coobybook Chapter 503 Secular
Chapter 503 Secular
When the sky began to turn a little bright, Pu Jie led a group of palace servants and eunuchs to work in the orchid pond.
Although the Imperial Garden and Taiye Lake are large, they are surrounded by the palaces of many concubines. For the flower-viewing banquet for the three princes to select concubines, the invited girls naturally did not come to the palace alone, but were led by their mothers. If there were too many people, they would be afraid of collisions.
Shen Ningyue held the flower-viewing banquet by the orchid pond, far away from the residential area.
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Kylin Hall.
The tenth prince Qin Mingcheng and the eleventh prince Qin Mingcong were dressed exactly the same and came together to Jingdu Zhai, the residence of the twelfth prince.
"My mother is holding a flower-viewing banquet by the orchid pond. Do you want to go, my twelfth brother?" The eleventh prince Qin Mingcong called the twelfth prince Qin Mingfan, eager to try, "Would you like to go together?"
"Tenth brother and eleventh brother, please go first. Ninth brother called me to the East Palace. He must have something to tell me." The twelfth prince Qin Mingfan smiled shyly.
"Ninth brother really thinks highly of you, do a good job! The two of us will go first." The tenth prince Qin Mingcheng patted his shoulder heavily, pulled his brother and was about to leave.
The Orchid Pond is far away from the Qilin Hall.
It took more than an hour to walk there.
Do you want to go riding?
tangled.
"If your twelfth brother is not available, we two can help you take a look at Zhang's daughter first."
The eleventh prince Qin Mingcong was pulled away by his brother. He turned around and shouted, his voice full of laughter.
The Queen Mother made a deal with the Zhang family of Yunjin Mountain. She sought the imperial court's enthronement for the Zhang family, and the Zhang family used the connections and money accumulated over generations to support the prince.
The Queen Mother ordered my twelfth brother to marry Zhang's daughter. This shows her trust in Shunpin. I hope she won't be let down.
The Zhang girl is just a symbol. I hope my twelfth brother will not make the mistake of doing this.
The Queen Mother did not let him and his tenth brother marry Zhang's daughter. It was not known whether it was because she was ugly or there were hidden dangers in cooperating with the Zhang family. The Queen Mother did not tell them in detail.
However, if one of them were to marry Zhang's daughter...
The eleventh prince Qin Mingcong shook his head slightly.
The money was taken by the Crown Prince's ninth brother. If the money came from unclean sources, if there is any risk, wouldn't they be the only ones to bear the consequences?
In their mother's heart, the two brothers are still very important.
I don’t know whether this girl from the Zhang family is pretty or not?
The twelfth prince Qin Mingfan blushed and pretended to be anxious and replied: "Brother's princess, I will take care of it myself, there is no need!"
When the two people disappeared, Qin Mingfan's eyes dimmed slightly.
"Go to the East Palace first."
Although Zhang's grandfather, Zhang Qinian, was not a high-ranking official, he was the younger brother of the head of the Zhang family in Yunjin Mountain.
The Zhang family of Yunjin Mountain has more than just the identity of the head of the Taoist lineage.
It is said that "Zhang in the South and Kong in the North". Although the Zhang family of Yunjin Mountain is not as good as the Kong family of Qufu, both Taoism and Confucianism are aristocratic families with many years of inheritance, and they are the leaders of the two schools.
Dayong did not enfeoff the Nan Zhang family, but only enfeoffed the Kong family. The Zhang family's status dropped again, which was why they sent their sons to take the imperial examinations and their daughters to participate in the selection of concubines.
However, Qin Mingfan was jealous of the Zhang family's wealth and connections accumulated over generations, and the private salt in Jianghuai that they had controlled since the previous dynasty.
In the past, Emperor Taizu ignored Taoism, and later his father carried out salt reform. No one knows what state this wealthy family has become today, but his mother was willing to give the daughter of the Zhang family to him as the crown prince's consort instead of his tenth and eleventh brothers.
We are close in age, aren't we?
If all else fails, she could become the concubine of the ninth prince.
Why should she be his principal wife?
His mother, Concubine Shun, depended on the Queen, his younger sister followed the Second Princess around, and he also devoted himself to being the Crown Prince's lackey.
Qin Mingfan couldn't help feeling annoyed.
My mother is not a born child of her Shen family, but a concubine of my father. How can the fact that my mother gave birth to an imperial heir be considered as a child born for the empress?
The Queen looked down on the girl from the Zhang family, so she left her to him. He worked for the Crown Prince, so wouldn't the Zhang family's pockets be open to the Crown Prince?
The twelfth prince Qin Mingfan pursed his lips and went to the East Palace. There was no joy in his eyes as the selection of concubines was imminent.