After the Qian mother and daughter received the news that the maid was pregnant, they became anxious.
If only a palace maid was pregnant, they could still pray that the other party was only pregnant with a female fetus.
The worst that can happen is that a dowry will accompany her out the door, that's all.
But both of them are happy, what if they give birth to a male heir
Even if the legitimate concubines are different when the time comes, they can't stand it with the imperial concubine backing them up. If a family fight breaks out, how can the legitimate son of the Qian family withstand it
The second daughter was once again complained by her mother and sisters, but this girl was not a light-hearted person. After she finished crying, she said: "Now that things are like this, what can you do if you blame me? Even if you force me to die, is it possible for the imperial concubine to die?" Will he let you go back? Stop dreaming. This master is not a good one. I heard that your majesty’s first concubine died in her hands. She was a serious concubine, hasn’t she? A stepping stone for her to become a noble concubine? Don’t you think that my life can make her fearful?”
"So for today's plan, we should quickly find a way to fulfill the imperial concubine's request."
"Otherwise, none of us will be able to enjoy the fruit!"
Then he said, "Besides, it's now time, why not think about the good? If this job is done well, the imperial concubine may be happy. Not only will those maids be eliminated, but also some benefits will be given to us?"
Qian said with a tired heart: "How long has it been and you still dare to think about the benefits? Besides, your father has a bright future. If the imperial concubine hadn't been so unreasonable and unforgiving, why would we be like this? Why should you expect her to give you your future?"
"Mom, you are really confused!" the second daughter said with a sneer, "Just because we are relying on dad alone, can you see? Once dad can't count on us, we can only sit back and wait for death. It turns out that you are dad's matchmaker. Even if you have a few maids in your backyard and give birth to children, you shouldn’t be so frightened! But you were devastated when you heard the news. Why? Isn’t it because you were not born in a high family, but now you are Apart from youthful love and daughters, there is nothing else that can win over dad! But if you win the favor of the imperial concubine, how can dad be able to abandon you at will?"
"You are the one who is confused!" Mrs. Qian's face darkened, "Don't forget, your father has never liked the imperial concubine! Otherwise, your biological aunt is the proud person of the imperial concubine. If he wants to seek refuge with the imperial concubine, who will be inconvenient for him? "
The second daughter said: "The reason why dad did this is because he has been in the emperor's heart for a long time. As long as he makes the right mistakes, the future is promising! So naturally there is no need to please the imperial concubine. After all, your majesty is wise and powerful, no matter how much you dote on the imperial concubine, I definitely don’t like a valued minister colluding with the harem. But mother, forgive my daughter for speaking frankly, the only one in our family who is in the emperor’s heart is our father, and our mother and daughter are not among them! If we don’t take advantage of this opportunity to get involved with the imperial concubine, today This noble concubine can use her maids to make you uneasy. If we offend someone tomorrow, or block someone's way, maybe someone else will try to seduce Daddy... What do you think we will do then? "
"The imperial concubine herself is a clear example!"
"Your Majesty loves the imperial concubine much more deeply than father does to you! Even so, the imperial concubine is still trying every means to promote her family and win over the courtiers? What do you think she does if she doesn't dominate the harem properly? Do you think this is too much? Don’t you think it’s not reliable enough to pin all your hopes on the emperor’s favor? Don’t think about how indulgent your majesty is to the imperial concubine. That’s because the queen and the empress have to look at the imperial concubine’s face. The imperial concubine is so prepared for a rainy day. Mother, you If you still think that as long as you get through this, everything will be fine, then you'd better get your daughter married as soon as possible, otherwise you don't make mistakes and your daughter doesn't get a good family."
Qian was so angry that she raised her hands: "You bastard! How dare you talk to my mother like this! Besides, is this something you, a girl who has not left the cabinet, can say?"
After all, the second daughter's attitude was rude and her words were unpleasant, but everything she said spoke to Qian's heart.
