Queen Mother Han was moved.
However, she still summoned Princess Nanping into the palace and carefully inquired about her wishes.
Han Jiaojiao took one step at a time, coughing as she spoke, her palm-sized face almost devoid of color.
"Marriage matters are decided by the saint and the grandmother."
"I, ahem, I believe in uncle and grandma."
Han Jiaojiao forced out a shy smile, with awe of the emperor and admiration for the queen mother in her timid eyes.
Queen Mother Han: ...What a good boy.
"Okay! Don't worry! The Ai family will definitely find you a good husband!"
That Zhao family is a little shallow after all, and is not worthy of her daughter from the Han family.
Feeling the change in Queen Mother Han's mood, Han Jiaojiao was shocked.
She hurriedly coughed several times, covered her mouth with a handkerchief, and said quietly, "Actually, I would rather stay at home."
"...Ahem, cough! With my body, if I get married, I can't take care of myself, and secondly, I can't have children. If I get married, I will bring trouble to others."
At this point, Han Jiaojiao's eyes sparkled with tears, "Grandma and uncle will also be in trouble because of me."
Queen Mother Han: ...Although these words may sound heartbreaking, but they are true.
Alas, Jiaojiao is good at everything, but her body is too weak and her temperament is too weak.
Even if you marry into your in-laws' family, you will inevitably be wronged.
For example, in the Han family or Jiaojiao's own home.
Although she was of high status and favored by the palace, she was actually squeezed out by her step-brother and bullied by her concubine.
The Queen Mother Han could indeed rely on her status to issue a decree directly to grant the marriage.
He can also help Nanping suppress her husband's family.
However, marriage is a friendship between two families, not an enmity.
If the mother-in-law is resentful, it will be like Mrs. Chengen and Princess Yongjia back then.
Princess Yongjia is still bright and strong-tempered, but she was wronged by her mother-in-law and was so angry that she died early by a concubine who was born as a humble maid?
When she thought of that cheap maid, Queen Mother Han was filled with resentment.
Mrs. Cheng'en was her younger brother and sister, and Han Chong was his nephew. It was not appropriate for the Queen Mother Han to criticize her directly.
She simply blamed the death of Princess Yongjia on that cheap maid.
At that time, the Queen Mother Han wanted to let Aunt Zhou and others strangle the maid to death, but unexpectedly, the maid turned out to be pregnant.
For the sake of the blood of the Han family, the Queen Mother Han had no choice but to "endure" again.
She was so aggrieved that she almost suffered internal injuries!
She may not kill that wretched maid, but she really doesn't have the slightest fondness for that wretched maid and the children she gave birth to.
Among her nieces and nephews, the Empress Dowager Han only recognized Han Jiaojiao.
But Jiaojiao, alas, it was really hard to help her up.
Not intentionally comparing herself to others, but Jiaojiao is indeed not as good as her concubine in terms of looks, talents, behavior, etc.
In Beijing, the concubine's reputation and popularity were stronger than Jiaojiao's.
Empress Dowager Han understood one thing about her adopted daughter, her grandson daughter and her great-nephew daughter -
Some things cannot be forced with power!
"Perhaps the emperor is right. In Jiaojiao's situation, it would be better to marry a poor man!"
Queen Mother Han looked at Han Jiaojiao's sickly and weak appearance, and sighed secretly in her heart.
At the worst possible outcome, the emperor would have to wait until the young man passed the Jinshi examination to make sure that his character was excellent and his family tradition was upright before he married Nanping.
When she gets married, Nanping will be given a few more nuns and guards so that they can take good care of Nanping and supervise and intimidate Nanping's husband's family.
If you make enough arrangements, life in Nanping shouldn't be too bad.
As for the future, well, with Nanping's dilapidated body, what future can she have?
…
After Empress Dowager Han made her decision, some rumors leaked out unknowingly.
Slowly, news spread from the palace——
"The Queen Mother and the Saint want to choose a husband for Princess Nanping among the new scholars!"
As soon as the news came out, the unmarried powerful children in Beijing who were similar in age to Princess Nanping and their families all breathed a sigh of relief.
Great, I am finally no longer afraid of being "touched" by Princess Nanping.
Many people are worried about what they should do if the Queen Mother uses her power to force her son (grandson) to marry Nanping for the sake of Nanping.
Nanping, Beijing is famous for its sick people.
I spent half of the year recuperating from illness.
As soon as he entered Beijing, his stepmother lost her housekeeping rights.
After entering the palace once, the stepmother was simply sent to a nunnery on the outskirts of the city.
This is her stepmother, a legitimate elder.
He didn't do anything extraordinary, just because of Nan Ping's poor health, he was punished one after another.
All face and pride were gone, and he had long become the laughing stock of the capital.
Many ladies, while laughing at the step-wife of the Han family, couldn't help but bring in their own identities——
If my son marries such a special but sick daughter-in-law, what kind of situation will he face?
Want to impress your mother-in-law?
Haha, Nan Ping's body was swaying three times with every step. If she was slow to get up a little while serving tea, she might faint on the spot.
He might even vomit a few mouthfuls of blood.
Although everyone knew that Nan Ping was in poor health, as a mother-in-law, she "forced" her daughter-in-law to vomit blood.
This is a good thing to say but not nice to hear.
There are also husbands who, as children of wealthy families, always have one or two favorite maids.
