Returning to Fengtuan Palace, Jiang Hui ordered Dingxiang and Yuzhu to pack up and move back to their original residence, leaving Dingxiang and Yuzhu stunned.
"Princess, do we really want to move back to the original dormitory? Why is this because we had a quarrel with King Youzhou?"
"Hey, don't ask, just pack it up quickly!"
oh……
Seeing Jiang Hui's annoyed look, Ding Xiang and Yu Zhu didn't dare to ask any more questions. They were whispering while cleaning up.
"Well, Dingxiang, have you noticed the wind? Why did the princess move back to her original place?"
"I didn't know that after the celebration banquet, all the maids were dismissed by the Crown Princess. I also wonder why the Princess was punished." Ding Xiang replied.
Yuzhu sighed: "The princess has been thrown into the cold palace, and I don't know if she can come out."
Relegated to the sidelines?
Shh! Why are you so loud? It will be uncomfortable if the princess hears you.
"Yuzhu, don't talk nonsense. The princess is just moving back here for a month, and she can come back in a month."
"Ding Xiang said you are stupid and you still don't admit it. Can't you understand? The Crown Princess is trying to get rid of our princess so that a new person can take over."
"Newcomer? Where are the newcomers? Are you saying that King Youzhou wants to abolish our imperial concubine and create a new one?" Ding Xiang asked eagerly.
Yuzhu couldn't help but shake his head, he was really impressed by Dingxiang's stupid head. "This newcomer can let us know that any woman in this house can become a princess as long as she can serve King Youzhou for one night."
"But doesn't King Youzhou only like our princess?"
Yuzhu patted Dingxiang on the shoulder and said, "Don't be naive. Do you believe what a man says? The men from this rich family have three wives and four concubines, not to mention our King of Youzhou?"
At this moment, Ding Xiang finally understood. "That's terrible. What should we do with our princess? Yuzhu, you have to think of a way to save our princess!"
Yuzhu said: "Oh, what can we rotten servants do...ah, yes, we can ask Shun Dao and Shunyi for help!"
"Yes, yes." Lilac agreed.
Jiang Hui was lying on the bed pretending to be asleep, and she heard clearly the conversation between Ding Xiang and Yu Zhu. When she heard that she had been thrown into the cold palace, she was so frightened that she broke into a cold sweat; when she heard that Nan Guozhen was going to depose her and make a new concubine, she felt even sadder and wanted to cry.
In fact, Jiang Hui knew on the day she married Nan Guozhen that she would not be able to have this man all to herself, so she had been mentally prepared. But now that Nan Guozhen is really going to establish a new concubine, he will inevitably feel uncomfortable in his heart.
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As soon as the news of the imperial concubine's confinement spread, the ministers couldn't hold it in any longer, and they all proposed to the imperial concubine that they wanted to establish a concubine for the prince of Youzhou.
Today in the morning, Jiang Shangshu brought his eldest daughter to the court; Liu Taiwei brought his youngest daughter to the court; even the annoying Lord Shi also brought his niece to the court.
Nan Guozhen understood at the first sight that these old foxes must have bad intentions. Sure enough, as Nan Guozhen expected, Jiang Shangshu, Liu Taiwei, and Master Shi all praised their daughters in the court for how beautiful, virtuous, and talented they were, in order to help their daughters successfully choose the concubines.
Jiang Shangshu's eldest daughter, Jiang Min, was seventeen years old. Her beauty and gentleness won her the favor of the Crown Princess.
Liu Taishou's youngest daughter, Liu Mengying, was thirteen years old. She was cute and well-behaved and also endeared herself to the Crown Princess.
It's just Shi Tairen's niece, Shi Jiajia, who is twenty-three years old, five years older than Nan Guozhen. She is very coquettish and coquettish, which makes the Crown Princess dislike her very much.
"Zhen'er, among these three beauties, which one do you want to make as your concubine?" the imperial concubine asked.
Nan Guozhen originally did not agree with the establishment of any concubine, but the imperial concubine colluded with the ministers, and he had to wait and see if he could not control it. Now that Grandma Huang asked her opinion, she could only find fault with the tofu.
Nan Guozhen stood up from the dragon chair and walked leisurely to the three beauties. Nan Guozhen picked the "bones" of Taiwei Liu's daughter first.
