Difficult for a son-in-law

The imperial decree for Mingfei's marriage came very quickly.

The family of Zhongming Dingshi in the imperial capital, with the empress dowager Wei's face, is naturally a first-class good family.

Princess Wei is the aunt's mother, so naturally she has to shoulder the heavy responsibility of preparing the dowry.However, Princess Wei planned everything ahead of time, and when things came to an end, she was well prepared, so there was no need to panic, she was calm and calm.

The two dowries are equally generous.They are all concubines, even if there is a distinction between distance and nearness in their hearts, they can't see the slightest difference in dowry.Concubine Wei has always been generous, she smiled at Concubine Wei and Concubine Yang and said, "This is from the mansion, take a look, if you have anything to add, just tell me. Mingyan is the eldest sister, her title is higher .However, in terms of dowry, I always compare it with Mingyan's share. Except for those in the mansion, they have called me my mother for more than ten years, and I also have a share of dowry here."

Concubine Wei and Concubine Yang quickly expressed their thanks.

Princess Wei smiled, "I know, you also have your own private houses, and you only have this one daughter. If you want to add it, you can add it. The daughter's family, marry in the past, and we elders are far away, or there are places that we can't take care of. It’s better for them to have more money in their own houses.”

On this point, the three women reached an unprecedented unanimous position. Concubine Wei and Concubine Yang naturally said a lot of good things with great gratitude. After hearing what they said, Princess Wei ordered them to retreat.

Concubine Wei has been favored for many years, and in the past she didn't take Concubine Yang seriously, but now that the two of them marry their daughter together, they have some sympathy for each other. Concubine Wei sighed, "I don't know why, these days, I haven't slept a single day. Anwen. Mingfei is used to being at home, and she has such a delicate temperament. I have only heard of Wuyang Hou's family. How can I rest assured that my daughter is about to marry like this?" The eyes are a little moist.

Concubine Yang sighed softly and persuaded, "Sister, don't be sad, why am I not like this? Speaking of which, my sister is slightly stronger than me, and I only have Mingya. For so many years, she has been by my side every day. Let's go, in my heart..."

Concubine Yang couldn't say any sad words, she and Concubine Wei were teary-eyed, the two wished they could hug each other and cry.

These days, daughters are extraordinarily honorable in her natal family. After she is not married, she will immediately change from a treasure to a grass, and work as an ox or a horse in her husband's family, which may not end well.As the saying goes, "It takes 20 years for a daughter-in-law to boil to become a mother-in-law." The word "boil" exhausts the bitterness of being a daughter-in-law.

Like Mingyan, everyone deserves a blessing.

Born as a concubine, her biological mother died early, but she was fortunate enough to be raised by her aunt's side. Later, Mingyan's title can also show how much Mingyan has been honored.For example, Concubine Yang, she gritted her teeth and was willing to give her daughter to Concubine Wei for her daughter's future.But Princess Wei didn't want it, the mother is still there, why bother to take away the heir, not to mention that Princess Wei already had both children at that time.

Even Mingyan is smart and elegant when it comes to marriage. Although she is married to the Hou family, Mingyan is married to a dignified Lord Marquis. There are no concubines in Tongfang, although there are many reasons for this quality, but Mingyan's life is indeed very good.

It is simply a template of happiness.

Now that her daughter is getting married soon, Concubine Wei and Concubine Yang can't help thinking of Mingyan who is already married, Concubine Wei said, "There is no shortage of wealth in our family, as long as they have half of the blessing of Yan girl, I will be satisfied."

Concubine Yang responded casually, but wondered how many twists and turns Mingyan's marriage had in the past, even though she was not well informed, she also vaguely knew that it was the son who made the decision for Mingyan, and that's why she is here today.Then, Concubine Yang was extremely thankful that she had served the concubine for many years and had never been inconsiderate.Even though the intimacy between the daughter and the eldest son is not as good as Mingyan's, it is much stronger than Mingfei's.In the future, if there is a place to ask for the son, the son will not stand idly by if he thinks about it.

Now that her daughter is getting married soon, Concubine Yang has made up her mind that she should be more respectful to Princess Wei.

