"What's not worth it." Feng mama looked at Tang Shishi meaningfully, and said, "I am a servant, and you are a person who wants to enjoy great wealth. There are many good things you will handle in the future. Empress Dowager The house is kind and kind, and treats the vassal king as if it were his own. King Jing has not had children for many years, and he has not even a caring person by his side. The empress dowager does not know how worried. If you are favored by King Jing, please serve King Jing well. , The Empress Dowager is kind and happy, and your reward will be indispensable in the future. It is not impossible even to be kind to the family."
So much has been said before, Tang Shishi has been listening obediently, but there is no fluctuation in his heart at all. It wasn't until Mammy Feng said, "Enji family," that Tang Shishi curled his fingertips and bowed his head: "Yes, the little girl understands."
I don't know if Huang's kindness can benefit the family, but if something goes wrong, it is certain that the nine clans will be involved.
Mammy Feng is both benevolent and majestic, beating Tang Shishi to be obedient, don't delusionally think that with King Jing's favor, you can betray the queen mother. Tang Shishi is in Jingwang's mansion, but her parents and clan are all in the hands of the imperial court.
Tang Shishi didn't care about the lives of Tang Mingzhe and Su Shi, but her mother was still at the Tang family.
Mammy Feng didn't want to talk to death either, slapping a slap in the face to a sweet jujube is the way to control it. Mammy Feng turned into a smile again, and said kindly, "But you don't have to worry, you are always well-behaved, and the Empress Dowager can trust you. The old body and you are in a relationship, so I might as well give you the right words. The Empress Dowager said before she left, as long as You have the Queen Mother in your heart, and when you do meritorious deeds, you will reward your father and younger brother with the status of fame, and from then on, you will be able to leave the business."
Scholars, peasants, and businessmen were divided into distinct classes, with scholars at the top and merchants at the bottom.
Businessmen have money but no status, so after Qi Jingsheng shows his talent for reading, he will be regarded as the light of revival by the Qi family. If Qi Jingsheng were to take the exam seriously, even if it was just a master, the Qi family's status would be turned upside down.
The Qi family was able to walk sideways in front of all the merchants in Linqing just because they became a scholar, and even Tang Mingzhe regarded Qi Jingsheng as his quick son-in-law. However, it is still unknown whether Qi Jingsheng can pass the test and whether he can become an official after passing the test. But now, Empress Yao can say casually that she will give the Tang family fame after the event is completed.
This is power, and this is the woman with the highest status in the entire dynasty, the empress dowager.
Tang Shishi's heart was burning again. Tang Mingzhe spoiled his concubine and destroyed his wife. Tang Shishi grew up under the pressure of the mother and daughter in the second room. No one knows better than she is to hold high and step low. What is it to give her father and younger brother fame, what she wants is to add her own body and export it.
If Tang Shishi didn't dare to be rash before, now that she has seen Zhou Shunhua's life trajectory, how can she be willing to be subordinated to others. She wants to be the empress dowager herself, Tang Mingzhe, Su Shi, Zhou Shunhua, Yao empress dowager, and even the male protagonist are nothing.
Tang Shishi is ambitious and has set a new life goal for himself to be the queen mother. But now, she is still a humble and weak little girl who is trying to survive in the cracks. Tang Shishi lowered her eyebrows and pleaded with her eyes, and promised: "Mom, don't worry, I am loyal to the queen mother. As a minister, you should be loyal to the emperor. If you hide it, you will be disloyal. I will report everything to the Queen Mother."
Madam Feng smiled and looked at Master Tang with satisfaction: "The queen mother really did not see you wrong, you have the heart, and you will not waste the queen mother cultivating you. go do it."
Tang Shishi lowered his eyes, um, it should be, no matter what Mama Feng said, she would agree. She doesn't have any moral burden, anyway, when she sees people talking about people, and when she sees ghosts, when she sees Prince Jing's son, Tang Shishi is crying and showing her loyalty.
As for the Tang family who was taken as a hostage by the court, Tang Shishi didn't care. Tang Mingzhe's huge family property is not left to her, and Tang Wenxuan is not Tang Shishi's younger brother. Whether they are dead or alive, what is the matter with Tang Shishi
After a period of time, the limelight passed, and people quietly took his mother out of the Tang family, and Tang Shishi had no worries at all.
