In the original work of "Do You Know", the six princesses and the mother and daughter of the lord of Jiacheng County were the only women who died in the Shenchen Rebellion. Although the ladies of the prince's family were locked up in the palace, their lives did not seem to be in danger, because even the three princesses, whose families were in charge, managed to escape.
Concubine Rong and Rong Xian colluded with the rebels of the four princes inside and outside in order to take revenge on the mother and daughter of the lord of Jiacheng County, resulting in the death of the mother and daughter of the lord of Jiacheng County. All of this is related to the marriage between the county lord of Jiacheng and Qi Heng, and when the county lord of Jiacheng kidnapped and forced Rong Feiyan to death, he definitely did not expect the consequences to be so serious.
01, the "bones" competing with each other. The county lord of Jiacheng and Rong Feiyan should have nothing to do with each other, but because of the marriage between the county lord of Jiacheng and Qi Heng, there was an entanglement between the two.
The dispute between the two stems from the fight for Qi Heng, and this Qi Heng is like a delicious piece of meat and bones. At first, Rong Feiyan, the niece of the favorite concubine of the harem, had a higher status than the county lord of Jiacheng, the concubine of the six princes of the deserted royal family, among the daughters to be married in the capital.
Even if the aristocratic family looks down on Concubine Rong and Rong Feiyan's background, they must respect the favor of the old emperor and treat these two golden phoenixes from poor backgrounds with courtesy. However, as the news spread, the third prince succeeded the youngest son of the sixth prince as the heir, and the status of the county lord of Jiacheng gradually improved.
For the county lord of Pingning, who is bent on finding a high-ranking wife for his son, this is simply a rare opportunity. After all, Pingning's identity as the county lord of Zhengsanpin comes from the gift of his father who sacrificed his life to savior many years ago, as the only daughter of the Marquis of Xiangyang, although she grew up in the palace, she is not a real royal child after all, and the royal family's preferential treatment of her is difficult to last.
Her background gives her a kind of deficiency that cannot be changed, which also makes her naturally have a strong sense of competition. She is used to being competitive, even between relatives.
However, without the support of her own brother, she can only pin her hopes on her son, hoping that he will get ahead.
The degree of supervision of Qi Heng has already attracted everyone's attention. Whether it was a woman who might become his wife, the lord of Binh Ninh took strict precautions, not only strictly managing his maids, but also repeatedly stressing the need to be wary of overly enthusiastic women.
When Qi Heng was studying in the Sheng Mansion, the whole house attached great importance to the defense of men and women. In order to protect Qi Heng's reputation, her mother even intervened in the homework of Minglan and her two sisters to prevent them from thinking about Qi Heng.
Therefore, during Qi Heng's stay in the Sheng Mansion, even in the face of the two Mo Lan Rulan, who were like flowers and jade, he resolutely kept his distance, and even the interaction between his cousins was relatively small.
Qi Heng can stand out from the many gentlemen and become an outlier in the eyes of everyone, in addition to his extraordinary talent, he is also inseparable from the strict discipline of the county lord of Pingning. This also caused him a lot of sensation in the aristocratic circles of the capital, and many wealthy nobles who had daughters to marry regarded him as a sought-after commodity and wanted to take him into their pockets.
In this battle of roses without gunpowder, the two forces of the county lord of Jiacheng and Rong Feiyan were the strongest. With the noble status of her younger brother, even if she does not consider the background of the Duke of Qi, the status of Qi Heng and his parents alone is enough to attract the fanatical pursuit of the nobles in the capital.
When the county lord of Pingning was troubled by choosing a daughter-in-law, the third prince announced that his nephew would become his heir, and the county lord of Jiacheng became very popular because of this. At this time, the county lord of Pingning, who was already speculative, also had to rush to burn the stove of the sixth prince's house, hoping to marry the county lord of Jiacheng as his daughter-in-law.
Therefore, when a concubine like Mo Lan showed courtesy and flattery to her, she didn't even care about basic politeness, and directly put people aside and ignored her.
The county lord of Pingning's contempt for Mo Lan and Concubine Rong's family stems from her pride in her family background. Although Mo Lan was only a concubine of a seven-rank official family, the county lord of Pingning did not disdain to compare with her, because her family background was far from being comparable to Mo Lan.
