Chapter 43: Saving the Country with a Curve (II)

An Shunhou was also startled when he saw that Princess Zhaocheng suddenly changed into a different look, and it took a while to come to his senses: "Good boy, it turns out that you are scaring your father and mother." ”

Princess Zhaochang straightened her face: "Dad, mother, it's not that the daughter-in-law intends to scare her father, it's just that the idea of the Second Highness is to ask me to go to the Crying Palace." ”

Marquis An Shun waved his hand: "Da Lang's daughter-in-law is slow, I don't know what His Royal Highness's idea is." ”

Princess Zhaochang said: "Actually, the idea of the Second Highness can be regarded as a dangerous move, and it is gambling." ”

Then he told the idea to An Shunhou in detail, and the more An Shunhou listened, the more he felt that this idea was really a good idea, at least the same, although it was a dangerous move, but even if this road went crooked in the end and he couldn't marry Shi Qi, maybe Brother Lin could marry the best.

Just when the Xu He family unanimously decided to use the strategy of Lu Cheng, a rumor quietly spread in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital.

The eldest princess of Zhaoxing is quite clear in the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital, and when she heard the grandmother next to her tell her about this rumor, she was also so shocked that she dropped the tea cup in her hand on the ground and fell to pieces.

"What are you talking about, what kind of rumors, tell this palace again!"

The grandmother of the eldest princess of Zhaoxing was also a nurse in the palace when the eldest princess of Zhaoxing was born, and she had been in the palace for so many years, and she was married to the Yichun Hou Mansion, which can be regarded as following her for so many years. But Miss He is a well-known noble girl in Kyoto, and Princess Zhaoxing is a daughter who loves her heart, and she can't bear to let her daughter be wronged by the side concubine as soon as she gets married, so she started to look at the candidate for this side concubine in advance. ”

Daxuan has such a rule, the prince marries a concubine, and will carry in a side concubine on the day of marriage, which is married with the princess, which means that the prince will open up the branches and leaves, and then the princess has someone to assist, only when the king of Chaojing broke this case, it is also said that the princess Jing is lucky, the girl who was pointed out as the side concubine of King Jing, and somehow died violently, after the girl died, everyone disliked the unlucky side concubine who entered at the same time, and no one came to fill this position.

Rules are rules, but people who really become princesses hate the existence of such rules. Ordinary people marry relatives, and it is impossible to raise a concubine and aunt just after marrying a daughter-in-law, but after all, it is to marry the prince, and you have to endure the grievances yourself, so there is also such a practice, that is, the quasi-princess's maiden family has found a slightly lower family background in advance, and the girl who is honest and can be controlled by the quasi-princess enters the palace to ask for grace.

The eldest princess of Zhaoxing didn't understand, this rumor, the meaning of the words, was that He Ping'an had not yet become the eldest princess, and the Yichun Marquis Mansion was already looking for a candidate for the concubine of the eldest prince, so she waved her hand impatiently: "And then, since this rumor says that the palace intends to find a side concubine for the eldest prince in advance, it will always vaguely reveal who this person is, right? The palace doesn't believe it, if someone puts this rumor out, there must be some purpose!"

The grandmother nodded: "Princess, don't you know, there are rumors outside, there are noses and eyes, and even the choice of this person is clear." ”

"Who is it?"

Mama Grandma whispered to the ear of the eldest princess of Zhaoxing: " It was the day that I came to the Hou Mansion, the daughter of the sister of the Ma Ye, Miss Shi Qi of the Hou family of Jiangyin, the rumors also said that the day from the chrysanthemum banquet in the palace, Miss Shi sat in the carriage of the Hou Mansion of Yichun and had an accident, fortunately, the eldest son of the Hou Xu family of Anshun passed by and saved her, if not, it was the people who were arranged by the Yinchun Houfu to save her, and then Miss Shi's reputation was ruined, and the princess was helping because she was a relative, and she entered the palace to invite Miss Shi to be the concubine of the eldest prince。 ”

The eldest princess of Zhaoxing was so angry that she immediately went to the palace to discuss countermeasures with the queen mother.

Here, in He Jiaqing's study in Gongchangbo's Mansion, He Jiaqing looked at a girl with big eyes standing beside Lu Cheng and smiled breathlessly, if He Changan was also there at this time, he would definitely be surprised, isn't this the maid who served by the queen's side at the chrysanthemum banquet that day?

"Haha, in order to let her daughter be able to subdue the side concubines around her after she gets married, Princess Zhaoxing even did not hesitate to ruin the name of her niece, who came up with such a bridge?

