Although Princess Jiahe was angry and unwilling, she still pretended that nothing happened.
She didn't even tell Concubine Su Gui about this.
Her mother-in-law has a soft temper and doesn't have much thought. She has always lived a simple life. Princess Jiahe doesn't want to bother her with such things.
What's more, even if the mother and concubine knew, nothing would be changed.
If the mother-in-law and the queen mother quarreled because of this, it would make their mother-daughter situation even more difficult.
From today on, she must be more cautious and not act rashly until the emperor brother has complete control over everything.
……
Early the next morning, Meng Shu took Su Ye and Qingdai into the palace.
Princess Jiahe sent someone to wait for her at the gate of the palace. When Meng Shu arrived, she was invited to Yaohua Palace.
After one night, Princess Jiahe became much calmer.
She even joked with Meng Shu for a while before talking about what happened yesterday.
"Sister Meng, I never expected that the queen mother would be so moved by her few words that she really wanted me to get married. If the emperor hadn't told her that it would be more beneficial for me to marry into the Chen family than marry into the Western Qiang Kingdom, she would have been afraid. I have already promised, and I have been very popular over the years, but I didn’t expect that in the end I would find out that everything in the past was false.”
Meng Shu heard the words and quickly persuaded her: "Princess, the bustling world is all for profit; the bustle in the world is all for profit. Is this true for ordinary people, let alone the palace? The princess is not the Queen Mother's biological daughter. In the face of interests, she Naturally, I won’t think about the princess. The princess shouldn’t be sad about it. It’s not the princess’s fault.”
"I know that in this palace, unless you are a direct bloodline, how can you be sincere? It's just that I have been a high-ranking princess for so many years and thought that everything was under my control. I am different from those ordinary people. As a daughter, you can always make your own decisions about life-long matters. At the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, I talked to you a lot, and I still sighed in my heart. Fortunately, I am a royal princess. If she were really an ordinary girl, she would have to marry blindly. Even if I marry a wrong person, I can only endure it for the rest of my life. I didn’t expect that something like this... almost happened to me yesterday. "
Princess Jiahe said with a self-deprecating smile: "Although I escaped the disaster in the end, the women in the clan were not so lucky. The queen mother has chosen Zhou Rongxiang, the fifth uncle's daughter, Princess Minhui, to go to the Western Qiang Kingdom for marriage."
Meng Shu was a little surprised when he heard this: "There are so many girls in the clan, why did the Queen Mother choose the most noble Princess Minhui?"
This is really unexpected.
However, no matter what the reasons were for the Queen Mother to choose Princess Minhui, her wishful thinking would definitely come to nothing.
Because except for the Queen Mother's cronies, other courtiers did not agree with the marriage.
"Yesterday afternoon, the Queen Mother summoned Zong Zheng of the Clan Mansion and obtained a list of the clan girls who were of marriageable age and had not yet been married. She ordered all sixteen of them to enter the palace. Twelve of them said that they were already married. Engagement, if a girl who is over fifteen years old and has hairpins is already married in an ordinary family, even in the royal family, there are very few girls who are over fifteen and have not yet been engaged, so... this is reasonable. "
Princess Jiahe said this and shook her head: "The Queen Mother said that as long as you are not married, you can't do anything. Since you are born in the royal family and enjoy the benefits brought by the royal family, you should dedicate everything to the royal family. However... three of them said that they have already If you have a physical relationship with your fiancé, if you are not innocent, then there are only thirteen people left. "
Princess Jiahe's expression was a little complicated: "To be honest, I quite admire them. Not only did they react very quickly, but they also had the courage to destroy their reputation. In order not to marry to the Xiqiang Kingdom, they gave up their reputation and face, leaving only those It’s not easy to make such excuses anymore, so it’s up to the Queen Mother to make the choice.”
"Two of them are the prince's daughters, and one is the concubine of the third uncle's family. She looks timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and her words are a bit awkward. Naturally, the Queen Mother looks down on her. As for Princess Minhui Zhou Rongxiang, she is not only the fifth My uncle’s only daughter is still a legitimate daughter, and she is... outstanding in appearance, elegant, and looks even more outstanding than the other daughters of the clan. The queen mother didn’t say anything at the time, but made a decree early this morning to choose her.”
"That is the only princess in Prince Rui's Mansion. She is the apple of Prince Rui and Princess Rui's eyes. Even if she is more outstanding than other clan girls, considering Prince Rui and Princess Rui, she should choose someone else." Meng Shu said softly.
Sister Meng Wan and Princess Huimin are close friends. They often mention them in front of Meng Shu, saying that Princess Huimin is open-minded and never puts on the airs of a royal noblewoman in front of their little sisters. She treats them very well. These little sisters are often called to visit the palace.
"That's right!" Princess Jiahe blinked at Meng Shu: "But the Queen Mother chose Zhou Rongxiang, why did you do that?"
Meng Shu shook his head when he heard this.
This should be a secret in the palace, and of course she doesn't know.
But... Princess Jiahe had the intention to talk to her at this time, which showed that she was in a much better mood.
"Princess Rui, Xue, is the niece of the Empress Dowager. She grew up in the palace. In terms of seniority, I want to call her cousin. My cousin was very favored at first. When she lived in the palace, my grandfather , my grandmother made her a princess, with food, clothing and housing comparable to those of a princess. My father also loved this cousin very much and responded to her requests. The Queen Mother came from a small family. After she entered the palace as the Crown Princess, she had sex with Mr. Xue several times. conflict."
Princess Jiahe suddenly laughed as she said this: "As for the reason...of course it's because the little cousin always goes to see my cousin!"
At that time, the Queen Mother was still a Crown Princess. How happy was she to see her husband always being pestered by her cousin who lived in the palace?
If this little cousin marries a husband and is favored by her father-in-law and mother-in-law, is that okay?
She is afraid that her position as Crown Princess will be given up to others.
"The Empress Dowager was secretly and openly competing with the Xue family at that time, but she didn't know that... she was raised in the palace when she was two or three years old, and she grew up with my father. She really regarded him as her brother. As a younger sister, she occasionally relies on her brother, and that's okay. It’s nothing, it’s her own misunderstanding. The person Xue likes is my fifth uncle. When she reaches sixteen, my grandmother will make the decision and give her a marriage to her fifth uncle. "The princess."
"My lord, I understand!" Meng Shu smiled and nodded.
Although these are old things, Xue didn't like the late emperor and never argued with the Queen Mother. However, the Queen Mother was in charge of the world and was a vengeful person. If she had the opportunity to embarrass Xue, she would not be soft-hearted.
The Xue family has only one son and one daughter. If the son wants to inherit the title, he must be more strict. Most of the time, King Rui is in charge.
However, her daughter Zhou Rongxiang was raised by her side, and the mother and daughter have a very good relationship.
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Although Xue and her daughter Zhou Rongxiang are mother and daughter, they sometimes get along like sisters.
She takes her daughter with her wherever there is fun, and she values her daughter more than anything else.
