Chapter 141(1/2)
At the end of May, the Seventh Prince finally couldn't suppress his yearning for beauty and exchanged with Zhou Qian for Ayu with the sword given to Duke Wei.
The next day, Lizhi heard the news from outside and ran to Chen Jiao and whispered: "Auntie, I heard that the Seventh Prince did not go to the Imperial Study this morning."
Chen Jiao secretly smacked her tongue, unable to imagine how many times the seventh prince loved Ayu last night.
Chen Jiao could hear the news, and the Xian Concubine of Zhaoning Palace also heard that she knew what Ayu looked like when she gave her beauty. Xian Concubine did not want Ayu to stay by her son and confuse her son, but if she took action at this time, Zhou Qian would definitely see through her ulterior motives. Therefore, Xian Concubine could only swallow this and acquiesce to accept Ayu as her concubine.
Then, Concubine Xian looked for two beautiful palace maids with plump figures to give to Zhou Qian, but her appearance was not as beautiful as Chen Jiao.
"The old seven is ignorant, so he will take love from you, and the mother will make up for you." The concubine called Zhou Qian and said kindly.
Zhou Qian looked at the two maids and said seriously: "My mother's kindness is my heart, but there are enough palace servants around me. My father often teaches me to concentrate on studying and don't be addicted to women. My son's backyard already has Aunt Chen, and two more beauties are added. If it is passed on to my father's ears, my father may not be happy."
He and Concubine Xian have always maintained their superficial harmony. Concubine Xian is hypocritical, and Zhou Qian doesn't want to break the window paper first, but that doesn't mean he will accept all the arrangements of Concubine Xian.
Zhou Qian used Emperor Huiyuan as a shield, and Concubine Xian immediately said nothing.
After Zhou Qian left, Concubine Xian sent all the palace maids. She was very angry at first, but then she thought that Zhou Qian was going to choose a concubine. Emperor Huiyuan trusted her so much that he would definitely hand over the job of finding a daughter-in-law to her. At that time, wouldn’t Zhou Qian be at her mercy?
Night falls, Lingxiao Palace.
After a big battle, Zhou Qian pinched the cotton in Chen Jiao's arms and said carelessly: "Today, Concubine Xian chose two more beauties to send me, they are all as fat as you."
Chen Jiao's body stiffened. First, she was just plump and not fat. Chen Jiao didn't understand why Zhou Qian always described her as "fat". Second, the fairy concubine was really stupid. She gave beauty to her adopted son and ordinary palace maids to her own son. Who wouldn't see her intention?
"Have your highness taken it?" Chen Jiao asked biting her lip.
Zhou Qian looked at her remaining scary little face and smiled and said, "Fat beauty, it's enough for me to have you. I can't afford to raise a few more people."
Chen Jiao punched him shyly and annoyed.
Zhou Qian lowered his head and kissed her.
Chen Jiao flattered her obediently, but she didn't take Zhou Qian's sweet words seriously.
After the long kiss, Chen Jiao hugged his neck and asked coquettishly: "There are so charming and charming, there are so many kinds of beauties. If the Empress sends His Highness a beauty with a different kind of charm, do you want it?"
Zhou Qian smiled but said nothing.
Chen Jiao was angry and wanted to leave his arms. Zhou Qian hugged the person back and met her angry eyes. Zhou Qian pinched her nose and sighed, "No, okay?" He was such a jealous person.
Chen Jiao stared at him and continued to ask: "If it weren't for the Empress, Your Highness met a beauty outside, would you bring it back to the palace?"
This sentence has a profound meaning. Zhou Qian's fingertips brushed from the corners of her eyes and asked in confusion: "They are all beauties. What is the difference between what I met myself and the one I gave me?"
Chen Jiao leaned against his arm and turned her long hair and analyzed: "Of course it's different. The beauty given by the Empress may have two hearts. Your Highness will choose the one he himself will definitely be loyal to you."
Zhou Qian didn't expect her to say it so bluntly. He stared at her for a while and asked Youyou: "What about you, do you have a second thought for me?"
Chen Jiao took his hand and held it in his hand, and said frankly: "When the Empress chose me to serve His Highness, she did hinted that I wanted to remember who gave me the opportunity, but the Empress didn't know that although I was a humble palace maid, I had no intention of being a concubine for anyone. Her promotion was not a blessing for me."
Zhou Qian narrowed his eyes.
Chen Jiao lowered her eyes and continued, "Your Highness is of great honor and extraordinary. I know I am not worthy of Your Highness, and I have no intention of raising my heart. By chance, I came to Your Highness with my duty as a palace maid. In the future, I will ask Your Highness to let me go home and ask for freedom. But I somehow got into Your Highness's eyes. Now I am your Highness's person, so naturally I only have Your Highness in my heart."