If she was born into a noble family, not to mention not having to fear a few maids, but a royal concubine, how could she and her daughters be driven to Shanyuan Temple and put under house arrest until now
If you were from a well-known family like the Yin family, the Luo family, the Meng family, and the Ouyang family, your husband would not come forward, and your father, brother, and natal family would help to intercede.
But how can it be like them, the imperial concubine didn't say anything and actually couldn't get out
"... This unfilial daughter is right about what she said. Her husband is young, promising, and very attractive. He does not need the support of the imperial concubine." Qian sighed in her heart and thought to herself, "But my daughters and I are not like that. "
She was immediately shaken.
Little did she know that the second daughter, who had been chatting with her a moment ago, now wandered into a corner and carefully asked the figure whose face could not be seen clearly in the corner: "... I have told my mother everything you taught me. I must have told her You’ll figure it out in the next two days. But you don’t know what to do next?”
"The next step is naturally to find a way to leave the Taoist temple." The man chuckled and said slowly, "You probably don't know that at the beginning of the year, the Imperial Concubine and the Empress discussed that they should take advantage of the summer vacation to make Princess Xincheng Before getting married, I said goodbye to my old female companions, held a few more banquets, and invited all the daughters of officials to attend... As for the real purpose, I guess I don’t need to say more. Now the princes in the palace have no A marriage, such an opportunity, is simply a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity... "
The second daughter opened her eyes wide and her breathing quickened subconsciously.
Although she knew that the other party was deliberately seducing, the second daughter had to admit that her heart was moved.
We can't blame her for being greedy for wealth. After all, all the princes are young. Regardless of their qualifications, their appearance can be said to be handsome and upright. Regardless of their status, this alone is enough to seduce the hearts of many girls. Coupled with their noble backgrounds, , transcendent status, and guaranteed future, he is also a vassal king... Unless it is a girl who really doesn't care about fame, wealth and status, no one can control it.
As for the emperor being in his prime and the crown prince not yet being appointed, these princes will definitely be in conflict over the crown prince.
How to say it
At this time, a girl's identity and future are closely related to her father, brother, and husband, and are not in her own hands.
Now that it's this time, even if you don't marry into the royal family and just marry a child of the right family, you can't prevent your husband's family from being involved in the turmoil, taking the wrong side, and even being implicated.
In contrast, you can enjoy the scenery after entering the prince's backyard, right
The second daughter knew in her heart that the Du family was weak and only her father had the qualifications to enter the central government.
In order to be a straight minister, her father even refused to take advantage of the relationship between his aunt and the imperial concubine, and even deliberately alienated her.
Under such circumstances, it would be impossible for her to marry into the royal family at her leisure.
Because her father would not allow it in the first place... Du Langu wanted to be both a direct minister and a lonely minister. He followed the path of turning a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window and focusing only on the Holy Emperor. How could he let his daughter still Daughter, marry the prince? Isn't this just a rush to get involved in the next battle for the crown prince
Therefore, if the second daughter wants to be a clan wife, she can only seize the opportunity of this banquet. It is best to try to impress the prince or the queen mother and concubine of a certain prince. With the help of these people, it is possible to make Du Langu compromise, or You have to compromise. Otherwise, how could she possibly be able to screw up her own father
As for how embarrassed Du Langu would be after doing this... the second daughter didn't care.
In order to instigate the princess's cousin to help her target Wei's daughter, she even dared to reveal the life experience of King Qin Zhaoqing. She was obviously brave and strong.
At this moment, he comforted himself: "I am doing this for my father's good. If I marry the prince and my status is high in the future, I can support and take care of my father... I can't let my marriage go wrong for my father's sake? In that case, my father will have a high status." He doesn’t feel that I have been wronged for him, I just feel that I should listen to him, but why bother?”
The second daughter calmed down and said in a deep voice: "Is it possible that the imperial concubine is ready to let us out?"
