Chapter 506: Wife's Bad Wife
Baochai would never have thought that her best sister would be turning her elbows outward at this moment.
At this time, she had put on fine clothes and makeup and appeared in the main hall of Shangyi Bureau.
There were more than a dozen people surrounding her, each of them were female officials from the Shangyi Bureau, Shanggong Bureau, and Gongzhengsi.
Today is the critical moment for selecting the princess. There are also a large number of concubines who come to watch the ceremony. Those with higher rank can stand in the hall, while those with lower rank can only wait outside the palace.
At this moment, these women are complimenting Baochai from all aspects, and their nice words are as if they are free of charge.
Jia Mu was also in the crowd at this moment, but her mood was extremely complicated, filled more with disappointment and worry.
The person sitting here presiding over the concubine selection should have been her granddaughter, but at this time it was the girl of the Xue family who was sitting upright.
When she thought about Zhu Jinghong's return to Beijing and her grandson's life in danger, her heart felt as painful as a knife.
Logically speaking, she should go to Baochai to plead with Baochai in person, but she felt that she had no face in front of this girl, so she did not dare to mention the previous disagreements rashly, lest it have the opposite effect.
When Jia's mother was worried, Baochai was the same, but they were worried about different things.
Accustomed to hearing flattery from people around her, Baochai has been able to automatically block her thoughts and think about other things at the same time. She will also respond to these female officials during the break.
The new rumors in the city make her frightened now, and they are even more worrying than before, because they are directed at Zhu Jinghong.
There is already a living King of Qin in the imperial city now. If a new "King of Qin" emerges, it will be great fun, Baochai thought secretly.
"Princess, it's time to invite the ladies to come in"
"Yes"
Only the female officials need to be busy with all matters. Baochai only needs to sit in the hall as a backdrop.
According to the system, even if the prince selects a princess, the queen must personally preside over it.
Now that the Queen is ill, it is the Crown Princess who should be in charge. However, Yuanchun has to take care of the Crown Prince, so Baochai is assigned this job.
Zhu Jinghong has great power, and now Baochai is in charge of the selection. To be honest, he and his wife are too conspicuous
Thinking of the rumors in the city, Baochai is really on pins and needles.
When she felt worried, the beautiful ladies had already appeared outside the palace.
This time, a total of twenty people have entered the final selection. Next, there will be two rounds of selection. Sixteen of them will be eliminated, and the remaining ones will be the princesses on one side.
But in fact, this selection is just a formality at this time, and the final list of princesses has been decided.
The four people selected are all from the families of students, which is the standard background for imperial drafts.
Looking beyond the entrance of the hall, Baochai's eyes fell on the beautiful ladies. They were all youthful, and the smiles on their faces represented their love for each other.Visions of the future.
Baochai has also experienced this process, and now she can remember it vividly in retrospect.
Soon the first show girl entered the hall. Baochai didn't say much to her, so she was not on the short list.
The selection list was basically made by her alone. The queen herself did not care about this matter. After all, the matter of her own son was enough to bother her.
Of course, as before, there were many people asking for connections this time, but Baochai ignored them all.
This time she had only two criteria for selecting people. One was that they should be pleasing to her eyes, and the other was to take into account the preferences of the two brothers.
It was half an hour later that all twenty people who were waiting for the summons were summoned.
The show girls exited the hall again and stood outside the hall waiting for the final result.
The wait lasted only half an hour. The cold wind made their hands and feet cold, but everyone was still full of expectations.
The position of princess and concubine is so noble. If they can be selected, it will be like a new life, and their family members will become prosperous because of it.
Everyone is full of daydreams about the future and look forward to the appearance of the female official soon.
After a few breaths, Shang Yi walked out of the hall, holding a document in his hand with the phoenix seal of Kunning Palace stamped on it.
Not only the show girls, but also the ladies standing outside also wanted to know who would be lucky enough to rise to the top.
