One day after Laba, it happened to be the birthday of Mrs. Liu of the Shilang Mansion in Dong'an Hutong, because it was not the whole life, the Liu family did not set up a feast for several days, but invited relatives and friends to celebrate on the first day, but there were many visitors, only early in the morning, it was the carriage and horse Yingmen, the long row of red lanterns in the Shilang Mansion was shining, the Zhu Qian tassel was rotating and flying, the sound of firecrackers in the alley, the rich smell of gunpowder eased a little bit of the winter coldness, making the long alley full of noise.

The Liu family was originally also a Dongming family, and there were three or five six Shangshu, even if they were not as prominent as the Chen and Qin families at the moment, they could be regarded as the middle eunuchs of Jinyangjing.

Even so, when Princess Chu's car and crutch entered, it also caused a commotion - the master of the Liu Mansion was just a household servant at the moment, how could he alarm the princess and princess on her birthday?

It wasn't until the ladies watched the princess and the third young grandmother in the long room walk away hand in hand and affectionately that many of them suddenly realized that they almost forgot that the third young grandmother was an old friend of the princess's boudoir, and it should be for such a relationship that the princess came to join in.

The third young grandmother is Peng Lan, the girl who was teased by her friends for "only loving beauty" is still married.

But few people know that Peng Lan's marriage was set in a hurry, because after the national funeral at that time, Qin Xiang saw that the queen's ability was insufficient and weak in the harem, and he intended to let the daughters of several good families be elected to the harem to assist the queen, Peng Xiang, as Qin Xiang's cronies, is second to none.

Although Peng Xiang is a protégé of Qin Xiang, but his own personality is very upright, and he knows what kind of temperament the queen is, although Qin Xiang wants to help the queen's selection, but the queen may not appreciate it, and the good daughter is sent to the harem is face a lot of danger and difficulty, Peng Xiang had to find an excuse to refuse, lying that before the collapse of the first emperor, he had already discussed his daughter's marriage, although it was delayed due to the national mourning, but it was not good to break his trust.

Qin Xiang was quite dissatisfied, especially when he saw that Peng Xiang's chosen in-law was actually the Liu family, who was good friends with Chen Xiangfu, this dissatisfaction was even more dissatisfied, and now the relationship between Qin and Peng had been estranged, and Peng Xiang was squeezed out of the Supervision Yuan.

In fact, Peng Lan's grandmother and Mrs. Liu also had handkerchiefs, and Mrs. Liu and Mrs. Chen were old for many years.

Therefore, when he learned that the princess of Chu came to the door, the old birthday star who was gossiping with Mrs. Chen was very worried - although the internal contradictions of the Chen family were not well known to others, Mrs. Liu, who was a close friend, knew a little, and the princess's maiden sister had to marry the "prodigal son" of the Chen family because of the marriage of Ci'an Palace It is not a secret, and most people in the world think that the Weiguo Mansion is helpless because of Yi's will, which is also obvious, Chen Liulang made such a ridiculous thing, how can he be worthy of the princess of the princess, Mrs. Liu is really worried that the princess of Chu will not be good.

Even Mrs. Chen is a little embarrassed, as the old lady of the Prime Minister's Mansion, she personally participated in the calculation and instigation, and it is inevitable that she is a little weak-hearted.

She is not Senator Chen and the queen mother's biological mother, if you want to talk about blood, she should be closer to Senator Chen, but who let the family have a queen mother, naturally she has to put the interests of this daughter and the grandson of heaven first, so Mrs. Chen resolutely stood in the camp of the queen mother and obeyed, but was more distant from Senator Chen.

She didn't worry about Liulang's marriage at all, and she didn't care whether the longer house and the Weiguo Mansion would be friends or enemies in the future, but at this time, she met the princess of Chu in another mansion on a narrow road, and there was a difference between dignity and inferiority, although she grew up with two generations, if the princess of Chu embarrassed her, she had to bear it.

But the two old ladies were obviously worried in vain, not only did they not embarrass them, but even respected them very much, insisted on praying for their birthdays, and humbly gave up the main position, and kept smiling and talking funny, and after a while, they did not "bother" the elders again, so as not to make people uncomfortable, but went to talk elsewhere with the young daughter-in-law of the same age, of course, it was always accompanied by Peng Lan.