The only thing that is worth her risk of life is her own future.
Tang Shishi listened to Madam Feng tell her about the contact person in Prince Jing's mansion, and thought to herself that she might disappoint Madam Feng and the Empress Dowager Yao.
Because her goal is not King Jing at all.
The next day, the girls gathered in front of the inn, waiting to get on the bus.
Tang Shishi finally came out with Feng mama, and the girls saw Tang Shishi with strange expressions on their faces.
Tang Shishi was too lazy to pay attention, she was the one who wanted to be the queen mother, and she was entangled with Xiaoyu Xiaoxia. After Mammy Feng came out, the carriage quickly came over, Mammy Feng got into her own car, and then it was the turn of the beauties to board.
Tang Shishi was the last to come out. She was standing on the periphery. She was not in a hurry and stood at the back. The girls looked at each other, no one dared to rush in front of Tang Shishi, silently giving way to Tang Shishi.
Tang Shishi smiled lightly, passed through the crowd, and boarded the car first.
Ji Xinxian has always disliked Tang Shishi, and when she saw Tang Shishi's performance, she was so angry that she rushed to scold people. The people around quickly grabbed Ji Xinxian, and Ren Yujun stood beside Zhou Shunhua and looked at Zhou Shunhua as if soliciting.
Zhou Shunhua shook his head secretly, motioning not to fight with Tang Shishi. The rafters that are in their early years will rot first, and those that are held high may not be able to go far.
And look at it.
Zhou Shunhua and the others got on the carriage one after another after Tang Shishi boarded the carriage. The girls sat down and the carriage started slowly.
Tang Shishi closed his eyes and rested peacefully under a lot of open or dark glances. To deal with Mammy Feng last night, Tang Shishi dared to sleep with his eyes closed, until he got in the car, Tang Shishi dared to make up for sleep.
Ji Xinxian has been waiting to pick on Tang Shishi's thorns, but she waited all the way, Tang Shishi always closed her eyes and rested her mind, Ji Xinxian finally couldn't bear it anymore, and said yin and yang strangely: "Last night, I heard that Sister Tang made a lot of limelight."
Tang Shishi closed his eyes and hummed lightly: "Isn't it right for me to be in the limelight?"
Ji Xinxian was choked, and after a while, she stabbed again: "The daughters of good people don't see outside men. Yesterday, Sister Tang rushed in front of so many men, and Mammy Feng didn't say anything?"
Tang Shishi opened his eyes and glanced at Ji Xinxian with a smile: "Mother Feng spoiled me, not only did she not blame me, but she also praised me for doing a good job."
With that said, Tang Shishi raised his sleeves unintentionally, revealing the suet jade bracelet on his wrist: "The reward of Emperor Xiaozong, what virtue and ability can I wear it?"
This is the bracelet that Feng mama wears and never leaves her body, and all the girls are deeply impressed. When Ji Xinxian saw the familiar jade bracelet appearing on Tang Shishi's wrist, she rolled her eyes with anger and was speechless.
Ren Yujun couldn't bear to see it, and couldn't help saying: "Publicity may not be a good thing. You rushed directly to King Jing last night, reported the assassin, and gave directions to the outsider. Could it be that the girl did it?"
Among the beauties who came this time, although everyone was at odds with each other, they could be roughly divided into three factions. Ren Yujun and Zhou Shunhua are the daughters of princes, they knew each other in the capital before, they belonged to the noble clique; Ji Xinxian and Feng Qian were the daughters of civil officials, and they had high literati and were of the civil official clique; and Tang Shishi himself belonged to the clique.
Tang Shishi calmly said, "Daughter has to obey the rules of the boudoir, doesn't she have to obey the Four Books and Five Classics? This is King Jing's fief. I found an assassin and reported it to King Jing. Is it wrong?"
Ren Yujun is stuck, who dares to say this kind of thing wrong. All the girls in the car fell silent. Seeing that they had finally stopped, Tang Shishi snorted softly and continued to close his eyes to make up for sleep.
Tang Shishi acted righteous and dignified, and when she closed her eyes, she sighed inwardly.
