The third prince was born in the eighth year of Chunjia. Even if he is the same age as King Qin, he is already thirteen years old this year. At this time, he is already at an age where he can seriously discuss marriage.
Especially according to the rules of the country, the prince must join the feudal clan when he is fifteen years old, and the marriage has always been done before joining the feudal clan.
Not only the queen, but also the noble concubines and concubines became concerned after the spring began, and used their own methods to find out about the outstanding daughters of high-ranking noble families.
According to the gossip in the palace, if Princess Xincheng's marriage hadn't weighed down the imperial concubine's mind, several spring banquets would have been held by now so that the ladies could look at the prince in person.
Gu Zhen is relatively calm about the third prince's marriage, mainly because everyone knows that this master is limited to his bloodline and has nothing to do with the position. He has no status in front of the emperor. He just gets the treatment of being sealed off and sent to a remote place when he reaches his age. The noble lady that the high school really values will not consider him at all...
Therefore, from the beginning, the Queen never thought about competing with the Prince of Qin in front of the Concubine and the Second Prince in front of the Concubine Shu. She planned to arrange a girl from a middle-class family, virtuous, virtuous, and gentle.
If that doesn't work, just choose a sensible and considerate one among the Gu girls.
Anyway, the third prince was filial. Gu Zhen asked the queen several times in private, but he just gave the queen full authority to make arrangements. As long as the queen liked it, he would like it.
This made the queen happy, but she also worked hard to choose a suitable concubine for this sweet child, so as to comfort the third prince for the rest of his life.
The portraits in front of me are already the third batch. There are two girls in the first two batches. The Gu family has inquired and said that they are really well-behaved and sensible. They were raised by their mistress at home. Although they are limited to their family background, they may be the princes. The concubine's words are still a bit timid and she needs to learn from others, but she is extremely virtuous in her heart.
But what the queen was dissatisfied with was that the two girls could only be described as pretty and not particularly beautiful.
She believed that the third prince was still a dignified prince no matter how unpopular he was with Chun Jia. Although he was only thirteen, he was already a talented person. The concubine was not from a very noble background and she had already wronged her son. Why couldn't she even compare in appearance? !
Therefore, he rejected it directly and asked his family to find a group of them.
At this moment, the picker has chosen a girl with an extremely outstanding appearance: "Whose daughter is this? How is her conduct? Is she decent?"
After taking a look around, he said, "This is the granddaughter of the Ouyang family. Her father, Wang Linglai, was the number one scholar in the imperial examination in the eighth year of Chunjia. Do you still remember her?"
"...the eighth year of Chunjia?" Gu Zhen was in a trance for a moment before he remembered that Wang Linglai was the one who almost fell in love with the eldest princess Minghui. Later, they broke off the engagement and only married the Ouyang family after a few days. Ouyang Fulu.
That is, the cousin of the late Ouyang Fulu.
Wang Linglai was able to be selected as the quasi-consort, not to mention his appearance.
Ouyang Fulu is also quite beautiful. Although the daughters of these two are young, their appearance is already very outstanding.
The most rare thing is that Gu Zhen does not dare to choose a daughter from the Ouyang family for the third prince. This girl named Wang Yiniang has a wealthy father's family, a rich mother's family background, but not a flamboyant background. She is not suitable for the third prince.
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Gu Zhen pondered a little: "Not to mention that Wang Linglai has been sending rouge money to the imperial concubine all these years, but this girl is a bit young."
Just now I was just looking at Wang Yiniang's appearance, but I didn't notice that she is only six years old this year.
This girl was only eight years old when the third prince came to feudal lordship... We can't let her pass at such an age
It would not be appropriate to ask the third prince to join the feudal clan first and wait until he is old enough to marry him.
Gu Zhen looked at the little girl in the portrait and felt that it really suited his taste, so he asked someone to put it aside: "We'll see if we can get along with Xiaoliu in a few years."
"Empress, before the Sixth Prince, there was His Highness the King of Chu." Hearing this, Zuo Zuo reminded him, "With His Highness the King of Chu acting like this, Your Majesty will probably not teach him to become a vassal. In this case, will the Empress also choose someone for His Highness the King of Chu? A capable concubine, in charge of the mansion?"
Mentioning the King of Chu, Gu Zhen sighed again and said, "I will remember it. Just because he doesn't need to be a vassal, but he is not in a hurry. He has to make arrangements for Bing'er first, but he can't delay it."
She had tested Chunjia's tone in the past two days, hoping that the third prince could be conferred closer to him so that it would be convenient to call him over for reunions during future holidays.
But the emperor rejected it outright. Although he did not specify where to seal the son, the implication behind the words was that the queen wanted to love her son more now, but she might not have this opportunity in the future.
The queen was angry, but Chunjia didn't care at all, and there was nothing she could do.
We can only work hard on selecting the concubine and support the third prince as much as possible.
This makes it difficult for the Queen to choose one candidate, which is Princess Jinxi. If the third prince can hire the princess of Jinxi, I know that Chunjia will not wrong the third prince in order to give the princess face. It's a pity that Yun'an never considered Zhonggong's mother and son, but instead hurriedly gave her daughter to Yun Fenghuang's nephew.
Among Xiaozong's three biological daughters, Sui'an has nothing to do so far, while Minghui has given birth to a son and a daughter one after another in the past two years.
The key is that the daughter is the younger one, only three years old now, and... like her elder brother, she has the title of heir of the Yun family's consort. It's really hard to say whose bloodline it is...
