Chapter 191

When Empress Cao heard the little eunuch outside shouting in a sharp voice that the Queen Mother was coming, she was stunned for a moment, and then her mind immediately turned around, thinking that the Queen Mother's old man came to Zhengyang Palace at this juncture, I am afraid that it is for the matter of choosing the crown princess. But the old lady of the Queen Mother, hasn't she always asked about the harem? I couldn't figure it out for a while, but I couldn't allow her to think about it, so she quickly stood up and led a group of female dependents to the door to greet the old man.

"The son visits the queen mother. Empress Cao lowered her head slightly and saluted to Empress Dowager Zhuang.

Empress Dowager Zhuang smiled and said, "Get up, you don't have to be polite." She smiled lightly and paused, then looked around and searched, and sure enough, she saw Zhou Huaru, the eldest girl of the Zhou family, who was standing with the old lady of the Zhou family, seeing that the eldest girl of Zhou had been lowering her head, and the old lady Zhou next to her also had some hesitation on her face, and the Empress Dowager Zhuang smiled and nodded lightly.

Thinking about it, I am afraid that the queen's intention to choose the daughter of the Zhou family as the crown princess is already obvious, but the Zhou family is not very willing.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhuang smiled and walked to the right seat and sat down, and then said to Empress Cao: "The mourning family heard that the queen chose a concubine for His Royal Highness the prince in the Zhengyang Palace, such an important matter, how could the queen not say a word to the mourning family? ”

Empress Cao stood aside, bent down slightly and said, "If you return to your mother, it is the sons who are choosing the crown princess for the court." However, such a small matter, Erchen is too busy, and he doesn't have to bother your old man. Queen Mother, you are here today, but you also have a wishful candidate in your heart?"

Empress Dowager Zhuang smiled and said, "You all sit down, you don't have to be so restrained, you all sit down and talk." But after seeing the ladies and their own girls sitting in the same place again, the Queen Mother said, "These girls, since they can enter Zhengyang Palace, they must be all liked by the queen." It's just that there can only be one princess, and she can't give up anyone. So, it's the problem that is being pushed to the mourning family?"

Empress Cao said embarrassedly: "Queen Mother, how dare your sons, sons...... Erchen just thinks these children are excellent. looks thoughtful, and all of them are knowledgeable and dignified, I really don't know who to choose. However, since the queen mother is gone, the son wants to help the son take a look. ”

Empress Dowager Zhuang asked with a smile: "The queen has put the power of choosing the crown princess into the hands of the mourning family? After that, she didn't wait for Queen Cao to speak again, she just sat upright, and her loving eyes looked around, her eyes gently swept over every young and delicate face, and then nodded, "Sure enough, they are all good children, demure and chaste, and the mourning family is also embarrassed at this time." ”

Empress Cao thought about it, glanced in the direction of Zhou Huaru again, and said to Empress Dowager Zhuang with a smile: "Queen Mother, Erchen thinks ......"

"That's it. Empress Dowager Zhuang waved her hand at Empress Cao, looked at her with a smile and said, "If this is not the case, you have also seen these children with your own eyes, you as the future mother-in-law, and the mourning family as the future mother-in-law, you should like them all." However, since you are choosing the crown princess, you will live a married life with the prince in the future, only if you and the mourning family look at it, you have to look at the prince. She paused for a moment, and then said, "I think that this time should be almost the time for the next early dynasty, and the queen sent a little eunuch to wait first, and then called the prince after the early court." ”

When the nobles sitting below heard that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was coming in a while, they all buried their heads lower, and their cheeks couldn't help but flush. Only Zhou Huaru had no shyness on his face, and his expression was the same as before, but his eyebrows frowned slightly. Empress Dowager Zhuang took a closer look at the expressions of these noble girls, who was willing to marry into the East Palace at this moment, and who was unwilling, she also understood a rough idea in her heart.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought that he had the same idea as herself, and Empress Cao heard that the Queen Mother was going to call the Prince, so she hurriedly smiled and responded to the order.

Empress Dowager Zhuang will look at people, sweep all the way, and at this moment she already has the candidate in mind.

After touching a stick of incense, the prince Zhao Ting was dressed in a scarlet python robe and walked towards Zhengyang Palace. Seeing the Empress Dowager Zhuang sitting on the top seat, he hurriedly bent down and clenched his fists, first asking for peace to the Empress Dowager Zhuang, and then to Queen Cao. When the nobles saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince of the Dynasty, they thought they were going to give His Royal Highness a big salute.

After saluting each other, Empress Dowager Zhuang said: "Prince, you can also sit down, the mourning family and your mother are choosing the crown princess for you." After that, he sat up straighter again, and continued to smile, "These famous ladies sitting here are all carefully selected by your queen mother layer by layer, all of them are handsome and dignified, and they are all worthy of you." ”

The crown prince Zhao Ting hurriedly bent down and replied: "Bothering the imperial grandmother and the queen mother is really the court's unfilial piety. However, since it is the person chosen by the imperial grandmother and the queen mother, they must all be excellent, and the court is completely up to the imperial grandmother and the queen mother. After that, his clear eyes swept towards the nobles, and he fell in love with Zhou Huaru in the crowd at a glance, he was really in a good mood, and the smile on his handsome and elegant face gradually deepened, and even the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were smiling.

