Concubine Sheng Chong

Chapter 50
When the sun was slanting, Emperor Yongning looked at the bamboo baskets placed on both sides, and smiled helplessly, "I have been fishing for several years, but I can't compare with you."

Xu Junyan chuckled, Emperor Yongning was obsessed with fishing and disliked government affairs all these years, it was just a cover.

Back at Duke Anguo's mansion, Xu Junyan ran into Xu Junhui who was about to leave the mansion.

Xu Junhui started to have troubles in the Ministry of Officials these days, and seeing Xu Junyan got even more angry.

"Third Brother is currently in full swing, and I don't know when he will earn a title?"

He snorted coldly in his heart, you, Xu Junyan, are just a bastard, no matter how hard you try, it's nothing more than that, how can you be stronger than yourself, the future Duke An?

Xu Junyan walked straight over without pausing, and there was no trace of emotion on Junyi's face.

Xu Junhui said coldly: "The third brother has forgotten the dignity of the concubine?"

Xu Junyan didn't turn his head back, "Master Xu, why not think about how to keep your position."

Master Xu's voice was so clear that Xu Junhui almost staggered.

Xu Junhui has been getting close to King Duan recently, and Wang Zhao has long noticed his frequent petty actions in the bureaucracy, so it is bound to be difficult for him to live now.

Seeing that he just left without looking directly at him from the beginning to the end, Xu Junhui held back for a long time before he could utter a word.

"Go to Ten Fragrance Tower."

The entourage quickly asked: "Master, do you want to use a car?"

"Go away! Grandpa's leg is not broken yet!"

In Prince Duan's mansion, a woman dressed in a palace dress of colorful dark flowers and cloud brocade stood in front of Zhou Chengrui.

"My lord, about that batch of incense, the empress dowager may have been suspected by the sage. The empress dowager means to avoid the limelight for the time being."

Zhou Chengrui's slender peach blossom eyes narrowed slightly, "It's just...my concubine always acts carefully..."

Unexpectedly, after all these years of mediocrity, my younger brother has grown a brain.

Jing Rong said: "The empress dowager means to take advantage of this time to choose a concubine for the Holy One."

Zhou Chengrui pondered for a moment and asked: "The Empress Dowager is still in the Jingxin Hall but not involved in palace affairs?"

Jing Rong nodded, "The Empress Dowager has seldom been out of the Meditation Hall since the Holy Majesty ascended the throne, and the Empress Dowager can't understand what the Empress Dowager is thinking."

"Where's your majesty? Do you often go to the meditation hall?"

Jing Rong naturally understood what he meant, and replied: "The Holy Majesty will go to pay his respects every day, but he only said a few words. According to the empress dowager, it seems that the empress dowager really intends to purify her heart and worship the Buddha."

Although the queen mother is Wang Zhao's daughter, she was sent to the palace by the Wang family, and was entrusted with the throne as the master of the middle palace.

But Wang Zhao didn't expect that his daughter had a deep affection with Emperor Yong'an and the empress, and tried to suppress the power of the Wang family, a foreign relative.

After Emperor Yong'an died of illness, the young son Zhou Chengyou ascended the throne at the time of national mourning, and his country name was Yongning.

Zhou Chengrui lowered his eyes, he still didn't understand.

When his father passed away, Zhou Chengyou was supported by Wang Zhao and others to the throne of God. After the queen mother appointed Wang Zhao as the grand teacher, she moved into the Jingxin Hall and never asked about court affairs again.

Although the queen mother is a daughter of the royal family, she is not in harmony with the royal family, but why did Wang Zhao finally control the government?

It is tantamount to sending his son to Wang Zhao's hands.

What is it for?
Zhou Chengrui couldn't figure it out, and shook his head with a smile, "Mother concubine wants the emperor to choose a concubine? Disturb the muddy waters of the government?"

Jing Rong nodded, "The empress dowager means that. Most of the internal eunuchs we have placed next to the sage now have been excused by the majesty. The empress dowager wants the majesty to have no time to care about her actions."

Zhou Chengrui lightly brushed the dust off his sleeves, "Mother and concubine, she's not afraid of provoking another queen into the palace?"

Last year's concubine selection, Emperor Yongning, was rejected on the grounds of unrest on the border, and Wang Zhao was very displeased at that time.

Everyone knew that Wang Zhao wanted to secure his position in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so naturally he would not give up such a good opportunity to send a royal daughter into the palace.

