Lu Jiao thought about it for a while, and understood what the Empress Dowager Zhao meant, didn't she just want the concubine of the Duke of Zhao to enter the palace?
Zhao's daughter entered the Yanwang Mansion before, and later died in childbirth when she gave birth to a daughter.The Zhao family has a heavy army, and they must hope that there will be a prince of their own blood to inherit the throne of the Great Zhou.However, Lu Jiao felt that they were simply thinking too much, and now the eldest prince was seventeen years old, and the second prince was fifteen years old.Even if you send the daughter of the Zhao family to the palace and give birth to the prince, how old will the child be to succeed to the throne?
However, she didn't say this, but the wife of General Wang on the side muttered in a low voice: "The Queen Mother is really worthy of being the daughter of the Zhao family, she doesn't feel sorry for her son at all, she only knows everything about the Zhao family." ”Lu Jiao hurriedly looked at General Wang's wife and said, "You can't talk nonsense. ”As the wife of a military general, General Wang's wife has always spoken casually, and she was about to lose her words for a while, but after listening to Lu Jiao's words, she blushed and said: "That is, I lost my mouth in front of Jiaojiao, and in front of others, I will be careful." ”Lu Jiao nodded, and on the other side, General Wang's wife came to Lu Jiao's side and muttered in a low voice: "In addition to choosing a concubine for Your Majesty this time, you will definitely marry the second prince, as the adoptive mother of the second prince, maybe you will be accepted into the palace to participate in the selection of concubines for the second prince." ”Lu Jiao's face was slightly confused, feeling that this matter was impossible.But three days later, the queen's will arrived at the Xie family, just as General Wang's wife guessed before, the queen's will, His Majesty has a will, choose a concubine for the second prince, Lu Jiao is the former adoptive mother of the second prince, and the queen announced that Lu Jiao entered the palace and had long eyes for the second prince.As soon as Lu Jiao heard the will, she knew that the queen was not well-intentioned.However, the queen is the queen of the middle palace, and she is naturally not easy to disobey, so she led Ruan Zhu and Lilac into the palace according to the big makeup.Although Ruan Zhu Lilac got married, the two of them still stayed by Lu Jiao's side to wait, and Lu Jiao usually took them with them when she went out.The two of them have been with Lu Jiao for many years, and they have been trained by Lu Jiao to advance and retreat properly, they are calm and not flustered, and they will not panic when they meet people in the palace.The queen's palace is particularly lively, and the wives of the three high-ranking officials in the court are all carrying their daughters into the palace to participate in the election.These wives who have daughters are looking forward to their daughters being chosen by His Majesty or the second prince.Whether it is His Majesty or the second prince, they are all very good candidates for husbands, even if they enter the palace as His Majesty's concubines, it is not bad, His Majesty is only in his thirties at the moment, he is in the prime of life, and his appearance is excellent, which is very good.If you can't enter His Majesty's harem, it's not bad to be assigned by His Majesty to marry the second prince as a concubine.When Lu Jiao arrived, many people greeted her with a smile.The queen smiled and said: "In addition to choosing a concubine for Your Majesty today, you also have to choose a concubine on both sides for the second prince, Mrs.
Xie is the adoptive mother of the second prince, and the palace announced that she will enter the palace and participate in the selection of concubines for the second prince." ”Lu Jiao listened to the queen's words and couldn't help frowning.The first queen immediately smiled and said, "Mrs.
Xie won't disagree with the second prince's choice of a side concubine, right?"
”Since Xiao Wenyu entered the palace as the prince, Lu Jiao knew that he was different from the children of the Xie family, and it was not very likely that he would marry only one concubine as a prince, that is, he would enter His Majesty, there were seven or eight concubines in the palace, and the courtiers also said that His Majesty was not a woman, and they all wanted to stuff His Majesty's harem with women before they were willing.Therefore, Sibao entered the palace and became the second prince, and it is unrealistic to marry only one concubine.Many people in the hall looked at Lu Jiao, Lu Jiao did not agree with the queen to give a concubine before, and would not agree to the second prince to accept the side concubine, if so, her hand is not too long.Lu Jiao saw that the queen dug pits for herself from time to time, tried to suppress the anger in her heart, and said calmly: "The second prince is a royal bloodline, and his marriage is free Your Majesty is in charge. ”The first queen said with a smile: "This palace mentioned this matter to Your Majesty before, and Your Majesty has agreed to your participation in the selection of concubines for the second prince. ”The reason why Xiao Yu agreed was because he was not worried about the queen.But I don't know that the queen doesn't want to meddle in the marriage of the second prince, and she chooses too good people, she is unwilling, and if she chooses a bad family, Your Majesty will be annoyed, so it's not a good thing to calculate, the queen doesn't want to meddle in this matter, so she will suggest to Your Majesty that Lu Jiao, the adoptive mother, be brought into the palace and let her participate.Xiao Yu was not worried about the queen, and immediately agreed to this matter when he heard her suggestion.Lu Jiao listened to the queen's words and didn't say anything more.The queen smiled and said to the ladies at the head of Her Royal Highness: "You have to behave well later, if Mrs.
