"According to His Majesty's decree, the beauty and Jing Zhaoyin are given as concubines." The chamberlain first bowed to Xu Shao, and then passed on the edict of Emperor Yongchang.

Of course Xu Shao didn't dare to be negligent, he stood up and saluted, "I obey your order."

The chamberlain bowed to An Zichang again, with the dust fluttering in his arms, and said, "According to His Majesty's instructions, the beauty and Duke An are given as concubines."

An Zichang was not as respectful as Xu Shao. He stood up with a faint smile, walked around the two maids pointed out to him by the chamberlain, looked up and down, shook his head and said: "Is it really His Majesty's oral instructions?——

But I don’t believe it. Let’s do this. I’ll go to the palace with you to see Your Majesty and ask Your Majesty to simply give me a Duke’s wife. What’s the use of a side wife? She’s still a maid and concubine.”

The expressions of the two chamberlains paused, and they quickly exchanged glances. Then they each looked away and looked at An Zichang, both of whom had smiles on their faces.

"Gong An Guo was joking. Of course it was His Majesty's decree..."

In fact, when Concubine Wan Gui was escorting her today, His Majesty got drunk and made a joke, saying that he wanted to share the beauty with his ministers. After that, he was so drunk that he fell unconscious.

However, Concubine Wan Gui suddenly had an idea and felt that it was a good opportunity to send people to the mansions of her ministers. She selected a few good girls from her natal family, the Wan family. In addition to Jingzhao Yin Mansion and An Guo Gong Mansion, there was also Yi Yi.

She gave beauties to the prince's palace and took the opportunity to explore the way.

It is not wrong to say that it was "his Majesty's oral order".

However, if your Majesty really wants to get to the bottom of it, after your Majesty sobers up, for the sake of "no joke", although he will not retract his oral instructions, he will inevitably be dissatisfied with the imperial concubine. - There are too many new noble ladies in the palace now.

, there are many people with both talent and beauty among them. Although the imperial concubine has a high status, her background is not high. Compared with those young and fresh noble ladies, her confidence is very insufficient. The only thing she can rely on is your majesty's support for her.

She has been favored for many years.

If this incident comes to light, it is hard to say whether His Majesty's favor for the imperial concubine will be diluted as a result.

These two chamberlains who delivered the decree were originally from Concubine Wan Gui's palace.

In an instant, the two of them were thinking of seventeen or eight strategies, but they didn't know how to remove the imperial concubine.

As soon as An Zichang looked at the eyes of these two people, he knew there was a deceit and he felt more confident. He lazily asked: "Which empress' palace are you from?"

The two chamberlains even turned pale.

There is only one empress in the palace now, and the other concubines are not qualified to be called "empress". - Isn't this obviously the work of Concubine Wan Gui?

The two chamberlains gritted their teeth and refused to let go. "We are all His Majesty's slaves. What's the big deal in the palace? - Is Mr. An Guo going to resist the decree?"

Resistance is a big hat that no one can afford to wear.

An Zichang was no exception. He bowed and clasped his fists, "Don't dare, don't dare. Since it is your Majesty's oral instruction, I will not be respectful. I would like to thank you for your kindness." After that, he called out to the outside of the nave. "Come here!"

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A man who looked like a young boy ran in from outside the courtyard, "What are your orders, Lord Duke?"

An Zichang originally lived in the Yin Mansion in Jingzhao. His own Mansion of An Guogong was actually abandoned. He was too lazy to repair it, so he left the ruins of the house there to attract wild ghosts. It was said to be magical in Chang'an City.

He didn't care, but instead deliberately added fuel to the rumors to spread the rumors even more.

An Zichang smiled and pointed at the two palace maids and said, "These are beauties given by your Majesty. Send them to Duke An Guo's Mansion."

The young man was stunned for a moment. He raised his head and wanted to speak, but when he saw An Zichang's narrowed eyes, he swallowed what he wanted to say and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Mr. Guo, I will send the two sisters back right now."

Then he waved to the two palace maids, "Please."

