Queen's scheming

Chapter 192 Newcomer ([-])

"It's a good choice. There are five girls in total. Choosing two is much easier than choosing ten or twenty out of three hundred beautiful girls." Shen Qingyi said while looking at the red lacquer and gold tray brought by Yu He.

An Qingyao got up and took the portraits of the five people first, tilted her head and said, "Let me see which lady is it first?" She was about the same age as herself, but she had to choose two of them. Like the matchmaker, An Qingyao was a little overjoyed.

An Qingyao unfolded them one by one, half-hanging on the rosewood and begonia-patterned armchair beside her, squinting her eyes and said with a smile: "This one is the third lady from Yongjunhou's mansion, and this one is the fifth lady from Zhuangjun Wang's mansion, alas, Why did she come to choose?"

Shen Qingyi was drinking a cup of plum juice. Since she was pregnant, she has always liked sour food, but she couldn't eat a bigger meal. There was no way, Yu He, Yu Lian could only add it to the soup in different ways. Some taro and sweet potatoes are forbidden hungry ingredients.

"Who did you see that surprised you so much? Could it be that the Ministry of Internal Affairs can still hand over a salt-free girl?" Shen Qingyi drank a few sips, feeling a little more comfortable in her stomach, then looked at An Qingyao with a smile and asked .

The corners of An Qingyao's mouth raised slightly and said: "No, it's just that this one was always playing with Yao'er when she was young. At the beginning, she joked that the two of us were brothers who were going to marry into the same family, so that we could be together every day. We are together, but five years ago, after her mother passed away, she went to live with her grandparents, but she never thought that the Ministry of Internal Affairs would hand her over to her."

"This Palace, take a look." Shen Qingyi reached out to take the picture scroll in An Qingyao's hand. The woman in the picture was wearing a light bean green underskirt with a simple curly grass pattern, and she was wearing a bun with a bun, with two sporadic pins on it. Douhua, with such a plain decoration, I don't know if she wants to deliberately avoid being selected, or if she wants to shine with simple elegance.

"Looking at this, she must have a good temper." Shen Qingyi looked at An Qingyao, waiting for her compliments. Since she was a playmate when she was young, An Qingyao would definitely hope that she would be chosen.

Unexpectedly by Shen Qingyi, An Qingyao pursed her lips, and said hesitantly: "Well, speaking of it, it may be because she is the only daughter from the Anping Hou Mansion, and her mother is the only one, and she is not very close to others."

Shen Qingyi hesitated, and asked, "Could it be that she has the same temperament as Concubine Xue?" Isn't Tang Aoxue just the only one in Zhen Guogong's mansion, who has been in the palace for so long and doesn't even have half a good concubine. It's amazing.

An Qingyao shook her head quickly, and said: "If she was really like Concubine Xue, Yao'er wouldn't be on good terms with her. It's not that she has a bad temper. In fact, she has a good heart, but because of the loss of her mother, she is a little depressed. Yu Xin, depressed all day, plus her father doesn't care about her much, she lives in her grandfather's house, it is inevitable that she feels a little dependent on others, so she is not good at getting along with people, and her words will seem a bit bitter, but Not mean by any means, just less tactful."

Shen Qingyi nodded after hearing this, and said: "That's no wonder, I also said that the portraits of the Ministry of Internal Affairs passed in by the people next to me are either cherry red or green leaves, how bright and what? Come on, she chose such an unflattering dress, it turned out to be due to her lack of worldly experience, since she lost her mother at such a young age, life would inevitably be a bit sad."

Shen Qingyi thought of herself, if it wasn't for the fact that there was a younger brother Li Muhao behind her, she might be just like this girl, depressed, people often say that the world is impermanent, it's not like she didn't complain about her mother when she was young Thinking about it now, I don't know if it is a blessing to pass away and leave such a young brother to take care of him.

An Qingyao looked at Shen Qingyi's expression, and asked cautiously: "Does the empress want her to enter the palace as a concubine?"

"Then do you want her to enter the palace as a concubine? I will listen to your opinion!" Looking at An Qingyao's appearance, Shen Qingyi suddenly wanted to test her. Now that she is on the same side as him, those people have already started beating her If you want to deal with yourself, you can't always protect her, An Qingyao should understand some dark things.

An Qingyao has a delicate mind, but she has relatively little contact with this area. The Marquis of Luoyang and his wife also protected her very well. If she hadn't gone through a few things with her, she might still be an ignorant girl now.

An Qingyao thought about it carefully, and seriously replied: "If it's for selfishness, Yao'er hopes that the empress will let her into the palace, on the other hand, she doesn't have a mother to protect her, her father or grandparents may not What kind of family should I choose for her? If she has such a temper and marries into someone else's house, I'm afraid it will not be easy to get along with those people, and she will definitely run into walls everywhere."

"The second is for the empress. Yao'er dare not be a guarantor for other things, but Zhiqian will never compete with the empress, so even if she is included in the palace, she will not pose any threat to the empress. There is no need for empress to feel unhappy, and she will be able to happily give birth to a little prince when the time comes."

Shen Qingyi didn't comment, but only asked with a smile: "Then what if it's for the public?"

An Qingyao was a little embarrassed, bit her lips, and finally said: "If she is a public, she is not suitable, because she is not in good health, and she was weak and sick since she was a child. If she marries into the palace, she will go to the emperor less frequently. , I'm afraid." An Qingyao paused and said, "I'm afraid it won't be as the queen mother wishes, and it won't be so easy for the royal family."

