Chapter 483: Too Impatient

Chu Hongyi thanked him and sat not far from Nanxi.

She was not good at chatting. She stayed in the palace to take care of her pregnancy. She rarely went out. Nothing special happened outside, so she answered whatever Nanxi asked.

Fortunately, Nanxi was not arrogant and understood her temperament. The two chatted casually.

Not long after, Miss Jia from Prince Jing's Palace and Miss Dan from Prince Huai's Palace asked for an audience. Nanxi ordered them to come in.

Although the two girls were also reserved, it was naturally more lively with more people. They entered the palace to pay their respects, were given seats, and the palace servants served tea.

The atmosphere in the palace was relatively relaxed.

Nanxi said with a smile on her face: "Why didn't Jiajia come with General Chu today?"

Chu Hongyi married into Prince Jing's Palace and was Xuanyuan Jia's legitimate sister-in-law. She was pregnant now. Logically, the two should go to the palace together. If something happened, it would be convenient to take care of her.

But it seems that Xuanyuan Jia is still closer to Xuanyuan Dan.

"Reporting to Your Majesty." Xuanyuan Jia stood up, "Before entering the palace just now, I met Miss Mo on the way. She said she had something to discuss with me. After obtaining my sister-in-law's consent, I talked to Miss Mo for a few words, so I fell behind."

Chu Hongyi didn't say anything, obviously tacitly agreeing with Jia Jia's explanation.

Nan Xi was surprised: "Miss Mo wants to see you for something?"

Since Nan Xi's reminder, Xuanyuan Jia no longer calls herself a slave, and because Nan Xi helped Xuanyuan Chen out of his predicament, Jia Jia's favor for the Queen increased dramatically, and she was respectful and submissive in her heart, so she answered all questions.

But she seemed a little hesitant about this question: "Miss Mo seems to want to ask about my marriage."

"Marriage?" Chu Hongyi frowned slightly, "What does your marriage have to do with her?"

Xuanyuan Jia lowered her eyebrows, and her voice was thin and a little embarrassed: "Miss Mo asked me... if I have someone I love..."

As soon as these words came out, the hall was slightly quiet.

Nan Xi and Chu Hongyi were silent.

Miss Mo asked if the concubine of Prince Jing's mansion had someone she loved?

Not to mention that such a question is related to the reputation of a girl, and it should not be asked easily, just because Miss Mo and Jia Jia are not close, it is too abrupt to ask such a question.

"What did you say?"

Xuanyuan Jia shook her head: "I only told her that the marriage was decided by my mother, and didn't say anything else."

Nan Xi was silent for a moment, and a hint of understanding appeared at the corner of her lips: "Is the young master of the Mo family married yet?"

"Not yet." Chu Hongyi said in a light tone, obviously understanding the meaning behind Nan Xi's question, "But the Mo family is one of the four major families after all, so it shouldn't lower its status in marriage."

The girl of the Mo family couldn't have stopped Xuanyuan Jia to ask about her marriage for no reason. She must have had some idea. However, since ancient times, marriage has always been about matching. Men can marry lower, but not too lower, and they still have to have equal status.

Women can marry higher, but not too high, and they also need to be in line with their status.

If the status and appearance of ordinary concubines from noble families are not very outstanding, most of them are given to others as concubines, or married into slightly weaker families as wives.

Of course, although Xuanyuan Jia is a concubine of the Jingwang Mansion, she cannot be compared with ordinary concubines.

The Jingwang Mansion has been very popular recently, and has just married the Chu family. Chu Hongyi's status in front of Her Majesty is enough for all the major families to see the future prominence of the Jingwang Mansion. Therefore, the Jingwang Mansion, which has no legitimate daughter, is also a favorite for Xuanyuan Jia, a concubine.

As long as you can form a marriage relationship with the Jingwang Mansion, it means absolute benefits to anyone - but relatively speaking, the ones who want to marry the Jingwang Mansion and are more suitable should be ordinary eunuch families.

First, as long as the Jingwang and his wife agree, Xuanyuan Jia's status is enough to marry into any official family above the third rank as a wife. Secondly, only these official families of medium status need to find a powerful marriage, so that the son who marries Xuanyuan Jia can get some support in his official career.

For a prominent family like the Mo family, if they want to make Xuanyuan Jia their wife, it is obviously a bit low, but if they want Xuanyuan Jia to be a concubine, the Jingwang Mansion is unlikely to agree.

But then again,

The Mo family has indeed been a bit quiet recently. Originally, the four major families were equally powerful, and the Xie family would not be much different as the leader. However, after the Chu family married the Jingwang Mansion, their status rose rapidly, leaving the Mo family far behind.

In addition to Xie Shoufu, the head of the Xie family who firmly holds the military and practical power, the legitimate son Xie Jin is also a favorite in front of the new emperor - although everyone still doesn't know how he can win the favor of the regent with such a temperament, but the court officials with eyes can see that the regent has a different attitude towards Xie Jin and Xuanyuan Yao.

These two people have no real official positions, but they can often go in and out of the palace and lead the regent to do things. It can be seen that they are respected and trusted. They will definitely have a pivotal position in the court in the future.

So there is no need to say about the Xie family.

Compared with the Su family and the Mo family, it is obviously a bit neglected. Although the head of the Mo family is currently in the cabinet, if the younger generation is not favored by the emperor, it is only a matter of time before they slowly decline.

The Mohist School was in an awkward situation. Although it was prominent, it was not prominent enough to affect the imperial power. After all, among the civil officials, there were Prime Minister Lu and Prime Minister Xie to compete with it. Even though the Mohist School had a complex power, it did not dare to make trouble for the empress.

The Mohist School had no connection with military power.

Chu Hongyi was pregnant, and Mo Xuanwu originally had a chance to take over the military power. However, the new regent had his own confidants, and would rather leave the Prince of Huainan to do his bidding than let Mo Xuanwu take over the military power.

So the Mo family's mood at this time is actually completely understandable.

"I'm still too impatient." Nan Xi smiled lightly and looked out the window, "I have never meant to suppress the Mo family, but I just came to the throne, I am busy with everything, and I am pregnant. During this period, I was just concentrating on resting, and I didn’t think about the things in the court. When everything gets on track in the future, how can I treat all those who are capable, talented and willing to do things faithfully? "

Chu Hongyi said nothing.

"No matter who is marrying whom at the moment, or whose family is more popular and powerful, in the final analysis, it still depends on future performance." Nan Xi sipped her tea and said lightly, "Trying to take shortcuts is not a long-term solution after all. ”

Chu Hongyi was silent for a moment, then raised her eyes thoughtfully, with an undetectable look of surprise in her eyes.

She had always been a dull-tempered person, with no expression of joy or anger, but at this time she was keenly aware that after not entering the palace for two months, Her Majesty the Queen seemed to be a little different from before.