Lord, don't be afraid, the princess is not angry

Chapter 273 Visiting the Queen
Seeing that Geng Erlang was a little worried, King Ping told the truth lightly: "In fact, she disguised herself as a man and came here to work here."

Geng Erlang was taken aback when he heard this, but he didn't know how to intercede for her.

"This king has an old relationship with his father, so I can't bear to punish her, but I'm afraid she won't be able to control her temperament, so I boldly came to ask Second Young Master Geng if she would like to marry her, and if it's convenient, I can take her with me in the future." Let's investigate together."

Geng Erlang couldn't help but glanced at his father, he was a little surprised when he saw his father and said something to stop him.Thinking about Yang Erlang, he couldn't help saluting and said: "The marriage of the boy is entirely up to the elders."

This is what it means to agree, King Ping nodded secretly, and looked over at Geng Jieqing.

"Okay, you go down." Geng Jieqing said to his son, and after his son left, he looked at Prince Ping, "Then take a trip to the palace and pass a message to the palace."

"It's not hard, so Xiao Wang also said goodbye."

"No delivery."

Within a few days, the palace's decree to bestow marriage came down.When Geng Erlang first received Yizhi, although he reluctantly thanked him, he immediately pulled his father to the side in a hurry. He hadn't realized that King Ping mentioned that the old daughter was Princess Wanhua.Geng Jie took a look at his appearance, and also gave him a look of resentment.

"Use your brain, go back and think about it. Fortunately, you didn't enter the officialdom, otherwise you would be a muddled official."

"Second brother is just a fan of the authorities." Geng Dalang was also on the side, and couldn't help joking.

Geng Erlang was still a little puzzled, but seeing the attitudes of his father and elder brother, he gradually had a guess in his heart, and looked at his father in disbelief.Geng Jieqing laughed, dropped him and called his eldest son to the study to play chess.

As soon as the news about Princess Shang of Geng Erlang came out, there was another discussion in the court.The Holy Majesty has three daughters in total. The eldest princess married the son of General Xia, and the second princess married the son of the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Justice.Compared with Princess Changle, who married into the Kong family, and Princess Yiyang, who married into the Xie family, these two princesses are now married to important ministers. It is very obvious that the Holy Majesty wants to support his own strength against Duke Qing. .

Even though Duke Qing's nephews had many marriages with various ministers in the court, there were not many successful ones, unlike the royal family where there was a King Chen and a King Beichuan.From the previous incidents, everyone can see that the Zhang family may have no successors. If Qing Guogong can take advantage of these years to support his disciples, that's all. pawn.

It's just that the meaning of the King of Beichuan is a little unclear now. If he is facing Duke Qing, maybe the courtiers can bear with Duke Qing's domineering, but many ministers know that the relationship between Duke Beichuan and Duke Qing is not clear. Well, it's not true, but it's for the sake of An Sheng.

Once Princess Wanhua got engaged, she obediently prepared for the marriage in the palace, and even embroidered a few stitches of the wedding dress herself, which comforted the Queen Mother very much.The marriages of these granddaughters of hers were all arranged by the Holy Majesty himself, and she didn't intervene, even about the matter of the Holy Majesty's harem, now she can't speak.

Ever since the incident with Concubine Shu, the Holy Majesty was obviously indifferent to these women, and only got closer to Concubine Sang.This concubine Sang didn't show much when she was with Empress Jingyi before, but now she seems to be a coquettish girl.Fortunately, although the Holy Majesty often went to Sangpin's palace, he did not treat the queen slowly because of this. Unfortunately, the queen herself did not live up to it. Since she fell ill, her body has not been better.

Hearing the news of Princess Wanhua's engagement, the queen went to her treasury to choose a lot of good things and gave them to her.

"How is the queen's phoenix body?" Princess Wanhua asked the female official who brought the things.

"It's getting better."

"Let the queen rest well. She has been ill for less than half a year. Do you want to change her prescription to take care of her?"

"Yes, the servant must tell the queen."

Princess Wanhua nodded, and when the female officer saw that she had no other orders, she apologized and withdrew.Princess Wanhua has never been close to her stepmother, but after reading many case files outside, she knows that this stepmother is still very virtuous, but her temperament is too soft, not the type she likes to be close to.She liked Princess Ping's personality better, knowing that she wanted to embroider the wedding dress by herself, Zhuhua also sent in some simple flower patterns drawn by herself, which she liked more than those utensils.

The Holy Majesty also went to see the queen after Princess Wanhua's marriage was settled. At first, he thought that the queen's illness was just a minor illness, but he never took it to heart.Regarding Princess Wanhua's wedding, there were many things that had to be done by the queen, so the Holy Majesty wanted to see how her illness was going.

Entering the inner room of the queen's palace, the female officer next to the queen was about to go in to make an announcement, the Holy Majesty waved at her, stopped her movement, and walked in quietly by himself.

The queen was leaning on the bed reading a book, and Xingxiang, who had followed the queen since she was a child, was waiting beside her. Seeing that the queen had been reading for a while, she stepped forward to persuade her.

