Chapter 44 Prince Jin's Mansion
Su Zhenzhen smiled and handed a purse from Lu Wu to Yu Manquan. "Thank you for the trip, Eunuch Xiao. Also, here are the snacks you loved to eat. I asked Bai Zhi to pack a food box for you to take back. They're not expensive. I'll give some to Eunuch Yu to try. I remember how much he took care of me in the palace."
"This milk cake is sweet and soft. Thank you, Eunuch Xiaoyu, for helping me bring it to Eunuch Yu."
Bai Zhi was holding a two-layer Huanghuali food box in her hand and handed it to the young eunuch behind Yu Manshen.
Yu Manquan touched the light purse in his hand, and his smile became even more enthusiastic. "Miss Su, what are you talking about? I love eating this. You are so polite. Master really likes you."
Su Yiyi looked at Yu Manquan who ignored her but smiled so flatteringly and enthusiastically at Su Zhenzhen. She felt indignant but also understood that she was being disliked.
But how could she have imagined that the eunuch who came to the palace to deliver messages would be rewarded?
In her previous life, she married the second son of an ordinary marquis and had no contact with the eunuchs in the palace.
Besides, even if she knew.
With her monthly salary of two taels of silver and the rewards during festivals and holidays, which is less than one hundred taels of silver a year, how much silver can she save?
I could only secretly pinch my palms, digging my fingernails into my flesh, and clench my teeth.
It's okay.
She married into a wealthy family in her life.
Even if dad doesn't like her.
It won't make her dowry look ugly.
She had enough of the five or six thousand taels of silver dowry in her previous life!
When only the mother and daughter were left, Su Zhenzhen held her mother's hand and acted coquettishly to cheer her up, "Mom, I'm going to attend Yuyu's coming-of-age ceremony today."
Ye Mingyan found it funny. After so many years, she had long stopped caring about it. But this caring little cotton-padded jacket still thought that she would be sad and upset.
"Which family did Siyu's mother arrange for her?"
Su Zhenzhen smiled, her face resting on her mother's shoulder as they sat on a chaise longue. "He's the second son of the Marquis of Qingyuan. I even saw him and his mother at Zhenzhen's coming-of-age ceremony. I have to say, he's quite a handsome man."
Prince Jin's Mansion.
When Concubine Feng learned that His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin had actually come to the rescue, she wanted to make the concubine the daughter of the Grand Secretary of Nasu and the Minister of Revenue.
The movement of stirring the Fairy Jade Pearl Powder in her hand paused, and an ambiguous smile slowly appeared on her charming and beautiful face.
"Su Zhenzhen is the most beautiful woman in the capital, and her half-sister must not be much worse. It's true that our prince is unable to resist the temptation of beauty." If he can't get the elder sister, he still wants the younger sister.
Tsk.
The personal maid listened to the sour tone in her concubine's voice and lowered her head, not daring to speak.
The filigree gold phoenix and ruby hairpin she wore on her head was extremely dazzling. As a prince's concubine, she was qualified to wear single phoenix jewelry.
The Empress wears a nine-dragon and nine-phoenix pattern, the Crown Princess wears six phoenixes, the Prince's wife wears five phoenixes, the Duke wears three phoenixes, and the concubine wears a single phoenix.
After applying a mask made of Fairy Jade Pearl Powder on her face, she propped up her head with her hands and asked, "Does our future Concubine Su please Lord Su?"
She knew very well that a man's love was illusory, her parents' home was her strength and her son was her future.
If this concubine was favored, she would not be able to be cruel to her.
The maid pondered for a moment, "Over the years, I have only heard how Lord Su doted on his precious daughter, Su Zhenzhen, but I haven't heard much about Second Miss Su."
Concubine Feng narrowed her eyes slightly, chuckled, said nothing, closed her eyes and rested.
At this time, Princess Ma of Jin was throwing herself into the arms of her wet nurse with tears in her eyes.
