"Ninth sister, stay."
Sheng Yuan looked back when she heard the sound, and it was her fourth cousin Sheng Ting who called her.
"Fourth sister."
Sheng Yuan didn't know what the other party meant by calling her. Since she went to Jiujiang Academy to study, she saw less of her cousins in the house.
We only see each other during family dinners, so we are very distant from each other.
"The girl from the Yun family was invited by Sixth Sister to come to the house as a guest. If Ninth Sister has nothing to do, come and play with her."
Yun family? Yun family!
"But the girl from Cheng'en Palace in Kyoto?" Sheng Yuan remembered that the Queen's aunt said that the Queen Mother's surname was Yun.
"Yes! This girl from the Yun family is the same age as the second and third sisters, but she is friends with the sixth sister. It is fate." Sheng Ting said normally and said with a smile, "I heard that Duke Cheng'en is interested in competing for the emperor's grandson. As the concubine, the Yun family girl will soon hold a flower viewing banquet and invite the noble ladies of Kyoto to attend."
Saying this, she tilted her head and smiled at Sheng Yuan: "Look, I'm confused! Sister Ninth is busy studying, so I'm afraid she's not interested in such social interactions. Also, my sister is still young, so she won't attend such a banquet when she is twelve or thirteen years old. It’s not too late.”
She was talking to herself, and after speaking, she waved to Shengyuan and turned to leave.
"???" Sheng Yuan was confused and confused.
So, this cousin called her specifically...for what reason?
After receiving an inexplicable invitation, he rejected it for her on his own initiative?
Sheng Yuan scratched his head and couldn't figure out the whole story. In the end, he could only attribute it to the fact that they hadn't seen each other for too long, so they had nothing to talk to?
Reluctantly finding a reason for the other party, Sheng Yuan shook her head and went back to Yong Fan Yuan.
It wasn't until she heard her parents mention her sister's marriage that she was suddenly shocked.
"The girl from the Yun family wants to be the prince's daughter-in-law?"
"Sister Yuan, what did you say?"
Sheng Xiangxun and Mrs. Zheng were discussing how to help their eldest daughter retreat without a fight, when they heard the younger daughter suddenly say this and looked at her in surprise.
Sheng Yuan repeated what Sheng Ting had just said: "Maybe I'm overthinking it. You all know the prince's thoughts. How could anyone in the palace know?"
Mrs. Zheng was speechless. She was silent for a moment and looked up at her husband: "The girls in your family are really extraordinary!"
Sheng Xiangxun was still wondering why Sister Ting said this. Hearing his wife's teasing, he couldn't help but chuckle and said, "I think Sister Ting may have good intentions... Didn't you say that the Sixth Girl is on good terms with the Yun family girl? She and the Sixth Girl are friends with each other." The girl has a good relationship, maybe she heard some inside information and came over to remind her."
"If you say she and Liu Yatou are not the same, I believe it; but if you say she came here to remind you for no other purpose, I'm not sure. I don't see her getting along with our girls on weekdays." Ms. Zheng never looked down on her. A girl who grew up in a deep house.
"What purpose can it have?" Sheng Xiangxun shook his head indifferently, "Okay, let's not talk about her for now."
At this moment, he was still worried about how to modify the mandarin duck score prepared by the prince.
"This matter cannot be said directly. Although the prince is close to me, he is the king after all. And this king has an unstable heart. If he arranges it like this, it seems to him that he still takes care of our family!
If we oppose it blindly, I'm afraid it will be said that we don't know what to do.
If he brought it up first and I refused, it would be okay to say it... But look at what this means, maybe he wants to make a decision directly? They didn’t say anything, so we just leaned in and said we didn’t want to get married. This wouldn’t look good! "
Mrs. Zheng nodded, worried: "Who says otherwise! If others misunderstood, and the prince did not intend for us Sister An to be the imperial concubine, it would be a joke! It is not a big deal for us to be laughed at, but if It would be bad if it affects Sister An’s reputation.”
