Little lucky girl from the peasant family: Queen Splendid

Chapter 512 The Temptation of Being a Phoenix
He narrowed his eyes slightly, quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind, and finally responded, "The emperor's choice of concubine is related to the country and the country, and it must start as soon as possible. As for the guard at Jinhekou, he failed the emperor's trust and committed a heinous crime. In terms of merit, I hope the emperor will punish me lightly."

"Since Mr. Linghu Pavilion said so, I will let him go as an official and save the punishment of ransacking his home." Qin Rui smiled irresponsibly, and then ordered the servant of the Ministry of Rites, "The matter of choosing a concubine should be handled with orders." The elders of the Fox Court discussed that the daughters of the third-rank officials in the six prefectures near the capital can participate in the election."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The servant of the Ministry of Rites hurriedly kowtowed to accept the order, and Patriarch Linghu also saluted, and slowly retreated from the train.So far, the confrontation between the monarch and his ministers has come to an end.It sounds simple, but it is not simple.

In the words, a third-rank guard fell from the horse, and hundreds of beautiful girls were about to rush into the deep palace...

As the court dispersed, these two news naturally spread quickly.

The whole of Kyoto immediately boiled like a kettle sitting on the stove.Any official family with children is like stabbing a hornet's nest.

Choosing a concubine, that is a good opportunity to fly to the branch and become a phoenix.Not to mention officials and eunuchs who are familiar with history books, even ordinary people can name a few powerful relatives with their fingers.How many unknown small families, just because they gave birth to a good girl, won the favor of the emperor, brought the whole family to heaven, and enjoyed endless wealth and glory.

Leaving aside, let's talk about the first queen, who was just a daughter of an ordinary farmer, who was born as a cook, and who actually dominated the harem and all the favor of the emperor, which is simply the best in the past and present.

However, they didn't expect their daughters to be like the first empress. After all, the first emperor and the empress formed a love relationship when they were in crisis, and there was a lot of coincidence and destiny.

They only hope that their daughters can get three points of the emperor's favor, which is enough for their own family.

Thinking in this way, every household is busy preparing clothes and jewelry for their daughters.As a result, the number of carriages, horses and pedestrians on the street immediately increased.

The already noisy shopping street became even more lively. The cloth shop was full of people, the shopkeepers were sweating profusely, and the boy almost shouted out his throat.There was no distinction between inside and outside in the jewelry building, all the masters and buddies joined the battle, and all the treasures at the bottom of the box were brought out.

The female customers who used to hesitate a bit, are now very generous, as long as they have jewelry that is pleasing to the eye, they will buy it immediately.It's not that they don't care about money, it's that they are slow to start, and they can't even buy an ear button.

Shoe stores, embroidery shops, rouge and gouache shops, all of them are booming business.The peddlers wandering the streets could not help being jealous, but they didn't have time to talk, because their business was also improving.

When there are more people, there will be more carriages and horses. When waiting, the coachmen and maids always buy some snacks, or eat a bowl of wonton on the side of the road.

An imperial decree to choose a concubine disrupted the spring water in Kyoto and the surrounding six prefectures.Seeing that it was already the end of autumn, the enthusiasm of the people made the world as warm as spring.

The four great aristocratic families are also stepping up preparations for the selection of concubines. Those who have a girl in the family have to teach manners and take care of clothes and jewelry. If there is no girl, they will find a beautiful one as their adopted daughter.Being so busy, he still has to be distracted to find out why the emperor did anything to the insignificant place of Jinhekou.

Of course, Jinhekou was thousands of miles away, and no news came back for a while.

The fifth master of the Dong family received a reward for his previous birthday, and he was very popular among his colleagues, but when he was free, he also talked with his wife in private, why the emperor never promoted him.

Now that there is an imperial decree to choose a concubine, girls of the right age from families above the third-rank official must participate in the election, and the Wufang family is immediately extremely grateful to the new emperor.

Unlike other families who are used to marrying their children to consolidate their own power, the five-bedroom couple loves their children very much.If he hadn't looked at Ding Wei's rationality and cared about her mother's family before, even Ding's second son was also a good character, so he married the eldest daughter.But now that the quarrel has caused the daughter to live outside, as long as the husband and wife think about it, they still feel bad.

Therefore, regarding the marriage between the remaining eldest son and the second daughter, the two of them are cautious and careful.Among them, especially the marriage of the second daughter, they should be more selective anyway.

For entering the palace to choose a concubine, other families may be overjoyed, but the Dong family doesn't think about it at all.

The emperor has always been ruthless. Everyone only heard about which concubine was the favorite and how beautiful they were, but they never thought about how many people died in the cold palace.

The Dong family is not very rich, but they won't be bullied anymore, so naturally they don't have to send their daughters to suffer in the cannibal's harem.

But other people don't think so, Mr. Dong Ge didn't send anyone to persuade him, but the third wife who was almost pissed off at the birthday banquet earlier came again.

Mrs. Dong originally wanted to pretend to be sick, but the third lady had a thick skin and walked in without waiting for the maid to inform her.

Mrs. Dong patiently called the servant girl to serve tea, and finally heard that the third lady hated the taste of the dim sum, so she asked, "Sister-in-law San is here this time, is there something wrong?"

The third lady remembered that she came to ask for something this time, so she quickly put away the look of disgust on her face, and said with a smile, "I have nothing else to do, I just came to ask, is your second niece going to run for the election?"

