"It is absolutely true that she is the nineteenth mother of the Chen family."
Banqin and Suxin stood outside the door, listening to the voices coming from the hall. The blush on their faces had long since faded, replaced by paleness.
Chen Danniang! Wants to be the crown princess!
Being a crown princess is a great joy, but now this prince is a fool, this...
Marrying an idiot is definitely not a happy event.
How could it be Chen Danniang?
"Danniang, have you been to the palace today?" Cheng Jiaoniang asked.
Eunuch Jing responded yes.
"I went in the morning," he replied.
Cheng Jiaoniang looked outside the door and watched the courtyard covered with a layer of rays of light through the curtain.
"Even the night has passed, it's really fast." She said.
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"Of course you have to be quick. You really can't wait to do things. You have long nights and lots of dreams."
At this time, Gao Lingbo was standing in the corridor, watching several beautiful maids teasing the cats and sighed.
If it weren't for having to wait, today might have been a different situation.
"With the agility of Chen Shao and his son, they will definitely notice that it is inappropriate for the young lady of the Chen family to enter the palace. If they find out that these rewards from the Queen Mother are for playing games with His Highness, they will definitely take measures."
Now, let's put things out there before they can react, strike first and be passive later.
It's time for Chen Shao to have a taste of this. He has been holding his breath for too long since the lunar eclipse.
For a stingy person, this feeling is really unpleasant.
"The edict has already been written and is just waiting for today's opportunity." One of the staff said with a smile, "I didn't expect it to be used so soon."
Gao Lingbo smiled.
"A tiger father has no dog son." He said, twirling his beard, "The eighteenth lady of the Chen family is indeed decisive in killing."
"The most rare thing is that the Queen Mother also likes it." The staff laughed.
"It's just that there are some things that just the Queen Mother likes are not enough." Gao Lingbo said and waved his hand.
The maid beside him helped him sit down on the chair.
"Who is Chen Shao?"
In the evening of late summer, the wind was swirling in the yard. Sitting on the chair, Gao Lingbo exhaled and said with a bit of comfort.
"When it comes to political matters, how can we be controlled by likes and dislikes? If there are many things that we like, how can we do them all? At the beginning, the emperor was often scolded by him for playing with things and getting bored, and vice versa. He would not do some things because of his dislike.
Instead of doing it,.”
"It depends on whether it is of great benefit to the country and the government."
"Ms. Chen is a loyal minister. Although I am at odds with him, I do not deny this."
The staff responded with a smile.
"Your Excellency is tolerant of others," they said in compliment.
"But Mr. Chen must be very surprised by this incident," one said.
Not only is it an accident, I'm afraid it will shock and anger them, but they will also definitely object.
"Everything in this world can be done as one pleases." Gao Lingbo smiled, shaking his legs to show his inner joy, "If a daughter can figure it out and make a decision, so must the father."
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"How could it be Dan Niang?"
Banqin couldn't help but whisper.
Su Xin's expression was not much better than hers. She hissed at her and continued to listen to the conversation in the room.
"These days, the Queen Mother has recruited many wives to bring their children into the palace." Eunuch Jing said.
The crown prince has been established, and the wedding has been put on the agenda. At this time, everyone knows why the ladies from the capital are frequently called to the palace.
It's just that most of these ladies are relatives of the emperor and powerful people, and there are not many important ministers and noble families.
Not even the Chen Shao family.
I just didn't expect that Mrs. Chen did not enter the palace, but Chen Danniang did, and she was rewarded by the Queen Mother.
"Of all the people, only the young lady of the Chen family received the reward." Eunuch Jing continued.
"So, the choice of the Crown Princess couldn't be more clear." Prince Jin'an said with a somewhat complicated expression, "So, this matter has already been agreed upon..."
Otherwise, why would Chen Danniang enter the palace at this time?
"The young lady of the Chen family is playing ball with His Royal Highness," Eunuch Jing said again.
A surprised smile appeared on Prince Jin'an's face.
"Isn't she afraid of Liu...Prince?" he asked, with a bit of nervousness and expectation, "Is she really playing, or..."
Still pretending.
He naturally knew what kind of person the prince was. Not to mention a stranger, even the sisters in the palace who were related by blood were afraid of being disliked...
No one treats him as a human being.
The Queen Mother didn't care or have the intention to take care of him at all, and blindly left it to the chambermaids, and those chambermaids became more and more perfunctory.
After all, a fool doesn't understand anything and can't say anything.
In order not to bump into him, he was locked up in a room and not allowed to come out to play. In order to make him sit down, he was given food randomly at any time. Now he is getting fatter and fatter.
At the beginning, Dr. Li had warned the prince that because he was stupid and did not know when he was hungry or full, the prince easily gained weight, so he should run and play more and control his eating.
However, no one cares...
The prince of Jin'an County looked sad.
If there really is a person who is not afraid or disgusted with his sixth brother and does not act for any purpose...
"No." Eunuch Jing naturally knew what he was thinking and said hurriedly, "I asked in person and confirmed again and again. At that time, Miss Chen was also very scared when she first met His Highness, and later she took the initiative to pick up His Highness's
He handed the ball over and coaxed His Royal Highness to play with the ball, without any impatience or pretending not to be afraid."
It is not easy for a person, especially a little girl of eleven or twelve years old, to hide her true emotions, especially from the eyes of those who are most accustomed to observing people in the palace.
"What a good boy." The Prince of Jin'an County couldn't help but sigh. He thought of something and turned to look at Cheng Jiaoniang, "I remember that the young lady of the Chen family knew you first. If it weren't for her, Old Mrs. Chen wouldn't have known her at that time.
Know where to look…”
Before he finished speaking, Cheng Jiaoniang stood up and walked out.
