Concubine Qiao Shu was the most favored concubine before Liu Guifei entered the palace, and it is said that she hated the Liu family the most, but as the Liu family became more and more powerful, in order to benefit her mother's family, she had to take refuge in her and help the concubine suppress the prince.

But the queen mother was poisoned and bedridden, and the emperor ordered Concubine Qiao to take care of her diet and daily life. Now, the crown prince succeeded to the throne as the new emperor, the former queen respected as the queen mother, Qiao Taishu became the new emperor's grateful person, and her son Lian Junwang rose and was canonized as Lian Wang.

Concubine Qiao Taishu stammered Liu Guifei openly, but secretly helped the prince, and asked her mother to give her niece to the prince as a concubine, and now, the prince has ascended the throne, and Qiao Guifang was canonized as a concubine because of her aunt's merits.

Princess Ren thinks that Qiao Lanfang has these capitals, which woman in the capital can still compete with her for money? Who thinks that she thinks that something is a certainty, but her husband dismisses it.

What Prince Ren wants is not power, but safety, peace and security that is not tabooed by the emperor, woman, how can you understand this truth? He had already given Qian Jun a good match, and the object of marriage was Lu Yulian, the eldest granddaughter of Lu Ran, a scholar from Hanlin, although this daughter was mediocre in appearance, she was talented and famous, and she would definitely be able to preside over this huge prince's mansion in the future.

As soon as Prince Ren's thoughts came out, he was resolutely rejected by Qian Jun: "I'm marrying a daughter-in-law, not looking for a staff, what do you want such a big literary talent to do?" ”

Prince Ren was particularly upset. But he didn't want to think about it, he married two wives, both of whom were more beautiful than flowers, why should he let his son marry a saltless girl?

Perhaps, he thought in his heart: Your father has suffered enough from a beautiful wife, and your son should accept Lao Tzu's lesson and marry an ordinary woman.

It's a pity that Qian Jun didn't understand his mind at all.

Also, if you don't correct the mistakes you made, do you expect your son to marry a saltless girl to prove that you haven't made a mistake?

Although Lu Yulian is much more beautiful than the saltless woman.

Let's talk about Prince Ren and Princess Liu Caiqin, she was the first to send an invitation to the daughter's daughter's daughter, asking her family to come to her daughter's ceremony. Just when she was waiting to see the jokes of the Qian family's daughters, the queen mother made a big joke on her first.

The incident came suddenly, and Wei, Wen Jin, and even Qian Xiancong were all stunned.

It turned out that the emperor had an aunt Princess Zhilan, who was raised by the Empress Dowager Gaozu, and soon after the Empress Dowager was poisoned, she died suddenly, Princess Zhilan's daughter Yujie, when she was a child, her face was as white as jade, mellow as the full moon, or the name given by the Empress Dowager, but she did not expect that the fate of this woman was very miserable, she was married at the age of fourteen, and her mother died the following year, the clan suspected that the man's life was hard, and he was going to withdraw from his family, but in the end he didn't know why, on the eve of marriage at the age of seventeen, his father was depressed and died, she had to keep filial piety, and so on for three years, The fiancé was sick, and the people on the man's side were very bad, obviously the son was lingering on the sickbed, but he hid it from the woman, and let the lord of Yujie marry Chongxi, but in less than two years, the lord of Yujie was widowed, and after a few years, the queen mother recovered, and when the director came out again, the lord of Yujie was twenty-seven years old, but he was still a virgin, and he was bullied in his husband's house, and he had a very bleak life.

Li Fan, the father-in-law of the lord of Yujie, is a Taoist gentleman who comes up with a big reason at every turn, the queen mother once wanted him to be better to the lord of Yujie, who would have thought that the old Taoist couple actually told the princess of Chu sent by the queen mother about filial piety, and the princess of Chu returned in embarrassment, and gave the queen mother an idea of drawing salary from the bottom of the kettle - to marry the lord of Yujie.

Although at this time, the second marriage of a woman has been criticized, but it has not yet reached the level of being considered a shame, the queen mother asked the princess of Chu to arrange for the lord of Yujie to become a monk, first break away from the Li family, and then, without waiting for the lord of Yujie to shave, she made a decree to let her marry Qian Xiancong.

Li Fan was so angry that he wanted to die, but the county lord of Yujie had already left the Li family, and no matter how strong he could speak, he had no right to speak.

