novelonline Chapter 1931 Decent
Chapter 1931 Decent
Chapter 1931 Decent
"She is the princess of the Zhiyi Mansion..."
The Crown Princess whispered back.
The Guwalja clan is a well-known clan among the Eight Banners, but the most prominent one is not the branch of the Crown Princess, but the descendants of Fei Yingdong, Duke of Yiyi, one of the Five Ministers who were descendants of the king.
This expenditure cost two gong.
However, due to its involvement with Oboi, the Zhiyi Mansion has never been prominent and has only begun to come to the fore in recent years.
The current Minister of the Imperial Guard, Porpen, is a cousin of Duke Zhiyi and another duke of the direct line of the Guwalgiya clan.
The Tenth Lady also remembered most of the nobles in the capital.
When she heard about their family, she asked, "The family that is married to Guanglue Beile Mansion and Jian Wang Mansion? Is that also a relative of Sister-in-law Jiu?"
The Crown Princess thought for a moment and shook her head, "It's a bit far. I haven't heard of any exchanges between the two families."
Although our ancestors were comrades-in-arms, that was more than a hundred years ago. As they moved to different banners and had different positions, they had less contact.
After hearing this, the Tenth Lady lost interest.
In a little while, it was time to pay respects.
When almost everyone had arrived, the Queen Mother came out with a group of people.
Guarjia Gege was also among them, standing behind the Crown Princess and the Tenth Lady.
Everyone paid their respects and looked at this unfamiliar princess with a braided hair. They were all as puzzled as the Tenth Lady and could not help but take a few more glances at her.
Judging from her attire, she is an unmarried Manchu princess. Then how did she get to Ningshou Palace?
If she was a Mongolian princess who was blessed and brought into the palace to accompany the empress dowager, it would be understandable.
Manchu princess, it's not the year for the beauty pageant, but you're already looking for her in advance?
Some people went to see the Crown Princess because they thought that the Yuqing Palace had not had a new prince for many years.
Some looked at Concubine De.
Now that the Fourteenth Prince has grown up, it makes sense for him to be selected among the concubines to be chosen next year.
The Crown Princess's face was calm and peaceful, and nothing could be seen.
Defei had a gloomy face and looked at the princess from time to time.
Her information was not very well-informed. It was okay for other palaces in the inner court, but she had no clue about the Ningshou Palace since the Ninth Princess was demoted.
Shushu and the Fifth Lady stood behind Concubine Yi and exchanged glances with the Seventh Lady who was standing behind Concubine Hui.
The two sisters-in-law remembered what they said last month, about the girl who was selected in the last beauty pageant, the princess from the mansion.
The Queen Mother was not in a hurry to introduce the newcomer to everyone. Instead, she looked at Shushu, beckoned her forward, and said, "You are out of confinement now. Come over here and let me take a look. How are you recovering?"
Everyone looked at Shushu.
Shushu stepped out of the line and said, "I have received several rewards from the Imperial Grandmother and our Queen Mother. My sister-in-law and brothers and sisters-in-law have also given me good things. All day long, I have been eating bird's nest, donkey-hide gelatin, sea cucumber and fish maw. My qi and blood are full, and I had a nosebleed yesterday."
The Queen Mother pulled her arm, squeezed her wrist, and looked at her face carefully. Seeing that her face was rosy and her complexion was indeed good, and her wrists were plump, she felt relieved and said, "I heard that your father took good care of you during the confinement period. He took good care of you. It seems that you have indeed recovered a lot. Just listen to the imperial physician and don't take too much."
"Yeah, yeah, starting from the day before yesterday, I stopped eating things like chicken stewed with donkey-hide gelatin and sea cucumber stewed with millet, and switched to ordinary food..." Shushu replied.
"That's good. The spring is dry, so it's not the right time to nourish your body. When autumn comes, you can nourish whatever you haven't nourished yet."
The Queen Mother patted the back of Shushu's hand and said.
"Listen to the Imperial Grandmother..."
