Empress Dowager Qian said: "There is such a thing, we didn't know that the eldest princess was sick at that time, and there was a lot of trouble. ”

Jian Huaizhen shook his head with a smile and said: "The emperor's affairs are the affairs of the country, after the emperor is established, it is a major matter related to the national body, even if he is sick, he can't be discussed, I don't know what the queen mother of the two palaces thinks?" ”

Empress Dowager Zhou immediately said: "The mourning family thinks that the Wang family of Shangyuan is a rare good girl, that Wang is only sixteen years old this year, her net worth is innocent, her appearance is extremely beautiful, quiet as a virgin, moving like a lonely, looking back and smiling, such a beautiful woman is rare in the world." Some people also say that the abundance of the Shangyuan Wu family has the charm of the eldest princess and the charm of your youth. It's a pity that such a good woman is not set up as a queen, so the mourning family hopes to be the queen of the Yuan Wang family, I don't know the eldest princess, what do you think? ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly, and then asked Empress Dowager Qian: "What do you mean, Empress Dowager Qian?" ”

Empress Dowager Qian said solemnly: "The so-called national queen, Lixian. Therefore, I think that Shuntian's Wu family is more suitable to be the queen, although the Wu family is not very beautiful, but he is virtuous.

Jian Huaizhen saw that the queens of the two palaces were arguing, and after pondering for a moment, he said: "Since this is the case, it is better to call Niu Yu, who is close to the former emperor, over and ask him the opinion of the former emperor." ”

Speaking of this, Jian Huaizhen sighed: "These two women were selected by the emperor before his death, and the emperor wanted to see the emperor grow up and get married, but he didn't expect him to wait for this day after all." ”

Jian Huaizhen's words made Queen Qian feel choked in her heart for a while, only to feel that her throat was like a throat, and she couldn't speak for a long time, she remembered the moment she was with Zhu Qizhen, everything was like a dream, and the two of them had to be separated forever. Despite this, she still replied to Jian Huaizhen and said, "Everything is according to the orders of the eldest princess." ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou saw Empress Dowager Qian, she said good things in front of Jian Huaizhen. Of course, she was not far behind, and hurriedly said: "The mourning family has always been to the eldest princess, and they obey their words, since the princess of the emperor said so, then do it." ”

So, there was a little eunuch who went to pass on Yingzong's close Niu Yu.

After a while, and Niu Yu walked into Wan'an Palace, he looked up and saw Jian Huaizhen and the queen mother of the two palaces sitting upright, he was taken aback in his heart, and said secretly: What is the big deal, why is the eldest princess in the harem and the queen mother of the two palaces here?

He walked in respectfully, bowed his head, and saluted Jian Huaizhen and the queen mother of the two palaces: "The slave will see the queen mother of the two palaces and participate in the eldest princess." ”

Empress Dowager Qian and Empress Dowager Zhou both said: "Let's be flat." ”

Jian Huaizhen smiled slightly, silent.

Niu Yu asked respectfully: "I don't know what happened to the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess of the Two Palaces, and the servants came?" ”

Jian Huaizhen said with a smile: "I really have something to ask you, the thing is like this, you also know that the emperor has reached the age of the queen, but he still has not got married, and the queen mother of the two palaces has a favorite candidate in her heart to be the queen of the emperor." So I specially summoned you to ask you, what was your opinion when the emperor was alive? ”

Niu Yu heard that it was this matter, a nervous heart, only then settled down, he took two steps forward and said slowly: "The queen mother of the two palaces, the eldest princess of the emperor, when the emperor was alive, he was more fond of the Shuntian Wu family, although the Shuntian Wu family is not as beautiful and graceful as the Shangyuan Wang family, she has something that the Wang family does not have, that is, virtuous." ”

Niu Yu's words sounded beautiful in the ears of Jian Huaizhen and Empress Dowager Qian.