It is said that the life of the lord of Yujie County is hard, but Qian Xiancong feels that he is the same, and he laughs at himself in front of his second brother Qian Xiancheng: "Where else can it be bitter?" I don't believe that it can be more sad than the days when I was enslaved by the Tatars in the western frontier! "He was originally open-minded by nature, and when he heard Gonggong Chu talk about the county lord of Yujie, his sympathy was overflowing, and he hated to use his strength to take pity on the jade, where could he find fault that the county lord of Yujie was a second-married girl?

What's more, it was the queen mother who gave the marriage, and the Qian family was not qualified to say whether they agreed or opposed.

Wen Jin was very happy at first, if his adoptive father was not so high-pressure as the Queen Mother, and he was still grinding and chirping to say that it would be good to let Wen Han's son give him the door in the future, if he didn't plan to start a family again, even if Wei had a heart, but the people he knew in Shanyang were obviously not worthy of Qian Xiancong, and she didn't know anyone in the capital, so this kindness was not able to be implemented, so it could only be put on hold for the time being, and now, since someone helped solve this big trouble, Wei and Wen Jin were happy to see it come to fruition. Otherwise, when Qian Xiancong got married, I don't know how long it will last.

Wei didn't expect the problem to be solved in this way, and he was still a noble county lord, and he felt that it was like pie in the sky. She is a kind and selfless person, and she never thought that she had such a noble princess, and in this family, there was no status at all.

Qian Xiancong's family affairs, on the second day of Liu Caiqin's gift to her daughter Qian Yufeng, Wei had to send someone to send a post to apologize, saying that he and his family were ready to welcome their relatives, and they couldn't be separated and couldn't go to the prince's mansion to watch the ceremony.

Liu Caiqin couldn't vent her ghost fire, Webster's reason was too sufficient, no matter who it was, she would express her understanding, and her conspiracy was stillborn.

The house given by the emperor to Qian Xiancong has a total of four entrances before and after, and there are two cross-courtyards, which is small among the high-ranking officials in the capital, but the Qian family has only five people and more than 20 servants, and less than half of the house is empty.

Now that the county lord has entered the door, Webster has automatically moved to the third courtyard, and they live in the upper room and the Wenhan couple live in the wing.

Wen Jin didn't want to stay in the second entry, but because of her identity, she couldn't live alone until the fourth entrance, she turned around for a long time, and saw that there was a vacant lot in front of the inverted seat room and the west wing room in the second courtyard, there should be a house here, but now it was demolished, and a small piece of flowers and trees was planted, she commanded people to open a door and window on the gable of the west wing, and then opened the other room with this side, turning it into a bright room, an inner room, the original formal door, she changed it to a window. In this way, she not only lives in the second courtyard, but also has her own ** space.

Wei Shi saw Wen Jin tossing, only frowned, and didn't say anything, after all, the female university is not staying, and once Wen Jin has a suitable family, she will soon go out.

The dowry of the lord of Yujie was brought back by Wen Han the day before the wedding, although most of the old things were renovated, and a small part was the reward of the queen mother and gifts from relatives, and these were all carried by forty-eight lifts, and the outer courtyard of the Qian Mansion was full, not counting the mahogany thousand beds, dressers, wardrobes, and Bogu shelves that were arranged in the new house early, and Webster felt that this was too luxurious. When I heard the servant who carried the dowry say that most of the nobles in the capital were sixty-four when they got married, they were shocked and secretly anxious for Wen Jin.

Now that Qian Xiancheng's status is coupled with the custom of marrying high and marrying low, how much dowry does Wen Jin have so that she will not be underestimated by her husband's family? Uncle Qian Xiancong, he also lives on a little family wealth rewarded by the emperor, he doesn't have much money, plus he is a yamen who can't be cleared anymore by Qingshui, without the slightest extra money, how can he prepare such a rich dowry for Wen Jin in a year or two?

Wen Han and Yanran couldn't help but sigh after listening to Wei's nagging, no matter how capable Wen Jin was, it was impossible for him to have so much money on hand, even if he had so much silver, he couldn't buy so many furniture, clothes, jewelry, utensils, and many dowries from the county lord were all fine products rarely seen on the street, which were accumulated little by little.

Wen Jin didn't know what the second aunt was worried about, she only felt very depressed, she had just arrived in the capital, she was busy learning the etiquette of receiving people and things, and now, she was busy marrying her stepmother, seeing that two months had passed, and the summer was almost over, she hadn't even seen what the streets of the capital were like.

The family ushered in Qian Xiancong's wedding with mixed feelings.

