Zhuoqian stayed in the Duke's Mansion. Qiu Yilan entertained her with delicious food and drinks, and occasionally took her to greet Mrs. Tao. After a few days, the servant sent out to inquire about the news came back with a look of shame on his face. : "I am incompetent. I wandered around the residence of Mr. Qiu and Miss Mei the past two days, but could not find out what was going on inside. Today I got closer and was discovered by the people from Mr. Qiu's residence and arrested. Go to Miss Mei and reveal your identity before you can escape!"
"..." Qiu Yilan was a little speechless. The guard she sent was quite skilled, and he seemed to be smart, but he didn't want to reveal his secret. After a pause, he said, "I can't blame you entirely. Qiu Nie and Mei Xue are both." You're an expert in this way. What did she say when she found out you were sent by me?"
"Miss Mei said that someone was indeed proposing marriage to Princess Yishu, but Mr. Qiu thought it was inappropriate and has already refused." The servant replied with his hand.
Qiu Yilan pondered: "What kind of person is he?"
"It's Cheng Xide, the top scholar last year. His uncle is Cheng Taojin, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. He is also the father of Mrs. Cheng, Prime Minister Xue's in-laws and grandson-daughter-in-law of Prime Minister Xue!"
"Cousin of Cheng Guoxi?" Qiu Yilan was surprised, "The number one scholar in the last subject? This is a big deal!"
Although Shuqian is now considered a princess, her status is no longer ordinary. But from the perspective of power, her title of princess is not as worthy of attention as her personal relationship with Qiu Nie. After all, the fact that Zhu Qian is a bloodline of the Xihe Palace has not been officially recognized. Even if it is recognized, her relationship with Qiu Nie His father was a concubine and had passed away. He had never been the king of Xihe at all, and he was not considered very noble.
And the Cheng family is not only Xue Chang's loyal confidant, Cheng Xide is also a promising number one scholar. For this condition, even marrying a serious clan princess is enough. Cheng Xide, however, chose to propose marriage to Zhuoqian, who was born in a grassy family. Qiu Yilan naturally found it a bit incredible: "Is this Cheng Xide's own intention, or did he say something else?"
"According to the person who delivered the message, Cheng Xide himself fell in love with Princess Yishu, so he asked Cheng Hanlin to propose marriage on his behalf." The servant said, "However, Mr. Qiu felt that Princess Yishu and Cheng Xide's personalities may not be compatible. So I politely declined.”
"Where's the swing? What does she think about this?"
"Princess Yishu did not pay attention to Cheng Xide and has no objection to Mr. Qiu's handling."
Qiu Yilan was a little confused: "So she came to our house specifically, could it be that she really stayed for a while?" Listening to this meaning, it doesn't seem like the swing is here to avoid trouble - to be honest, Qiu Yilan doesn't think the Cheng family is. The kind of people who are obsessed with each other. Given the family tradition, it was somewhat reluctant for a child to marry a swinger, and he would definitely not mention it again after being rejected.
"That's not entirely true. Miss Mei said, because you are pregnant again now, but the maids who were working together before have all changed. When the big house returned to Beijing, the people from the second and fifth houses were also brought with it. I was worried that in those days Things like the seventeenth grandson being poisoned happened again. Anyway, Princess Yishu is fine, so she sent the princess over to take a look at you... Miss Mei said that after all, you are good, and you are good to them too! "
That's pretty much it! She said, how could the swing come and stay for a while without any trouble? This blood cousin is not someone who likes to visit!
Qiu Yilan breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I will accept this favor from her." With a person from "Tianya" like Zhuqian sitting in the yard, it really saves a lot of worry. Usually when Jiang Yashuang is not here, he can still be her companion.
It's mid-June - there's only half a month left before the Longevity Festival and Princess Lexin's descent, and the entire Dizi Mountain is extremely busy!
In fact, according to the original plan of the royal family, they would cancel this year's summer vacation and stay in Beijing specifically to hold the eldest princess's descent ceremony.