"The Empress's Yi Decree"
Although the selection was presided over by the princess, the process was still presided over by the queen, so the result was announced by the edict.
All the beautiful ladies bowed down one after another and listened to the final result. At this time, most people were feeling uneasy.
The few people with a stable mentality all have their own secrets in their hearts. In the process of "education" these days, they have been recognized by Baochai.
After finishing the nonsense at the beginning, Shang Yi finally read: "The Chen family in Yongning County and the Xu family in Hanoi County are selected as the queen of Qingyang; the Zhao family in Shanyang County and the Liu family in Taikang County are selected as King Jinghai’s beautiful daughter; the rest will be given to each other”
At this time, most people were in a state of despair and did not care about the consolation prize given by the royal family.
After Yi Zhi finished reciting, except for the four people who were named, the other show ladies all left the stage under the leadership of the female officer.
Then, it was time to decide the sides. Chen and Xu competed for Princess Qingyang, while Zhao and Liu competed for Princess Jinghai.
These girls have accumulated a certain amount of friendship during their upbringing in the palace, but now they have no intention of being humble.
"All ladies, please come into the palace"
No matter who they are, these four people are members of the royal family, so the voice of the female official who delivers the message is much gentler.
The four of them entered the hall and were stared at by many eyes inside. They were still a little nervous.
But when they thought that when they became princesses in the future, their status would be higher than that of others, the tension among the four people gradually dissipated.
Seeing Baochai on the throne, these fourEveryone's eyes are respectful.
Although the status of the county princess is lofty, they are very aware of their own weight in front of the princess Baochai.
What's more, Baochai still represents the queen at this moment, so they don't dare to show any slightest care.
Under the guidance of the etiquette officer, the four beautiful ladies bowed to the queen's ceremonial guard, and then saluted Baochai.
The royal family has a lot of etiquette, so this visit only lasts a few minutes.
After the ceremony, Zhao and Liu were led by the female officer to the side hall to wait, because the next step was for King Qingyang to choose his concubine.
After they left, Qingyang King Zhu Jingchun appeared in the main hall wearing the royal crown uniform.
"Meet Thirteenth Sister-in-law"
After nodding slightly, Baochai said, "Old Fourteenth, let's start"
"Yes"
< p>Zhu Jingchun stood up and walked slowly in front of the two beautiful girls, with a warm smile on his face.When these women were being educated, the two brothers Zhu Jingchun secretly came to see them, and each fell in love with their beloved woman.
Then they found Baochai, told her everything about her thoughts, and then tried to please her sister-in-law in various ways, hoping to be kind to her.
In this era, it is a very luxurious thing to marry the person you like. Now that Zhu Jingchun has achieved this goal, of course he is extremely happy.
Picking up Ruyi on the side, Zhu Jingchun handed it to Xu on the left, who also took it into his hands with joy.
"Thank you, Your Highness"
If Mrs. Xu gets her wish, she will become the princess, and Mrs. Chen on the side will only be a concubine.
After Zhu Jingchun’s choice, it was the turn of Jinghai King Zhu Jinghao, and this guy chose Zhao as the princess.
The selection of the princess is over. According to the system, the beautiful ladies should return to their residences to wait for the order. Next, the Ministry of Etiquette will be responsible for the specific matters.
Now that the Ministry of Rites is busy with the Holy Birthday Festival, it is really uncertain whether these two can get married before the year.
Of course, now that the person of their choice has been chosen, Zhu Jingchun and the two feel at ease. It doesn't matter to them sooner or later.
When the matter here was over, Baochai left for Kunning Palace to return to her life. Zhu Jingchun and his two men caught up with her on the way, and they expressed their gratitude to her with tears in their eyes.
"Okay, if you have nothing to do, go back and wait for the princess to be at ease."
"Sister-in-law teaches me, I will remember it carefully"
Wait The two people retreated, Baochai walked a little faster, and soon she arrived at Kunning Palace.