Zhou listened subtly.
Of course he could see that when she first arrived at Lingxiao Palace, she did accidentally go to his bed. It was she who didn't want to do that.
Zhou Qian didn't care whether she was pretending to be innocent. Anyway, she was just a palace maid who warmed the bed. She served him carefully. He would always favor her. She was really a chess piece trained by the Virtue. Then the day when she showed her strength was her death.
He lost no losses.
"You don't want to be a concubine, but now you have become my concubine. Do you feel wronged?" Zhou Qian turned around and asked inquiry.
Chen Jiao didn't open her eyes.
Zhou Qian's eyes shivered. If she immediately answered that she was not wronged, he might not believe it, or he might think that she was deliberately trying to please her. At this time, she actually admitted that she felt wronged. What qualifications do she have to be wronged, a little palace maid?
"It's aggrieved to be a concubine. Do you still want to be my princess and the future princess?" Zhou Qian's voice turned cold and he pushed the person out.
He can spoil her, but he will never spoil her.
After picking up the tent, Zhou Qian got out of bed. When he was wearing shoes, he was waiting for her to beg for mercy and apologize.
But Chen Jiao just kept the posture of being pushed down by him and lay on the bed without doing anything.
She just didn't want to be a concubine, she just wanted to let him know that Zhou Qian would be angry, which was expected by Chen Jiao. She just showed her attitude first. If Zhou Qian could figure it out slowly and was willing to try her best to give her a title, Chen Jiao continued to please him. Zhou Qianruo never stepped into the backyard again and kept neglecting her. Chen Jiao should have thought of a way to leave early.
There is no way out, she will wait for the opportunity.
She didn't move, her only worry was that Zhou Qian was afraid that he would expel her from Lingxiao Palace in anger.
Zhou Qian was very angry, angry with her ambitions and refused to admit his mistakes, but before he could get angry, he lost her.
Since Chen Jiao did not beg for mercy, Zhou Qian did not hesitate anymore and returned to the front yard overnight.
Chen Jiao waited nervously for a few days and found that Zhou Qian was just neglecting her and not coming to the backyard. Chen Jiao slowly felt relieved.
Wait, the palace rules are strict, and Zhou Qian will soon be crowned as the king and leave the palace. When he arrives at the palace, Chen Jiao will adapt to the situation.
Emperor Huiyuan has more than a dozen sons. Among the princes who have not yet been married, the largest is the sixth prince Zhou Qian.
Zhou Qian was handsome, and the young man became famous on the battlefield. His son gave him a face. Emperor Huiyuan was naturally willing to give him more favor to his son. At the beginning of the year, he had already decided to confer a title for Lao Liu to be the king, but before Lao Liu officially moved out of the palace, Emperor Huiyuan decided to decide on his son's marriage first. Because Lao Liu was raised by the concubine Xian, Emperor Huiyuan naturally had to discuss with the concubine Xian and came to Zhaoning Palace at night.
The virtuous concubine first served the emperor diligently. After loving her, the imperial concubine talked about Zhou Qian's marriage.
Concubine Xian said happily: "I thought the emperor forgot that Lao Liu should marry a wife. It just so happened that I have a choice. Master, please listen?"
Emperor Huiyuan, who is nearly fifty years old, smiled and said, "I knew you must have started to see Lao Liuxiang for a long time. Which noble girl is it?"
Concubine Xian had long hair draped over her shoulders, and smiled like a flower under the light. She held Emperor Huiyuan's hand and said, "It's not someone else, it's Wanyi, the eldest daughter of my second brother. Wanyi is in the same age as a child. She often went to the palace when she was a child. She was also childhood sweethearted with Lao Liu. In the past two years, there were people who came to propose marriages. I didn't ask my second brother to agree, so I kept it for Lao Liu."
Emperor Huiyuan touched his chin.
Concubine Xian’s father was Duke Wei. Duke Wei had three sons, all of whom were the elder brothers of Concubine Xian’s mother. Crown Prince Wei was full of sons. Mr. Wei had married two wives, and his original wife gave birth to his daughter Wanyi and passed away. Mr. Wei married him again and added a pair of children.
Logically speaking, the Wei family's lintel is worthy of Lao Liu, but Wei Wanyi has lost her biological mother's education at a young age, so she is afraid that there will be a problem with her temperament.
"In two days, Xuan Wanyi will enter the palace and I will take a look." Emperor Huiyuan ordered.
Concubine Xian replied with a smile.
There are three nieces in her family. In addition to Wei Wanyi, the other two nieces are still young. As for Wei Wanyi, Concubine Xian didn't like Wei Wanyi very much. She always felt that the girl was as arrogant as her biological mother and would not act coquettishly at all. Concubine Xian was willing to marry such a niece to Lao Liu. Her own family would definitely support her Lao Qi in the future. Lao Liu's wife position was occupied by the Wei family but she would not get the support of the Wei family. It was like killing two birds with one stone.
