This kind of news is not good news, and there is too little good news.
Wei Changying accepted the letter and things happily, and generously rewarded her with a pair of silver collars. After Manlou left, she couldn't wait to open the letter and read it first.
Maybe it was because the war in Xiliang was urgent, and Shen Zangfeng wrote it in a hurry, and the handwriting looked very sloppy: basically, he reported that she was safe, and then expressed condolences to her about her pregnancy and childbirth, and asked whether the mother and child were healthy, and how Shen Xuan and his wife were doing... Homely After finishing the short conversation and a few sweet words, he talked about the things he had given her to celebrate her birthday this time.
Because there was little production in Xiliang, Shen Zangfeng wanted to give his wife something to celebrate her birthday, but couldn't find anything suitable for a while. On the contrary, he and his superior, Captain Shen Yujia, had previously set up a trap to ambush the Di people's great Chanyu Mu Xiuer. Although Mu Xiuer was allowed to escape, he killed ten eagles under his tent. The soldiers found a piece of blood jade the size of a thumb from one of the eagles. Because the color of the jade was very good, they knew it was valuable and did not dare to keep it for themselves, so they handed it over in exchange for credit.
Shen Zangfeng saw it at Shen Youjia's place, so he exchanged one of his daggers for him and gave it to the craftsman to make a pair of Biyi bird earrings. It was not only a birthday gift for his wife, but also a pair of Biyi bird earrings given to him by Mrs. Su earlier. Matching pair of Lizhi blood jade hairpins.
After reading the letter, Guard Chief Ying happily opened the brocade box that came with the letter, and saw that the Biwing Bird earrings inside were indeed of excellent jade color, red and bright, as if they were about to condense uncondensed blood. The problem is...Biyiniao's carving is definitely not as good as the pair of hairpins given by Mrs. Su. Even the red gold earrings with edges show the roughness of the craftsman's workmanship.
No matter how you look at it, it's just a waste of a good piece of blood jade...
Not only Wei Changying, but also the Huang family and others who gathered around her, with the mood of "The pair of hairpins given by the madam are so beautiful that they are usually difficult to match with jewelry, but now the young master can make up for them with matching earrings", but they saw After being disappointed with such a pair of earrings, I really felt that Shen Zangfeng was wasting: Such good blood jade is rare in the world. Master, if you can't find a suitable craftsman in Xiliang, you can't send the original stone. Let's Are you looking for Ye to do it in the imperial capital...
However, because it was sent by Shen Zangfeng, and it was sent from Xiliang on a tight schedule, Wei Changying happily put it on immediately after being disappointed, ordered someone to bring up the bronze mirror, looked around in the mirror, and asked: "It looks good." ?"
Everyone would not spoil her interest and they all said it looked good.
Because of Xinhe's pair of earrings, Wei Changying was in a good mood for the next few days.
But at the end of May, news suddenly came from the palace, which surprised her: Mrs. Zhenyi was seriously ill and was on the verge of death.
The Holy One always treats concubines who have lost interest as nothing. Even if Mrs. Zhenyi is a first-class wife, the Holy One will not visit her now.
However, the empress and concubine, who were both well-known and well-known, had to go and do their best. As soon as they left, Mrs. Zhenyi asked them one thing with her last breath - she hoped to see her daughter descend before she died.
Mrs. Zhenyi also has the eleventh prince Shen Bo under her name, who has been named King of Yi. It is said that it is not good to only mention An Ji but not Shen Bo. But Mrs. Zhenyi also had a reason: "I am a humble concubine, and I am very ignorant. How can I raise a princess? I have heard that Yinger has behaved inappropriately among noble ladies over the years, and I am really worried about her! Fortunately, Bo The son is a prince and moved to Jiamu Palace after he was ten years old. He has good teachers and friends to teach him, so he will not be delayed by the concubine. Now the concubine is afraid that he has been sick and ignorant over the years, so that Ying'er will not have a good reputation in the future. No one will want her..."
When she said this, both the queen and the concubine couldn't help but comfort her, saying that Princess Anji was actually fine, which made Mrs. Zhenyi relax and take good care of her.
