Women in the palace like to compare. In addition to status and His Majesty's favor, the focus of comparison is on their children.
Concubine Shu and Concubine Wen had a feud because of their respective daughters.
Concubine Wen only had one eighth princess, but Concubine Shu had two sons and one daughter.
The two sons are left alone for the time being, but the only daughter, Princess Thirteen, is the apple of Concubine Shu's eye. She is exactly fifteen years old this year.
I have reached the age where I can get engaged.
Although Concubine Shu was reluctant to let her daughter marry young, in order to choose a suitable husband for her, Concubine Shu carefully selected among the children of aristocratic families in the court.
After much selection, she settled on Wen Shaoqing, the eldest grandson of Wenge's hometown.
Wen Shaoqing is eighteen years old this year. He is as handsome as jade, has a gentle and upright temperament, has the air of a gentleman, is outstanding in talent and learning, and is capable of both literary and martial arts.
And he comes from a wealthy family.
His grandfather was a senior official in the imperial court, a first-class official, his father was a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and a confidant of the emperor, and his mother also came from a Qingliu family and was knowledgeable and sensible.
Moreover, Wen Shaoqing also has a biological aunt in the palace, who is Concubine Wen.
The Wen family was regarded as the mainstay in the court, and together with the Meng family of the crown prince's maiden family, they were known as the two major Qingliu aristocratic families in the Northern Qin Dynasty.
Such a family background is enough for a princess to marry.
What's more important is that the Wen family has a pure family tradition. Starting from my grandfather's generation, the men in the family have not taken concubines from generation to generation, but only stay with their wives for a long time.
The atmosphere at home is harmonious, the father is strict and the mother is kind, and there are no concubines competing for favor.
Even from Concubine Shu's critical point of view, the Wen family can be said to be perfect without any flaws.
Moreover, the Thirteenth Princess had met Wen Shaoqing once by chance and was quite fond of him. Concubine Shu only mentioned it in a suggestive way, and the Thirteenth Princess couldn't wait to nod in agreement.
Things have been going very smoothly up to this point.
Concubine Shu was about to go to His Majesty to ask for a decree, but unexpectedly, His Majesty granted Wen Shaoqing a marriage.
The other party is the eighth princess, the biological daughter of Concubine Wen.
The wedding date is set for next year.
Concubine Shu was dumbfounded. She couldn't believe that the son-in-law she had chosen so hard to fall in love with was actually cut off!
The thirteenth princess was so aggrieved that she came to her palace crying and said that the eighth princess had stolen the man she liked.
How could Concubine Shu swallow such a sigh of relief? She was so angry that she smashed everything in the room and wanted to trouble Concubine Wen on the spot.
As a result, when they arrived at Wenxiu Palace, Emperor Zhaoming was also there, and then Concubine Shu learned that it turned out that the Wen family and Concubine Wen had a tacit understanding for a long time. They wanted to marry Concubine Wen's only daughter back to her natal family, and the chosen partner was Wen Shaoqing.
Wen Shaoqing and the Eighth Princess are cousins. They have been childhood sweethearts and have always had a good relationship. They both identify with each other.
Regarding the relationship between them, both the Wen family and Concubine Wen were happy to see it come to fruition, and even Emperor Zhaoming was very satisfied.
It was only because Concubine Wen was reluctant to let her daughter get married early that she never formally granted the marriage.
In other words.
It wasn't Concubine Wen who stole the son-in-law that Concubine Shu was interested in.
But this son-in-law was reserved for the eighth princess from the beginning, but he didn't expect that Concubine Shu would take a fancy to him.
What a big mistake it was.
The Eighth Princess and Wen Shaoqing were happily engaged, but Concubine Shu felt that she and her daughter had been humiliated. From then on, she became unilaterally enmity with Concubine Wen, tit for tat at every turn. Popular ""