But Princess Lexin couldn't help but feel excited, considering that Empress Dowager Jiang was already old and Prince Chu Shao was too young, so she took the initiative to hold a ceremony at the palace. Anyway: "In the whole world, there is nothing but royal land. The imperial city is like this, and the palace is The same goes for marrying a daughter in the royal family, it’s all the same.”
It doesn't matter to Queen Mother Jiang. She has always been in good health. When she was young, she was as good as a man in riding and shooting. If she didn't escape the summer heat, she would feel stuffy in the cool room. But with the mortality rate of children these days, the little prince who was not yet one year old really worried the emperor and empress. So after Princess Lexin insisted, the emperor and the empress praised her, so it was okay.
In this way, Dizi Mountain is naturally very busy - although both the Wanshou Festival and the eldest princess' descent ceremony are happy events, and many things can be used directly in the descent ceremony after being taken out on the Wanshou Festival, but they cannot really be changed at all. Princess Lexin is so shameless!
In short, in the heat of the day, a not-so-inconspicuous decree arrived at the Duke's Mansion: After the Mid-Autumn Festival, Jiang Huizhi will be officially welcomed into the palace as a noble concubine!
"Did mother see it?" After Jiang Huizhi received the edict, he sent away the servants and returned to the room. He sneered and pointed at the splendid Yizhi, gritted his teeth and said, "It's such a good day after the Mid-Autumn Festival - it's June now, both the government and the public Everyone is watching the Longevity Festival and Princess Lexin's descent. Who will care about the date when I enter the palace? When July passes, and by August, I'm sure that bitch Xin will do something great. The Mid-Autumn Festival is so grand that people forget that after the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will be many noble concubines in the palace! "
What made her most angry was, "On August 16th, I entered the palace as a noble concubine, and on August 24th, King Wei married Wang's daughter as Princess Wei! This was deliberately trying to make me get caught in the middle and be ignored!" What a noble concubine! I’m afraid she won’t attract as much attention as the concubines the fourth uncle and fifth uncle had before!”
Little Dou said bitterly: "Now our room is at a disadvantage, and the queen mother is also helping the queen. You see, the decree is very considerate. Why did you take into account that you were tired on the way back from Kui County so that you could take a rest? Why don't you celebrate the Reunion Festival with your family again? Why is August 16th the day that the Queen specially asked Qin Tianjian to watch... Do you think we can say no? "
"...One day!" Jiang Huizhi was silent for a while, then said through gritted teeth, "One day there will be a day!!!"
The news was full of malice to them, but to others it was very ordinary - Qiu Yilan casually ordered someone to send a congratulatory gift to the main room and ignored it.
Jiang Tianhe sent his daughter-in-law Zhao to come to her door with gifts to congratulate her, and said to little Dou: "There are many happy events for the royal family this year. After all, the kings and the eldest princesses have fulfilled the filial piety of the late emperor. Counting their ages, there are many princes, eldest princesses. The princess is already old, so it is not appropriate to delay! So the queen is too busy - thinking that Huizhi is too old, she has already agreed that the position of the imperial concubine will be reserved for her, and she will not accept anyone into the palace again! , I'm afraid the rumors are about to come out! I have racked my brains to arrange it for Huizhi this year, and I hope the young lady will not take offense at this time!"
Little Mrs. Dou scolded her in her mind for being such a good girl after getting an advantage, but she had to call out her daughter to thank Queen Xin for her thoughtfulness and care.
After that, Jiang Tianhe went to talk to Mrs. Tao and Mrs. Ou in person: "The little prince under the Queen's knees is not yet one year old. Even if someone from the palace helps, he cannot do without the Queen's care! In this situation, you still have to worry about this and that. It’s really hard work! It would be so heartless for Huizhi to be picky about the queen after entering the palace!”
Mrs. Tao had never had a good impression of Dafang, but firstly she didn’t want to argue with a great-niece, and secondly she didn’t want to let the conversation slip, so she said with a smile: “We are all from the same family, how can we be picky? I’m afraid someone is doing this intentionally. Are you provoking me? Tianhe, be careful not to let that little screwdriver take advantage of you!"