Only the Empress Dowager Zhou felt that it was not that taste. She said in her heart: What's wrong with you, I am now the queen mother. I am the emperor's biological mother, who the emperor wants to marry as the queen, of course I have the final say, I respect your intentions, but you ask this and that, you just refuse to listen to my opinion, isn't this deliberately embarrassing me?

Therefore, Zhou Guiren glanced at Niu Yu with resentment, and asked in a gloomy voice: "Niu Yu, what you said is true, if there is half a lie, the mourning family will definitely forgive you." ”

Niu Yu knew that the Empress Dowager Zhou had always had a small belly, and if anyone offended her, she would definitely take revenge.

But what he said was the truth that Yingzong said before his death. Therefore, he was not afraid, he said to the Empress Dowager Zhou: "Empress Dowager Qi, when the emperor was alive, he often said that those who show people with color will be late in love. Therefore, the emperor advocates virtue first. After the establishment, the virtuous is not beautiful. ”

Niu Yu's words were heard in the heart of the Empress Dowager Zhou, making her feel like a thorn in her throat, she looked at Jian Huaizhen and Empress Dowager Qian, and seemed to agree with Niu Yu's opinion.

She thought about it again and again, turned her head to Jian Huaizhen and Empress Dowager Qian and said: "The eldest princess, Empress Dowager Qian, although Niu Yu conveyed the meaning of the first emperor, saying that he wanted to establish the Shuntian Wu family as the queen, and the mourning family did not disagree, but this is always the emperor's marriage, which is related to the emperor's happiness in the future, is it such a big event, don't we ask the emperor?" ”

What the Empress Dowager Zhou thought in her heart was that Zhu Jianshen was her biological son, and her thoughts must be the same as her, not to mention that Zhu Jianshen is very young now, so she is naturally greedy for beautiful women. Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhou said such words to Empress Dowager Qian and Jian Huaizhen.

Although Jian Huaizhen also advocated in her heart that the talented and virtuous Shuntian Wu family should be appointed as the queen, she also knew that marriage was not the words of her parents, and the matchmaker's life could have the final say. If Zhu Jianshen didn't like that woman in his heart, instead of following the advice of his elders and making that person the queen, he didn't like it in his heart, and there would still be a lot of incidents, and the disharmony between husband and wife would also affect the emperor's mood in governing the government.

Empress Hu at the time of Xuanzong is a good example.

Thinking of this, Jian Huaizhen said to the Queen Mother quite approvingly: "The Queen Mother Zhou's words are very insightful, since this is the case, it is better to invite the emperor and ask the emperor what he means." ”

Zhou didn't see Jian Huaizhen later, and completely agreed with her meaning, he was very happy in his heart, and said in his heart: My son, what kind of woman he likes, I naturally know in my heart.

After thinking about it, he sent a decree to the eunuch: "Go and invite the emperor over immediately, and say that the queen mother of the two palaces and the eldest princess are waiting for him to discuss the matter of canonizing the queen." ”

When the eunuch heard this, he hurried to the Qianqing Palace and invited Zhu Jianshen over. Zhu Jianshen was originally busy with government affairs, and suddenly heard that the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces had summoned Jian Huaizhen and wanted to discuss the matter with him after the book, so he was a little helpless and followed the little eunuch over.

In fact, at this moment, in his heart, he already has the best candidate for the queen, and since he saw Tang Jingran, Tang Jingran's peerless demeanor has been deeply imprinted in Zhu Jianshen's heart.

At that time, Zhu Jianshen was still the prince, and Yingzong was sick in bed, Zhu Jianshen couldn't take care of his children's personal feelings, so he didn't think about it so much.

Wait until half a year later, when I see Tang Jingran who is dressed as a man again, Tang Jingran's smile and cheeks, Tang Jingran's playfulness and cuteness, are deeply imprinted in Zhu Jianshen's heart, although Tang Jingran is a few years older than him, but she looks graceful, bright and colorful, just like a person in the painting.

How can such a person be disliked in his heart. Zhu Jianshen helplessly followed the little eunuch to Wan'an Palace, and saw the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and Jian Huaizhen, sitting upright in the main hall, so he smiled and said: "The child has seen the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and the eldest princess." ”

Zhou Guiren smiled and said, "The emperor hurry up and sit."