Ming Zhan also generously added some things to Mingfei and Mingya. Although he didn't have the slightest impression of Mingfei, but in his position, he had to be fair in everything he did. If he was a little biased, he would be easily picked out by discerning people. You can't go wrong with anything on the bright side.The gift lists drawn up by Ruan Chensi were also very fair, and they were all sent to them respectively.

Both sent over with words of thanks.

Ming Zhan still gave Mingya some pocket money in private, and told her, "Don't tell it, just know it yourself."

Mingya took out a set of clothes from the small cabinet and gave it to Ming Zhan, and said softly, "I made this for the fourth brother. From now on... the fourth brother will go to the imperial capital and visit me more often." The little girl said, tears It fell down without a sound.

Although Ming Ya is the youngest child, for many years, not only did she not enjoy the pampering that a youngest daughter should have, but she was in a difficult situation.The mother is not favored, there are brothers and sisters from the aunt, there are brothers and sisters from the concubine who are favored, and there is a sister who is more lucky than her, who is born from a concubine but can be raised by the aunt's side, which one does she dare to neglect?

Her situation is as embarrassing as her mother Concubine Yang.You can't offend Princess Wei, and you can't provoke Concubine Wei, but the relationship between Princess Wei and Concubine Wei has always been mediocre.Princess Wei is the first wife, and she firmly controls the inner courtyard of the palace.Concubine Wei had the most face in front of Feng Jingnan, and the wind blew on her pillow one after another.Concubine Yang is courting death no matter who she offends.

It was in such a difficult environment that Concubine Yang and Ming Ya forged a way out.And with Princess Wei's family taking power, Concubine Yang's mother and daughter have become closer to Princess Wei, and life is easier than before.

Let Ming Zhan say that Concubine Yang's mother and daughter are somewhat moist and silent.Like Mingya, she doesn't talk much on weekdays, but she has a heart in everything she does. There are four sisters, and Mingya is the best at sewing. From time to time, she makes small objects to honor Princess Wei, which is not too eye-catching but also considerate.For example, everyone's birthday or any other big day, Mingya never fails.After so many years, the little girl's hard work is really perfect, and Ming Zhan also treats Ming Ya differently.

Mingya is not lucky, her little Mingqi and Mingfei are one year old.

Among the sisters, Mingyan is the eldest, and the eldest, Mingqi, is five years old. When Mingyan entered school, Mingqi was just born.When Mingyan has become sensible, Mingqi and others will enter the school.As the eldest sister, Ming Yan naturally takes care of her younger sisters, but Ming Qi has been Ming Zhan's schoolmate since she was a child, studying with her brothers.

Only the elder Mingyan and her peer Mingfei Mingya are left on the side of the girls' school.Later, when Mingyan got older, she stopped going to women's school, and followed Princess Wei to study family affairs.Only Mingfei Mingya was left in the school.

Deadly things still happened.

Although the relationship between Concubine Wei and Concubine Wei is mediocre, everyone can still say a few words on the face. Besides, Concubine Wei is not the opponent of Concubine Wei. It couldn't be easier.

However, the war between the concubine and the concubine broke out prematurely. Concubine Wei only had one son and one daughter. Ming Zhan played stupidly when he was a child.

Mingfei is Concubine Wei's beloved daughter, early wisdom, Feng Jingnan even said "I hate being a man", it can be seen that she loved this daughter very much when she was young.

The origin of the dispute between the concubine and concubine came from the fight between Ming Qi and Ming Fei. Ming Qi was a few months older than Ming Fei, and had a better background than Ming Fei. Feng Jingnan did not dislike her only daughter.

Ming Qi and Ming Fei were not as polite as their mother, at most they used civilized terms to belittle each other.Ming Qi always speaks with fists, and after physical blows, he attacks with words.Ming Fei has a good mouth, and Ming Qi is not bad either, the two of them have their own reasons, even Feng Jingnan would have a headache, not to mention Ming Ya who is sandwiched between the two older sisters.

