"The prince said that the people who married these girls were all powerful under him, and there were also those who made meritorious contributions in northern Xinjiang, that is, in order to win people's hearts."

"Just quietly give more silver, what should the other slaves in the family think if it makes such a big fuss? They all think that we are not as good as the prince's side, and they did it on purpose to prevent the two of us from coming off the stage. ”

"Hmm!" Prince Ren stopped talking, and said in his heart that this was indeed the case, and two of these subordinates inquired around the corner, whether the princess still wanted to add a maid over there.

In the evening, Prince Ren stopped Qian Jun again: "The princess marries a maid, and she has to make such a big battle, so that other nobles in the capital will hear about it, shouldn't they talk about us in private?" The maid is raised like a young lady. ”

"Father, these maids are accompanying the princess from the capital to ***, where they have woven silk and raised silkworms, picked tea and planted fruits, and even protected the princess from the Yao family. How can it be compared with the previous ones of the princess? Besides, there are two sons who are ready to be submitted to the emperor and given to the officials, and these maids should marry with dignity. ”

Prince Ren had nothing to say.

On August 15, because the Queen Mother was in poor health, the moon viewing banquet held in the palace was not carried out before, and Wen Jin prepared a gift for the Queen Mother, the Queen and the Imperial Concubine respectively.

The queen's share is completely appropriate to the occasion, and she can't see people, everything is collected by eunuchs, as for who to hand it over, Wen Jin doesn't care. The Queen Mother was there, and there were a lot of people visiting the sick during this time, and they all let Xiao Anzi's father-in-law block back, Yuhe became a powerful figure in the palace, and he was very busy, Wen Jin just sat down, and before the two could say a few words, a palace maid came in and reported: "Mrs. Dong, a newly promoted university scholar, meets the concubine." ”

This Mrs. Dong is the sister-in-law of Concubine Dong's mother, ten years ago Dong Yong was still a third-grade envoy in a western province, his sister entered the palace beauty pageant, and let the Queen Mother give Prince Ren as a side concubine, although Prince Ren almost did not go to court, but his influence should not be underestimated, especially the loss of Qian Jun, so that the emperor was very guilty of him, Concubine Dong gave birth to a son, and the emperor mentioned Dong Yong from the second grade and became a cabinet bachelor.

Yao Guangyuan is a person who is very good at speculating on the emperor's thoughts, and it was he who proposed to promote Dong Yong, on the one hand, he patted the emperor's sycophants, and on the other hand, he naturally pulled Dong Yong to his own side. This Dong Yong is thoughtful, strategic, or scheming, and in a few years, he has become the central figure of Yao Guangyuan's faction, and sometimes he is even more effective than Yao Guangyuan's speech.

Qian Jun secretly participated in Yao Guangyuan in Nangang City, and the facts are there, Yao Guangyuan's family was exiled to the northwest by the emperor, and the emperor proposed Dong Yong into the cabinet, and the faction that followed Yao Guangyuan in the court naturally surrounded Dong Yong.

Mrs. Dong is also a long-sleeved dancer, a man has become a first-class member, she is much more convenient to enter the palace than before, so she frequently visits the queen mother, and by the way, she comes to Yuhe to sit here, trying to please Mei Guifei, the emperor's favorite concubine.

Wen Jin didn't want to drink Mrs. Dong's dealings, so she said goodbye to Yuhe and promised to come to see her in a few days.

Yuhe sent Wen Jin to the gate of the palace, the two said goodbye, Wen Jin walked out of Yilan Garden, where the concubine lived, and met Mrs. Dong at the door, the two had never seen each other before, so they just nodded to each other, which was regarded as holding face, and then went their separate ways.

Mrs. Dong has long heard that Prince Ren and Concubine Mei are cousins, and their appearance is still very similar, in fact, it is not as similar as before, but the appearance of the eyes, mouth and nose has not changed, and there are still five or six points the same, no need to guess, Mrs. Dong knows who Wen Jin is.

Since becoming Mrs. Yipin, Mrs. Dong feels that she is worth a hundred times, although she usually smiles and is very modest, in fact, few people can let her take it seriously.

But Mei Guifei was the object of her efforts to stammer, she thought that Wen Jin was walking around here, and the purpose was the same as hers, and she was secretly anxious. The sister-in-law is in Prince Ren's mansion, although her power on the surface is not as powerful as the princess, in fact, her influence on Prince Ren is really not small, and men will look for help from there when they are in trouble.

Since the return of Prince Ren's son, the emperor's enthusiasm for Prince Ren has decreased a lot, originally Yao Guangyuan has suppressed Shen Mingzhao, he always obeys his man when he encounters major events, Dong Yong takes advantage of the situation to stand, and there is already a faint trend of being the first person in the court.

Who would have thought that Yao Guangyuan would fall under the young man Prince Ren, and as soon as he entered Beijing, Shen Mingzhao immediately became like a fish in water, taking advantage of the incident of Yao Guangyuan's downfall, he took the opportunity to take down several people from the Yao faction, and replaced them with people who were neutral or supported by Shen Mingzhao's ideas.