So, Zhu Jianshen sat down next to Jian Huaizhen.

Jian Huaizhen looked at Zhu Jianshen, his demeanor was extraordinary and graceful, very much Zhu Qizhen's legacy, and it was also very similar to Emperor Xuande back then, and then looked closely at the charm of Zhu Di between his eyebrows and eyes.

She felt only a stirring in her heart. Then he said to Zhu Jianshen: "Your Majesty, we invite you to come today, because we want to discuss with you about the things after the book, although the marriage is said to be the master of the parents, but after all, the emperor still has to like it, if the emperor doesn't like it, the husband and wife are not harmonious, it is not the parents." ”

Zhu Jianshen heard Jian Huaizhen say this, his heart was overjoyed, and he was hesitating whether to mention Tang Jingran's matter to Jian Huaizhen.

I have heard the Empress Dowager Zhou say beside her: "Son, now there are two women in front of you for you to choose, one is the Shangyuan Wang, the Shangyuan Wang is very beautiful, and the end is a stunning beauty in the country and the city, and the age is comparable to you, the two of you will definitely be like-minded, and the other is the Shuntian Wu family, the Wu family is the posture of the willow, not worthy of our royal noble lintel." ”

Zhu Jianshen heard Zhou Guiren say this, and his heart sank even more, he thought that the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and Jian Huaizhen, really let him be the master of the matter after the book, and it turned out that they had already selected two women, let him choose one of these two women, what does this mean.

Zhu Jianshen thought so in his heart, but he couldn't bear the kindness of the queen mother of the two palaces and the eldest princess, so he reluctantly cheered up and said, "Since this is the case, it is better to bring the two of them to have a look." ”

"That's a good idea," Queen Qian said on the side, since the emperor wants to see it, bring these two women to the emperor and let the emperor take a look.

Queen Qian's words, in the arms of Zhou Guiren, Zhou Guiren wanted the emperor to marry Shangyuan Wang as the queen, Shangyuan Wang's beauty was like a flower, Queen Qian also dared to let the emperor see these two women, it was clear, let the emperor choose a beautiful one, since ancient times men are lustful, this is the same truth throughout the ages, everyone can't be like Zhu Qizhen, guarding a crippled, old and ugly Queen Qian, and treat it as a baby.

Thinking of this, Zhou Guiren waved his hand to the little eunuch and said, "Go, go, go and pass those two women to the emperor to have a look."

The little eunuch agreed and ran out again, and after a short time, he saw two women walking in, one of the two women was tall, with a fair complexion, two frowning eyebrows, a pair of eyes that seemed to be happy but not happy, and the cherry mouth and eagle nose looked very beautiful, and it was very much the demeanor of the immortals in the painting. She walked up, graceful and graceful, curling Nana, giving people a feeling of weak willows supporting the wind.

When she saw Empress Qian and Empress Zhou, she saluted the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces and said, "See the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces Chitose Chitose Chitose Chitose, I have seen the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces." ”

The woman raised her eyes again and looked, and there was a woman in her fifties or sixties sitting in the middle, and the woman looked very noble, although she was already old, her appearance still looked very extraordinary, and she secretly said in her heart: "This is the eldest princess praised by everyone in the world." Thinking of this, she bowed again, and said: "The courtiers see the eldest princess, the eldest princess Chitose Chitose." ”

It turned out that this woman was the Shangyuan Wang family in the mouth of the Empress Dowager Zhou. Empress Dowager Zhou was very happy when she saw that Wang was behaving very decently in front of everyone, she pointed at Zhu Jianshen and said to Shangyuan Wang: "This is the emperor, why don't you salute the emperor?" ”

Shangyuan Wang raised his head, glanced at the emperor timidly, hurriedly saluted again, and said: "The courtiers don't know that the emperor is coming, and they neglect the emperor, and ask the emperor to forgive their sins, long live the emperor, long live long live." ”

The end is dexterous, smart and clever. Zhu Jianshen looked up, but when he saw this Shangyuan Wang's family, he really had a beautiful face, and between his words and deeds, he had a kind of charming charm, compared to ordinary women in the palace, he did not know a thousand times, a hundred times, and he couldn't help but have a good impression of Shangyuan Wang's family.