The queen was currently in the side hall, sitting on the couch reading Buddhist scriptures. The charcoal fire in the room made the cold air disappear.
"Your Majesty, Princess Xiang has arrived." A female official reported outside the monastery.
Yang Qingyin straightened her sleeves, and then replied, "Let her come over."
"Yes"
After a while, Baochai took off his crown and robe. Chai came outside the monastery and kowtowed to the queen.
"The minister's daughter-in-law bows to the queen mother"
Putting down the book, Yang Qingyin glanced at Baochai and said, "Come in"
"Yes"
Dai Baochai When Baochai entered the room, Yang Qingyin ordered someone to bring a stool so that Baochai could sit and talk.
After thanking the queen again and again, Baochai finally sat down in front of the queen and told her very respectfully, "Queen Mother, both princesses have been chosen, just waiting for the Ministry of Rites."
Baochai details The situation was reported, but Yang Qingyin did not listen too carefully. She already knew what the situation was.
After Baochai finished speaking, Yang Qingyin said, "I can rest assured about your work."
"Two days ago, the slaves in the East Factory reported that some people had taken away the thief who was spreading rumors. We also searched for some clues, and the complaint was submitted to the Changlong County Government."
"There are many such cases today. The Changlong County Government arranged to send people to investigate the next day, but just before the Changlong County Government Before the investigation, thieves broke into these people's homes, smashed them up, destroyed the evidence, and released the people arrested by the people."
Baochai knew very well that the queen was talking about that incident, but at this time she There was no panic at all, because she was still in control of things.
"This has happened. The thieves are too rampant and should be strictly punished by the government." Baochai agreed.
Yang Qingyin smiled slightly, and then said, "Do you know who the murderer who went to attack the people is?"
Hearing this, Baochai's expression changed. Tight, of course she was pretending.
"Could the Queen Mother Know"
It requires extremely high acting skills to convey the feeling of hiding the fear, but Baochai did it very naturally.
From the moment she made the decision, she had been waiting for today's situation, and she had rehearsed it many times in private.
"I don't know"
Observing Baochai's subtle expression, Yang Qingyin smiled and said, "But the people in Dongchang know"
"Those attacks The thieves of the common people turned out to be members of Jinyiwei. Do you think this is unusual?"
Sure enough, I was targeted by Dongchang. Sure enough, I couldn't hide this from my mother. Fortunately, I dealt with this matter immediately, Baochai. Secretly feeling lucky.
I saw her frowning, showing a nervous look, which made the queen even more sure of her judgment.
"You have always been smart, tell me why the people of Jinyiwei attacked those people for no reason"
"Who is behind it and what is its purpose"
The queen's questions became more and more oppressive. The next moment, Baochai knelt down on the ground, and then bowed his head and said, "My wife is guilty."
Looking at Baochai kneeling in front of her, Yang Qingyin took her time. He straightened his sleeves and then asked, "Why do you plead guilty?"
Baochai replied, "The daughter-in-law does not dare to deceive the queen. It was the daughter-in-law who said hello to the Jin Yiwei, asking them to beat her and let her go."
Yang Qingyin’s eyes were as bright as fire and she asked coldly, “What’s going on?”
“That day, ChimelongThe county received the complaint, and the matter was also discovered by Jin Yiwei, so they sent people to investigate the details."
"The eunuch of the royal palace had greeted Jin Yiwei before, so when he learned the inside story, he sent someone to report to the palace. , my daughter-in-law learned about it."
"When I learned the inside story of this matter, I guessed that someone had framed it, so I ordered the Jin Yiwei to expel this evildoer."
Lin Hongyu would never have thought that letting The person behind the failure of Ni Er's careful plan was actually Princess Xiang, whom they wanted to be loyal to.
"How do you know those people were framed?" Yang Qingyin's eyes became colder.
"It's just that. "Because"
Looking up at the queen, Baochai bravely said, "Why does the queen need to listen to those random remarks?"
Of course, this expression was also staged. .