Ming Ya has little contact with Ming Qi, but this is the sister-in-law, and the sister-in-law has a mother-in-law. As far as selfishness is concerned, Ming Qi has the character of a big sister, and she protects Mingya from time to time. Mingya also has feelings for this sister. heart close.

Ming Ya and Ming Fei are similar in age, they went to school together, and have been companions since childhood, so it stands to reason that Ya should be closer to Ming Fei.It's just that Ming Fei made a mistake. She likes to show off very much, showing off her wisdom, showing off her father's doting on her, showing off her superiority...all of these, even though Mingya knows that she can't offend Ming Fei, but in her heart Deep down, a child who has not received much love and attention is absolutely impossible to fall in love with a sister who is stronger than herself in every way and who does not know how to restrain herself.

Ming Ya's brilliance is that she doesn't like Ming Fei, but she doesn't want to offend her, and on the basis of not offending Ming Fei, she quietly leans towards Ming Qi, like this bit by bit, day after day Through hard work, Mingya finally won a place among her brothers and sisters.

The makeup before the big wedding can explain everything.

As the eldest son of the Zhennan Prince's Mansion, Ming Zhan would make Mingli and the others even more alienated from him if he was too honest with Mingya. Therefore, he could only give Mingya some private money as compensation in private.

But Ming Qi didn't hide it like this, she sent someone to transport two big truckloads of things from her own residence to add makeup to Ming Ya, and she didn't even give Ming Fei a fart.While making Ming Fei hate to marry, her beautiful face twisted again.

In fact, Ming Qi is quite intelligent in politics. First, she really doesn't get along with Ming Fei;Compared with Ming Li and the others, the most important thing is a stable relationship between her and Ming Zhan.

Ming Zhan was also very satisfied with Ming Qi's loud slap on Ming Fei's face from the air, and he was in a better mood. He also wrote a letter to Ming Qi, asking if Ming Qi would come back to give Mingya and Ming Fei a ride.

Ming Qi's reply was simple: she will go back when she has forged her army into an iron bucket, and she probably won't be able to go back during the Chinese New Year.He also asked Ming Zhan to let Ming Zhan perform filial piety with her parents on her behalf.

The corners of Ming Zhan's mouth twitched again and again. No matter how you look at it, this tone looks like a letter written by a husband who is away on an expedition to his wife in his hometown.Ming Zhan was startled by his own thoughts, trembling again and again.

Since Ming Qi led the army, he has never been back to Kunming City. Wouldn't it be more comfortable for someone to have his own mansion and be the master of the family.Looking at Ming Qi's letter now, Ming Qi has made up his mind to lead the army abroad. Meeting such a sister, Ming Zhan is so worried that his hair turns gray.

Ming Zhan wrote another letter to Ming Qi: I'm getting married soon, and you won't come back to watch the ceremony?

Ming Qi replied: I will come back when I marry the main concubine.

The implication is that it is just a concubine, even if the concubine has another status as a Tibetan princess, Ming Qi did not show much interest.

Ming Zhan gave up completely, and wrote to Ming Qi to tell her not to work too hard and pay attention to her body.

Ming Qi didn't reply at all.

Ming Zhan resigned himself to nesting in the mansion, and he often complained to Princess Wei, "Ming Qi is so comfortable outside, so I have to hide in this mansion. Why do you think the father is so narrow-minded."

Princess Wei had no choice but to say something fair for Feng Jingnan, "It's not a matter of innocence. If you were in the position of the prince, you would do the same. Ming Zhan, the reason you are speaking beautifully now is because you are far away from that The seat is still far away. The prince has been pressing you, not entirely out of fear of you, but also to protect your father-son relationship."

"Could it be that mother also thinks..." I will usurp the throne?Ming Zhan naturally wouldn't say it, but if Princess Wei thought of him like this, it would be really depressing.

