Women in the palace like to compete. In addition to their status and favors, the focus of competition lies in their respective children.
Concubine Shu and Concubine Wen also made a grudge for their respective daughters.
There is only one Eighth Princess under Concubine Wen, but there are two sons and one daughter under Concubine Shu.
The two sons don’t care about it for the time being. The only daughter, Princess Thirteen, is the pearl in the eyes of Concubine Shu. She is exactly fifteen years old this year.
It's already at the age of getting engaged.
Although Concubine Shu couldn't bear to marry her daughter early, in order to choose a good husband for her, Concubine Shu had carefully selected the children of medieval families in the court early.
After all the last selection, she took a fancy to the eldest grandson of Wenge's hometown, Wen Shaoqing.
Wen Shaoqing is eighteen years old this year. He looks as handsome as jade, has a humble and upright temperament, has the style of a gentleman, has outstanding talent and knowledge, and is both literary and martial.
And his family background is rich.
My grandfather was a senior official in the court and a first-rank official. My father was the Minister of Personnel and the confidant of the emperor. My mother was also from a Qingliu family and was well-educated.
Moreover, Wen Shaoqing also has a biological aunt in the palace, who is Concubine Wen.
The Wen family was the mainstay in the court. They were also known as the two Qing families of the Northern Qin Dynasty, along with the Crown Princess's mother's family, Meng.
Such a family background is enough to match the princess’s marriage.
More importantly, the Wen family has a clean and upright family style. Starting from the generation of his grandfather, the males in the family did not take concubines for generations and only stayed with their wives forever.
The atmosphere at home is harmonious, the father is strict and the mother is kind, and there is no concubine who competes for favor.
Even from the critical perspective of Concubine Shu, the literary school can be regarded as perfect and flawless.
Moreover, Princess Thirteen had also met Wen Shaoqing by chance and had a good impression of him. Concubine Shu just mentioned it suggestively, and Princess Thirteen could not wait to nod and responded.
Things ended here, and it was going very smoothly.
Concubine Shu was about to go to His Majesty to ask for an order, but unexpectedly, His Majesty gave 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 stunned. She couldn't believe that she had chosen her son-in-law whom she finally fell in love with, but she was intercepted by someone!
The Thirteenth Princess was even more aggrieved and ran to her palace to cry, saying that the Eighth Princess had snatched the man she liked.
How could Concubine Shu swallow this? She was so angry that she smashed all the things in the room and wanted to find trouble for Concubine Wen on the spot.
As a result, when he arrived at Wenxiu Palace, Emperor Zhaoming was there. Then Concubine Shu learned that the Wen family and Concubine Wen had already had a tacit understanding and wanted to marry Concubine Wen's only daughter back to her parents' home. The candidate was Wen Shaoqing.
Wen Shaoqing and the Eighth Princess are cousins. They have always had a good relationship since childhood and both identified each other.
The Wen family and the Wenfei were happy to see the relationship between them, and even Emperor Zhaoming was very satisfied.
It was just because Concubine Wen couldn't bear to marry her daughter early, so she never officially gave her marriage.
In other words.
It wasn't Concubine Wen who snatched Concubine Shu's favorite son-in-law.
But this son-in-law was kept for the Eighth Princess from the beginning, but she didn't expect to be attracted by Concubine Shu.
This was such a big mistake.
The Eighth Princess and Wen Shaoqing were engaged happily, but Concubine Shu felt that she and her daughter were completely embarrassed. From then on, she unilaterally made enemies with Concubine Wen and confronted her tit-for-tat. Popular ""