After Jiang Bo returned, Mu Qingchao really didn't think so much anymore.
It's all in vain to think about it, is it possible to escape? If the soldiers from the left can't stop it, the water will come and the earth will cover it up.
Thinking on the bright side, at least the one in the palace now is not an old man, right?
The family moved to the house in Jinling.
Fortunately, Mr. Zhong previously lived in seclusion and didn't like to go out much. When the family moved to another place, no one knew them.
Mrs. Zhong was smart enough to learn the Lanling accent from somewhere. When she came back this time, she had a chat with her neighbors, using her Lanling accent to talk about things in the north.
That is to say, this identity becomes more and more solid.
I heard that someone had actually come to investigate. After asking around, the neighbors no longer had any doubts.
In addition, Mrs. Zhong had to be busy purchasing her daughter's dowry.
Although Jiang Bo had made all the arrangements, not only the betrothal gifts, but also specific instructions on what things Mu Qingchao should bring into the palace.
Life in the palace is not easy. You have a farm and a shop that collects rent. No matter what happens, your life will not be bad.
Jiang Bo is very thoughtful, but as a mother, Mrs. Zhong can't just be a hands-off shopkeeper.
She really had no choice in the past, but now that she has some money, although she can't compare to the dignity of the Tian family, she still has to do her best.
Mu Yin also sent some big gifts here.
Adding up the left and right, it is three dowries.
When the dowry list was drawn up and delivered to Mu Qingchao, she almost dropped her eyes.
"Do you want me to buy the palace with this money?"
Mr. Zhong sat next to her and said, "I'll have more money so I can keep it close to me."
"But this is too much, isn't it? I have room and board in the palace, where do you want me to use the money? To raise money?"
Mu Qingchao's words made Mr. Zhong blush.
"Bah, bah, a person who is about to get married still says that he doesn't have these things."
I think back to those rumors about my daughter...
He quickly ordered: "When you enter the palace and are in front of His Majesty, don't mention this, not even these two words."
"Why? Isn't it okay to talk about others?"
"Where do they come from, and why are there so many? No one's can be mentioned, and even those who are not related to it can't be mentioned."
Zhong felt frightened when she thought of this. She felt that Jiang Bo also had a strong tolerance.
In any case, she had been exposed to the three obediences and four virtues education since she was a child. When she thought that Jiang Bo could accept a daughter like her and treat her as a treasure in his hand, she found it incredible.
Thinking this, Mrs. Zhong blushed and stuffed a pamphlet into her daughter's arms.
"This, you go into the palace and see."
"What's this?"
Mu Qingchao picked it up and opened it to read.
Mr. Zhong had quick eyes and quick hands. He grabbed her daughter's hand as soon as she stepped forward. She glanced around to make sure there was no one around and then breathed a sigh of relief.
"Damn girl, what are you doing? Didn't I tell you to come into the palace to see me?"
"What on earth is it?" The more she concealed it, the more curious Mu Qingchao became.
"Oh, you will know when you see it.
It stands to reason that the palace should be here to educate the nanny, but for some reason, other beautiful women’s families have gone to the nanny’s house, but our family has not come.”
Speaking of which, Mrs. Zhong remembered that she and Aunt Zhuang had discussed this issue privately.
Aunt Zhuang, that old and dishonest woman, said that His Majesty might want to teach him personally.
Zhong was embarrassed for several days, and now her face still feels hot when she thinks about it.
"So I only have mother for you. Remember, be sure to hide it and don't let anyone discover it."
"oh."
Seeing her mother like this, Mu Qingchao could only say half-heartedly: "I understand."
**
While the Mu family was preparing for Mu Qingchao's marriage, the Cao family was also busy preparing for their daughter's marriage.
Cao Jinxiu is the daughter of the Cao family, and after waiting so many years to enter the palace, she must be fully prepared this time.
Although I couldn't wear red clothes, I still asked Madam Wu to embroider a rose-red wedding dress.
Having a large number of peonies embroidered on the wedding dress can be regarded as a form of comfort.
The Cao family lacked everything except money, and the dowry they prepared was the best.
On the day of her wedding, Cao Jinxiu looked at herself in the mirror with pride.
"Even if I'm not a queen, I must be the most aristocratic and the most pompous among the women who enter the palace. That's pretty much it."
She is trapped in her own fantasy.
But when she entered the palace, she happened to bump into the procession of people beating gongs and drums. The ceremonial procession was like a long dragon, overwhelming, and the servants held 128 palace lanterns, which illuminated the entire procession.
Xipo led the way, scattering copper plates all over the street. Those who were watching the excitement on the street looked at the other end of the street. The children competed to grab the copper plates, which made the other end even more lively.
Of course, how lively it is over there is how deserted it is here.
Cao Jinxiu quietly opened the curtain and asked the maid aside: "Who is that?"
"Which wedding family dares to be so ostentatious?"
The maid said, "Girl, don't you know? It's Concubine Yi who entered the palace on the same day as you."
"It's her..."
Cao Jinxiu glanced at the sedan.
"Haha, I come from a small place like Lanling. I really don't know the rules. Those who know are the emperor marrying concubines, but those who don't know think that the emperor is marrying the queen."
While Cao Jinxiu was cursing, he saw Mr. Chang Fu, who was beside the emperor, coming this way.
She was so panicked that she quickly lowered the curtain.
Although the concubine did not have to follow red tape or wear a hijab when entering the palace, she felt that it was once in a lifetime, so she strictly followed the rules of not seeing outsiders before entering the palace.
"Empress."
Cao Jinxiu heard Eunuch Chang calling her outside the sedan chair.
"What's wrong, father-in-law, did His Majesty ask you to pick me up?"
I didn't expect the emperor to be so careful.
"That's really..."
"no."
But before Cao Jinxiu finished her sentence, she was interrupted by Eunuch Chang.
"The empress's sedan collided with that of Concubine Yi. Your Majesty asked your servant to remind the empress and ask her to wait a moment until Concubine Yi's sedan has passed before leaving."
Cao Jinxiu...
After a while, Chang Fu heard a muffled sound.
"Okay, I understand."
When Eunuch Chang left, she couldn't hold it in any longer and started yelling.
"Why? Why do we all enter the palace as concubines, and if she wants to go to the front, I have to go to the back?"
What is she? A wild girl from the countryside.
My father is the Duke of the current dynasty and a minister of the imperial court, is she the only one worthy of stealing my limelight?"
The maid was listening next to her. She was so frightened that she whispered in a voice as loud as a mosquito: "Girl, keep your voice down, keep your voice down. There are so many people here, they are all listening, they are all listening..."
But how could Cao Jinxiu know at this moment that the hard days she had been looking forward to for many years had just begun.
For example, when her sedan chair finally left, when she entered the palace and sat on the big carved bed in the Golden Osmanthus Palace, she waited all night long.
When she finally managed to get a palace attendant to ask.
"Where is the Emperor? Why hasn't the Emperor come yet?"
The man replied: "The emperor is at Yufeng Palace."