Princess Wei smiled, patted Ming Zhan's hand and said, "Where is this person, what position does he have, how much power he holds, and what he thinks are different? Back then, when the world was undecided and father and son brothers were bent on fighting the world, Tang Taizong wanted to come I didn't expect that one brother and one brother would all be beheaded at the Xuanwu Gate in the future. Couldn't the brothers who grew up together have no affection? It's just that at that moment, he can tolerate it, and neither can the close officials around him. He is the courtier who sacrificed his life and gave his life and future to him. Some things, if done, must be done. Many people understand this truth. On the one hand, there are compatriots who block his way and have deep suspicions Brother, on the one hand, there is a future of success or success, if you have to choose, it is not difficult. It is just that after the event, the Emperor Taizong, who is as wise as Emperor Taizong, will inevitably have sad moments."

"Speaking of which, if Emperor Gaozu hadn't given Emperor Taizong the right to threaten the imperial power when he was King Qin, the Xuanwumen incident would not have happened. A beggar would never dream of being an emperor." Princess Wei said, "God There are no two days, and there are no two masters in the country. This sentence will never be wrong, if someone's power is more than the imperial power, when the power is out of balance, there will be variables."

"Ming Zhan, you have to calm down. Mingfei and Mingya are getting married in the spring. This time, it's a Ming ceremony. Don't miss this opportunity." Princess Wei said leisurely, "You have to be patient. Your seat is already secured. , the lord is in his prime, you have to wait slowly, and it will happen naturally."

His mother's opinion was very pertinent, and Ming Zhan couldn't think of any good solution, so he solemnly agreed.After thinking for a while, he asked, "Mother, when you married your father, your father already had a Ming ceremony, why are you still willing to marry him?"

"At that time, your grandfather was extremely disappointed with the late prince, and it was just in time for King Zhennan to accept your father as his heir. My mother and Empress Fang were direct sisters, and the Marquis of Yongning was too close to the former prince's family. And Fang The empress also attaches great importance to the influence of the Zhennan Palace. Your father and concubine Wei had a relationship first. The empress dowager was humble at the time, and it was not her turn to talk about your father's marriage. I have a very good relationship with Queen Fang , she also chose me, your grandfather pushed the boat along the way, and it happened that I also voted for the old concubine's eye." Princess Wei described objectively, "I happened to be at the age of marriage, and the situation in the imperial capital at that time, your father, the king, and the others no matter what They dare not turn against Empress Fang, and the late Emperor obeyed Empress Fang's advice."

Princess Wei's marriage was the result of a compromise after a multi-faceted game.

Ming Zhan felt sorry for his mother, and asked, "Then when you marry your father, has he ever neglected you?"

Princess Wei laughed and said, "What's wrong with you today? Turn over the old accounts."

"Tell me about it, I want to hear it." At his age, Ming Zhan had the face to act like a baby.

Princess Wei laughed, "Why do you think that way, your father is not such a person."

Feng Jingnan is not a despicable person, although he was indeed not very satisfied with this marriage, but at that time, this was not something he could change.After Concubine Wei got married, Feng Jingnan also had his own plan to promote Concubine Wei's housekeeper. At that time, King Zhennan and the old concubine were still alive, and Concubine Wei was in charge of the courtyard where Feng Jingnan lived.

When Feng Jingnan arranged this way, he thought that he would be hindered, but no one from the old concubine to Princess Wei had any objections.

You let Concubine Wei take care of it.

Princess Wei, who is still the crown prince, didn't even trip Concubine Wei, but Concubine Wei really has limited talents.Think about their backgrounds, Concubine Wei's name is Erya, even though her ancestors blessed her with a face that is all over the country, she really didn't give her extraordinary wisdom.Concubine Wei is not stupid, she just followed her background. Since she was a child, she cared about a carrot with two heads of garlic, thinking about how to save money so that she could add a meal of meat to the table.Even if she finds out that she has two cousins ​​of the prince in the future, it's just that Concubine Wei is getting older at that time, even if she has been nurtured in the prince's mansion for a few years, she will have a rich life, and she can't change her petty air.

Concubine Wei is a dignified daughter of the Hou family. She grew up beside the queen's aunt. What level of insight does she have? She has a deeper understanding of the noble family than Feng Jingnan.

Feng Jingnan promoted a side concubine, Princess Wei didn't even move her eyelids.

