Jia Cong, the son of Rong Guo Gong Jia She, got his eldest daughter and sent people to Beijing to report the news. King Situ Panqi of Yan first met with their two sons and was a little suspicious that Jia Cong's daughter-in-law really couldn't have a son. After hearing the news, he was relieved and ordered
The princess was so happy to send some congratulatory gifts. The prince and the dignitaries in the capital also heard about it, and ordered the palace to prepare gifts.
Jia Huan entered Prince Yan's Mansion with a smile and said to Prince Yan: "Your Majesty, you have a gift to send to my little niece? It's such a long way, why not send it to our mansion first, and we will send it in a caravan to avoid sending it so far to every household.
, it’s extremely troublesome. At least we have our own escort agency. There are many bandits in this world, but don’t let others rob you. I don’t care about those few things, I just swept away the good fortune.”
King Yan laughed loudly: "That's fine." He then ordered the gifts to be sent to Rongguo Mansion. Other families heard about it and sent gifts to Rongguo Mansion one after another. King Yan thought that Jia Cong's wife had no children, and Jia Lian only had one son.
In the future, Jia Cong will definitely choose one of Jia Huan's sons to succeed him. Jia Huan's brother-in-law has already regarded him as the overlord, and since the couple loves each other so much, he told the princess to take good care of Princess Jian'an.
As the saying goes, when there is nothing to do, there is always something to think about. The beloved second son of Princess Lou of Yan died, and the eldest son became increasingly estranged from her. The days were really boring, and she often wanted to find something to do. After hearing what King Yan said today, I don’t know
After all, she felt a little strange. She thought: It was clearly Jia Cong from the south who had a new daughter, so why did the prince suddenly ask Guan to take care of Jian'an? She discussed it with her confidant, Aunt Yu. Aunt Yu said: "Princess Jian'an has a son, from the south.
That merchant's daughter has a daughter. Could it be that the prince wants to betroth a little princess to the son of Princess Jian'an?" Mrs. Lou knew that the Prince's Mansion had not had an increase in population this year, but she didn't know what happened to other families. So she ordered Mammy to check.
It just so happened that the third son of King Yan had just given birth to a daughter a few months ago. The mother was a beauty and died in childbirth. The third son had always favored a beautiful mute concubine named Ma, so he gave the girl to her to raise and remembered.
It was in her name. After checking it out, Mammy Yu found it amazing! This little princess happened to be three days younger than Jia Huan's son. She hurriedly came to tell Mr. Lou.
Lou heard that her daughter was an ordinary beauty and was now entrusted to a mute concubine. She waved her hand and said, "Jian'an will not agree."
Aunt Yu clapped her fists: "My queen! If only that beauty had not died, I would have paid it back; or if it had been raised by another woman, even if it had been given to the third princess. I heard that this Ma family is rare.
A talented woman, the third child treats her as half a counselor. If she could speak, the third princess would have been dead long ago; if she had been born in a higher position, the third princess would have been dead long ago; if she had raised a son, the third princess would have been dead long ago."
Mr. Lou frowned: "Where did you hear that?"
Aunt Yu whispered: "I know a lady in charge of the third son's house."
Lou thought about it for a long time and suddenly said: "One year for my birthday, the third daughter-in-law brought several concubines to celebrate my birthday. One of them was wearing green and said she couldn't speak. She was honest and didn't behave like others.
It's so smeared that it looks like a goblin. I can't even remember its last name."
Grandma Yu opened her eyes wide and said: "My Lady, if it is really her, this woman is amazing. As the third concubine, she is not honest in the eyes of the Lady. She doesn't like to put on makeup and makeup. It would be best if she is not remembered? Anyway, she is not honest.
She has a man who loves her, and she doesn't care about others."
Mr. Lou thought, "If she did that on purpose, she must be very scheming." Then she asked, "What is her origin?"
Aunt Yu said with a smile: "It turned out to be the dancing girl raised by the Hakka family of the third child. The third child went back to that guest house to hang out and saw how good she looked, so she asked for her." She whispered, "Joined body contract.
They were all found out by the daughter-in-law who was in charge of the accounts during the New Year census and secretly sent to the third son's house." After a while, he added, "I have been with the third son for so many years and I haven't even laid an egg. Why?
Do you know that someone did something secretly when you first entered that door?"
Mrs. Lou smiled and said: "A hen that can't lay eggs... hiss..." She suddenly remembered that it doesn't matter if she can't lay eggs herself, a man can take one from someone else's nest and give it to her. Then she said, "Since I'm old, it doesn't matter.
If you dote on her three times, why not give her a son?"
"I'm afraid I haven't given up yet," said Grandma Yu. "If we can't have another one in a few years, I'll probably have to give her one."
Mr. Lou nodded and frowned: "If it is really the child's intention, I'm afraid the prince has taken a fancy to this mute."
Aunt Yu whispered: "According to the virtue of the Rongguo Mansion, and the daughters raised by their family are all in public - they are all working as minor officials in the Taiwan Mansion - it is not easy to marry. If you want to win over their family, the only way is to win over them.
