Princess Jiang Huiying of Wu'an was first granted the title of Princess Shouguang. In the seventh year of Jianjia, the old emperor retired to the palace and became the crown prince. The following year, she was changed to Chongheng. In the spring of the first year of Chongheng, Emperor Chongheng conferred the title of Yuan Peiqiu with a grand ceremony. Yilan became the queen and entered the Zishen Palace.
In the final dynasty of Emperor Heng, there were no concubines in the six palaces, and only the queen was respected.
As the first daughter of such a pair of emperors and empresses, and the only daughter among all their children, Jiang Huiying was naturally loved by her parents.
Especially Emperor Chongheng. This monarch who ascended the throne in his prime was not harsh in character - except when teaching his sons. For his daughters who had no heirs and were the only two among many children, he was always infinitely patient and extremely pampering. Many times she is easier to talk to than the Queen.
Under such circumstances, in the second year of Chongheng, news came out in the palace that he planned to marry the consort for Princess Wu'an. You can imagine what a sensation there was in the capital!
Countless young talents were decorated with flowers by their families, and after being informed of the preferences of various emperors and princesses, they frequently entered the palace for various reasons and showed them to the royal family, striving to be selected.
Even though the emperor and empress were prepared, they were still dazzled. In this case, of course, I would quietly ask my daughter: "Does my son have any ideas?"
"Now it's just a call to ask a few words. How can you tell what's really good or bad by looking at it this way? He's just a fool. He's been taught by his family and brought here. There's not even half a stick of incense behind him. If he still can't act, That's too much! "Jiang Huiying has always been generous, and now there are only three of them, the emperor and the empress, in the palace. They are all close relatives. She didn't even blush, and she turned her fan calmly and raised her eyebrows slightly. His chin was filled with pride, "Let's take a look again. There's nothing strange about these people now!"
Her experience has always been paved with flowers.
Although the Jiang family had not yet established Daqin when they landed, they were already the most prominent family in Qian Rui, making even Rui Emperor tremble with fear. At that time, Emperor Chongheng was the most valued child in the family. Not only was the daughter more important than the father, he already had an eldest brother, so he did not have to suffer the regret of "I wish I had a son." This also catered to the parents' "since he has already If I have a son, it will be great if I have a daughter." I was wrapped up in the brocade as soon as I landed.
During the low years of Emperor Chongheng's life, she was still ignorant, so she didn't feel any discomfort - the emperor and empress were so loving, and in the clean backyard, she was like a delicate peony, falling into the hands of a flower lover. Receive the utmost care and attention. Therefore, it is logical that she will grow up to be the image of a princess that most people imagine: beautiful, noble, elegant, and yet arrogant.
No one thought her arrogance was wrong.
After all, at this age in her life, if she is not a little arrogant, there are not many people in the world who are worthy of being arrogant.
Therefore, the emperor was not suspicious of his daughter's answer. Empress Qiu even said with a smile: "Then you have to take it easy, don't delay, and let others snatch the good ones!"
"Who dares to rob our daughter?" Emperor Chongheng immediately spoke for his daughter, "Don't talk about Ying'er's identity, just talk about Ying'er's talent and appearance. Which of those boys wouldn't be fascinated by her when they saw her - look at their eyes, if it wasn't a hindrance I want to beat someone up because of my identity! After meeting our daughter, I’m afraid they won’t be able to look down upon anyone else!”
Jiang Huiying was not shy, but instead smiled proudly. Her eyes seemed to be filled with countless spring flowers blooming, and her beauty was breathtaking: "My father, the emperor, and my mother are both rare and unique. It is reasonable for a daughter to be fascinated by so many people." middle!"
Queen Qiu laughed so hard that she punched her husband: "Are you so embarrassed? You spare no effort to praise each other!"
"How dare the mother say that there is a man more handsome than the father in the world? There is a girl more beautiful than the daughter?" Jiang Huiying said confidently, "How can this be flattery? This is the truth!"
... After coaxing her parents, Jiang Huiying returned to the palace where she lived, but her smile was gone: "What should I do? How should I tell my father and mother?"
Her request to "see again" just now was actually just an excuse - she actually already had her eye on someone.
It's just that not only was this candidate not among the people who entered the palace to "sign up" for the prince-in-law these days, but she didn't need to tell her parents to know that it was basically impossible for the emperor and empress to agree.