When the two palace maids looked at Anzi's face, which was even more handsome than a woman's, and Yushu Linfeng's demeanor, their hearts were already pounding.

A palace maid boldly stepped forward and curtsied, "My lord, won't you go back with us?" She seemed familiar.

An Zi often smiled and shook his head, "You go back first, I will go back later. - Let's go, don't be wordy like an old woman." The palace maid blushed and hurriedly lowered her head and followed the young man out.

Seeing that the task here was successfully completed, the two chamberlains exchanged another glance and hurriedly left.

Du Hengshuang returned home three times, but she didn't expect to see such a scene, and she was a little worried about her mother.

Although the two palace maids cannot be said to be stunningly beautiful, they are better because of their youth. Seven points of beauty, two points of grooming, plus age, they are worth ten points of beauty.

No matter how stunning Fang Wu Niang is, she is still in her thirties.

Xu Shao looked unconcerned, and casually called the two wives over, stroking his short beard under his chin, thinking for a moment, and ordered: "Take him down, just live with your two aunts, whatever happens is up to you."

Two aunts."

Xu Shao had two concubines, who were called the second concubine and the third concubine in Jingzhao Yin Mansion.

These two are the fourth aunt and the fifth aunt.

The two women hurried forward and saluted the two palace maids: "Please go down with the fourth aunt, the fifth aunt, and the slaves."

These two palace maids were the direct daughters of the Wan family who were carefully selected by Concubine Wan Gui. They originally wanted to enter the palace to serve His Majesty like their aunt Concubine Wan Gui. However, they were sent out of the palace as soon as Concubine Wan Gui changed hands. It was quite unfortunate.

, now that I heard that I want to be a concubine, I feel ashamed.

The palace maid on the left wearing a green dress first said: "Wait a minute." She turned to Xu Shao and said deeply, "Master Jing Zhaoyin, Your Majesty has decreed that you and I will be given the title of Concubine..." The general idea is that he was called "Mr.

The fourth aunt and the fifth aunt were dissatisfied.

Xu Shao touched his nose, with a puzzled look on his face, "In our family, starting from the second concubine, and counting down, there are all side wives. You are the later ones, so of course you can only be at the back."

The palace maid in the green dress widened her eyes, "How is that possible?! The concubine is far from the concubine! If Mr. Jing Zhaoyin doesn't want to marry us as concubines, we can just go back to the palace, and you won't have to worry about it!" the second concubine called out!

"Marry" is called "Na" by my aunt, which is indeed not the same thing.

The aunt can only be called aunt, but the second wife can be called "ma'am". They can even ask the husband to ask for a royal title. With the support of the concubine Wan Guifei, no matter which house they join as the second wife, they can become the majority of the family, and the original mistress will be squeezed out.

Getting down is no problem at all.

But if you are just an aunt, you won't be able to stir up trouble, let alone compete with the main wife for authority.

Besides, what does Concubine Wan Gui want from a relative who is a concubine? If Xu Shao is really allowed to take their title, Concubine Wan Gui will definitely leave the concubine alone in the future.

Of course, the two palace maids argued hard and refused to be vaguely designated as "aunt" by Xu Shao.

Du Hengshuang was secretly anxious when she saw this, and kept looking at Fang Wu Niang, hoping to get her to say something.

Ou Yangniang had taught her that the mistress had the final say in the affairs of the back house. Although a man was the head of the family, he should not interfere too much in the affairs of the back house.

But Fang Wu Niang sat on the Diaoyutai with a smile on her face, watching the show with everyone, and she just had to bring out a cloud board to keep time.

Xiao Shiji sat next to Du Hengshuang. Seeing this, he gently tugged on her sleeve.

Du Hengshuang turned around and saw Xiao Shiji shaking his head slightly at her, so he could only sigh softly and turned his eyes to the two palace ladies.

Xu Yanhui half-closed his eyes, sat on his chair, and paid no attention to what was going on in the hall.