Married in. What’s more, none of the men in their generation would like a little wife. It is said that in the capital, she is the only one in the country. To say that Princess Jian’an would dislike the little princess because her status is too low and refuse to want her...
…Mother, if Mrs. Ma gets a son in the future, whether born or raised, I am afraid that she will immediately seek the position of princess."
Mr. Lou took a breath of cold air. If the speculation that "King Yan intends to give the princess to Jia Huan's eldest son" may be true, the meaning is probably that King Yan wants to change the prince. And King Yan is a very understanding person. He
Since he came up with this idea, he must be optimistic that Mr. Ma can teach the little princess well. Although the eldest son is not as considerate as the second son, he is his own child after all. Mr. Lou stood up unconsciously and said, "Go and check. Check this Mr. Ma carefully. Find out."
We have to dig out her roots three feet from the ground." Grandma Yu responded and went out. As soon as she reached the door, Mrs. Lou called her back. After a long silence, Mrs. Lou said, "Get the car ready, I want to go back to my parents' house."
Lou then went to her parents' house to discuss the matter behind closed doors with her brother for a long time.
Although the Crown Prince of Yan did not rely on his maternal uncle, the Lou family was the princess's mother's family after all, with many guests and various means. He immediately investigated the Ma family. As the saying goes, snakes have their own way, and rats have their own paths.
Although the business of Renyazi is complicated, there are only so many outstanding characters. The Lou family did not spend much time to find out the details of the Ma family. This girl was originally a country girl from the Lu country. She went to her brother's clan because of troubles in her hometown.
Seeing her good looks, her brother sent her to a wealthy family as a concubine. A few years later, he sold her to his wife. After many courtships, she was finally bought by a timber seller, saying that she would be given to help the nobles gain access.
It's a pity that the timber dealer has not been to the capital in the past few years. I don't know to which nobleman he gave this girl to. There is no way that the timber dealer can directly give a beauty to the son of King Yan, and in their eyes, any petty official can be regarded as a noble person. Therefore,
The Lou family guessed that the lumber dealer only gave her to an official under the third son, who then gave her to the third son. Ren Yazi remembered that Ma's real name was Ma Xiangzhu, and a gentleman who came with the lumber dealer took her place.
Changed his name to Ma Pianran.
Then I contacted the nail placed in Laosan's house and learned that Ma rarely went out; when he went out, he would either burn incense and worship Buddha, or go to a silver shop called "Jinfenshijia" to look at jewelry, but he didn't buy much.
All noble ladies know about the Jinfenshijia. The jewelry sold in this shop is exquisitely crafted and fresh and interesting, but the price is a bit expensive. The people who go shopping there are not ordinary women.
After receiving the news about her mother's family, Mrs. Lou always felt that something was wrong. After thinking about it for a while, she suddenly understood. If Mrs. Ma didn't like to show off, why did she often visit Jinfen Family? Even if she didn't buy anything, she wasn't afraid of offending everyone in the house.
Are women jealous? Are they talking to someone sincerely? She also knows that the owner of the Jinfen family is the wife of Pingyuan Marquis Jiang Zirong, and the sister of Zhongming Marquis Xue Pan. This Xue family is dignified and elegant, and she does not like concubine Ji.
People like him should not have anything to do with Mr. Ma. After much deliberation, he came up with no results, so he asked his family to keep an eye on Mr. Ma so that she could have a good look at it when she went back to Jinfen Family.
A few days later, Madam Ma actually went to the Jinfen Family again. The Lou family sent people to watch at the entrance of His Highness the Third Prince's Mansion. When they heard that Madam Ma had come out, they quietly came closer. Then they heard Ma's maid say, "Go to the Jinfen Aristocratic Family."
"The people who were following him ran away and went back to the Lou family to report the news. The Lou family immediately sent two other women to the Jinfen Family to continue the surveillance. This surveillance didn't matter, it revealed a huge weakness in Ma's family.
Ma helped the maid walk around the store for a while, and then went up to the second floor. The second floor was full of extremely expensive items, and her daughter-in-law, who was in her thirties, was explaining them. She was called the shopping guide lady. When Ma was looking at the jewelry,
The shopping guide lady who was talking to her was very enthusiastic and even held Ma's hand. Ma took advantage of the situation and quietly stuffed something into her hand, then said with a smile: "I'll take a look for myself first, and I'll take a rest, ma'am."
"The shopping guide then left. Ma walked around slowly on the second floor for a long time. The shopping guide came back again. She talked to her for a long time with a smile on her face, and stuffed something back into her hand. After a while, Ma
Gone. The woman who was being watched by the Lou family clearly saw a man under thirty years old sticking his head out of the second-floor window and watching Ma get into the car until the car was gone and the shadow was gone. Her eyes were clearly looking at her lover.
Then I checked this man again. This man's name is Ding Chu, he is the accountant of the Jinfen Family, a native of Lu, and he just came to the capital the year before two years ago. Let the nails in the residence of the Third Highness think carefully, Ma's love to go shopping has been since the year before two years ago
From the Jinfen Family.
Mr. Lou responded: "Since this man named Ding Chu is from her hometown, I can't guarantee that he and she have known each other for a long time."
