Biography of Concubine Shujia

Chapter 142

"I wrote down the things at home." Shi Niang put a lock of broken hair in her ear, and asked Chen solemnly, "The ninth brother has also reached the age of marrying a wife, can mother help the ninth brother want to see?" People?"

"After you told me last time, the minister's wife and mother-in-law didn't show it to Brother Cheng anymore." Mrs. Chen was taken aback for a moment, unable to figure out what her stepdaughter meant when she asked about her son's marriage again.

The last time I entered the palace, I passed some family news to my stepdaughter through my son's marriage.He also used this to test his son's marriage, whether the older sister would intervene.At that time, the stepdaughter just mentioned something and didn't plan to intervene.Could it be that there is something wrong with it.

"One moment and another moment." Shi Niang didn't care, "Ninth brother's marriage, I'm afraid it's not easy for mother to decide."

"Cheng Qian or Zhong Cui?" Liu Niang is the royal daughter-in-law after all, and she understood what Shi Niang meant faster than Chen Shi.

Looking at the doubtful eyes of the fourth aunt, she said helplessly to her, "Auntie thinks about the identity of the ninth brother, so she should know that your plan with grandma may not come true."

"My wife doesn't understand, Brother Cheng is only a fifth-rank military general, and his father is only a fourth-rank Beijing official. His family background is not very high. Why can't his parents and grandmother take the lead in his marriage?" I have some vague thoughts, but I just don't want to believe it.

"Although Cheng'er said that his official position is not high, his father is not obvious. But he is a child of the Du family and the eldest son of Sifang. His mother is from Yujing Chen's family, that's enough." Shi Niang thought about it, but still didn't Say it to death.

"You mean, the emperor will personally marry Cheng'er?" Chen couldn't believe it, "I can't, Cheng'er is not the only child of the aristocratic family."

"Brother Cheng is not the only child of the aristocratic family, but Brother Cheng's elder sister has a high status and is favored by the emperor. As the younger brother of a noble concubine, it is only natural for the emperor to pay attention."

Liu Niang took a look at Shi Niang's belly, she said that the ten younger sister was too spoiled, it would be easier if she just manipulated the ninth younger brother's marriage.

It would be really difficult if it was like when she was pregnant with twins and planned to leave the son to the mother.

Fortunately, the Du family has nothing left for the emperor to covet.The power of the thirteen counties of Nanluo is enough for him to swallow for a while.

Moreover, the power of the tenth younger sister in the harem cannot be underestimated, and she cannot be easily moved.

Seeing Liu Niang looking at her belly, Shi Niang knew that Liu Niang was thinking wrong.I don't blame her for thinking too much, she has not been very peaceful during her several pregnancies and childbirth, and she is also worried about herself.

Thinking of this, Shi Niang couldn't help laughing.

Everyone in the inner palace said that she was lucky, and she conceived and gave birth many times.She didn't know that she really tried her best for these children.

When she first entered the palace, she was tricked into serving her bed, and her first pregnancy later became twins.Everyone said that the twins born on the Buddha's birthday were very lucky, but who knew that if the forces in the northwest of the Du family hadn't handed them over to them, they would have died immediately.

When the second child was pregnant with Jingyue, the emperor was assassinated in Nanluo, and she was deeply trapped in Fengcheng, and almost died during the evacuation.

The third prince fell off the horse later, and it took him a lot of effort to save him, but he has been weaker than ordinary children since then.Up to now, he is still able to live like an ordinary person by relying on the Gu worms in his body, and Xin Yin said back then that it is not a good thing to fight poison with poison, and Yao'er may have a lot of difficulties in terms of heirs in the future.

It is even more difficult to have a third child. Firstly, Mu Jing had to be born in order to break the situation.Secondly, after the emperor's body recovered from Nanluo's assassination, he lacked energy, and he secretly tried many times to recuperate him, only to have the sixth prince.

Fortunately, we all survived.

In order to reassure himself, the emperor stayed in Yaohua Palace before and after Jinghan's marriage.Who would have thought, there is again in the stomach.

During this pregnancy, everyone around me was very nervous.But she knew that she would either get through it and continue to enjoy the glory and wealth; or it would be the result of leaving her mother behind.

Therefore, she dare not get too close to this child.During the pregnancy, the emperor's plan and the Du family were more important, and they worked hard.

On the contrary, the child has been doing well, which gradually gave her hope.Perhaps this is a child with a very tenacious vitality, and it is not certain that he will live to be born.

I have been pregnant a few times, and this time it is dangerous, but it is rare.Ten Niang smiled and shook her head at Liu Niang who was staring at her belly.

