The Maid's Strategy in the Red Chamber

Extra five

The reason is that when it was time to escape the summer heat, Emperor Xuanming did not go to the Summer Resort on the grounds that the Emperor Taihuang was seriously ill and he had no intention of going outside the city to escape the summer heat.But he remembered that the niece he had just met had not yet had a summer resort, so he gave her a small villa of several hundred acres before he became the throne.Zhuangzi is not big, but the meaning is prudent.This Zhuangzi didn't even have a few princes, but the emperor gave her to Xueyan, which shows that Xueyan's position in the emperor's heart is very important.All of a sudden, everyone came up with the idea of ​​Xueyan.

Think about it, too, the county horse is not the same as the son-in-law, not restricted by the ancestral system, and can still be an official in the court.Emperor Xuanming compensated Xueyan quite a lot, and the queen was generous. With a wave of her big hand, she filled Xueyan's title of princess for 15 years, plus the rewards from the queen mother and concubine. Calculated, Xueyan's dowry is comparable to that of a princess. Not bad at all.In this way, marrying her is actually more affordable than marrying a princess.

So in the past, everyone who saw me walked around, but now I saw myself smiling, and constantly released the so-called "goodwill".Especially when concubines, concubines, and princesses and the like see him, they will intentionally or unintentionally promote what they call "young talents" from their natal family.

At the beginning, Xueyan still had the attitude of watching a play, and cooperated quietly.Later, Xueyan, who was annoyed by these people, heard that the Queen Mother was going to Huang'en Temple to pray for the Supreme Emperor, so she simply asked for an order and followed her to the temple in the name of "serving the Empress Dowager".This made everyone talk about her slipperiness.

After Xueyan left the palace, the female official next to the queen couldn't help but ask: "Princess Anyang is so popular, and there are talents of the right age in the mansion, why doesn't the empress not..."

"Don't mention this again in the future. The emperor will not let Xueyan marry into the palace or the queen mother's natal family." The queen said firmly, and then explained: "Before Anyang entered the palace, he had already talked about a marriage. .Do you think that the eldest wife of the Jia family would recognize a maid for no reason?

To be a foster daughter?It's just for the sake of looking good, if the emperor delays the recognition of relatives, I'm afraid even Xiao Ding will have to pass. "

The female officer opened her mouth wide: "This servant has never heard of this."

The queen said: "Only a few people from the two families knew about this matter. After Anyang entered the palace, both families were quite aware of it, and kept the matter a secret from outsiders. The emperor only mentioned it to the palace in private. Ben Gong looked at the emperor as if he was quite satisfied with that man, if he can get a title on the gold list in the next imperial examination, he must not be able to escape the title of county horse."

"The servant girl sees that the emperor loves Princess Anyang so much. Since the princess is raised by the empress, the emperor has come here many times. Why don't you choose a marriage for the princess from among the emperor's relatives?" The female officer was a little puzzled.

The queen twitched her lips: "Is it so easy to be a daughter-in-law of the royal relatives' family? After all, she is only a princess. Even if she has a princess mansion, she will marry into the man's family in the future. Those princesses and concubines in our clan, and Is there anyone who is easy to get along with? Looking at the heat right now, it’s not because of Anyang’s dowry and her degree of favor? It’s just that if His Majesty loves her again, she will serve her parents-in-law according to the etiquette. Gao With a big family, which family does not have several floors of mothers-in-law, plus countless uncles and sister-in-laws and complicated clansmen... Your Majesty just loves Anyang, and will never let her suffer these hardships."

The female official murmured: "That's right, the private house in the hands of the princess is much heavier than that of the princesses. When she leaves the cabinet in the future, a dowry will be indispensable in the palace. The princess is not short of money and wealth. People, don't give up on the princess princess. I just don't know what kind of family the princess was looking for before, so that His Majesty even took a fancy to it."

"You'll know when the time comes? But you're not allowed to go out and talk about this matter, if the news gets out, I won't be able to protect you." The queen said in a deep voice.

The female officer's heart trembled, and she hurriedly replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, don't worry, the servants will definitely not go out and talk nonsense."

The fact that the big boss in the palace had already fallen in love with Lin Ming was unknown to others.Especially Lin Ming, on the street, he often heard people talking about the candidate for the Anyang princess's county horse, and some people even started a secret bet on this matter.Those who placed the most bets were either the eldest princess's son or the prince's grandson, as well as the legitimate sons of the duke's family.

Those who can be pushed in front of everyone by their family members, at least on the bright side, can't find a big mistake in terms of appearance or character, and some of them can even be called young talents.

Let alone Lin Ming this time, even Lin Ruhai felt that his nephew was good enough.It's just that he was afraid that the young man would not be able to withstand the blow, so he didn't say it clearly, but let him study hard and wait for the next year's spring to see the result.

And now Xueyan looked at the fifth prince with upturned nostrils in front of him, and couldn't help but secretly rolled his eyes: My girl has hid in the temple, why is there someone bothering me?