There are also Wei Shiyi Niang and Zhuo Nianyu, the two are naturally also guests - although Peng Lan is not an heir, only a long house and three lines, but compared to the first two brothers, they are all Enyin, her husband is the first Jinshi of Enke, and she is currently working in the Hanlin Academy, and she has a bright future in the future, so she still has some status in the family, and she has the right to invite a few boudoir friends, not to mention that Wei Shiyi's mother's Gu Yuwen is a veritable minister of the Son of Heaven at the moment, and even Qin Xiang is a little jealous. The Liu family would not object to inviting such a guest.

The four confidants were talking in one place, and Wei Shiniang patted her chest first: "I am here to breathe a sigh of relief for Ah Lan, and I think that Ah Jing will not give the Chen family a good face." ”

"Ah Jing won't be so confused, if it were you, I wouldn't dare to invite you today." Peng Lan quipped: "The matter has come to this, just for the sake of Liuniang's future, Ah Jing will not have a grudge against the Chen family, besides, we may not be able to see it?" Mrs. Chen really attaches great importance to this family business, her character is obvious to all, and she is not a difficult mother-in-law. ”

The topic inevitably involves Jane's in the middle - according to Dalong customs, the bride has not returned to the door This marriage is not finalized, Jane's wedding night is hanging beam, naturally not the wife of the Chen family, her funeral is all handled by the Jian family, and it is impossible to name the Chen family tree, if Liu Niang marries into the Chen family, she is still Liulang's original match, not a stepfamily.

But because there was such an unfortunate incident before, it was more or less a pity, which was also one of the reasons why the Qing noble family was reluctant to marry the Chen family.

"The Jian family is also acting too much, although the Chen family is at fault, but I heard that a few Lang Jun of the Jian family can't help but do it when they see Chen Liulang now, my family An Lang saw it with his own eyes last time on the road, Chen Liulang didn't fight back, let alone fight back, it's really a little pitiful." Zhuo Nianyu said.

A few of them don't know that Jane's hanging beam still has an inside story, the Jian family is not without faults, but the world is like this, and then it is the party that occupies reason, if it is too unforgiving, the world may sympathize with the original one.

Yi Jing didn't want to talk too much about this, because in any case, it was a pity that a living life ended in such a tragic way.

But I heard Wei Shi Niang say: "There is one more thing, you don't know, after Jane's hanging beam, I don't know who praised her for her toughness, the Jian family has a woman who shows that the door is decent, the Jian family is really proud, they have a daughter in the second room, only one year younger than the Jane's, at that time they were also discussing relatives, originally thinking of marrying the Xu family in Nancheng, it was already a change of Geng post, but after the Jian family's accident, because of those rumors, the second room thought that he had a good reputation, so he looked down on the Xu family, and wanted his daughter to climb high, and took the initiative to ask for Ning Yuanbo's mansion, I want to promote the marriage of the third son of the Bofu Changfang. ”

Yi Jing knew about Ning Yuan's Mansion, and they were also the old department of the Weiguo Mansion, so he couldn't help but be surprised: "Isn't Bofu Saburo a little inconvenient because he fell off a horse when he was young?" ”

Wei Shiniang bowed his head heavily: "No, so the Jian family feels that it is a big success, because they are looking for an elder in my mother's family to talk about it, I know the details of this matter, but as a result, Mrs. Bo refused, saying that the daughter of the Jian family is so strong, in case she is wronged in the future, she will not say a word and then make a matter of being unwilling to be humiliated and touch the wall, how can they get it, they can't afford to provoke such a strong family, it is better to find a gentle and generous daughter-in-law." ”

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More and more sympathetic to Jane's, her temperament is caused by the connivance of her family, but after her death, her family does not think about their own faults, and wants to use her posthumous reputation to make profits, An Hui once said that Jane's brothers and sisters-in-law are very cold to her, but I am afraid that the Jian family really does not have such a strong regret for her.

Others insult them with words, but they can pay back their lives, but they give their lives so easily, this kind of thing is really not worth advocating, those who praise Jane's fortitude, I don't know if it happens to them, whether there is a way to die from it.

"Are you familiar with the Chen family's Sanniang?" Yijing stopped Jane's conversation just in time.