Prince Jin'an and Eunuch Jing were both stunned on the spot, looking surprised and immediately embarrassed.
Duke Jing was furious.
Why is this person like this? It’s too much!
Looking at Cheng Jiaoniang walking out, Ban Qin and Su Xin outside the door also looked a little panicked, but they did not dare to stop or ask anything, and watched Cheng Jiaoniang enter the study.
Banqin hesitated for a moment and hurriedly followed, while Suxin took a deep breath and walked into the hall.
"Your Highness, my wife...it's time...to write." She explained with a smile.
Eunuch Jing laughed.
"Your wife." He said in a long tone.
Su Xin's smile was even more ugly.
"My slave is wrong..." she said as she knelt down.
Before he finished speaking, no one knelt down, and Prince Jin'an interrupted.
"I know, you don't need to tell me," he said.
He said he knew, not that I knew.
The meanings of each are completely different, not to mention that it goes without saying.
Su Xin's heart dropped and she boldly glanced at Prince Jin'an.
Although there was no smile on Prince Jin'an's face, his expression was upright and he had no other emotions.
She suddenly remembered the young man who leaned over the wall to talk to his wife.
"Oh, yes."
The young man's voice on the wall was filled with joy.
"That's the official road. The wolves are smart and already know that it's not a place to forage. They rarely stay on the road for a long time, unless their nature overrides their acquired inertia."
"...I checked later and found out that it was blood. The thief used horse blood as a lure behind him. We were traveling at night and the darkness would hide us so we wouldn't notice."
"I'm reading the Records of the Secret Forest Zhaishi. What book did you read it from?"
Although the young man in front of him has lost his youthfulness and his face has become more angular, everything seems to have never changed.
Su Xin knelt down and kowtowed.
"Yes." She just said.
He said yes but he gave such a great gift.
"The girl taught by the Zhang family really knows etiquette." Looking at the maid who exited, Eunuch Jing couldn't help but say.
She is a girl from the Zhang family, not Cheng Jiaoniang.
Prince Jin'an smiled.
"If you think others know etiquette, you are just following your own will." He said, "Those who know etiquette or not are just their own opinions. In fact, they are not qualified to judge."
Eunuch Jing was stunned for a moment, and then became a little sullen again.
After all, he was protecting that woman...
"A Jing, actually, I was rude." Prince Jin'an said, sighing, "I followed my own wishes, but for her, she had a different wish."
Eunuch Jing was stunned for a moment and then understood.
It is a very gratifying and good thing for Prince Jin'an to be able to marry a crown prince who does not dislike him and can treat him well. This is the joy that a relative of the prince should have, but for the relatives of the crown prince,
For example, it is not a happy thing to let the child you care about and love marry a fool, even if he has a noble status.
And compared to the prince, Cheng Jiaoniang is closer to Chen Danniang.
"This is not decided by His Highness."
Eunuch Jing said a little aggrievedly, "Seeing as His Highness can think of her so much, why can't she?"
He actually walked away with such a face-off.
This is done in front of your servants. It really doesn't save any face for His Highness. It's too much.
"Besides, can't His Highness be happy?"
"Of course I can be happy." Prince Jin'an said, "Then how can I be harsh on her and not be happy?"
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In the study, Cheng Jiaoniang's expression remained as usual, but her handwriting was a little thicker than usual.
Banqin, who was sitting on her knees beside her, was a little dazed. Tears suddenly fell down. She was shocked out of her wits and wiped them away hurriedly, as if she was afraid of being seen.
"If you can't cry even if you want to, how can you still be called home?" Cheng Jiaoniang said.
Banqin's tears dropped like threads.
"Madam, why would Mr. Chen agree to let Dan Niang marry the prince?" she cried.
Cheng Jiaoniang stopped the pen in her hand.
"I don't think he agreed to it," she said.
Banqin was stunned for a moment and looked up at her.
Isn't it? Didn't Eunuch Jing just say that the Chen family asked Dan Niang to enter the palace when the prince was choosing a concubine? Then of course it was intentional.
Why didn't it turn out to be the case?
Banqin couldn't hide the surprise on his face.
"Then, Dan Niang doesn't have to get married, right?" She asked with a bit of hope, "Master Chen will definitely not agree, right?"
Cheng Jiaoniang didn't look at her, but looked at the words on the paper.
"I think he would agree," she said slowly.
Banqin was stunned.
It’s not that he didn’t agree to it, so why do you say he would agree to it?
How can Mr. Chen agree? That’s Dan Niang!
Banqin couldn't help but sit up and hold her hands, tears overflowing in her eyes.
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In the courtyard of the Chen family, the incense table was still placed, and the afterglow of the setting sun covered the ground with a layer of bright red.
The chamberlain holding the edict in his hand had sweat on his forehead and looked at Chen Shao, who had been kneeling in front of him for a long time.
"Mr. Chen, what do you mean by this?" he said, "You have to say something. What kind of decency is it to do this?"
Chen Shao raised his head, and the setting sun on the horizon had put away the last trace of its afterglow, but his eyes still seemed to be hurt by the sting, and he couldn't help but close them slightly.
When he opened it again, his expression returned to solemnity, and he seemed to have made a decision.
"Please forgive me, Queen Mother, I cannot obey the order." He said, leaning down.
After saying these words, Mrs. Chen, who was kneeling behind, couldn't help but stretched out her hand to cover her mouth, blocking the cry on her lips, and she seemed to have been drained of strength and leaned down.
The eunuch who announced the decree did not look surprised, as if he had already expected it.
"Really?" he said in a long voice and raised his eyebrows, his eyes falling condescendingly on Chen Shao, "Mr. Chen, you said this after thinking about it, right?"
