Sheng Chong Concubine

Chapter 375
Concubine De corrected her expression, "Yes, Queen Mother, please tell me, my concubine listens."

The queen mother sat up straight again, and said: "Didn't you ask Aijia to help you find a suitable marriage for your niece a while ago. I think of a suitable candidate, but I don't know what you mean? Exactly, Since the emperor is also here, it saves me a lot of trouble."

Concubine De was also aware of the seriousness of the matter, and her expression froze slightly.

The queen mother said, "Isn't the queen going to choose the main concubine for Huan'er and fill in the other three side concubines? The Ai family thought of the niece of Concubine De. I've seen that child before. It's not vulgar, why not make Huan'er a side concubine. Your Majesty, what do you think?"

She didn't ask Concubine De, but directly asked Emperor Xiaoren, with a smile in her eyes, conveying some kind of message.

Emperor Xiaoren's eyes shone with light, then he quietly covered it up and nodded slightly.

"The queen mother's decision is very good. Sultan, what do you think?"

Concubine De raised her head and smiled softly, "Naturally, Zhuyin is just a concubine, and she is the one who can be the eldest prince's side concubine. As long as the eldest prince doesn't dislike her, the concubine will be happy."

The Empress Dowager nodded, Concubine De had become more and more serious in the past few years, her demeanor and demeanor were not revealing at all.

"Then it's decided like this. By the way, the flower viewing banquet at the Zhennan Palace is coming soon. You write a letter to your mother and ask her to bring your girl, Zhuyin, to the capital. During the flower viewing banquet at the Zhennan Palace , and let her follow."

Concubine De smiled, "I just received a letter from my mother this morning, saying that she has already left for the capital and will arrive in three days."

"Oh?" The Queen Mother raised her eyebrows and said with a smile, "She can't sit still."

Concubine De said: "Mother said, I haven't been to the capital for many years, this time I will stay in Beijing for a longer time."

"That's good." The queen mother smiled, "She has been married for so many years, and she seldom returns to the palace to have a look. The eldest princess mansion given to her by the former emperor was still empty, and she happened to have someone when she came. Your mother and daughter Both of you should talk about yourselves.”

"Yes." Concubine De was obviously very happy, and she answered with a smile on her face.

Emperor Xiaoren spoke at this time, "Mother, you just said that Li'er asked you to give him a marriage. Could it be that he has his own fancy which lady?"

The queen mother's expression was a little unpredictable, "Well, I thought Yu'er had already told you, dare you be kept in the dark? Hehehe, the two father and son are really secretive."

"Why, does the emperor know?" Emperor Xiaoren frowned, seeming a little angry.

The queen mother glanced at him, but for some reason, there was a bit of sarcasm in her eyes.

"I've seen that girl before. She's a good girl, but she has a bit of status..."

Emperor Xiaoren frowned, "Low status?"

The queen mother half-closed her eyes, "The granddaughter of Qiu Dashi is just a concubine."

Emperor Xiaoren really looked worried, "Nonsense. Royal nobles, how can you marry a concubine?"

The queen mother said indifferently: "Li'er is stubborn, if he decides something, I'm afraid no one can change it."

Emperor Xiaoren's face was a little dark, "Mother, Li'er is not sensible, and you still indulge him?"

The queen mother said lightly, "Otherwise, what else can I do? Let him come to the palace every day to make trouble?"

Emperor Xiaoren said: "It's enough for me to point him to another noble girl from a noble family. I have a vast Dazhao country, and there are so many famous families in the capital. Can't I find a lady from a great family who is suitable to be Prince Rong's concubine?"

The queen mother snorted softly, "But Li'er has to like it."

Emperor Xiaoren frowned, "Isn't it possible that a daughter of a famous family is not as good as a daughter of a concubine?"

The Queen Mother looked at him with a half-smile, "Young and frivolous, love between men and women, this is not bound by family status. The emperor was young before. Why is it that my wife is worse than me?"

Emperor Xiaoren's face became embarrassing, and he said: "My royal marriage, of course, must pay attention to family status, how can it be so casual?" He pondered for a while, and said: "If Li'er really likes that woman, she will welcome her as a side concubine. .”

"That's the granddaughter of Qiu University, let her be someone's concubine, aren't you slapping Qiu University in the face?"

Emperor Xiaoren said: "The side concubine of the prince's son is also going to be a jade butterfly, and she will be a member of the royal family in the future. A concubine is enough to praise her. Qiu University has always been a person who knows right from wrong, and will not be ignorant of praise. .”

The queen mother frowned and looked over, "Isn't it too decisive to make this decision even if the emperor doesn't know who the woman is?"

Emperor Xiaoren was stunned for a moment, and he could hear what the Queen Mother meant.

Concubine De asked at the right time, "The Empress Dowager has always had a very good eye, and someone who can make the Empress Dowager praise her must be a good woman. I just don't know, what is her name, and what is her ranking in the family?"

The two questions she asked with a gentle smile successfully resolved the somewhat condensed atmosphere just now.Concubine De, with a smile like a flower, and a heart like the bottom of the sea.

The Empress Dowager took a deep look at her before turning her eyes to Emperor Xiaoren's face again.

Emperor Xiaoren also knew that his tone was too rigid just now, so he softened his voice and asked: "Mother, who is the young lady of the Qiu family?"

The corner of the Queen Mother's mouth twitched lightly, and she spoke lightly.

"Fifth Miss of the Qiu Family, Qiu Mingyue, the daughter of Master Qiu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice."

"Qiu Shangshu's beloved daughter?" Emperor Xiaoren frowned again, "But when did Li'er know this Fifth Miss of the Qiu family?"

Concubine De laughed out loud at this moment, "It turns out that the empress mother was talking about her, but the concubine has heard her name before."

"Oh?" Emperor Xiaoren set his eyes on her again, "Where did you hear that?"

"Don't the emperor know? The Fifth Miss of the Qiu family was originally raised in Yangzhou, more than a month ago..."

"Yangzhou?" Emperor Xiaoren interrupted her, with a dark look on his brows. "Her mother's surname is Shen?"

"Exactly." It was the Queen Mother who answered him this time, "Her mother's name is Shen Roujia, and her grandfather was Shen Congshan, the magistrate of Yangzhou. This is the Master Shen mentioned by Qiu Shangshu many times in the court during this period. Have you forgotten this?"

"Shen Congshan?" Emperor Xiaoren suddenly realized, "I said, why did the emperor suddenly propose that Shen Congshan be the servant of the Ministry of Industry today, so that's why." His eyes darkened, and he looked at the Queen Mother.

"Mother, you seem to know the Fifth Miss of the Qiu family very well."

"Not much." The Empress Dowager said calmly: "I just met once when I went to Baohua Temple to burn incense last time." Although the words were said to Emperor Xiaoren, but the eyes seemed to be unintentionally glanced at Concubine De.

"Baohua Temple."

Emperor Xiaoren repeated, and stopped talking, his eyes were dark and deep, as if caught in some memory.

Concubine De saw that it might be Emperor Xiaoren, and smiled again: "Speaking of Li, I heard that Miss Qiu Wu's name also originated from this Baohua Temple?"

(End of this chapter)