On this day, Emperor Huiyuan did not have to go to court, so the Xianfei sent someone to invite Emperor Huiyuan. Emperor Huiyuan knew that the girl from the Wei family had arrived, so he moved to Zhaoning Palace.
Wei Wanyi's biological mother died early, and her father loved her stepmother and did not care much about her, so she developed a taciturn temper. However, Wei Wanyi was also a lady from a famous family. She received her nude education since she was a child. Today she met the emperor. Her behavior was dignified, generous and steady, which was very consistent with Emperor Huiyuan's vision of choosing a daughter-in-law.
Emperor Huiyuan asked Wei Wanyi some family matters, and Wei Wanyi answered them one by one.
Emperor Huiyuan nodded with satisfaction.
After Wei Wanyi left, Emperor Huiyuan continued to stay in Zhaoning Palace and ordered people to go to His Highness Xuanliu.
Zhou Qian came over soon.
Emperor Huiyuan did not keep his son in hiding, and asked Zhou Qian about his opinion on his cousin Wei Wanyi with a smile.
Zhou Qian glanced at the gorgeous skirt of Concubine Xian. This woman was not enough to arrange a marriage for him, but she also had to choose a princess for him? However, the father was getting older and the emperors above were secretly trying to win over the power. If he married a girl from the Wei family, he would be able to stop a lot of suspicion. After all, the Wei family really participated in major events and would support the seventh brothers.
After the thought came to an end, Zhou Qian smiled and said, "My beauties Wan is proficient in poetry, but her son sighs that he is not as good as he is."
Emperor Huiyuan and Concubine Xian looked at each other and continued to ask: "Since that's the case, then I betrothed her to you and let her give you some advice?"
Zhou Qian lifted up his clothes and knelt down, and said respectfully: "The son is all based on his father."
The father and son were angry. In July, Emperor Huiyuan issued an order to grant Zhou Qian the title of King Ding and grant the marriage of Wei Wanyi, the eldest daughter of the Wei family, the Princess Ding, and the wedding will be held in August next year.
On that day, the news spread throughout Lingxiao Palace.
Lychee and Longan all looked at Chen Jiao worriedly.
Chen Jiao went to the inner room alone.
After that night, Zhou Qian had not stepped into the backyard for almost two months. Chen Jiao was not too worried, but she could not be completely indifferent. Zhou Qian was the first man in her life. If possible, Chen Jiao didn't want to change it, but the identities of the two were here. She wanted to shake Zhou Qian's thoughts of superiority and inferiority as a palace maid, which was indeed a dream.
For nearly sixty days, Zhou Qian ignored her and she was thinking about it all kinds of random thoughts, but she even found a princess.
After calming down for a night, Chen Jiao ordered Lizhi to quietly inquire about Wei Wanyi's character.
Wei Wanyi is the qualifying princess, and she gave her marriage edict. The eunuchs and the maids of Lingxiao Palace will discuss it privately. Lizhi easily completed Chen Jiao's task and came back to report: "Auntie, I heard that Miss Wei is very unpopular at home. She likes to read and rarely goes out to socialize. Some people say she is arrogant, while others say she is well-educated and well-reasoned, and there are mixed praises and criticisms."
Is the prospective princess who loves reading but does not like socializing?
Chen Jiao was a little relieved. Such a mistress should be easier to talk to.
In the front yard, Eunuch Liu was also whispering to his master: "Prince, Aunt Chen has sent someone to inquire about the news about the Wei family today."
Zhou Qian showed sarcasm, she finally couldn't help it, right?
Wei Wanyi and Zhou Qian naturally met a cold person. Zhou Qian was not happy with him and was always stranger. When it comes to pampering, he prefers fat girls in the backyard. However, Zhou Qian didn't mind using Wei Wanyi to polish her ambitions.
Since he had all inquired about the news, Zhou Qian decided that the fat girl in the backyard would soon find a way to attract his attention, and then he would regain his favor with her. However, he waited and waited until early August Emperor Huiyuan ordered him to go to the yard to hunt in the airyard, and there was no movement in the people in the backyard.
"Brother Six, who are you going to take with you?" Two days before departure, the Seventh Prince asked him with a smile.
Zhou Qian glanced at him and asked, "Who should I take who?"
The Seventh Prince handed him a look at a fool: "Of course we are the ones who serve us. We have to stay in the yard for half a month. It would be boring without a beauty serving us."
Zhou Qian ignored him.
After returning to Lingxiao Palace, Zhou Qian asked Eunuch Liu: "How is it today?"
To be continued...