After learning that Concubine Rong's family expressed their intention to marry the Qi family, the county lord of Pingning felt insulted, she denounced the vulgarity of the Concubine Rong family, and firmly believed that the prosperous days of the Concubine Rong family were numbered.
The wealth of the Rong family comes from the favor of Concubine Rong, but this wealth is not eternal. Because as long as Concubine Xiao Rong does not give birth to a son who can be established as a prince or a king, the title of the Rong family cannot be hereditary.
Although the Rong family may be able to inherit the title for three or five generations, this is not very likely.
As the old emperor was old and lacked strength, the Rong family had no time to cultivate more talents, so they could only eagerly marry everywhere to maintain the family's wealth. However, the others are not stupid, once the old emperor dies, the existing power of the Rong family will lose its effectiveness, and all glory will be lost.
These factors have brought uncertainty to the Rong family's marriage road.
If everything goes well, when the third prince sits on the throne and his younger brother Xiaozong inherits the big sect, the county lord of Jiacheng will be able to become a real princess by virtue of his younger brother's identity. The best thing is that the county lord of Jiacheng can not only enjoy all the benefits of the princess, but also do not have to bear the flashy reputation and various restrictions of the princess.
One of them is that her husband can enjoy the benefits of being a concubine, but he does not have to be rewarded with knighthood and false titles for the rest of his life, as is the case with a concubine who marries a princess.
This key point is why the county lord of Pingning is so enthusiastic about Qi Heng. Qi Heng's marriage to the county lord of Jiacheng made it possible for him to embark on a career in the future, even if he held power, the official imperial history could not openly attack him on the grounds of etiquette.
No matter how beautiful Rong Feiyan is, it is difficult to take the lead in this competition. Rong Feiyan's death sparked feelings of hatred. However, although the lord and wife of Pingning County had a clear idea of the choice of daughter-in-law, they did not immediately refuse the Rong family's request.
At the prompting of Lord Qi, the county lord of Pingning chose to pretend to be dissatisfied with the old affairs of the Rong family, so as to push the matter to the six princesses and let them solve it themselves. In this way, the Qi family will not offend people, but also maintain a certain degree of majesty, let the six princesses know that they did not take the initiative to come up, and can also avoid Qi Heng not being able to raise his head in front of the county lord in the future.
Who would have thought that such a seemingly insignificant battle for wind and jealousy would lead to Rong Feiyan's tragic ending. In fact, in view of the extremely high attention of the Six Princes family, there is a high probability that the Rong family will take the initiative to retreat after eating a few soft nails from the Qi family.
When that chilling scandal caused a stir throughout the city, the notoriety of the county lord Jiacheng and her daughter also spread. Rong Feiyan was unfortunately kidnapped by a gang of robbers during an outing, and was not found until late at night, and her reputation was completely ruined.
This made it difficult for her not only to marry Qi Heng, but even ordinary people found it difficult to accept her.
The Fuchang Marquis of the Rong family was so angry that he fell ill, and Concubine Rong fainted due to excessive grief, but the brave Rong Feiyan chose to hang herself soon after. As for those people, although the joint investigation between Shuntianfu and the Five Cities Terracotta Division has no results, the only possibility is that they are not real gangsters.
Their true identity is the personal bodyguard and servant of the six princesses. After all, the sixth princess's maiden family was only a relative of a butcher, and it was not surprising that she was able to commit such a long-term and insidious act.
With the rising voice of the three princes and the rapid rise of the six kings, even if the government found the clues of the real murderer, it chose to conceal it and not make it public, in order to seek peace. In this case, the Rong family, despite repeated appeals, turned out to no avail.
Even if the old emperor knew the truth, would he kill his daughter-in-law or granddaughter to pay for Rong Feiyan's life? This seems unlikely.
A month later, when Qi Heng married the county lord of Jiacheng with a huge battle, the people of the Rong family could only watch and could not make other decisions. And the ten-mile red makeup and half-city celebration when the county lord of Jiacheng got married directly aroused the deep hatred of the Rong family, so that they had no other way to take refuge in the fourth prince who was in trouble.
Although Concubine Xiaorong has not yet given birth to an heir, the Liuwang family is arrogant and arrogant, and often puts people to death. It is conceivable that after the death of the old emperor, the Rong family will become extremely fragile, like meat on a chopping board.
Instead of waiting to be purged, it is better to strike first.