[Red Mansion] Queen's Road

Princess Beijing listened for a long time, but she didn't hear the news she wanted to hear.

Seeing that they were getting more and more confused, "Stop talking...I just want to ask if the two of you are here today?"

After hearing this, the others shook their heads after thinking about it for a while.

"I heard that both families are sick."

Some people also said, "The newly married daughter-in-law of the Lin family is pregnant, and Mrs. Jia of the Lin family is taking care of her daughter-in-law at home."

The speaker did not intend the listener to pay attention, after Concubine Bei Jing returned home, she sent someone in the family to deliver another letter to the Lin family.

"Just tell their wives that I will ask their wives to offer incense the day after tomorrow and ask the Buddha to bless them."

Except for the occasions of weddings, funerals, and birthdays, the places where noble ladies communicate are temples.This old concubine knew Jia Min's mother-in-law. When Jia Min was pregnant, the old lady of the Lin family paid homage to all the Buddhist temples and Taoist temples around the capital. Her attitude was so devout that many temples opened their doors to her.

Thinking of this, the concubine's thoughts diverged a little. Could it be that the old lady of the Lin family was too pious, so the family was so blessed to raise a tough queen...

Moreover, because several generations of the Lin family have been passed down in a single line, if the daughter-in-law of the Lin family is pregnant, it is a tradition for the mother-in-law to worship Buddha and burn incense. Perseverance has amazed many people.

The people from the Beijing Prince's Mansion came to Lin's house to submit the post. After Jia Min heard about it, he thought that the Rongguo Mansion was not giving up, and wanted to find someone to persuade him. "Just tell them that I'm sick and I can't go anywhere now. Please take care of them. When I recover from my illness, I will invite their concubine to come out and sit down."

They all said that you can't do it again and again, Jia Min refused twice, and the people in Beijing Palace were a little unhappy, chewing their tongues in front of the concubine, "Their family is shaking now, and they have refuted our family's face twice. .”

Before the concubine could speak, someone scolded outside, "Bold slave, is it because your words are negligent that the Lin family doesn't accept our family's post?"

Speaking of which, a young man came in from outside the door, handsome and gentle, wearing a light-colored python robe, it was the King of Jingjing.

The concubine asked the people in the room to go out, and pulled her son to sit beside her, "Sinister, the princess Shouchun in the palace is a little older than the girl from the Lin family, and she told me that Princess Shouchun is all right, why don't you But you must let me go to Lin's house to find out what's going on."

"I've heard from Baoyu a long time ago that the girl from the Lin family is stunning, and she is good at both poetry and poetry. If I want to marry, I will marry such a girl."

The concubine was so angry that she slapped her son twice, "What's the use of being beautiful, I want to hold more grandchildren, you don't know that girl is thin, I'm worried..."

"Your worries are superfluous. Mrs. Jia of the Lin family gave birth to three children, and the queen's empress in the palace gave birth to three children. It makes no sense that the second girl in their family would not be able to have children. What you think There are too many, I am looking for her, I am looking for a confidante, who will be with me for the rest of my life... According to what you say, I can just go to the street and pull any girl back to get married."

Seeing that her son was a little angry, the concubine quickly slowed down her tone, "I'm just saying a few words... I have a good relationship with the old lady in Rongguo Mansion, I think... Otherwise, let's take a look, I have met a few times today. You are a lady, you look dignified and dignified, you are not too young, you should have been called a daughter-in-law a few years ago, but you just disagree, when do you say you will procrastinate..."

"You sit down first, I'll ask someone to inquire about the Lin family's affairs."

After speaking, the person left directly.

After King Beijing left, an old nanny came in from the outside, "Taifei, you don't have to think too much, telling the servants to say this depends not only on the Lin family's opinion, but also on the palace's opinion. Our prince may not be able to do this." Ruyi, if you don't like it at that time, you can choose a caring daughter-in-law..."

The concubine patted the table angrily, "You are so confused...I only have this son, if I marry him a daughter-in-law whom he doesn't like, it will be hard for my son."

"There are many concubines in our family..."

"Can you compare with the princess? Go out and don't upset me."

In the palace, Linlin also felt a little upset.When I was having dinner at night, I asked the emperor, "What do you think about Shouchun? Concubine Dong came to me three times a day to ask me. Let's go, I'm afraid of hurting our child's face, so I have to patiently talk to her."

"Just drive her away, why give her such a big face."