The man smiled and said: "How is this possible? What a noble concubine you are, how can you take back what you say so easily?"
"... But the mission given by the Imperial Concubine is too difficult." The second daughter was immediately disappointed, and even suspected that the other party was just amusing herself. "We have been asking around these days, but you have also told me some trivial things, but nothing happened. We must report it to the noble concubine... The people in this Taoist temple have greeted the Queen Mother, but how can they be afraid of us? If they are not afraid, they will not pay attention to our insinuations, so what are we going to do?"
The man thought for a while and sighed: "It's been so many days and you're still like this. It's really not a problem. Let me give you a clear path so that you won't be delayed forever and hinder me from doing my job. .”
He said tactfully, "It is indeed difficult to deal with these Taoist nuns directly, but if there is a way to catch them... wouldn't it be easy?"
Seeing that the second daughter was deep in thought, the man smiled secretly and quietly retreated.
This incident was reported to Yun Fenghuang the next morning. Yun Fenghuang nodded slightly as he listened: "That's right. Everything is done by Qian's mother and daughter and has nothing to do with us."
Then he remembered and asked, "What is the name of the second daughter of the Qian family? If she needs it, it won't hurt to give her a future."
Mainly, this kind of filial daughter who values her own future more than her biological father's. If used well, she might be a good candidate to coerce Du Langu.
Chen Jing smiled and said, "Speaking of this banquet, I have also received many requests in the past two days, all of which asked me to speak kindly to their girls in front of the queen."
"Just keep it." Yun Fenghuang said nonchalantly, "Don't let the benefits that come to your door go to waste."
He asked again, "If there are really any outstanding ones, please come and talk to me individually. After all, I have worked hard to raise the children, and if there are good ones, I don't want to take advantage of others."
After discussing things like this for a while, someone from the palace came to report that the Seventh Prince had come back from the Empress Dowager to pick up some things.
"It's been hard for him to serve the Empress Dowager these days." After hearing this, Yun Fenghuang stopped talking about Chen Jing, ordered someone to summon the seventh prince, and sighed, "I'm sorry for you, King Qin and the others. He is gearing up and wants to go out to play, so it would be better for him. Seeing that Tianju is in the palace, I don’t know when the Empress Dowager will be fine."
They comforted me and said that it would be fine soon.
Just as he was talking, the seventh prince came in. After seeing the ceremony, he smiled and took a box of incense sticks and Yunfeng Huang, saying that they were given by the Empress Dowager: "The great-great-grandmother said that these were the tribute spices from the Jiaozhi Kingdom in the time of the great-great-grandfather. They were in the palace. It’s also very rare, and it’s of no use to me if I hold it, so it’s better for my mother and concubine to play with it.”
"What did your great-grandmother give it to you? What are you doing for your mother and concubine?" Yun Fenghuang was happy when he heard it. He took it and opened it and looked at it. Then he smiled and scolded him, "Otherwise, if your great-grandmother knew about it, she would still think that her mother and concubine were still together." Grab everything that belonged to the former prince and take it back."
The seventh prince said that he had no interest in spices: "If you don't give it to your mother and concubine, you just keep it in a box. Isn't it a waste?"
"My son is also of this age. Even if he doesn't need it, he can put it away first and keep it for the concubine later." Yun Fenghuang teased him, "Where can there be waste?"
"Mother concubine!" The seventh prince blushed slightly and said, "My son Xing Qi, even if he has reached his age and the marriages of his elder brothers have not been decided, it is still not my turn."
Yun Fenghuang said with a smile: "Concubine, after taking care of your eldest brother, you will be yours. How can there be so many things?"
After joking for a while, seeing that the Seventh Prince was really embarrassed, he let the son go and asked about his recent situation in front of the Empress Dowager.
When I heard that the tenth prince was going to greet An and serve him the next day, and that the queen's niece Gu Jue was also going to serve tea and water the next day, I couldn't help but raise my eyebrows slightly.