Shushu is very well-behaved.
Being watched by dozens of pairs of eyes and seeing another embarrassing scene, Shushu's scalp tingled.
Normally, the empress dowager did not hide her affection for her, but she usually did so when there were few people around. This was the first time she gave her such respect during a visit.
Such ostentatious behavior is not the Queen Mother's usual style.
Shu Shu had a vague guess.
as predicted.
After she returned to Concubine Yi's seat, the Queen Mother called the princess of Guaerjia forward and said to Concubine Yi, "This is the great-granddaughter of Duke Zhiyi and a princess of the Guaerjia clan. Her appearance and character are both first-rate. It's just that she was too young during the selection two years ago, so the name tag was left but no one was chosen. I had some selfish thoughts and wanted to give her to the fifth child. Take a look at her and see if you like her..."
Then she turned to Guarjia Gege and said, "That's Concubine Yi. Go and pay your respects."
The room was exceptionally quiet.
Except for a few people who knew about it, everyone else was shocked.
She was a princess in a mansion and a wife of a prince, but she was appointed as a concubine?!
Someone looked at Fucha behind Concubine Hui.
I have always felt that this concubine of the Eighth Prince is a respectable person. Although she is a concubine's daughter, she is the eldest daughter of the Grand Secretary's family.
Now, compared with this princess from the mansion, my status is really not comparable.
Concubine Yi had already informed the news. Seeing the satisfaction on Guaerjia Gege's face, she felt bitter in her heart.
The emperor does whatever he wants. He not only looks down on the Fifth Concubine, but also looks down on Hongsheng, the eldest son of the Fifth Prince.
A concubine with such a background would rank ahead of Hongsheng whenever she gave birth to a prince.
This punishment was not only directed at the Fifth Lady, but also at the Fifth Prince.
But Concubine Yi saw it, but she couldn't stop it and could only thank her.
"Your servant pays respects to the Majesty..."
Guarjia Gege had come forward, her face slightly red, and she knelt down to perform a blessing gesture.
The sixteen-year-old girl had visible fuzz on her face. Her appearance was even better than the Eighth and Third Concubines, the most beautiful among the prince's wives.
Needless to say, a sign was left before, which should have been reserved for the prince, but I don't know why they changed their mind.
Concubine Yi helped Guaerjia Gege up, took off the multi-treasure gold bracelet on her hand, put it on Guaerjia Gege, and said with a smile: "Good child, what a good child, I will have another daughter in the future..."
When Princess Guarjia saw how gentle and amiable Concubine Yi was, she felt relieved.
She knew that the two beautiful ladies in Manchu costumes standing behind Concubine Yi were the Fifth and Ninth Concubines, but she did not dare to look back.
To others, her family seemed prosperous, but in fact, because their family had a close relationship with Oboi in his early years, they also suffered from his anger.
Her father punished her for a crime during his lifetime and took away her title. Fortunately, the emperor showed mercy and passed the title to her brother, so the title was not transferred to another family.
But my brother was two years old and could not enter the court.
When her brother grew up, he could not get a job, so in the 38th year he was appointed as a minister of the rank of Sanzhi, and he has not moved since then.
If other dukes were replaced, they would be directly appointed as alternate governor or deputy governor.
The Dukes of the Upper Three Banners were directly appointed as the Grand Minister of the Interior and the Grand Minister in Charge of the Imperial Guards.
As a princess from a duke's mansion, I am of insufficient quality and have an awkward status, comparable to those princesses in Shuncheng County Prince's Mansion.
Such a marriage now was not a compromise for her.
The selection of concubines for the Eight Banners was based on the status of the father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, not the status of the elder brother.
Shushu lowered her eyes and didn't look at Fifth Lady's expression.
She understood what the empress dowager meant. The empress dowager praised her in front of her to preserve Concubine Yi's dignity.
Let me tell you, this concubine is not going after Concubine Yi.
The fifth prince and the ninth prince each have their own residences, and now they are two separate families.