Concubine Wei made mistakes from time to time, like Feng Jingnan who had just been canonized as the crown prince at that time, all kinds of social occasions, and the Zhennan Prince's family was rich, so I didn't worry about not having anything, just what to give and how to give it, this is also particular, right?

You have already married a wife, so the old concubine let them take care of themselves.Apart from his two cousins, Concubine Wei, do you know which way the doors of the other princes and marquises are open?Not to mention asking her to prepare a gift for a wedding.

In high society, gift-giving is even more important. For example, a concubine gave birth to a full moon, how should this gift be prepared?It is related to the previous example of the full moon for the son-in-law, and the different degrees of favor of the concubines determine the thickness of this gift list.

Concubine Wei's eyes were completely darkened about these things, and she was so worried that she wanted to hit the wall.

Feng Jingnan wanted to flatter her, but Concubine Wei couldn't help it, so she had to let Concubine Wei come.

The great power in her hands is about to be handed over, and the loss in Concubine Wei's heart can be imagined.It's just that she really doesn't have that diamond, and she can't afford porcelain work either.

Concubine Wei was also a little cautious, thinking that although we are not good at preparing gift lists, we might as well do the housekeeping work for you, the regular wife, and you can be the big housekeeper with peace of mind, and she urged Feng Jingnan to take her to the event At the banquet, prepare to show your face to shake off your prestige.

This time, without waiting for Princess Wei to speak, the old concubine spoke first, and she directly said to Feng Jingnan, "In the mansion, I don't care which one you like and which one you admire. Anyway, they are used to serve you, and you are comfortable in serving them." Now, you have a slight blue eye, which is also human nature. Wei is your uncle's cousin, and the relationship is closer. But you have to understand your identity and what are you going to do! Everyone else is the wife, the imperial concubine You don't feel unwell, so you have to take the Wei family carelessly, where do you put the concubine! You are not just insulting the Yongning Houfu! You want to offend all the people who attended the banquet! You I think they are not worthy to sit in the same table with your concubine! They are only worthy to be with your concubine, right!"

Feng Jingnan was young at that time, Princess Wei had a deserted temperament, and there were conflicts between east and west between the husband and wife, and she would do such dizzy things, and the old concubine would scold her like a dog, but the old concubine was not angry Then, together with Wei Concubine, he pointed at Wei Concubine's nose and said, "You'd better find out who you are! What is a concubine's duty! If you don't know, I'll send someone to teach you personally! "

Concubine Wei was really frightened and even suffered a minor illness.

The old concubine could only sneer at this kind of shameless behavior, "Look, she's sick at this season, I'm afraid she's blaming me."

So Concubine Wei was very shameless and got better.

It really didn't take much for Princess Wei to take over Fengjingnan's inner courtyard, because she had a pig-like opponent, and there was no need for Princess Wei to take action, the pig hit the wall and was half-dead.

Princess Wei's talents were first shown in Feng Jingnan's inner courtyard. Anyway, Feng Jingnan felt that everything was going well at home, and there was nothing that bothered him.Furthermore, Princess Wei is not virtuous. During the emperor's beauty pageant, she took advantage of her close relationship with Empress Fang to select some beauties for Chen Neiyuan'er in Nanchong, Fengjing.

It has to be said that Princess Wei is a powerful person. Although she doesn't look down on Concubine Wei, she has carefully studied the reasons why Concubine Wei is favored.

First, she is gentle and caring; second, Concubine Wei's cooking skills are quite good; third, Concubine Wei is beautiful, with the enchanting willow in the wind.

Princess Wei specially gave a lesson to the new beauties, just look at their respective fortunes.Mingyan was born under such circumstances.

Concubine Wei gritted her teeth and hated Princess Wei, but it was a pity that she had no place to confront Princess Wei except that she was born better than Princess Wei, the wind blew on the pillow one after another, Feng Jingnan really didn't like Princess Wei very much, However, Princess Wei is fair and fair, and there is nothing wrong with it.Furthermore, Princess Wei's background is so hard-line, Feng Jingnan has no good reason, so he really doesn't dare to offend her.Concubine Wei wasted all her efforts, seeing that she really couldn't shake Princess Wei, she happened to be pregnant again at that time, so she had to stop fighting temporarily.