Before, the Wang family asked him if he chose the eldest girl of Zhongzhou as the crown princess just because of the power behind her? He did not answer at that time, not because he was running away, but because he was also thinking about such a question in his heart. But when he saw her this time, he suddenly felt his heart skip a beat, and his whole body became energetic.

I'm afraid I only had this feeling when I saw Shan'er for the first time ten years ago...... Zhao Ting lowered his eyes slightly.

Seeing Zhao Ting's expression like this, and following his gaze, Empress Dowager Zhuang only felt pity, and couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

To say, Miss Zhou is indeed the best candidate for the crown princess, but that child doesn't have this heart.

Thinking of this, Empress Dowager Zhuang said: "I think the prince has also seen it, no matter what, he should have his own thoughts in his heart." Queen, let's stop here today, what do you think?"

Empress Cao hurriedly said: "Everything is up to the queen mother." ”

After everyone left Zhengyang Palace, Empress Cao said happily: "Queen Mother, Erchen thinks that it is really good for the Zhou eldest girl of the Zhou State Mansion to be the crown princess, she is also a little older, and her actions are more mature and stable, so she wants to be more compatible with Ting'er." After thinking about it, he said, "Other sons and daughters also have a fancy to it, but compared with this week's girl, it is inevitable that it will be slightly inferior." ”

Empress Dowager Zhuang did not express her opinion, but just asked Empress Cao: "Besides Miss Zhou, who else does the queen fancy to?"

Empress Cao said: "The eldest girl Cui of the Yingwu General's Mansion, the second girl of Xuanshilang's Mansion, and the daughter of Lu Feng, the uncle of the Lu Guogong Mansion...... Although these are good, they are inferior compared to Miss Zhou. Queen Mother, the princess and the princess feel that it must be Miss Zhou, if you choose a good one for Ting'er in the future, these can also be considered. ”

Empress Dowager Zhuang didn't speak immediately, she just smiled, but she thought in her heart that the Cui family has military power, and marrying the daughter of the Cui family means that she has the power in the army. Mrs. Xuan is the teacher of Emperor Hui, representing prestige, and this second girl Xuan, who is the daughter of Xuanhong, the servant of the court department, is in charge of the appointment and dismissal assessment of civil officials.

As for the Lu family, now this Lu Feng is a Zhongshu Ling, and he resigned at a young age, which must be something extraordinary.

Lu Feng only has one daughter, if he marries this Lu Quan as a good woman, he will gain power.

The queen's intentions were indeed good, but was it really appropriate to blatantly win over courtiers for the crown prince on the pretext of choosing a concubine? Now that His Majesty is in his prime, this prince is just a prince, and if His Majesty learns that he is suspected of forming a party for personal gain, I am afraid that it will make the father and son unhappy.

There are many concubines around His Majesty, and there are even more people who are favored by the queen, and the Cao family's family has no power. But born in the heavenly family, first there are monarchs and ministers, and then there are fathers and sons, Your Majesty can set up a prince, and you can also abolish the prince.

Obviously, the queen didn't understand this. She planned for her son too early, she was well-intentioned, but she almost did something bad.

Thinking like this, the smile on Empress Dowager Zhuang's face disappeared, and she only looked at Empress Cao and said, "Do you want to hear the thoughts of the mourning family?"

Empress Cao saw that the old lady's face had changed a little, and her heart trembled, for fear that the old man would oppose her statement.

Sure enough, Empress Dowager Zhuang said bluntly: "The Xuan family, the Cui family, and the Lu family, if the queen and the prince really have a choice, they can only choose one of them." As for Miss Zhou, although she is suitable to be the crown princess, she is not suitable to be the prince's wife. I say such a thing, Ting'er, do you understand in your heart?"

Zhao Ting stood quietly on the side, and when he heard the Queen Mother's words, his eyes lit up, and he immediately bowed his head and said, "Grandson understands." ”

"What about the Empress?" Empress Dowager Zhuang nodded at Zhao Ting, and then looked at Empress Cao.

When Empress Cao saw that the Empress Dowager had rejected her opinion, she became a little anxious, looked at Empress Dowager Zhuang and said: "Queen Mother, the sons don't understand, since the Empress Mother also likes Miss Zhou, and thinks that she is indeed suitable to be the crown princess, how can she be born and not suitable to be the prince's wife?

Empress Dowager Zhuang said: "The crown princess is just a title, just like you, the queen, but the prince's wife is different." The mourning family hopes that in the future, Ting'er's wife will be able to truly love Ting'er and help each other hand in hand. In either case, she must be able to genuinely care about the prince. If the prince is confused for a while, she must be able to find out and dare to raise it, and if the prince encounters any problems that cannot be solved and is confused, she must also be able to help him and comfort him. Queen, the mourning family did this for the sake of Ting'er, and the truth is true, presumably Ting'er also understands. ”

Zhao Ting hurriedly clenched his fists and said, "The imperial grandmother thinks about her grandson, and her grandson understands in her heart. It's the grandson who is not filial, but the imperial grandmother bothers for the grandson. ”

"You are the grandson of the Mourning family, how can the Mourning family think that it is bothered?" Empress Dowager Zhuang pulled Zhao Ting to sit aside, but seeing that the queen was still bowing her head, her face seemed to be a little unhappy, so she said again, "This is the selection of the crown princess and the prince Liangdi, not the queen and the fourth concubine, where is it necessary to consider that." 166 Reading Network