After the cultural gathering, before all the rumors and changes at the banquet had spread, the news of Kohe's engagement came out.
His fiancée exceeded everyone's expectations: Xiao Feng, the youngest sister of Mrs. Yongchun Hou.
The Feng family just barely entered the category of an official family. In terms of family status, if the Marquis of Yongchun had not insisted on taking the stunning beauty as his main wife, she would have been qualified to be a side wife.
Originally, everyone thought that this was the limit for the Feng family's daughters, and after hearing that they took advantage of the royal family's regard for Marquis Yongchun and stuffed their two daughters into the cultural gathering hosted by Princess Zhaoqing, they were quite ridiculed. They felt that this The whole family wanted to be like a dragon and a phoenix. It was crazy.
Even if Feng's daughter is really stunning, she is lucky enough to be able to hook up with Marquis Yongchun. Is it possible that a high-ranking nobleman will take advantage of her a second time
Who knew that little Feng was actually assigned to Ke He, who was said to only want Princess Shang Zhaoqing wholeheartedly
The public was extremely curious for a while, how beautiful is this daughter of the Feng family
Is it possible that she can be even more outstanding than Princess Zhaoqing, who is rumored to be the most beautiful among the princesses
Otherwise, why would Koch fall in love with someone else after just one literary meeting
"Concubine, is little Feng really beautiful?" In the palace, Princess Zhaoqing crossed the courtyard unhappily, walked up to Yun Fenghuang, and said aggrievedly, "That day at the banquet, because of Jinxi's guidance, I also took a look at it, isn’t that all? This is not jealousy!”
"You are an imperial daughter, what is your identity?" Yun Fenghuang couldn't help laughing when he heard this, and said, "She is just a girl from a humble background. How can she be compared with you? Is she worthy? You are also a child, so you are an accountant. More words like this. Whoever said these words would be dragged out by any maid in the palace, whom they have never seen in their lives."
Zhaoqing was immediately happy when he heard this, and curled his lips and said: "It's just that the others have to pay it back. Then Kohe..."
"Do you really believe that Kohe is in love with someone else?" Yun Fenghuang interrupted with a sneer, "It's still the same sentence: Is Little Feng worthy? This is just someone who doesn't want him to ask to marry you, and that's all."
She looked at the ignorant daughter in front of her, sighed, and patiently analyzed, "Koh has admired you for more than a day or two, and his grandfather Ning Guogong has been opposed to this matter for a day or two. The previous article meeting should be Let Ning Guogong make up his mind to cut the knot quickly. You are the emperor's daughter, and Ning Guogong can't do anything to you. Naturally, he can only discipline his grandson. If you want to stop Kohe from pursuing you, the best and most convenient way is of course to let him He is engaged to someone else! It's just Koch's feelings for you. Who among the nobles doesn't know? How can a girl who has been carefully cultivated be allowed to be trained and trained? If you marry someone at will, it would be too hasty. The Feng family was from a humble background, but she was considered outstanding. Moreover, she was the future sister-in-law of the Marquis of Yongchun. Although her status was high or low, she still had some support. Being the brother-in-law of a Marquis who was born in the same clan was not too aggrieved. That's awesome. The key point is that the Feng family is following the trend, and whenever the Ke family proposes marriage, even if they know that it is you that Ko He admires, there will be no objection."
Zhaoqing frowned. To be honest, she didn't have any special feelings for Kohe.
Although it was said outside that Kohe had been in love with her for many years and how deeply affectionate he was, from Zhao Qing's point of view... wasn't this a matter of course
She knows better than anyone else that she is of a noble birth, has a great power over the country, is both talented and beautiful, and is smart and smart... okay
So she deserves this kind of deep affection and righteousness, so what's so touching about it
The reason why she brought this matter up to Yun Fenghuang now is that she was not convinced that the outside world thought she was being outcompeted by Little Feng!
"With Kohe's temper, it's okay for little Feng to pay him back if he doesn't get in front of him. But if he gets in front of him, I'm afraid he won't be able to survive." Yun Fenghuang continued, "But this should also be the Ke family's plan... You She is the eldest daughter of the royal family, how noble she is! Kohe is still able to match you, but if he has been married to his fiancée, even his wife has died, what qualifications does he have to marry you? "
"Mother and concubine!" Zhaoqing couldn't help but say, "Is the marriage of my son and minister just left to the calculations of these people?"
She doesn't necessarily want Koch to be her consort. The key is that in the princess's opinion, she can only choose and say she doesn't want Koch, and it can't be Koch or Koch's family who express their opinion!