Of course she did something wrong. If she had known that she had admitted the wrong male protagonist and killed her, she would not have reported the assassin to King Jing. Tang Shishi regretted that his bowels were turning green, but he couldn't say it, he had to show happiness.
It's very bad.
After another four or five days in their carriage, they finally arrived at Xiping House.
Xiping is very different from Jinling. Jinling water town is soft, floating gold and jade, and the atmosphere of emperor is everywhere. When Xiping enters the city, you can feel a silent vastness and solemnity.
It is a city that has been at war for many years, and it will have a sense of chill.
The soldiers guarding the city had long known that the capital had sent the beauties over, and after checking their identities, they let them pass with a cold face. After passing through the city gate, all the women in the car fell silent.
Although they didn't see it, they could already feel the breath on the street. At this moment, whether it is Zhou Shunhua, a maid of the government, or Ji Xinxian, a prefect's daughter, they all clearly realize that the environment here is completely different from their past.
They are no longer pampered boudoir ladies, but insignificant maids in the frontier vassal king's mansion.
The carriage stopped, it seemed that someone came out to check, and after a while, there was the sound of unloading the threshold from outside.
Tang Shishi knew that they had arrived.
Several carriages stopped at the second gate one after another. Mammy Feng changed into formal clothes, cleared her throat, and said solemnly: "Prince Jing's mansion is here, come out, don't miss the time to greet the prince."
Undoubtedly, this time, Tang Shishi was the first to get off the bus. The girls lined up in a line, and Tang Shishi followed behind Feng Mama, folded his hands, and went to the main hall to greet King Jing with his eyes down.
Usually Tang Shishi was very persistent in standing in front of people, but this time she paused before entering the door.
Wait a minute, see King Jing
Before Tang Shishi thought about it, the main hall had already arrived. Tang Shishi bit her head and entered the main hall. She glanced quickly before entering the door, and it was dark in front of her.
The man in the middle seat that I saw last time was none other than King Jing Zhao Chengjun. In the next place, there was a very young boy sitting.
Don't think about it, it must be the adopted son of King Jing, the son of Zhao Zixun.
Tang Shishi's scalp exploded, but she was the first, and it was impossible to hide behind others. She bowed her head deeper, trying to shrink her presence.
However, things backfired. As soon as Tang Shishi entered, the first two men looked at her together.
Obviously, both King Jing and the prince recognized this woman who made a deep impression on them.
Thanks to Tang Shishi's trick, now Zhao Zixun is deeply impressed by this face, but Zhou Shunhua's face is gradually blurred. As soon as this line of beauties came in, Zhao Zixun recognized Tang Shishi at first sight. All Zhao Zixun's attention was attracted by Tang Shishi, so he didn't even notice that Zhou Shunhua was there.
Tang Shishi bravely saluted the first two people: "See His Royal Highness King Jing, see the prince."
Behind him, a row of beauties bowed down with Tang Shishi, and their movements were uniform and beautiful, each with its own merits. Ji Xinxian made a special trip to dress up today, and she exhausted her thoughts in a simple salute. This dress and this posture can best highlight the advantages of her figure.
Ji Xinxian felt good about herself, she thought happily, the first meeting was the most important thing, but if it could attract the attention of the prince and the prince, it would be even better. Although the other women were not as eager for quick success as Ji Xinxian, everyone put their minds to the clothes.
They are either thinking about competing for favor, or thinking about hiding their clumsiness, each with their own minds. However, they waited for a long time, but there was no response from above.
Gradually, some people became agitated, and those with poor concentration quietly raised their heads to see that King Jing was rubbing his tea cup, mixed with joy and anger.
They followed the line of sight of the prince and found that the focus was Tang Shishi.
Tang Shishi brought all the daughters to greet him, but neither King Jing nor the prince called her up.
Tang Shishi remained motionless, his chin was slightly lowered, and he pretended not to feel the gazes from all directions. Among these gazes, the two above are the ones that have the most presence. Zhao Zixun stared at her and said nothing. King Jing glanced at her from time to time, which made Tang Shishi extremely stressed, and cold sweat oozes from his back.
Tang Shishi even thought with pleasure that according to the information revealed in the catalogue, King Jing counterattacked and entered the capital in the future, and established himself as emperor. Not long after he was injured and died on the battlefield, Zhao Zixun was able to ascend the throne as emperor. Now she is looked at by two generations of emperors, and there are many lines.
