Reborn to marry the emperor, I just want to confuse the emperor and seize the throne

Queen Cheng showed Jiang Fenghua some more portraits and told her which official's daughter each was.

After Jiang Fenghua looked at them, she found some familiar ones. It seemed that she was really preparing according to the standards of selecting concubines for Xie Shang. "The women chosen by my mother are really beautiful, but their family backgrounds are too ostentatious. They are all girls from aristocratic families. How could they all be willing to marry the prince as concubines? If my mother proposes marriage like this, I am afraid she will offend the officials!"

"It is their blessing to be Shang'er's concubine." Queen Cheng was a little arrogant. When their son became emperor, they were eager to send their daughter to the palace.

Jiang Fenghua felt very uncomfortable after hearing this. When she summoned her mother to the palace, she was also so high-handed. It was already a great blessing for her ancestors that she could marry her son as a princess.

Before choosing her, Queen Cheng had not seen what she looked like. The first thing she considered was that she had a clean family background and would not cause trouble for Xie Shang. After seeing her, she only felt that she was elegant and beautiful, and she was sure to attract her son and take Su Tingwan's place in Xie Shang's heart.

She had planned everything except asking whether the woman was willing to marry her son.

Jiang Fenghua didn't want to care about Queen Cheng. If she wanted to make trouble, let her do it. She would not be satisfied until the emperor deposed her from the position of queen. But she was Xie Shang's mother. She would strangle in the cradle any external factors that involved Xie Shang and affected his ascension to a high position.

"What the queen said makes sense." She chatted again and took a portrait. "Zhu Zhenzhen, I remember she was the youngest daughter of Censor Zhu. She was only fourteen years old and had not yet reached the age of marriage. The last time I saw her, the little girl was very innocent. Madam Zhu doted on her very much. I'm afraid she would not want her daughter to be a concubine."

"Tang Qianran, she is the daughter of the newly appointed Minister of Justice Tang Jinrong. General Tang is temporarily taking over the position of Minister of Justice, so he is considered to be in a high position of power. He once announced that his daughter would not be a concubine to anyone else. Many people heard it at the time. I heard that they are already discussing marriage. The other party is the son of Lu Tingwei. The two have been childhood sweethearts. The queen mother wants Miss Tang to be the prince's concubine. I am afraid that both the Tang and Lu families will be offended at once."

"Qiao Xuan'er, the granddaughter of General Qiao, seems to be only fourteen years old..."

"Ruan Ruan is not satisfied?" The queen's eyes instantly turned cold. These were all the candidates she had planned to choose as princesses for her son. It was only after much deliberation that she decided to marry the daughter of a young master first.

Is it because their family backgrounds are superior to hers that she disagrees?

In fact, Tutor Jiang's official position was not low, and he could work directly with the emperor. However, compared with the military generals, he did not have much real power. People who hold pens are different from military generals, and they each have their own duties.

Queen Cheng always felt unsatisfactory.

"I dare not be dissatisfied, but I think the timing is not right and it is too early. The prince is fighting outside now, the outcome is unclear and the battle situation is thrilling. We are in Shengjing but we have welcomed all his concubines into the prince's mansion. Have you ever thought about what the emperor will think? Your mother has always been careful and prudent in everything, isn't it all for the sake of planning for the prince?" Jiang Fenghua advised her kindly, hoping that she would not lose her head. Xie Shang was not the prince yet, and everything was subject to change.

There was a look of horror in Queen Cheng's eyes. Although she knew the result, it was unclear now, and she was indeed too hasty to do this.

She had been trembling with fear for so many years, just waiting for the day when Xie Shang could sit in that position, and then she would be able to hold her head high. If Su Qingqing was defeated, she would feel that her hatred with the Su family would also be dissipated.

As for the feud between the Cheng and Su families, Queen Cheng also ranked behind Xie Shang. As long as Xie Shang could become the emperor, she could temporarily put everything aside.

Su Tingwan categorically guaranteed that Xie Shang would definitely become emperor, and she believed it without a doubt. She felt that her son was so capable that he should be the crown prince and the emperor. She had been waiting for this day for more than twenty years.

Empress Cheng's voice became gentle, "What does Ruan Ruan mean? These girls are rare in character, appearance, and family background. If they are really engaged to others and marry others, they will miss out. Your Majesty is also considering Shang'er."

She whispered again, "Ruan Ruan, in fact, the Queen Mother is considering winning over officials for Shang Er. As his wife, you should know the importance of their father in the court."

Hearing this, Jiang Fenghua wanted to vomit. People who didn't know would think that she was looking for a daughter-in-law for herself. Her mother-in-law was forcing her daughter-in-law to marry a concubine for her husband, and she had to give advice. Fortunately, Xie Shang had no weight in her heart, otherwise she would have been really angry to death.

Her character is exactly the same as Concubine Yan's. If she disagrees when marrying her son to another woman in front of his pregnant daughter-in-law, she will be accused of being jealous. Now she is talking about winning over court officials. Wasn't it to avoid the Emperor accusing her of winning over court officials when she was married?

It changes so fast!

She said, "If mother really marries them all now, it will harm the prince. If people spread the news that the prince is forming a clique for personal gain, what will father think? If the emperor knows that mother secretly wins over important officials, I am afraid that the relationship that mother and father have finally established will fall into groundless suspicion."

If Queen Cheng didn't know that Xie Shang would become the emperor, she would think that Jiang Fenghua was right. However, she really couldn't be too ostentatious.

"Luckily Ruan Ruan reminded the Queen Mother, otherwise Shang'er would have been in danger."

Jiang Fenghua smiled, "As the wife of the prince, I should be more considerate of him. If you really like these women, you can find a chance to call them into the palace to ask them what they think. If they also like you and you like them, it won't be too late to take them into the palace when you return to Beijing! This will also achieve your ultimate goal."

"That's good. Mother, don't mention the matter of Shang'er taking a concubine for now. Let's wait until Shang'er returns safely!" She was so happy that she lost her mind.

Jiang Fenghua talked so much nonsense to her and warned her not to get carried away and think that her son was now the emperor.

Queen Cheng was also a selfish person at heart. It was not entirely true to say that she loved Xie Shang. She wanted to control Xie Shang and use their mother-son relationship to secure her position as queen and queen mother. She did not want Xie Shang to escape her control.

On this day, Queen Cheng really held a plum blossom viewing banquet and invited all the ladies and daughters from aristocratic families to attend.

Jiang Fenghua's belly was getting bigger and bigger, and she had no interest in choosing concubines for Xie Shang, because these people would enter the palace one after another after Xie Shang ascended the throne.

She also used this as an excuse to decline to attend the plum blossom viewing banquet.

In the previous life, Queen Cheng first selected some good concubines and noble concubines for Xie Shang to enter the palace. Their family status was not very high. There were a lot of beautiful women, and they were grateful to the queen, but none of them won Xie Shang's heart. He only favored Su Tingwan.

In this life, the queen directly gave up the good girl with a bad family background and chose the daughter of a high-ranking official in the court. It seems that she believed in Su Tingwan's words!