"Without the mother-in-law, how can we have a daughter?" Of course Anji didn't want to make the mother-in-law sad, and hurriedly comforted her, "If there was no mother-in-law as a companion, how pitiful a daughter would be in this palace! Mother-in-law, look at Lingxian Princess, aren’t you alone?”
Mrs. Zhenyi sighed: "My mother-in-law has only raised you for a few years. If you hadn't been able to do it yourself, my mother-in-law would have been left in this palace long ago. How could I protect you? This time, if you weren't the mother-in-law, , if you are the only one, why do your eleventh brother want to plot against you? "
"He has always been unkind. Maybe he would dislike his daughter even if she didn't recruit him or mess with him?" Regarding this royal brother who is nominally Mrs. Zhenyi's adopted son and is actually not close to the mother and daughter at all. , Anji didn't like it at all, and sneered, "Let's not mention him - even without him, the only person named Lingxian Huangjie's mother-in-law is Lingxian Huangjie. When things come to her door, wouldn't it be the same? "
Mrs. Zhenyi couldn't help but be frightened when she thought of Huo's fate. Princess Lingxian was living a good life now, but that was because her consort liked her and went against her uncle's wishes. good. But not everyone can be as blessed as a fairy. What's more, Mrs. Zhenyi saw how miserable Lingxian lived during those years in the palace. And what about Huo himself? He was definitely dead, but where the bones were, even Princess Lingxian couldn't find them or couldn't find them.
She was silent, and Princess Anji also paused for a moment, bit her lip, and said, "My daughter sees that Wei Changying is not a cunning person. It's not a bad person to recommend. It's better to just..."
"How can you be so hasty about a life-long event?" Mrs. Zhenyi stopped her immediately upon hearing this, "Besides, the Queen Mother Ji's period of filial piety has not yet passed, and we don't like your father, so it would be bad to say it rashly."
Princess Anji pursed her lips and said: "The Eleventh Emperor intends to use his mother-in-law as his concubine so that he can stay in Beijing all year round. My daughter thought that the queen would be happy and sent her far away early so that the mother-in-law could be with her." Take it away so that the eleventh emperor has no reason to stay. "The queen and the imperial concubine are at odds, and King Yi prefers the imperial concubine. This is a place that can be exploited.
"It's good to leave the imperial capital. Out of sight is just a matter of your life... Previously..." Mrs. Zhenyi originally wanted to complain that her daughter should not have rashly helped Princess Linchuan because she speculated that there was something wrong with Princess Linchuan last year when Princess Chengxian came out of the cabinet. Chang Ying, thereby offending Princess Qingxin, and seeing that this time she was not even allowed to go to Princess Lingxian's mansion, it must have been Princess Qingxin's objection and request from Queen Gu.
Otherwise, Queen Gu has a reputation as a virtuous person and would not be embarrassed by such a trivial matter.
Since Princess Qingxin has taken revenge on Anji, even if the queen doesn't want to give King Yi any reason to stay in the capital in the future and wants to send Zhenyi and her daughter out of the palace, she might also trick Anji to vent her anger on her daughter.
Otherwise, why would we be so worried now? Go directly to the Queen and explain that you don't want to wade into this troubled waters, and would rather ask Queen Anji to decline as soon as her filial piety period is over. As long as the candidate is not too excessive, the Queen will most likely be right. With the six clans in the sea at the top, the eldest son of the Yunxia Huo family, and his age is much different from Princess Qingxin, maybe Queen Gu agreed
But when Mrs. Zhenyi was about to say this, she suddenly thought about how she had lost favor and was useless. She said that her daughter had been taking care of her all these years. As a mother-in-law, she could not do anything for her daughter. She felt really uncomfortable. He didn't have the heart to say anything to Anji. After pondering for a moment, he finally found it difficult to make up his mind and said hesitantly, "Or should we wait a little longer?"
Princess Anji shook her head and said cautiously: "The battle for the crown prince is no small matter. We, mother and daughter, don't know the inside story and how far the situation has reached? My father doesn't care about us. If we are involved, there is no hope at all. So it is best to escape as soon as possible. It’s not too late!”
She lowered her long eyelashes, thought for a moment, and gritted her teeth and said, "My daughter decided to make a bet on Huo Zhaoyu! It's just that it's troublesome to not mention marriage during the time of mourning... But what if we wait until September, which is still four months away... My daughter will Afraid of change... Daughters are not allowed to be favored anyway. Although the father does not like his daughter, he will not kill his daughter for such a little thing. Let's just take the punishment!"