Wen Han and Qian Xiancheng, Qian Xiancong is steady, they have to learn the etiquette of dealing with people and things since the beginning of enlightenment, and when they arrived in the capital, they found that they were not out of shape, and they quickly adapted to it, and Yanran was better, after all, the aunt and grandmother of the Lu family had lived in the capital for a few years, and her etiquette was taught by this aunt, but there were not so many, so cumbersome, Wen Jin and Wei Shi were miserable, if the farmer paid attention to it so much, how could he have time to work?

This marriage is a big test to test the etiquette of Wen Jin and Wei, and the two have to be nervous.

When they got up in the morning, the three women cleaned up and dressed up as required. Webster's stone sunset red shirt and pleated skirt with purple anchovy, covered with a brocade gown with purple and red background and silver thread, thick black hair coiled on the top of the head, covered with a pearl hair net, and then obliquely inserted a gold and ruby-inlaid hairpin, this dress and jewelry, lined with Webster's more and more fair skin, chaste and dignified

Yanran's dress is the most effortless, she is young, her skin is white, her appearance is most in line with the aesthetics of this era, mellow and atmospheric, I saw her black hair and a wig, dark clouds are generally coiled on her head, the distraction of gold and rubies is big and gorgeous, one is more than Webster's flickering, plus she is wearing a red gown full of gold, the end is rich and compelling, very eye-catching, Wen Jin felt that her sister-in-law's clothes made her look old-fashioned, Yan Ran thought about it, took the gold collar around her neck, and replaced it with a string of pearl necklaces, Even more flattering, her face was like a silver platter, and her skin was as white as jade.

Wen Jin is a girl who has not been out of the cabinet, and it is impossible to dress up with strong colors, and try to be as elegant as possible - a pink waist jacket, below is a pleated skirt of the same color, embroidered with goose-yellow phoenix tails, combed with a hanging hair, a pink camellia flower is inserted in the sideburns, only on the neck, the golden snakeskin rope is knotted into a tassel shape, the nodules are connected with white gold, and the ends are decorated with pearls.

Wen Han looked at his mother-in-law, then at his daughter-in-law and sister-in-law, and couldn't help grinning: "You guys are so good-looking!" He only hung an embroidered purse full of pearls with four circles on the belt given by Wen Jin, plus a piece of mutton fat jade pendant, and the whole person was handsome, elegant and chic.

Dressing up, it didn't suppress Wei's uneasiness, Wen Jin let it go upside down, knowing that the more nervous she was, the easier it was to go wrong. She was this kind of character in her previous life, a month before the college entrance examination, she was so anxious that she couldn't sleep every day, and when it came to the days of the exam, she ate and slept beautifully, and she was 20 points more than the best score in several mock exams, and successfully entered a college that she had dreamed of for a long time.

It is said that she used to be very valued by the princess, but later because she repeatedly persuaded the princess to treat the princess well, she was snubbed and sent to the farm.

Wen Jin and Yanran were guarding at the second gate, and every time a guest came in, Mama Zhou would say loudly: "Welcome to a certain official and a certain lady-" For example, Mrs. Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites arrived, and said, "Welcome to the Book of Rites, Mrs. Zheng-"

Wen Jin and Yan Ran immediately squatted down to give a blessing ceremony: "Mrs. Zheng is polite!" ”

The three of them cooperated perfectly and successfully passed the welcome level.

Receiving the wealthy ladies who came, and greeting them with entertainment, at first it was very unaccustomed, after half an hour, they got up calmly, in fact, those ladies, at least half of them can not fully achieve the level of etiquette required by the mother, and there is one person who is illiterate, and speaks vulgarly, which is eye-catching.

Qian Xiancheng stayed in the Xijiang military camp for more than half a year, and there were many family members of the officers who came to congratulate them, and Mrs. Jin, who could not read and write, was said to be skilled in bows and horses, and she taught her the martial arts of men and sons. is also a capable woman, but she speaks rudely, and no one laughs at her.

It seems that etiquette is mainly a constraint on people who are incapacitated.

Mrs. Jin, as soon as she saw Wen Jin, she couldn't take her eyes off and looked, Wei had no choice but to try to block Wen Jin behind her, Mrs. Jin was still very dissatisfied, her arms were between Wei Jin's shoulders, and she was lightly mentioned to the side: "Ouch, Mrs. Qian, don't be so stingy, Ling Ai is really a national beauty, and it makes people look at her eyes so comfortable." ”

All the female dependents couldn't help but cover their mouths and chuckle, Wen Jin was not angry, nor was he laughing.

