[Red Mansion] Married by decree

"You have always been by my side, and I will not treat you badly. Now that you are grown up, do you have your own ideas about the future?"

"Xiangzhu is greatly favored by the princess, and his younger brother is also taken care of by the princess. He is willing to stay with the princess all the time. As for... Xiangzhu wants to find someone directly in the palace, the princess should help Xiangzhu to take a good look." The first one spoke. It was Xiangzhu, and when he said the second half of the sentence, even Xiangzhu couldn't help becoming popular.

When Xiangzhu was still in the palace, she wanted to survive until the age of leaving the palace, and then she would directly find a good man to marry.Now she is wholeheartedly grateful to Daiyu, she wants to serve Daiyu by her side, but she wants to find someone to marry directly in the mansion.

Although the people in the palace are all slaves, some of them have official positions. Those people are not slaves. These people or their sons are the ones Xiangzhu can choose.

Xiangzhu expressed his opinion, and so did the others.Most of them have the same attitude as Xiangzhu, only the attitude of the two second-class maids is somewhat different.

Among them, there was one who wanted to leave. She was also a second-class maid who had been with Daiyu since she was a child. She was sold to the Lin Mansion by her parents when she was young.

Now that she has the opportunity to leave, she is of course happy, not to mention that she is now serving by Princess Anshun's side, and she can marry a good family when she returns from slavery.Although you can't marry those big families, you can find a wealthy family to be the head wife.

"You have been devoted to me all these years. I will agree to this matter. When you are old, I will let you go back to your hometown. For the sake of your sincerity, your dowry will be in my treasury at that time." If you go, I will definitely give you the dignity you deserve."

"Thank you, my servant, for the kindness of the princess. I will serve the princess with all my heart and do my best to repay her kindness." The servant girl was even more pleasantly surprised when she heard this, and quickly kowtowed to Daiyu.With Daiyu paying the dowry, even her husband's family should treat her respectfully.

"The servant girl is also unwilling to leave the princess' side. The servant girl has never thought about the future. Everything is arranged by the princess." The servant girl kowtowed to Daiyu after she finished speaking, seeming to be more loyal.

"I don't have anything to do here, go get busy."

After Daiyu let people go out, she ordered Youlan to invite Nanny Gu to come over.There are still a few months until the queen mother's birthday, and she must prepare a gift for the queen mother.Because this is the first major event after marrying into the palace, it is especially important for Daiyu whether the birthday gift can be successful this time.

"Please sit down, Mammy. Daiyu invites you here this time to inquire about the Queen Mother's birthday." Seeing Mammy Gu coming in, Daiyu asked people to sit down. She was not polite and asked what she wanted to know. "Daiyu doesn't know how long in advance the palace prepared gifts in the past, so I want to ask if this year's gift has been prepared? If not, Daiyu can prepare it in advance."

"The presents for the queen mother's birthday are prepared by the old slave, and sometimes the prince will personally ask. But this year is special, it is the seventieth birthday of the queen mother, so the gift should not be sloppy. The old slave thought that the princess will enter the mansion, so he didn't start get together."

"What did the mansion give in the past, and what did each family send?" Daiyu thought for a while and continued to ask. Since it is a big birthday, it is natural to have a big one this time. The gift needs to be precious, and it must be able to please the Queen Mother, but not Repeated with the gifts from various families in previous years.

"The gifts from each family are generally all kinds of jade, but what the prince gave last year was a book of filial piety written by himself."

Yunze's gift last year was considered ingenious, although the value was not high, the key point was the intention in it.The Empress Dowager was very happy when she received the gift, and the book has been placed in a very eye-catching position until now.

"Mommy, Daiyu heard that the Empress Dowager believes in Buddhism. Look at this..."

"This gift from the concubine is very good. It is in line with the empress dowager's heart, and it must be the only one among the many gifts."

Upon hearing this, Nanny Gu felt that Daiyu's idea was very feasible. Although the Empress Dowager had received a lot of prayer bead bracelets, there were none like Daiyu's.If it is really sent out, it will naturally be very outstanding.