She already has a bad reputation, but it doesn't matter if she is shameless!
Seeing what her daughter said, Mrs. Zhenyi hurriedly said: "Wait a minute! What if Huo Zhaoyu is not good, or he doesn't want to be the master, and the couple doesn't get along in the future?" Although the princesses of this dynasty are not Like a daughter from a wealthy family who abides by the rules, even if a young man loses his husband, regardless of whether he has children or not, he will always end up together. Princesses who either lost their husbands or disliked the separation from their consorts often remarried, but if they wanted to marry well, they had to be favored to have such dignity.
Like their mother and daughter... In addition to being able to have the dignity of a royal daughter for the first time, what else can they get from the glory of the palace in the future? Even the emperor and empress were afraid of those powerful families, let alone them? Could it be that Anji didn't do well in this marriage and went back to marry a commoner
Mrs. Zhenyi herself was born as a slave, and she was a commoner before entering the palace, but she did not want her grandchildren to be included in the ranks of commoners - she was very aware of the disadvantages suffered by the commoners and the gentry, and under the strict gentry, peasant, industrial and commercial system Under this situation, even if ordinary people make a fortune, they cannot afford the nobles to be greedy for a while.
What's more, it's not like no one outside knows about Anji's disfavor. With this decline, the future of the children will depend entirely on the husband's family! If her husband's family is not successful, the reputation of being an upright person can only scare the common people who don't understand anything. If you meet a more domineering evil slave from a high family, you may become naughty!
Princess Anji pursed her lips and paused for a moment before saying: "A lifetime! Who can't change? If someone was bad in the past, it doesn't necessarily mean he can't change for the better; if he didn't want to pay homage to his master in the past, maybe he could make peace with his life. The mother-in-law and the consort-in-law, no matter how bad they are, they respect each other as much as ice. However, if they are not pampered like the fairy emperor sister, they will also have a dowry after their descent. The consort-in-law will not dare to neglect the princess when he marries her. No matter how bad the relationship is in the future, at least we will. When it comes to food and clothing, we don’t have to look at people’s faces anymore, and we have to work hard for a little money - we have been living in this palace for more than ten years, so we can’t always be able to live in peace, right? Without this palace, the world will be even bigger."
"..." Mrs. Zhenyi's chest rose and fell rapidly - Anji's marriage was a turning point in the fate of mother and daughter. After more than ten years of being unfavored, Mrs. Zhenyi had no hope of regaining her favor. Therefore, she was not interested in her daughter's marriage. She was very interested, but she had no room for being interested - although the concubines were not all following others, they were impatient with her, a concubine who had fallen out of favor and was of low birth. They would not introduce her to her. His own children.
What Mrs. Zhenyi knew about her children was more than ten years ago before she fell out of favor and when Anji was still a child. The children of that group are only a few years younger than Anji now. She couldn't help her daughter in this matter at all, otherwise Anji wouldn't have come forward to entrust Wei Changying, the young lady she accidentally helped.
... After a long while, Mrs. Zhenyi gritted her teeth and said: "Since Ying'er wants to bet, my mother-in-law will also accompany you! You don't have to mention this matter in person. Every girl's parents can talk about it by themselves." It’s really too difficult for you. Concubine, I’ll tell you for you!”
Princess Anji was startled, and then said urgently: "No, my concubine, your body..." Mrs. Zhenyi has long been forgotten by the Holy Lord. She has been seriously ill several times in the past few years, but the Holy Lord has not paid attention to it, so there is nothing else. Can you speak for your daughter with dignity? It's just that Princess Anji couldn't bear to speak frankly, so she talked about her body, but Mrs. Zhenyi clapped her hands and smiled slightly: "Silly boy, it's just because the mother-in-law's body is useless, so she hopes to Come down as soon as possible and fulfill the mother's wish!"
... In Jintong Courtyard, Wei Changying saw the person sent by Princess Lingxian to deliver cherries. The person was very sorry to tell her that Princess Anji had not been able to go to Princess Lingxian's mansion: "... I heard that the Queen Mother stopped her. Our Highness was worried that asking special questions or inviting a date would arouse the Queen's suspicion, so we entertained Princess Qingxin without asking anything else."
"This is really troublesome for Your Highness Princess Lingxian." Wei Changying heard that Princess Anji failed to go to Princess Lingxian Mansion and was blocked by Queen Gu. His heart skipped a beat, but then he thought that even if Queen Gu knew Even if you don't like this matter, you can't do anything to yourself - now that King Ji and King Yi are both staying in Beijing, it's too late for the queen to bother them! Then the empress who knows the general situation will definitely not cause trouble at this juncture.