Lu Cheng didn't speak, and the expression on his face was a little ...... Innocent, just looked at the little maid beside him.

The little maid hurriedly spoke: "Ouch, Uncle He, this matter has nothing to do with His Highness, His Highness just mentioned the cold smoke, as for the twists and turns and bizarre stories in the back, they were made up by the slave maid." However, the eldest princess Zhaoxing is the most faceable eldest princess in this life, so what she cares about the most is that face, although everyone knows that it is an example for the princess's maiden family to give Zhang Luo a side concubine who is easy to handle, but she can harm her nephew's daughter like this, and the face of the eldest princess Zhaoxing is really nowhere to put it. ”

He Jiaqing sincerely thought that as a person from the second prince Lu Cheng, serving by the queen's side and gaining the queen's trust, this girl named Hanyan is really not simple.

Lu Cheng also nodded, and opened his mouth rarely: "Hanyan is a good girl." ”

"Your Royal Highness, it's not too early, the slave maid has to go back to Fengqi Palace as soon as possible, if you don't go back, I'm afraid that the queen will definitely be suspicious." Besides, Your Highness, the slave maid has to help His Highness go back to the palace to watch the play. ”

Lu Cheng nodded, didn't say much, just looked along He Jiaqing's window, in fact, he couldn't see anything, but He Jiaqing knew that it was He Chang'an's Xuehuazhai in that direction.

Not long after Hanyan left Gongchangbo's Mansion, someone came to report to Lu Cheng, saying that Princess Zhaochang had entered the palace, and Lu Cheng also said goodbye from Gongchangbo's Mansion, and before leaving, he asked He Jiaqing to tell the Bai family and He Chang'an that if there is a will, it will probably be tonight, and tomorrow at the latest, if there is no will tomorrow, it will be in vain.

The Bai family's heart was also jumping suddenly like a rabbit in this sentence, and even the rice was used a little indiscriminately, facing the usual favorite eight-treasure duck soup on the table, but he didn't move a chopstick.

Chang'an looked at Bai's depressed mood, and he was not comfortable, and he chattered about the rice in the bowl all the time, but the bowl of rice didn't go down much for a long time, so he persuaded on the side: "Mother, no matter what, you always have to use a little rice, this family can't live without you." ”

Because Shi Qi insisted on eating in the main house, Shi He's family also followed the Bai family to eat in the main house on this day, looking at the Bai family and Chang'an who didn't want to eat, he was very uncomfortable, so he wanted to find fault in his words: "Sister-in-law, have you heard, there have always been rumors in this imperial capital, saying that Zhaoxing Changgong mainly arranged for Sister Qi to be the concubine of the eldest prince." ”

He Changan stole a white glance at Shi He, and he didn't know if her aunt was really stupid or fake, the rumors outside were not beneficial to Shi Qi no matter what, and He Jiaqing made a dangerous move in order to help Shi Qi, but her aunt only paid attention to the rumor that she wanted Shi Qi to be the concubine of the prince.

I can't help but wonder, Cousin Shi Qi, was she born by her aunt?

It was Shi Qi who secretly pulled her mother's shirt again: "Mother, the sacred heart is unpredictable, the power of heaven is unpredictable, even if the second aunt has that thought, it is hard to say what the saint thinks." ”

As soon as Shi Qi's words fell, he saw Fanzhi walking in from the door: "Madam, aunt, grandmother, miss, Miss Cousin, a well-dressed father-in-law came to the palace, and a minister from the Ministry of Rites came over and said that he wanted to announce the decree." ”

Bai has been looking forward to a will in the palace, but the person who announced the decree came, but she didn't know the content of the will, she was also panicked, but she wore homely clothes when she ate, but she had to change into court clothes when she received the decree, Bai suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and waved his hand towards Xirui: "You go to the front first to entertain the two people who came to announce the decree, remember to be decent, you can't lose the face of our Gongchang Mansion." ”

Xirui responded carefully, and went to the front to entertain.

The whole family is busy with this will, but the content of the will is really simple, praising the Marquis of Jiangyin as a meritorious minister of the country, and the granddaughter raised is also a person with both ability and political integrity, the saint and the queen are very fond of it, plus Princess Zhaocheng personally entered the palace to ask the queen for marriage, and the saint also felt that this was a godsend, so he directly exempted Shi Qi from the draft, and directly married Princess Zhaochang's only son, the eldest son of the Xu family, Xu Linche.