What are you talking about, Linlin wants to say that I am feeding your concubine?I am for Princess Shouchun.

Linlin put down her chopsticks, "What do you think? It's too early for our children to talk about getting married, but you should give me a charter anyway."

When Linlin thought of the prince and princess born last year and this year, she couldn't help but count how many times she would have to go through something like this, and she felt a little annoyed when she thought about it.

The emperor also put down his chopsticks, "I've fallen in love with a man named Yan, Yan Ruyu's Yan. He is from the south of the Yangtze River. This time he came to take part in the imperial examination and came in ninth place. The young man looks very talented, and he is not married."

"Didn't we say before that we wanted to keep our daughter in the capital? If you marry her to Jiangnan, the sky is high and the road is far away. If you don't think about it, I will think about it. Concubine Dong will have a daughter. When she misses her daughter, she will be blinded by crying."

"Listen to what I've told you. I've sent someone to check it out. This person has an older brother and a younger brother. He belongs to the second child. A few years ago, his parents gave their brothers three points. Home, this man sold his yard in order to take the imperial examination, leaving only 500 acres of land in his hometown to be taken care of by his sister-in-law and brother. After coming to the capital with all his savings, he first bought a small house with two entrances, and then devoted himself to it. Reading, as expected this time on the list. The most gratifying thing is that this person is stable and mature, the more I look at it, the more I like it, thinking of marrying our children to him, it is not an insult to our children."

"You mean that he will not return to Jiangnan in the future?"

"exactly."

Linlin thought for a while, this boy may have some rich land in his family, otherwise he would not have been studying all the time, but he is not considered a wealthy family. "Is your status a bit low?"

"The status of our children is high enough. If we really choose their background and status, the children of these families in the capital are more or less dandy, and they live with their parents. If we Shouchun can't do it Well, the parents are thinking too much, and the sisters-in-law are not easy to get along with.

It's better to marry this person, the parents follow his elder brother, and the sisters-in-law are thousands of miles away. We don't need our children to take care of the elderly, and we don't need our children to take care of the food and drink of the whole family.You are in charge of the affairs of the palace, you know how much effort is spent on it.

And regardless of his status, this child can be compared to many other children, smart and progressive, but compared to our Qilin, it is still a little bit worse, compared to your brother... Don't think I'm ugly, If he had a Tanhua dad, he would have been famous all over the world. "

Linlin didn't believe there was such a good person, "Really?"

"If you don't believe it..." the emperor turned his head and saw a plate of apricots in the corner of the dining table. Thinking that this season is the time when the late apricots are ripe, he pointed to the sweet apricots and said, "Send someone to your natal home tomorrow. Let your confidant servant ask your brother to see how talented Yan Yu is?"

"His name is really Yan Yu, isn't the word Ruyu called Yan Ruyu?"

"You think too much, it's a rich Yu, how nice do you want the name of the local rich man to sound."

Linlin thought for a while, "That's all right, let's inquire about this person first, and we have settled on the marriage of our Shouchun child, and it will be Qilin's turn."

The emperor was very concerned about Qilin's marriage, "Let me tell you, you can't decide on this matter on your own, the two of us have discussed it, and we must find a worry-free father-in-law for our child. Find a daughter-in-law who gets along with him."

The more I talk about Linlin, the more I feel old.

When Bai Niu went to Lin's house the next day, Jia Min took Lin Daiyu to arrange the monk's clothes to be delivered to the temple.

Just as the concubine of the Beijing Palace thought, Jia Min finally took over the burden of praying to gods and worshiping Buddha from her mother-in-law, Mrs. Lin.Started to work for the children and grandchildren.

"...When I was pregnant with your brother, the old lady took your sister and begged all the monasteries around, so I got your brother."

Lin Daiyu just listened, and young people would have a tolerant attitude towards the nagging of older people, thinking in her heart, "After all, I am getting old."

At this time, Bai Niu came. After putting down Tian Xing, Bai Niu said that she wanted to see the uncle.

Recently, Lin Hao is either staying at home with his wife or going out to visit friends, and he will enter the officialdom after a while.

After being called back from outside, Bai Niu learned what Lin Lin said, and Lin Hao lowered his head and thought for a while.

"Miss, please go back and tell your empress that Yan Yu is a decent and honest person."

Bai Niu agreed and went back. After Bai Niu left, Lin Hao returned to his yard with his head down.