Looking at Chen with an unnatural expression, he said soothingly, "It's not that serious. The emperor didn't mention brother's marriage. It was someone in the palace who wanted to hit him. Ask mother what she means. Brother is the Lord?"

"Oh? So that's what happened." Liu Niang was relieved when she heard this, "I'm afraid it's the wishful thinking of those women. After all, the princess's marriage is decided by the emperor himself."

"Sixth sister's words are right or wrong." As soon as Shi Niang's words came out, Chen's mood fluctuated up and down, so he could only look at Shi Niang, waiting for her to give an answer.

"Among concubines, the status of a princess is not low, and the family behind her is also big. I didn't directly agree, but I didn't refuse either." Shi Niang's words did not give Chen a reassuring answer.

"The third princess, let's put it aside, it's not marriage, it's enmity." Liu Niang, as the eighth concubine, the aunt of the princesses, can say a few words.

If you want her to say that the third princess of Lan Chongrong is still unmarried at such an age, it is her own fault.The emperor brought up the idea of ​​marriage several times, and those ministers immediately promised their children marriage.

"She's not the right age, and her mother and concubine may not like me." Shi Niang said that she didn't know the so-called Lan Chongrong, but she was very happy.

"What does that sister mean, four, five, six?" Liu Niang frowned, "The three of them are not much different in age, but the mother and concubine are all thinking about the ninth brother. Is there no one in Yujing?"

"Mother, I don't treat you as an outsider. I will explain the matter clearly to you. I hope my mother can make a decision after listening to me. I can arrange the next method. "

"My wife believes in your mother, everything is up to you." Chen gritted her teeth and spit out these words.

She also understood that if her stepdaughter wanted to cooperate with the wife and concubine in the palace, her son's marriage would inevitably be sacrificed.It is common for big families to marry each other. In Brother Cheng's marriage, he could have slowly played with his mother-in-law to marry his son a skilled girl.

But since the stepdaughter intervened, and since the royal family had decided on their own son's idea, they might not be kind.If this is the case, it might as well buy the stepdaughter favor in the first place.In the future, my own child will not be treated badly by my sister.

But there must be an appearance of reluctance to make decisions on the surface, so that the stepdaughter will not be suspicious.

Having figured this out, Mrs. Chen looked at Shiniang with complete trust.

"Mother doesn't have to be like this." Seeing Chen's inner suffering for the child, Shiniang said the words out of nowhere, "It's something that hasn't been decided in the first place, we can discuss it later."

"Sister, who do you think is the most difficult to get rid of, or who do you want to buy?" Liu Niang was more straightforward, and she really didn't have a good impression of the emperor's imperial daughters.

"This matter was originally proposed by Ning Shuyuan of Yikun Palace. She offended the emperor in the palace and was ordered to close the palace by the emperor. But because she had something that Bengong and Mrs. Huimin wanted, she proposed to take The request of the third princess to marry into the Du family. Sister Hui agreed first in order to stabilize her."

"Let me guess, Mrs. Hui is shrewd. Firstly, she is afraid that her younger sister will complain that she has promised Ning Shuyuan indiscriminately for you; secondly, she also has selfish intentions, and wants to marry the fifth emperor's daughter to Cheng'er." Liu Niang Shaking his head, he snorted at Mrs. Chen's cooking.

"Sister Hui said that the fourth girl is very sick, and she can't bear to let our fourth son suffer. Fortunately, there are some children and nephews in her family who are not married yet, so she can betroth the fourth girl to the Chen family."

"She is good at calculating. She found a way out for her natal family, my lord; she also found a good husband for her daughter." Liu Niang said with a smile, "She just wants to be so sure that her daughter will marry in Beijing." ?”

"Sixth sister probably doesn't know, she is really so sure." Shi Niang laughed, "The imperial daughters in this palace, their mothers and concubines can't control the marriage. The only exception is the fifth imperial daughter. The emperor himself I promised Sister Hui that her Xiao Wu's marriage can be decided by her, and the emperor must not interfere in sending Xiao Wu to marry."

"Too much deceit, just for this, Jing Han was sent to Kunsang in the northwest before she was fourteen. Now she's here to challenge Brother Cheng again, can the Chen family really treat Du's family as nobody?" Liu Niang slapped Xiaojizi, the teacup was shaken a few times by the vibrating belt of her beating the table.

"Sixth Sister, I am not in a hurry, but you are in a hurry." Ten Niang took a sip of the tea and continued, "Sixth Princess, it was Sister Xian who came to me in private. But she also said, little Liu is not her biological daughter, and the birth mother's status is not high. Okay, let's treat her as an adopted daughter. If it doesn't work, please help me find a reliable family."

