Concubine Sheng Chong

Chapter 104 Let's Wait and See
"This is the roster of Zhennanwei's recent deployments. This is the roster you want to see, right?"

Xu Junyan didn't seem to hear his words, he turned and walked out of the study after throwing down the stack of rosters in his hand.

Fang Lijin was secretly surprised when he saw that he was still motionless.

It wasn't until he looked down and saw the stack of paperwork that had been gripped deeply, that he raised his head with a half-smile.

Unexpectedly, Xu Junyan, a person who should not be underestimated, would have such a weakness.

Jiang Jinyan...

He read the name and looked thoughtfully at the document that was almost crushed by Xu Junyan.

This is really interesting...

At Maoshi in early winter, the sky had just brightened, and the palace's decree was spread to the mansions of various families with draftees.

The Jing'an Hou Mansion also received the news that the imperial decree was about to arrive at the mansion.

After hastily setting up the incense case, Jiang Shiheng and Jiang Shihong all changed their official uniforms, and Jiang Shilian's mother and daughter also rushed to the front yard to receive the order.

The eunuch holding the imperial decree said in a sharp voice: "...He Lan, the eldest daughter of the He family, behaves dignifiedly, is virtuous and virtuous, and will enter the palace in three days, hereby."

The purpose of Xiunu's entry into the palace has always been short and cold, but it is enough to make people extremely happy.

This is the first step on the road to unrivaled prosperity and wealth.

After He Lan heard the will, he seemed relieved and his heart tightened.

She knelt up straight and bowed down, "Minister He Lan leads the decree, thank you Lord Long En."

The bright yellow silk decree flicked across her fingers, and her heart moved, and then she clenched tightly the decree that determined her fate.

Jiang Shiheng stuffed a heavy purse into the eunuch who passed the decree, and the eunuch smiled happily and said to Jiang Shiheng and Jiang Shihong: "Your lord, this niece is both talented and beautiful. After entering the palace, she will definitely win the favor of the sage."

Happy words are always pleasing, Jiang Shiheng and Jiang Shihong sent the eunuch to the door.

The eunuch weighed the purse in his hand, then got into the carriage with a smile and left.

After being supported by Yuwen and Yuxiang, He Lan shook her body twice.

Jiang Shilian supported her worriedly, "Lan'er! What's wrong with you?"

He Lan shook his head with a smile.

She had finally waited for the imperial decree to enter the palace, but at the moment she was a little confused.

After saluting, she whispered: "Daughter is just tired these two days, mother let me go to cousin Jinyan's yard, let me talk to cousin."

Jiang Shilian had no choice but to let Yuxiang take good care of her and went to Wutong Garden.

In the Wutong Garden, Jiang Jinyan already knew about this, and she asked Yumo to find some expensive jewelry from the warehouse. After all, she didn’t need them for self-defense, so it’s better to give them to He Lan. where?
For some reason, He Lan always felt that Wutong Garden could calm her down.

After she met Jiang Jinyan, they sat down facing each other.

He Lan smelled the fragrance of tea and heard Jiang Jinyan talk about this box of jewelry. She frowned, pushed the gold-plated mahogany box forward, and said, "Jinyan has taken care of me a lot, I can't take these anymore. gone."

Indeed, all the food and clothing expenses in Suiyuxuan were arranged by Jiang Jinyan.

Jiang Jinyan shook his head at her sternly, "Cousin needs to take care of everything after she enters the palace, and the average ones will be rewarded to the maids, and the high-quality ones, if I don't need them, I can give them to the concubines I have befriended. Living in the palace will always be useful, cousin and Jinyan can't be polite at this time, and cousin should also know that everything is prosperous and everything is damaged, and Jinyan is also planning for himself."

She was full of smiles at the last sentence, but it was just to make He Lan feel at ease.

After all, compared to other aristocratic families or noble families, the He family is a bit inferior, so it would be better if they can be better at this cost.

He Lan really couldn't resist her, so he had to let Yuxiang accept it.