Seeing that the situation was not right, Mammy Feng said quickly: "Your Highness King Jing, this is a smart person carefully selected by the Empress Dowager from the harem beauties. You are busy with political affairs, you have not been at home for a year, and there is no princess in charge of the palace, the Empress Dowager is worried. You have no one to serve you, so you sent ten beauties on purpose. You don’t have to worry that these are people from the palace, just treat them as maids. If they can share the worries of Your Highness, it will be their blessing.”
When Momma Feng spoke, Zhao Chengjun finally moved. He raised his eyebrows and said unhurriedly, "I'm afraid this is inappropriate. The beauties carefully selected by the Queen Mother are estimated to be young ladies at home. Being a mistress in the capital makes it so, and being a maid in this palace, I’m afraid I will humiliate a few.”
"It's not disgraceful." Feng mama hurriedly replied, "It's their honor to be able to serve King Jing. You said, isn't it?"
Tang Shishi and a group of beauties bowed their heads and said in unison, "Yes."
The beauties even turned a thousand times in response, and listened tactfully. Zhao Chengjun thought that if ten of his subordinates only made such a noise in response, he would have to resort to military law. It's just that this is a beauty sent by Master Wang, and she can't be beaten or scolded. Zhao Chengjun was no longer interested, and said: "I have the empress dowager's memory, and the elder did not dare to say no. Since it is the empress dowager's kindness, this king will accept it. Come and send them to the backyard."
Mammy Feng was very relieved, she smiled, kept observing Zhao Chengjun's expression, and said, "The Empress Dowager is afraid that they are stupid, and she will dislike her Highness, and she specially taught them singing and dancing, needlework, cooking, etc. before leaving. If it doesn't meet His Highness's wishes, His Highness's discipline is that you don't have to worry about the empress dowager's face."
Zhao Chengjun and Mammy Feng were talking polite words that no one believed, and Tang Shishi and several others had already been led out of the main hall by the waiter. Until she walked out for a long time, Tang Shishi felt that someone was staring at her from behind, as if she wanted to stare her out of a hole.
Tang Shishi sighed inwardly, she had offended the male protagonist before she even entered the door. God bless, the male protagonist is not a grudge.
But when I saw him today, Tang Shishi finally knew what the male protagonist looked like. He looks about the same age as them, with slender eyebrows and raised corners, with amorous peach eyes. Sitting in the hall, he can also be called a handsome young man.
But with Zhuyu in front, Tang Shishi always felt that the male protagonist was a little different in appearance. Zhao Zixun's appearance cannot be said to be bad, but he is sitting next to Zhao Chengjun, and everyone can see at a glance that Zhao Chengjun is the master.
It has nothing to do with looks, but an aura. What's more, Zhao Chengjun's appearance is not bad, he is a typical royal appearance, with sword eyebrows and star eyes, straight nose bridge, sharp edges and corners. Sitting there without having to speak, the others bowed down consciously.
This is the temperament that can be nurtured by generations of royal power. The prince who came out of the Forbidden City was different from the clan raised on the vassal land.
But these have nothing to do with Tang Shishi. Tang Shishi breathed a sigh of relief, actively thinking about how to reverse the male protagonist's impression of her and compete for favor among the beauties.
forecourt.
Mammy Feng had already sent off, and at this moment, only Zhao Chengjun and Zhao Zixun were left in the main hall. Zhao Chengjun got up, and Zhao Zixun naturally followed behind Zhao Chengjun and followed him to the study.
Zhao Chengjun asked, "What do you think of today's events?"
Zhao Zixun pondered for a moment and said, "The Empress Yao has bad intentions, these women cannot be kept."
Of course Zhao Chengjun knew that Empress Yao had no good intentions. Empress Dowager Yao is Zhao Chengjun's nominal mother. Since the death of his biological mother Guo Guifei, the relationship between Zhao Chengjun and Empress Dowager Yao has completely broken down.
It's just that due to the dignity of the royal family, the two sides have to maintain face. In fact, everyone knows how much the other hates the other.