"I don't think it has been decided yet. Otherwise, how can the Yun family be sure that she can run for the imperial concubine?"
Sheng Yuan saw her father and mother looking sad, and felt that the matter might not be turning around.
"I heard from the queen's aunt that the Yun family of Cheng'en Palace was very careful in educating girls and was very motivated.
In this case, the eldest grandson of the Prince's Palace may not be able to attract their attention, and the concubine of the third emperor's grandson has the An family's eye, so the Yun family may not be willing to face her.
Only the second emperor's grandson, my grandfather thanked him
There was no girl of suitable age in his family, and he was very popular with the emperor and the prince. Such a promising grandson could not be the target of the Yun family. "
"Yun? The emperor dislikes Concubine Yun and dislikes her. Are they still dreaming of becoming the grandson's concubine?"
Sheng Yuan felt that her father's information database should be updated: "The queen's aunt said that the emperor had promised in front of the queen mother that someone from the Yun family would come to the palace for generations."
"..." Sheng Xiangxun felt that this promise was a bit too high.
Just when he was about to complain, his wife Zheng kicked him.
"Did you come up with a good idea to stop our sister An from getting involved with the royal family?"
"..."
Sheng Xiangxun looked away guiltily. Suddenly, an idea occurred to him. He immediately punched his palm and said in surprise, "I have a solution for my husband!"
Ten days later, a rumor came out from nowhere that the emperor intended to choose Yun's girl as his concubine.
All of a sudden, there was a lot of traffic in front of Chengen Gongyun's house.
In Yongfan Garden, Ms. Zheng was frightened and beat her husband with the beauty, and asked softly: "How dare you mention the grandson! That's the crown prince! The emperor and the prince clearly didn't mention the grandson's name intentionally. How could you?" Dare to point it out!"
"I'm so unjust!" Sheng Xiangxun didn't dare to hide, so he let her vent his anger by beating her a few times before saying, "This, this, this...it's not like I've eaten the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, how dare I touch a tiger's beard?" !」
He is not good at plotting. When he was studying, his teacher said that he was not the type to use strategy to determine the outcome.
"You know that the second son of the Yun family and I have not dealt with each other since we were young. This was true in the palace when we were young, and it was the same outside when we grew up.
I thought about finding an opportunity to meet him and inspire him to tell him personally that the Yun family intended to compete for the position of the imperial concubine.
If this word gets out, if the emperor agrees because of the Queen Mother's face, they will get what they want, and we, Sister An, will be able to escape unscathed.
Who would have thought that that kid would hide in his house and not come out? Before I had a chance, the news came out! "
When Mrs. Zheng saw that his words didn't seem to be hypocritical, she breathed a sigh of relief and threw the beauty aside.
"Then what's going on? Could it be Yun's own handiwork?"
"Who knows this!"
The couple looked at each other and said to themselves, they didn't know which kind-hearted person had taken action.
…
"Pa!" Sheng Han threw the cup in his hand to the ground, threw himself on the bed angrily, and tore at the brocade handkerchief with gnashing teeth.
The little maid who was driven outside heard the commotion and just wanted to poke her head in when the eldest maid scolded her.
After she calmed down, the maid went over to comfort her.
"What did you do? You were obviously asked to find someone to spread the word that Sheng An was a phoenix. How did you spread Yun Wu Heng's reputation?" Sheng Han grabbed the arm of her confidant and locked eyes with her. His eyes seemed to want to see through the other person.
"This is what I did! The wax pills you gave me have never been in the hands of others!"
"Then what's going on?!" Sheng Han still trusted this maid. He let go of his hand and retreated to the bed shivering, biting the handkerchief gently and muttering, "Could it be that Sheng An is really the King of Chu? The destined imperial concubine? Can’t even be dismantled?”
"No!" Sheng Han's eyes, which were a little distracted just now, suddenly condensed. Sheng Han bit her lower lip and clenched her fists fiercely, "There must be a way!"