She is the master!
Yun Fenghuang sighed: "Of course my mother and concubine are facing you, but your father... He is the emperor after all, and he always has to think about the country! Originally, on the day of the Wenhui, he wanted to send a message to ask you to come down to Yin. His son, the mother-in-law argued hard and asked him to agree to let you wait for two years before choosing a son-in-law, so as not to be involved in the situation. I originally thought that after saying this, there was always room for buffering. Who knew that the Ke family would move so fast? "
Here, Chunjia and Gu both contributed a lot.
If there was a little more delay, it would be Yun Fenghuang's turn to take action.
In fact, it was not that she was slow to react this time, but that she had just been beaten by Chunjia and it was not convenient for her to take action immediately.
Who knew that after Chunjia stabilized her, she was not at ease, so the Ke family hired Xiao Feng, and even couldn't wait to set the wedding date in two months
Yun Fenghuang had a clear idea of the Ke family's plans. They knew very well that it was impossible for Ke He to accept little Feng, even if she was very beautiful.
But it doesn't matter, as long as little Feng blocks the path of Master Ke He, the Ke family doesn't care about his own experience or life and death.
If you want to break the situation now, of course you have to start with Koch himself.
But since the Ke family had arranged a marriage for their grandson so quickly, how could they give Yun Fenghuang a chance to get in touch with him
At this moment, the imperial concubine told Zhaoqing Chunjia's plan exactly as it was. The implication behind her words was that your father still loves you, but compared to the inheritance of the country and the struggle for the country, it still takes a back seat. .
If it were a different princess, even if she was still a little aggrieved, she would actually be satisfied.
After all, Chunjia basically didn't pay much attention to the princesses other than Zhaoqing, including the Nine Princesses who were also under Yun Fenghuang's knees.
But just because Zhaoqing has received too much fatherly love, she has long been accustomed to being always ranked first. Now she realizes that this is not the case at all. There are rumors that Xiao Feng is more beautiful than her, and she is simply vulnerable. , held back tears and ran away crying.
Seeing this, the people on the left and right could not bear it, and whispered: "Your Majesty, Your Highness is young. Will you not be able to bear it now that you know so much at once?"
"What can't you stand?" Yun Fenghuang said calmly, "She is also the most favored princess after all. If she can't stand it, the other princesses won't be able to live their lives either."
She thought that because Chunjia had been good to Zhaoqing over the years, although her daughter listened to her words, she also had considerable admiration for Chunjia.
At this moment, she will give strong medicine to make Zhaoqing understand that Chunjia is actually unreliable.
In this way, the daughter can completely rely on herself to facilitate the next plan.
"Fortunately, I have been prepared, otherwise, I would have to be passive this time." The imperial concubine ignored Zhao Qing's affairs and sighed softly, "Although the queen is stupid, she has a good niece! That Gu Jue is not old, but she has a lot on her mind! By taking advantage of the literary meeting to help Ke Chaoruo, have you been interacting with Ke Chaoruo a lot these days? If things go on like this, I am afraid that this girl will also be won over by the middle palace... When the time comes, I, this palace, will How difficult must it be?"
Although the two palaces have plans to compete for the grandchildren of the Ke family, in fact, each has their own priorities: the queen wants Ke Chaoruo more, after all, she has no daughter, and if her niece marries Ko He, there will be a layer of separation between them. The direct son-in-law is very convenient.
But Yun Fenghuang wanted Ke He even more.
The main reason is that her biological son, Prince Jin, is young and not compatible with Ke Chaoruo.
If the three sons of the King of Qin, the Seventh Prince, and the Ninth Prince were to marry Ke Chaoruo, it would be embarrassing if the adopted son relied on the Yue family to grow up and the King of Jin disappeared several times.
So Yun Fenghuang pretends to care about Ke Chaoruo on the face of the world, but in private he has been prepared...
Not two days after Kohe's engagement, news came out that Miss Ke Chaoruo of the Ke family was promised to a new scholar from a poor family.
It is said that this marriage came about very accidentally because Ke Chaoruo ran into trouble when he was out. After a heroic rescue of a beauty, they both developed feelings for each other... Of course, this was specially spread to confuse right and wrong. In fact, Xie Wuzheng sent someone to secretly I contacted Ke Chaoruo's parents and told them truthfully and truthfully that if Ke Chao was to be the daughter-in-law of the Zhonggong, it would be absolutely impossible for him to protect his daughter-in-law in the palace with the Zhonggong's methods.
