Chapter 194 3 Princes
Chapter 194 3 Princes
"Little sister, just listen to your father. How could he harm you?"
"That's right. If we enter the palace, we may never see each other in this lifetime."
"You really think having a harem is good, but you won't know how to be bullied when the time comes."
Zhang Chunxue became even more spoiled in front of her brothers. "I don't care, I don't care. You guys look down on me even before I go. If the emperor likes me, you'll benefit from it!"
Zhang Fugui was furious, "You are still dreaming!"
"The emperor has so many women. Do you really think that liking one is worth a lot? How long can liking one last?"
After all, men understand men. When Zhang Fugui said this, his four sons present all nodded.
Zhang Chunxue stiffened his neck, still not believing it.
Zhang Chunxue's fourth brother, who was closest to her, whispered in her ear, "Father didn't lie to you. What he said was true."
Zhang Chunxue puffed up his cheeks and snorted twice.
Zhang Fugui's beard almost turned white with anger when he saw her being so stubborn about everything.
"Then if I give him a son, life won't be easy. Will he still treat his son's mother harshly? After all, we are husband and wife!"
"You two are a bunch of crap!" Zhang Fugui almost punched them.
"The Emperor's only wife is the Queen. Now that the first Queen is gone, even if there is another Queen, she will not be the first wife. She will be equivalent to a second wife, the most legitimate wife. No one has a chance to occupy this position anymore!" said Zhang Fugui.
"And do you think it's so easy to have a son?" said Zhang Chunxue's eldest brother. He has been married for five years and has three daughters, but none of them is male. For this reason, he took in three concubines to have children.
Zhang Fugui added, "Concubines are also divided into different levels. Apart from the favored ones, what is the difference between ordinary concubines and concubines of ordinary families?"
We have to depend on other people to live our lives and cannot make our own decisions at all.
The second son of the Zhang family also continued, "Even the legal wife may not be respected by others, let alone the non-legal wife?"
Men understand men best, and among these four brothers, three are married.
The wife is worthy of respect, and concubines are brought in to entertain people and can be liked, but they will never be treated like the wife.
"But isn't Third Brother always accused by Third Sister-in-law of favoring his concubine over his wife?" Zhang Chunxue said without complaint.
The third brother's face froze when he was named, but his sister was his biological daughter, and was different from the concubine that Nalai played with.
He said, "Who said I favored my concubine over my wife? I just spent more time with Aunt Zhao."
And the most intuitive thing is that if he has a concubine, he might worry about whether his wife will be unhappy, but if he has concubines, all of them must pamper him.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have gone.
They would feel sorry for their wives, but would never think of their aunts in this way. If their aunts and concubines had complaints, they would only warn them to reflect on themselves and that they had given them enough.
"It doesn't matter if there is one more concubine or aunt. Just give her a room to keep her and go over to play when you have free time." The eldest son of the Zhang family usually thinks about his younger sister, so he won't talk about these matters between husband and wife.
But now I feel that it is because I didn't say enough that she became so naive and thought being a mistress was a good job.
Then he said more and more bluntly, "If the emperor really takes you into the palace, it would be the same as us taking our concubine home."
"Think about the lives of your father's concubines. That's the life you'll have to live when you enter the palace."
When Zhang Chunxue heard this, she couldn't help but think of her aunt at home.
Zhang Fugui lost his wife and did not remarry, but he did have concubines one after another.
When she got tired of her, she ignored her and brought in a new one, a concubine who was only a few years older than her.
Because the Zhang family was considered wealthy, there were many people willing to send their daughters over, and Zhang Fugui and her brother never lacked women.
If my father was unhappy, beating and scolding were common.
In fact, it was not just Zhang Fugui, but even Zhang Chunxue herself, who had never opened her eyes to the concubine in her family.
She looked down on them from the bottom of her heart. When those concubines saw her, the eldest lady, they were all polite and courteous, and spoke carefully, for fear of making her angry and being scolded by Zhang Fugui.
Zhang Chunxue curled her lips, "But he is the emperor, and you are not!"
Zhang Fugui was about to vomit blood. Seeing that his daughter did not repent, he did not have much to say. Instead, he warned her, "Just reflect on yourself in this room. The emperor doesn't want you anymore, and you still have the nerve to stay here..."
Zhang Fugui didn't want to continue talking, but took his four sons out, called a few women who were working over, and told them to lock the doors and windows.
"Until the emperor returns to the capital, the girl is not allowed to go out!"
After saying this, he was still worried, so he left his two sons here to watch over the family.
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The next day, Emperor Yongjia went up the mountain again. After coming down the mountain, he rested for a night, and the next day, he set out for Beijing.
Zhang Fugui rode his horse to the official road. Looking at the large army going away in the rolling yellow dust, the stone in his heart finally fell.
Leading his two sons on horseback, he said as he walked, "Our family is blessed. We were really worried that the emperor would be unhappy and blame us last night. Fortunately, after we returned, the palace came to announce the good news that the emperor had a third prince. He has rewarded many people in the past two days, so naturally we have to bear some of the responsibilities."
The two sons, one on the left and one on the right, also nodded.
If the emperor blamed them and replaced the position of game steward, the Zhang family’s good days would be over.
Although he had accumulated a lot of wealth a long time ago, everything was different without his official position.
When they were almost home, Zhang Fugui said to his eldest son, "Hurry up and find a good family to marry your sister off to! She's really spoiled!"
There are many things to do in arranging a marriage, and it may not be completed in a year. Zhang Fugui is afraid that Emperor Yongjia will come again next year and his daughter will make a fool of herself again.
So we have to get things done quickly, otherwise even if we have the Third Prince to save our lives this year, we may not have him to save us next year.
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When Emperor Yongjia returned to the palace, the first place he went to was Concubine Ning's Changxin Palace.
However, before going to Changxin Palace, he first returned to Chengqian Palace to change his clothes into simple robes, and then went to Changxin Palace.
As soon as Emperor Yongjia entered the imperial city, the news reached Qin Liuse's ears, so when Emperor Yongjia arrived at Changxin Palace, she and Concubine Li were already waiting there.
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