubine of the Marquis of Guangping is naturally a nobleman of the king and grandson, and the second son of the Hou Mansion is dignified and dedicated, which is a very good marriage. She gladly agreed. Is this a wish fulfilled?

Who knows, two days later, I heard that the second son of the Hou Mansion asked to marry was a lowly slave of the An family! A lowly maid who serves by her sister's side!

She can't compare to Sister Yan, can't even compare to the maids around Sister Yan?

She was sad for a few days, and people complained that she was sick. only asked for grace in her illness and asked for her wife's promise - she had to choose her own marriage. She no longer wants to live in the shadow of her sister-in-law, cowardly bowing her head.

Now here's your chance.

It's time for the draft. She is going to the draft, and she also wants to be a concubine, the one who wants to be a favorite. Since no matter how you marry, you can't surpass your sister An Zhenchun, then it is better to marry the same person, marry the emperor and the emperor, and be the concubine of the son of heaven.

That's good, no one is more noble than the other.

In this life, An Huatang will never bow to fate.

But for Yu Zhuchun, it is really unpleasant for sisters to serve a husband. Pillow Chun held the letter in his hand and read it carefully. Although her mother Tu is a powerful and shrewd woman, she is the daughter of a military marquis, and she is by no means a mean and vicious person. An Huatang tried to marry twice to no avail, and he was sad and sick. Tu couldn't bear her lingering illness and pleaded, so he personally agreed to her and let her choose her own marriage.

Now An Huatang proposed to enter the palace for the draft, even though Tu was a little dissatisfied, he couldn't open his mouth to refuse. Now I had to quietly hand a letter to my sister-in-law and ask what it meant.

Duanmu Ruo listened, his face was strange, and he said suspiciously: "The power in the palace is tilted, and the family background is important. My family is a petty official who is not in the stream, and even if he wins the election, he will be oppressed. The eldest sister in my family knew this truth, so she didn't want to be drafted, so it was my second daughter's turn to run. She wrung a lotus pink silk handkerchief on her hand and said to the pillow spring, "My sister's family has now flourished, and my father and brother have important positions. My sister is now also a noble and favored person, and it makes no more sense for the family to send other daughters to the palace. If this young lady is smart, she can rely on her father and brother as an official, and her sister as a concubine, and marry a good family. ”

"Painting Tang ......" pillow spring raised eyebrows, "she is not stupid, she seems to be different from ordinary women." As he spoke, he recalled some trivial things when she was a child, "Her temperament is strong." My father was conscientious and did not manage the inner courtyard of the family. My mother takes care of the daughters' affairs, so I want to say that there is no partiality...... My mother's flesh and blood mortals are naturally inferior to saints. Mother always follows the rules, and the distinction between the concubines and concubines is carefully discussed, according to the rules of the clan, the concubines should have a lot of points, and they should not have a lot of points. But my sister learns things quickly, but she can't get ahead. Since she was a child, she has worked very hard, and she writes when I am good at drawing, and often practices until dawn. ”

Duanmu Ruo asked softly, "What is the relationship between my sister and this young lady?" ”

"She treated me with respect, and I was never mean to her. On weekdays, they are humble and friendly, and they are still polite. Pillow Chun tapped his chin with his fingertips, "It's just that this kind of thing makes people feel uncomfortable." She wants to enter the high gate, but I have always known it. If I don't enter the palace...... She might want to enter the palace too. ”

Duanmu Ruo shook his head: "Aren't Concubine Qi Shufei and Zhen Jieyu also sisters?" Zhen Jieyu was not good when she entered the palace, but now she is going to save her life. The palace is not a place where sisterhood is deep, and my sister is quite polite to Miss Nashu now, but my sister knows what it is like in the palace. She said and glanced at the lower abdomen of the pillow spring, a little unbearable, and persuaded, "Rights, positions, and heirs." If you count everything like this, can it really be the same as in the past? ”

Pillow Chun was a little noncommittal, and rubbed the letter: "I didn't know you before entering the palace, but now you are still sisters." The closer you are to the abyss, the more solid or distant the favor can be. As she spoke, she rubbed the corners of her forehead, "I understand your kindness, and this matter is the mother's promise first." I will write back to my mother, and ask her to find a good family for my sister-in-law, so that she can see if she is satisfied. If not, I'll make another decision.