What's more, it's not a big deal if he helps Princess Anji find out who the consort is.
After saying words of gratitude, he dismissed Princess Lingxian's servants. Guard Chief Ying thought for a long time, but could not think of any other way to contact Princess Anji. He also had no idea what the situation was in the palace. After much thought, he couldn't think of any other way to contact Princess Anji. Not having a clue, wet nurse Zhao came over with Shen Shuguang in her arms and said, "Today I am young lady Fangchen. My maid brings the young master here to kowtow to young lady."
Today is indeed Wei Changying's birthday, but she is very busy now, and there are elders above her and she is wearing mourning, so she has no time or thought to celebrate, so she asked Huang to cook the bowl in person In the meantime, all the servants in the yard came over to kowtow to congratulate him and give him some reward money. Mrs. Su and everyone in the Shen family actually sent it thoughtfully, and the two aunts Wei Shengxian and Wei Zhengyin didn't forget it, and had mentioned it in advance.
It was said that Wei Changying did not plan to hold a banquet to celebrate. The two aunts knew that she was busy, and that being a daughter-in-law was not as good as being a young lady. They had to look at the wishes of their elders to decide whether to entertain people on this day, so they knew that there was no need for this day. If you send your children or come in person, you will have someone give you a gift. So it was still very quiet in Jintong Courtyard that day, and there was no sign of any special celebration.
"He is still so young, how can he have to salute?" Now hearing what Zhao said, Wei Changying couldn't help laughing. He put aside Princess Anji's matter for the time being, raised his hand and motioned to Zhao to hand over the baby. However, Shi held the baby in his arms and kowtowed a few times before giving it to her, which was regarded as Shen Shuguang's salute.
Wei Changying saw that she was trying to please others, so he pursed his lips and smiled, and fulfilled his wish, indicating to Qin Ge that he would reward her with some money later. After taking the swaddling clothes, he looked at his son carefully. Shen Shuguang woke up after falling asleep and was in good spirits. The child grew up very quickly at this time, and he looked completely different from the wrinkled appearance he had when he was born: he looked at his mother curiously with his big round black eyes, and Wei Changying also looked at him lovingly. Looking at him, the one-month-old child's skin was fair and delicate, without any blemishes. His little mouth was slightly pouted, and the red color was adorable. There was also a trace of saliva at the corner of his mouth. Wei Changying carefully wiped him with a handkerchief. , the handkerchief embroidered with bright rose flowers immediately attracted his attention to his mother.
Seeing that he was struggling to lower his head to stare at the veil, Wei Changying hurriedly brought the veil to him again for him to see... After a while, Shen Shuguang didn't like to look at the veil anymore, so Huang reminded him: "Young Master I'm still young and can't see far now. Madam, take something bright and bring it closer to see what the young master likes?"
After teasing him like this, Shen Shuguang was too young and soon showed signs of fatigue. Wei Changying kissed him on the cheek, handed him to Zhao, and whispered to her to take good care of him.
The time passed like this, and Wei Changying didn't take this day too seriously. Unexpectedly, in the evening, Manlou, who was in front of Mrs. Su, suddenly came over with a smile on his face. He first asked Wei Changying and Shen Shuguangan, and learned everything. Everything was fine, so he said with a smile: "My maid has brought good news to Madam Third Young Master, but Madam told her maid that with this news alone, Madam Third Young Master will not be able to treat me badly if I just run an errand." "
When Wei Changying saw what she said, he knew it must be good news, and it came from Mrs. Su... As soon as his mind changed, he asked tentatively: "But does it have something to do with my husband?"
Manlou clapped his hands and said with a smile: "The Third Young Madam is so shrewd, I can't even try to sell you off!"
Wei Changying asked overjoyed: "What's the good news?" She was thinking that Shen Zangfeng was going to come back first? If she just said that Shen Zangfeng was coming back, she would definitely be worried given the experience of Su Yuwu and Pei Yu recuperating in Ji's house.
But Manlou was so happy and even made fun remarks about Mrs. Su, Shen Zangfeng must be fine.
Sure enough, Manlou smiled and said: "The third young master is far away in Xiliang, and he is also thinking about your birthday, the third young lady! I sent someone to bring you a letter and something. The visitor hurriedly took the time to catch up with the day. Anyway, today We rushed into the city! Now the servant has brought you the letter and the things! Do you think this is good news?" (To be continued)