In fact, Feng Jingnan got a lot of benefits from this marriage, first of all, it eased the tense relationship with Empress Fang, and at least her biological mother's safety in Kunning Palace was guaranteed.Moreover, Princess Wei told him directly, "The Marquis of Yongning will stand on the side of the prince and the emperor's brother. If there is any embarrassing matter, the prince can leave it to my father."

The relationship between the Marquis of Yongning and Queen Fang's family was originally so close. If there was no meritorious service, why would they continue to gain a foothold in the imperial capital after Feng Jingqian ascended the throne.

Besides, Princess Wei did give Feng Jingnan a lot of help.

If he only regards Princess Wei as an ally, Feng Jingnan does have some respect for this woman.Therefore, after the Feng brothers won the victory, Feng Jingqian did not treat Yongning Hou Mansion badly, and Feng Jingnan handed over the power of the inner mansion to Princess Wei.

Princess Wei thought of what Queen Fang said, "Do you think the prince was absurd and violent? I also think he is crazy. Yu'er, do you know? The prince can read at the age of three, and can write poems at the age of five. He was praised by everyone. Today there is a prince A lesson from the past, you must protect your son in the future..."

The unfinished regret in Queen Fang's words made Princess Wei never forget.So, after she had done her best, she was ready to have a son.

Although Princess Wei has never had any feelings for Feng Jingnan from the beginning to the end, this has also achieved Princess Wei's status in the inner palace.Because there really wasn't even a spark of friction between the two of you, Princess Wei's help to Feng Jingnan can be remembered even more in Feng Jingnan's heart, and he won't have the idea that you should help me as a matter of course .On the contrary, Princess Wei has made great contributions to his status, and he must reward him with great rewards.

After Concubine Wei gave birth to three concubines, Princess Wei became pregnant.

Mingli is Feng Jingnan's eldest son, Feng Jingnan taught him carefully, but it is a pity that Mingli did not show extraordinary talent when he was young.The children of aristocratic families are different from ordinary people. They occupy the best resources. Don't say that Li was enlightened at the age of five. In fact, when Mingli was even younger, Feng Jingnan taught him how to read and write with a pen.

How arrogant Feng Jingnan is, to be his son, it is impossible to stand out from the crowd, and it is also impossible to be slightly stronger than ordinary people. What he needs is an heir who is extremely outstanding and superior to everyone.

Princess Wei's pregnancy should actually be in Feng Jingnan's expectation, after all, he was already in Kunming at that time, if Feng Jingnan didn't want Princess Wei to be pregnant, Ming Qi and Ming Zhan would not have been born.

Feng Jingnan doesn't like Princess Wei, but he may need an heir who inherits the wisdom of the two.

Ming Zhan's birth disappointed Feng Jingnan and wished he had never had such a son, even if his son was really ordinary, he would be better than a dumb son.Feng Jingnan even felt that God did not bless Yunnan, so much so that his son was born with a disability.

Feng Jingnan is such a strong person, so Ming Fei's early wisdom made Feng Jingnan say "I hate being a man".Even in the disputes and anger between him and Ming Zhan in the future, maybe he was also faintly happy in his heart, so he forgave Ming Zhan's offense again and again.

The Zhennan Palace lacks nothing, except for a strong heir.

Ming Zhan whispered to his mother for a long time, drank two pots of good tea, Li San was ordered to invite Ming Zhan to come over, and Ming Zhan left.

Feng Jingnan asked Ming Zhan in the first sentence, "Are you still not weaned or what is going on, you are always nesting with your mother in the bright sky, how can you look like a man."

"I haven't been with my mother for a long time." Ming Zhan found a chair and sat down spontaneously, "I have to have dinner with my mother at night."

Deep in her heart, Feng Jingnan was faintly jealous of Princess Wei once, and then pulled Ming Zhan's free labor, "Approve all these official documents, I'm a little tired." Then complained, "What's the use of raising a son? They can't be counted on one by one... have you written to Ming Qi?"