Nan Guozhen looked at the child-like Liu Mengying in front of him, and then asked: "Little sister, how old are you? Do you know what you are here for today?"
Liu Mengying looked at Nan Guozhen curiously, and replied without fear: "Of course I know. Daddy told Mengying to come to Youzhou Prefecture to compete."
"Haha, do you know what kind of competition it is?" Nan Guozhen bent down and asked, because Liu Mengying is still a child and is not tall.
"Beauty pageant! Daddy told Mengying that there is a sister in Youzhou Mansion who is very beautiful. Mengying doesn't believe it and wants to compare with her."
Liu Mengying's words immediately caused laughter in the court. Lieutenant Liu was too impatient and wanted to offer the melon to King Youzhou before it was ripe without asking whether King Youzhou would accept it.
When all the ministers in the court laughed at him, Liu Taiwei was so embarrassed that he was speechless.
"This little baby is quite good. Her eyes are big and lively. She is very innocent and cute like the princess when she was a child. She is very popular with me. But I don't understand. Liu Taiwei brought your little girl to the court to ask me to choose a concubine. Or choose your daughter?" Nan Guozhen asked sarcastically.
Taiwei Liu was stunned for a moment before replying: "Well, if King Youzhou has a young girl, he can make her his concubine first and keep her in the palace until she reaches adulthood and then let her sleep with her."
"Liu Taiwei didn't have rice at home, so he brought his underage daughter to be a concubine?" Jiang Shangshu took advantage of the situation to attack.
"That's right!" Mr. Shi also took the opportunity to sarcastically say.
"You two, hum!" Liu Taiwei was so angry that Jiang Shangshu and Master Shi didn't say anything.
Now Nan Guozhen came to Mr. Shi's niece, Shi Jiajia, and picked Shi Jiajia's bones.
Shi Jiajia is a little older and thinks she understands men's hearts very well. She believes that every man will like a charming and passionate woman. Unexpectedly, this King of Youzhou was an outlier. Shi Jiajia not only failed to win the election, but was also humiliated by the Youzhou King's cold eyebrows, saying that the king was choosing a concubine, not an oiran.
Among the three pieces of tofu, the most difficult one to pick is Jiang Min, the eldest daughter of Jiang Shangshu. This girl is gentle and well-educated, so she is indeed suitable to be elected as a concubine. Although Jiang Min meets the standards of a concubine, she cannot escape Nan Guozhen's poisonous tongue.
Nan Guozhen came to Jiang Min and kissed Jiang Min forcefully without saying a word, which immediately shocked the court. To put it harshly, Nan Guozhen's move seemed like he was teasing Jiang Min, and Jiang Shangshu was at a loss when he saw it.
Jiang Min had a crush on the King of Youzhou, but she was still a lady, so how could she act recklessly. Jiang Min hurriedly took two steps back, raised her hands to protect half of her face with her long sleeves, and advised, "King Youzhou, please respect yourself."
Nan Guozhen was displeased and pulled back to kiss Jiang Min's mouth with a 'hum'.
How could Nan Guozhen's trivial skills satisfy the Crown Princess? The Crown Princess couldn't stand it anymore. "Zhen'er, what are you doing? This is the court. If you like Jiang Shangshu's daughter, just choose her as your concubine."
"Grandma Huang, didn't you ask Zhen'er to choose his concubine? How can it be so easy to become the king's concubine? Zhen'er is testing Jiang Shangshu's daughter."
test?
"Then what happened to you? Are you suitable?" the Crown Princess asked again.
"The test came out. She is a wooden beauty. I don't like sleeping with a wooden person."
As soon as these words came out, the court aroused a burst of laughter, especially Liu Taiwei and Shi Tairen were the most proud.
That's not the case... My daughter-in-law just...
Nan Guo Zhenli turned around and returned to his throne, without giving Jiang Min a chance to explain.
Jiang Min covered her face with a 'wow', threw herself into her father's arms, and started crying in grievance.
Seeing his daughter being so humiliated by Nan Guozhen, Jiang Shangshu became angry. He flicked his long sleeves and said angrily: "If King Youzhou doesn't want to have a concubine, just say so. You can't humiliate the daughter of a minister like this."
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