Mrs. Ou said lukewarmly: "You know she is busy, why don't you help her at Dizi Mountain? What are you doing coming back here?"
The Marquis of Jibei has not gone to Dizi Mountain to escape the summer heat in the past two years, because he is afraid that if the Duke of Qin is good or bad, he can also help. Mrs. Ou personally said: "How can an uncle or great-uncle be bedridden, and be a nephew and do a job?" What’s the reason for my great-nephew to escape the summer heat happily?”
So on a hot day, everyone in the Hou family huddled inside to enjoy the summer vacation.
But the Xin family all went to escape the summer heat.
This time Jiang Tianhe heard that the imperial edict to hire Jiang Huizhi had been issued, so he brought Zhao back to Beijing to join forces. As a result, he did not get the answer he wanted in front of his aunt and mother. He was quite depressed and said: "This is not the case. It’s very hot this year, so don’t worry. Why don’t you come back and take a look?”
"Then you've finished reading, go ahead and do what you have to do!" Old Mrs. Ou said angrily, "The queen has her own ideas about how to do things. Do you want you to give her such a hard-fought encouragement? I'm afraid you used too much strength. Instead, it messed up the queen’s plan!”
Xin Fubing chose such a time for Jiang Huizhi to enter the palace, and anyone with a discerning eye can tell at a glance!
The reasons mentioned in the original decree were also very high-sounding, and Dafang was so angry that it was difficult to say anything. But now that Jiang Tianhe is doing this, it seems that those reasons are just excuses. The truth is that the Queen deliberately suppressed Jiang Huizhi!
Mrs. Ou was very unhappy, "The Queen is His Majesty's first wife, and she already has the eldest prince at her knees. Who can touch her when she is so secure? Why are you trying so hard!"
Jiang Tianhe felt aggrieved: "Aren't you afraid that she will be arrogant and arrogant and become arrogant in front of the queen after entering the palace? So I'll strike it in advance to avoid..."
"In case she is not angry enough and arrogant enough to come to the Queen and find no excuse to punish her father and brother for their incompetent discipline, can this be done to make room for your Xin family?!" Madam Ou mocked her unceremoniously before she could finish her words. Said, "I am old, but not old and stupid! Pretend I don't know what you are thinking!"
"..." Jiang Tianhe's real intention was exposed, and he said sarcastically, "How can it be possible? Uncle Fuji is still here? Who dares to make trouble with the big house?"
Mrs. Ou sneered: "You may not be able to listen to what I say now, and I am too lazy to waste words! In a word, stop jumping up and down! You are not too greedy, and you have even harmed the queen!"
With that said, he didn't care about his daughter's embarrassment and just asked someone to send her out!
After Jiang Tianhe was driven away, Mrs. Ou sighed, "What a day!"
I can't live any longer! ! !
Qiu Yilan was also thinking this way. She was vomiting and stroking her swollen belly and sighed: "She can't give birth until November, and she still has half a year to live... How can I survive this?!"
Jiang Yashuang felt extremely distressed, but could not do anything to help her. At her wits' end, she asked, "How about I go discuss with the elders and send you to Dizi Mountain?" He thought that his wife's pregnancy reaction was so intense because she had not had the previous pregnancy. The past thing is, maybe it’s too hot in Beijing and it would be better to go to the mountains
"Am I alone?" Qiu Yilan pointed to the room next to her as she was dying, "What should An'er and Lang'er do?!"
"..." Jiang Yashuang wanted to say that she could just take care of the children by herself, but thinking about the backlog of official documents in her hands, even if there were staff working overtime to help, time was very tight, and there would be no time to take care of the children - leave it to the servants. Or others, Jiang Jinglang was poisoned in the past, so how can parents rest assured
"Are you taking it with you?"
"Don't worry about it, just endure it!" Qiu Yilan shook his head, "The mountain is a big place, and I'm even more worried about them running around!"
"... When this child falls to the ground, I will help you clean it up!" Jiang Yashuang had no choice but to coax him and said fiercely, "You don't have the understanding and consideration of my senior brother Lang'er at all! He really deserves a beating!"