Approaching the New Year, for all housewives, it is about the most trivial and busy time of the year, and Mrs. Chen is naturally no exception.

Therefore, in the afternoon of this day, the widowed second wife was very surprised to learn that the eldest sister-in-law led a few powerful mothers-in-law to carry them to her yard, and hurriedly greeted her, followed by Chen Sanniang, who had just been taught in front of her mother.

"It's cold, sister-in-law go to the house quickly." I heard that it was the New Year's goods sent from the major Zhuangzi, and the second wife was busy letting the companion room lead her to place it, and invited Mrs. Chen to the warm pavilion, Sanniang personally instructed the maids to serve tea, Mrs. Chen took a look, and saw that it was Qi Hong, who she was accustomed to drinking, and thanked with a smile: "Sanniang has a heart." ”

If it is just to distribute the New Year's goods, the busy people will not go in person, Sanniang expected that the aunt had something to say, and after listening to a few cold words, she found an excuse to say goodbye, and took the maids away by the way.

"The things sent, nothing else, there is a box of ginseng, it is a gift sent by the Chu Palace, and the younger sister-in-law loves to suffer from coughing and shortness of asthma as soon as she arrives in winter, and she uses it just right." Mrs. Chen said.

The second wife hurriedly politely said: "Wan Xie sister-in-law is worried, it must be precious and excellent, but my mother has always been using ginseng to recuperate, over the years, the high-grade wild ginseng has become more and more rare, and the sister-in-law should be close to her mother first." ”

"My brother-in-law is relieved, it was my mother who ordered me to send it."

In just two sentences, the second wife also understood that the festival ceremony of the Chu Wangfu was sent directly to the Prime Minister's Mansion, not to socialize with the Changfang in private, and the meaning was of course different.

Only then did the second wife believe the summary of her daughter's return from the birthday banquet of Liu's Mansion, the Weiguo Mansion really did not complain about the Xiangfu because of the marriage, the two families are really good in-laws, not enemies, otherwise the Chu Wangfu will not take the initiative to send a gift, even if you want to take into account the dignity of the Empress Dowager, you only need to be friendly with the Changfang - except for the Changfang, the rest of the Xiangfu are opposed to the Ci'an Palace, this matter may not be seen through by ordinary idlers, and the Weiguo Mansion and the Chu Wangfu are bound to know it.

Her smile stretched a little more: "Liulang can get this good fate, and my sister-in-law can also rest assured, although the Weiguo Mansion is noble, especially a few little ladies in the long house, it is not bad compared to the daughter of the family." ”

Mrs. Chen bowed: "Who said no." The topic changed suddenly: "When Liulang gets married in March, Sanniang also has to enter the palace, don't think I'm talking too much, the middle palace at the moment, although she is the daughter of a family, is acting really ...... It is quite in the style of Mrs. Qin. "Mrs. Qin has lived in seclusion in the back house since the destruction of the Dongming Kingdom, but the deeds of her when she was a princess, the noblewomen still heard about it, although Mrs. Chen's words were tactful, the second wife could also understand the meaning of the words, and couldn't help but sigh.

Some things don't need to be said too clearly, everyone is the Chen family, and they all know the contradiction between Ci'an Palace and Shoukang Palace, although the master of Kunren Palace is not treated by the Queen Mother of the Two Palaces, the Qin family behind is regarded as an arm by the Son of Heaven, although the Queen Mother is dissatisfied with the queen, but the face still has to be maintained, but the Chen family is the father of the Queen Mother, except for the long house, most of them are jealous of Ci'an Palace, the second wife thinks of this messy situation, how can she not be suspenseful for her daughter.

"I heard that not long ago, Concubine Deng, I don't know what accident, was punished by the queen to kneel in front of everyone, if it wasn't for the queen mother's inquiry, such a cold day, really have to kneel on the cold ground for half a day, and a pair of knees will be useless." Mrs. Chen said again: "Brother-in-law, I know that you are a prudent person, at first I begged the Queen Mother not to give Sanniang the position of concubine, so as not to make the queen jealous, but look at me, even if Sanniang only enters the palace as a concubine, it is a member of our Chen family, and the queen will be jealous. ”

Seeing that the second wife seemed to be a little tempted, Mrs. Chen said again: "If Sanniang is made a concubine, she can assist the Queen Mother in managing palace affairs, and there will be an excuse to exempt her from going to Kunren Palace, even if the queen wants to pinch the handle, it is not so easy." ”

The concubine is above the concubines, enough to be called one person below, the queen is not virtuous enough to be obvious to all, the queen mother also needs a personal assistant to take care of palace affairs, if Sanniang is just an ordinary concubine, the qualifications are naturally not as good as the concubines when they are in the palace, only in terms of rank to overwhelm the rest of the head, the queen mother can justifiably let Sanniang assist in palace affairs, the Japanese province has replaced the Shoukang Palace, even if the queen is resentful, she can only stare dryly.