Xu Yanbang's eyes always drifted towards Du Hengxue, who was sitting diagonally opposite him.

Du Hengxue opened her eyes wide and watched with gusto.

An Zichang had returned to his seat with a smile and crossed his arms to see how Xu Shao would respond.

Seeing that these two palace maids refused to be aunts, Xu Shao certainly would not give them the title of second wife. In the end, he had to smile and said: "In this case, I will send the two girls back to the palace. It's not night yet, you two

Even if I wander around outside and go back to report to Concubine Wan Gui, Concubine Wan Gui will not embarrass the two of them for the sake of their father and brother." As soon as he opened his mouth, he pointed out the identities of the two of them.

An Zichang and Xiao Shiji both changed their expressions. Listening to Xu Shao's tone, he not only knew that these two palace maids were from Concubine Wan Gui, but also seemed to know who their family members were. It was not surprising to know that Concubine Wan Gui was familiar with the two.

The net worth of a palace maid is somewhat unusual.

Xiao Shiji knew these things, but because he happened to be entrusted by Prince Yi to keep an eye on the recruitment and selection in the womb, he knew all about the noble and good girls entering the palace.

Xu Shao had nothing to do with this, but he knew as much as Xiao Shiji.

The two palace maids were also a little surprised. They exchanged glances with each other and quickly made a decision - they definitely wouldn't do it as aunts. Since they couldn't be second wives, they had no choice but to go back to the palace. Even if the aunt was to blame, it was true.

As Jing Zhaoyin said, she also needs to think about her father and brother. Without her natal family, why would Concubine Wan Gui have a foothold in the deep palace?

"Then please trouble Jing Zhaoyin to send us back to the palace." The two palace maids also knew that what happened today was Concubine Wan Gui's idea. If they go back now, maybe His Majesty is still drunk.

Xu Shao waved his hand and ordered his servants to bring two plates of grained silver, and said to the two palace maids: "You two have come to my house, and you can't go back empty-handed. This is a small meaning from Xu, and I will give it to the two nobles."

It’s overwhelming.”

The two palace maids also became reserved, gave Xu Shao a half salute, and followed Xu Shao out.

Xu Shao personally harnessed the chariot and sent them back to the palace.

An Zichang silently watched Xu Shao's leaving figure. While sighing that Jiang was still too old, he stood up and said: "Today is the day when my eldest aunt and grandma will return home after three visits. Let's ignore them. - Come on, eldest aunt."

, come drink with us!" He patted Xiao Shiji's shoulder and asked to take him out.

Xiao Shiji glanced at Fang Wuniang.

Fang Wu Niang smiled and waved, "Go, go, have a good drink with them, I will take my daughter in to have a rest."

Xiao Shiji knew that this was Fang Wu Niang's confession to Du Hengshuang. He nodded quickly and said to Du Hengshuang: "Speak to your mother-in-law. I will take you home after dinner."

Du Hengshuang was still nodding with a smile, but Du Hengxue couldn't wait to jump up, took Du Hengshuang's arm, and pushed her into Fang Wuniang's inner room.

Arriving at Fang Wu Niang's inner room, Fang Wu Niang first pushed Du Hengxue away: "Go to the kitchen and see how the Huaishan old duck soup and stewed crab meat and lion's head I specially prepared for your sister are doing. Those cooks are not as diligent as you.

, you go and take good care of me."

Du Hengxue's interest in cooking has always been better than that of female celebrities. Because Du Hengshuang loves Huaiyang cuisine, Du Hengxue has practiced Huaiyang cuisine in private, and at this time, she just looks good in front of her sister.

He happily agreed and took his maid to supervise the work in Fang Wu Niang's small kitchen.

Du Hengshuang smiled and said angrily: "Mom, why are you teasing Xue'er again?"

Fang Wu Niang said seriously: "Why is this a joke? The only cook in our family who can cook Huaiyang cuisine was originally sent by my eldest uncle, and she went to the Xiao family with you as a dowry. You want to eat authentic Huaiyang cuisine when you come back.
To be continued...