Chapter 290 Heroine
At the hour of You, Su Zhenzhen appeared at the door of the Ministry of Revenue on time. As soon as she went over, she saw the man who had just got off work on time, holding a white and plump little dumpling in his arms.
"Husband, Chaochao, I'm here to pick you up." She smiled sweetly and went straight forward to hug little Tangyuan, "Chaochao, do you miss your mother?" Su Zhenzhen found that she was a little pretentious. When she saw little Tangyuan, she disliked him for talking too much, but she missed him when she couldn't see him.
Little Tangyuan jumped into Su Zhenzhen's arms and said in a baby voice: "I miss you so much~I miss my mommy~Kiss~" He pouted his tender red mouth and asked for a kiss.
Su Zhenzhen held the heavy ball in her arms, bent down and kissed little Tangyuan's forehead, "Here~" He pointed to his little baby fat. His mother loved to kiss this part of his flesh the most.
After kissing the little chubby little glutinous rice balls on both sides, Su Zhenzhen finally noticed the somewhat resentful man next to her. She glanced at him, and Rong Jinchen reluctantly said with satisfaction, "Qingqing, let's go."
At this moment, Su Zhenzhen finally remembered something. She asked Rong Jinchen, "Where is my father?" She said that she seemed to have forgotten something.
"Father-in-law is working overtime." Rong Jinchen said casually, taking the little glutinous rice dumpling from Su Zhenzhen's arms. He held it in one hand and held her hand with the other. The family of three walked out, ready to go back.
Su Zhenzhen didn't worry about it. It was normal for her father to be busy now, so she didn't want to meddle in other people's business.
Some officials who happened to be off duty on time saw this scene, and Zhou Xi was one of them.
He is now a Deputy Director of the Ministry of Revenue, a fifth-rank official, and is only twenty-five years old.
His father, Marquis Qingyuan, was over fifty years old and was only a second-rank deputy commander of the rear army.
Zhou Xi believed that as long as he followed the steps of His Royal Highness Prince Yan, he would have no worries about his career in the officialdom.
His father also discovered that compared to his eldest brother Zhou Ran, Zhou Xi obviously had a better future. His eldest brother was now in his thirties and was at the same level as him, but the Qingyuan Marquis Mansion would belong to his eldest brother Zhou Ran in the future.
Zhou Xi is very fortunate now. He had a sharp eye and acted quickly and accurately to identify the friend of Princess Yan. Now he has a lovely wife and a son, and his future is bright.
Otherwise, with the imperial examination held every three years and hundreds of people on the list, how could there be so many vacancies for official positions?
But when Zhou Xi thought about his father's intention to let him mention his elder brother Zhou Ran in front of His Royal Highness Prince Yan, his eyes couldn't help but darken.
Is his elder brother anxious?
But he did not use the connections of the Qingyuan Marquisate to pave the way for his official career. The path of a military general taken by a nobleman is different from that of a civil official.
His wife Xu Siyu is also the daughter of a military officer, but the father of Princess Yan is the chief minister of the cabinet.
Thinking of the expressions of his father and elder brother, Zhou Xi wanted to laugh. "His Royal Highness Prince Yan hates lustful men the most, especially those who favor concubines over wives. Dad, maybe it's not too late for you and elder brother to cultivate your character now." Look, Zhou Xi was making suggestions very seriously.
Unfortunately, neither his father nor his elder brother could do it.
In the carriage.
Su Zhenzhen was a little impatient. She stretched out her hands to pinch the chubby paws of the little glutinous rice ball, and then gently squeezed Rong Jinchen's slender and fair hands. "Husband, do you know what I did this afternoon?" She looked eager to try.
Rong Jinchen was also very cooperative, "What?" He was holding a little Tangyuan with the same expression in his arms. The father and son looked very similar.
Su Zhenzhen's heart softened at the sight, and she said softly, "I just happened to meet the Third Princess in the Imperial Garden today. She invited me to visit the palace of the Consort Xian." She couldn't help but pinch the little Tangyuan's paws, who was staring at her intently, and said, "The Third Princess is truly a heroine!"