"When the prince comes back, Daiyu will ask the prince for his opinion. If it is feasible, we will follow this plan."

What Daiyu said was that she and Gu Momo came up with this idea.Nanny Gu has been by Yunze's side for so long, so she deserves the credit this time, but Daiyu's actions have given Nanny Gu a lot of face.Even if she is not short of this credit, she is still very happy in her heart, and accepts Daiyu's love.

"Wangfei's idea is very good, and the prince will definitely agree. This old slave will let people choose the best sandalwood and red sandalwood. Wangfei does not know that among the many Buddhist beads, the queen mother's favorite is made of sandalwood and red sandalwood."

Nanny Gu has been by Yunze's side all the time. She has never seen any good things before, so her vision is naturally extremely high. With her in charge of choosing sandalwood and red sandalwood, Daiyu is naturally extremely at ease.

Later, Daiyu asked Youlan to invite Zhou Changshi. Although she had to ask Yunze about this matter, she still had to prepare everything before that.Otherwise, Yunze agreed, but she couldn't find a craftsman who could do it, which would not only be embarrassing but also leave a bad impression in Yunze's heart.

"Zhou Changshi is familiar with the capital, so where can I find someone who can find the engraving on the rice?" The gift Daiyu wanted to give to the Queen Mother was a string of Buddhist beads bracelet, and each bead was engraved with a Buddhist scripture. There are a total of one hundred and eight chapters on the entire bracelet.

"My servant has heard of such a person. The princess wants to find him." Zhou Changshi didn't ask why Daiyu was looking for this person, but replied directly.He had heard it mentioned before, because it was unheard of to engrave on rice, so he wrote it down.

"There is no rush for this matter. I will ask the prince first. If the prince agrees, I will let you invite someone over."

Now that the Buddhist beads are not ready, naturally she is not in a hurry to ask that person to come over to engrave the characters. She knows that there is such a person in the capital.Now that she told Zhou Changshi that she needed this person, Zhou Changshi would naturally guarantee that when she was looking for this person, he would be able to find him.

After Daiyu asked Zhou Changshi, she let him go.It didn't take long before I heard footsteps, it was Zhou Changshi who came to ask to see her, this time Zhou Changshi went and came back, naturally he wanted to report the matter to Daiyu.

"Princess, the side concubine of Prince Zhongshun's residence is asking to see her, do you want to see her?" Zhou Changshi bowed to Daiyu, and then told him.

As soon as Zhou Changshi left Daiyu's courtyard, a porter came over with a greeting card from the side concubine of Prince Zhongshun's mansion.The other party is a side concubine, this matter is not up to him, so he came directly to find Daiyu.

Prince Zhongshun is the eldest son of the emperor and also Yunze's elder brother, so when his side concubine came over, it was natural that Daiyu couldn't see him.But Daiyu is the princess, and the other party is just a side concubine, so naturally Daiyu doesn't need to greet her personally.Daiyu asked Zhou Changshi to lead her into the flower hall.

When Daiyu brought the maid over, the side concubine was already waiting for Daiyu in the flower hall.Seeing Daiyu approaching, she hurriedly got up to greet her.When Daiyu walked to the main seat and sat down, the side concubine saluted Daiyu.

Even though there is only one character difference between the two, the difference in status is very large.The concubine side, the concubine side, is a side room after all.When she met Daiyu, who was a concubine, she naturally wanted to show respect, even if she was brother Yunze's concubine, even if she was more than twice as old as Daiyu.

"My concubine has met Princess Anshun."

"Princess Zheng Fang is exempt from courtesy. I don't know if Princess Zheng Fang came to my Anshun Palace suddenly. What's the matter?"

"My concubine heard that Uncle Jiu married a wife, but she never had the chance to see her. Today, she came here to ask to see her with a straight face."

Hearing the side concubine calling Uncle Jiu, Daiyu frowned unconsciously.She is a side concubine, but she is not qualified to be called Nine Uncle.

