Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1138 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 64

After the new year, all matters concerning the second general election were put on the agenda. Big Fat Ju specifically told Jiang Xinxin that there was no need to bring anyone into the harem, but only to arrange marriages for members of the royal family. The marriage of Princess Chaogui and the marriages of the two legitimate daughters of the Ninth Prince's Mansion who were granted the title of princess were also put on the agenda.

Princess Chaogui was to marry into the Tonggiya clan, and the two princesses in the Ninth Prince's Mansion were to marry the less favored sons of Mongolian princes. But after all, it was a marriage between the Qing Dynasty and Mongolia, so the Ninth Prince paid for the construction of mansions for the two legitimate daughters, and the Mongolian side also prepared a generous betrothal gift and living expenses in the capital for their little prince.

Jiang Xinxin was so busy that she had no time to rest, but Concubine Qi came up to her tactlessly and caused trouble for her. Jiang Xinxin wished she had a pair of ears that had not heard what Concubine Qi had just said.

"What did you just say?"

Concubine Qi really thought that Jiang Xinxin didn't hear what she said just now. After all, Jiang Xinxin seemed to have focused all her attention on the teacup in her hand. Concubine Qi was distracted and looked at the set of twelve flower god cups in Jiang Xinxin's hand. She quickly put on a flattering smile and repeated her previous words:

"Hongshi told me that he and Miss Qingying from the Ulanara family got along very well, so I came to you to talk about it, hoping that you can help this pair of lovers get together."

"Ha——" Jiang Xinxin sneered, "I haven't paid attention to the situation of Ulanara for a long time. What about that princess? Concubine Qi, have you found out clearly?"

Concubine Qi was still fawning and even leaned towards Jiang Xinxin: "I have already found out that Princess Qingying is your niece from your mother's side. She is just over thirteen years old and is very cute. Hongshi and Princess Qingying have had the honor of meeting twice in the imperial garden. They had a very pleasant conversation. Now, he is urging me to come and mediate."

Lady Nabul was a fourth-rank imperial lady, and the court gave her an annual salary. So even if Jiang Xinxin exempted the entire Ulanara family from the opportunity to meet the emperor, she could not stop the various annual festivals in the palace that required the participation of imperial ladies.

Look, Lady Nabul only needed to take Qingying into the palace occasionally, even if she couldn't enter Jingren Palace, and even if she did, she would only stay for a short while. That couldn't stop short-sighted people like Concubine Qi and the third prince Hongshi from admiring the Ulanara family.

Jiang Xinxin smiled and said, "Although I am the legitimate mother of the princes and princesses in this palace, the emperor has always been the one who makes the final decision on marriage matters. If Concubine Qi has time to pester me here, why not go to the Yangxin Palace and beg the emperor for help?"

Of course Concubine Qi understood this principle, but the real purpose of her and the Third Prince was to win the support of Queen Jiang Xinxin through Ulanara. Although Concubine Qi did not understand many principles, she could see some things clearly.

She could see that in the mind of Emperor Big Fat Ju, the status of Queen Jiang Xinxin was becoming more and more important, and the third prince Hongshi seemed more and more incompetent compared with the fourth prince and the fifth prince. She really needed a strong external aid like Jiang Xinxin.

Jiang Xinxin also understood the plan of Concubine Qi and the Third Prince and his mother, but she never thought of accepting it. From the current perspective, Fourth Prince Hongli is the most suitable one. After all, Big Fat Orange only has a few years left to live. Although Seventh Prince and Eighth Prince are smart, they are only better than Third Prince Hongshi, and it is far from the level that Big Fat Orange can surpass Fourth Prince Hongli to pass on the throne.

However, if analyzed from this perspective, the Third Prince Hongshi marrying Ulanara Qingying as his principal wife might be considered a good thing for both Hongshi himself and Qingying.

After returning to the palace, the Fourth Prince Hongli decided to fight for that position. However, he had no connections on his mother's side, and the only thing he had was his status as a prince, so he urgently needed external help.

Now he doesn't have many lofty ideas, he just calculates in the harem and thinks that the most cost-effective person is Concubine Jing, but he is somewhat unwilling, so he has been working hard towards Jingren Palace. Unexpectedly, Jiang Xinxin doesn't accept it at all. She just treats him as an ordinary prince. He has everything that princes and princesses should have, but nothing special.

So Hongli also tried to contact Qingying, but he was smarter than Hongshi and Concubine Qi. After a few times, he realized that Queen Jiang Xinxin really had no special feelings for her own family, the Ulanara clan. So he couldn't make up his mind to continue contacting Qingying. Then he happened to see Qingying having a good chat with Hongshi, so he gave up the idea of ​​trying to find a way from Qingying.

After sending Concubine Qi away, Jianqiu came over with the results of the investigation and replied, "Your Majesty, the Third Prince did run into Princess Qingying in the Imperial Garden, but the two of them definitely didn't seem to be chatting happily. They just talked casually. After all, Shuhe, the princess, and Princess Wenshu were also present."

"It seems that the Fourth Prince also wanted to get close to Princess Qingying before, but after seeing the Third Prince interacting with Princess Qingying, he seems to have given up the idea of ​​continuing to interact with her."

Jiang Xinxin couldn't help laughing after hearing this. "It seems that the Fourth Prince is a normal prince. He will fight for what he wants and make sure of the other party's background before fighting for it."

Jianqiu just listened to Jiang Xinxin and didn't express any opinion. She just felt in her heart that the Third Prince was really unbearable. Apart from being loyal and honest, he really had nothing else to show for himself.

Jiang Xinxin had already decided to match Hongshi and Qingying, and instructed Jianqiu, "Jianqiu, find someone to remind the Yangxin Palace that Qingying is the niece of Queen Chunyuan. If the next queen is still Ulanara, then Ulanara will really be nailed to the position of queen, but you must match Hongshi and Qingying."

Jianqiu heard Jiang Xinxin's words clearly, but didn't understand what she meant. She was afraid that her mistake would ruin Jiang Xinxin's plan, so she continued to ask, "Your Majesty wants to match the Third Prince with Princess Qingying, but you don't want the Third Prince to succeed to the throne, and you don't want the Ulanara family to get more benefits?"

Jiang Xinxin nodded, "I have protected Hongshi for such a long time, he should give something back. His support was not enough for him to sit on that throne, so I tied him to Queen Chunyuan's niece to arrange a way out for him in advance, which is better than being plotted to death by his wolf-like brothers in the future."

Jianqiu understood and immediately put on an expression of great admiration and praised: "Your Highness is truly a loving mother to the Third Prince and is thoughtful. Concubine Qi cannot even compare to Your Highness."

This little thing was so easy to handle, especially since Da Pangju had found out that Jingren Palace was involved, but thinking that bringing Hongshi and Qingying together was just a small matter, Da Pangju directly issued an edict to grant them marriage before the election.

However, there was already a big age gap between the Third Prince Hongshi and Qingying. In addition, Concubine Qi once told him that Jiang Xinxin was unwilling to rush to find a legitimate wife for him or worry about personnel matters because she wanted to wait for the girl from the Ulanara family to grow up. He believed it at the time and naturally became dissatisfied with Qingying.

Now that Qingying was granted marriage to him without going through an election, he would only feel that the Ulanara family and the Jingren Palace were even more aggressive.