Chapter 854

At noon, Lu Jiao ate a meal in the palace. After finishing the meal, Xiao Wenyu went to deal with the affairs of the court. Now that he had just ascended the throne, he had a lot of affairs to deal with, so it was hard to have free time. Today was when Lu Jiao entered the palace, so he took out Come to talk to Lu Jiao and have a meal with me.

Lu Jiao was in the queen's palace, and after talking with Pei Yu for a while, she left the palace.

In the evening, an imperial decree was issued in the palace that the new emperor would choose a concubine, and the empress and Mrs. Zhou Guo would preside over the selection of concubines.

With the imperial decree, the entire capital became active.

There were few women in the new emperor's harem, and the new emperor was young and promising, and he had a stunning appearance. There were very few boudoir women in Beijing who were unwilling to enter the palace.

Because of this decree, Xie's family was full of people, and it was very lively.

This time, His Majesty's concubine selection is presided over by the queen and Mrs. Zhou Guo. On the surface, the queen is the most important thing. In fact, it is very likely that Mrs. Zhou Guo has the final say.

She is the adoptive mother who raised His Majesty, even the queen would not dare to embarrass Mrs. Zhou too much, so if she wins over Mrs. Zhou, she can be elected into the palace.

Not long after Lu Jiao came back, someone came to the door.

"Madam, Mrs. Zhao Guogong sent a post to visit Madam."

"Madame Qing Ning, please see me."

"The Marquis of Cheng'en sent a post to visit Madam."

Lu Jiao looked at Butler Xiao with a look of astonishment, is it the Chen family of Cheng Enhou's Mansion?

"The Chen family?"

Housekeeper Xiao nodded. The daughter of the Chen family gave birth to His Majesty. After His Majesty took the throne this time, he bestowed the title of Marquis on the Chen family. Now their family is called the Marquis of Cheng En.

In fact, His Majesty wanted to give the Xie family a marquis, but Xie Yunjin stopped him. The Xie family doesn't need to add more flowers right now. If they want to give a marquis, they can wait for Xie Yunjin to retire and return to his hometown before bestowing the title.

When Xiao Wenyu heard this was the case, he suspended the gift, but the Chen family still conferred the title of Marquis.

In addition to granting the marquis, he also let the uncle of the Chen family join the Ministry of Criminal Justice as the head of the fourth rank.

The Chen family can also be regarded as the upstart who joined the Great Zhou because of His Majesty.

When Lu Jiao heard that Chen's family was visiting, she naturally didn't want to see her.

"You send people back to Chen's house, I welcome them to visit."

Mr. Chen is Xie Yunjin's husband and His Majesty's grandfather. The two of them should stand on the same front. No matter what's going on inside, they must not let people see jokes on the surface.

"Yes."

Steward Xiao responded, and then asked other people for instructions.

Lu Jiao raised her eyebrows strangely: "Duke Zhao's mansion really wants to visit me, why?"

Housekeeper Xiao glanced at Lu Jiao, seeing that she didn't understand, he quickly reported: "Ma'am, just a while ago, there was a decree in the palace that His Majesty wants to choose a concubine, and the Queen and Madam will preside over the selection of concubine together."

After listening to Butler Xiao's words, Lu Jiao suddenly understood that she wanted to follow her way.

Lu Jiao was speechless when she thought about it, she looked at Steward Xiao and replied, "If someone comes to visit for this matter, just say that you don't have time now, and when you have free time, you will visit their houses."

"Yes, ma'am."

Now Lu Jiao doesn't need to be as aggrieved as before. Not to mention that Xie Yunjin is the second assistant of the Great Zhou cabinet, but she is also conferred the title of first-rank wife by His Majesty, even if she is a first-rank official, you should be polite when you see her , so she doesn't need to wrong herself for those people.

After listening to Lu Jiao's words, Butler Xiao went out to reply.

The servants of the Zhao family and the servants of the Wu family were a little unhappy when they heard the reply, but they didn't dare to show it.

The servants of the Chen family were very happy to hear what Steward Xiao said.

Lu Jiao originally thought that the Chen family would come over tomorrow, but she didn't expect their family to come over that night.

It was Mrs. Chen and the eldest daughter-in-law of the Chen family who came.

"I met Mrs. Zhou Guo."

Although the old lady is now Mrs. Cheng Enhou, but Lu Jiao is His Majesty's adoptive mother, and it is an indisputable fact that His Majesty is close to her. Even if the Chen family has a title, they still have a very good relationship with them.

So this time when His Majesty is choosing a concubine, the Chen family wants to send a daughter into the palace, so that they can win over the relationship between their family and His Majesty.

Lu Jiao got up and helped Mrs. Chen up: "You don't need to be polite, Mrs. Madam. In private, we don't talk about those vulgar etiquette."

After a few people sat down, Mrs. Chen looked at Lu Jiao and didn't know how to speak for a moment. Lu Jiao didn't mince words with her, and asked directly: "Master's wife is here today to select a concubine for His Majesty?"

Mrs. Chen looked at Mrs. Chen, and Mrs. Chen immediately got up and said with a smile: "I'm ashamed to say this, it's all caused by my daughter. Ever since I met Your Majesty, this stubborn guy has been talking about Your Majesty. Concubine, she just wants to enter the palace to accompany His Majesty, so we mother-in-law and daughter-in-law have the cheek to ask Madam for help."

After hearing Mrs. Chen's words, Lu Jiao's lips curved into a playful smile.

Mrs. Chen looked at her eyes, feeling a little guilty. This person can train His Majesty, which means that she is extremely smart. She won't see through the Chen family's intentions.

The reason why the Chen family sent their daughter to the palace was to win over the relationship between His Majesty and the Chen family, and it would be best if the relationship between His Majesty and the Xie family was separated.

Their Chen family is His Majesty's serious family, what is the Xie family.

Of course, Mrs. Chen would not show the small thoughts of the Chen family in private.

But if she didn't show it, Lu Jiao could guess it.

She looked at Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen, and said calmly: "Your Majesty's selection of concubines this time is for the purpose of stabilizing the court. Not surprisingly, all the concubines selected this time are the daughters of important officials in the court."

What Lu Jiao said was close to telling Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen that your family is not qualified enough to be selected.

Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen's complexions suddenly turned subtle, and it took a long time before they said: "Madam, can't you accommodate me?"

Lu Jiao smiled: "This is His Majesty's business, I can't be his master, and I won't be his master, but I will report the Chen family's intentions to His Majesty, if His Majesty intends to let the Chen family daughter into the palace , I will make an order."

After hearing this, Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen didn't know what to say for a while, and they always felt that they had done something wrong.

But seeing that it was getting late, the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law stood up: "Then it's Madam Lao."

"It's okay. Do you want to stay and have dinner before leaving, Master?"

Mrs. Chen immediately shook her head: "No need, we're going back."

Lu Jiao sent them out, but the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law repeatedly asked her to stay, so she ordered Housekeeper Xiao to send Mrs. Chen and Mrs. Chen out.

As soon as the two of them got into the Chen family's carriage and left, Xie Yunjin came back. He got off the carriage and happened to see the Chen family's carriage leaving. Xie Yunjin asked Steward Xiao who came to welcome him: "Is that the Chen family?"

"Yes, my lord, the old lady of the Chen family and Mrs. Chen are here to visit my wife."

When Xie Yunjin heard this, he frowned. He thought about His Majesty accepting the concubine. The Chen family wouldn't want to send their daughter into the palace, they thought too much.

(end of this chapter)