Xin Yun is taking the maid to make clothes for children.Seeing him coming back, he quickly put down the basket, "Why did you come back so early today?"

"The maid in front of your empress is here, come back and say a few words with me."

After hearing this, Xin Yun couldn't help thinking, "Why doesn't Madam ask someone to call me over... Instead, she calls Uncle back..."

"Don't think too much, the question is about the outside world, even if you are called, you can't answer it."

At this moment, I can't help but feel a little pity, originally I thought to see that Yan Yu was a decent person, and sooner or later I would mention it to my father and bring him home, if my father also thought it was safe, maybe he would become my brother-in-law.

Unexpectedly, the emperor's attack was quite quick.

After listening to Bai Niu's report, Linlin discussed the matter with the emperor, "If you think this person is good, why don't you talk to the queen mother and Concubine Dong, and if it's really all right, let's settle the matter." Come down. The Yan family is far away in the south of the Yangtze River, and it will take time for their family members to come and go. When it is settled, I will prepare the dowry, and it will take another year and a half. It will take two or three years to get married. "

The emperor thought for a while, "You don't need to come forward, I'll go and mention it to our mother first, and then I'll call Concubine Dong to me, and then I'll talk to her about it."

After the Queen Mother knew about this matter, she didn't object, but just raised a small opinion.

"I like the child Shouchun. Besides, when you were the vassal king, you only had this child. Both our mother and son valued this child very much. Now, why don't you give her the status of a concubine princess?" , let her look more dignified when she gets married from the palace, and we also loved her a lot."

The emperor bowed his head and thought for a while, it was more common in the palace to marry off concubine princesses as concubines, and it was as difficult as heaven for princes who were born concubines to want to be concubines.

Seeing that the emperor was hesitant, the Empress Dowager quickly added fire. "Your daughter-in-law only has a son now. I know you two want to have a princess, but the matter of having a child is not up to us. Your daughter-in-law has only raised a princess named Shouchun since she entered the house. They The mother and son have been destined for so many years, let me tell you that it is not out of the ordinary for Shouchun to use the ceremonial guard of being a princess."

"It's really not out of line... But, this is just to fool the common people. Everyone who should know knows that our Shouchun was born by a concubine and not by an empress. It's not shameful to tell it. Why bother adding to the snake."

"Why is it superfluous? What's the matter with giving our children a face?"

The emperor shook his head, "One can't be too perfect in one's life. I can do this for other princesses, but Shouchun doesn't plan to give her the title of a first-born princess. I'm afraid that our children won't be able to survive because of too much blessing."

The Empress Dowager didn't say anything, the mother and son's own experience made them somewhat unconfident.

Blessings are given by the heavens. The emperor thinks a lot. He already has a very good son. If he continues to be greedy... he is afraid that some bad retribution will fall on these children.

The husband of Shouchun, 20 years later, will be a jade pillar supporting the sky and golden beams, and maybe he will be famous forever when he is old. It would be a great blessing to have such a husband and give her the most distinguished status.

He was worried that the Queen Mother would think too much, so he persuaded, "There is a definite number of blessings in this world. Look at the queen, she is a very blessed person. When she first gave the marriage, she was a princess. She never thought of becoming a queen. Such a big blessing fell on her head, no matter how many people asked for it, she couldn't get it.

If it is said that being a queen has all four corners?No, as you said, our husband and wife are loving, and our children are also good in everything, but we don't have a daughter.The queen has wanted a daughter since she was pregnant with Bai Ze, and now that Zou Wu is born, she doesn't know when this princess will come to our house.

In the matter of Shouchun, don't favor her, let her blessings spread smoothly to her children and grandchildren, and when she gets old, her children and grandchildren will be around her knees. This is the real blessing. "

The Queen Mother also had nothing to say, and nodded in agreement with the emperor.

The Empress Dowager Xi was easy to talk about, but Concubine Dong's reaction made the emperor seem a bit ignorant.

Concubine Dong wanted to find a son from a wealthy family.

Although I was a little restless in front of the emperor, I still mustered up the courage to say, "... What's the use of learning, speaking of it, the family is muddy... Even if the children of the wealthy family in the country are good-for-nothing, they can Is it comparable to those children who drank Jinyanyu since childhood?"

The emperor spoke to her patiently, "Shouchun is my eldest daughter, how could she find a dandy to be her son-in-law? That boy has the status of a prime minister. Don't think that he has a low background and has a bright future."

