The beauty of the lady

Chapter 60 Entering Beijing (1)
When the peach blossoms were full of branches again, Zhou Mei also ushered in the spring when she was 14 years old.

After the new emperor of the Great Yan Dynasty succeeded to the throne, the country name was changed to Rongkang. It is now the third year of Rongkang. Although he is nine years old, he still hears something from the words of the two senior brothers.

Since Emperor Rongkang succeeded to the throne, he was Prince Chun's regent. Except for the two most noble women in the harem, they were the many women left over from the previous emperor's time who have become concubines. He stayed in the palace, and no one was released. I don't know whether that Prince Chun weighed the pros and cons, or he was really such a heartless person.

It has been six years since she came to Dayan Dynasty, and now she can be considered a rich man.

In addition to their own noodle shop, two grain shops and two antique shops in Yuzhou Prefecture, two years ago also asked two brothers to buy five shops in the capital, including two grain shops and one antique shop. There is a silk and satin shop and a spice shop. Of course, they are not ordinary fabrics or spices. These are brought back from southern Xinjiang with a caravan led by Master Tang. As for the caravan, there is one more caravan. Now the entire caravan has There are seven to eighty people.

The Zhou family has also saved a lot of money over the years, and it is very easy to buy a house in the capital.

Of course, I have asked the two senior brothers to help me find out if there is a good house in the capital. After all, she only plans to buy one.Their family has a simple population, and no matter how many houses they buy, they will not be able to withstand the torrent of dynasty change in ancient times.

If Zhou Tang can do something in the future, it will be his business. After all, she is a woman and she will marry sooner or later.

In the Baosha of the back house, Zhou Mei was holding a white piece and looking at the chess game in front of her. Originally, the whole chessboard was already under her control, but who knew that Mother had found the only way to survive, a glimmer of life, I have to say, Zhao's chess skills are really good.

In the past few years, she has often played chess with her master and two senior brothers in Taoist temples, and with her mother at home, but she found that her mother's chess skills are three points better than that of her master. She is grateful for having such a mother. pride.

Her chess skills were all taught by Mrs. Zhao. In the past year, she was able to win two out of three games with her master, and she won one game with her mother's best efforts in three games. Even so, she is still working hard. .

"Mother, I have already asked two senior brothers to help our family look at the house in the capital. If we can find a suitable one, we can move there."

The fingers holding the black flag stopped, and after several years of maintenance, the shiny white fingers and the black chess pieces exuded a strange beauty.

Mrs. Zhao looked up at her daughter, and said softly, "The capital?"

"Well, the capital city." She nodded, "Zhou Tang is already seven years old. Although Yuzhou Prefecture is not bad, it is not as good as the academic atmosphere in the capital city."

Mrs. Zhao naturally understood this truth in her heart, but she was afraid of that place.

She never felt how strong she was. If she was really strong, she would not run away, let alone marry Zhou Zhuang, but she couldn't stop her daughter from moving forward, and she couldn't say anything to stop her from going.

"If you want to go to the capital, there are some things I need to let you know." After all, my daughter is 14 years old, and I should tell her about my own affairs.

Zhou Mei raised her eyes, pinching the chess piece with her fingers just above the star point on the chessboard, "What's the matter?"

"As for your grandfather's family, he is not a scholar, but Zhao Xingyu, Marquis of Chengbei, one of the Four Great Marquises of the capital."

"..." Lord Hou?
Mrs. Zhao ignored her daughter's momentary stupefaction, and said without hesitation: "The current Great Yan Dynasty has been established for hundreds of years. At first, there were three princes, eight marquises and sixteen princes, and now there are only three princes, four marquises and twelve princes. The third duke is Dingguo duke's mansion, Anguo duke's mansion and Huguo duke's mansion, the fourth duke is Changlehou's mansion, that is, your elder brother's house, and your grandfather's Chengbeihou's mansion, Yiyanghou's mansion and Annanhou's mansion, in addition Your grandmother was born in Anguo Gongfu, and the current Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager are both from the Chen family of Huguogongfu, which is the current emperor's natal family."

To be honest, Zhou Mei was very surprised by these words, darling, this is a typical wealthy family, no wonder she felt that her mother was unusual, it turned out that she really came from a wealthy family.

"That……"

"Your grandmother's name is Xuan Jingyue, and she was married to your grandfather's fingertips since she was a child. Although it was only a verbal agreement between the two families, the marriage was brought up when Emperor Yuanchang wanted to make your grandmother his queen. It's all to prevent your grandmother from entering the palace."

"Entering the palace as the empress? If she really entered the palace, wouldn't the current empress dowager be my grandmother?" Zhou Mei was shocked.

"Yes." Zhao Shi sighed, if she had known that her mother's fate would end like this, it would really be worse than entering the palace.

"Since you have such a strong family background, why did mother marry father?" This is what she cares about.

After Emperor Hongyuan succeeded to the throne, under the secret instructions of the Empress Dowager, he continued to suppress the Zanying family. For 20 years, all the families who had been confiscated by Guo were all exiled. Now the rest are just living cautiously. The royal family is nothing more than fear The clan is powerful and affects the situation of the court.The predecessor of the Huguogong Mansion was a family surnamed Chu. The ancestors were the Weihe family who followed the founding emperor to conquer the world. Later, they were framed by traitors and said that they were involved in the rebellion of the King of Wei. In anger, Emperor Yuanchang ransacked the entire family of the Chu family. She kept a living until she later married the eldest daughter of the Chen family who was then the Minister of the Household Department, that is, the Empress Dowager. When she gave birth to the eldest son, her family was named Duke Protector, and she started from a poor family.In addition, there are several noble mansions in the capital that have also been conferred titles in the past 30 to [-] years. Today, only half of the families in the capital can truly be called clans.

"At that time, Emperor Hongyuan was suppressing the clan. Your grandfather wanted to marry your mother into Prince Zhong's Mansion for balance. Mother was unwilling, so she begged the nanny to take me out of the capital."

"Loyal Prince's Mansion? If you marry in, you will be a princess. Why doesn't your mother agree?" Is it another drama where a wealthy daughter-in-law falls in love with a handsome scholar and gives up her wealthy family background?
Just thinking of that father, she was only ashamed.

"Because Prince Zhong is not a good man, he has lost his mind since he was a child, and was violent by nature. Before his mother, he had married five concubines. No one could last a month, and they were all tortured to death by him."

"Then Zhao Xingyu is really a bastard, actually sending his daughter to that kind of place." Zhou Mei was furious.

"Well, he was indeed a father and a husband in vain. Not only did he kill your grandmother, but he even gave the position of the son to the youngest son." Zhao's face turned pale, and the mother looked as if she had died in the end. She will never forget it in her life.

"Young son?" According to the normal trend, isn't it all passed on to the eldest son?Why is it the youngest son?

"After the new emperor succeeded to the throne, Zhao Xingyu invited his youngest son to be crowned heir son. He was the son of his stepmother. When your grandmother was still alive, the two had a relationship."

(End of this chapter)