However, at this moment, he involuntarily skipped Tang Shocked in his mind, the shadow of the white clothes, only to see Tang Shocked Dyed a white dress, floating away, fluttering like a frightening Hong, delicate like a swimming dragon, beautiful and not in full bloom, that throw and raise his hand, smile and cheek do not seem to be the best in the world, but the fairy in the sky, Ling Bo out of the dust.

The Shangyuan Wang clan in front of him is indeed extraordinary, but compared to Tang Jingran's shocking world, she still lacks such a charm, and even lacks such a temperament, compared to her appearance, she is far inferior to Tang Jingran. Therefore, Zhu Jianshen's eyes, which were originally lit with flames, suddenly dimmed again.

At this time, another woman, also like the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, Jian Huaizhen, and the emperor saluted, that woman looked, really ordinary, far less than Shangyuan Wang, but compared to Shangyuan Wu's charm and graceful and colorful, she has a kind of show in the elegance of the end, that kind of elegance, is a kind of beauty living in the room IKEA, it is this temperament, so that her whole person looks warm as jade, although it looks, not very beautiful, but naturally there is a different temperament from ordinary people.

In Zhu Jianshen's eyes, there is no difference in the appearance of these two people, just half a catty and eight taels. Yes, at first glance, he felt that Shangyuan Wang's family was beautiful, but compared with Tang Jingran, Tang Jingran was like that, the white clouds floating high in the sky, out of reach, and the beauty was like a flower across the clouds. These two people are just like dust in the dust, what else is there to say, and what does it matter who is chosen to be the queen. After all, his queen is not the person in his heart, so what difference does it make who he chooses. Thinking of this, Zhu Jianshen's eyes suddenly dimmed.

"Your Majesty, what do you think in your heart, might as well say it and listen to it?" Empress Dowager Zhou said on the side: "She hopes that Zhu Jianshen can say that what she likes is the Shangyuan Wang family, and she will not erase her face, so she mentioned it from the side: "This Shangyuan Wang family is absolutely beautiful, a woman like this, you can't find a second person in the whole world, your emperor, you have to think carefully." ”

Zhu Jianshen suddenly glanced at the Empress Dowager Zhou, as if she had just woken up from her sleep, and said: "The queen mother said that she laughed, how could the world not find such a beautiful woman, I have seen a woman who is a thousand times more beautiful than her, a hundred times more beautiful." ”

When the Empress Dowager Zhou heard the emperor's words, she only felt very harsh, but it was difficult to argue, she was afraid that in case of refutation, Zhu Jianshen was unhappy in her heart, and she was unhappy for a while, and it would be bad to choose the Shuntian Wu family.

Empress Dowager Qian mentioned from the side: "The so-called marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, although this Wu family is not beautiful, but he is a steady and down-to-earth person, and he is a person who can really assist the emperor, and the emperor may wish to consider it." ”

Zhu Jianshen heard that the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces introduced him to these two women, who were tired of talking about it, and felt a little unhappy in his heart, and it was inconvenient for him to lose his temper with the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, and then saw Jian Huaizhen smiling behind him, so he asked: "I don't know the Imperial Aunt and Grandma, which one do you like in your heart?" ”

A trace of surprise flashed in Jian Huaizhen's eyes, she didn't expect at this time that Zhu Jianshen would push this difficult matter to her, she said with a smile: "As long as the grandson likes it, the palace naturally likes it, I don't know which one you like, the emperor?" ”

Zhu Jianshen raised his hand helplessly and said: "Whether it is the Shangyuan Wang clan or the Shuntian Wu clan, these two women are all me, I just met, and I can't say which one I like or which one I don't like." ”

Between Jian Huaizhen and Zhu Jianshen talking, Queen Qian had already ordered someone to take the two women down.