Concubine Dong was indeed not in line with the emperor's thinking, and said anxiously to the emperor, "Whoever you promote, the future will not be shallow. In the future, when other princesses get married, the status of consorts will be higher than each other. What about our Shouchun?" Hold your head up among the princesses."

Hearing this, the emperor snorted coldly, "Didn't your Dong family keep looking at the door and talking, and it's not once or twice. Didn't you think that the vassal king was worthless, so you were stuffed?" Those of you who came to our palace, do you feel that marrying a daughter-in-law has wronged your family?"

Concubine Dong was so frightened that she quickly knelt down. She couldn't talk about this matter, and the emperor would be furious.In fact, the Dong family regretted it a long time ago. Looking at the Lin family is like looking at an enemy, wishing to turn back time and immediately carry the family's prostitute daughter to the palace.

But what's the use? A few years ago, there were a lot of people making fun of the Dong family. The Dong family has been suppressed for so many years, pretending to be a grandson for so long, longing to return to the peak of the year.The Dong family once put all their hopes on the matter of marrying Princess Shouchun. Seeing that this matter was hopeless, they thought of other ways.

But other methods will not work, unless the person sitting on the throne is not in charge of the family, but the emperor is now in the prime of life and in good health, and there should be no changes in 30 years... The Dong family is somewhat desperate.

Thinking of the situation of her natal family, Concubine Dong cried, "It's not like what the emperor said, since ancient times, we have been in the same family..."

"Then tell me, who in the world is right with my family?"

Concubine Dong dared not speak anymore.

The emperor was not interested in gossiping so much with the concubines in the harem, and there were many memorials waiting for him in the imperial study in front.

Concubine Dong couldn't help it. After thinking about it, she thought that the queen might be able to block it.

This time, she went to find the queen crying again.

"Your Majesty, this concubine really can't live anymore..."

Linlin patted her forehead lightly, and asked her to pack up her things, bring a tea and fruit plate, and wait to chat with Concubine Dong.

"Don't think too much about it. In a few days, ask the emperor to call the child to the study. I'll take you and us to have a look. The emperor said that he is a good-looking talent."

"It's not that the concubine is picking and choosing. What's the use of good-looking people? The concubine despises their family status is too low. Why don't you talk to the emperor and find a new husband's family for Shouchun?"

"Don't come to me and cry about this matter, you can ask Shouchun, if our child wants to change, you don't need to cry, the emperor agrees, if the child thinks it is appropriate, you will cry a jar of tears , our emperor will not nod."

Concubine Dong thought that this was indeed the case, so she hurriedly left and went to find Princess Shouchun.

Linlin in the palace had a headache because of this matter, and Jia Min outside the palace also felt a headache.

She stayed at home for a month, and finally walked out of the house, following in the footsteps of previous generations, and began to pray to gods and Buddhas everywhere.

The concubine of the Beijing Palace had already sent someone to watch her, and ran into her in Xiangmu Temple within two days.

The incense in Xiangmu Temple is not very strong. The monks here are very honest and have no temple property. They live on the charity of believers. Because they are honest and hardworking, people who have been here trust them more.

In addition to discussing with the abbot here to let them pray for the safe birth of their grandson in front of the Buddha every day, Jia Min came here this time to reserve a lamp for his unborn grandson or granddaughter.

The old monk brought a lamp, pointed to the bottom and said to Jia Min, "At that time, the almsgiver will give you a name, no matter whether it is a big name or a small name, as long as it is a name, it will be fine. After it is engraved, it will be enshrined in front of the Buddha."

Jia Min thought for a while, but this will have to wait until after the child is born. "You put the light away first, and I'll send someone to tell you when our child is born."

Just as I was talking, a monk came to report outside, and a distinguished guest came.

When the concubine of the Beijing Prince's Mansion came in, Jia Min thought in her heart that she was probably a lobbyist.Still smiling, he brought his daughter up to greet the concubine.

After the monk withdrew, the people of the two families sat down in the meditation room and talked back and forth.

At the beginning, I would like to congratulate Lin Hao for winning the third prize.

Jia Min made up her mind that she didn't want to talk to her, but she was only polite for a while, and her attitude was lukewarm.

The concubine was thinking about how to get the point across, when she saw Lin Daiyu sitting next to Jia Min, praising Lin Daiyu nonstop.

As someone who has experienced it, Jia Min already sensed something at this time.