"Your Majesty, let's rest, don't spoil your eyes."

"I've only watched it for a while, how can it be bad. I heard that Empress Jingyi is very knowledgeable, I need to learn more."

"Your Majesty, if you want to learn, you have to take care of yourself first."

The Holy Majesty listened outside, and after waiting for a while, he pretended to have just arrived and entered the house.When Xingxiang saw the saint coming up, she hurriedly stepped forward to salute, and the queen also struggled to sit up when she saw it.

"Lie down." The Holy One said, and sat down beside the bed.

Xingxiang also knew what was going on, and immediately retreated outside.

The Holy Majesty glanced at the book that the Empress had put on the bed, leaned over and took it, and asked, "How did you think of reading this?"

"Nothing to do during illness, pass the time." The queen replied timidly.

Seeing her pale face, the Holy Majesty couldn't bear it, so he persuaded: "Why do you bother to look at these things, you should get well first."

"Yes, the concubine knew it was wrong."

The Holy One frowned slightly, and didn't know what to say to her. After a long while, he could only sigh, "You are the empress, the most important thing is to take care of the harem. It doesn't matter that the empress dowager is in charge now, but you can't." Always trouble the Queen Mother."

"Yes." The queen quickly replied, she didn't know what to say other than this.

Seeing her like this, the Holy One knew that she might not be able to do it, so he asked: "Is there no one behind you who can be trusted, who can help you manage the harem?"

After hearing this, the queen thought about it seriously, but she really couldn't name anyone.

The Holy Majesty waited for a while, seeing her like this, he jokingly said: "It's a good thing you didn't talk about Xingxiang at the moment."

"Xingxiang? Your Majesty thinks that Xingxiang can take on this important task?" the queen asked in confusion.

The Holy Majesty glanced at her and chuckled, "Why not? She often brings soup over at night on behalf of the queen, and this thought alone is a heavy responsibility."

The queen was puzzled, but she suddenly understood, her already pale face became even worse.His Majesty's gaze sank, and he threw the book in his hand towards the end of the bed.

"It's better to learn how to manage the harem than to imitate others to invite favors. You don't even understand the affairs of your own harem, so how can you afford the harem. I heard that your mother is a neat person, so why don't you Learned a little bit."

"It's the concubine who is stupid." The queen said holding back her tears.

The Holy Majesty can't blame her. When the Queen Mother chose his concubine for him, she never thought that he would become the emperor.The Jia family always thought that it was a great fortune to have a princess in the family. Who would have thought that this princess would be a queen one day.Mrs. Jia knew that the empress was soft-tempered, so she only picked a few girls who were suitable to follow her. At that time, the affairs of the palace were arranged by the eldest princess, and the empress couldn't interfere, so it's better to hug the man and give birth to a son.But after so many years, the queen did not give birth to a son, and now that the eldest princess is married, she has not been able to control the harem.Some girls around her are loyal but useless, and some girls are not only useless but also loyal.

Mrs. Jia also knew that it was impossible to go on like this, so she took the most useful girl Qiaoping by her side to the queen when she went to the palace to visit the sick next time.This girl is the grandniece of Jia's nanny, she was betrothed by her father in a muddleheaded way, and the man died of illness before getting married, because she got a lot of dowry from her family, she had to observe filial piety for three years before remarrying.

This year she remarried Congji, but her in-law's family spoke out to stop her, so she couldn't find a good one.This girl is also temperamental, so she simply didn't marry, and went back to Jia's mansion to be her second-class girl.Mrs. Jia saw that she was capable, so she transferred her from the kitchen to her own room, and promoted her to a first class within a few years.Because of her attractiveness, and the family deeds of her parents and brothers are all in her hands, Mrs. Jia also intends to let her enter the palace to serve the queen in the future.After asking Qiaoping what she meant, she agreed.

The queen was relieved when she saw her mother sent someone to visit her. When Xingxiang took Qiaoping down to resettle, she had a private conversation with her mother and repeated what the Holy Majesty said a few days ago. I told my mother.

Jiamu nodded after hearing this: "It seems that the Holy Majesty understands that if you, the master of the harem, are in chaos, many things in the previous court will also be in chaos. I used to think that Xingxiang was not good, but Qiaoping just came here. , It will take a few days before she is relieved to let her take Xingxiang's place. You are not in good health to serve the Holy Majesty, so it is hard for the Holy Majesty to take care of you. If you think Qiaoping is good, then let her serve the Holy Majesty. "

"The one whose mother runs away is naturally good." The queen said, feeling a little lonely in her heart, but she also thought that the girls she had always been closest to were all betrayers, but the one chosen by her mother was not at fault.

"You have to pay attention to yourself, there are so many servants in this palace, most of them are willing to work for you."

"But my daughter has no offspring, if..."

"I see that it will be difficult for the heirs of the Holy One. If you have no children, others will be the same. No matter what the future holds, you must always secure your position. If the Jia family can become the next Zhang family, it will not be in vain for you to suffer now." end these sufferings."

(End of this chapter)