Chongxi's idiotic prince is married on behalf of his concubine

Chapter 3 The Idea of ​​Substitute Marriage

The room has been rearranged by the maid, Chen took a chair and sat in front of Hua'er, but no matter how much she persuaded, Hua'er just refused to speak, Chen was so anxious that she sighed and wiped her tears.

There was no result for a long time, and the room gradually became quiet.

Suddenly, footsteps sounded in front of the door, and then a maid came in from outside.

"Tell Madam, Mother Zhao from the kitchen has something to report to you." This Mother Zhao is the exclusive steward in the kitchen.

Mrs. Chen got up and walked out of the room. After Zhao Mama saw her, she immediately stepped forward to salute her respectfully.

Chen's eyes sank, but she asked her seriously: "What's the matter?"

Mammy Zhao noticed something was wrong, secretly looked at Mrs. Chen's expression, her heart skipped a beat, and she cried out that it was not good.Seeing Madam's appearance, she knew that she was displeased. It was clear that he was asking for trouble when he came to the door at this time.

But Mrs. Chen has always been extremely strict with her servants, so she naturally dared not be negligent in being in charge of the kitchen.So, she hurriedly said: "Returning to Madam, the servants found that the food in the kitchen was often missing recently, so they made a strict investigation, but they found..." After a moment of hesitation, she continued. : "It's all done by Miss Six."

Sure enough, upon hearing this, Chen's complexion became even more gloomy, and even his eyes became very cold, and he almost gritted his teeth and said, "It's that little bitch again!" She waved her hand and signaled, "Go and bring her here. "

"Yes." Zhao Mama bowed her head and replied, when she thought of Miss Six, there was a flash of pity and sympathy in the depths of her eyes.

Logically speaking, this sixth young lady should be the most honorable one among the many young masters and young ladies in Xiangfu, but now, her life is not as good as that of their servants.

Hua Jinhong has one son and five daughters.The eldest daughter, Hua Lei, entered the palace as a concubine, the second son, Hua Zhi, took a job in the Hanlin Academy, the third daughter, Hua Jing, and the fourth daughter, Hua E, were already married, and the fifth daughter, Hua Er, and the sixth daughter, Hua Chao (nianzhāo) had not left the court yet.Among them, Hua Bui, Hua Zhi and Hua Er were all born to the second wife Chen, while the biological mothers of Hua Jing and Hua Calyx were only Hua Jin Hong's concubine because of their humble status.Only Hua Chao is the descendant of Hua Jinhong's first wife, Jin Shi.

This Jin family was originally the only daughter of the General Protector of the Xilin Kingdom. Later, in a war, the General Protector and his wife both died for the country, leaving only the Jin family in the mansion.The late emperor thought that she was the orphan of a meritorious official, so he married her to Hua Jinhong, who was only the young minister of Taichang Temple at that time.

The two had a sweet time at the beginning of their marriage, but Jin hadn't been able to conceive for many years, so Hua Jinhong carried several concubines one after another.After Chen's second son, Hua Zhi, was born, and because of Chen's natal family's snobbery, Hua Jinhong voluntarily promoted her to be an equal wife.

A few years later, Jin finally conceived a child, but she never expected that she would encounter dystocia at the juncture of childbirth, which eventually led to a blood collapse and died.

Ever since Hua Chao was born, Hua Jinhong had hardly even looked at her directly, and just handed her over to several nuns in the mansion to raise her.With his mother not around and his father not in love, Hua Chao's position in the prime minister's mansion gradually became very embarrassing.

The Chen family has always been shrewd and mean, and holds real power in his hands. He is the only one in the mansion, so he is more and more harsh on Hua Chao in private.And most of the servants in the mansion are snobs who follow others, bully the good and fear the evil. They usually see that Hua Chao is not favored, and they are cowardly and timid, so they don't regard her as a serious master at all.Skimping on monthly bills, eating, bullying, humiliating, beating and scolding...these are all common things.

It didn't take long before I saw two powerful old ladies coming to Mrs. Chen with a thin figure in their hands.

From the outside, the figure looks like a girl in her teens, much younger than her actual age, skinny and skinny, with a slightly yellowish face, a dull expression, and a thin and thin body like A gust of wind can blow it away.

The clothes on her body were worn out and short, and she was already a bit disheveled, and it seemed that the hands and feet exposed from the clothes were becoming more and more slender and thin.There are also two cute little holes on the clean toe, and the big toe is just around the corner.

Apart from being skinny, she feels small as a whole.However, it was the eyes under her brow that looked very attractive.The eyes are big and clear, black and white are distinct, and the pupils are dark and bright, which makes people's eyes shine when they see it.

This is the Sixth Miss Hua Chao who is the most unfavored in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

The two old women suddenly let go of Hua Chao, and saluted Chen Shifu.Hua Chao was careless for a moment, and fell to the ground weakly.

Chen stared at her coldly, his face was very ugly, Hua Chao couldn't help but flinch slightly in fright.

"You are so brave, you dare to steal food from the kitchen again and again in private!"

After a while, Mrs. Chen finally opened her mouth to reprimand, pointing at Hua Chao mercilessly, her fierce eyes seemed to want to eat people, "Who taught you to do this? How dare you even say what Mrs. Ben said?" Don't you care about it?"

Listening to what Chen said, it is obvious that this is not the first time Hua Chao has done this.

Hua Zhao's face turned pale, and her body trembled uncontrollably.She lowered her head and knelt on the ground motionless, not daring to look at Mrs. Chen again.

"I, I..." she murmured, but in the end, her voice became thinner and weaker, almost inaudible: "Ma'am, please forgive me, this is all my own idea, I have been talking about it for many days. I haven't eaten anything, I'm really hungry..."

She hadn't eaten for nearly three days before, and she was so hungry that she dared to go to the kitchen to steal food at the risk of being beaten by Mrs. Chen.

"I still want to quibble!" Before she finished speaking, Mrs. Chen roared impatiently, stopped her babbling, and even frown, "It's not that the Xiangfu has no food for you, If you stole it, you stole it, and Hugh will have to make many more excuses."

Hua Chao bit her lip and said timidly: "No, what I said is true..."

In fact, in the first few years, the people in the Prime Minister's Mansion could still pay attention to her, but gradually, people's hearts began to become presumptuous.Not only broke her monthly record, but also snatched away some of the valuables left to her by the Jin family.Hua Chao usually ate every meal, even if he ate sometimes, he still picked up other people's leftovers.

And these, in Chen's heart, should be clearer than anyone else.However, Mrs. Chen didn't want to see Hua Chao very much, so anyone with a discerning eye could tell at the scene that happened today that Mrs. Chen was clearly taking advantage of the opportunity and using Hua Chao as a punching bag.

Sure enough, as soon as Hua Chao's subtle voice fell, Mrs. Chen became even more furious, snorted coldly, and whipped every word like a thorn, "Then you are blaming my wife for not being effective in discipline, and wronging you for no reason?"

(End of this chapter)