Chapter 340 Alliance (2)
King Jinying was in charge of the war, but there was a fiancee waiting to be married in the house. According to the customs of the Dajin Dynasty, if an unmarried woman's husband goes to war, the woman can live in the mansion of the future husband. The empress dowager was pitying Princess Hong'an, so she gave an order, allowing Princess Hong'an to live in Princess Jinying's mansion.
Princess Hong'an's mother's house encountered several accidents one after another. First, Shangshu Jiang accidentally injured her aunt, and the aunt finally injured her body, and she went there soon. Later, the lost second lady from the legitimate wife was found, and she was kidnapped by a bandit. The second lady died in order to protect her innocence. A generation of beauty died. Although Jiang Susu's reputation was not very good when she was alive, death can forgive everything. People are always particularly tolerant of beauty.
The most shocking thing was that the eldest wife of the Jiang family had been infected for a long time and finally died. In less than three months, the eldest wife Xia's mother's family sent a distant cousin, the Jiang family welcomed a new wife.
Originally, people thought that after Mrs. Jiang's death, the last contact between the Jiang family and the Xia family was also broken. Unexpectedly, the Xia family personally sent a new wife over. The marriage between the Xia family and the Jiang family was maintained, and many people who watched the fun were immediately lost.
However, although the relationship between Xia Yan and the Jiang family has not broken down, Jiang Shangshu was criticized by the world for this, especially the memorials impeached by the censor flew to the emperor's desk one by one, and every word accused Mrs. Jiang of ordering her to marry a new man before her body was lost. It was really not the way for a long-lasting person to do so.
For so many years, the Jiang family has stood firm in the court and has a reputation among the people. Now, it has been corrupted little by little. Now, Jiang Quan's practice of marrying the new wife has finally ruined his last good reputation. From then on, when people mentioned the Shangshu Mansion, they were no longer the honest and honest Qingliu family, but just a foolish minister who was restless in the inner house.
These changes are permeated into the environment bit by bit. Look, this does not attract people's attention. It seems that even the owner does not realize this. However, the thousand-mile dike is destroyed by the ant hole. All seemingly unintentional trivial matters will eventually lead to a series of events. Now, it is just the beginning.
If there is anything to be happy in the capital, it is that the harem pattern in the past has now been completely disrupted, and the three concubines are in vain. A new group of beautiful girls are gradually being promoted. How many of them are now very popular.
These three are Wang Lianer, the legitimate young lady of the Hanlin family, Mu Xirou, the concubine's daughter from the large house of Yingwu Hou Mansion, and Jiang Dan, the fourth concubine's daughter from the Jiang family.
When the emperor's foundation is not stable, the women he favors are more or less related to the power and status behind it, representing the power in a certain palace. When the emperor's great cause has been achieved and nothing can shake his country and status, he will no longer favor those women with prominent families. On the contrary, the emperor will choose women without foundation or even background as his favorites, because they are weak and helpless and cannot cause any storm. Only by relying on the emperor's favor can he survive in the palace. Since ancient times, emperors are suspicious, only such women are completely harmless and will not have other thoughts.
These people are either just empty-handed and have no real power, or are just small concubines, and are not valued by the family. So for the emperor, they are the kind of people who are not threatening. And these three people are indeed outstanding among the many beautiful girls. Wang Lian'er is the most poetic and picturesque, and is the emperor's enlightenment. She has a gentle and graceful personality, just like a beautiful woman holding an umbrella in the mist and rain in the south of the Yangtze River, and is somewhat similar to Concubine Chen at the time.
Mu Xirou has the best appearance, just like the orchid blooming in the valley. She is too cold and treats the emperor as cold as she is. But this cold look makes the emperor most interested. She is the famous cold beauty in the palace.
Among these three, Jiang Dan had the least appearance and did not look like a gentle and gentle expression. At the beginning, her encounter with the emperor was a coincidence. At night, she prayed to the moon in the yard to pray for blessings, and every word she prayed for was the peace and smoothness of her family, and her words were simple. The emperor was used to seeing all kinds of beauties, but now he rarely saw such a simple and innocent woman who concealed her identity and talked to her overnight. She felt that this woman was bright in character, and the next day she taught her to give her the imperial edict for promotion.
Now these three people have all jumped from small beautiful girls to fourth-rank beauty, which is indeed a step forward for the concubine. The most favored person at the moment is Wang Lian'er. The emperor's last interest is Mu Xirou. After Jiang Dan was promoted, she was not summoned by the emperor. However, she was not discouraged at all and was still very happy. The servants in Jiang Dan's palace were anxious, hoping that their master would be favored, and advised her to think of a way to see the emperor again so that they would not be taken away by others. However, Jiang Dan only did the unknown and was still busy with his own affairs every day, living leisurely and contentedly, and the people in the palace were anxious.
On that day, Jiang Dan was enjoying flowers in the garden of the palace. Perhaps she was tired of seeing it, so she walked to the pavilion to sit down and rest. She seemed to feel a little tired, and suddenly became interested, so she asked the servants to pick up some fallen flowers here to store them, and then see if she could collect some morning dew and turn around to make a hundred flower wine. Perhaps she felt that she was not satisfied with watching the palace maids make it herself, so she simply stood up with her skirt and followed her to the palace maids.
She was looking for joy, but she didn't notice that there was a person standing far away at the other end of the garden, staring at her movements.
Jiang Chao lowered his head and said to Xuan Li standing in front of him: "Your Highness has thought about it, is it really her?" He hesitated: "Your Highness might as well change his choice, Jiang Dan is really... it is too risky to use her."
Xuan Li narrowed his eyes slightly and said slowly: "Oh? You said you took risks, what do you think of her?"
Jiang Chao thought about it, as if he was trying hard to recall the things related to Jiang Dan, but he had no choice but to have a weak relationship with this fourth sister on weekdays and could not come up with anything. After a while, he shook his head and said, "My fourth sister - I am a concubine himself. I have been raised by my wife since I was a child and I am very cowardly. I would scare her even if I speak loudly in the mansion. It is really useless." After a pause, he said, "And it's not very smart. How could Your Highness choose her as our person?"
Xuan Li shook his head: "Jiang Chao, do you know why you have been with me for so long, but you still can't reach a better position again and again? Why can't you firmly grasp every chance I give you? Anti-Chasing has given others the opportunity?"
Jiang Chao felt a stern and said seriously: "Please give advice from Your Highness!"
"You are cruel and have methods to do things. Unfortunately, you are too conceited." Xuan Li shook his head: "You never seriously observe the people around you, so you underestimate them. For example, you underestimate Jiang Dan in front of you now."
"Your Highness, my subordinates don't understand." Jiang Chao said: "Even if my fourth sister enters the palace and becomes a beauty, it's just that my father is lucky to deal with her. But she has no ambition. Didn't your highness say that people without ambition are useless? My fourth sister, obviously got the emperor's will to be promoted, but she doesn't know how to fight for it by herself. She wasted a good opportunity, so that among the three beauties now, Wang Lian'er and Mu Xirou are more favored than her."
Chapter completed!