Fake concubine, real queen

She only paused for a moment when she stared at the portrait, then quickly looked away, and answered with a calm expression: "It's still possible."

The queen picked up the picture scroll and moved it in front of her: "It's okay, Yu'er has to look carefully, how can you be so careless? Choosing a husband is the most important thing in a woman's life, and you will be the one who will stand up to him in the future. It's not enough for the queen mother to like her, Yu'er has to like her herself, and getting married can make her happy."

"..."

"Forget it, if you don't like the eldest son of the Marquis of Changyang, it's okay. There are still many portraits here. I remember the second son of Mr. Hubu Wang's family, and the eldest son of Uncle Rongyuan's family... They were all born well, although Not as good as the eldest son of the Changyang Hou family that I showed you just now, but he is still a good-looking boy."

The eldest princess's tone finally showed a little helplessness: "The queen mother... how can the portrait show the character and talent?"

The queen was stunned: "Eunuch Wu said that before sending the portrait, he had specially sent someone to check it, and there was nothing wrong with it."

"In the previous dynasty, there was a precedent for princesses choosing relatives, and internal officials accepting bribes and recommending people who gave bribes to the palace. I am afraid that the internal officials' words may not be credible."

As soon as she finished speaking, Eunuch Wu, who had been standing next to him not daring to speak out, was so frightened that his knees gave way, and he immediately knelt down.

He kowtowed again and again to beg for forgiveness and said, "Please give me a lesson from Your Highness the Eldest Princess, please give me a lesson from Your Highness!"

"The old slave was ordered by the empress to sort out the names and portraits of all the officials' children of the right age in Gyeonggi. They were all in accordance with the empress's instructions. They only selected those who were both talented, academic, and good-looking. Dare to take it, I am afraid that I will miss the important event of His Highness's life, and I will do my best from the beginning to the end, how dare I do such a bold thing as accepting bribes!"

The eldest princess sat down on the bench next to the queen, and the little maid standing by her side immediately handed over the tea that had been prepared earlier and was at a suitable temperature. Dial, the voice sounded emotionless.

"Eunuch Wu is working next to the queen mother, and the days are not short. If I hadn't seen this eldest son of the Changyang Hou family come out of the Huayue Tower in the south of the city on the way back to the palace today, I would naturally not suspect you."

The queen stood up suddenly in shock, and said, "What? Huayue Tower?"

Eunuch Wu was also struck by lightning, he was so frightened that he couldn't speak, his old face tremblingly said: "This... how is this possible..."

"I should have asked you that." She said calmly, "The queen mother ordered you to choose a candidate, so you chose a dude who hangs around in Huajie and Liuxiang to come back to work?"

"Is Eunuch Wu old and dizzy, or did the Changyang Marquis give you money?"

Eunuch Wu was so frightened by her words that he almost didn't turn over. He knew how severely the eldest princess punished the palace servants who had a different heart around the empress. I can't keep my position, and I have to suffer a lot.

The more I thought about it, the more afraid I became, and I tried to defend myself with a bitter face: "Your Highness! This old slave really never lied!"

"This...he Shizi of the Marquis of Changyang, his father, He Hou Ye, just returned to the capital from the Chenghe pacification. Old General Yan. His son's bow horse riding and shooting has been taught by Lord He and General Yan since he was a child. Among the honorable children in Bianjing, he said that no one dares to be the number one when he is second."

"The old slave also heard He Shizi's talent and name, so he handed his portrait to the empress. He Shizi's reputation in the past was not wrong, and the old slave didn't know where he was wrong, so he suddenly wanted to go to the Huajie Liuxiang Drill in."

Eunuch Wu's words almost burst into tears, and the queen couldn't bear it when she saw it, and said, "This, maybe Eunuch Wu accidentally made a mistake, Yu'er..."

The eldest princess put down the teacup: "Since that's the case, since you're getting older, I won't hold you accountable for this matter."

"It's just that the father-in-law can make a mistake about He Shizi, and the character of other honorable children may not be infallible. Let's wait for a while about choosing a son-in-law."

After she finished speaking, she stood up and bowed to the queen and said: "My son returned to the palace in a hurry, he has not changed his clothes, his body is not clean, he is afraid of polluting the queen mother's residence, so I will take my leave first."

The queen sighed helplessly, and said, "Okay..."

He had no choice but to watch his daughter leave Zhiyang Palace.

As soon as the eldest princess came out of the palace gate, she did not leave immediately. She stood in front of the gate and waited for a while, and as expected, a nanny came out of the palace soon after.

"Your Highness."

"These days, the queen mother is in good health, is she taking her medicine on time?"

"Take it on time." Li Mama knew what the eldest princess was worried about, and said again, "Your Majesty hasn't been sick these days, she just fell asleep in a dream a few nights ago, and she was a little frightened. The servants took good care of her, and now it's nothing serious. I'm in the way."

Although the eldest princess took off the veil just now, the laces were still hanging on her ears, and the pure white moon shadow veil of good material fell down her neck. At this moment, she put the veil back on her face, and there was a slight gap between her movements. The protruding Adam's apple on the slender neck can be seen faintly.

But Nanny Li didn't seem to see anything, and Lan Shu, the only big palace maid beside the eldest princess, also turned a blind eye to it.

She turned and left, Lan Shu bowed her head and followed behind, a row of palace people who had been waiting quietly in front of the palace gate immediately followed with warm yellow palace lanterns, and the group left in a mighty manner.

Nanny Li bowed her knees and bowed her head in front of the palace gate and said, "Respectfully, Your Highness."

