"Why was it decided so quickly?" In Weiyang Palace, Queen Qiu was very troubled. She took the letter written by Wen Zhiqi and sighed, "I also plan to invite Mrs. Wei into the palace in two days to see if there is any I have an opportunity to mention this matter..."
After Wei Changying and his wife returned to the imperial capital, they sent people to the court that day to request an audience with the new emperor and queen.
Empress Qiu had summoned Wei Changying just before yesterday, and expressed her gratitude to her in person for raising her children with the dignity of the empress. In addition, Wen Yulan, who had just been canonized as Princess Xian'an, personally saluted her, and the atmosphere could be said to be Harmony and harmony.
According to Queen Qiu's opinion, it seemed that she was too eager to mention the junior's marriage when they met for the first time, and they had to meet again once or twice.
But when she turned around and realized that Shen Shuyan had proposed marriage, she decided to try to find out what the guard chief Ying was saying during the second meeting. She thought that it was quick enough. Fortunately, she was a man in her family, so it would not be shameful to tell anyone. - But who would have thought that Shen Shuyan would already have a master before she met Wei Zhangying for the second time!
Seeing that Empress Qiu was so worried, Sun Mo, who had been working as a chamberlain in the palace during the Wei Dynasty and was promoted by her to be the manager of Weiyang Palace, carefully bowed and said, "My dear, please don't worry. In fact, Fourth Miss Shen is excellent, but she is also because of Because she is the daughter of the Shen family, the eldest prince has a noble status, so why worry about not having a lady to marry him? "
Sun Mo was very uneasy when he said this. In fact, what he meant was to remind Queen Qiu that Shen Shuyan was the legitimate daughter of the Shen family in Xiliang. Similarly, no matter how noble the nobles are, they are still ministers. When the former Wei Dynasty was about to fall, how many of those queens and concubines were not from famous families
Now that the Yong Dynasty has replaced the Wei Dynasty, is it not a matter of proposing a marriage for the dignified prince to marry a daughter of a noble family
The most you can do is to be polite and make the wedding grand!
But he didn't notice that in the Sixth Palace of the new emperor, the concubines who are inextricably related to the noble family are not from the Kabuki actors who were strictly trained in the family. The most noble ones are adopted daughters - even if there are one or two, In fact, the blood of the noble family flows through them, but they are all illegitimate daughters who are not recognized by the family.
No decent daughter of a noble family, even a concubine from a distant branch, entered the palace as a concubine.
The Wen family, who had little background, was still not recognized by the nobles and was ashamed to get married even if he became emperor.
Queen Qiu didn't know this, but Sun Mo, who had served in the palace before Wei, knew.
The problem is that he doesn't dare to say it too carefully - Queen Qiu has four sons and one daughter, and now she is the only one alive. Judging from the queen's usual attitude when talking about her biological children, she attaches great importance to her sons. If she knew that the Shen family looked down on Wen Zhiqi and had never considered betrothing Shen Shuyan to Wen Zhiqi, God knows what she would do.
Sun Mo couldn't afford to offend the queen, but he didn't dare to offend the Shen family.
Sure enough, Queen Qiu didn't understand the meaning of his words, and still sighed: "But Qi'er wrote a letter specifically to mention this Miss Shen Si, which shows that he really likes this Miss Shen Si!" Hearing that Qi'er now also At the age of proposing marriage, Wen Yaozi didn't think much of this legitimate son - but he was still a prince.
Of course, Empress Qiu had to give her son a good choice. Because her first three sons were gone, and her youngest son had been murdered by a concubine, the Empress felt very sorry for him, and was determined to find him a compatible man. His wife then wrote to ask him what he liked - and then she heard that Qi Qiqi had mentioned Shen Shuyan.
In fact, Wen Zhiqi was aware of the difference in family status, but because of his special status, no one from the Shen family or the Wei family would tell him: "In fact, we nobles don't look down on upstarts like you from the countryside at all. Even if your father becomes the emperor! In our eyes, you are just a bunch of bumpkins."
Therefore, Wen Zhiqi, who only knew a little about it, confided his feelings to Queen Qiu with a sense of luck.
And Empress Qiu thought that Miss Shen, a lady from a well-known family, would have no problem promising her son, who is now the eldest son of the emperor. When she saw that Sun Mo just said words of comfort, she thought for a while and dismissed the others. He asked him in a low voice: "You said that this was just a rumor about receiving a token. Is there any possibility that... this could not happen?"
Sun Mo screamed secretly when he heard this, but now that the Queen was asking alone and had to answer, he had to bite the bullet and said: "I'm afraid it won't be possible to answer the question, right? After all, it is said that Wei was the one who spread this. Madam’s brother, Young Master Wei of Ruiyu Hall! What Miss Shen Si is promising is Young Master Wei’s eldest cousin... If there is news about such a person, it’s a sure bet.”
Queen Qiu looked at him with disappointment in her eyes, frowned slightly and said, "Is there really nothing you can do?"
"... This slave is incompetent!" It was still cold at this time, but Sun Mo felt sweaty, and he said with difficulty, "Perhaps the queen can ask the Lord what he wants?"
He didn't dare to tell Queen Qiu about the mentality of the nobles, and he didn't dare to let Queen Qiu try to ruin Shen Wei's marriage according to her ideas - he could only move Wen Yaozi out.
When Queen Qiu heard the word "Holy One", she lowered her eyes to cover her emotions and said calmly: "Don't you know yet? The Holy One stays at Concubine Shan's place every day. If I want to see the Holy One now, I have to look at the concubine's face!"