"My brother-in-law also knows that the Queen Mother will not listen to my advice, and this matter needs to be decided by the sister-in-law herself, and the brother-in-law will think about it." Mrs. Chen was not in a hurry, she was about to leave, but she had just stood up, but the second wife had already made up her mind and stood up: "Sanniang will be sealed to a high position when she enters the palace, I am afraid that the empress dowager will be picky with etiquette." ”

Mrs. Chen took her hand, and patted her comfortingly while going out: "The Empress Dowager is here, I can still say something, Sanniang is stronger than others in terms of character and bearing, just say that Concubine Shu, although she is the daughter of the Yan family, the Empress Dowager knows that she has a weak personality and is not suitable for assisting in palace affairs. ”

The second wife sent Mrs. Chen to the courtyard gate and stayed there for a long time, until the companion was afraid that the master would catch a cold, so she stepped forward to dissuade her, so she turned around and sat on the warm kang alone, and she also pondered for a long time.

When the Chen family was in the Eastern Ming Dynasty, it was also regarded as a famous eunuch with the Qin family, and the sons and nephews in the family looked at a glance benevolence, righteousness, courtesy, and faith, but unexpectedly, the heir was the scum of Chen Xiang's bones who spoiled the concubine and killed his wife, Chen Xiangyuan was also a famous lady, gentle and virtuous, even if Chen Xiang proposed to accept a concubine, she also agreed, for many years, the wife and the concubine got along harmoniously, the wife was not jealous, and the concubine seemed to know how to advance and retreat, and even led to the half-brothers of Senator Chen and the second master, who were close in age, were also like-minded, and the back house was very stable and united.

If it hadn't happened later that the main room gave birth to the "double-headed" demon fetus, no one would have expected that Chen Xiang was actually a scum, and the concubine had already been ambitious.

Even if Senator Chen, when his grandfather made the decision to drown his sister, he could only agree, because if he was a different family, he could not tolerate the spread of the "demon fetus", but Chen Xiang couldn't stand the bewitchment of the concubine, concealed from the elders, poisoned the yuan mate with his own hands, and also wanted to threaten his wife to agree to correct the concubine, so he also deliberately found a "stranger", insisting that the concubine's face was "unspeakably expensive", this is not a "conventional" practice, and a typical favorite concubine killing his wife is to be shamed by the world.

It was from that time that Senator Chen was extremely estranged from the second master, because the second master was loved by his mother-in-law, and he also understood that this matter was somewhat of the greed of his biological mother, and he consciously took care of the loss, and did not complain about the eldest brother.

But the Queen Mother is different, she has not received the favor of her mother-in-law, in her heart, Senator Chen is the revenge of killing her mother, if it were not for the persecution of the eldest brother's mother, her biological mother would not have died.

Senator Chen also has a sister-in-law, two years older than the Queen Mother, but her biological mother is just a maid to marry, therefore, after suffering a lot of idle anger from the Queen Mother, Senator Chen is more and more dissatisfied with this "sister-in-law", and with the age of the Queen Mother's cardamom, she dared to instigate Chen Xiang to suppress her brother.

Among them, in addition to Chen Xiang, the son of the family, who has a loss of etiquette, Mrs. Chen, the step-family, also has a great responsibility.

If she has always treated the Queen Mother as a "Yuan Match Daughter" and ordered her family not to raise old cases, how would the Queen Mother know that she is not the same mother as her brother? Even if Senator Chen has a bad heart, forcing the concubine to death can be regarded as relieving his mother's hatred, at most, he is not so close to the Queen Mother, and he will never do anything to frame him - the second master has never been retaliated against by the eldest brother, let alone the Queen Mother.

But if Mrs. Chen had done her duty, Chen Xiang would not have had a gap with her eldest son, how could the next three and four rooms be so favored by her father now?