However, Mrs. Zhenyi did not believe this and insisted that her life would not last long. She was worried that no one would want Princess Anji, who had a reputation for being fierce and fierce. She must watch Princess Anji descend and at least make an appointment before she could close her eyes. She asked the queen and the noble concubine to Fulfill her.
When the queen and concubine saw her like this, they more or less guessed that she had fallen in love with someone, so they began to test him with words.
But if they don't agree, how can Mrs. Zhenyi be willing to say anything? After being pushed and blocked like this, Mrs. Zhenyi vomited blood... Anji, who was hiding behind the screen, suddenly became anxious and ran out to serve her while saying that she didn't want to go down and would just wait until she finished serving the mother-in-law and spend the rest of her life alone... Mrs. Zhenyi leaned on the couch again and prayed with tears...
Doujin Palace was in a mess, and the queen and concubine were also in a mess, so they left hastily. After returning to their respective palaces, they had to summon their confidants to discuss: "Looking at Zhenyi, it really can't be delayed for too long. Anji is indeed looked at like a savage beast outside. I really don't know who among the noble clan will dare to do so in the future." Want her."
"Mrs. Zhenyi has fallen out of favor for a long time, and Princess Anji has not been favored by the Holy Father. The only thing mother and daughter can count on is the mercy of Weiyang and Mingguang Palace." The confidants of the two palaces said so, "That's why I am so miserable today. I beg your Majesty to agree.”
"It's just that I got news earlier that the person Anji is interested in is Wei Changfeng." It was Concubine Deng who said this. She frowned and said, "Now Wei Changfeng has made an appointment with Anji's niece and the daughter of the spirit fairy Su Nianchu. Regarding marriage, who does Zhenyi want Princess Anji to marry now?"
Empress Gu said this: "Previously, the Duanmu family had instigated Qingxin because of their legitimate daughter Wei Changjuan. In order to exonerate Wei Changjuan, Anji seemed to have a crush on Wei Changfeng and had a long private conversation with Wei Changying. The matter was told to me. I later asked people to pay attention. Sure enough, at the New Year's Eve banquet, Anji took advantage of the crowd and took the initiative to get close to Wei Changying. Wei Changying seemed to ignore her, so he asked someone to reveal the news to Deng. , As expected, Deng was eager to overthrow me, and immediately took advantage of the emperor's long-term desire to eliminate Yue, and told the story. I also used this matter to make Rui Yutang an enemy for Deng. Now Mrs. Zhenyi wants to do it. Anji is descending rapidly... Is it over there in Fengzhou? "
Yun said, "But didn't the messenger who delivered the decree say that Duke Chang had already agreed to the marriage?"
"Didn't the Song family also urge Song Zaishui to return to Beijing to get married? But later, Song Zaishui's relationship broke out, and they were 'embarrassed' to marry such a daughter to Xun'er. Can they be blamed for not keeping their promise? Who doesn't say that the Song family is talented outside? "The one who was wronged?" Queen Gu snorted and said, "What does it mean for an old fox like Wei Huan to promise? He can't even trust the oath he made!" A gap?"
Yun thought for a moment and said: "It's just that Su Nianchu is the daughter of the Su family, and speaking of it, she is the niece of Her Royal Highness Princess Anji. It is really unpleasant if word spreads that her aunt and her niece are competing for her husband... What can Her Royal Highness Princess Anji do? Wei Changfeng's help is not as good as Su Nianchu's! That is to say, Her Royal Highness is more powerful than Su Nianchu, but can the issues in the Wei family be solved by being fierce?"
"That's true." Empress Gu narrowed her eyes and said, "But this time on Linchuan's birthday, Wei Changying did not attend the banquet because he had to honor his aunt's filial piety. Anji looked around and couldn't find her, so he went to find her sister-in-law Shen Zang. Ning, murmured in private... Anji was not familiar with Shen Zangning before, but now he is asking her to send a message, and he is obviously anxious! And he has been keeping an eye on Wei Changying? "
"Princess Lingxian sent cherries to the palace a few days ago, and invited everyone in the palace to try new dishes at the princess' mansion?" Yun suddenly thought of it!
Empress Gu frowned and said: "If Lingxian did this to deliver news to Wei Changying, who is unable to enter the palace because of his filial piety, then it seems that it is not Wei Changfeng who Mrs. Zhenyi wants to bring down Anji."