"The fifth emperor and the sixth emperor, who is my sister more optimistic about?" Liu Niang calmed down her anger and said objectively, "Speaking of which, both mothers and concubines will help my sister when she is in charge of the harem, and they can also join forces to suppress the Li family. Concubine Hui is not honest about her daughter, but other things are a great help to my sister. If Concubine Xian pinches Li Shi, it will save my sister a lot of trouble."

"It's not about my palace, it's the mother concubine choosing her daughter-in-law." Shi Niang pressed Liu Niang and said to Chen Shi, "Both girls are good people, and they are not arrogant and domineering people. Xiaowu followed Concubine Hui's temperament, She is smart and considerate; Xiao Liu's birth mother has contacts there, she knows some medical skills in private, and has a more lively temper. What else do you want to ask?"

"Since you call my wife mother, my wife will tell you what's on my mind." Mrs. Chen thought for a while, but didn't answer Shiniang's question, instead she looked like she planned to have a long talk with her stepdaughter.

Shi Niang knew that her stepmother was a woman with a lot of money in her chest, and she had taught her carefully back then, so she wanted to hear some of her opinions.

Then nodded and said, "Mother, please speak, daughter listen."

"Last time you announced Grandma Liugu into the palace, and my wife came in with you. At that time, you asked my wife about Cheng's marriage, and my wife said that my mother-in-law wanted to choose the third wife of the Lu family, Zhizhi, and I wanted to choose my mother's third sister-in-law for Cheng." The youngest daughter of the family. What your grandmother means is to use this to restore relations with the Lu family, and the prince under your knees cannot only be supported by the family."

"Grandmother is bothering you." After Shi Niang sighed, she did not agree with her grandmother's approach. "The Lu family has military power, and the prince should not get involved. This is also why I chose the pendant given by my mother after entering the palace."

"You are smart, you are on the right path. Originally, the court lady thought so too, but the old lady is getting old and very stubborn. A daughter-in-law can't fight hard with her mother-in-law, so I put it aside for now."

"The Chen family is not suitable either." Ten Niang thought for a while, "Seventh Sister has already married into the Chen family. It is enough to get married, and the old lady will not agree to choose a daughter from the Chen family for Brother Cheng. .”

"Your wife doesn't know. But this family is bound because of the marriage. In the eyes of the world, the Du family and the Chen family have long been connected. Ever since you chose to form an alliance with Mrs. Hui in the palace, you have been posted It's tagged. I think you don't agree with the Li family, and it's not suitable for the Lu family. First, I'm not familiar with it, and second, I'm suspected of helping the third prince form a party. After much deliberation, it's still the Chen family. safe."

"Mother's thinking is far-reaching." Shi Niang paid more attention to her stepmother.This kind of decisiveness to see the situation clearly is really rare.

"To tell you the truth, the minister's wife also has selfish intentions. Your third aunt has had no children for many years. Just this precious daughter, marrying elsewhere, let alone her mother, even me as an aunt would not be willing. Next, Brother Cheng Son, although it is said that the big family is the order of the parents, and the mission of the heirs is to share resources for the family marriage. But in my heart, I still want Brother Cheng to find someone who knows the basics and can live with him. "

"That's the reason. Blame me too, my younger brother's marriage is neglected." Hearing this, Shiniang understood what her stepmother meant by not wanting her son to be the Lord.

"This matter is originally because I, as a mother, have too many worries. If you want to blame Brother Cheng, you can blame me." Chen is also straightforward, "If you want to stabilize your power, I will leave Brother Cheng's marriage to you You."

"Mother!" Shiniang didn't expect Chen to agree to her ninth younger brother's marriage so straightforwardly, "I remember everything you did to prevent my sister from entering the palace. Why is it that ninth younger brother's turn today, you... "

"Brother Cheng is a man, Thirteenth Niang is a girl, and you are also a woman. In this world, it is not easy for a woman. You plan for the prince and the family in the deep palace. The family can't help you in the palace, no It is still possible to make trouble for you. Brother Cheng will also forgive your suffering."

"If you don't reach that point, don't be like this." Shi Niang said briskly, "The emperor said that when I give birth to a child, no matter male or female, they will promote me to be a noble concubine."

"The Li family is getting more and more flamboyant. I'm afraid Mrs. Dezhuang will become a noble concubine after the battle in Fengcheng. There are already people in the court. As the prince's natal family, the family still knows these things well. You are in the palace. Life here is not easy, you..." Chen stopped talking.

"If you listen to my wife's advice, choose the sixth emperor's daughter. Find a way to let the fifth emperor's daughter marry to another family. Mrs. Hui will annoy you for a while, but the Lu family will accept your favor. And the mother of the sixth emperor's daughter also will be of use to you."