Jing Rong shook his head and said with a smile: "The empress dowager said that there is only one legitimate daughter of the right age in the Wang family, and the grand master Wang has already given this daughter a place of honor for his son Wang Qingduan's position as Minister of the Ministry of War. To the eldest son of the current minister of the Ministry of War, as long as the prince goes around again, and this matter is completed, his royal family will no longer have an unidentified woman of the right age to enter the palace."

Zhou Chengrui thought for a while, then nodded. It is true that this matter must be completed before the concubine can be selected, otherwise I am afraid it will be as Wang Zhao wants.

As long as the Wang family doesn't get involved, the election of a concubine this time will make the water in the court even more muddy.

Suddenly he thought that Emperor Yongning had already begun to remove the eyeliner around him, but his pair of slender peach blossom eyes became deeper and deeper.

"Your Majesty has been acting a lot lately, but what's the difference?"

Jing Rong thought for a while and said, "Recently, Your Majesty...has often summoned the third young master of An Guo Gong's Mansion into the palace, that is, General Xu who has just taken over the Zhennan Guard, and His Majesty will go fishing with him in Qingye Pond."

Zhou Chengrui's expression froze, fishing?

Emperor Yongning always liked fishing alone in Qingye Pond, and he knew this.

But why are you getting involved with Xu Junyan now?
If it is said that Emperor Yongning began to clean up the eyeliner in the palace, it has something to do with Xu Junyan, could it be that Xu Junyan's hand can already reach out to the inner guards in the palace?

He has taken down the Suzaku Camp? !
Zhou Chengrui's face became darker and darker.

What should this person do?
Think of another way to win him over?Or deal with him?
But I am too weak in general, if I can get his help, I will be able to walk more steadily in the future...

"Send a message for the king, tomorrow the king will go to the palace to pay his respects to the concubine mother."

Jing Rong responded and quickly left Duanwang Mansion.

Zhou Chengrui sat alone in the flower hall, thinking for a long time.

What if... he betrothed his younger sister, Princess Huai Shu?
Doesn't he want to climb up?The starting point of the son-in-law is much higher than his little general Zhaoyi, right?

He has done so much, isn't it just to get rid of the disadvantage of being a concubine?
This point fits very well with me...

Zhou Chengrui narrowed his eyes, drank the cool tea in the celadon teacup at hand, got up and walked towards the backyard.

"Master, a letter from Fang Shizi."

Xu Junyan took the letter from Xu Ming, opened it, glanced at it, and burned it clean on the candlestick.

Now that the Fang family's army is being reshuffled, the Fang family can only wait, as any random movement at this time will be the target of public criticism.

It's just that when did Fang Licheng start using the trick of sending messages?

"Fang Shizi has been staying behind closed doors recently, and it is said that he is hiding from that Miss Li of Dudu Li's mansion..."

Xu Ming twitched the corners of his mouth. Last time at the gate of Pinxiangxuan, he had already seen that Miss Li's scarf.

Xu Junyan chuckled, indeed, the relationship between Fang Licheng and Miss Li is really interesting.

If the Fang family married the Li family, many people would suffer from headaches, and even Wang Zhao would not be able to sit still.

Both of them hold military power and have a lot of power.

Although Li Rang, the governor of the Left Army, is the direct uncle of Duan Wang Zhou Chengrui, at present, he is still in a neutral attitude, and he is probably still waiting and watching.

I don't know how the Li family's messy account is calculated.

Xu Junyan thought about it for a moment, and left a box of high-grade Lanling Maofeng from Jiangnan on the Duobao Pavilion.

"Send this box of Lanxi Maofeng to Jing'an Hou Mansion."

Seeing his solemn expression, Xu Ming thought he had some orders, but he heard these words.

He was no longer surprised in an instant, and took the tea leaves calmly.

Compared with the tall vase with red sea beast and fish waves pattern, the IOU and the account book last time, this tea is much simpler, just hand it over to the concierge.

Xia He practiced dice very diligently in the past few days, and the yard was always full of noise, and the maids, women, and servants in the bamboo forest side yard were all dragged by her to gamble.

After Xu Junyan walked past with a cold face, he finally calmed down.

The bored Xia He threw away the sieve cup and began to pester Xu Ming to leave the house again.

Xu Junyan directly handed over the matter of staring at the Xuanwu camp to Xu Ming.