How can a mother-in-law help her half-sister steal her son-in-law
Yunshi pondered for a moment and said: "My maid, I thought that Mrs. Zhenyi has been out of favor for many years. Although Her Royal Highness Princess Anji is fierce, she behaves in a moderate way. Previously, Her Royal Highness Princess Anji hurt our Highness Princess Qingxin. Now that she wants to beg your Majesty, Grace is something that a particularly good person cannot hope for. Why don’t you agree to it first, Mrs. Zhenyi? After all, since Your Majesty has not told the Emperor about his unfilial piety, why don’t you ask His Majesty to show mercy this time? Return to Mrs. Zhenyi?”
Empress Gu understood what she meant and couldn't help but smile: "It's true. A princess will eventually decline. What's wrong with just accumulating virtue? Mrs. Zhenyi has more than one daughter. When it comes to applying for the World Cup, Why are you raising her in her name? She is so ill now, and she has to see her children get married before she can leave without any worries!"
The queen thought that she could smoothly agree to Mrs. Zhenyi's request, so that Shen Bo could get married as soon as possible - lest he use the wedding to delay his departure to the fiefdom due to his filial piety. Concubine Deng also thought about it, and immediately put aside the matter of who Mrs. Zhenyi wanted to send Princess Anji to, and quickly discussed with Yao Tao: "That bitch of the Gu family will definitely agree, what should I do? "
Yao Tao thought for a while and then said: "If the queen wants to show sympathy to Mrs. Zhenyi and Princess Anji, the empress cannot directly stop her. Instead of this, the empress agrees to Mrs. Zhenyi first and waits for her to tell her which young master she is eyeing. , and then block it, how about this?”
After much deliberation, Concubine Deng found out that this was the only way to stop Empress Gu.
Since the two concubines had made plans, they each sent people to Doujin Palace to tell Mrs. Zhenyi that they were willing to state her wishes to the emperor for her, but they didn't know if Mrs. Zhenyi had a candidate for her consort
Mrs. Zhenyi knew that both parties must have their own agenda when asking this question, but now she had no other way to bypass these two daughters except for God's blessing. She could only pray silently for a moment and said: "Have a taste of Yunxia Huo's family." The eldest son, Huo Zhaoyu, is humble, kind and tolerant. Maybe he can tolerate Ying'er? "
Knowing the candidate for Mrs. Zhenyi, the queen and the noble concubine were a little surprised at first: "Huo Zhaoyu? This person does not seem to be very famous among the famous children? How did Zhenyi and his daughter find out about it?"
Someone in the palace reminded: "Her Royal Highness Princess Anji was close to Wei Changying before. Huo Zhaoyu's concubine Huo Chenyuan is Situ Weiyu, and it is said that he is the disciple of Wei Changying's great uncle. Perhaps Wei Changying asked him for this. Her Royal Highness recommended him.”
"So, is it Rui Yutang's work?" Queen Gu thought for a while and decided to pretend not to know, "Someone is here to prepare the chariot. I am going to Xuanming Palace!"
Concubine Deng smiled slightly: "Rui Yutang, An Ji actually dared to collude with Rui Yutang. Let's see if Gu, a bitch with a lotus tongue, can convince the Holy One to follow Rui Yutang's wishes?"
However, the two concubines came up to the Holy Emperor and had a heated exchange of words. In the end, Queen Gu was the better one. When Concubine Deng said that Rui Yutang might be behind the incident, she immediately reminded the Holy Emperor with something in her words: "Concubine, of course. I pity Mrs. Zhenyi and Anji, but we still don’t know whether Huo Zhaoyu is a descendant of the Yunxia Huo family or not.”
These words immediately reminded the Holy One of Rui Yutang's strange obedience - Wei Huan was a very powerful person, and Wei Changfeng was the only grandson whom he personally cultivated and whom his first wife, Mrs. Song, risked her life to support. Why did you agree to the royal family's arrogant marriage
Queen Gu's words were tantamount to implying that the Holy Emperor could once again test whether the Wei family was really planning something by asking the Huo family's intentions. (To be continued)