After being turned into cannon fodder, I relied on involution to survive

Yu Zicheng's marriage began to proceed smoothly due to the compromise of Princess Zhenbei. The women of the Zhenbei Palace who had originally planned to interfere had no time to look for an official matchmaker before their trusted servants brought them the news that Yu Zicheng, the prince of Zhenbei, and Chen Nianzhi, the assistant minister of the Ministry of Works, were engaged.

They looked at each other with their sons in their respective courtyards, "Princess. Is it because your thick thighs can't hold up your thin arms?"

Based on their understanding of Princess Zhenbei, after Chen Nianzhi put forward those three conditions, the matter between her and Yu Zicheng was basically impossible. This was one of the reasons why they unanimously came up with Chen Nianzhi's idea.

Chen Nianzhi's three conditions are of course a great challenge to the majesty of Princess Zhenbei and other female relatives who are the matrons of the family. But for women like them, who are just concubines, their son can leave the house in disguise. Rather than continuing to stay in the house and being tortured by his aunt and uncle, this is a good thing that only happens once in a century.

With Chen Nianzhi's status and potential, no matter who wants to marry her, their conditions must not be too shabby.

This is why at the beginning, no one asked Chen Nianzhi to marry their bastard.

But after Chen Nianzhi put forward such conditions, and all the legitimate sons of well-known families backed down, Chen Nianzhi's "worth" in the eyes of everyone was not as high as before.

As a result, those wealthy sons who were born as concubines and their respective biological mothers naturally became interested.

Unlike those who were direct heirs, in the eyes of those wealthy sons who were born by concubines, two of Chen Nianzhi's conditions were not only not restrictions, but actually benefits to them.

After all, with Chen Nianzhi's current status and the abilities she has shown, if she is willing to marry down to those wealthy young men from a common family, or the fathers, grandparents, etc. of children born from a common family, it must be because of the interests that Chen Nianzhi represents. And for the sake of Yu Zizhen behind her, it would be much easier to give the bastard of their family some more property than to try their best to please their father and grandparents themselves.

He has abundant property and property in his hands, and his wife has a promising future, which can bring unlimited benefits to them and their children and grandchildren. The most important thing is that she can also allow them to get rid of the control of their aunts and brothers and breathe freely. Free air outside.

With so many benefits, it’s a wonder they can’t be tempted.

However, what depressed them was that before they and their respective biological mothers could take action, news of the engagement between Prince Zhenbei and Chen Nianzhi spread quickly in the capital.

Including the concubines and concubines of King Zhenbei, all the concubines and concubines who wanted to have a chance had their dreams shattered by this news and were stunned on the spot.

Like the concubines of King Zhenbei, they also couldn't figure out how Princess Zhenbei could agree to such a marriage.

That's the Prince of Zhenbei! He is the only brother of His Majesty the Emperor who has the same mother.

Although their Majesty the Emperor did not show any enthusiasm for the Zhenbei Prince's Mansion, her attitude towards Yu Zicheng was obviously different from that towards the Zhenbei Prince and his wife.

Except for the gift and courtesy from the emperor that all courtiers enjoy, "you do not have to kneel down in informal situations", the King of Zhenbei and his wife do not have any other special treatment as parents in front of their majesty.

Moreover, their Majesty would never take the initiative to summon the couple to the palace. It could be seen that she was indeed alienated from her parents.

But her attitude towards Yu Zicheng was different. Even when she refused to confer the title of Prince to the King of Zhenbei, the compensation conditions she gave were not to give a title to one of her concubine brothers, but to directly place the title on Yu Zicheng. I still don’t know where it is on my second son. In addition, Yu Zicheng was summoned to the palace from time to time, and the relationship between the siblings was obviously better than the relationship between Yu Zizhen and her parents.

Why on earth would such a hot young talent with such a promising future be so obsessed with asking to marry a girl like Chen Nianzhi?

Everyone was puzzled, some discussed it privately, and some directly went to Princess Zhenbei and Yu Zicheng to inquire tactfully.

Not to mention the private discussions, for those who came to ask in person, Princess Zhenbei and Yu Zicheng were all on the same page, and both gave a standard answer: "Miss Chen is beautiful, virtuous, and talented, and Princess Zhenbei liked her very much when she saw her."

Of course, most people don’t believe this standard answer.

Someone with a quick mind saw Yu Zicheng smiling every day as if he had picked up a gold mine for nothing, and he immediately guessed that the prince must have fallen in love with Chen Nianzhi first, and then persuaded Princess Zhenbei to propose marriage for him. .

While everyone lamented Chen Nianzhi's good luck, they couldn't help but expect that Yu Zizhen would come forward to do something.

After all, King Zhenbei was one of her strong competitors before. Now that his son is marrying such a golden boy as Chen Nianzhi, why is Yu Zizhen still not suspicious?

Especially those who had previously set their sights on Yu Zicheng, a wealthy son-in-law, but ended up giving up on marrying with the Zhenbei Palace because Yu Zicheng was crazy enough to choose an unknown merchant girl as his concubine. Now they are looking forward to Yu Zicheng even more. Something went wrong with her marriage to Chen Nianzhi.

Like Princess Zhenbei's previous thoughts, they also felt that since Yu Zicheng could change his heart once, he would definitely change his heart a second time.

As long as his marriage to Chen Nianzhi fails, their daughter will still have a chance to become Yu Zicheng's third sweetheart.

However, they waited and waited, and what finally came was not Yu Zizhen's secret stop, but an imperial edict conferring marriage between Yu Zicheng and Chen Ninzhi.

Along with the imperial edict, a jade Ruyi given to Chen Nianzhi by Yu Zizhen and a batch of expensive clothing materials and jewelry were also sent to the Chen Mansion.

Chen Nianzhi has no other hobbies. In her spare time, her favorite thing is to dress herself up with beautiful dresses and jewelry of this era. This reward from Yu Zizhen can be regarded as fitting in.

As for Yu Zicheng, seeing that he was as aware of current affairs as the King of Zhenbei, when Yu Zicheng sent someone to send him the wedding edict, he also did not forget to reward him with a new set of armor and a Xiliang horse. A good horse was recently offered to me.

The marriage between the two families was settled in this way. Since Yu Zicheng and Chen Ninzhi were not too young anymore, their marriage was soon officially put on the agenda.

The three books and six rites were quickly completed, and Princess Zhenbei chose a good day recently, planning to let Yu Zicheng marry Chen Nianzhi as soon as possible.

King Zhenbei was also called back by her because of this matter. Of course, as a border guard general, he contacted Yu Zizhen in advance to ask for approval before coming back. (End of chapter)