Lord Moyu was forced to open

"I'm already at this age, why do I need more dignity? As long as you, Yan'er, can live a good life in the future, grandpa can rest assured. As for what other people say, it doesn't matter!"

Zhang He smiled and drank water from the tea cup, and said to his granddaughter with a smile on his face.

Zhang Yuyan shook her grandfather's arm reluctantly and said:

"Are you so unsure of Yan'er? I am your granddaughter!

This means that women cannot take the imperial examination. Otherwise, my granddaughter, I will definitely be able to give you the top prize! "

"Hahaha! Okay, okay! My Yan'er is the female number one scholar! The female number one scholar!"

Zhang He laughed loudly and comforted his granddaughter, then he stopped smiling and sighed: "It's not that grandpa doesn't believe you, it's just that grandpa has seen too much. Have you forgotten what happened when His Majesty first ascended the throne?

At that time, grandpa faked illness, and how many ghosts and monsters did he fake as a result?

When those relatives of our Zhang family saw that I was dying, they wanted to eat you with all your bones.

Turn all of Grandpa's huge family property into his own.

Tell me, you are a girl, if your grandfather really leaves, how will you face them? "

"My granddaughter won't have any contact with them!"

Zhang Yuyan said.

Zhang He shook his head and said: "This matter is not as simple as you think. The clan's influence is far greater than you think.

Now that they can't control you, that's because grandpa is still here.

If grandpa leaves, it won't be surprising if they marry you to a lame grandpa. The way of the world is that people eat people!

Even relatives are no exception.

Sometimes relatives eat even more harshly!

If you were a boy, grandpa wouldn't be afraid. You could be the head of a family and they would have nothing to do with you.

At most, they can help you keep Weiyu and take up part of the property. With Grandpa's influence, they don't dare to go too far.

But you are a girl, and even the government will not help you. Once they forcefully marry you off, the Zhang family's property can only be classified as family property, and they can do whatever they want.

But it will be different if you enter the palace.

Grandpa has promoted you to the position of fourth concubine. When the time comes, grandpa's property will be your dowry.

When you have a child in the future, this will be your family background to support that child.

Grandpa can feel at ease down there! "

"grandfather!"

After Zhang Yuyan listened to Zhang He's analysis silently, she threw herself into the old man's arms and refused to come out for a long time.

Zhang He also smiled and patted his back.

This was Zhang He's plan. He would not be able to hold on to his property with Zhang Yuyan alone.

Instead of waiting a hundred years later to take advantage of others, it is better to let your granddaughter enter the palace and keep these things for your great-grandson.

After understanding her grandfather's good intentions, Zhang Yuyan prepared even harder.

At this time, in the Cining Hall, Queen Mother Zhang and Queen Xiaowen were selecting the portraits of beautiful girls one by one.

"Mother, what do you think of this girl?

This is the daughter of the right minister of the household department. She is pretty, dignified and beautiful.

What's more important is that you look at the protruding front and back, and the big butt. You can tell that you are easy to give birth to. If you enter the palace, you may be able to have a grandson again next year! "

Empress Xiaowen Li held up the portrait of the daughter of the right minister of household affairs in her hand and recommended to Zhang with satisfaction.

Mrs. Zhang came to Mrs. Li's side, looked at the portrait, then shook her head and said:

"I've heard about this girl. Although she looks good and has a good body, she has a fierce temper. It is said that when she was in her hometown in Shuzhong County, she once broke three ribs of a talented man introduced to him by the right servant. She is really too much. If you are too fierce, Your Majesty may not like it.

inappropriate! inappropriate! "

"Ah! So fierce?!"

Mrs. Li hurriedly put down the portrait. She really couldn't believe that there was such a fierce woman in the world. The education she received since she was a child was to teach her daughter to be virtuous, virtuous and gentle, but she had never seen such a woman before. She didn't expect it. The daughter of the right minister of the Household Department is such a strange woman. His Majesty must not be able to accept it.

Next one, next one!

Then the two of them started choosing again. After a while, Zhang's eyes suddenly lit up, and she pointed at the portrait in front of her and said:

"Qing Ning, why don't you come and see this girl? This is the daughter of Wang Yushi from the Imperial Embassy. She is also five feet tall. Look at how this child can be breastfed in the future and looks beautiful. The Ai family thinks it's good. well!"

When Empress Xiaowen Li heard this, she hurriedly came over with a light step. It looked really good at first glance, but why did it look familiar?

If you think about it again, isn't this the daughter of Wang Wen, the envoy of Wang Wen, who lives next to her natal family?

The father and daughter are...

After thinking for a while, Mrs. Li said: "Mother, the family tradition of the Wang family seems a bit..."

Mrs. Zhang frowned and asked quickly: "How?"

Li Qingning said slowly: "I heard before I got married that the Wang family is quite wealthy.

A few days ago, when I went home to visit relatives, I even saw this young lady from the Wang family. She was very worried about even a penny being spent. She was afraid that others would take advantage of her. She was not very generous, and she was also very stingy towards her servants. Listen. It is said that all the servants in the Wang family's mansion don't like this eldest lady. "

"That's it..."

Empress Dowager Zhang Shengsheng thought for a moment, then frowned and said:

"Don't be afraid, just train her and train her in the palace. Besides, the daughter of a mere imperial envoy cannot be held in a high position. When the time comes, just give her the position of ninth concubine.

There is a queen to teach her. "

Even after his mother said this, Li Qingning didn't say anything more, nodded and continued searching.

But after a while, she suddenly let out a sigh, which caught Mrs. Zhang's attention.

"What? Did you see any good girl again?"

Li Qingning shook his head and handed the portrait over. At the same time, he found the girl's background information and handed it to Zhang, with a solemn expression:

"Mother, this is Zhang Xiang's granddaughter!"

"Zhanghe?!"

Zhang was shocked when he heard this and looked at the portrait and information in his hand.

After a while, Mrs. Zhang said: "Didn't the Ai family hear that the only granddaughter in Zhang Xiang's family is Miaomiao?

How could he..."

Zhang didn't finish her words, but Li Qingning already understood what she meant, and immediately said: "But to be sent to us, he must have been screened, and His Majesty must have known about it.

Queen Mother, look at Zhang Yuyan..."

Mrs. Zhang looked at the portrait and thought for a long time, then said:

"Since His Majesty has released me, let's... let's do this. We will hold a palace banquet in the Imperial Garden tomorrow and send invitations to the ladies of each family, asking them to bring their daughters who are going to participate in the draft to the palace for the banquet.

The Ai family wanted to see this lovely person with their own eyes. "

"Okay! This is what my daughter-in-law ordered people to do."

Empress Xiaowen Li nodded, immediately walked out of the palace and gave instructions to her men.

In less than half a day, the news spread throughout Bianjing that the Queen Mother was going to hold a palace banquet in the Imperial Garden and invited all the show girls and their mothers to enter the palace.

People who received the news began to prepare.

For those like Zhang Yanran whose parents were away, they had no choice but to prepare and go there by themselves. After all, the Queen Mother invited only female relatives to this banquet.

Zhang He is naturally not a suitable man to go.

When Zhao Jun heard the news, he decided to take a peek. He also wanted to know what these show girls looked like.

Time passes slowly.

A day flies by in the blink of an eye.

Early in the morning, when all the men in the family were going to court, the ladies who had received invitations from Manbian Capital were busy preparing with their daughters and nieces, and they were gathering towards the imperial city.

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(End of this chapter)