The man made a listening expression, then lowered his eyes to look at Tangyuan's smiling little face, and his gaze went down to the hands of the three of them.
Rong Jinchen's Adam's apple rolled, and he placed his hand, which was clasped with Su Zhenzhen's fingers, on the hand held by Su Zhenzhen and Xiao Tangyuan.
Su Zhenzhen didn't notice the man's childish actions. She was sitting in Rong Jinchen's arms at the moment, "Didn't the third princess get divorced?" "Yeah." He said in a low voice, patiently playing with the smooth jade-like little hand he was holding, and the white and tender little paws of the little Tangyuan.
Her peach blossom eyes sparkled, "My dear, the third princess doesn't plan to get married anymore and wants to keep a male lover." This is really great!
Su Zhenzhen is not envious at all, she is living a good life now, but she really admires the third princess!
However, my father still feels a little uncomfortable with the third princess's behavior of keeping a male lover.
Rong Jinchen's eyes darkened, "Male favorite?" Could it be that the Third Princess would corrupt his beloved?
Su Zhenzhen didn't notice Rong Jinchen's expression. She originally thought that the princesses of this dynasty were a little depressed.
But on second thought, the status of women in feudal society was not high. In some dynasties, princesses could have fiefs and participate in politics, but it still could not prevent the prince consort from touching people and palace maids.
If the prince consort is from a noble family or an important official of the emperor, he can still take a concubine.
Su Zhenzhen would not be so sanctimonious as to ask her father to grant the princess a princess's mansion. A princess's mansion must have at least five courtyards, and it would cost at least hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
My father has quite a few princesses, six in total, so we can spend one million taels of silver here, and all the money will come from the national treasury.
As for the princes, many of them simply reused the five-courtyard mansions of officials whose property had been confiscated and renovated them to save money.
However, there are not many five-courtyard houses near the imperial palace in the capital, and they cannot be allocated.
The emperor is certainly reluctant to do so. He just wants the prince to pay the princess's dowry, and then gives the princess some dowry to save her face depending on his mood. It is none of his business whether the princess's mother will give her daughter any additional subsidies.
She had long secretly observed her father's favoritism. Only favored princes like Rong Jinchen and people like Prince Jin, who were used for competition, could receive an annual salary of 20,000 taels.
The salary of an ordinary prince is basically between 5,000 and 10,000 taels, while that of a princess is 2,000 taels.
Currently, Luo Zhihan is the only princess who has a princess's mansion, and she was given the mansion because of her merits.
But this does not mean that the prince consort's family can bully the princess at will. The emperor's daughter is the ruler, and even when serving her parents-in-law, she has to follow the etiquette of treating her uncle and aunt. Not to mention asking the princess to kneel down and set rules, it would be simply courting death.
After the third princess divorced her husband, she moved directly back to the palace. The prince and princess each had their own palace in the palace, the only difference being size and luxury.
Su Zhenzhen happened to be passing by the Imperial Garden and was going to Chongwen Pavilion to look for travel notes left over from past dynasties when she was stopped by the Third Princess and invited to go out and play.
Hearing about her glorious deeds opened the door to a new world for her.
Although Su Zhenzhen would not suggest that her father build a princess's palace for the princess, she could work with Rong Jinchen to persuade her father to not be uncomfortable with the princess's behavior of keeping a male lover!
If the prince consort dares to treat the princess badly, the princess will naturally be able to keep a male favorite!
She's such a little genius!
Rong Jinchen didn't expect Su Zhenzhen's train of thought to be like this. He was worried about getting close to the third princess. What should he do if Su Zhenzhen also wants to keep a male lover?
So the man agreed with her suggestion. "You're right, Qingqing. I'll listen to you. As long as it doesn't involve you keeping a male lover, it's fine." Su Zhenzhen was a little speechless and poked Xiao Tangyuan's little fat. She was the princess of a royal family. Only she would be crazy to dare to cheat on Rong Jinchen.
The innocent little Tangyuan smiled sweetly, "Mommy, Daddy, kiss Chao Chao~" Both his mom and dad ignored him.
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