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The next day, Changyang Marquis Mansion.

The sky was fine, He Gu got up early in the morning, he didn't eat breakfast after washing up, he took Zheng Ye to Wangshu Zhai where He Rong lived.

Although the Marquis of Changyang's Mansion is large, it is divided into many small courtyards. The owner's family lives in the inner courtyard, and the servants live in the outer courtyard. He Rong's Wangshu Zhai is on the east side of the inner courtyard.

Not long after Zhengye knocked on the door, a little girl with her sleeves in a bun opened the door. She was holding a broom in her hand. When she saw Zhengye and He Gu behind him, she was obviously stunned. With a look of surprise, he said: "Master? Why are you here...Miss hasn't gotten up today, so I just..."

He Gu waved his hand: "There's no need to wake her up, let her sleep late, I'm here to find Nanny Qu."

He Gusheng's Jun, this little girl is thirteen or fourteen years old, the age when she first fell in love, her heart pounded wildly when she saw him, and she blushed and said, "Yes... yes, I'll call the nanny right away. "

After that, he dropped the broom in his hand and ran away as if to escape.

Zhengye looked down at the crooked broom that was thrown on the ground, and the corners of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

He has followed He Gu since he was a child, and he has seen He Gu grow older in the past two years, and his appearance has become more and more similar to his late biological mother, the first wife of Lord He Hou, the eldest lady of the Yan family, Yan Meiruo.

Miss Yan was born more like her father than her younger brother. She was born with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, full of heroism, but it is a pity that she is a woman, and there are always people who can't appreciate this kind of temperament in a woman.

But this kind of appearance was inherited from He Gu, but He Gu gradually showed its lethality to women of all ages - Zhengye felt that he had never seen a woman who didn't like He Gu.

Even when He Gu was very young, when he was studying with He Gu at Lord Wang's mansion next door, He Gu was the most beloved of a group of milky babies, and Lord Wang's wife came to see him. The son had to bring him extra candied snacks, just to hear the soft "Thank you, Madam Wang" from the young master.

If you really have to say something you don't like...

That's probably only Wan Shi.

Zhengye looked expressionless, and the little maid had already walked out of the courtyard with Qu Nanny.

Although Nanny Qu is called Nanny, she is actually only about forty years old. She is thin and straight, and she looks very capable and neat in a navy blue short jacket. Seeing He Gu from a distance, she immediately walked forward Come, face to face and kneel in front of He Gu.

"Master, you are back."

He Gu hurriedly held her back, and said: "Mama married into the Marquis Mansion with my mother, and watched me grow up since I was a child, why would I kneel at every turn, wouldn't it break me."

Nanny Qu was supported by him, she sighed and said, "Did the third miss tell the master about the good things that woman did yesterday?"

"Rong'er only told me that someone wanted to do something bad, but was discovered by the nuns. It really was done by the main courtyard?"

Nanny Qu led him into the room and sat down, and said: "Who else can there be except those conscientious people in the main courtyard? It's nothing more than trying to find out what's going on in Wangshu Zhai. The girls in Shuzhai were all selected by me, all of them have a firm mouth, and they can't ask anything."

"Who knew that a few days ago, I found out that the people in the kitchen mixed crab cakes into the snacks made for the third lady? The lady is greedy, and she can't recognize what kind of snacks are at such a young age. If Cai'er's eyes were not sharp, she would almost be called I ate it."

He Rong has a problem. He gets rashes when he eats crabs. When he was a child, he had rashes all over his body because of this. At that time, Miss Yan, the biological mother of the brothers and sisters of the He family, had just passed away, and He Gu himself was still a half-grown child. Seeing that his sister had a red rash and a high fever, he almost died of fright. Hearing Nanny Qu's words, his face was so dark that water dripped out, and his hands on his knees slowly clenched into fists.

"Now that the girl is growing up, if the rash breaks out again at this time, I'm afraid it won't go away. If her appearance is ruined, what will she say in the future? That woman really has no conscience, no conscience, she will be punished by God! "

He Gu lowered his eyes and said nothing.

He was thinking, why was he so useless in his previous life?

Just for the sake of the illusory future in the future, and unwilling to bear the reputation of disobeying his stepmother, Wan Shu'er has already achieved this level, but he still swallows his anger. His own brother is incompetent, so naturally He Rong suffered miserably.

Since his mother's death, apart from the Yan family, He Gu's closest relative is his younger sister He Rong, no matter whether it's in the previous life or after rebirth, it hasn't changed.

He will not let He Rong end up like in his previous life again.

He Gu raised his eyes, and suddenly asked with a blank expression: "Nurse, how much of the shop and farm land deed that mother brought as a dowry dowry do you still have?"

Nanny Qu was stunned, her complexion even more ashen, and she sighed: "Only a few Zhuangzi are still in my hands, the most valuable shops in Bianjing City, the young lady is not good at taking care of them, and she handed them over when she got married. I gave it to Steward Wang in the mansion, and after Miss went, I went to ask for it once, but was sent back by Steward Wang, who only said that the shop was the dowry of Miss, and when Miss went, it naturally returned to the Hou Mansion..."

He Gu sneered: "I'm afraid it's not returning to the Hou Mansion, but Wan Shu'er?"

Nanny Qu was taken aback, and said, "Master, you are..."

He Gu said coldly: "Rong'er is Mother's biological daughter. Since Mother is gone, Mother's dowry should naturally be added to Rong'er's dowry. How can it be in someone else's hands?"