Shen Qingyi put one hand on the small table, looked at An Qingyao with a smile, and said, "You are smart, but it's a pity that there are some potential things that you haven't seen yet."

"Huh?" An Qingyao was a little confused.

Shen Qingyi pointed to the woman on the scroll and said: "The people around are all dressed in red and green, but this lady from the Anping Marquis Mansion is wearing such plain clothes, and there is a hint of sadness in her brows, no matter what she does, she is also a lady from the Anping Marquis Mansion." Miss, she was also taught by a nanny who went out of the palace since she was a child, how could she not know what standard of women she likes in the palace draft, but she just went against it, proving that she didn't want to be selected at all."

"She has a sad face, Yao'er saw it, but she has always looked like this, she must have been frightened by those nuns, thinking that this deep palace is a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones, so she doesn't want to come, When I look back, I will go to see her and explain to her the current situation in the palace. When she enters the palace, she can stay in her own palace quietly. There will definitely not be so many bad things. Knowing what kind of family they are, is so much better!" An Qingyao thinks that with the empress looking after her, the young lady of the Anping Hou's mansion is quiet and doesn't like to make trouble, and she enters the palace and lives a peaceful life. Life, is the best.

Shen Qingyi shook her head with a smile, and said: "Even if she doesn't want to, don't Anpinghou and his current wife know the preferences of the palace draft? They are obviously a beauty, but they dress up like a sick and weak Xi Shi, don't they?" Do you just hope that the palace will recognize that she is weak and sick and not suitable for childbearing? The Marquis of Anping and his wife must have seen this scroll before entering the palace, but they did not ask to repaint it, but just sent it up like this. What does this mean? ?”

"It means that they don't want Zhiqian to enter the palace either!" An Qingyao was almost certain, and said, "Everyone says that the stepmother doesn't like the original spouse's child, and Mrs. Anpinghou certainly doesn't like Zhiqian either, and she doesn't want her to be married." She enters the palace as a concubine, or else you can let Zhiqian enter the palace, otherwise Mrs. Anping Hou doesn't know what kind of family she will marry her to. How about marrying Zhiqian into an unseemly family with some dowry?"

Shen Qingyi smiled and punched An Qingyao's forehead, and said seriously: "Qingyao, you have to remember that caring makes chaos. Once you put yourself in the middle of the game, it's easy to get lost and not see clearly."

Seeing that An Qingyao was still a little ignorant, Shen Qingyi said bluntly: "What kind of family background and status is the Anping Houfu? How can a daughter from the first line marry so poorly? What's more important is that there are two young masters in the Anping Houfu. Even if the stepwife really didn't like Zhiqian, she didn't dare to marry her casually. It was related to the future of her two sons. If Zhiqian married well, her two sons would be happy too. But now Anping The Hou Mansion handed in such a painting, which shows that the Anping Hou Mansion really does not want their daughter to suffer in the palace."

An Qingyao was silent for a long while, carefully digesting Shen Qingyi's words, and then said with a relieved smile: "It's because Yao'er's authorities are lost, and with the empress here, no matter how good a girl is, she is nothing compared to her. From this point of view , Madam Anping Hou is really good for Zhiqian, otherwise she would not have allowed such a picture scroll to be handed over to the palace, after all, for the future of her two sons, there is nothing better than entering the palace."

"So, the empress is not going to let Zhiqian into the palace?" An Qingyao asked.

Shen Qingyi took a sip of the plum juice, and said angrily: "Miss Zhiqian doesn't want to marry herself, and Anping Houfu doesn't want her to marry either, so why should I be that annoying person."

"That's good, it's good to choose among these four." An Qingyao made a gesture to show Shen Qingyi the resumes of the four.

Shen Qingyi waved her hand and said: "Don't look at it, just those two you know, pass on the word, enter the palace in a month, and be registered as a sixth-rank nobleman."

"Don't you need to watch?" An Qingyao was a little puzzled, at such an hour, only Zhiqian was discussed, and the other four Shen Qingyi didn't even look at it, so why did they settle down.

Shen Qingyi shook her head and said: "Although you have a special status now, it's time to attend more banquets, and you can learn some tricks by listening to the gossip of those three aunts and six wives. The two you don't know, it means Those who have not participated in the banquet before, have not participated in the banquet before, but now they popped up, indicating that these two are concubine daughters, they just knew that the palace would choose a concubine, so they hugged Buddha's feet temporarily, and recorded it under the name of the head mother, Such a daughter is not well educated, if she is brought into the palace, she will be like a noble person, looking for trouble for nothing, and I don't want to make trouble for myself."

Shen Qingyi couldn't help sighing, if a concubine could raise her like Mi Yurou, she would be able to marry into a wealthy family.

The person was chosen, An Qingyao also heaved a sigh of relief, she was persuaded by Shen Qingyi to go back to the wing room, and went to rest early.

An Qingyao just left, and the smile on Shen Qingyi's face fell, and she said coldly to Yuhe and Yulian: "I never thought Concubine Xue's intentions are so deep now, this time this palace fell into her scheme Already!"

Yu Lian was already dissatisfied with the selection of the concubine, so she immediately said: "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager was instigated by Tang Aoxue to be drafted into the palace? The slaves just said, why is she so good-natured, she hurried to serve the Empress Dowager, It turns out that I went to blow the pillow breeze!"

Shen Qingyi shook her head and said: "I didn't mean this, this matter was not Concubine Xue's handwriting!"

(End of this chapter)