It turned out that as soon as Princess Zhaoxing heard the not very good rumor, she went into the palace to discuss countermeasures with the Queen Mother, but she couldn't stand Princess Zhaoxing's side to be faster, and when the mother and daughter were still discussing in the Cihui Palace, Princess Zhaoxing had already gone to the emperor's Yanqing Palace to cry.

Princess Zhao Changcheng has always been the most peaceful among the eldest princesses, and she has never been easy to make fun because she is a widow, but this time she directly handed over the sign to Yan Qing Palace and begged, this is something that Princess Zhao Changcheng has been married for nearly 20 years, and she has never done anything!

The emperor naturally attached great importance to it, so he allowed this eldest sister to enter the palace, who knew that Princess Zhaocheng opened her mouth: "Brother Huang, Zhaocheng knows that he is a widow, although he is a princess, he is also a burden to the heavenly family, if the imperial brother doesn't want to see Zhaocheng get a good child, Zhaocheng has never caused trouble to the imperial brother over the years, why doesn't the imperial brother give his sister and Lin Ge'er a way to live?"

The emperor was taken aback when he heard this, naturally, those rumors in the imperial capital usually can't reach the emperor's ears, and even if they can, the speed is not so fast.

Among the princesses of this generation with the title of Zhaoqitou, if it is really about blood, the closest to the emperor is still Princess Zhaocheng, even if the emperor now recognizes the queen mother as his mother, and his biological mother has always been an imperial concubine, it can't change the fact that he and Zhaocheng are compatriots of the same mother, not to mention that Zhaocheng became a widow at a young age, although the emperor didn't say it, he was sad in his heart.

He quickly asked about the origin of Princess Zhaocheng's grievances, and couldn't help but be even more annoyed in his heart, the Queen Mother has been focusing on cultivating the power of the Li family over the years, although he has no objection, but it is indeed a boat to spoil Concubine Qing, and the Queen Mother's family, including Princess Zhaoxing, is becoming more and more arrogant, he is not unaware.

It's just that I didn't expect that this second sister would be so arrogant!

Princess Zhaochang cried even more miserably: "Brother Huang, our brother Lin, that is the only hope I have in this life, I have also seen the girl of the Shi family, she is a good girl." Brother Lin is good at everything, but he wants to be too pure, and he thinks that if he saves other girls, he touches other girls' bodies, and he has to be responsible for other girls. Poor this girl is the second sister who is ready to be a side concubine for His Royal Highness, the queen mother is the mother-in-law, and the second sister is ...... And when something happened that night, it was when Brother Lin often went out, and that road was also the way for Brother Lin......

What was revealed in the vague words was that the emperor, you gave up your biological mother for this throne, but the queen mother had such a bad idea, it was simply not a way to live, she promised Lin Che a child, begged the imperial brother to be gracious, and gave Lin Ge'er a grace.

"Well, Brother Lin has read sages since she was a child, and she also has Confucius in her stomach, I know that it is a good thing to be willing to be the person in charge of the girl of the Shi family. In the past few years, Zhaoxing has become more and more out of doing things, and I acquiesced to the fact that He Ping'an, who was born to her in the draft book, as the eldest princess, but I haven't acquiesced to let her get involved in this concubine!"

Princess Zhaochang didn't speak, just stood aside and wiped her tears, but in her heart she knew that the royal brother of her mother's compatriot was the most ambitious person, and he promised He Ping'an to be the eldest princess, so he naturally had his reasons, but his reason did not let Princess Zhaoxing make a side concubine together.

The emperor thought for a while and spoke: "Zhaocheng, if I personally decree that I marry Brother Lin and the girl of the Shi family before the draft, can you complain about me?"

This is the subtlety of Lu Cheng's curve to save the country, crying in person, making the emperor feel that Princess Zhaochang has been wronged, and this grievance comes from Princess Zhaoxing and the Queen Mother, even if the Queen Mother does it wrong, as long as it is not really heinous, it is impossible for the emperor not to maintain the face of the Queen Mother, so it is bound to be wronged by his fellow sisters.

Princess Zhaocheng originally wanted to accept it directly, but then thought of what Lu Cheng had told her through Xu Linche, thought about it, and put on a aggrieved expression: "Zhaocheng doesn't dare to be wronged. ”

"Don't worry, Zhaocheng can rest assured, I personally decreed, go back and let Qin Tianjian choose a good day, and the queen will marry Brother Lin, no one outside will dare to make irresponsible remarks, if there is, it is resentful of me, or I don't want to live anymore, what does my sister think?"