"Concubine Zheng, please be careful. It's okay to say this to my concubine. If others listen to it, they will say that Concubine Zheng doesn't understand the rules. After all, the only sister-in-law of the prince is the concubine Zhongshun. .”

"It's my concubine's overstepping." Hearing Daiyu's words, Concubine Zheng's face was not very good-looking, she naturally knew that she should not be called Uncle Yunze in her own capacity.It's just that the status, family background, and love of the successor princess are not as good as her own, and even her time in the mansion is shorter than her own, so why should she overwhelm her.

"The concubine has just married into the royal family. If there is anything you don't know, you can ask the concubine. Although the concubine is a side concubine, she has the grace of the prince to control the affairs of the palace."

No matter how favored the side concubine is, she cannot be righted, just like the concubine cannot be righted as a successor.Therefore, when Prince Zhongshun passed away, he married his successor concubine instead of Fuzheng's most favored side concubine Zheng.

This concubine has not been favored by Prince Zhongshun since she entered the mansion. Even if she took the title of concubine, she was always overwhelmed by Concubine Zheng, and even the housekeeping power fell into the hands of Concubine Zheng.

In recent years, the concubine did not know where to find a beautiful official, who actually took some favors, and recently became pregnant.This forced her to think of other ways, so she came to find Daiyu.

"Speaking of which, my lord and Prince Anshun are brothers of the same mother. Compared with other princes, their relationship is even closer."

Daiyu had never heard anyone mention who Yun Ze's biological mother was. This matter seemed to be a taboo, neither the Queen Mother nor those palace officials mentioned it.Even Xiangzhu beside her didn't say a word about this matter.

All Daiyu knew was that Yunze had always been raised under the Empress Dowager's name.He treats the queen mother like a biological mother, and the queen mother also regards Yun Ze as her own.Therefore, Daiyu always thought that Yunze's biological mother was too low-status to raise Yunze herself, or that she had already passed away.

Now, I was also surprised when I heard Zheng side concubine's words.She didn't doubt Zheng's concubine's words. Such a thing can be found out once checked. There is no need for Zheng's concubine to lie.

After thinking about it for a while, Daiyu knew that there was something hidden in this matter, so she didn't take up the words of Concubine Zheng, and directly brought the topic to the Empress Dowager's birthday.

"My lord and Prince Zhongshun are naturally brothers, not only Prince Zhongshun, but also my lord and Jinshang. Speaking of which, it's a coincidence that Concubine Zheng came here. Seeing that the Queen Mother's birthday is coming, Daiyu has never discussed such things before. , I didn’t know what to give to the Queen Mother at the moment.”

The gift from Zhongshun Palace to the Empress Dowager was also prepared by Concubine Zheng, but she mentioned some gemstones with many meanings such as red coral.These things will not offend people, nor will they be brilliant.

Concubine Zheng looked at her pointing Daiyu seriously, but in fact, what she said was all nonsense and did not help Daiyu in any way.Fortunately, Daiyu already had her own plans, and she said this just to distract from the previous topic, and she didn't really want Zheng side concubine to help her with ideas.

"Princess, the lord is back, and I'm inviting you to come over." Daiyu and Concubine Zheng were still talking, when Quande who was beside Yunze came in, he saluted them, and then said.

"It's really a coincidence. It seems that this princess and side concubine Zheng can only talk about it at another time."

Hearing that Yunze came back, Concubine Zheng was very happy, and was about to speak when Daiyu spoke first.Although what Daiyu said was regretful, the meaning of seeing off the guests was obvious.Seeing this, Concubine Zheng couldn't stay longer, so she had to leave and go back to Prince Zhongshun's mansion.

Yunze was in the study at this time, when Daiyu opened the door and entered, she saw Yunze standing at the window with her back facing her.His eyes fell outside the window, but he didn't know what he was looking at, or what he was thinking about.

"Daiyu has seen the prince. Why did the prince come back so early today?" Daiyu saluted Yun Ze after entering the door and asked.

Yunze didn't answer Daiyu's words, and didn't even turn around.He just stood there quietly, as if he didn't hear Daiyu's words.