Xiangmen black-bellied woman

Chapter 282 Here to Help!
Baili Junyi changed his clothes and came out. Seeing his silly son grinning beside him, he stepped forward and scratched his little nose: "Bad boy, I will tell you about this when you grow up. Let's see how you face your daughter-in-law."

With a smile on the corner of Shen Ninghua's lips, she put her sleeping daughter aside and coaxed her eldest son to sleep. After the two children fell asleep, they went to the outside room.

"Jun Yi, who is in charge of the general election?"

"The Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for counting the candidates, and then the special nuns of the Department of Internal Affairs will conduct the primary selection, screen out unsuitable candidates, and then hand them over to the concubines for re-selection, and finally the emperor will make the final selection. The election is almost the same, only a few people with insufficient status will be eliminated, and the number of final elections will basically not change."

Shen Ninghua frowned slightly: "If you have scars on your body, will you be selected?"

"Normally not, but it doesn't rule out some women with high status. The emperor takes a fancy to the status behind her and doesn't care about her own situation. Such a situation is rare. After all, women with high status are usually served by maids and mothers-in-law. Now, how could you be injured for nothing?"

"How likely is it that a woman with a low status and scars will be selected?"

"It's impossible. The primary election will be rejected. Ninghua, why do you ask this, but you find that there is a problem with the selection of the draft?"

"The Xia Rouqin I brought back has scars left by thorn grass on the back of her hand, but she has been safe and sound in the re-election among the show girls."

Baili Junyi's eyes darkened: "Arrange Xia Rouqin to some courtyard first, I'll send someone to investigate first, and make sure there are no problems before you accept her as an apprentice."

Shen Ninghua nodded: "Yes." Although she owed Si Qin in her heart, she was reborn after all, and many things have changed, even Si Qin's identity has changed, so it's better to make sure, I hope there will be no what is the problem.

Baili Junyi took her into his arms: "Prince An will be here tomorrow. Father is hosting a banquet in the palace. The queen will be there. Be careful."

"Well, I know, and so do you."

The marriage between Bu Tinghe and the third prince was optional, but with the participation of the Dayue Kingdom, the meaning is different. There was even news that the emperor of the Dayue Kingdom had personally divided six cities for Buting Lotus as a dowry.

This kind of dowry is unprecedented. The third prince has been so happy recently that he doesn't even bother to confront the prince. He looks refreshed all day long.

The next day, the sky was very clear, and Bai Lu helped Shen Ninghua to dress up: "Miss, what hairpin do you want to wear today?"

Shen Ninghua looked through the window and saw the branches extending outside the window, with a little warmth in her eyes: "Before you know it, spring is here, choose a jade hairpin with magnolia and emerald green, match it with the butterfly dance to welcome the spring, and wear it if you want to wear it That silver-pattern embroidered butterfly dress, and then bring over the dark flower cloud brocade top rolled with rabbit fur, and if it’s warmer today, I’ll also wear a looser one.”

"Yes, the young lady's attendance today will definitely overwhelm all the colors."

Shen Ninghua smiled, finished her makeup and changed her clothes, picked out a small oriental bead earring and put it on, the woman in the mirror had a perfect head and crescent eyebrows, a beautiful nose and vermilion lips, as if carved out of ice and jade, her whole body exuded a dazzling light .

She went inside and kissed the two children, told them to come back at night, told Bai Ping and others to take care of them, and then walked out of Huajun Pavilion.

Baili Junyi was instructing Ye Yi and the others in the front hall, and when he saw Shen Ninghua coming out, he waved them down: "Ninghua, are you ready?"

"Hmm." Shen Ninghua looked in the direction Ye Yi left, "Have the staff around Huajun Pavilion been arranged?"

"Don't worry, I asked Ye Yijia to send people, don't worry, Huajun Pavilion is like an iron bucket now, and nothing will happen to Yong Chen and Luo Yao."

Shen Ninghua smiled: "Okay, then let's enter the palace."

This banquet welcomes Prince An of the Dai Viet Kingdom, so those who are eligible to attend the banquet are officials above the fifth rank, and the female family members are also the official wives of the officials, and they were selected in the general election some time ago and passed the re-election ladies.

When Baili Junyi and Shen Ninghua arrived, except for the empress and the prince, everyone else was there.After some greetings, Shen Ninghua saw Baili Anning standing aside.

"Ninghua." Baili Anning was extremely happy. After Ninghua told her that she was pregnant, she went back and investigated the imperial physician who diagnosed her pulse. Unexpectedly, she actually found out the problem. The imperial physician was cousin Qu Yi's uncle. It was only at the begging of his niece that he concealed the news that she was pregnant. Qu Yi was furious, and directly kicked out his cousin's family, and never had any contact with her again.Fortunately, Ninghua told her, otherwise I don't know what will happen.

Shen Ninghua glanced at her already pregnant belly: "It's been almost five months."

"Well, it's five months away in three days." Baili Anning's gratitude to Shen Ninghua can no longer be expressed in words. At the beginning, she only helped her out of kindness. For such a long time, she has helped herself so much. She will always remember the kindness in her heart and never forget it.

Shen Ninghua smiled, and suddenly heard the announcement from the servant.

"The emperor is here, the empress is here, and His Royal Highness is here."