Unexpectedly, Xia He has now become familiar with several generals in the Xuanwu camp, and finally learned the trick of making a thousand tricks.

Finally, with a dark face, Xu Ming sped up his actions against the Xuanwu camp.

Yicui Pavilion has been gloomy these days.

Even Jiang Jinqian couldn't enter Wang's yard, and Jiang Jinqian smashed countless teacup ornaments.

Xueyan never tires of finding trouble in Yicui Pavilion, so she brought the account book and came to ask Jiang Jinqian for money.

Jiang Jinqian was furious, grabbed the white-glazed peony flower and apricot leaf bottle beside him and wanted to smash it.

Xue Yan beamed, "Second Miss, you are really extravagant. This white-glazed apricot leaf bottle is worth 50 taels. If you don't prepare the silver first, you can smash it more happily."

The monthly fee for the lady in the mansion is ten taels of silver, because of Jiang Shiheng's intention, the monthly fee for Yicui Pavilion has been reduced, and Jiang Jinqian now only has a monthly fee of six taels of silver.

She has always spent money lavishly, but now that Pinxiangxuan has closed its shop, the rouge and spices have to be purchased with extra money.

I am used to the finest rouge powder and spices, but it is difficult to change from extravagance to frugality.

After she smashed the inferior rouge brought back by Shiqing, she used her savings over the years.

Now Mrs. Wang has been grounded, and she has only asked someone to send her back the money.

However, after Yicui Pavilion was controlled by Jiang Jinyan, they stepped on it everywhere, and even had to spend extra money for food and hot water.

As soon as there was any movement, Xue Yan came to add fuel to the flames. She almost couldn't help rushing to Wutong Garden several times in the past few days.

It was only under Shiqing's persuasion that she held back her breath.

Wang's life is even more difficult. She knows Jiang Shiheng's temperament, and she will not be able to get out without a few months.

Qiansha stayed by Wang's side in silence, grinding ink for her and copying Buddhist scriptures for her.

Thinking of getting rid of the confidant trouble of Yulian this time, Qiansha took the opportunity to replace Yulian's position.

Wang Shi insisted on asking Qiansha to transfer her mother to Jing'an Hou Mansion, Qiansha understood that she had no handle in Wang Shi's hands, and Wang Shi would not rest assured of herself, so she nodded and thanked her.

Although Mrs. Wang was grounded, after so many years of painstaking efforts, she still has some relationship with the stewards in the front yard, and it is not a problem to arrange a wife.

"How is Second Miss these days?"

Thinking of Jiang Jinqian's restless look, Qiansha raised the corners of her mouth, "I'm afraid the second lady is unwilling, and she smashed a lot of things these days..."

"I can't blame her for being breathless, and this time I can't swallow it either."

People in the mansion are used to exalting the high and depressing the low, and now Yicui Pavilion may have a difficult life.

Wang's tone became a bit serious, and the brush in his hand paused. The last word became a cloud of ink, ruining a Buddhist scripture.

She also thought of the great situation that day in the Tingfeng Building, but suddenly it turned out like that in the end!It was also the last step that Jiang Jinyan rebelled against the army...

Since I can't move you, it's better to ruin your reputation!
"Qiansha, I'm hungry, let Mama Li bring some snacks."

Qiansha bowed her head in response, but she thought to herself that this Wang family probably wanted to do something again.

Generally, Mrs. Wang called Li's mother to come, and the orders were all the most important things.

But I still can't make her trust Wang so much.

If there is a chance, I can get rid of this mother Li...

Mother Li was a little hesitant, because of Wang's relationship, not to mention that she had reduced her monthly payment, and even a small ordinary manager in the incident department dared to show her face.

If there is any further trouble, will it end badly like Grandma Sun and Yu Lian!
Seeing her expression, Mrs. Wang turned cold, "Mama Li has found a way out now?"

Mother Li's expression turned serious, and she quickly said that she dared not.

She has been with Wang in the mansion for many years, and she has offended all over the mansion long ago, not to mention the whole family is in Wang's hands, she has no way out.

Mrs. Wang glanced at her, saw her respectful expression, and then said slowly: "This time, I only need mother to do some small things, just be careful."

She is clear about Wang's methods, and Li's mother said anxiously: "What does Auntie want to do?"

Wang straightened her cuffs, "Mama Li still remembers Yu Qingxian who Qian'er wanted to hold?"

(End of this chapter)