Chen Xiang should indeed have a soft spot for that noble concubine, and it doesn't count if he forced her to die in the main room, and his connivance with the second master and the queen mother is really more than that of the concubines, especially the eldest concubine.

Senator Chen's stepfamily is not from a famous family, and Yuan is actually a daughter of a poor family.

But the second master's wife, but from the famous Jiang family - in the Dongming Dynasty, he also had a prime minister, and even a famous minister, but Emperor Mourning had no way, because the Jiang family opposed Xiao Xiang, and actually ordered the Jiang family to be wiped out, how many courtiers tried to stop it, and Emperor Mourning relaxed the disposal - it was not much better than exterminating the clan, and all the descendants of the Jiang family were beheaded, and only the concubines were left, and they were not official slaves, including female dependents.

Although the Jiang family was brutally baptized in blood, the reputation of being arrogant and unyielding was established, and it was really pushed by the famous family, which is not as noble as those who rely on a few "Zhenlie" daughters to gain fame.

When Dalong was founded, the Jiang family was naturally pardoned and had a chance to recover.

The second wife was a concubine, but at that time, it was not easy for Chen Xiang to ask for a concubine to marry, but fortunately, the matter of his spoiling concubine and killing his wife was not spread, otherwise the Jiang family would not even be willing to "marry" a slave.

After all, the Jiang family saw that the second master was still motivated, and Chen promised not to let his son take a concubine from time to time, so the Jiang family nodded.

is the third master and the fourth master's two sons-in-law to marry wives, and Chen Xiang didn't bother so much.

Although the second wife is a concubine, the Jiang family is upright, and she is also taught as a concubine, and she has excellent character and learning.

The third wife and the fourth wife are both from noble backgrounds, because the third and fourth masters are from the stepfamily, and the Chen family is not very powerful at that time, so naturally there is no top power Xun willing to marry, and the third and fourth wives are average, and they can't marry the real family daughter to improve the court, causing the daughter in the family to be not so domineering, even if it is good, the cultivation and insight are naturally not as good as the family daughter.

The second wife is really worthy of being a famous lady, not determined by her background, and she does not rely on the nobility of her mother's family, so she looks down on the eldest sister-in-law from a poor family and the third and fourth two younger sisters-in-law who are a little too reckless, although Mrs. Chen's family is not obvious, her own character is good, and she is not stronger than the third and fourth two who are willing to be reckless, and the second wife is really a little close to the eldest sister-in-law.

In fact, after the second wife married into the door, she heard about Chen Xiang's behavior of "spoiling the concubine and destroying his wife", and she was very wronged by being deceived, but seeing that the second master was not angry because of the death of his biological mother, and it was impossible to reconcile, he closed his eyes and never told his mother's family about it.

The second master was killed because of the law, and the second wife complained even more about the queen mother.

In fact, she is not happy to send Sanniang into the palace, but the elders of the family have already made a decision, and the queen mother is not allowed to disobey, the second wife has been educated since childhood is to be respectful and filial, and she also understands that Sanniang's entry into the palace involves the rise and fall of the family.

But in the end, she is a mother, she naturally has to think about her daughter's future, the second wife is really not worried about the queen mother, an imposter daughter, and was deliberately raised by her stepmother, and she has been nurtured in the court for many years, and she is full of selfishness, although she is noble now, but her character still does not dare to compliment, as for the saint, how he is and Mrs. 952 of course does not know, and look at these things done after ascending the throne, the second wife is really unconvinced.

Thinking of Sanniang's difficulties in the future, the second wife was at a loss.

If you can get the protection of the Queen Mother, of course, it will be better - the second wife can't trust the Queen Mother at all, and Sanniang will definitely be the mother of the world in the future.

Even the brother of a mother's sibling can't keep it, and it's not in vain that she sacrifices for her son, not to mention that she will really do her best for Sanniang.

Everything is in the Holy Will.

In the heart of the Queen Mother, it is naturally the son who is the heaviest, followed by the mother's family, and Sanniang is second.

The more the second wife thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt, if she knew that Father Weng was such a virtuous person, how could her parents not agree to this family business! Her daughter wouldn't be forced to do this.

The eldest sister-in-law's words are not unreasonable, since caution cannot guarantee safety, it is better to strive for a high position that can not be threatened.

The second wife made up her mind for a while, immediately put into action, changed into a plain but more new clothes, and went to see Mrs. Chen.