Quickly wear and change the fate of the little cannon fodder

Chapter 464: The Little Cannon Fodder in Ancient House Fighting Novels 20

We have been without food for seven or eight days. Where there is oppression there must be resistance. I believe that such days will not last long!

Cui Xiaoxiao got up early the next morning. The Marquis was leaving Beijing today, and she had to see him off with the Marquis's wife and the others!

She wore ordinary clothes and followed the crowd to the gate, watching the marquis and his beloved wives and concubines say goodbye one by one. Cui Xiaoxiao hid among the children and tried to reduce her presence as much as possible.

After saying goodbye, the Marquis was finally leaving! He had finished explaining everything he wanted to say, and then he glanced at his children again. When he saw Cui Xiaoxiao was about to say something, he finally said nothing and got on the carriage and left.

After sending them away, the Marquis’ wife brought everyone to pay respects to the old lady! The old lady was a little depressed after her son left home, but she didn’t make things difficult for them and let them go!

It was on the third day after Cui Xiaoxiao returned to the Marquis' Mansion to pay her respects that she proposed to the Marquis's wife that her only personal maid had married and she needed someone to serve her. Only then did she succeed in transferring Xiang Qin to her room to serve her.

After the Tenth Prince sent Cui Xiaoxiao away, he immediately began to plan how to influence the Fifth Prince!

He first sent out all his people and investigated all the beauties in the capital who seemed to have good family backgrounds but were not very good people inside.

After getting the list of concubines, he went to his mother's palace frequently and used the spies left by Concubine Chen and her son in his mother's palace to say something!

On the surface, the mother and son were discussing privately, but when they saw the spy eavesdropping, they began their performance, saying, "So that's how it is. It turns out that the reason why the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Le'an got the jade hairpin is all because of the legitimate daughter of the Imperial College's chief priest! It's not because her father and grandmother take special care of her, it's mainly because that man's piano playing is so bad that the girl from the Cui family seems to play the flute well!"

The people in Le'an Marquis' Mansion are too useless. Once you get involved with them, you will most likely be entangled and sucked blood, and you will have to deal with troubles for them all the time! I heard that the Marquis' Mansion is very poor. I am also impressed by the fact that a Marquis' Mansion is in such a mess. You can only stay away from such people. Don't get involved with them, otherwise you can't get rid of them. Mother, cross out her name!"

Then she would pick out those people with problems one by one and give them a good compliment! What did she say? "This one is good, her father has great potential, he is a man who gets things done, the emperor also wants to use him..." In fact, this girl is vicious and cruel!

She killed one of her stepmother's children and aborted the other in her womb. After her stepmother found out the reason, she secretly killed her offspring. She also had a tendency to violence, and there was not a single piece of good flesh on her personal maid. Yet, she appeared to be gentle, virtuous, beautiful and kind to outsiders!

"She has many brothers and a powerful family. Several of them are officials in the court, and they have a certain say in the court. ..." In fact, she is a cowardly, incompetent and soft-hearted person who cries at the slightest provocation.

The most important thing is that there are many uneducated and uneducated young men in their family, who spend money like water, causing the entire mansion to be unable to make ends meet. They have always relied on the dowry of the female relatives in the family to support themselves.

"This is not bad either. Her father works in the Imperial College. He is very good at academics and has many outstanding students under his name, some of whom even serve as officials..." There is no big problem with the father of this concubine!

But this lady from a wealthy family has many senior brothers and junior brothers who have ambiguous relationships with her, and it is normal for her to receive various small gifts and hold hands... Moreover, this lady herself is the kind of person who needs to be treated like a star, and is arrogant and pretentious.

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All this information came from his gossipy subordinates, who then investigated and collected evidence for a period of time before they learned about it! This subordinate was the eyes of the Tenth Prince, so it was easy for him to find out any information!

He was afraid that his master was getting older and might make mistakes if he took a wife or concubine, so he told his master in a joking way.

These girls or their families all have some problems, more or less! Some of them may even become big problems with endless consequences, but they are all hidden by themselves or their families.

If these people were gathered in one mansion, he could imagine how lively that mansion would be.

I'm looking forward to it...

After sending out the news, he immediately arranged for people to observe the whereabouts of the Fifth Prince and his mother. After confirming that the mother and son had discussed it over and over again and conducted some investigations, they crossed out Cui Xiaoxiao's name on the list of requests for imperial decree. They also said that even Cui Xiaoxiao's entire family didn't want her anymore. Only then did the Tenth Prince feel a little relieved!

