Chapter 2 The Troubles of Marriage Negotiation

The third prince was born in the eighth year of Chunjia, considered to be the same age as King Qin, he will be thirteen years old this year. At this time, he is already at the age where he can discuss marriage.

Especially the rules of the country, the prince must enter the feudal domain when he is fifteen years old, and has always been married before entering the feudal domain.

Not only the queen, after the beginning of spring, the noble concubine and concubine Shu all put their minds to it and tried their best to find out about the outstanding daughters of noble families.

According to the gossip in the palace, if Princess Xincheng's marriage hadn't dragged down the noble concubine's mind, I'm afraid that several spring banquets would have been held at this moment, so that the ladies could give the prince a good look.

Gu Zhen is relatively calm about the marriage of the third prince, mainly because everyone knows that this master is limited by blood, has nothing to do with that position, and has no status in front of the emperor. The noble lady that Gaomen really valued would not consider him at all...

So from the very beginning, the empress never thought of competing with the king of Qin in front of the noble concubine, and the second prince in front of the concubine Shu. She planned to arrange a girl who was virtuous, virtuous, and gentle.

If it doesn't work, just choose a sensible and considerate girl among the Gu family's daughters.

Anyway, the third prince is filial, Gu Zhen asked privately several times, he just let the empress make the arrangements, as long as the empress likes him, he likes it.

This made the empress gratified, but she also worked hard to choose a proper concubine for this lovely child, so as to comfort the third prince for the rest of his life.

The portraits in front of me are already the third batch. There are two girls in the first two batches. The Gu family has inquired about them and said that they are really well-behaved and sensible. They are cultivated according to the parents of the family. Although they are limited to the family, they may be the princes. The concubine's words are still a bit timid and need to be learned, but they are extremely virtuous in their bones.

But what the queen was dissatisfied with was that the appearance of these two girls could only be described as delicate, not particularly beauties.

She thought that no matter how the third prince was not treated by Chunjia, he was still a dignified prince. Although he was only thirteen, he was already a good-looking talent. !

Therefore, it was directly rejected and asked the family to find a batch.

At this moment, the pickers have their eyes on a girl with an extremely outstanding appearance: "Whose daughter is this? How is her character? Is it fair?"

Looking up and down, she said, "This is the granddaughter of the Ouyang family. Her father, Wang Linglai, was the champion of Enke in the eighth year of Chunjia. Do you still remember?"

"...Chunjia eight years?" Gu Zhen was in a daze before remembering that this Wang Linglai was the one who almost fell in love with the eldest princess Minghui. Later, he went around and resigned, and only married Ouyang after a few days. The family's Ouyang Fulu.

That is, the cousin of the late Ouyang Fulu.

Wang Linglai was able to be selected as the prospective son-in-law, not to mention his appearance.

Ouyang Fulu is also quite a beauty. Although the two daughters are young, their appearance is already very outstanding.

The most rare thing is that Gu Zhen did not dare to choose the daughter of Ouyang's family for the third prince. This girl named Wang Yiniang's father's family is rich and her mother's background is deep, but her background is not too public, so she is no longer suitable for the third prince.

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Gu Zhen pondered a little: "Not to mention that Wang Linglai has been sending rouge money to the noble concubine all these years, but this girl is a little younger."

Just now, she was just looking at Wang Yiniang's appearance, but she didn't notice that she was only six years old.

This girl was only eight years old when the third prince came to the feudal domain... I can't let her pass the family at such an age, right?

It would not be appropriate to ask the third prince to join the feudal clan first and then marry when he is old.

Gu Zhen sized up the little girl in the portrait, and felt that it was really in line with his aesthetics, so he asked someone to put it up specially: "Wait a few years and see if I can get along with Xiao Liuhe."

"My lady, before the sixth prince, there was His Royal Highness the King of Chu." Hearing the words from the left and right, they reminded, "Your Majesty will not teach him to become a vassal if His Royal Highness is like this. So, would you like to choose someone for His Royal Highness Chu?" Capable concubine, presiding over the mansion?"

When mentioning the king of Chu, Gu Zhen sighed again, and said, "I remember it. It's because he doesn't need it, but he's not in a hurry. Bing'er has to get it done first, and he can't delay it."

Two days ago, she tested Chunjia's tone, hoping that the third prince could be canonized closer, so that it would be convenient for him to be called over for reunion during the festivals in the future.

But the emperor vetoed it straight away. Although he didn't specify where to seal this son, the meaning behind the words was to make the empress want to love this son more now, and I'm afraid there will be no such opportunity in the future.

The queen was angry, but Chunjia didn't care at all, and she couldn't help it.

We can only work hard on the selection of the concubine, and try our best to support the third prince.

It was very difficult not to let the queen feel sorry for one candidate, Princess Jinxi. If the third prince was able to hire Princess Jinxi, he knew that Chunjia would not wrong the third prince in order to give face to the princess. It's a pity that Yun'an never considered Zhonggong's mother and son, but rushed to give her daughter to Yunfenghuang's nephew.

Among Xiaozong's three biological daughters, Sui'an has not been born yet, while Minghui has given birth to a son and a daughter one after another in the past two years.

The key daughter is the youngest one, she is only three years old now, and... like her eldest brother, she bears the name of the son-in-law of the Yun family. It's really hard to say whose bloodline it is...