A few days ago, my sister-in-law also took the opportunity to choose a Mid-Autumn Festival gift, secretly went back to her parents' house, and told her brother about the situation in Prince Ren's mansion. Instead, let her support Prince Ren and suppress the princess.

Mrs. Dong was also present at the time, and a man's words, she always felt that it was a wise saying, and it couldn't be more correct than correct.

Dong Yong said: "In the past, we wished that Prince Ren was incompetent, so that you could get more benefits, but now, Prince Ren obviously can't fight the princess, if you don't help, she will soon be defeated, I'm afraid this Prince Ren's mansion is the world of the prince, so what else can you do?" ”

"How so?"

"Prince Ren over the years, not much involved in the affairs of the court, I carefully observe, it is also related to his lack of ability, and the prince is different, literary and military strategy, foresight, especially the ability to operate and dispatch, extraordinary, he is in ***, can meddle in the affairs of the northern Xinjiang, the court's henchmen are eliminated, so that the emperor is very dependent on him, in one fell swoop to establish his position in the court, although not in the cabinet, but like a cabinet person, even above the cabinet, became the first humerus around the emperor, In addition, Shen Mingzhao added fuel to the fire, and his nephew and uncle borrowed each other's momentum to attack me from both sides, forming a clamping trend, if this continues, the court will be him and the Shen family in the future, not to mention that I can go further, even if I maintain the current prestige in the court, it is difficult. ”

Concubine Dong was taken aback when she heard this: "Big brother, the prince has such great ability?" I see him circling around women all day long, just like the man you said has no prospects. ”

"Circling around women? When Prince Ren was a girl, she had a reputation for being good at housework, which shows that she is well-informed, especially has a deep understanding of people and things outside, which is undoubtedly a big help for the prince. You also said that Prince Ren wanted to restrain the prince through economic means, but the little couple was unscathed at all, it can be seen that they have money in their hands, and most of the properties are taken care of by the princess, otherwise how can the prince let go and go all out to deal with the affairs of the court? ”

Concubine Dong's eyes widened, and she was even more surprised than just now: "What does the eldest brother mean, the money on the prince's side is all earned by the princess?" ”

"Not necessarily, but she must be very rich, by no means the prince made money for her to squander, the prince raised hundreds of people in northern Xinjiang, those who did not make money for him, but spent a lot of money, and now it is handed over to the emperor, in the hands of Gonggong Guo, the emperor asked the internal affairs office to give 100,000 taels of silver at one time, you can imagine how much the prince will cost."

Concubine Dong thought for a while: "When they came back from Nangang City, when the princess rewarded the next person, the pearls they all gave were not doing this business with the merchants, I heard that this is a million profits." ”

"This, you pay more attention to inquiring, the business tax of doing business with Fanshang is particularly high, if she makes a profit from it, she will not be able to escape tax evasion."

Concubine Dong was overjoyed: "Can my brother make a move from now on?" ”

"Even if it is a way, the emperor will definitely not stop using him because of this, but it is possible to reprimand him and be cold for a few days."

Mrs. Dong walked all the way, thinking in her heart all the way, thinking about how to tie up with the concubine, and at the same time trying to find a way to give Prince Ren some eye medicine to the princess.

Mei Guifei Mei Yuhe, who has lived in the palace for ten years, has stumbled, but relying on the emperor's grace, she has always maintained the status of the first concubine around the emperor, Yao Guangyuan was dying before the fall, and she didn't know where to find a beautiful woman to send to the palace, Emperor Yongchang fell in love with it at once, first sealed a nobleman, and a month later she was promoted to a concubine, and now she is pregnant, Emperor Yongchang gave a concubine position, although it is far from her own level, Mei Guifei also has a sense of crisis, just now her cousin came, she still wants to discuss this matter, Unexpectedly, she was destroyed by Mrs. Dong, and she was unhappy. But when Yuhe and Mrs. Dong spoke, they couldn't see any resentment at all.

Mrs. Dong saw that the concubine listened to herself with relish, and her heart was very comfortable, and her self-confidence swelled unconsciously, feeling that she was caged by the concubine.

"Guifei Niangniang, I went out from here just now, but is it the princess of Prince Ren? They all say that she looks like you, and it's really a little bit. ”

"Hehe, it was like it before, I'm not fat."

"Niangniang is blessed, although she looks the same, but the nuances have created a different fate."

"Huh."

"Guifei Niangniang, I heard that Prince Ren and his wife are rich and rival the country, and when they come back from the south, they use pearls to reward their subordinates."

"Oh, really?"

"Presumably, Prince Ren's princess also brought some good treasures to the concubine, right?"

"There is nothing in the palace, and the princess will send a heart, what treasure can there be? The treasures outside have been seen a lot in the palace, and it is normal. ”

"Yay? Don't say that, the things in the palace are also sent in from outside, and the princess comes back from Nangang City, where there are many merchants, and the ones sold are foreign treasures, and there may be things that are not in the palace. "Oh, that's right." Mei Guifei nodded lightly, acknowledging that Mrs. Dong was right. Her every move was watched in the eyes of Mrs. Dong, Mrs. Dong saw that she was not happy or angry, and she couldn't guess whether her words were useful or not, the palace maid signaled to the concubine to rest, and Mrs. Dong had to withdraw.

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