Chapter 778

After thinking about it for a while, Lu Jiao understood what the Empress Dowager Zhao meant. Isn't this just to let the prostitute of Duke Zhao's mansion enter the palace?

Zhao's daughter had entered Yan Wang's mansion before, and later died of dystocia when she gave birth to her daughter.

The Zhao family has a large army in their hands, and they must hope that a prince of their own blood will inherit the throne of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

However, Lu Jiao felt that they were thinking too much. The eldest prince was seventeen years old, and the second prince was fifteen years old.

Even if you send Zhao's daughter into the palace and give birth to a prince, how old is that child and can succeed?

But she didn't say these things, but General Wang's wife on the side murmured in a low voice: "The queen mother really deserves to be a daughter of the Zhao family. She doesn't feel sorry for her son at all, she only knows to think about everything about the Zhao family."

Lu Jiao quickly looked at General Wang's wife and said, "You can't talk nonsense about this."

Mrs. General Wang, as the wife of a military commander, always speaks casually. Before that, she was about to lose her words. After hearing Lu Jiao's words, she blushed and said, "I only lost my tongue in front of you, Jiaojiao. In front of others, I will be careful."

Lu Jiao nodded, and General Wang's wife came to Lu Jiao's side and murmured in a low voice: "In addition to choosing a concubine for His Majesty this time, you will definitely marry the second prince. As the adoptive mother of the second prince, you say Maybe she will be taken into the palace to participate in the selection of the second prince's concubine."

Lu Jiao's face was slightly confused, and she felt that this was impossible.

But three days later, the Queen's decree arrived at Xie's house, just as General Wang's wife had guessed before, the Queen's decree, His Majesty's decree, to choose a concubine for the second prince, Lu Jiao, as the second prince's former adoptive mother, the queen announced Lu Jiao into the palace, Long eyes for the second prince.

As soon as Lu Jiao heard the order, she knew that the queen had no good intentions.

However, the queen is the queen of the palace, so she was not willing to disobey her instructions, so she led Ruan Zhu and Ding Xiang into the palace with a lot of make-up.

Although Ruan Zhu and Dingxiang got married, the two still stayed by Lu Jiao's side to wait on them, and Lu Jiao usually took them with her when she went out.

The two of them have been with Lu Jiao for many years, and they were trained by Lu Jiao to advance and retreat properly, calm down and not panic when encountering situations, and would not panic when they met people in the palace.

The queen's palace was extremely lively, and the wives of the third-rank officials in the court all brought their daughters into the palace to participate in the election.

These wives who have daughters all look forward to their daughters being chosen by His Majesty or the Second Prince.

Whether it is His Majesty or the Second Prince, they are both good candidates for husband and son-in-law. Even if they enter the palace as His Majesty's concubine, it is not bad. Your Majesty is only in his thirties, he is in his prime, and he looks good, which is very good.

If you can't enter His Majesty's harem, it's not bad to be married to the second prince as a concubine by His Majesty.

When Lu Jiao arrived, many people greeted her with smiles.

The queen smiled and said: "In addition to choosing a concubine for Your Majesty today, I also want to choose a concubine for the second prince. As the adoptive mother of the second prince, Mrs. Xie, I will announce her entry into the palace and participate in the selection of the second prince's concubine." .”

After hearing what the queen said, Lu Jiao couldn't help frowning.

The first empress immediately smiled and said, "Mrs. Xie won't disagree with the second prince's choice of side concubine?"

Ever since Xiao Wenyu entered the palace as the prince, Lu Jiao knew that he was different from the children of the Xie family. As a prince, it was unlikely that he would only marry one concubine. Even if he became His Majesty, there were seven or eight concubines in the palace, and the courtiers said that His Majesty would not She is a womanizer, and everyone can't wait to fill His Majesty's harem with women.

Therefore, it is unrealistic for the four treasures to enter the palace and become the second prince, and marry only one concubine.

Many people in the hall looked at Lu Jiao. Lu Jiao didn't agree with the empress giving a concubine before, so she wouldn't agree with the second prince accepting a side concubine again. If so, her hands are too long.

Lu Jiao watched the Queen dig holes for herself from time to time, tried to suppress the anger in her heart, and said calmly: "The second prince is of royal blood, and his marriage is free to be decided by His Majesty. A courtier's wife is not qualified to be talkative."