She hesitated for a moment, and said to Yuxiang: "Yuxiang, you should take this box back to the Broken Yuxuan, and ask Cuiying to water those pots of geraniums along the way."

Yuxiang quickly agreed, bowed and retreated.

Jiang Jinyan looked at her to talk to him, and said to Xue Yan, who was waiting on the side: "Go to the kitchen to see how the snacks are? If they are ready, send them to Suiyuxuan first."

Xue Yan responded and retreated.

When He Lan and Jiang Jinyan were left sitting opposite each other in the inner room, He Lan showed a sullen expression.

She bit her lip, and she was no longer as dignified as before.

She was silent for a while before she opened her mouth: "Jinyan, if I can only spend my years in the deep palace after entering the palace, then I will still be a useless prostitute of the He family, and I cannot let my mother earn money in the He family. Back to face, then I walked this road in vain..."

As she spoke, she realized that what she said was really inappropriate for Jiang Jinyan, and sighed: "I'm really confused. Telling you this, and being able to get the order to enter the palace, for me... is already A great favor."

Jiang Jinyan knew her inner entanglement and struggle, shook her cold hand and said, "Cousin, you are worrying too much."

Indeed, the ones who entered the palace together were either official daughters or noble daughters.

Most of them were concubines brought in by Emperor Yongning in order to consolidate the government. Jiang Jinyan sighed secretly. Emperor Yongning was indeed a wise monarch, and it was this situation that made him sink.

It's just that there is one thing that she can't figure out. The concubines are about to enter the palace, but the back seat in the palace is still empty up to now, which has set a precedent.

She shook her head slightly to pull back her thoughts.

In fact, He Lan's inconspicuous family background took the lead among these noble women.

She whispered: "Cousin has to endure everything after entering the palace... It's better not to befriend or quarrel with others easily. After all, the He family is well-off, not to mention that Luoyang still has the Jing'an Marquis Mansion. Cousin, as long as she acts prudently, she will be sure." You can stay safe and worry-free in the palace.”

He Lan calmed down after hearing her words.

She held Jiang Jinyan's hand back, "Jinyan, I really owe it to having you these days. I, the He family, have already let you down on He Yi's matter, and I really don't want you to repay grievances with kindness like this. know what to say..."

He Lan's eyes turned red as she said that.

Jiang Jinyan smiled lightly, "Cousin doesn't need to mention that matter anymore, how can Jinyan blame others for things that have nothing to do with her cousin?"

In a blink of an eye, she thought of the legend in Luoyang in the previous life that Wen Chunxiao, a beautiful girl from the south of the Yangtze River, was very skilled at playing the piano. A song of Guangling San made her change from a little nobleman to the favorite concubine of Emperor Yongning. So sad.

Although she is a harem concubine, Jiang Jinyan is very familiar with this name, because Zhou Chengrui in the previous life had many correspondence with her!

Being able to deal with the emperor's favorite concubine is indeed of great benefit to the ordinary emperor's close ministers.

But since Zhou Chengrui is not just an idle prince who just wants to settle down, what he wants to do is to overthrow the government and the people!

Then his connection with Concubine Wen seems worth investigating...

In the previous life, Emperor Yongning had always favored Concubine Wen alone, until the end she was sick and unable to manage political affairs...

Could it be that Zhou Chengrui's handwriting wasn't among them?

She doesn't believe it!

Presumably this Wen Chunxiao has already become a knife in Zhou Chengrui's hand!
After Jiang Jinyan made up his mind, he smiled lightly and said, "Jinyan has a very good Jiaoyeqin here. Jinyan has learned that His Majesty has always loved the piano music, and also heard that his cousin is very good at playing the piano. Why don't you practice the Guangling Qin more these days?" It's good to be scattered."

He Lan saw that she was reminding herself so solemnly, and she was also concerned about this matter.

She knew that she had lived in Dingzhou for a long time and was not familiar with Luoyang or even the situation in the palace. If there was no one to guide her, entering the palace would definitely be like dust falling to the ground, and there would be no shocks.

Filled with gratitude, she got up and said, "Thank you cousin for your reminder."