The reason is simple - even though Li Zhen is considered to be her cousin, their biological mothers are direct cousins, and her mother-in-law also took good care of cousin Ruan after her mother-in-law's marriage to the world, but...
Li Gen's body... is really a problem!
Jiang Huiying once heard someone talk about her cousin Princess Yongfu. At her age, Princess Yongfu was also the beloved Queen Mother of Qianrui and the eldest princess of Fengyang in this dynasty. Whatever you give, you will never be less pampered than yourself.
However, when the eldest princess Yongfu reached her declining years, she only went to the Puyang Prince's Palace at that time and the current Fujun Prince's Palace several times. The eldest princess Fengyang suspected that she had taken a fancy to Puyang, who had a handsome appearance, excellent calligraphy but was weak. king.
In order to prevent this possibility, the eldest princess Fengyang even wanted to marry the niece of eldest princess Yongfu and the head of Duanrou County to the King of Puyang, so as to stop Princess Yongfu from missing her!
Nowadays, apart from having no title, Li Gen is simply a replica of Xiao Su, King of Puyang.
He is fair-skinned, comely, and has a gentle temperament. Although his calligraphy skills are not as outstanding as Xiao Su's, his piano skills are already visible to everyone - after all, a person gets sick every three days, and when he is sick, he cannot go out and can only rest at home. , you have to find something to do.
Xiao Su chose to practice calligraphy, and Li Gen chose to learn piano.
Jiang Huiying is not very interested in the art of music, but she likes to watch Li Xian playing the piano.
The young man in green robe and bamboo crown sat on the piano table, his long white fingers caressing the strings gracefully and elegantly.
At that moment, Li Xi actually felt very far away.
Like a hermit far away to the horizon, so elegant and free from the dust, without any trace of human smoke and fire.
He has been sick since childhood and has been suffering from illness for many years, but just like Xiao Su's calligraphy has become more and more impressive because of it, the music under his fingers is never sad, but full of vitality.
"I don't know why Cousin Yongfu didn't fall in love with Xiao Su back then. Anyway, I think that after seeing Cousin Li playing the piano, I feel boring when looking at other people." Jiang Huiying thought this in her heart more than once.
There is no trace of the melancholy that a sickly young man should have in Xiao Su and Li Gen.
They are the kind of people who keep smiling despite the pain in their bones, not for their grace and appearance, but just so that the people around them don't worry about them.
This kind of charm, with Jiang Huiying's age and experience, she felt that she could not stop it.
So when Queen Qiu mentioned "consort" to her, she almost instinctively thought of this cousin!
"But how can my father and mother agree?" Jiang Huiying waved away the palace people, leaning on the soft couch under the west window, looking at the palace beams in a daze, "With how much they love me, why should they do it for any other reason?" Let’s talk about it, but my health is not good…”
Princess Fengyang is an example - if Princess Yongfu asks for a star, she will never give it to the moon, but even so, she will not allow Yongfu to descend to a person with poor health!
Since ancient times, parents have had far-reaching plans for loving their children.
It’s hard to say whether a person with poor health has any serious problems. This is called a parent. How can you trust your daughter to him
Jiang Huiying prides herself on being smart, but faced with such a situation, she feels helpless - she is unwilling to give up on Li Gen, but she can't find a way to get her parents to agree to her.
So she could only pretend that she didn't like the current candidate for the prince's consort, and proactively proposed to see each other for a few more days.
"It's just that I'm fourteen years old, and I won't be able to delay it much longer." Jiang Huiying had a headache, "And last time I hinted to my cousin, my cousin also tactfully expressed that he didn't want to drag me down... So even if I can rely on The favor of the emperor and the queen has delayed the selection of the consort, but what if Aunt Ruan has arranged a marriage for her cousin?"
But tell her parents, she really couldn't muster up the courage, "What if they immediately engaged my cousin like Aunt Fengyang did to Yongfu's cousin, and even promised my nieces and sisters, would I want to marry my niece?" "Sisters, are you going to fight?" Fengyang probably couldn't do this back then, and Jiang Huiying couldn't do it either.
After much thought, she finally decided to ask her uncle for advice.
Qiu Jinglan, Marquis of Dingxi.
"My uncle has always loved me, and my mother said that my uncle has the most ideas. When my mother is undecided about something, she sometimes asks my uncle without asking my father. Maybe I can ask him for a good idea?"