The first empress smiled and said: "I mentioned this matter to Your Majesty earlier, and Your Majesty has agreed for you to participate in the selection of the second prince's concubine."

The reason why Xiao Yu agreed was because he was worried about the queen.

But I don't know that the queen doesn't want to interfere in the marriage of the second prince. She is not willing to choose a family that is too good. Her Majesty will be annoyed if she chooses a bad family. So after all, this is not a good thing. The queen does not want to interfere in this matter, so she will suggest to His Majesty , to bring Lu Jiao, the adoptive mother, into the palace and let her participate.

Xiao Yu was worried about the Queen, and immediately agreed to it after hearing her suggestion.

After hearing what the queen said, Lu Jiao didn't say anything more.

The empress smiled and said to the young ladies at the head of the Grand Highness: "You guys have to behave well later, if Mrs. Xie is in love, you may become the second prince's concubine, or the second prince's side concubine."

She pushed the matter away.

Today, she would like to see how Lu Jiao chooses the concubine for the second prince. His Majesty is suspicious. If Lu Jiao chooses the daughter of the important minister in the court as the concubine, His Majesty must doubt her intentions and doubt the future of the Xie family. For the influence on the second prince, if she chooses a bad family, His Majesty will not like it either.

Your Majesty bowed, the shrewd foreigner naturally figured out the details, and showed her affection to Lu Jiao from time to time if she didn't understand.

At this time, Lu Jiao also understood what the empress meant. Firstly, it was not for her to interfere in the selection of the second prince's concubine, and secondly, she wanted to make His Majesty have quarrels with the Xie family and the second prince.

A sneering smile appeared on the corners of Lu Jiao's lips, and she slowly raised her head and looked at the queen with a smile.

Seeing her expression, the queen's heart sank slightly. Every time this woman smiles like this, something bad will happen.

Lu Jiao got up slowly and said respectfully: "Since Your Majesty and the Empress have orders, Lu Jiao would rather obey orders than be respectful."

Just as Lu Jiao finished speaking, the eunuch's shrill voice came from outside the palace door: "The Empress Dowager has arrived."

Today, the emperor did not participate in the concubine selection. In fact, he did not approve of his concubine selection, but the Queen Mother Zhao repeatedly put pressure on him, saying that he had too few heirs. How could Xiao Yu not understand his mother's thoughts? Let Zhao's daughter enter the palace to give birth to the blood of the royal family?

As his mother, he really thinks of Mrs. Zhao in every way.

Xiao Yu thought of the difficult situation of mother and child in the palace these years, and finally agreed, but he ordered that everything should be decided by the queen mother and queen, and he would not participate.

This also shows his attitude, he is not keen on choosing a concubine.

However, I specifically reminded him to choose a few women for the second prince.

Empress Dowager Zhao only wanted to choose Zhao's daughter into the palace, and was not enthusiastic about choosing a concubine for the second prince. Xiao Yu saw that Empress Dowager Zhao and the empress were not very interested in the marriage of the second prince Xiao Wenyu.

So the queen suggested that Lu Jiao should be involved in the selection of the second prince's concubine, and Xiao Yu readily agreed.

He felt that Lu Jiao had done her best to raise the second prince, so she would definitely find a good concubine for the second prince.

In Kunning Palace, Lu Jiao was very annoyed at first, but then she slowly thought about it. In fact, it would be good to let her participate in the four treasures' marriage, and it was better than letting the Empress Dowager Zhao and the Empress choose at will.

Lu Jiao's heart slowly calmed down.

After the Empress Dowager Zhao came over, she asked the ladies from various families in the main hall to show off their talents. Many of these aristocratic ladies came from the Chongde Women's Academy. fault.

Zhao Meiyuan, the first daughter of Zhao Guofu, is the most active among them, and she is very beautiful, her every move is elegant and noble, and her eyebrows and eyes are indescribably charming.

After she showed her talents, the people in the hall kept praising her, and Zhao Meiyuan retreated with blushing cheeks.

The ladies from the other families also came forward to show their talents, some of them were very good, some of them were not so good, but generally speaking, they were all very good.

The noble daughter of the aristocratic family has been carefully cultivated since she was a child, and her upbringing rules and talents are not bad.

It's just that Lu Jiao can't feel the smoke and fire on them.

(end of this chapter)