She sent Deng An to follow up, and Deng An discovered the people of Dongchang and Jinyiwei, so Baochai was sure that the two empresses knew the truth.
Since the two empresses knew the truth. People knew what Prince Rui was doing secretly, and Baochai felt that there was no need to expose this matter again, so she temporarily adjusted her strategy.
She planned to "take the overall situation into consideration" and even "bear the humiliation and bear the burden." ” image, and used this to give Prince Rui’s palace another hard kick.
Picking up the tea cup, Yang Qingyin said slowly, “I really want to hear how those people are biting randomly.”
"Daughter-in-law, no"
"Say"
It was rare for Yang Qingyin to get angry, so Baochai was so frightened that she lowered her head again.
"Those people said. The evidence is that Sister Ting has something to do with Sixth Brother’s house and intends to join forces to seek the position of the princess."
"This matter is too ridiculous. My daughter-in-law will never believe it, and neither will my mother. Baochai added another sentence.
She was playing hard to get, but she had to say that her acting skills were good enough that the queen really believed her story.
"So you Let the evidence be destroyed and not even be tried."
"Once this matter is brought to the table, it will only bring shame to the royal family. My daughter-in-law really can't bear to see her mother and queen worried. , so she made her own decision."
Jing Baochai said this, the nature of the matter is different.
She not only endures humiliation and bears the burden, this is completely pure and filial.
Inevitably, Yang Qingyin compared Baochai with the other two, and once again concluded that the younger daughter-in-law was the most decent and sensible one.
“You girl, this matter is very involved, so you can decide how to deal with it. Your Majesty and I have made a decision, how can you interfere?"
Yang Qingyin was still lecturing with a straight face, and then there was concern in her tone, and Baochai naturally put on a look of being taught. .
After giving some advice, Yang Qingyin couldn’t help but sigh, “You are too honest and you will suffer easily.”
On the surface, the previous rumors were directed at you. Baochai went, which really made her suffer a lot.
But what made Yang Qingyin even more dissatisfied was the new rumors circulating in the city, especially those who were "more powerful than the King of Qin". The words made her want to kill with hatred.people.
Thinking that it was those two idiots again who were causing trouble, Yang Qingyin made this decision in her heart.
But this time, she did wrong her two sons. Unfortunately, the two brothers didn't even have a chance to defend themselves.
"Okay, now that the matter is in the past, forget it. If you have any grievances in the future, you can tell me. Don't bear it alone."
"It's also my fault. The beast is careless and insists on going to the northwest to fight and kill, leaving you, a weak woman, to support the palace in Beijing. When he comes back, I have to teach him a lesson."
Baochai kowtowed again, and then said, "My lord, It’s also for the sake of the court, and I hope my mother will forgive me.”
Respecting your parents-in-law, loving your husband, and protecting the family are the standard characteristics of a good daughter-in-law.
Being greedy for money, being petty, and losing your father at a young age are nothing compared to these advantages.
"Okay, okay, let's see what worries you. I can beat him to death, so why don't you get up quickly?"
After wiping the tears on his face, Baochai just took care of himself. Get up.
"Yes"
Seeing that the Queen's tea cup was almost empty, he stepped forward to pour it for her in person, demonstrating his attentiveness and diligence.
Such considerate respect is many times better than Chen Zhi’s offering of various treasures.
"Where should this kid be now?"
Although Zhu Jinghong sends messages back every day, the lag is too great, so his itinerary can only be roughly estimated.
Baochai replied, "The news came back yesterday, saying that they have passed Lintong, and I'm afraid they will arrive in Beijing soon."
"We set off at the end of September, and it took two thousand people to travel in half a month." Duoli, I don’t know how much suffering I will suffer along the way."
The queen, who had just said she wanted to teach her son a lesson, now had a look of concern in her eyes, which made Baochai very depressed.
Just listen to Baochai reply: "The prince also arrived early so that he could celebrate the birthday of the Supreme Emperor."
"He is a filial child."
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