"Your Majesty, you are serious!" Sun Mo hurriedly tried to persuade him, "It was because Shan Guifei was pregnant that the Holy One often visited him. As far as the servant knows, the Holy One has been busy with matters in the court these days and rarely returns. From the harem. Besides, you are the empress of the middle palace, how can Concubine Shan compare with you?"
"...That's all." Queen Qiu was silent for a moment, but shook her head, put away her son's letter in disappointment, and said, "Go out first and let me be quiet."
Sun Mo finally couldn't help but said: "Actually, Madam, you should call yourself 'this palace'."
Queen Qiu didn't pay attention to his garrulousness and laughed at herself: "I can't change it for a while..."
"But Concubine Shan and the others have already changed their words. If you don't change, I'm afraid..." Sun Mo's words had already made it very obvious. If he hadn't had no foundation in the palace, he would have reached his current status only because of Queen Qiu's appreciation. , coupled with the generosity of Queen Qiu, which made him feel somewhat grateful. With his many years of experience in serving nobles, he would never say such words openly.
-The queen still calls herself a commoner, but the concubine changes her name first. If Queen Qiu could calm down the situation, everyone would say that she is approachable and has no airs. But Queen Qiu clearly doesn't have that momentum. In this case, she can only rely on ceremonial guards, titles, etc. to support the majesty that a queen should have.
Especially, in front of concubines.
Now Queen Qiu is in the middle palace, but Concubine Shan is unparalleled in the limelight - she used to have to salute Queen Qiu, but since she was diagnosed with pregnancy, she has skipped all the rituals. When Queen Qiu came together with her, no matter how you looked at it, it seemed that Concubine Shan was more like a queen.
However, I heard that Qi Qi was not satisfied...
For a moment, both the master and the servant in the palace fell silent.
Under the window at the back of the palace, she pretended to be tidying up flowers and plants, eavesdropped on a small palace maid, and quietly left the Weiyang Palace when no one was paying attention.
After a while, the news reached Duanmu Xinmiao.
Duanmu Weimiao was also there, very worried: "The new dynasty has just been established, so you should put eyeliner in front of the queen, in case someone finds out..."
"I didn't take the initiative. I diagnosed and treated them several times earlier, and they were just willing to repay the favor - not to mention that if we don't deploy people now when the new emperor has no time to take care of the palace people, how can it be so convenient in the future?" Duanmu Xinmiao said seriously, "Furthermore, Shan Haohao is so popular in the palace, is he really going to see his branch overwhelm our sect?"
She lowered her voice, "It doesn't matter to us two sisters, but Sui'er... Cousin Wuyou is more reliable than those in the branch, right?"
"It's just that the queen is obviously weak, so she may not be able to win over Shanhao Hao." Duanmu Weimiao was once a princess. She was also taught by her family about the palace dispute in her early years. She was no stranger to it. At this moment, she shook her head slightly and said, "I still feel that It's too dangerous." She valued her only son, but she also felt sorry for her younger sister.
The last time Duanmu Xinmiao went to the epidemic for her nephew, it already made her heart ache. Now she has to make all kinds of calculations for her nephew's future. Duanmu Weimiao feels really sorry for her sister.
Duanmu Xinmiao smiled: "No matter what I do, sister, you don't think it's not dangerous. You have to do everything for me, so that you can feel at ease."
"But now there are fewer and fewer places where I can help you." Duanmu Weimiao sighed, "On the contrary, there are more and more places where I can drag you down."
"My sisters are still dragging me down. Sister, what you said hurt my heart." Duanmu Xinmiao thought for a moment and stood up, "The eldest son of the emperor is interested in the fourth young lady of the Shen family. I think it's better to go find it. Sister-in-law, let’s discuss it.”
The third sister-in-law she was talking about was naturally Wei Changying.
Duanmu Weimiao agreed very much with this point: "Mrs. Wei is the current mistress of the Shen family, and she has many people under her. Our sisters are currently very weak, so it is fitting that she can help us."
So in the afternoon of the next day, Duanmu Xinmiao came to the door in person and told the Chief of Guard Ying exactly what happened, without concealing the fact that he had an informant in front of Queen Qiu: "According to the news from the little palace maid, Queen Qiu doesn't seem to have I don’t know, it’s impossible for a family like ours to promise a legitimate daughter to her son.”
"She still wants to break up the marriage?" Wei Changying was thankful that he had accepted Wei Changxu's token and asked Wei Changfeng to spread the word. In this way, even if Queen Qiu really mentioned it, the Shen family would have something to say in reply. Otherwise, even if they refused to marry, they would inevitably pay a heavy price at this point. However, she was also a little worried about Queen Qiu's naivety, "Concubine Shan is now favored by the Sixth Palace. I heard about it just after I came back. She is the adopted daughter of your Jinxiu Duanmu branch. I am afraid that I will be with you these days." Is it a lot of pressure?”
Duanmu Xinmiao said: "Otherwise, I would not have acquiesced in those palace people passing the news to me. But you also know that we sisters don't have much manpower in our hands. My eldest sister has seen through these things a long time ago. I It’s not the stuff of intrigue—so I just want to tell Sister-in-law Three, what does Sister-in-law Three mean?”
Wei Changying smiled and said: "This is just right. I have two people here and I don't know how to arrange them. It's a ready opportunity for you to tell me this news today." (To be continued)