Mrs. Dong smiled faintly, "My master is only a fourth-rank official, and he is no longer in the election, so it's peace of mind."

"Oh, why are you so brainless." The third lady raised her eyebrows, her expression becoming more and more contemptuous, "You think that the daughters sent by other people's families to run for election are their own, and they are not brought from outside. If a niece or niece has such a It doesn't matter if they are related by blood, some of them are even young ladies in the flower house!"

"What?" Mrs. Dong was really surprised when she heard it. This is for the emperor to choose a concubine. The girl's beauty and ugliness are secondary. The most important thing is her net worth.How could such a woman who came out of the place of fireworks be sent to the emperor.

Although they knew that there might be other reasons for the emperor's decree to reward them at the previous birthday banquet, but their family was really grateful to the emperor. Hearing that someone wanted to send the fireworks girl into the palace, they naturally felt uncomfortable.

Where did the third lady think so much, seeing Madam Dong frowning, she was so unhappy.

"You are really ignorant. The women from that place, even the young ladies, have learned the art of charm, and maybe they are even more pleasing to the emperor. To tell the truth, the third girl in my family reported under the name of the old man. up."

"Ge Lao agreed?"

Mrs. Dong was very puzzled. After all, the five masters visited Ge Lao earlier, and the advice they received was that the Dong family should hide their strengths and bide their time, and wait for the right time.However, now that Sanfang sends her daughter to choose a concubine, no matter how you look at it, it is not in line with the purpose of keeping a low profile...

"Of course I agree." The third lady's expression was a little flustered, but she quickly covered it up, and then said, "The third girl of my family will become a queen and give birth to a prince, and the whole Dong family will follow suit. How could the boss disagree? At that time, brother and sister, you will be the aunt of the empress."

"Sister-in-law San is joking, but I dare not."

"Why dare you dare to do this? Whether the third girl can win the emperor's favor, whether she can be crowned empress, depends on the fifth sibling?"

The third lady made a lot of detours, and finally got to the point, "The fifth younger brother and sister also know that our family is not generous. Now I want to send the third girl into the palace, and I need money for clothes and jewelry. I'm almost ready , the only thing is the lack of a good set of jewelry. No, remembering the set of glass gem headgear that the eldest girl brought back from the outside, and the junk in the silver building, I don’t like it anymore. I’m not polite to the fifth brother and sister. The important matter of the third girl is the big event of the entire Dong family, so you can take out that set of glass gem head masks for the third girl to use. When the third girl gets power in the future, she will never forget the benefits of the fifth younger sibling."

She raised her chin proudly as she spoke, as if her daughter is now the queen.

Mrs. Dong almost laughed angrily when she heard it. It turned out that the third lady belonged to the tortoise.

She clearly refused the birthday banquet that day, but today she actually asked for it again, which is really disgusting.

"Third sister-in-law, you'd better be more polite. As I said, the set of gemstones was sent back by the eldest girl, but I don't need it. I have to keep it for the second girl. It's not good for the third girl."

"Second Miss doesn't want to participate in the election, so what are you doing with such fine jewelry?" The Third Madam was in a hurry, and immediately snapped her mouth, "Could it be that you have changed your mind and sent Second Miss into the palace?"

Mrs. Dong shook her head, "No, we won't send the second girl into the palace, but the second girl must get married, and this set of jewelry should be reserved for the second girl as a dowry. The third sister-in-law should not waste time with me, and hurry to the silver building Turn around, maybe you can find two more satisfying ones.”

The third lady was so blocked that her eyes were wide open, and she looked at Mrs. Dong a few times unwillingly. Xu knew that she would never get that set of jewelry, so she got up angrily and said angrily, "Okay, if I knew you were like this I won't come to someone as stingy as you. In the future, my third daughter will gain power, and you don't even want to take advantage of it!"

"Sister-in-law San said this, so I naturally hope for the well-being of Miss San. If Miss San is narrow-minded and annoys her mother's parents because she can't get jewelry, I can't help it."

Mrs. Dong did not lose at all, she deserved it quickly and accurately, so angry that the third lady turned her head and left.

Master Dong Wu came from the front yard when he heard the news, and he sighed after asking, "The third brother's family always looks like this, but it's a pity for the third girl. It's good if you don't get selected, but you will suffer for the rest of your life if you get selected."

Miss Dong Er just rushed over, and after hearing these words, she rarely asked, "Mother, what's wrong with the third sister being an imperial concubine?"

Mrs. Dong and his wife looked helplessly at each other. How should they answer? Could it be that they guessed that the new emperor had someone he admired in his heart, and that person was...

Don't talk about how Mrs. Dong explained this matter to her daughter, but only say that Mrs. Dong San is so wholeheartedly looking forward to her daughter flying up to the branch to become a phoenix's mother, which is almost everywhere in the whole of Kyoto.

Because Haiyun Pavilion is famous for its novelty, whether it is jewelry or objects, the threshold has almost been stepped on these days. The price of glass gemstones, which were already ridiculously expensive, has directly doubled the price.

This also provided sufficient money for purchasing grain at high prices.

While everyone was busy choosing concubines, truckloads of grain were shipped out from various prefectures of Donghao, loaded directly to the nearest wharf, and sent to Quanzhou along the canal.Finally, the largest fleet was loaded on and went upstream to the mouth of the Jinhe River.

(End of this chapter)