"Mammy, how am I supposed to live? Isn't having one concubine, Feng, enough? And now here comes a concubine, the daughter of a university scholar! How can I, the Princess of Jin, still have any dignity?"
She knew that the prince was unhappy because her father was the Minister of Works, and the Crown Princess was the eldest daughter of the Minister of Personnel.
The princess consort of Prince Yan was the eldest daughter of the Minister of Revenue and Grand Secretary.
Although the family backgrounds of the princesses of other princes are not as noble as that of His Majesty's legitimate princes.
But the Prince of Jin only saw the Crown Prince and the Prince of Yan.
Previously, I could comfort myself by saying that the Crown Princess’s background was so outstanding because she was the Crown Princess.
As a result, the wife of the Prince of Yan now has a family background that allows her to become the Crown Princess.
Her father was the lowest-ranking Shangshu among the Six Ministries of Li, Hu, Li, Bing, Xing and Gong.
So the Prince of Jin took the niece of the Minister of War as his concubine, and now he took the concubine daughter of the Minister of Revenue as his concubine.
If the Prince of Jin had succeeded in making Su Zhenzhen, the eldest daughter of the Minister of Revenue, his concubine, she would probably have died of illness.
Fortunately, Your Majesty has not yet reached that level of cruelty.
Her wet nurse, Wang, was extremely sad. Her young lady had changed from a naive young lady in the boudoir to a self-pitying and resentful woman. The royal family was indeed a cannibalistic place.
"Princess, the current emperor values legitimate wives and illegitimate children the most. You can rest assured that the position of princess will only be yours. The eldest son will be ten years old next year, and you can ask for the title of Crown Prince. You must cheer up."
"Miss Su is not favored by Lord Su, so you don't need to worry about it. The most important thing now is Concubine Feng..."
Princess Jin listened to Nanny Wang's words and forced a smile, pursing her lips. "For Yan'er and Yan'er, I must cheer up."
The office where the six ministries conduct their duties inside the Meridian Gate.
Rong Jinchen completed the task assigned by Su Qiyang ahead of schedule that day and prepared to have dinner with Su Zhenzhen.
As he reached the gate of the Hanlin Academy, he spotted a tall and graceful figure wearing a green official robe.
It is true that the man on the street is as beautiful as jade, and the young man is unparalleled in the world.
The man wore a jade crown on his head, a jade pendant around his waist, had a tall and straight figure, and was about to enter the house with one step of his long legs.
Perhaps it was a man's intuition, he noticed the eyes behind him staring at him, and he suddenly stopped.
She turned around slowly, her eyes meeting Rong Jinchen's calmly.
Rong Jinchen's jaw was tense, his lips were slightly pursed, and he looked at him calmly.
Both of them were very tall, but Rong Jinchen was still an inch taller than Xie Cijing.
With the same outstanding looks and figures, it seems difficult to tell who is better.
Rong Jinchen thought of Su Qiyang at an inappropriate moment. His father-in-law probably liked this kind of gentle and elegant scholar!
That's why I was so cruel to him!
His Adam's apple rolled, and he whispered to Xie Cijing, "Young Master Xie, are you free? Let's chat."
Xie Cijing's eyes moved slightly. He nodded slightly and saluted again. "Your Highness Prince Yan, please wait a moment. I need to ask for leave from my superior first."
Rong Jinchen raised the corners of his lips slightly, "Yeah." After he left, he couldn't help but score himself and him in his heart.
They look similar, and Qingqing said she likes men with his looks, so she gave herself a point.
He was eight feet tall (I assume here that one foot is equal to 23.5 centimeters, so the height is 1.88 meters). Xie Cijing estimated that he was one inch shorter than him (one inch is approximately equal to three centimeters, so the height is 1.85 meters). I added one point for myself.
Xie Cijing is now a fifth-rank Hanlin lecturer, and he is a first-rank prince, which gives him an extra point.
The most important point is that he is a good man who upholds male ethics, which adds 100 points to his reputation.
To sum up, Xie Cijing is vulnerable.
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