Yu Zicheng would never get married, and his half brothers and half sisters who had already grown up could not get ahead of him, so the concubines of the Prince of Zhenbei would harass the Princess of Zhenbei every day, as if they were eating three meals a day, more punctually than eating.
They each have a powerful family to support them. Even though the King of Zhenbei has no intention of taking the throne, he still needs their brothers and nephews to help guard the northern border. So even though these women have been completely defeated in the competition of having children, they will not become submissive to the Princess of Zhenbei.
It is certainly disgusting to have useless children who want to roll but can't win, and want to lie down but can't get away with it, but no matter how disgusted they are, they are their own children who were born and raised by themselves, and they were actually barely satisfied with them. They can't just give up on them and discard them like garbage, right?
These women still have to worry about the things they should worry about, and they still have to fight for the interests they should fight for.
Well, because Yu Zicheng has not gotten married yet, these women have started to quarrel with Princess Zhenbei.
Princess Zhenbei has to endure the anger of her husband's concubine on the one hand, and fight with her troublesome son, Barbecued Pork, on the other hand. You can imagine how upset she is.
The son whom she used to hold in her arms like her own sweetheart, now became an unwelcome existence that gave her a headache whenever she saw him because he always disobeyed her.
Yu Zicheng knew that he had been particularly disliked by Princess Zhenbei recently, so he didn't mind that Princess Zhenbei frowned involuntarily when she saw him.
He shamelessly approached Princess Zhenbei and called her "Mother" with a playful smile.
Princess Zhenbei hummed, "Why did you come to the capital again?"
"His Majesty summoned me for something." Yu Zicheng explained evasively. To prevent Princess Zhenbei from asking more questions, he quickly changed the subject. "Mother, I met a strange woman in the palace today."
Princess Zhenbei became interested immediately after hearing this. This was the second time her son had used the word "wonderful woman" to describe someone, and the first person he had used this word to describe was the one whom Princess Zhenbei looked down upon, the one from a small merchant family, and her son's sweetheart.
"Who is it?" She sat up straight. "Whose family is it?"
"She's from the Chen family of Jiangyin. I heard she just arrived in the capital yesterday. You probably don't know her." Yu Zicheng briefly explained to Princess Zhenbei the family background Yu Zizhen had fabricated for Chen Nianzhi. "I heard her parents are both deceased, and she grew up with her grandparents."
Princess Zhenbei frowned, "Jiangyin Chen?" How come she had no impression of them at all?
Yu Zicheng peeled an orange for the Princess of Zhenbei and said, "It's just a small branch of the family that has been passed down through farming and studying. I heard that the main branch is the Chen family of Jincheng."
As soon as he mentioned the Jincheng Chen family, Princess Zhenbei immediately remembered them. However, when she thought about the fact that the "wonderful woman" Yu Zicheng mentioned was just a minor branch of the clan, Princess Zhenbei began to look down on her.
She waved her hand at Yu Zicheng with some disinterest, "Forget it, don't tell me about these irrelevant people waiting for you."
How could Yu Zicheng not tell her? He was still hoping that Princess Zhenbei would help him propose marriage.
He approached Princess Zhenbei and said, "Mother, aren't you curious about what His Majesty wants her to do?"
Princess Zhenbei glanced at her troublesome son, "Why, you don't like that merchant girl anymore, and now you like this orphan girl from a humble family?"
She got angry when she talked about the Princess of Zhenbei. She really couldn't understand how her precious only son developed such a strange taste in choosing women under the guidance of her and the Prince of Zhenbei.
He didn't want the noble ladies with distinguished status, outstanding looks, superior temperament and talents, but instead, as if possessed by a demon, he only picked those who were not worthy of being presented.
If he wasn't so troublesome, why would she keep putting off arranging his marriage?
If she hadn't been dragging her feet in arranging his marriage, why would those beauties in the palace gang up on her three times a day to mock her?
The more Princess Zhenbei thought about it, the more her heart ached. But Yu Zicheng, this careless guy, didn't realize at all that his mother was furious at the moment.
He smiled at Princess Zhenbei with a flattering look on his face, "Mother, why do you say such harsh words? Whether they are merchant girls or orphans, as long as they have their own abilities, I think they are more attractive than those women who can only rely on their fathers, brothers, and husbands to survive."
Yu Zicheng doesn't mind admitting that his aesthetic taste is different from others. He is different from Chen Hushan, who just wants an orthodox lady from a noble family. He has never wanted a traditional woman who follows the rules and regards her husband as her mother.
As for the Zhenbei Princess's ridicule that he had a love stronger than gold with Chen Nian before, but now he easily fell in love with someone else, Yu Zicheng would not take it seriously at all.
After all, his family knew his own business. From the beginning to the end, the girl he liked was only Chen Nianzhi. He just didn't tell Princess Zhenbei about Chen Nianzhi's change of identity.
He wanted to raise Chen Nianzhi's status in this way, so that Princess Zhenbei would be less contemptuous and hostile towards her.
Facing the disgusted look from Princess Zhenbei, Yu Zicheng shamelessly continued to talk to her about Chen Nianzhi, "Mother, aren't you curious at all about why His Majesty summoned Miss Chen?"
When Princess Zhenbei saw him looking at her eagerly, her motherly heart couldn't help but dote on and indulge him even more.
She continued in a gentle voice, giving Yu Zicheng a way out, "Why?"
"Because she has great talent!" Yu Zicheng leaned forward slightly, his eyes sparkling and gleaming with a scorching light. "Your Majesty only had a brief chat with her, and he decreed that she be appointed a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Works!"
Princess Zhenbei's eyes widened, her lips slightly parted, "Really?"
Yu Zicheng nodded vigorously. He knew that once Princess Zhenbei knew Chen Nianzhi's abilities, she would definitely look at him differently.
However, the reaction of Princess Zhenbei was beyond his expectation. In Yu Zicheng's expectant eyes, Princess Zhenbei slammed the small table beside her with a look of resentment.
She was so angry, but she couldn't really say the words she wanted to curse at that person.
Princess Zhenbei, who was panting heavily, didn't understand why that man could take such good care of an orphan girl who had nothing to do with her. Why couldn't she show more affection and care for her own biological mother?
If she could be closer to the Zhenbei Palace, why couldn't she even pick a satisfactory daughter-in-law?
At this moment, she ignored the fact that the real culprit who made those wealthy families stay away from Yu Zicheng was Yu Zicheng himself.
All she was thinking about was that if Yu Zizhen was willing to get close to the Zhenbei Palace, then let alone the fact that Yu Zizhen had a lover, even if he was already married for the second or third time and had a bunch of children, there would definitely be plenty of good girls waiting in line for him to choose.
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