Uncle from a poor family

Chapter 120: Conspicuous
"This one……"

Queen Mother Zhou pointed at the one at the back and said, "Let her sit in the front and exchange seats with this one. And that one, come over here. And..."

Queen Mother Zhou was also very worried. This was purely a matter of picking the tallest from the short ones. The first thing she had to do was to move the candidate who she liked at first sight from the five rows to the front row to sit. Finally, her eyes fell on a candidate at the edge of the front row and nodded, saying, "This one is quite good."

The woman seemed unaware that the words were directed at her. She still had a gentle smile on her face and looked straight ahead. When she made eye contact with Queen Dowager Zhou, she did not show any signs of stage fright.

In the end, of the seven people in the front row, only the one sitting by the side remained in his original position.

The women who were pushed to the back were all worried. Were they eliminated?
Queen Mother Zhou glanced around again, probably to see if there were any "slippery fish". After looking, she shook her head in frustration, as if she had a helpless look and said "let it be". Then she only stared at the people in the front row.

"Originally, I wanted to meet you one by one, chat with you for a while, let you introduce yourselves, and see if you have the potential to be the mother of a country. You know, maybe some of you will be sitting here like me in a few decades, choosing your daughter-in-law."

Queen Mother Zhou's words were so simple and direct.

And only Chen Gui understood at the scene that people like Queen Mother Zhou who worship Buddha believed in the sayings of "cause and effect and reincarnation", so they would plan for the future intentionally or unintentionally. What they said seemed philosophical, but in fact it was all nonsense.

Queen Mother Zhou said, "Tell me, if you enter the Eastern Palace in the future, what should you do?"

The question was immediately raised.

And still a...

There is no standard answer to this question!
Chen Gui started to think about it when he heard it. How perfunctory was this question?
What do you mean by what to do after entering the Eastern Palace?
Of course, to be the Crown Princess!
You want to ask what to do after becoming a crown princess...

What else can I do?
Of course, to be a good wife to the prince!
But is this really the right answer to such an abstract question?

No woman spoke at the scene because the question itself was difficult to answer. Some women were even so nervous that they didn't hear the question clearly.

In such a situation, naturally no one wants to be the first to speak out.

Queen Mother Zhou pointed to the woman who was closest to the side and said, "You go first."

"Yes!"

The woman nodded and said seriously, "I thought that after entering the East Palace, I would take care of my husband and children."

Queen Mother Zhou nodded slightly, "That's right. Supporting your husband and raising your children... is right, of course, but the most important thing is to maintain your favor. As the Crown Princess, you will be the Queen in the future. If you can't maintain your favor, and you are helpless in the face of all the beautiful women competing with you every day, then this position of the Master of the Six Palaces is worse than nothing."

The women present were completely stunned when they heard this.

What the hell does this have to do with anything?

Why can I understand each word of this sentence, but when they are put together, it seems like I am listening to a foreign language?

What about Crown Princess, Empress, Favored One, Master of the Six Palaces? These questions are seriously beyond the scope!

However, there was one person among them who seemed to understand the meaning of Empress Dowager Zhou's words, because before entering the palace, she had received "individual tutoring" from her younger brother. She knew what the current situation in the palace was like. She also knew how much the current emperor, the prince's father, favored Concubine Wan, who was much older than him and even the same age as his mother.

At the same time, she also knew that the current queen was just a decoration. After taking supplementary lessons, she knew the situation in the palace and naturally understood what the old lady's biggest distress was, and what Queen Mother Zhou meant by this.

It probably means...

If you want to be a crown princess, you must be able to control your husband in the future. Don't let him have affairs with other women, and don't let the concubines bully you and do all kinds of weird things. Even if there are concubines vying for his favor, you must keep your composure and make the emperor fall in love with you, because only in this way can the Ming royal family stay in chaos.

Queen Mother Zhou looked around and continued, "Then tell me how to consolidate your favor in the future?"

The women present were all staring at each other in amazement. If the previous question was very abstract, then the current question was completely beyond their understanding.

You haven't even become a princess yet, so let's first discuss how to compete for favor with your husband's concubines?

Is this a selection of a concubine or a mistress?
No one said a word.

Queen Mother Zhou waited for a while, and seemed to feel that it was too embarrassing for the prospective granddaughter-in-law present, so she muttered softly: "The prince shouldn't be that kind of person, right?"

The meaning is very clear. If one's granddaughter-in-law does not have the strength to compete for favor, one can only hope that one's grandson will not be like his father, always finding trouble in emotional matters...

"correct……"

Queen Mother Zhou glanced at the faces of the women, identifying them one by one. After failing to find the key, she looked at Chen Gui standing aside, "Where is the person that Li Qing mentioned?"

Some things can never be said explicitly.

Even Queen Mother Zhou knew that she couldn't speak too bluntly at this moment, lest people accuse her of forming a clique and engaging in private transactions when choosing a concubine for her grandson.

The women present didn't hear what was said completely and all looked confused.

But Chen Gui understood it very well and pointed to the one at the edge, meaning, "Didn't you notice it a long time ago? Why are you asking me?"

Empress Dowager Zhou looked over in the direction of the gesture, and immediately noticed the person beside her whom she had asked a question before. Then her expression was obviously a little frozen, as if she had not expected that the person she had set her sights on from the beginning was actually the daughter of the Hejian Prefecture's student recommended by Li Zisheng.

Is it such a coincidence?
Taking a closer look, I saw that she was indeed a natural beauty, with crystal clear and delicate skin, a pair of large gem-like eyes that were particularly bright, a rosy and full mouth, a long and beautiful nose, and with her magnificent and gorgeous clothes, she looked even more graceful and charming, like a fairy, and her reputation was well-deserved.

Queen Mother Zhou quickly collected her thoughts and nodded slightly, as if she admired Li Zisheng's vision very much. She said with a smile: "If you are allowed to speak, then speak freely. Let's start with you."

Queen Mother Zhou then turned her gaze to the person at the edge... Zhang Yu.

Her eyes collided with those of Empress Dowager Zhou. Zhang Yu lowered her head at first, then looked straight ahead and said modestly, "I'm afraid I can't say it well."

Queen Mother Zhou stared at Zhang Yu intently, her smile growing wider as she said, "You are told to speak freely, so there is no need to be shy. Just treat it as a casual chat at home. In the future, there may be a master of the Six Palaces among you who really wants to enter the palace. This is what you will have to face in the future."

Zhang Yu herself was not a shy or self-deprecating girl. At least in the Zhang family, she was a group of daughters who were brought up in a strange way. She was competitive by nature, although she also had the inevitable short-sightedness of a small peasant mentality... But who made her have a younger brother who could give her advice?
Thinking of his brother's parting words, Zhang Yu couldn't help but smile confidently.

(End of this chapter)