The queen had considered telling her to the third prince without hesitation. Anyway, as long as it was confirmed that she was of Minghui's blood, no matter whether Chunjia disliked it or not, the scene would always be taken care of. But as soon as this idea came up, he was dissuaded by his family. The reason was very simple. In order to make the life of the third prince easier, if he made the Yun family bear a grudge, it might delay the future of the tenth or twelfth prince in the future, which was very uneconomical.
"If the empress really feels sorry for His Highness the Third Prince, wouldn't it be easy to join the En brothers when the affairs of the Tenth or Twelfth Prince are finalized in the future?" Mrs. Gu advised the Queen, "But why bother fighting for these days?"
Not only did they persuade the queen, they also went to see the third prince alone afterwards.
Therefore, for such a filial child, the third prince couldn't bear to see his aunt's conflict with his natal family because of him, so he took the initiative to kneel down and beg the queen to give up this idea.
"I read one after another, but I don't know when my son's fate will arrive?" Gu Zhen couldn't help but feel depressed when he thought of these unsatisfactory things.
At the same time, in Huanhua Hall of Xuanqing Palace, Yun Fenghuang was also discussing similar matters with his neighbors: "The King of Qin is now thirteen, so it's time to discuss the marriage. There was news from Duke Yi Guo, saying that it was I plan to marry my cousin to him, what do you think?"
"My wife is not allowed." Chen Jing was the first to object, "Miss Yun, I have inquired about it. Although she looks like a lady on the outside, she is very domineering and domineering on the inside because she is pampered by her family. She is not what Duke Yi Guo said at all. He is so virtuous and virtuous. After getting married like this, what should we do if we, Your Highness, are treated badly?"
In fact, given King Qin's temper, except for Princess Zhaoqing who asked him to give way, he was not lenient at all when fighting with his other brothers and sisters. How could he be willing to be bullied by the princess
The key is that both master and servant Yun Fenghuang tacitly agree that they do not want King Qin to have further contact with the Yun family.
Otherwise, what if King Qin is dragged over
Didn't Yun Fenghuang raise this son in vain
Of course, it doesn't mean that they can't accept the marriage between the Yun family's daughter and the King of Qin, but she can't be the royal concubine.
According to Yun Fenghuang's plan, the Yun family has to win over the Yun family, so it is best for the Yun family to have a girl with a low bloodline and a low status to be the concubine of the King of Qin, and then choose a sensible, filial but yet sensible girl for the King of Qin. A girl from a lower family background serves as the principal concubine.
In this way, the main concubine couldn't suppress the high-born concubine unless she relied on her mother-in-law to pull her back, so she felt relaxed.
At this moment, after talking to the left and right, Yun Fenghuang said again: "As long as the Duke of the country speaks in person, he still has to give them some face. Let's just tell the queen and tell her that she will marry a foreign country in the autumn." In a foreign country, I hope to get acquainted with the noble ladies of the imperial capital before I leave, so that I can enjoy the carefree life of the boudoir for the last time... I will look at the days... I will choose a palace during the summer vacation. When the time comes, let Yun If a girl and the King of Qin look at each other, they can’t become a bitter couple, can they?”
Of course she didn't want King Qin to look down on her, but she said, "King Qin is young, and young people are always unpredictable. If King Qin likes two girls at the same time, he will have to make the girl with a lower family background the concubine." , as a mother-in-law, how could I be willing to go against my child’s wishes?”
Anyway, when the time comes, it will be said that King Qin truly loves the concubine, and in the name of King Qin, he will dominate the girl from the Yun family.
If a girl from the Yun family refuses to be a concubine, it doesn't matter. She can be a concubine instead. Of course, the father and brother of a concubine must be decent.
After all, King Qin is also the eldest son of the emperor. He is the favored prince who was crowned king when he was only one month old. Not just anyone's concubine can be his concubine.
Because in the case of the imperial concubine, the King of Qin was actually given up early and excluded from the possibility of seizing the crown prince. In addition, the imperial concubine herself had a biological son. She raised the King of Qin in order to fight for power and gain, but she did not intend to live alone with the child... In short, the King of Qin's Regarding the marriage, the imperial concubine had nothing to worry about. She generally had the direction and left everything to the people below to organize it.
She is now more worried about Zhaoqing's marriage.
Originally, Zhaoqing, as a princess, did not have the restriction of becoming a feudal lord at the age of fifteen. According to the tacit understanding, the marriage could be slower than that of her brothers who were of similar age.
After all, the royal daughter has no worries about getting married. Not to mention that she is only thirteen this year, even if she is twenty-three this year, she will not be afraid of finding young talents to marry her.
The key is that this imperial daughter has no worries about getting married...
Five years ago, before Zhaorong had grown, she once caused Ning Guogong's direct grandson to behave inappropriately in public and almost lost his appearance.
Now her body has grown longer, and although she has not yet reached the peak of her glory, she has begun to show her charming appearance. Anyone who is a disciple of a noble family and is lucky enough to see her beautiful face will be amazed by it.
Although some of the children were warned by their families, they did not dare to provoke Xuanqing Palace easily.
But there are also quite a few people who, when they are so beautiful, how can they listen to other words
Since the beginning of the new year, there has been an endless stream of ladies who have been forced to come here to test the concubine’s tone!
Yun Fenghuang therefore had a headache: To whom should I give such a daughter to in order to maximize the benefits