Jiang Jinyan smiled and pulled her to sit on Jinzhu. Indeed, helping He Lan would be beneficial to him.

Fang Lixian is also preparing to enter the palace. After all, she is the granddaughter of the old general Fang and the daughter of Marquis Ding Guo, so there is no need to worry too much after entering the palace.

It's just that she knew in her heart that if she could be favored or give birth to a prince, then the Fang family would have an extra layer of protection.

Mrs. Li is also very busy these few days. Although she is entering the palace instead of an ordinary married woman, she must be more cautious. The maids and mothers who are as big as to be brought into the palace, as small as a pair of pendants and a bracelet. It was not carefully prepared.

After all, it was rare to see him after entering the palace, and Mrs. Li also sent a letter to Wanzhou to call Fang Licheng back.

Originally because of Li Qianyun's incident, Fang Lixian had some estrangement from her second brother Fang Lijin, but she thought that the Li family was married to the Fang family anyway.

After being bored with this matter for two days, she and Fang Lijin returned to their usual ways.

Li Qianyun also came to see her and gave her a lot of expensive jewelry, but when Fang Lixian asked her about her engagement, she found an excuse to avoid it.

Fang Lixian also knew that this was the end of the matter, but she was still worried about her eldest brother.

The eldest brother has not settled on a suitable marriage so far, she can't feel at ease when she thinks of this.

Thinking of that Jiang Jinyan again made her even more displeased, because she was about to enter the palace and her elder brother was going back to Luoyang, so she probably had to go to see that Jiang Jinyan again.

Although Jiang Jinyan said that he looked different from the timid and cowardly a few years ago, how could he be worthy of his elder brother?

She is not qualified to be the wife of the Fang family!
In the past few days, Mrs. Lu also went back to Lu's mansion because of her niece Lu Hanyi's entry into the palace.

Lu Shixun naturally made full preparations for his granddaughter to enter the palace.

He thought to himself that without Wang Zhao's intervention this time, the situation in the palace would be much better.

But at this time in the imperial city, Emperor Yongning changed into a royal blue uniform with dark patterns of flowers, and walked slowly beside the clear liquid pool.

Walking beside Emperor Yongning was a handsome man in dark purple official uniform.

He gently brushed away the dead branches hanging from the weeping willows, and said in a deep voice: "My lord, according to Weichen, the Anxi border is indeed not very peaceful, and there are some changes in Yizhou and several nearby border towns."

Emperor Yongning nodded slightly, his brows were deeply furrowed, and he said slowly: "Anxi's tribute has been reduced year by year. Due to the instability of the government, the foundation has not yet been stabilized after I ascended the throne, so I didn't pursue it too much. It seems that they I feel more and more that Da Zhou can be bullied!"

Xu Junyan also frowned, "At this time, the [-] military households in Yizhou must be tightly controlled, and the border towns bordering Anxi must also be controlled."

Emperor Yongning turned back and said: "According to what Jun Yan said, it's just... Anxi has sent people to talk back and forth two days ago, and this year's tribute will arrive in Luoyang in a few days..."

Every year, the tribute is pushed again and again, but this year, it took the initiative to send someone to answer...

Xu Junyan chuckled, probably he came to find out about Da Zhou's truth, right?

At this time, Wei Fuhai walked quickly to the side of the clear liquid pool, he bowed and said: "My lord, Mrs. Li Taifei asked which palace will be arranged for the beautiful girl who will enter the palace tomorrow?"

A mocking smile appeared on the corner of Emperor Yongning's mouth, "If Concubine Li hadn't thought about it, she wouldn't have come to ask me. Director Wei can do as she wants."

Wei Fuhai bowed and retreated in response, but turned around with a sneering face.

In a flash, he thought of Grand Master Wang's instructions again, and turned around to go to Linqiu Palace where Concubine Li lived.

How many of the beautiful women who entered the palace this time have not simple family backgrounds...

It's all about the emptiness of the back seat, right?

But this latter...the Holy Majesty has not spoken yet, so what does this mean?
He shook his head, that's the way it is in this palace, let's wait and see...

(End of this chapter)