The queen has thought about it, and she is not afraid to tell her to the third prince. Anyway, as long as she is confirmed to be Minghui's blood, no matter whether Chunjia dislikes it or not, she will always take care of her on the scene. But this idea was dissuaded by the family as soon as it came out. The reason was very simple. To make the life of the third prince easier and make Yun's resentment, it might delay the future of the tenth or twelfth prince, which was very uneconomical.

"If the empress really loves His Royal Highness the third prince, wouldn't it be easy to be kind to brothers when the matter of the tenth prince or the twelve princes is finalized in the future?" Gu advised the queen in this way, "But why bother to fight for these days?"

Not only did they persuade the queen in this way, but they also went to find the third prince alone afterwards.

Therefore, such a filial child as the third prince, of course, couldn't bear to see his aunt conflicting with his natal family because of himself, so he begged the queen to give up this idea on his own initiative.

"After watching one after another, I don't know when my son's fate will come?" Gu Zhen couldn't help feeling depressed when he thought of these unsatisfactory things.

At the same time, in the Huanhua Hall of Xuanqing Palace, Yun Fenghuang was also discussing similar things with the left and right: "The King of Qin is also thirteen, and it's time to discuss marriage. What do you guys think about betrotting my niece to him?"

"Your Majesty, no." Chen Jing took the lead in objecting, "Miss Yun, I've been inquired by the maidservant. Although she looks like a lady on the outside, she's very hot and arrogant on the inside because she's loved by her family. It's not what Duke Yi said He is so virtuous and virtuous. After getting married like this, what if we treat our Highness badly?"

In fact, with King Qin's temperament, except for Princess Zhaoqing who asked him to give way, he was merciless in fighting with his other siblings, how could he be bullied by the concubine Zheng?

The key point is that Yun Fenghuang's master and servants have tacitly understood that they do not want the King of Qin to have further contact with the Yun family.

Otherwise, what if King Qin is pulled over?

Didn't Yun Fenghuang raise this son for nothing?

Of course, it doesn't mean that they can't accept Yun's daughter and King Qin's marriage, but they can't be the concubine.

According to Yun Fenghuang's plan, the Yun family still has to win over if they can, so it is best for the Yun family to produce a girl with a not-so-low bloodline status to be the side concubine of the King of Qin, and then choose a sensible and filial girl for the King of Qin. A girl from a lower family background is the main concubine.

In this way, the main concubine couldn't hold down the side concubine who was born in a high family without relying on her mother-in-law to pull her sideways, so she was relieved.

At this moment, after a few words with the left and right, Yun Fenghuang said again: "It's just that the Duke himself speaks, and he has to give them some face. How about this, let the queen tell her that she will marry a foreign country in autumn In a foreign land, I hope that before leaving, I can get acquainted with the noble ladies of the imperial capital, and enjoy the carefree life in the boudoir for the last time... I will see the days... I will choose the palace during the summer vacation. When the time comes, Let the girls of the Yun family look at each other with the King of Qin, it won't make a happy couple, will it?"

Of course, she didn't want Qin Wang to look down on each other, but said, "Qin Wang is young, and young people are always in a state of mind. If the time comes, if Qin Wang likes two girls at the same time, he insists on making the one with a lower family background the right concubine." , as a mother and concubine, how could I be willing to disobey the child's wishes?"

Anyway, when the time comes, it will be said that King Qin has true love for the concubine, and in the name of King Qin, he will crush the girl from the Yun family.

If a girl from the Yun family refuses to be a side concubine, that's okay, just get a concubine. Of course, a concubine's father and brother have to look good.

At any rate, King Qin is also the eldest son of the emperor, and the prince who is crowned king in just one month is the favored prince, and not just anyone's concubine can be his side concubine.

Because at the imperial concubine's place, King Qin was actually given up early on and ruled out the possibility of seizing the crown. In addition, the imperial concubine has a son, and she raised King Qin in the first place to fight for power and profit, and she didn't intend to live alone with this child... In short, King Qin The imperial concubine has nothing to worry about about her marriage, and she generally has a grasp of the direction, so she will leave it to the subordinates to make arrangements.

Now she is more worried about Zhaoqing's marriage.

Originally, Zhaoqing, as a princess, did not have the restriction of becoming a feudal clan at the age of fifteen. According to the tacit agreement, the marriage can be delayed compared with brothers of similar age.

After all, the daughter of the royal family does not have to worry about getting married, not to mention she is only thirteen this year, even if she is twenty-three this year, she is not afraid that she will not find young talents to marry her.

The point is that this empress is too worried about marrying...

Five years ago, before Zhao Rong had grown up, he once caused Ning Guogong's grandson to be disrespectful in public, and almost lost his face.

Now that his figure has grown, although he has not yet reached the peak of his beauty, he is still showing his charm. The children of noble families, whoever is lucky enough to see his beauty, will not be amazed by it.

Although some of the younger ones were raised by the family, they did not dare to provoke Xuanqing Palace easily.

But there are also a considerable number of people. How can they listen to other words now that they are beautiful?

Since the beginning of the new year, there have been an endless stream of wives who have been forced to test the concubine's tone!

That's why Yun Fenghuang had a headache: With such a daughter, who should he promise to maximize the benefits?