Either he went for Concubine Yi or Concubine Wu.
The eldest wife stood behind Concubine Hui, her face pale.
When the Eighth Prince was granted a concubine, she had not yet married into the royal family. She only knew that the Eighth Prince's wife was disobedient and unfilial, and was disliked by the Emperor and his eunuchs, so they appointed the daughter of an important official as his concubine.
What serious fault has Fifth Lady committed right now?
Or among so many princes' palaces, no one can be without this?
She couldn't help feeling a little anxious.
The number of female members in the Prince of Zhi's Mansion was second only to that of the Yuqing Palace, with more than ten princesses and concubines.
But since the eldest prince was born, there has been no more baby crying.
The eldest wife had been secretly thankful before, but now she feels guilty even though she is not a thief.
How do outsiders see this?
Do you think that she is jealous and doesn't allow princesses and concubines to get pregnant?
The Third Lady was standing behind Concubine Rong, but she had a bad feeling.
Ever since the smallpox epidemic last year, Lady Wu has never been kind to her.
The Third Lady knew that this was a complaint against Prince Cheng's Mansion for bringing the smallpox epidemic to Haidian.
But it was her daughter who died, not the Fifth Lady's prince...
When the news came out after the New Year that a royal grandson would be admitted to the Imperial Study, Mrs. San thought it was just a punishment for herself, but she never expected that he would go to the Fifth Prince's Mansion.
But right now, I can’t help but think…
Shushu originally wanted to keep an eye on Concubine Rong, but because of this incident, she couldn't look around anymore.
After meeting this mother-in-law, will the next step be for Princess Guaerjia to meet the mistress, the Fifth Lady?
Then, she rejected the idea in her mind.
The Emperor wants to punish the Fifth Lady, and she is definitely going to lose face today.
Sure enough, when Guarjia Gege returned to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother changed the subject and said to Concubine Wang: "The rear hall of Qixiang Palace has been repaired. The Imperial Astronomical Observatory has chosen a date. February 18th is a good date. You can move to the palace with Little Nineteen..."
Lady Wang responded respectfully.
Concubine De looked towards the Queen Mother, her face showing an expression of wanting to say something but stopping herself.
The Queen Mother saw it but pretended not to have seen it.
Although Concubine De has taken good care of Little Nineteen in the past six months, the Empress Dowager naturally would not interfere since the Emperor ordered the move to the palace.
Among the four concubines, the one the Empress Dowager disliked the most was Concubine De.
If you can’t even love your own son, how can you love someone else’s son?
Giving her a little boy named Sixteen as an adopted son was already the emperor's way of preserving her dignity.
If you still want to hold the Nineteenth Prince's hand, you are thinking too much.
Although Defei has always been tolerant, she couldn't help but get a little angry now, and she looked at Rongpin with an unfriendly look.
Concubine Rong raised her eyes and glanced at her.
He really has no self-awareness.
Everyone else understands that the old are not as good as the new, but Concubine De is the only one who is still deceiving herself.
The one the emperor gave himself was the twentieth prince, and this little nineteenth prince was obviously left for Concubine Wang, the prince's biological mother.
As the mother of three sons, she was of a low birth, so she had a chance to become a concubine, but any bannerman would have a chance to become a consort.
The princes' wives noted down the date of February 18th.
The noble lady is also the concubine mother, and she gave birth to the prince.
These young people all need to prepare for the palace-moving ceremony...
After paying respects, the Queen Mother said to Concubine Yi and the Fifth Lady, "You two stay for a while, and the rest of you can go..."
Everyone stood up and responded, watching the empress dowager leave before leaving Ningshou Palace in an orderly manner.
The Seventh Lady couldn't wait to get to Shushu and whispered, "You really made me say it. With such a background and such a good appearance..."
Shu Shu reminded quietly: "Let's talk about it after we leave the palace..."
The Seventh Lady nodded, thinking about the Fifth Lady's expression just now, and couldn't help but feel sad...