Ciyuan Hall.
Lu Yunsheng, who had rushed back from Shaoxing overnight, was reporting to Concubine Yan what he had seen at Prince Rong's Mansion yesterday.
"Your Majesty, this loyal king has changed a lot. He is no longer what he used to be. Not only was he in the limelight yesterday, but he also ruined Wei Guansun's adoption of King Rong. It is said that he severely humiliated Concubine Qian for the sake of his biological mother. Concubine Qian has already I left the palace and returned to my parents’ home.”
After hearing the report, Concubine Yan, who was originally in a good mood due to her recent physical changes, now had a gloomy look on her face, "What about Wei Guansun?"
"When I left, Wei Guansun was still unconscious, but he was still in Prince Rong's Mansion. However, the four princesses were also unhappy with Prince Rong, and they should return to the capital after waking up."
"They are all a bunch of rubbish, none of them can accomplish anything!" Concubine Yan held her forehead and said,
At this time, a small person from the yellow door came in and said, "Your Majesty, Dong Daguan asked me to pass the message. The official will be here in about a quarter of an hour, so that you can prepare."
Then he lowered his voice and said, "In addition, the officials have approved the charter for selecting the prince." After that, he left.
Concubine Yan thought for a while, and then told Lu Yunsheng, "Let's make arrangements. When Wei Guansun comes back, he will still prepare to run for election. I will find a way to solve the identity issue for him. By the way, you can go to Qian Mansion in person later. …”
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Lin'an is the layout of Nangong North City, and Chaotianmen at the east foot of Wushan Mountain is the dividing line.
To the south of Chaotianmen, there are all the government offices and only six private houses, all of which are occupied by dignitaries.
Bao Minfang, which is close to Chaotianmen, is one of them, and the Qian Mansion is located here, which also explains the prominence of the Qian family from a certain perspective.
Qian Tao, the contemporary head of the Qian family, is currently the minister of Taifu Temple. Coincidentally, Taifu Temple is just south of Qian Mansion, just one street away.
What does Taifu Temple do?
To put it simply, it is responsible for the treasury and official trade, as well as printing banknotes and cashiering officials’ salaries. It can be regarded as the Song Dynasty version of the central bank, but it also has other chores, such as collecting certain commercial taxes. of.
In short, he has a lot of power and complicated affairs, so he is nicknamed "Busy Qing".
Qian Tao was so busy on weekdays that he couldn't even go to his sister's birthday, but today he had to take half a day off and stay at home because Princess Rong suddenly returned to her parents' home.
These days, a married daughter will not always return to her parents' home, let alone a princess.
In the flower hall of the back house, the brother and sister had been arguing for a long time.
"Li Niang, I have told you a long time ago that you can go with the flow, but you must not act recklessly. Why don't you listen? Have you forgotten all the family mottos and rules!?"
"Am I acting recklessly? Doesn't that mean you are unwilling to act? What is the reason why my Qian family has been intermarrying with the Zhao family for generations? Don't you think that one day, the blood of my Qian family can regain the supremacy!?"
"Please keep your voice down. Even so, don't act too hastily. Think about everything in the long term."
"It's been almost three hundred years, how long will it last?"
It has been ten years since the Wuyue Kingdom returned to the Song Dynasty. After returning to the Song Dynasty, the Qian family did receive great preferential treatment from the Zhao family. There was no shortage of titles, official positions, wealth and splendor.
But it is a mistake to think that you can be rich and prosperous for a lifetime just by offering soil. Comparatively speaking, the Chai and Zhou families of Rang State should have made greater contributions, but the descendants of these two families will be miserable. There is only one side branch left to hold the empty title, which is just to maintain the face of the Zhao family.
The reason why the Qian family has always been prominent and wealthy depends on the teachings of the "Qian Family Rules" to their descendants, and the other reason is that they continue to marry the Zhao and Song royal families and become the Zhao family in disguise.
As the Qian family's "Zhao influence" continued to increase, the Qian family changed from official officials to relatives, and their status was further improved. In the later history of the Song Dynasty, the Qian family was simply included in the biography of relatives.
An important purpose of the Qian family's hidden intermarriage is to truly integrate the Qian family's bloodline with that of the Zhao and Song emperors. The closest thing to this goal was when Qian Chu's seventh granddaughter became the first crown prince of Song Xiaozong. The crown princess, but unfortunately the crown prince died young and her achievements fell short.
In fact, Concubine Qian's marriage to Prince Rong was the effort of this generation of Qian family to achieve this goal.
At that time, Zhao Guan's family had not ascended the throne, and King Rong was not yet King Rong, so he married Li as his wife. Huang was a maidservant at that time. A few years later, when Zhao Guan's family ascended the throne, King Rong was rising, Li died of an inexplicable illness, and then ten years later. Concubine Qian remarried when she was eight years old. It is difficult to find out whether there is anything fishy in this.
However, Concubine Qian did not give birth to a son and a half daughters as she wished. Instead, it was Huang, a lowly person, who gave birth to Zhao Mengqi. This is why Concubine Qian was so resentful of Huang.
The argument was fruitless, so Qian Tao had no choice but to show his authority as the head of the family, "Li Niang, since you are back this time, please stay at home and don't go anywhere again."
"You mean to ground me?"
"You can understand it this way. Nowadays, there is a big quarrel between the court and the government because of the prince's matter. In this limelight, it is better for us to wait and see for the time being, so as not to be inadvertent and catastrophic! I am in charge of you, not just for your own good. It’s for the entire Qian family.”
At this moment, the steward came to report, "Master, Lu Zhonggui came to visit. He said that he had important matters to discuss with the Thirteenth Lady on the orders of Concubine Yan."
Qian Tao originally disagreed with the conspiracy between his sister and Concubine Yan, so he naturally refused now, "No, tell him, Sino-foreign communication is a taboo, and my Qian family won't do it!"