I even saw that among the six people he recommended, two appeared on the list of names and two appeared on the list of concubines!

Haha, he knew this would happen!

The list of girls on the harem that Concubine Zhao gave to her son was not long, only five, but all of them were of noble status and had been arranged by the emperor. It was impossible for them to become her daughter-in-law, and then put Cui Xiaoxiao's name in the position of a concubine!

This is a list that will surely make His Majesty angry upon reading it, but this is the effect she wants, and she also believes that the Queen will sing a different tune and help them intervene and achieve their own goals!

The mother and son have imagined many scenarios. When the time comes, they will act according to circumstances. No matter which method they use, they will make things happen!

When the emperor saw the roster of beautiful girls who needed marriage, the list of requests for permission from concubines and sons in the backyard, and the list of dignitaries who needed arranged marriages, he felt quite a headache!

The women in his backyard would talk about the concubines every time he went there. The emperor was even more annoyed, and later he simply stopped going to the backyard! When he went to pay his respects to the empress dowager, he also discussed the concubines to be given to the rich and powerful!

The emperor found a large piece of paper, wrote the list of beauties and their backgrounds on it, and then wrote the people who needed to be married off on the other side of the paper.

Then he would arrange for the concubines and dignitaries to write the imperial edicts first, and after each one was finished, he would cross out a name on the paper!

The remaining people wrote a new piece of paper, and then called the queen and two concubines. According to the list of requests from the concubines, the four big men felt that there was no problem, and then began to connect them like a wire.

If there are duplicate candidates, the emperor will make the decision.

Because the tenth prince was the youngest among the princes who needed to marry, when it was his turn, he found that there was no one else on his request list except Cui Xiaoxiao.

They can only choose from the remaining concubines. There are no good candidates left. They are either from low family backgrounds or ugly. And among all the concubines, Cui Xiaoxiao is the highest-ranking one. Concubine Zhao will definitely not accept this!

After the emperor read the list of concubines Zhao Guifei requested, he was indeed angry. Because except for Cui Xiaoxiao, all the concubines on the list were powerful. Moreover, he had already written the imperial edict for all of them, which could not be changed.

The Queen also fanned the flames, saying that the Imperial Concubine and her son were too bold. Even her legitimate son didn't dare to make such a choice, so how dare they? They actually let a legitimate daughter of a marquis be a concubine for the prince. How could they not be so arrogant?

The queen directly put Cui Xiaoxiao on the list of the tenth prince's principal wife, and also selected a few people from the remaining list of beauties to fill the list of his concubines.

Imperial Concubine Zhao was very dissatisfied. How could the daughter of an ugly and powerless fifth-rank official be her son's concubine? Her son was the Imperial Concubine's son anyway. Is this list acceptable?

After the emperor calmed down, he did not adopt their opinions and directly put Cui Xiaoxiao on the list of concubines!

When the candidates for the principal wife were still hesitating, Concubine Zhao spoke up, saying that it was difficult to change the chosen candidate, and fortunately the tenth prince was still young, so a concubine would be chosen first, and the remaining candidates would be arranged for him in the next selection.

The emperor thought about it and nodded in agreement.

Even when the emperor wanted to assign him a few concubines as his maids, Concubine Zhao refused on the grounds that they were leftovers from others and that if others didn't want them, her son wouldn't want them either!

The candidates were finally decided and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

In everyone's opinion, only Concubine Zhao was very dissatisfied! The emperor looked at everyone's satisfied expressions, and then looked at the unhappy Concubine Zhao. He was angry at first, but later when he saw the name of the Tenth Prince, he was left alone as a concubine with no real power.

He felt a little sorry, but it was difficult to change his mind, so he had to reward Concubine Zhao and her son with many valuable things as compensation! He also promised to select a few good ones for the tenth prince in the next selection.

Only then was Concubine Zhao satisfied!

Afterwards, the mother and son talked, "Son, mother has done her best!"

"Mother, this is already very good. Thank you for your hard work." The Tenth Prince knew the selection process and knew that this was already the best result.

Fortunately, they achieved the desired effect, and they had at least three years to deepen their relationship.

As for the future, we’ll talk about it later!

Life in the Marquis's mansion became increasingly chaotic. The servants were not well fed and as a result, they all looked pale and thin and had no strength to work.

Until one or two servants fainted from hunger, the servants simply went on a collective strike!

The remaining servants were still outside spreading the news that servants in Le'an Marquis' Mansion had starved to death!

