Chapter 1033
"Queen Mother, this matter is a big one and cannot be rushed." Mrs. Zhuo thought about it for a while and then said, "As you know, I rarely go out and don't know many people. Only the ladies I know, they My daughters are all married, some of them are of the right age, but I don’t know what their character is. It’s really..."
When choosing a queen, Zhuo didn't dare to recommend anyone easily.
"How about we call the second princess and ask her. She often attends various banquets and knows many people. Maybe she can find a good candidate?"
Zhuo passed the matter to the second princess.
The second princess is the daughter-in-law of the Ao family and the emperor's biological aunt, so it is natural for the emperor to worry about the marriage.
The Queen Mother said, "You think I didn't find her?"
She vented her anger and said, "Her answer is similar to yours. Hey... I also know that this is to embarrass you. None of you want to get involved in this matter, right? It's just... I can't help it. Just think of it as relieving my worries and fulfilling my last wish, so you can help me look at it carefully.”
The empress dowager, who is the most noble person in the world, had all the words to say. Zhuo could no longer refuse her, so she just nodded and agreed.
"After the funeral of the old lady is completed, I will help the emperor take a look at it carefully," she said.
The Queen Mother nodded, with a smile on her face, "You go and discuss it with the Second Princess. After you have discussed it, bring people into the palace to give me eyes. This time, I will be wide-eyed." Find a good one for the emperor.”
Zhuo nodded repeatedly.
In fact, she had thought before, oh, no, everyone in the capital thought that the Queen Mother and the Emperor would choose one concubine from among the many concubines to be directly raised to the Queen's throne.
Because of this, in the past six months, the concubines in the harem have been fighting more and more fiercely, especially the eldest prince's mother concubine, Lu Fei, who is the most hopeful to be the queen, and the first queen's cousin, who is the most promising.
These two forces are now the largest forces in the harem, and of course they are also the ones who fight the most fiercely. When they met several times, they broke out and quarreled in front of the Queen Mother.
When concubines quarreled, it was similar to how a shrew cursed, except that one cursed someone vulgarly, while the other cursed someone elegantly. However, their expressions were the same ferocious, twisted and ugly.
As for the other concubines in the palace, most of them have become accessories to the two of them. A small number of concubines who do not join the party or join the group will be pushed aside to cool off. They are generally treated as slaves in the harem. Invisible people have no power, no right to speak, and no status.
After the Queen Mother saw them quarreling twice, she changed her mind and wanted to marry a skillful, gentle, but capable girl from outside into the palace to suppress these people.
Only then did she find the second princess and Mrs. Zhuo to talk.
After Mrs. Zhuo came back from the palace, she went to the flower hall to talk to Xia Zihan.
The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law dismissed all the maids and sat on the kang in the flower hall, chatting about matters entrusted by the Queen Mother.
Mrs. Zhuo told Xia Zihan everything about the conversation between the Queen Mother and her, and then she said with a loss of ideas, "Ayu, tell me, I can't refuse this, but if I agree, I...who can I recommend?" Go? "Let's not mention that she doesn't know many girls. Even if she knows a few, she can't just send people to the palace in a daze, right?
If the emperor's life were not good again, wouldn't the queen mother want to blame her to death?
The reason why the second princess rejected the Queen Mother's request was because she was afraid of being criticized.
Of course, she could just think about it in her mind, but she couldn't say it out loud.
Xia Zihan twitched her lips and said, "Actually, I was vaguely aware of the bad look on the Queen Mother's face yesterday, and guessed that she must be looking for you because of the Emperor's affairs."
"Ayu, please tell me quickly, what should I do?" With such a big burden on her shoulders, Zhuo had blisters on her lips.
"Mom, this can't be done in a short while. You have to think about this candidate slowly, right? Didn't the Queen Mother say that it doesn't matter your family background, as long as you have a good character and a heart to love the people? ”
However, how could she tell someone's character at a glance?
You must know that it is difficult to paint the skin of a tiger, and it is difficult to know the heart of a person.
Back then, when the late empress was a girl, she was graceful, generous, elegant and virtuous. But later, because she did not give birth to the emperor's legitimate son, she turned into an irrationally jealous woman who wanted to bite everyone she saw.
"Mom, this is a life-long event that affects the Emperor's life. I think we should tell the Emperor about this matter." Xia Zihan gave her an idea and said, "Aqi has a good relationship with the Emperor. Let Aqi tell the Emperor. , ask the emperor what kind of woman he likes, and we will find one as he said and meet him secretly. As long as the emperor agrees, we will not blame you whether he lives well in the future. "
"Yeah, why didn't I think of that?" Mrs. Zhuo patted her thigh excitedly, but what about the selection issue?
Zhuo was in trouble.
She knew all those girls, and two of them were old enough to be engaged. One was the daughter of the Li family, the sister-in-law of Fourth Dou's mother-in-law, and the other was a girl from the Wang family, the sister-in-law of Xia Ziqing.
The status of these two girls is a bit low, but the Queen Mother has said it first, and the status is not restricted, as long as the girl has good character.
She has met these two girls several times. Their character...how should I put it? Even if the girl who comes out to be a guest has a bad character, she can still act well. This needs to make her see the other person's true temperament. , this is really embarrassing.
Mrs. Zhuo had a headache and said, "It's a pity that there is a funeral in the palace. Otherwise, we would hold a flower viewing party, invite them to the mansion to play, test them, and also let the emperor sneak out of the palace to meet them."
"This is not easy, mother. There will be no more funerals in our mansion, and we cannot hold banquets, nor can we go out to attend banquets, but the Second Prince's Palace can. When the time comes, I will ask Qinghui to go to the Second Prince's Palace to test them more."< br>
Princess Qinghui has a fierce and careless temperament. As long as she sets her sights on someone, she must use some means to force out the other person's true temperament.
"If you want to be in charge of the harem, you have to have a bad temper. Otherwise, in that harem that eats people without spitting out their bones, sooner or later they will be devoured alive." Xia Zihan said, "Mom, I think you are still the best Find a master with a calm temperament and a strong personality for the emperor. You can’t control the wolves in the harem without some means.”
Seeing that Xia Zihan had an idea, Mrs. Zhuo had a smile on her face. She nodded frequently and said, "The Queen Mother also said that she must find a girl who has some means, but she must be powerful but not lose her conscience. She must find a girl who has the heart to care about the world. Only those who are as big as the people can do it.”
In the evening, Chu Jingqi came back with red cheeks and drank some wine with the emperor in the palace.
(End of chapter)