ebookland Chapter 442 Do you want this blessing?
Chapter 442 Do you want this blessing?
God bless you, don’t even think about marrying into the royal family.
He was worried that his daughter would be wronged if she married into an ordinary family.
He had thought it through. He would marry one son-in-law to each of his three daughters. With them all by his side, he would be sure that even if he was unlucky enough to choose a bastard, his daughters would not suffer any injustice.
Participate in a talent show?
Back, back, back!
His father has already passed away, and he and his brothers are just beginning to come into their own.
It is not easy for daughters to become a legitimate wife, and there is no precedent in the Qing Dynasty.
Let his beloved daughter become a concubine?
Kill him!
Because of this, when Lord Zhang was leaving to supervise the imperial examination, he looked back every few steps and repeatedly taught his daughter the importance of concealing her shortcomings.
Miss Zhang smiled gently, ensuring that she would conceal her edge completely.
Never do anything to attract attention.
Try to go smoothly and return safely, and just think of it as a trip to the palace to broaden your horizons.
If possible, she wouldn't mind a one-round tour.
They were directly screened out during the primary election.
but……
One round passed, two rounds passed, and she was always safe and sound.
Well, it must be my grandfather’s face!
Her grandfather was one of the Han officials whom the emperor valued very much. He had served as the Grand Secretary of Wenhua Palace and Minister of Rites, President of the Hanlin Academy, and even as the teacher of the current crown prince.
No matter how useless she is, she is still the granddaughter of her grandfather and a girl of the Zhang family.
At least we have to go through the re-election before we can put our name on the stage in a dignified manner.
But when the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince's concubine were summoned together, Miss Zhang felt a little confused.
It's nothing, the Crown Princess has a good reputation!
It's not like she hasn't personally reviewed and helped the prince select candidates before.
Amitabha, I just hope she doesn’t do such a ridiculous thing as taking the granddaughter of her teacher as a concubine for the prince.
In order to prevent the two from misunderstanding that she was docile and easy to control, and a good concubine, Miss Zhang deliberately showed some pride and character. The result...
The concubine's eyes became even brighter?
Fortunately, it is full of elders’ appreciation for younger generations!
Miss Zhang breathed a sigh of relief silently, but she didn't dare to be completely at ease. Some unthinkable guesses even emerged in her mind.
As a result, as soon as the results of the imperial examination were announced, his old father was summoned to the Qianqing Palace.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked, "I think your daughter is a very good choice in character and talent. My son Hongxi is still unmarried. Would you like to marry my daughter to yours?"
Zhang Tingyu:!!!
I woke up suddenly, and heard that the prince wanted to marry my relative. The Qing Dynasty wanted a pure Han woman to be the emperor's grandson's legitimate wife?
If it were someone else, he would be able to write an 800-word essay on the spot.
But it’s my daughter’s turn...
He just wanted to kowtow to the emperor twice and beg for mercy.
However, the emperor and the prince were both determined and did not give him any chance to refuse.
Under the imperial decree, the girl from the Zhang family became the first Han Chinese woman to be the legitimate wife of an emperor's grandson since the Qing Dynasty.
Well, this imperial grandson is from the prince’s family.
The kind that is being trained to be the next crown prince.
As soon as the news came out, there was an uproar in the government and the country.
The family, which had been somewhat neglected after the death of his father Zhang Ying, has become popular again.
Whether they knew him or not, everyone bowed and congratulated Lord Zhang.
Zhang Tingyu:......
I just want to ask, do you want this blessing?
In comparison, Miss Zhang was much calmer. After all, when she was summoned by the Crown Princess and the Crown Prince's Concubine in the palace that day, she had already had some vague guesses in her mind.
I just didn't dare to think too deeply about it.
just now……
She looked at the nanny sent from the palace to teach her etiquette and smiled.
It doesn't matter who she marries, if she can marry into the palace and become the future crown princess or even queen, she will have even more say!
It can also promote the unity of Manchus and Han people and gradually realize true equality.
Yinxuan didn't know that Miss Zhang had such great ambitions, and he almost dropped his jaw again.
Eternal Heaven!
In the past few days, he has been trying to persuade his nephew to take the draft seriously.
What if you meet your soulmate?
The boy resisted in every possible way and was unwilling to do so. He even suspected that the other party was a homosexual, but in the end, the candidate for the Imperial Grandson's Consort was revealed.
She is also the daughter of Zhang Tingyu, who is ranked first on the Top List of Han Officials in the Qing Dynasty.
When he first heard it, Yinxuan was shocked.
I thought that his father Kangxi was willing to use even his own grandson as a political pawn in order to show his determination to implement equality between Manchus and Han people to his court officials.
[This is too much! This is too much! We clearly agreed to try our best to satisfy Hongxi’s personal wishes.]
[Then, before we know it, arranged marriages are starting to happen again.]
After all, he is his nephew who has lived with him for a long time. How can Yinxuan ignore him?
Teng Teng Teng went straight to the imperial court, grabbed the person involved and asked seriously: "Guai Hongxi, tell me, are you really going to marry Miss Zhang? If so, forget it. Otherwise, even if the imperial decree has been issued, your uncle will still fight for you."
What are you fighting for?
Hongxi was horrified: "Uncle Eighteen, my nephew's uncle, please don't do that!"
"This, this is all what my nephew fought for with great difficulty. Please don't do something bad with good intentions..."
Tsk tsk.
Yin Xuan walked around him several times and said, "Good boy, you kept it a secret! You almost made me, your uncle, the one who broke up the couple. What do you think you should be punished for?"
Hongxi's handsome face turned red, and he kept thinking for a long time but couldn't figure out what was going on.
He could only lower his head, stretch out his hands, and look like he accepted the punishment.
How could Yinzhen have the heart to do this?
He just shook his head: "Forget it, forget it. You are the eldest prince who is about to get married. You can't be punished like a child like this anymore."
"Besides, you will definitely have to choose another palace after you get married, and you won't have many opportunities to spend time with my uncle and nephew."
hiss~
The thing he was most worried about finally happened. Hongxi was full of resistance and blurted out that he would not get married.
Hearing this, Yin Xuan looked horrified: "No, no, no, the marriage must be completed and the child must be born. After all, our family really has a throne to inherit. Don't be willful and cause your uncle to be criticized by the world!"
The resistance in his body was so strong that it almost turned into reality. Who could have thought that this guy was still thinking that having him as the only bachelor in the Aisin-Gioro family was enough?
In short, in the selection of concubines in the 51st year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, the marriages of Hongyu from the eldest prince's family and Hongxi from the crown prince's family were settled.
The Concubine Mi is jealous!
She often whispered to Yinzhen in private: "Look, all the nephews are getting married, but your sixteenth brother is still single. He is so absorbed in his job that he can't wait to hire a job as his first wife."
"In order to stop me, his mother, from messing around with other men, the brat even begged your father-in-law before he left."
"Tell him to remember the agreement with you. Otherwise, he will be gone in the capital. He will have a wife in the future."
Yinxuan:!!!
It was hard for him not to suspect that Brother Sixteen did it on purpose, deliberately diverting the fire and asking him to help him block the bullet.
So he returned the gift with a small gesture, and talked about how Hongxi went from resisting the arranged marriage to happily accepting it.
It is reasonable to suspect that his sixteenth brother also has someone in his heart?