In the 45th year of the Jianyuan era, Emperor Sheng Hui died and Prince Ji Jingxiu succeeded to the throne.
After Ji Jingxiu succeeded to the throne, he set the annual title of "Yongpei", honored his mother, Queen Wenzhen, as the empress dowager of Emperor Wenzhen, and made the crown princess, Princess Ning, as the empress.
In the first year of Yongpei, the prime minister's office.
Jiang Wenjiao was sitting in front of her dressing mirror, looking at her face carefully. The woman in the bronze mirror had red lips and white teeth, her eyebrows and eyebrows, and her bright and beautiful face was like the flowering crabapple in this season.
"Third lady, the master asked you to go to the front hall and say that you want to discuss something with the young lady."
A woman in a green dress and a maid in a bun walked in quickly, but her eagerness was betrayed by the slight sweat and breathing voice on her face.
"Well, let's go."
Jiang Wenjiao sighed in her heart, but she still stood up calmly from the armchair and walked towards the door.
At the entrance of the lobby, the servant girl saw Jiang Wenjiao and immediately said, "Third lady, the master told you that you would not be notified when you arrived. Please keep an eye on the threshold."
Jiang Wenjiao nodded slightly, turned and stepped into the lobby. The white light reflected by the jade swallow and pearl step on her head shook the maid's eyes.
"Please say hello to my father. I don't know why my father is eager to call my daughter." Jiang Wenjiao bowed her head and saluted.
Jiang Yan has not yet taken off his court clothes. The blue and cloud brocade patterns on his clothes reflect his dignity.
He looked at his daughter in front of him. In a twinkling of an eye, she had become a pretty girl.
But when he thought of the emperor's words when he just went to court, his heart darkened: "Jiao Jiao, get up quickly. My father asked you to come today. I really want to discuss something important with you."
"Daddy, please tell me."
Jiang Yan looks at her daughter in front of her. She is as old as a flower, as beautiful as a rose in spring, as her mother was. But the current situation in North Korea and China
Thinking of this, he felt sure and said: "Today, the Holy Master has just ascended the throne, and there are few people in the harem, and there are few children. Today, the Holy Master mentioned you in the court, and he wants you to enter the palace with this year's beautiful girl."
When Jiang Wenjiao heard this, she was already a mirror in her heart. Although her father was the prime minister of the right rank and had made great contributions on the way of the emperor's accession to the throne, the Liu family and the queen's mother's family, Ning family, were also one of the emperor's help.
Seeing the foundation of the emperor gradually stabilized, he certainly did not want to see the concentration of power.
The Empress naturally did not need to say that Liu Qingwei, the eldest daughter of the Liu family, had already been admitted to the harem when the emperor first ascended the throne and was granted the title of the first three rank imperial concubine.
Nowadays, Liu Jieyu is in constant favor in the harem, and even Xu Zhaoyi, who has the eldest princess, has to make concessions.
However, the harem could not stand alone, so the queen put the talent selection on the agenda, and the emperor took the opportunity to let the only concubine of the Right Prime Minister Jiang Yan enter the palace.
"The daughter knows that she is not a direct descendant and will not seek the future husband's family background, but she does not want to be elected to the side of the king and live in fear in the harem."
She looked up at Jiang Yan, and her eyes were full of tears
Jiang Yan was stunned, as if he hadn't expected such an answer: "But now you know the situation, and my father doesn't want you to go there, but how can the emperor's officials disobey the emperor's wishes? Besides, the harem is not necessarily dangerous. You are the daughter of the prime minister of Zhengyipin, and your status is high, so Liu Jieyu will be equal to you in the future."
But he didn't expect Jiang Wenjiao to cover her face and run out as soon as she spoke.
"Third lady, it seems inappropriate for you to run out crying like this. After all, that's what the emperor meant." After being stunned, Jianjia came up and said.
Jiang Wenjiao put down her handkerchief. There were still a few tears in her eyes, but her face was not sad. Hearing this, the corners of his mouth just slightly cocked up: "It doesn't matter, I just take this opportunity to see if there are any spies of the emperor in the mansion."
Jianjia nodded, saw Jiang Wenjiao's face was a little tired, and hurriedly went up to help her: "Miss, go back to sleep for a while. This meeting is already time for Miss to take a nap."
"Let's go."
After half an hour's nap, Jiang Wenjiao only felt comfortable. She specially chose a more colorful rouge, nodded her lips as Zhu, and looked at her gorgeous self in the mirror, and couldn't help sighing: "How can there be such a beautiful woman?"
"I also think the young lady is very beautiful. Those young servants around the master are secretly looking at you when you are greeting. I see that the young lady will certainly be popular in the harem."
At this time, a servant came in and looked at Jiang Wenjiao's good mood. He was relieved: "Third lady, the master wants to invite you to the main hall for dinner."
"I know. Tell Dad I will go."
"I'm going to leave." The boy stepped back and breathed a sigh of relief.
Everyone knows that although the third lady is gorgeous, she is really not very good tempered.
Although there are occasional skirmishes, the wife and the master are also used to her. After all, her biological mother Aunt Shu died after giving birth to her.
But this time, the emperor asked the young lady to be admitted to the palace. It seems that this young lady's temper will also be reduced.
After eating in the main hall, Jiang Yan looked at her daughter's face and said, "My father knows you are sad, but my father will not make you sad in the harem. At least, the Yuan family is your mother's family and your eternal support."
"My daughter knows my father's difficulties, but this morning she was wayward. Please don't be angry."
"If you understand, someone will come to proclaim the imperial edict in the palace soon, and you have a plan in mind. With your family background, the emperor will at least give you a good third grade imperial concubine, and you can rest assured."
"Daughters of high or low rank don't care, they just want their families to be safe and have a smooth life."
"I don't care about your level. I just want you to be safe and have a smooth life."
Jiang Yan was stunned. In his memory, the woman said the same thing when she was his aunt. The firm and indifferent expression on her face made him unforgettable all his life.
"You and your mother are really alike."
"My father had nothing else to do, so my daughter left." Jiang Wenjiao's eyes were cold when she heard this sentence.
Mother? Although she lost her mother when she was young, she knew that her mother accompanied her father to a higher position step by step. But in order to consolidate his position, his father took a woman from a high official family as the main office. Her mother could only serve as a concubine for life, but she had to do her best for her father.
She found her mother's autograph in her mother's relics, on which she wrote her love for Jiang Yan, and did not complain that Jiang Yan married Gaomen's legitimate daughter for power. She only wished Jiang Yan well.
If you really love to the extreme, how can you marry another woman for power and turn around to tell her mother what you love? She only feels extremely ironic.
She is different from her mother, she will not be desperate for the so-called love, and will not be foolish enough to give everything.
Jiang Wenjiao looked up at the sunset and thought that her life had just begun.
