Chapter 779

Lu Jiao knew quite a few noble ladies on the field. Thinking of the Four Treasures, she carefully observed these noble ladies, and finally secretly decided on a few candidates.

The Empress Dowager and the Empress have already selected five concubines for His Majesty to enter the palace. Except for the prostitutes of Zhao Guogong's mansion, the others have no obvious backgrounds.

Lu Jiao glanced at the empress dowager and the empress, and they were on the same front at this moment.

But it's none of Lu Jiao's business, she turned her head to look at the noble lady who was performing first, and pretended not to see the Empress Dowager looking at each other until the Empress Dowager called her.

"Mrs. Xie, who do you think can be the second prince's concubine, who can be the second prince's side concubine?"

Lu Jiao got up respectfully, and said with a smile: "The minister has indeed taken a fancy to two or three candidates, but I just don't know if the Empress Dowager and Empress Dowager are gracious."

The queen mother and queen looked at each other in surprise. They thought that Mrs. Xie would be more polite in choosing a concubine for the second prince today, but in the end, she directly chose for the second prince without any respect. what.

Lu Jiao looked at the Empress Dowager and the Empress coldly, you are not happy anyway, I will decline, if you don't want to take over, I will choose, you probably feel uncomfortable again, the royal family is really hard to serve.

Lu Jiao thought in her heart and said again: "Your Majesty and the empress personally ordered the minister's wife to enter the palace to choose a concubine for the second prince, and the minister's wife dare not refuse."

Look, you pushed me to choose, how dare I refuse.

After looking at each other, the queen mother and queen stopped talking. They were unwilling to take over this matter. Now that Lu Jiao has made the choice, they want to see what kind of family she chooses for the second prince.

The queen mother smiled and asked: "Which houses did Mrs. Xie choose for the second prince?"

Lu Jiao replied: "The ministers dare not decide on the second prince's concubine and the second prince's side concubine without authorization, and only selected a few candidates. Please ask the queen mother and empress to allow the ministers to write down the candidates. This matter will be decided by the queen mother and empress? "

After hearing this, the queen mother agreed, and immediately ordered her father-in-law to fetch a pen, ink and paper and handed it to Lu Jiao. Lu Jiao wrote down the names of the three candidates neatly, without any hesitation.

The eunuch handed the list of candidates written by Lu Jiao to the Empress Dowager. After the Empress Dowager looked at it, her expression changed abruptly. The Empress on one side looked sideways at the candidate in Lu Jiao's hand, and her expression also changed at the same time.

The two women looked at Lu Jiao with unfriendly eyes, and it was clear in their eyes that this woman really dared to write.

The three candidates written by Lu Jiao are Pei Yu, the eldest granddaughter of Pei Shoufu, Nie Zhi, the eldest granddaughter of Duke Wu, and Mengyao, the eldest daughter of General Wang.

These three candidates are all from the daughters of important officials in the court, Pei Yu is the granddaughter of Pei Shoufu, who is an important official in the court, and has a great reputation, which is highly valued by scholars all over the world.

Besides, the eldest granddaughter of the Duke of Wu’s mansion, Duke Wu holds a heavy army, and the other is the younger daughter of General Wang, General Wang is His Majesty’s confidant, and now holds half of the soldiers and horses in the northwest. fell into his hands.

Lu Jiao dared to write such three candidates.

How dare she think.

After the queen mother and queen saw it, their eyes darkened.

Lu Jiao smiled rationally, looking contented.

Didn't you tell me to choose? That's how I choose, I think my son is worthy of such a family.

Another Lu Jiao knew the temperament of the three people chosen, Pei Shoufu's granddaughter, pure and kind-hearted, sunny, cheerful, and well-educated, she was a pretty good candidate for the second concubine.

Nie Zhi is the granddaughter of Duke Wu's mansion. She has a carefree personality and doesn't refuse trifles. She is also exceptionally smart. Lu Jiao chose her because she knew that Sibao likes bright and bright women, and she doesn't like women who are withdrawn and high-minded.

General Wang's daughter Wang Mengyao, Lu Jiao often walks with General Wang's wife, General Wang's wife is most worried about this daughter, said Wang Mengyao is indifferent, doesn't like men, and is not interested in getting married at all, the only thing she is interested in, I just like to make money, and the most time I spend every day is thinking about how to make money.

Lu Jiao thinks that Wang Mengyao is very good. She is very suitable to marry Sibao. If Sibao really ascends to a high position one day, she will definitely accept a concubine. Sometimes the emperor chooses a concubine to balance the court. It is not obvious that he can only rely on himself, so it is necessary to choose a concubine to balance the situation inside and outside the court.

If someone like Wang Mengyao can be a queen, she won't pay too much attention to men, but she can take good care of everything in the palace for Sibao.

To be honest, the Xie family is not bad, but the real mother family of the Four Treasures is the Chen family, and His Majesty will definitely let the Chen family enter Beijing.

As for their Xie family, they have to gradually distance themselves from the Four Treasures in the future, or His Majesty will have to doubt whether the Four Treasures are qualified to be the heir apparent of the Great Zhou.

As for the three candidates chosen by Lu Jiao, it was not only because of the prominence of the mother clan behind them, but also because these three women were suitable for the Four Treasures, and Lu Jiao knew that His Majesty would not really let the three women marry at the same time. Four Treasures, these three people have prominent identities behind them, and they can all be the second concubine, so it is most likely to choose a concubine among them.

This is also Lu Jiao's goal. No matter which of the three is the concubine of the Four Treasures, there will be no big problem with him.

As his adoptive mother, she hoped that he could get along with his concubine happily.

Lu Jiao looked at the empress dowager and the empress with a smile and said, "I don't know what the empress dowager and empress think of these three candidates?"

The Queen Mother and Queen's eyes darkened, and the two curled their lips fiercely, and the Queen's face immediately darkened.

How dare Lu Jiao do this.

She didn't even dare to do that.

In the past when the eldest prince chose a concubine, she weighed many factors, and she did not dare to choose several prominent families for the eldest prince at the same time with a high profile.

Now Lu Jiao dared to choose like this.

The empress looked at the empress dowager on one side with sinister eyes and said: "Empress, we cannot decide on the candidate Mrs. Xie chooses, why not leave it to His Majesty to decide."

She wanted to see what His Majesty would think when he saw the three second concubines and side concubines selected by Lu Jiao.

The queen mother thought it was so reasonable, and immediately ordered the eunuch to send the list of candidates to the emperor's imperial court.

Although the emperor was reviewing the memorial in the study room, he also paid attention to the situation there. He didn't worry about choosing his concubine. He didn't need to think about it. He also knew that the queen mother and queen would not choose a concubine with a good family background for him. Palace, except for the daughter of the Duke Zhao's mansion.

The emperor is not interested in these things, what he cares about is what kind of family Lu Jiao will choose for the second prince.

While Xiao Yu was thinking about this, the father-in-law came in to report the candidates written by Lu Jiao.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager ordered someone to send Mrs. Xie's candidate for the Second Prince, and please Your Majesty make a decision."

Xiao Yu raised his eyebrows and motioned for the eunuch to come forward.

After the eunuch presented the list of candidates, Xiao Yu looked at it, raised his eyebrows slightly, his eyes were deep and deep, and he flicked the dragon case in front of him intentionally or unintentionally.

The eunuch on the other side dared not say a word, don't look at His Majesty the emperor's gentleness, in fact, his methods are worse than those of the late emperor. The late emperor showed something on his face, but this emperor showed something on his heart. It was impossible to guess what was going on in his mind.

(end of this chapter)