There was also a dog-headed military advisor under the Lou family, so he came up with an idea. He sent people to the Military and Horse Department of the Five Cities to complain, saying that Ding Chu had stolen his ancestral treasure. He also said that this treasure was originally ordered by his grandfather to offer it to Yan.
The king changed his official position. Zhao Chengzui, the commander of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division, was a slippery man and never offended the powerful. Seeing that it was the chief steward of the princess's mother's family who was standing up for a good friend, he did not investigate in detail, so he first sent someone to arrest Zhao Cheng and take him back to the Yamen.
The owner who reported the crime rummaged through Ding Chu's house and did not find his ancestral treasure, so he said that he might have made a mistake. Naturally, Zhao Cheng did not dare to pursue the case, so he made up some nonsense and let Ding Chu go.
.Ding Chu moved the next day.
Although the people who went to Ding Chu's house to search did not find any heirlooms, they did find a stack of poems, all of which were love poems written to a woman. The woman's surname was unknown, but her name was "Xiang Zhu". Mrs. Lou couldn't help laughing: "It turned out that I was visiting the Silver House.
It’s to meet my lover.”
Aunt Yu hurriedly asked: "Your Majesty, do you want to tell His Highness the Third Prince?"
Mr. Lou waved his hand: "He is not my biological son, tell him what to do." After thinking about it, he ordered someone to invite the imperial concubine.
When the imperial concubine heard that her mother-in-law had summoned her, she did not dare to neglect and immediately changed her clothes and came over. Mrs. Lou first asked her how the prince was doing today and how he was feeling, and then asked how the little grandson was doing. Finally, she said slowly: "What are you doing? Are you familiar with the third family?"
The Crown Princess was stunned for a moment, then said with a smile: "It's not bad."
"I heard that the third child has been doting on a mute the most in recent years?"
The imperial concubine sighed softly: "That mute has a beautiful face, and is also delicate and gentle. Since His Highness got her, it is hard to look at other women anymore."
Mr. Lou held up the tea cup and said leisurely: "Some people say that this mute is extremely smart, and the third child regards her as a half-strategist, but it's true."
The Crown Princess said: "I heard that the Crown Prince said that the mute was not even half of His Highness's counselor, but a whole counselor."
Mrs. Lou looked at her husband, and saw that the imperial concubine was a little at a loss. Mrs. Lou took a sip of tea and said, "You are the prince's wife, and I am his mother. The honor and disgrace of our two lives are tied to him." The imperial concubine lowered her head. Lou's eyes were awe-inspiring, "You two must also know what the third child is thinking. This Ma family is the female counselor of the third child, and she is obviously very capable. Therefore, although she is a female prostitute, , but on the enemy side of the three of us. Do you understand this section?"
The imperial concubine replied: "I understand."
Mr. Lou nodded and said, "Mr. Ma is still another enemy."
The Crown Princess understood: "Third Princess."
Mrs. Lou smiled and ordered Aunt Yu to tell the origin of the Ma family in detail. Then Mrs. Lou pointed to a box on the desk and said: "The original name of the Ma family was Xiangzhu." Aunt Yu held the box and handed it to the Imperial Concubine. The Imperial Concubine When she took out the poem manuscript inside and looked at it, she suddenly looked up in astonishment. Lou looked at Aunt Yu.
Nanny Yu lowered her head slightly and raised the corners of her mouth, like a smiling evil ghost: "This Concubine Ma is probably cuckolding the Third Highness." She was talking about the accountant named Ding Chu of the Jinfen Family.
After hearing this, the Crown Princess couldn't help but shuddered: "She has such courage?! I, I...can't believe it."
Mrs. Lou said: "Since there is evidence, it is not up to you to believe it or not." She leaned on the pillow behind her and sighed, "I am old. Yue'er is old and refuses to listen to me. You are his legitimate wife. Please note. , A woman in the backyard cannot make drastic changes as in the court. A woman can only make a big difference. One small thing can cause another small thing, but it can eliminate a big thing. Silently, no one knows, this is the ability of women. You are so busy thinking about it."
The imperial concubine hurriedly bowed down and said, "Thank you for your advice." Then she carried the box and returned home.
A few days later, the osmanthus flowers were in full bloom in the back garden of the Prince's Mansion. The Crown Princess spread the word and invited many ladies from the capital to come and enjoy the osmanthus at home. The three princesses were naturally among them. When the banquet was held, a group of actors were invited to sing. The new play was very lively. At the banquet, the imperial concubine caught the third princess drinking with a huatou, and a clever maid was ordered to bring a wine glass to her.
The masters were busy, and the eldest maid quietly pulled the skirt of the maid next to the third princess, leading her to retreat behind the pillar, and whispered: "I remember that when your master was in Liuyin Pavilion, there was a rose jade pendant on her skirt. Why?" Gone?"
The maid took a look and saw that the jade pendant on her master's body was indeed gone. She hurriedly said, "Thank you, sister, for reminding me. I'll look for it right away." Then she quietly said hello to the other maid, then turned back and followed the road to Liuyin.
Find it in the pavilion.
Not long after, the maid found the jade pendant, but her face was dark.