The other party may not be here to be a lobbyist, but [-]% of them want to be a matchmaker.

Thinking of this, Jia Min raised his posture in his heart.

Back then, when their first child was about to start talking about marriage, the couple were so anxious that they wanted to pick up the good children in Jiangnan.At that time, the mentality of the couple was that they were thankful that they could marry off their children.

By the time the second child was born, the family's conditions had improved, so there was more room for choices. Many people came to talk to them about matchmaking, and Jia Min had already started to pick and choose.

Before she could choose a result, the daughter-in-law made a decision without knowing it.

So now Jia Min has a sense of participation in the matter of marrying his youngest daughter.

So when the other party praised her youngest daughter, she had a humble face, but she was actually very proud.

Having been a noble lady for so many years, she has a good grasp of modesty. She can not only show her own humility, but also expose her children's advantages while being humble.

The two of you came and I talked passionately. The concubine boasted for so long without repeating a word. Although it was a smile on her face, she was wondering in her heart, "Why don't you ask me whose child is making progress?" Be polite...Although I can't directly say it's my fault, I can still leave a hook to catch them, so I can trust the matchmaker later."

Seeing that Lin Daiyu had gone out and there were only married women left in the room, the concubine could only ask bluntly, "Young man, what are your plans?"

Jia Min thought for a while, "I dare not say this, I have to go back and ask our master."

"It should be asked, the marriage is good with two surnames... Your master is good at learning, maybe he likes those children who are good at school."

"It's hard to say, and our children are still young, and no one in the family talks about it now."

"It's not small, it's not small... I mean, I want to say it earlier, like our family's evil... Our prince insisted on studying, but now it's delayed. The prince told me a few days ago that he wanted to make friends with you." Young master of the mansion, I think they are all scholars and have something to say, so I told him to invite your children to go out for a drink together."

Jia Min didn't want to promise anything for his son, so he just said, "Oh, I heard that the prince is very good at poetry and poetry, but it just so happens that the one in our family is not good at it. If we really meet by fate, I will ask the prince for advice." Woolen cloth."

When Jia Min went back, he was still thinking about the meaning of the concubine in the Beijing Palace.I didn't think about it when I got home, and I couldn't help talking to Lin Ruhai at night.

Lin Ruhai's focus was also rather biased, and he pinched his beard and thought for a long time, "If you don't say that I don't think our child has grown up now, he was like a child yesterday, and now he will start worrying about marriage proposals."

After finishing speaking, he sighed again, "Why isn't it a boy? If it's a boy, you can stay at home."

After thinking for a while, "Why don't you recruit a son-in-law?"

"Who's good boy is willing to be a door-to-door son-in-law? We don't lack sons in our family, so what kind of door-to-door son-in-law are we looking for?" After finishing speaking, he sighed, "Our children are spoiled and spoiled at home. Serve the young after serving the old."

Lin Ruhai wanted to comfort his wife instead, "There are many kind mothers-in-law, we need to ask more."

"Yes, yes, inquire more, start inquiring now, and don't just grab the eyebrows and beards and marry the child out of nowhere."

The couple found their direction again, set goals with confidence, changed the slow rhythm of life, and became more motivated.

This caused Jia Min to especially like to go out during this period of time, and intentionally or unintentionally stared at the wives who had boys at home and chatted.

Jia Min's social circle is relatively wide. After going out in the past, once or twice out of ten times, he only met someone from Jia's family.

The old lady of the Jia family seldom goes out because of her age.Usually Mrs. Wang and Mrs. Xing go out.

And because Mrs. Xing didn't fit in well with the circle of ladies in the capital, she gradually didn't like to go out.

Most of the time, Mrs. Wang took Wang Xifeng out.

Later, the two parties broke up, and they had a tacit understanding to avoid appearing on the same occasion.

As a result, after the conflict between the two parties was finalized, people always considered avoiding one of them when sending out invitations.

Another two months passed without haste.

The Lin family had no clue about the matter of choosing a son-in-law. The emperor's son-in-law had already selected a candidate, and he had already got through with him.

Accompanied by the eldest son, the old couple of the Yan family hurried to the capital in fear and fear.

The emperor found a time and asked Lin Hao to accompany Yan Yu to the imperial study.

Just after saying a few words, Qian Sheng told from the side, "Empress Empress Dong Fei has come together to deliver lotus seed soup to the emperor."