Xie falls in love, you may become the second princess, or the second prince's side concubine." ”She pushed it away.Today, she wants to see how Lu Jiao chooses a concubine for the second prince, Your Majesty is suspicious, if Lu Jiao chooses the concubine of an important minister in the court as the main concubine, Your Majesty will definitely doubt her intentions, and doubt the influence of the Xie family on the second prince in the future, if she chooses a bad family, His Majesty will also not like it.His Royal Highness, the shrewd foreign woman naturally figured out the details, and showed favor to Lu Jiao from time to time if she didn't understand.Lu Jiao also understood what the queen meant at this time, firstly, she was not good at interfering in the second prince's selection of concubines, and secondly, she wanted His Majesty to have a disagreement with their Xie family, and a disagreement with the second prince.The corners of Lu Jiao's lips slightly hooked a sneering smile, and slowly raised her head and looked at the queen with a smile.The queen looked at her, and her heart sank slightly, every time this woman laughed like this, something bad would happen.Lu Jiao got up slowly and said respectfully: "Since Your Majesty and the Empress have lives, Lu Jiao might as well obey her orders respectfully." ”As soon as Lu Jiao's words fell, a shrill voice of a eunuch came from outside the palace gate: "The Queen Mother has arrived." ”Today's selection of concubines, the emperor did not participate, in fact, he did not approve of his selection of concubines, but the Empress Dowager Zhao repeatedly pressured, saying that he had too few heirs or something, why didn't Xiao Yu understand his mother's thoughts, didn't he just want the Zhao daughter to enter the palace and give birth to the blood of the royal family?
He, the queen mother, really thinks about the Zhao family everywhere.Xiao Yu thought of the difficult situation of the mother and son in the palace over the years, and finally agreed, but he ordered that everything was up to the queen mother and the queen, and he would not participate.This also shows his attitude, he is not enthusiastic about choosing a concubine.However, I specially told the second prince to choose a few women.Empress Dowager Zhao only wanted to elect the daughter of the Zhao family to the palace, and was not enthusiastic about choosing a concubine for the second prince, Xiao Yu saw that the Empress Dowager Zhao and the empress were not too interested in the marriage of the second prince Xiao Wenyu.So the queen suggested that Lu Jiao should participate in the selection of concubines for the second prince, and Xiao Yu agreed.He felt that Lu Jiao had done her best to raise the second prince, and she would definitely find a good princess for the second prince.In Kunning Palace, Lu Jiao was very annoyed at first, and then slowly thought about it again, in fact, it was good to let her participate in the marriage of the Four Treasures, it was better than letting the Empress Dowager Zhao and the Empress choose at will.Lu Jiao's heart slowly calmed down.After the Empress Dowager Zhao came, she asked the ladies in the hall to show their talents, many of these noble girls from the Virtue Women's Academy, not only have good talents, but also have good rules and upbringing, and people can't find fault with their manners and etiquette.Zhao Guofu's concubine Zhao Meiyuan is the most active one among them, and she herself is very beautiful, her every move is elegant and noble, and she is indescribably charming and moving between her eyebrows.After she performed her talent, the people in the hall kept praising her, and Zhao Meiyuan retreated with a red cheek.The ladies in the back also stepped forward to show their talents, some of them were very good, and some were slightly inferior, but overall, they were all very good.The noble daughter of the family has been carefully cultivated since she was a child, and her upbringing rules and talents will not be bad.It's just that Lu Jiao can't feel that kind of fireworks on their bodies.