Chapter 197: Princess of Chuyang
After arriving at Prince Yan's Mansion, everyone saw the crabapple flowers in the back garden, gorgeous and dazzling in the cold winter, and couldn't help but praise them.
"This is the first time that Prince Yan's Mansion has hosted guests. His Royal Highness Prince Yan truly dotes on the Princess like a pearl and jade."
"I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan to transplant crabapple trees for His Royal Highness the Princess every year. They're clearly out of town this year. Tsk, it's really easy to tell if a man has you in his heart."
"I can only say that Princess Yan and His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan are a match made in heaven." They are both winners in life, living the life that every man and woman wants to be.
"But don't you think the Princess Consort of Yan is blessed with great fortune? She has come up with so many ideas that benefit the country and the people. Now even one of her female officials has been conferred the title of Princess by His Majesty."
The princess jumped from the second rank to the third rank female official and became a royal noble, with an annual salary of 600 dan, which is 480 taels of silver.
Everyone looked at Luo Zhihan, the Princess of Chuyang. This person was really lucky. She jumped directly from a concubine's daughter of an imperial merchant family to a female official, and now she was a second-rank princess.
Luo Zhihan received the invitation today. She knew that she was lucky. Otherwise, how could a princess with no background like her attend the flower-viewing banquet hosted by the most favored princess?
There are so many idle princesses and county ladies among the royal family, how could it be her turn as a princess?
The title that His Majesty gave her was still Princess of Chuyang. She was uneducated and couldn't understand it. It was the Princess Consort of Yan (Empress Yuanxi) who explained it to her.
For a time-traveling woman like her, whose soul was still that of a modern person, ancient banquets were far too hostile. Luo Zhihan didn't want to engage in polite conversation with them about headgear, clothing, gossip, favoring concubines over wives, and jealousy among concubines.
She quietly found a corner and stood there to admire the beautiful crabapple flowers. Anyway, Luo Zhihan also knew the intention of Princess Yan to invite her to the flower viewing banquet.
Luo Zhihan looked at the crabapple blossoms, and the delicate petals looked very much like Empress Yuanxi. No wonder Emperor Wu of Qin liked Empress Yuanxi. She immediately gained fans!
How could there be such a considerate beauty! She took the initiative to help her integrate into the upper class circles of Beijing!
You know, her biggest golden thigh is Queen Yuanxi. With her protection, Luo Zhihan's future is bright!
Just as she was happily thinking about her future, Luo Zhihan saw a lady approaching her. "The Princess of Zhuyang is indeed a first-class beauty. My nephew from my mother's family is very handsome and has also passed the imperial examination. Would you like to meet him?"
The Princess of Chuyang is a female official of the Concubine of Prince Yan, and now she is a favorite of His Majesty who has been awarded the title of Princess. She is very popular. They are not like those arrogant people who look down on the identity of merchant women. They are satisfied as long as they can get actual benefits.
After all, there are so many royal family members in the Great Qin Dynasty, including princesses and county ladies. Is there any royal girl whose name can be remembered by His Majesty?
Luo Zhihan smiled at the kind-looking lady with a head full of pearls and emeralds, "Thank you for your kindness, madam. This princess already has a sweetheart. I wish your nephew can find a good wife soon." The lady felt a little disappointed, then smiled and said, "I think the princess is very kind. We should visit more often."
She said with a smile: "I also think that Madam is very kind..." Unfortunately, for an ordinary college student who has not yet graduated, the social etiquette is too difficult for her.
At this moment, he couldn't help but envy the Princess of Yan, but then he smiled again. It is true that one should be content.
Su Zhenzhen is indeed a worldly-wise person but not worldly-wise. She doesn't like to force herself. Fortunately, her family background is good enough. If she really wants to socialize, the knowledge she has learned since childhood is enough to cope with it.
When they saw Luo Zhihan chatting with someone, some of them took the initiative to come over. More connections mean more paths.
For mistresses like them who are trained by noble ladies from aristocratic families, normal people would not offend dead people when doing things.
Luo Zhihan felt like crying but couldn't cry, which was different from the normal novel routine!
It's said that someone would provoke me and slap me in the face!
Is it because she is not the heroine?
After the two sisters-in-law Ye Mingyan and Su Zhenzhen arrived, everyone stopped their conversations and started to flatter each other again. Both sides were very satisfied.
They sat in a long pavilion with red bricks and green tiles and a corridor, surrounded by windproof curtains, drinking steaming hot tea accompanied by freshly baked snacks, and the smokeless red charcoal in the copper charcoal stove was lit. Looking at the pavilion in the center of the lake not far away, they couldn't help but envy the Princess of Yan for a moment.
She became the princess of a first-rank prince at the age of only sixteen. She was loved by her parents and brothers, doted on by His Majesty, and her husband's heart and eyes were filled with only her.
She proposed the method of holding the imperial examination every five years and the simulation every three years. His Majesty was very pleased with her. She did not need to pay respect to anyone except His Majesty and the Crown Prince.
They didn’t know that the recipe for instant noodles was also Su Zhenzhen’s, otherwise it would have been even more sour.
The female official sent by the Princess of Yan to manage her dowry farm was originally a concubine's daughter of an imperial merchant family. However, she unexpectedly became a princess with a salary from the court by discovering a breeding bull that could produce cows with multiple babies each time and continuously.
It is really hard not to doubt that Princess Yan is very blessed, bringing prosperity to herself and those around her.
What's more, those who get along well with her also live a good life.
Like the eldest daughter of the Minister of War, Xu Siyu, who gave the handkerchief to the Princess of Yan, and the fifth princess, Rong Ruoyan, and the eldest and second sisters-in-law of the Princess of Yan...
It’s a pity that Prime Minister Su couldn’t have a few more sons! Who in the capital doesn’t envy the power and family tradition of the Su family?
Mrs. Su Ershao's biological brother would be a good candidate, but he seems to already have a lover.
As expected, all the good men are snatched away by others in advance, alas.
Just before noon (11 a.m.), the Crown Princess, Princess Jin, Princess Duan, and Princess Ningxia of the Fifth Prince, Prince Chu Rong Jinyan (seventeen years old this year, about to turn eighteen), also arrived, along with several princesses.
But the eldest princess Rong Ruoxue was not there. Su Zhenzhen was just so arrogant that if she didn’t like her, she wouldn’t invite the eldest princess.
Princess Ningxia of Chu just got married this year. She is the cousin of the fifth prince, King Chu. They have been childhood sweethearts. She herself is the eldest daughter of Duke Ningguo.
Seeing that the princess and the king had arrived, Ye Mingyan and the others hurriedly bowed and said, "Your servant greets the Crown Princess, greets the Princess of Jin..." and said a long string of words.
Princess Luo Muxue said in a friendly and easygoing manner: "No need to be polite." She smiled and said: "We can finally say that fourth brother's wife is the host today. It's been almost two years." Su Zhenzhen and Rong Jinchen got married in August last year, so as long as the Chinese New Year passes, it will be counted as one year.
Princess Jin's expression was indifferent, and she also smiled and said: "Fourth brother's wife can be considered a wealthy and idle person. I haven't seen her come to our banquet before, and she only attended palace banquets. Fourth brother stared at her as if he was staring at the apple of his eye, but he couldn't catch her." She temporarily lost her power because Prince Jin was involved in cheating in the imperial examination, and she couldn't accept the gap.
Then he smiled and asked everyone, "Who is the Lord of Chuyang County?"
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