In the battle for the throne that year, the Empress Dowager Yao and her son Zhao Chengxuan won, and the three Zhao Chengjun brothers died of casualties. At that time, Empress Dowager Yao was so proud, but I didn't expect that Zhao Chengxuan died of illness a few years after he ascended the throne, but he didn't live as long as Zhao Chengjun. Empress Dowager Yao supported Zhao Chengxuan's only son to be enthroned, who is now the little emperor.
Empress Yao was afraid of Zhao Chengjun, and had to rely on Zhao Chengjun to guard the frontier and contain the northwest. In the end, she even came up with a plan to send beauty.
Zhao Chengjun thought it was ridiculous, he looked like someone who would be bewitched by beauty tricks? Counting on a few women to monitor him, Zhao Chengjun didn't know whether to call Empress Yao naive or whimsical.
Zhao Chengjun said these words originally for the examination of Zhao Zixun. Zhao Zixun's opinion is correct, but it is too superficial. Zhao Chengjun didn't say anything, just said: "You know it's a good thing to guard against them, but for the superior, you have to be tolerant. What's the use of killing them, they are just chess pieces."
"Father, look..."
"Keep it, leave it in the backyard, let them fend for themselves, anyway, the palace is not short of their expenses." After speaking, Zhao Chengjun gave Zhao Zixun a cold look, "It's you, you should take care of yourself. already."
The dignified son can actually do such a thing as escaping from marriage.
Zhao Zixun was embarrassed, he was unwilling to accept his father's arrangement to get married, and he didn't dare to disobey his father, so he could only flee outside for the time being. Zhao Zixun didn't believe it, since no one was there, Liu Li could still go on. When he escaped, he did not dare to disturb Zhao Chengjun, nor did the pursuers dare to disturb the prince. At the inn that day, Ma Er and the others did not even dare to reveal their identities.
As a result, Zhao Chengjun found out. But think about it, in this land in the northwest, what other things can be hidden from the eyes of King Jing.
Zhao Chengjun was really angry, and he personally brought someone back to capture Zhao Zixun. Because the people from the capital came, Zhao Chengjun kept holding back and did not settle. Now seeing Zhao Zixun's performance, Zhao Chengjun is faintly angry again.
If you don't want to get married, you can say it as much as you can, and what kind of ability is it to run away from marriage? For such a big person, he doesn't even take responsibility for this.
If this is Zhao Chengjun's own son, his leg must have been broken at this moment, but Zhao Zixun is not. Zhao Chengjun thought that Zhao Zixun's biological father sacrificed to save him, causing Zhao Zixun to lose his father at a young age and become displaced. In the end, Zhao Chengjun didn't say anything, just said: "Forget it, if you don't want to get married, this matter will be postponed. But I don't want to see it a second time when I'm escaping."
Zhao Zixun didn't dare to breathe, and hurriedly responded. After a while, he seemed to hesitate and asked, "Father, those women..."
"If you like it, just pick it up and take it away." Zhao Chengjun didn't care about it. He didn't even want to take a look at the people sent by the Queen Mother Yao. However, when Zhao Chengjun thought of a person, he glanced at Zhao Zixun lightly, and his tone was indifferent between joy and anger: "The woman at the head, Tang Shishi, has a lot of ambition. It's enough for you to be beautiful and take a concubine, but, take a good measure, don't Being led by a woman's nose."
Zhao Zixun was relieved to hear this, and finally showed a sincere smile, stood up straight and said, "Yes, my son understands."
Zhao Chengjun became more and more dissatisfied when he saw the change in Zhao Zixun's expression. He has never seen him so active in fighting the enemy, studying and practicing martial arts. He knew that it was a woman sent from the palace, but he still couldn't control himself.
Zhao Chengjun actually doesn't agree with Zhao Zixun hanging out with women. Before they get married, there are concubines in groups. What does it look like? Only direct wives and direct descendants are patriarchal inheritance.
However, this is not his parent-child after all, and Zhao Chengjun is not easy to say. He could only keep an eye out in the dark, guard Zhao Zixun, and never let Zhao Zixun be swayed by those girls.
Especially Tang Shishi is important.
Unexpectedly, after entering Prince Jing's mansion, her treatment plummeted. Tang Shishi didn't believe that such a big palace would have no extra houses.
Obviously, King Jing didn't want to see them very much, or even didn't want to see them. Send them to the inter-hospital and let them fend for themselves.