Just now in the main hall, Yi Jing noticed a few girls sitting under Mrs. Chen's head, among which the oldest one was born slender and tall, with a standard goose egg face, eyebrows like a string moon, and autumn water in her eyes, the fly in the ointment is that the bridge of the nose is slightly too low and wide, but the temperament is demure and well-behaved, and the eyes are smart when looking at people, it should not be a stereotypical temperament.

She didn't have a good relationship with the Chen family in the past, although Sanniang was a concubine, her father was a concubine, and she didn't belong to the same social circle as Yijing, not to mention that the two knew each other, and they didn't say a word, Yijing simply didn't know anything about her.

In comparison, Wei Shiniang has a wide range of friends, and she bowed her head again and again: "I'm familiar with me, I'm familiar with it, don't look at Chen Sanniang is a concubine, her temperament is very arrogant, but it's not like the queen, but it's a little like Ah Liu, I'm familiar with her, I don't think it's difficult to get along with, she has such a temperament, she is destined to be a person with few words, but she understands in her heart, why did Ah Jing suddenly ask her, no matter whether it is your husband's family or her mother's family, there is no Langjun of her age." ”

Because Chen Sanniang is very young, in addition to the clothes now, this is the first time to go to the banquet with her family after the removal of the clothes, Wei Shiniang subconsciously thought that Yijing was asked because of marriage, Peng Lan obviously heard the elders in the family mention Chen Sanniang, and said with a smile: "Eleven Niang and Ah Yu just listen, don't be public, Chen's Sanniang will enter the palace after Liulang marries." ”

Eleven Niang subconsciously covered her mouth and smiled half-loudly.

Of course, her attitude aroused the curiosity of the other three, and they all glared at her.

Eleven Niang covered her waist: "Now the queen is in trouble, and ten of her can't compare to this one's scheming." ”

Yijing sighed secretly, Eleven Niang is still a little simple, the battle in this harem is not only by scheming, the key is the emperor's heart, at the moment this Son of Heaven is not a person of great affection, in his heart, everything is measured by the overall situation of power, no matter how bad the queen is, there is a prominent mother's family, there are their "foreign enemies" are not clear, how can the Son of Heaven easily abandon the Qin family, of course, the Chen family and the Qin family are equal, but the Chen family is the Son of Heaven in the end, even if there is no Chen Sanniang, the Son of Heaven and the Chen family are still closely related, not comparable to the Qin family, if the queen is not guaranteed, The bond that holds the monarch and the minister together will be stretched apart, if not immediately broken, and will eventually be broken.

is just the queen mother, Chen Sanniang's backer is not strong enough, and it is inseparable from the queen's victory or defeat.

But since this woman is an inner showman, it should be understood that what she needs to gain a foothold in the harem is not an enemy but an ally, and the more the queen and the Qin family toss, the more Chen Sanniang will cherish all the help, and it is unlikely that she will resist Yijing's initiative to make friends.

After the banquet, as usual, they had to gather together to enjoy the play, because of the difference in identity, the stubborn Mrs. Liu insisted on staying in the chair to sit together, which gave her the opportunity to gossip more with Mrs. Chen, but of course she could master the heat, and did not intend to be able to "fall in love" with the daughters of the Chen family through a single communication, except for being slightly close to Liuniang's future mother-in-law, Mrs. Chen, treating the rest is gentle and standard entertainment etiquette.

This made Mrs. Chen gradually feel comfortable, and said in her heart that this princess of Chu is young and has a noble background, but it is not difficult to get along.

Thinking of the queen, Mrs. Chen couldn't help but pout the corners of her mouth, and saw the three granddaughters sitting upright at a glance, elegant and gentle, and showed a satisfied smile, but for a while she thought of her own granddaughters who did not enter the queen mother's blue eyes, and a little unwilling, just happened to hear the princess and the eldest daughter-in-law talking and laughing affectionately, Mrs. Chen thought about the Su family Liuniang, it is said that she is also a generous talented woman, and she feels that the long house is cheap, who had expected to instigate it, the Weiguo Mansion not only did not resent the long house, but really had a momentum of mutual good- Princess Chu's attitude today is enough to illustrate.

The old lady sat there, and her mood became more complicated and uneasy, not to mention that half of the sentences sung on the stage did not enter her ears, and later, Mrs. Liu did not have time to respond when she talked to her.