After all, they discussed who to choose as the queen, and it was not good for these two women to hear it. Queen Qian is also afraid of them, and she will be worried in the future, even if one of them will become Zhu Jianshen's queen, the other will definitely become a concubine, Queen Qian doesn't want the concubine to be thin.

Zhu Jianshen smiled and said to Jian Huaizhen: "Which one do you like, princess, you have experienced several dynasties, and you must be very experienced in choosing a queen, I have decided to obey your wishes in everything, princess." ”

It turned out that Zhu Jianshen had another idea in his heart, he liked Tang Jingran very much. However, he also knew that Tang Jingran was a candle shadow shake red, and the head of the confession door was a woman in the rivers and lakes, and it seemed impossible to establish Tang Jingran as the queen.

But Tang Jingran has always been the person next to Jian Huaizhen, if he can please Jian Huaizhen, then there will be a lot more opportunities to get close to Tang Huaizhen, if he asks Jian Huaizhen to send Tang Jingran into the palace in the future, maybe Jian Huaizhen will also agree to him, so he went and asked Jian Huaizhen what he meant.

When Jian Huaizhen saw Zhu Jianshen, she seemed to be asking herself very seriously, so she lowered her head and pondered for a while before she raised her head, with a determined look in her eyes. She said: "This palace thinks about it, and I still feel that what the Empress Dowager Qian said is reasonable, the so-called marrying a wife and marrying a virtuous person, not marrying a beautiful woman, and having a good wife by your side to mention yourself at any time is beneficial to the emperor to deal with state affairs or other things." What's more, there is a virtuous queen who manages the six palaces, and the six palaces will definitely stop a lot, as for the Shangyuan Wang family, the emperor might as well make her a concubine, this woman looks smart and clever, and she has something extraordinary, not to mention that she is indeed very beautiful, and she must also be liked by the emperor. ”

Zhu Jianshen heard Jian Huaizhen say this, and did not refute her at all, and immediately said: "Okay, everything will follow the will of the princess of the imperial palm, now we are having a family meeting, in our family, the eldest princess is divided into generations, whatever the eldest princess says, it will naturally be." ”

Zhu Jianshen's words, listening to Jian Huaizhen's ears, made Jian Huaizhen feel very comforted, after all, letting Zhu Jianshen marry a virtuous queen is not only her meaning, not only Queen Qian's meaning, but also the meaning of the former emperor Zhu Qizhen.

However, at this moment, there is one person who is not satisfied, that person is the Empress Dowager Zhou, she really can't hold back the resentment in her heart, and said to Zhu Jianshen: "Emperor, do you always have to go against the meaning of the mourning family, the mourning family worked hard to give birth to you and raise you, and now that you are the emperor, are you angry with the mourning family?" ”

Zhu Jianshen didn't expect that the Empress Dowager Zhou would suddenly turn her face in front of the eldest princess and the Empress Dowager Qian. I was a little unhappy in my heart, but I was worried that she was always her biological mother, and filial piety came first, so she accompanied her and said: "The queen mother, please calm your anger, the son does not mean this, but Niu Yu also said that this is the will of the first emperor, if the son does not do anything according to the will of the first emperor, he will be said to be unfilial by the world, does the queen mother want the son to be a unfilial emperor?" ”

When Empress Dowager Zhou heard Zhu Jianshen say this, she didn't know how to refute him for a while. She thought to herself: "Yes, I must not let the emperor be an unfilial person, if he is not filial to his father, how can he be filial to me, the queen mother, thinking of this, the Empress Dowager Zhou had to say helplessly: "Okay, in this case, canonize the Shuntian Wu family as the queen, and the mourning family has no opinion, but this Shangyuan Wang family, the number of ceremonies to canonize her as a concubine must not be abolished." ”

"Yes, everything is according to the orders of the queen mother," Zhu Jianshen replied respectfully.