After the ceremony, Shen Ninghua raised her head and looked at Zhao Huiying. She has lived in Bailu Palace for almost three months, and Ningkun Palace has already been renovated, but the emperor has no intention of letting her move back. His tone was already anxious like ants on a hot pot, and now he was relieved to see that the queen finally had a chance to appear at the banquet.

Zhao Huiying's appearance was not much different from before, but her figure was relatively thinner, and she was a bit shaken when she wore a brocade phoenix robe.

Baili Qingcang and the others finished their salutes, without saying a word, and directly asked the prince to welcome Prince An in.

The hall was quiet and silent, and the sound of silk and bamboo was particularly loud in the hall.

"Prince Dai Viet and his envoys have arrived!"

Shen Ninghua looked towards the door, and a tall, bearded middle-aged man came in. He was wearing a black python robe, a red blond hair crown on his head, a dragon scale python belt around his waist, and auspicious cloud pattern boots on his feet. , the brows are sharp and the eyes are piercing, and the whole person exudes this calm aura.

After entering the door, he scanned around the hall, and then saluted Baili Qingcang: "I have seen His Majesty the Emperor of Da'an." He spoke in a slightly rough voice, and spoke at a steady pace, but every word he uttered was exceptionally eloquent. Clear and extremely firm.

"Pingshen, Prince An has come all the way and worked hard."

"Where, I can see my beloved daughter get married, and also come to see some of the prosperity of Da'an. It will not be hard." He said, looking at the VIP seats aside, his eyes were extraordinarily gentle, "Tinghe, it's not too late to see my father. Come?"

Bu Tinghe's face was full of excitement, her body was trembling slightly, she stood up with her back, walked quickly to Prince An's side, stretched out her hand to grab his sleeve: "Father..." With the words coming out, tears were shed It fell with a sound.

Prince An Bu Fengyun frowned: "What's the matter? When you came, you weren't as thin as you are now. Have you suffered a lot during this time?"

Bu Tinghe's tears flowed even more, because she tied up her stomach with a corset before, and then became angry and rushed, which made the fetus extremely unstable. She has been taking medicine for conditioning for the past three months, and she vomited whatever she ate. , It can be said that he was tortured.

The officials on the side also thought about it when they heard what Prince An Bu Fengyun said. When Chu Chutinghe first appeared, she was shocked by the white clothes, but now look at her face, her face is sallow, and her hair is dull. Has the demeanor of a beauty comparable to Shen Ninghua back then?

But Princess Zhaohua, after giving birth to the auspicious dragon and phoenix twins, became even more astonishingly beautiful.Now she is dressed in ordinary clothes, and she is so beautiful that people dare not look directly at her.

Prince Yi is so blessed. I heard that he didn't marry others because of Princess Zhaohua, and they wouldn't marry them. Facing the King of Flowers, who can see the dog's tail grass?

Bu Tinghe shook her head, quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe away her tears, and smiled at Prince An: "Father, there is nothing wrong, you think too much, have you worked hard all the way?"

Prince An's frown did not loosen. Hearing that Bu Tinghe was unwilling to say more, he stopped asking, but said something else:

"Your Majesty, although my daughter is not yet married to the third prince, she is even pregnant. She is a member of the royal family. How can she still sit in the guest seat?"

Baili Qingcang's face darkened: "Prince An also said that although she is pregnant, she is not married after all, and she is still a side concubine, so it is not suitable for the royal throne."

"Side concubine?" Prince An narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked Baili Qingcang, "I'm new to your country, and I don't understand a few questions, so I want to ask His Majesty the Emperor, is it possible? "

Baili Qingcang nodded: "Please tell me."

"I have studied the etiquette of your country, and found that our two countries have something in common. For example, the identity of the main concubine is more noble than that of the side concubine, isn't that true?"

Baili Qingcang's eyes were condensed, Prince An wanted to help Bu Tinghe turn over: "Yes."

Bu Fengyun smiled: "Tinghe's identity is Princess Wenhe of Dayue Kingdom, and after knowing that she is going to get married, the emperor personally decreed to make her the first eldest princess, which is equivalent to Princess Gulun of Da'an Kingdom. Noble enough?"

The first eldest princess is naturally noble enough, and can be said to be the highest status among women.

"enough."

"Tinghe married the third prince and had six cities as dowry. Is such a dowry enough?"

"enough!"

Bu Fengyun's voice suddenly turned cold: "Since the status is sufficient and the dowry is sufficient, how can Tinghe take the position of side concubine?"

Bailiqing's eyes were as cold as ice: "If Prince An thinks so, it proves that the customs of our two countries are not the same."

"Where it is different, I ask His Majesty the Emperor to enlighten me."

"Your country pays attention to identity, but also pays attention to words and deeds?"

"Nature pays the same attention."

"Is it common to get pregnant before marriage in your country?"

"..." Bu Fengyun suddenly stopped, and looked up at Baili Qingcang, "Your Majesty, if you can't slap a slap, can Tinghe be pregnant by herself? How can she be blamed for this matter?"

"Oh, Prince An has just arrived, and I don't know what happened yet, so I'd better wait for you to ask me clearly before coming to bargain with me."

(End of this chapter)