But Nanping's mother, Princess Yongjia, was so angry that she died because of her "jealousy".
It is the mother who favors the daughter. Even if Nanping is not as strong-willed as Yongjia and only inherits a little bit, her husband can still bear the infamy of "spoiling his concubine and destroying his wife" for nothing!
Of course, there is also the most important point - heirs!
Who doesn’t marry a daughter-in-law just to spread their branches and prolong their family’s heirs?
But Nanping is sick and weak. Life is difficult enough for her. Can she bear the pain of childbirth and childbirth?
... Just such a daughter-in-law, she can't say anything or control her, her mother-in-law has to coax her, her husband has to provide for her, and she can't even have children.
What will you do if you get married?
Adding trouble to your own home?
Or will it cause trouble for the family? !
But Nanping has the favor of the supreme mother and son in the palace, and all the ladies are worried that their family will be used as "sacrifice" by the saint or the queen mother.
Now it's okay, the Queen Mother and the Saint want to choose a son-in-law for Nanping from a poor family, and powerful people like them can escape the disaster.
While everyone was secretly rejoicing, they were also waiting to see the excitement of the Han family.
Hey, I don’t know if Princess Nanping will be sick from vomiting if she knows this news.
Marrying down, in a sense, is also a kind of indifference to women, and even humiliating.
"Haha! Okay! The Queen Mother is wise! The Saint is wise!"
In the nunnery, a middle-aged lady who looked slightly haggard laughed excitedly when she heard the rumors outside.
There was joy in her eyes, and a hint of madness.
These past few years have really driven her to death.
Back then, as her cousin, she caused trouble for Princess Yongjia.
Later, Yongjia's daughter became seriously ill, causing problems for her.
The majestic wife of the prince of the Duke's palace has become a joke among the people in the city after dinner.
The step-wife's originally not very broad-minded mind was directly distorted.
She was filled with hate.
The Queen Mother is so noble that she dare not hold a grudge.
The step-wife put all the accounts on Yongjia mother and daughter.
During the three years in the nunnery, she cursed at the statue of Bodhisattva every day: Yongjia would not be able to find peace after his death, and he would not be able to be reincarnated forever! Nanping is suffering from illness and will not die well!
He has been cursed for three years and his step-wife has also been cursed for three years.
Even though Nanping Princess Han Jiaojiao later interceded and the step-wife was able to return to the Duke's Mansion, the step-wife did not feel any gratitude to Han Jiaojiao.
She hated it even more: "This little bitch did it on purpose. She wanted to tell me that without her, I wouldn't even be able to come back to the capital!"
Han Jiaojiao:...Isn't this true?
It was indeed true, and Mrs. Ke Ji felt that she had been humiliated.
In front of Han Jiaojiao, her stepmother seemed to have lost her dignity and dignity!
Han Jiaojiao: ...pretentious!
Han Jiaojiao did not take a defeated subordinate like her step-wife seriously at all.
No matter how much trouble she caused for her mother, Han Jiaojiao paid it back with interest.
Well, the grudges have been settled!
However, the step-wife didn't think so. She kept all the old and new grudges in her heart.
I only hate that God is unfair, the Queen Mother and the Saint are protecting Han Jiaojiao.
The step-wife did not dare to provoke.
However, the step-wife may not find trouble, but it cannot stop her from "gloating".
"Oh, I want to go and congratulate our princess."
"What a wonderful marriage. We come from a poor peasant family, and my mother-in-law must be a great person. She raised her son with all kinds of hardships and supported him in his studies..."
The step-wife became more and more excited as she talked.
After all, she was once the head matron of the Han family. She was a well-informed scholar who was raised by a widowed mother. Gee, that sounds "very interesting".
In the past, when the step-wife was still a cousin, she heard a piece of gossip in the capital.
He was also a new scholar who was raised by a widowed mother and was made a son-in-law by a certain uncle.
As a result, the good daughter of the uncle's house was turned into a mother-in-law.
This is okay, after all, there is no mother-in-law in the world who does not care about her daughter-in-law.
The reason why this family's story has become a famous "curio" in Beijing is because the words and deeds of the mother and son were too outrageous.
Can you imagine that on the wedding night, instead of having sex with the groom, the groom went to sleep with his mother.
After the marriage, the young couple finally consummated their marriage. When they went to bed, the mother-in-law stayed outside the window.
The two were a little affectionate, and then the mother-in-law knocked on the window.
The next day, he even pointed at his daughter-in-law and scolded her as "a little whore who knows how to pester men." This made the daughter-in-law feel ashamed and embarrassed, and she wished she could faint!
She was obviously the one who prevented her daughter-in-law from getting close to her son, but she still thought her daughter-in-law was a hen that couldn't lay eggs!
Outsiders were shocked when they heard this strange news.
This "magical" widowed mother has single-handedly discredited the widowed mother community and made it more difficult for widowed mothers to marry their daughters-in-law.
In fact, this is only a very small number.
More widowed mothers are pitiful and respectable.
However, it is precisely because of the small number that it becomes news and is discussed by the world.
Gradually, people became prejudiced against widowed mothers.
In fact, the step-wife did not know which poor family the Queen Mother had fallen in love with.
It's just that the stories back then were so novel that whenever she heard about a poor family raising a child, she would think of that magical widowed mother-in-law.
"I just hope that Han Jiaojiao will also meet such a 'good mother-in-law'!"
(End of chapter)