"Mother, you really don't want your younger brother to be the Lord, right?" Shi Niang asked Chen Shi for the last time. There are always temptations, and you can't do things that are chilling.

Back then, when he was in a difficult time, this woman gave him the greatest warmth.Now, she is also willing to release her greatest kindness to her.

But before that, she must be sure that the Chen family is really unwilling to surrender to the Lord.Those who didn't help people ended up being blamed.

"What nonsense are you talking about, your brother's marriage is up to you." Chen promised again.

"Now that I understand what mother means, I will also talk about my own thoughts." Shi Niang put on a serious expression, "I also don't want the ninth brother to be the Lord. My younger brother, Shangzhu, didn't come. That's the point. The law of this dynasty clearly states that sons-in-law are not allowed to participate in politics."

"If the ninth younger brother does not honor the Lord, the tenth younger sister will have a hard time in the inner palace. After you give birth to confinement and take care of your body, the Li family will control the inner palace." Liu Niang also disagreed with Du Zicheng's honoring the Lord, but The situation cannot be stalemate here.

"It depends on whether Sixth Sister is willing to help." Ten Niang said bluntly to Liu Niang, "It's not that there is no room for change in this matter. Don't worry about Sixth Princess, I will find a way to help Sister Xian and the Lu family are getting closer. The Lu family has military power, and the Lord is the safest and best way to do it."

"What is my sister going to do?" Liu Niang didn't know what Shi Niang's plan was for a while.

"Ninth brother can't be the Lord, but it doesn't mean that the rest of the Du family can't either." Shi Niang stared at Liu Niang, "Sister Hui just asked me to give her a reassurance pill. It's not difficult to break this situation, but it takes I need the help of Sixth Sister to turn around."

"I don't understand what my sister means." Liu Niang counted the men of the same generation in the family, only Du Zicheng and Du Zihui were unmarried.

Du Zihui is only 11 years old, which is not suitable for her age.And if it really belonged to Du Zihui, she wouldn't help Zhuanhuan herself.

"Sixth sister, don't forget. Our sisters' seniority in the royal family is not considered low." Shi Niang reminded that there is a difference in seniority between the princess who is the same generation as Jingyue and her younger brother.

"Sister, you mean the Runzi generation?" Liu Niang came back to her senses.

The third generation of the family is still young, and the family has no intention of letting them become officials now. It will not be too late to shine when the new emperor ascends the throne.The situation is unclear now, and it is not suitable to enter the game.

"The nephews of the elder brother's family, the second brother's family, and the third brother's family should also marry wives?" Ten Niang smiled, "Speaking of which, as an aunt, I have never met my nephews. Tell the children in the family about a marriage Not too much, right?"

"Second brother's identity is inappropriate. Brother Jin from the elder brother's family was born in the second year after you entered the palace. He is one year younger than Brother Cheng and will be sixteen after the new year. Brother Zhe from the third brother's family is older than Brother Cheng. Brother Jin is half a year older. The two children and Brother Cheng are both in the grade for dating."

"Brother Zhe is the eldest grandson of the head of the house, the Lord is not suitable, and the uncle will not agree." Ten Niang's light words made Liu Niang wake up in an instant.

"Ten sisters mean to let Brother Jin be the Lord?" Liu Niang sat up straight, "My mother has already started to let Brother Jin want to see her in private."

"Sixth sister has to make a decision early on this matter. The third brother is alone in the military, and the rest of the brothers are all released. It will be several years later. If the ninth brother is the Lord, the third brother is alone in the court. The [-] counties of Nanluo were taken back by the royal family. Doesn’t the Du family keep a single hole card?”

"My wife is willing to accompany the eighth princess back to the mansion to meet her mother-in-law, uncle and second sister-in-law. The first room of the Du family is supported by brother Tian; There is no one who establishes a family, and it is not common for the second uncle to work hard all the time. The princess is planning for the Du family, and don't forget the hardworking parents."

Liu Niang looked at the mother and daughter who immediately hugged and sang together, and knew in her heart that this was the best choice for the Du family, but her mother was really difficult to deal with.With her mother's temperament, it would be bad if she couldn't get along with the princess.Really got the help of the fourth aunt to persuade Zhuanhuan.

"Fourth aunt, my mother is up to you." Liu Niang made a decisive decision without any further hesitation, "Ten sister, Concubine Hui, how sure are you?"

"Sister can make things clear about the family, so sister Hui and the fifth emperor's daughter won't be a problem."

"Don't worry, I know the importance. For the Du family, I am willing to go back home with my fourth aunt."

(End of this chapter)