Mrs. Zheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was sixty years old, with gray hair but a good temperament, and she saw that there were no new guests coming, so she beckoned to Webster with a kind face: "Come, come and sit for a while!" ”

In terms of age alone, Webster is a person of the younger generation, not to mention that this is still the uncle's top boss, she is naturally obedient and obedient.

"Mrs. Qian, are you tired?"

"Not tired, not tired!" Webster said hurriedly.

"Hehe, I'm happy, so naturally I don't feel tired." Mrs. Zheng said kindly.

Merriam-Webster smiled.

"Let the children come and sit for a while, take a break, once raw and twice cooked, we will meet often." As she spoke, she beckoned to Wen Jin and Yanran, "Come here, come here." ”

Wen Jin and Yan Ran didn't know what to do, and they both walked over with smiles.

"Sit down and rest for a while, you've been busy for a long time, and you're all tired."

Where did Wen Jin and Yanran dare to sit?

"This is the young grandmother, this is the eldest lady?" Mrs. Zheng asked.

"Yes, Mrs. Zheng." Wen Jin and Yan Ran saluted together and replied.

"Oh, that's so polite, sit, sit down." Mrs. Zheng stood up and asked Lawen Jin and Yanran to sit down, but they were helpless and carefully sat sideways.

"Hehe, young grandmother and eldest lady, look at them are all blessed."

"Hehe, it's a prize!" Merriam-Webster's mouth was modest, but his face was smiling proudly.

"Has the eldest lady ever been married?" After talking for a long time, this sentence is the key, and a few ladies on the side who frequently peeked at Wen Jin couldn't help but stop talking and stretched out their ears to listen to Webster's answer. Wen Jin took the opportunity to find an excuse to sneak back to her yard, and the people around her were shy and didn't think she was a pestle.

Wei Shi replied in a low voice with some shame: "No, the third master has not returned for a long time, this child is a capable person, and the boy I see in my eyes has not yet been able to match his niece, so the family affair has been delayed." Although she was telling the truth, she still looked very sorry for Wen Jin and lowered her head.

"Ouch, this is the child's great blessing, her marriage is destined to marry a talented and beautiful woman, of course, it is easy to find only when she enters Beijing." Mrs. Zheng smiled so much that her eyes narrowed into a line, and the wrinkles on her face bloomed into several chrysanthemums, "Mrs. Qian, if you don't dislike it, how about I give my niece a good match?" ”

Webster was a little flustered, and replied in a lower voice: "It's good, but I can't care about this child's lifelong events." ”

"Oh, hehe, it doesn't matter, I'll go to Lord Yujie when the time comes." Madame Zheng seems to be confident.

Several women on the side were all lower than Mrs. Zheng's, and no one dared to answer, so they all lowered their heads and made their own calculations.

Mrs. Jin ignored this stubble, anyway, her man was a military general, and a civil official like Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites did not fit in at all, she was tall, but extremely agile, and squeezed to Wen Jin's side in two or three steps: "Miss Qian, marry my second boy, you look handsome, this time you have made great contributions to the prince in Western Xinjiang, and she is already a general of the fifth grade." ”

Mrs. Zheng's eyelids drooped slightly, hiding her unhappy emotions, there was a middle-aged woman beside her, Wen Jin remembered that she was a member of the family of a foreigner in the Ministry of Rites, and immediately spoke, acting as a pawn of her husband's boss's wife: "Mrs. Jin, your son is a five-grade official, how old should he be, look at Miss Qian's delicate little appearance, standing together, can it be lined up?" ”

Mrs. Jin spat unhappily: "Hmph, my son is thirty years old this Chinese New Year's Eve, just the right age, the older the man, will hurt people." ”

Even Wei couldn't help frowning, although she was an aunt, Qian Xiancong married, Wen Jin's marriage was about to be handed over to the Yujie county lord who entered the door today, but it was not that she couldn't say a word, she would definitely resolutely oppose Wen Jin marrying such a half-old man, not to mention that she was not a scholar she admired.

When Mrs. Zheng saw that Mrs. Jin's son was not an opponent at all, she ignored her, and a group of noble ladies watched the tall Mrs. Jin talk there, but no one answered. Fortunately, Princess Fu was pregnant during childbirth, and the couple could not attend the wedding, so they only sent gifts, and the news came in and immediately attracted the attention of the ladies.

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