Now the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion became extremely bad, and Cui Hongyuan, who was studying outside, was pointed at by everyone!

Some of the brave ones even asked him directly, "Is it true that the servants in your mansion starved to death? I heard that the master of your mansion could not eat meat for ten days or half a month. Is it true?"

I heard that the master of your mansion has to search for small change in the servants' rooms to fill the mansion. Is that true? Can you still afford to eat? Do you go to school hungry every day?

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Cui Hongyuan blushed when he was asked this question. He wanted to refute, but many people had evidence. The servants in their mansion were all thin and had sallow complexions. It was obvious that they were not getting enough food.

Finally, when school was over, Cui Hongyuan returned home and went straight to the old lady and told her the news he had heard!

The old lady was almost fainted with anger. She had worked hard for many years to maintain the reputation of the Marquis' Mansion, and finally it was ruined. If it was not improved, the marriage of the children of the Marquis' Mansion would become a problem.

What made the old lady even angrier was that the next day, Cui Ningning's future in-laws also sent someone to deliver 1,220 taels of silver, saying that it was for the future daughter-in-law's food and meat.

Now the Marquis' Mansion had lost all its reputation and became the laughing stock of the entire capital.

The old lady called the Marquis's wife and scolded her harshly. She said that she did not manage the Marquis's mansion well and that under her management, the Marquis's mansion had lost its reputation! She said that her management ability was not as good as that of a merchant's daughter.

The Marquis's wife said that the Marquis's house had no money. What could she do? After all, a good cook cannot cook without rice. Anyway, she didn't want to use her dowry to subsidize the later payment.

The old lady thought that the reputation of the Marquis's Mansion was not good, so how good could her reputation as the Marquis's wife be? She still had a pair of children in the Marquis' Mansion as legitimate children. Should they get married in the future? Should they go out to socialize and go to school? Should they be human beings? ?

Finally, the old lady and the marquis' wife each took out five thousand taels of silver to improve the food in the marquis' mansion.

Cui Xiaoxiao finally had a meal of meat after the talent show. Although it was not as good as the food before the talent show, it was much better than the food she had in the previous two days. It was really not easy!

Cui Xiaoxiao also received a message from Wenyuanhou's daughter, Gu Yingyue, saying that she wanted to invite her to a birthday party!

Although she knew that if she attended the party at this time, there would definitely be people who would make sarcastic remarks or ask about her family news, she did not refuse. In fact, the reason why the news spread so quickly was that she had a hand in it!

She accepted the invitation and followed Gu Yingyue to visit the elders of the Marquis' Mansion before going to Gu Yingyue's courtyard. She didn't invite many people, only five or six young ladies, and even the few unpleasant ones she saw in the palace last time didn't show up here.

"Xiaoxiao, you are finally here. Come on, I will take you to meet my good sisters."

"Yingyue, happy birthday!" Cui Xiaoxiao handed over the birthday gift she brought for Gu Yingyue.

"Thank you!" After receiving the gift, Yingyue pulled her over and introduced her to her little sister!

These little sisters all had nice personalities. Even though they knew that Cui Xiaoxiao was the daughter of the poor Le'an Marquis family, they did not laugh at her or ridicule her. Instead, they all smiled kindly at Cui Xiaoxiao.

It can be seen that these people have received formal education in large families, and they speak and act in a proper manner!

Cui Xiaoxiao also saw that Xu Chuyao, the concubine who was eliminated due to conspiracy, was smiling and not depressed because of her failure!

After a brief chat, it turned out that some people were indeed asking about the situation in the Marquis' Mansion, but most of them were curious and had no ill intentions.

Cui Xiaoxiao did not hide anything. After all, this was a well-known matter. She said whatever she wanted to say and also mentioned that the food had improved.

"Alas, you poor kid, you have to hang out with your sister today. The mansion has prepared a lot of food, and the snacks I told you about are also prepared a lot. You can eat as much as you want today!"

"Okay, then I'll eat a few more pieces. If I really can't eat any more, I'll take a few pieces away to thank Yingyue for her hospitality today."

Her natural and natural demeanor was quickly accepted by Gu Yingyue's other sisters.

"So you are such a wonderful person. Now I finally understand why Yingyue always mentions you!"

"That's right! We didn't know you before because you didn't go out. Go out more often and get to know more girls."

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After the party, Cui Xiaoxiao made an appointment with her sisters to go shopping together next time, and then said goodbye and went home!