Yan Yu quickly lowered his head, feeling ashamed and at a loss.

The emperor chuckled and said, "We are all a family, so there is no need to avoid it. Please come in with the queen and concubine Dong."

After Linlin came in, she sat down on an embroidered stool, and asked Concubine Dong to sit down.

Concubine Dong saw that there were two young people inside, one was generous and the other was a little timid.

The generous one should be Uncle Guo, and the shy one is probably Shouchun's son-in-law.

The more I look at it in my heart, the less happy I am, but Princess Shouchun is willing.

Thinking of this, Concubine Dong felt like a knife was piercing her heart, thinking that as a mother herself, could she harm her daughter?I also realized that I couldn't screw the emperor... I wanted to squeeze a smile on my face, but I couldn't. I looked at this timid young man from head to toe, and then from foot to head. The more I looked at it, the more I felt uneasy. .

Linlin was in charge of enlivening the atmosphere, "I have a small pot of good lotus seed porridge today. The concubine tasted it and thought it was delicious, so I sent a bowl here for the emperor to taste."

The emperor nodded, "It's a coincidence that the queen is here today. Uncle Guo is here. You can say a few common words. I heard that uncle Guo will be able to hold children at the end of the year."

Lin Hao bent down slightly, "It's supposed to be the end of the year, and I dare not say when this kind of thing will happen."

The emperor said a few more words to let him be diligent and thrifty to manage the family and serve the country loyally. The emperor alone said all the good and bad things. Linlin didn't say a word, and she was responsible for smiling throughout the whole process.

After sitting for a quarter of an hour, Linlin felt that it was almost time, so she took Concubine Dong back.

On the way back, the two of them walked together without taking a sedan chair.Linlin asked Concubine Dong, "Is it a good-looking talent? I look okay, with a handsome face and a bit of a book."

Concubine Dong put on a smiling face, it's useless to talk about the matter so far.Since the daughter is married to a mud-legged person, she can only work harder on the dowry.

Concubine Dong thought that it was the emperor's business to choose a son-in-law, and it was the empress's business to choose the dowry.

He hurriedly followed up a few steps and squeezed away the maid who was holding Linlin's arm, "It's useless for the concubine to say anything else, but I don't know when the empress will start choosing the dowry for our princess?"

"I have to wait until the old man from the Yan family comes to the capital, but I have already saved some things for the children a few years ago. Like some gold and silver soft fur cloth, these are almost enough. Now the poor It’s just some big pieces of furniture and property.”

Concubine Dong wanted to ask about the gold and silver treasures, but she was afraid that asking too bluntly would make the queen angry.

He thanked Linlin repeatedly in his mouth, with a full expression of gratitude on his face.After talking about two loads of gossip, I got to the point, "... There are also concubines like gold and silver. The concubine has just such a child, and I have saved a lot for her. When the time comes, I will send it to the empress for review. Put it in her dowry."

Concubine Dong has a dowry. Compared with other concubines in this palace, she was a concubine of the palace back then, and she was able to bring the dowry into the palace.These later concubines could bring in some banknotes when they entered the palace, but they couldn't bring in the big ones.

Concubine Dong also took care of some miscellaneous affairs in the backyard of the palace back then. Although there was not much oil and water, it was easy to save a few thousand taels of private money.

She has no place to spend money, and these things will be left to Shouchun in the future.If you give it secretly, it will not only look bad, but also cause criticism.It's better to stuff it into the dowry generously, and writing it in the dowry list is not considered a reward from the palace, and it can be passed on to the descendants at that time.

Linlin doesn't want to argue too much with her on such trivial matters, "You send someone to write a list, it's best to write it in detail, what size and what box to pack, write it out together, I will only look at the list and not look at it. Your things. You worry about these first, what I have to worry about right now is which place is suitable for our child's princess mansion."

Concubine Dong really didn't expect the matter of the Princess Mansion. Not only did she admire the Queen so much, she thought like a dog in her heart, "If you are really thoughtful, otherwise why can I only be a concubine and someone else can be a queen."

As the folk saying goes, the emperor also has three poor relatives.Among the current emperor's relatives, the Yan family is indeed the poorest.

The old couple of the Yan family entered the capital, bringing a lot of local products, as if driving a cart to Beijing to visit relatives.

When Yan Yu saw it, he couldn't laugh or cry.His elder brother explained, "I said it's enough to bring bank notes, but our parents insist on bringing these souvenirs."

