Chapter 4730 4733 [The Queen's Position]

Let’s not talk about Aunt Xue’s family preparing to go to Beijing. Let’s just talk about the Jia Mansion. Since Jia Zheng was named Prince Rong, the three young ladies of the Jia Mansion, Yuanchun, Yingchun, and Tanchun, have become popular, and people often come to propose marriage.

As men should get married when they are old enough and women should get married when they are old enough, the Jia family naturally also thinks about the marriage of Yuanchun and Yingchun. As for Tanchun, she is still too young. She will only be twelve years old after the Chinese New Year, and she will have to wait for another two years.

As the legitimate daughter and eldest daughter of Jia Zheng, Yuanchun’s marriage is naturally the most important. Jia Zheng and Mrs. Wang have to select repeatedly.

“The husband of the eldest sister must be carefully selected, and it must not be sloppy.” Xiang Nan is very concerned about this matter.

In the original novel, Jia Yuanchun is really miserable. She was sent to the palace to work at a very young age. Not only was she separated from her flesh and blood, but she also had to endure a lot of suffering.

Those who have watched "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "The Legend of Ruyi" know that if you say something wrong in the palace, you may die.

Although she was later named Consort Xiande, she was not favored. Because eunuchs often went to the Jia Mansion to blackmail, extort, and extort. If Yuanchun was really favored in the palace, those eunuchs would never dare to seek death.

Later, she died in a cruel political struggle and was killed while pregnant. With her death, the Jia Mansion officially fell into decline.

It can be said that she lived for the Jia family all her life and had almost no days of her own, so Xiang Nan paid special attention to Yuanchun's marriage.

Wanted to help her find a good husband, so that she could repay her decades of dedication.

"Little kid, what do you know?" Mrs. Wang said with a smile when she saw him say that.

"How could I not know that my elder sister has worked hard in the palace for our Jia family for several years." Xiang Nan pouted and said, "She has made such a great contribution to the family, of course, we must choose a good husband for her, and never let her suffer any grievances again."

"My son, it's hard for you to think so clearly." Mrs. Wang was very moved when she heard it. Unexpectedly, Xiang Nan looked young, but he was so sensible.

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At this time, a servant came to report that my uncle Wang Ziteng and his wife had come.

Xiang Nan then went to Rongxi Hall to meet the guests.

Madam Wang and Wang Xifeng went to receive Madam Wang.

Xiang Nan came to Rongxi Hall, met his uncle Wang Ziteng, and then sat down to talk.

“Yesterday, the emperor chose me to enter the palace to discuss something with me.” Wang Ziteng said to Jia Zheng and Xiang Nan, “He said that Yuanchun is prudent, diligent, gentle, peaceful, pure, and gentle, and he hopes to make Yuanchun the queen.”

“Really?! This is really the emperor’s grace, how dare I, Jia Zheng, accept it!” Jia Zheng was immediately excited when he heard it.

“This is not appropriate. The emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, and seventy-two concubines. Even if my elder sister becomes the queen, she still has to deal with so many people. It’s really too hard.” Xiang Nan was not happy when he heard it, “I think it’s better to forget it.”

There are so many things in the palace, and the queen is the mother of the country, restraining the six palaces. It’s not so easy to be the queen. In "The Legend of Zhen Huan" and "The Legend of Ruyi", the queens all wanted to die of exhaustion. Of course, those novels are exaggerated, but it is not easy to be a queen.

"What do you know? Yuanchun can be crowned as the queen. This is such a great grace." Jia Zheng immediately scolded.

"How much grace can it be?" Xiang Nan curled his lips, "When a man and a woman are together, the key is whether they are compatible. If they are not compatible with each other and do not love each other, what does it matter if she is the queen?"

"Nonsense! Where did you hear such absurd words?" Jia Zheng immediately scolded, "Marriage has always been about the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers. There is no such nonsense as you said."

"Master, the eldest sister is your biological daughter. You sent her to the palace before, and now you want to send her to the palace again? The eldest sister is also a person, she also has feelings, and she will miss home.

You sent her to that shameful place, she will never leave the palace and will never see her family again. Have you ever thought about her? How much torture it is for her!" Xiang Nan couldn't help but say angrily when he saw Jia Zheng say this.

Life in the palace is not as good as imagined, otherwise, there would not be so many "palace complaint poems" and "palace complaint lyrics" from ancient times to the present.

In the past, the Jia family had no choice but to send their young daughter to the palace in order to curry favor with the emperor, hoping that one day they would be favored by the emperor, and bring their family to be promoted and have a lot of money.

But now the Jia family has endless wealth and splendor without currying favor with the emperor, so why send their daughter to the palace? Isn't that too inhumane?

After being said by Xiang Nan, Jia Zheng felt a little ashamed.

Indeed, he owed a lot to his eldest daughter Yuanchun.

She was originally a young lady from a duke's family, a spoiled child, but she was sent to the palace to serve the queen and concubines at a young age. For several years, I don't know how much she suffered.

Now that she has finally come out of the palace, how can she bear to send her back. In comparison, Yingchun and Tanchun have enjoyed a carefree and happy life for more than ten years.

"Well, forget about Yuanchun entering the palace." Jia Zheng then waved his hand to Wang Ziteng and said, "Your sister and I only have this one daughter, and we want her to be with us more often, so we don't want to send her to the palace again."

"Don't rush to object, there is still room for discussion." Wang Ziteng saw that Jia Zheng and Xiang Nan disagreed, and hurriedly said with a smile.

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Afterwards, Xiang Nan sent Wang Ziteng away, "Uncle, go back and tell the emperor not to worry. I came to the world just to enjoy the glory and wealth, and I really have no interest in his throne. So I advise him not to have these little thoughts."

He guessed that the reason why the emperor made Yuanchun the empress was because he was afraid that Xiang Nan would one day seize his throne, so he chose to marry into the Jia family.

At that time, for the sake of his sister, he might show mercy.

"My dear nephew, you worry too much. The emperor definitely doesn't think so." Wang Ziteng smiled awkwardly.

"Whether it is true or not, he knows it in his heart, and I know it in my heart too." Xiang Nan smiled slightly and said, "Tell him not to think that marrying my sister can solve the problem once and for all. If he really becomes my brother-in-law, as long as he dares to treat my sister badly, I will definitely not let him go. At that time, it would be good for my sister to rule the country from behind the curtain."

"Okay, okay, I will tell your words to the emperor." Wang Ziteng became more and more afraid as he listened, and waved his hand hurriedly, not daring to continue listening.

If he continued to listen, he didn't know how many treasonous words Xiang Nan would say.

Xiang Nan nodded, and said no more.

After sending Wang Ziteng out the door, he was about to turn around and leave when he saw an old lady with white hair standing at the opposite wall, with a child of about four or five years old in front of her, staring at the door eagerly.

Xiang Nan was stunned and looked at the doorman and asked, "Who is that old lady?"

"I don't know, it seems that she is here to see Zhou Rui's family." The doorman hurriedly said, "But Zhou Rui's family has been sent away."

"Go and ask what she wants to do with Zhou Rui's family?" Xiang Nan asked.

The doorman went immediately and came back after a while, "I want to see you, my wife. She said that her son-in-law's father had a clan relationship with your wife's father..."