And Ke Chaoruo herself didn't have the ability to be the royal daughter-in-law.
So if I don’t want my daughter to end badly, and if I don’t want to fetch all the water from the bamboo basket, I’ll be honest.
Although the Ke family was angry, considering the imperial concubine's record in palace battles and the queen's successive defeats, after much thought, it was really unnecessary to gamble on a daughter who had worked so hard to raise just for a moment of anger.
After all, what Duke Ning Guo and the emperor have in mind...
Finally, I got my daughter engaged as soon as possible.
"This game is considered a draw." In the Woxia Tower, the queen said slowly, her face as sinking as water, "The imperial concubine failed to recruit Ke He as her son-in-law, and I failed to make Ke Chaoruo my daughter-in-law... There are still disputes ahead. .”
After all, after deducting the Ke family, a high-ranking family with military power, other high-ranking families, such as the Yin family, the Meng family, the Luo family, the Ouyang family, the Yun family, etc... Although they are also time-honored and famous families, they lack the Ke family's ability to calm down at critical moments. The power of the scene.
Chunjia is not stupid, how could he allow a family with a deep foundation to have heavy troops
Such a national dispute will inevitably enter a long and complicated intrigue.
This is Chunjia's purpose, because the more such a situation, the more capable and capable the princes can be seen. However, this is extremely tense and painful for both parties involved, whether the queen, the concubine or the princes.
Thinking of this, the queen pinched her eyebrows and said a little tiredly, "Without Ke Chaoruo, who should I choose as Xiao Shi's concubine? You were all around that day, tell me what you think?"
"Mother, why don't you ask Miss Jue?" They looked at each other and whispered, "Didn't the old lady always say that Miss Jue has great ideas?"
"Jue'er?" The queen hesitated, and finally said, "That's fine, let her come over."
But after Gu Jue arrived, he made a suggestion that was beyond the queen's expectation: "Aunt, the tenth cousin's concubine must be chosen carefully. But the niece feels that there is no need to focus all the attention on it. It’s my tenth cousin. My sixth cousin and my twelfth cousin are all worthy of careful cultivation.”
"After all, as for the noble concubine, although King Qin is mediocre, he has a reputation of pure filial piety. Not to mention how useful this reputation is outside, at least His Majesty likes her very much."
"Your Majesty likes it. Even if King Qin fails to become the crown prince, your Majesty can still listen to his advice many times."
"Even if His Majesty feels it is inappropriate, sometimes, in order to save the King of Qin's face, he will have to compromise!"
"It goes without saying that Princess Zhaoqing is favored."
"There are also the Seventh Prince and the Ninth Prince. The former is highly valued by the Yin family. If it hadn't been for him, Yin Qu would not have supported the noble concubine so wholeheartedly! The Seventh Prince himself is also loved by His Majesty in every way."
"Although the Ninth Prince is said to be lazy, it can be seen from His Majesty's personal discipline that Your Majesty still values this Prince."
"Otherwise, if the Second Prince and his ilk do this, do you think His Majesty will pay attention to it?"
"Needless to say, the following is King Jin. With the fact that the imperial concubine has her own son, His Majesty will definitely not ignore it."
"In contrast, here we only have a tenth cousin who has some status in front of His Majesty. Auntie, it's hard for me to support myself alone!"
The queen said a little irritably: "Why don't I know this truth? It's just that the twelve natures are weak, Xiao Liu... why did you think of Xiao Liu?"
"Auntie, how old is the twelfth cousin? Temperament can be changed." Gu Jue sighed and said, "Moreover, nothing is perfect in this world, and no one is perfect. It can be said that the temperament of the twelfth cousin is It's weakness, or it can be said to be kindness, isn't it? Look at the King of Qin in Xuanqing Palace. According to us, he has nothing but his status as a prince! But the imperial concubine is smart. He publicized his filial piety early, and we didn't think much about it at that time. Over the years, no matter who mentions the King of Qin, no matter how he feels that he is not good at learning, he still has the advantage of filial piety, which makes people feel that he has some merits, isn't it?"
"If it had been that time, we would have been preaching about Twelve Cousin's kindness everywhere... Who would say he is cowardly now?"
Seeing the change in the Queen's expression, she was afraid that her aunt would lose her face, so she quickly said to the Sixth Prince, "The Sixth Prince is not talking about other things, but because of his relationship with Concubine An and the Empress Dowager, do you think the Empress Dowager can support her?" Is he one or two? The empress dowager, a loving mother, can just pay it back. Her majesty is protecting her on both sides. Concubine An is still empty at her knees!"