There were four or five able-bodied servants who came with them, and helped unload the cart, which contained a few live ducks.

Yan Yu had no choice but to let the ducks be raised first.

The old couple had never seen any big world, so they asked first when they entered the room, "The emperor really wants to marry the princess to you. Didn't the script say that only the number one scholar can marry the princess?"

Yan Yu's eldest brother is named Yan Fu, who has been in and out of Suzhou, Yangzhou, and is somewhat more knowledgeable than his parents.

"You old man, don't take the things in the drama seriously... I think the houses in this capital are good, but even if our family sells out all the property, we may not be able to buy a decent house. Second brother, what will you do in the future? Marry a daughter-in-law? How to raise a daughter-in-law?"

The whole family looked at Yan Yu eagerly, and the old lady asked, "Has the Emperor granted you the No. [-] Scholar Mansion?"

Yan Yu smiled at them, "There is a house in the princess' dowry, and the family doesn't need to spend money to make up for it. I will just move in when the time comes."

The old couple stopped talking in front of their sons, and whispered when there was no one else, "Isn't this making our son a door-to-door son-in-law?"

The old man Yan sighed, "Go back and take care of the other people in the family. Don't think that if you marry the princess, you will be able to eat and drink without worrying about food and drink. Don't let the family cause any trouble to bring down our second son, the door-to-door son-in-law. Is it easy to do?"

The people of this family lived in the capital for four or five days, and the imperial decree came to Yan's house. A few days ago, the eunuchs in the palace came to teach them the etiquette of face saints.When it was time to enter the palace to thank them, the old couple got off the carriage in front of the gate of the palace. When they looked up, they saw the majestic and majestic palace, and they were speechless immediately.

The old man Yan went to see the emperor, and the old lady Yan went to see the Queen Mother first.

The Empress Dowager Xi and such an old man can talk, but the old lady of the Yan family shrinks back.

After the Empress Dowager said a few words by herself, she had nothing else to say, but repeatedly told them, "My granddaughter is a good child, you should treat her well."

The old lady of the Yan family nodded quickly, thinking how she could afford to live in such a house and eat such good food in her own home.

I went to see the queen again, and the queen took Concubine Dong with her.Concubine Dong saw the appearance of her in-laws and just wanted to stand up and leave.

The queen said a few words on the occasion, and then heard the eunuch outside delivering the decree.

It is the will of the Supreme Emperor.When the Supreme Emperor found out that the emperor had betrothed Princess Shouchun so easily, he was so angry that he scolded the emperor.

"...I must first see what kind of child this is. If it is not good, this marriage will not count."

Linlin first asked people to send Yan's family members out of the palace, and then heard that the emperor sent someone to send concubine Yan to the West Garden.

"Sure enough, good things always have twists and turns." Just after sighing here, another eunuch sent a letter over there, "The emperor said that the crown prince should also go to the West Garden."

What does Linlin want Qilin to do?At this juncture, I dare not stop it.

Qilin changed his clothes again, and hurriedly followed to the West Garden.

She waited until it was dark and did not see the prince and son-in-law come back. Linlin couldn't stop thinking, "Could it be that the Supreme Emperor disagreed and wanted someone to throw the son-in-law out, and Qilin was begging for mercy over there?" ?”

Concubine Dong hoped that the Supreme Emperor would be wise once again, although driving away this son-in-law would hinder Princess Shouchun's reputation, but then again, the emperor's daughter will not worry about marrying.Even if the reputation is bad, marrying anyone casually is better than the current one.

People from all sides had different moods, and they finally waited and waited until someone came back from the West Garden.

The little eunuch knelt in front of Linlin and reported, "Our crown prince asked the servant to come back and tell the emperor to stay in the West Garden tonight, and come back tomorrow morning."

"Then let me ask you, son-in-law...how is it now?"

The little eunuch said in an admiring tone, "When the servant went with the prince, the son-in-law had already entered the West Garden. For some reason, he was chatting and laughing with the emperor, and the slave followed the prince to listen for a while, and found that the son-in-law was talking about the place in Yangzhou." The salt officials nearby... the salt merchants flattering the salt officials."

Originally, I wanted to say that the salt official took bribes, but when I thought that the father-in-law was a salt official, I quickly changed the word.

"Smile at what the Supreme Emperor said?"

The little eunuch nodded quickly, "It's very interesting, the emperor listened to it again and again, it's getting late, our prince