Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan
Chapter 43: Sober and the Qi Family's Past
As the day of Liu Youyou's entry into the mansion drew closer, the Fourth Prince's mansion also began to be decorated. Although it was a concubine entering the mansion, all the necessary decorations had to be arranged. Even the people from Fei Pavilion and Wangshu Pavilion walking outside, how could they not see it?
Song Gege and Qi Gege were also suffering more and more every day, until Liu Youyou was finally welcomed into the mansion.
Princess Song held the eldest princess and sat by the window, listening to the noise outside and looking at the dim lights in front of her through the night. She felt that Lian Fei Pavilion was terribly empty. She had never realized so clearly that the barrier between the ladies from wealthy families and the palace maids was so huge!
When I met Qi Yuebin in the past, I didn't feel that she was inferior to me. In fact, because she was favored by the Fourth Prince, Song Gege didn't think much of her. She just felt that favor was the truth in the backyard, and anyone who was not favored had to give way to me.
Although she was later neglected by the Fourth Prince because of her premature birth, Song Gege realized that women with family backgrounds were different from herself. With the support of their families, they would be safe in the end as long as they could not produce any obvious evidence.
But this is different from facing the Ulanara family at its peak. Even before Ulanara's concubine married in, people already felt a sense of crisis and suffocation.
Song Gege was extremely clear-headed. She knew that she would never achieve such a status in her lifetime. Just watching from afar, she felt terrified, as if she had returned to the days when she was a palace maid. She had to bow her head and salute everyone she met in the palace. If she met the main ladies, she would immediately squat and salute just by seeing their sedan chairs from afar.
I remember that at that time Song Gege went on an errand with another palace maid, but because that palace maid did not pay her respects in time, she was accused of disrespecting her superiors and was sent back to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to learn the rules again. How could she get out of such a cannibalistic place without connections and money?
Recalling the fear and panic at that time, Song Gege's cautiousness that had been lost for two years finally returned! It turned out that if a powerful woman from a wealthy family crushed a little princess like her, it would be just like the punished maid. Why would she need to be watched specifically? The servants around her could take care of themselves!
Song Gege couldn't help but feel scared, wondering how she had the guts to mock Qi Yuebin for being unpopular. When she came back to her senses, Song Gege saw clearly the cause and effect of the premature birth. There must be someone with Qi Yuebin in Lianfei Pavilion, otherwise how could she know what she said in her own courtyard?
Thinking of this, Song Gege shivered as she hugged Da Gege. She looked at the golden and silver cups serving by her side, the several young palace maids standing outside, and the maids patrolling the yard that she could not see. She felt that everyone looked like the nail with ulterior motives.
Seeing that Song Gege was shivering, Jinzhan thought that it was because of the cold at night, so she advised Song Gege, "Gege, it's late at night, are you cold? Let's rest!"
Song Gege was brought back to consciousness by Jinzhan's voice. She looked at the eldest princess in her arms and said softly, "The eldest princess is asleep. Ask the nanny to carry her back. Be gentle and remember to block the wind so that the princess doesn't catch a cold!"
It was useless to think too much. Even if he knew there was a traitor, how could he have the connections to dig her out? Qi Yuebin had already been offended, and it was impossible for him to reconcile with her. For now, he had the eldest princess as a card, and it would depend on which of the two new concubines was a wise leader that she could rely on!
Compared to Song Gege's sobriety, the atmosphere in Wangshu Pavilion was even more desolate.
Qi Yuebin also sat by the window, listening to the excitement outside and the cheers from the crowd, wondering which step the ceremony had reached. This was the bride stepping over the fire basin, and the next cheer would be stepping over the saddle, and then the next step would be sitting in the tent!
Qi Yuebin was familiar with these procedures. Which woman hadn't expected to be dressed in a phoenix coronet and a wedding sedan? But after staying in the palace for a long time, she forgot that it was not about being served, having a position, but about getting married. When she thought about herself, as the daughter of the Qi family, not even having the etiquette of welcoming the bride, and being sent to the Fourth Prince's mansion in a sedan chair, Qi Yuebin couldn't help but shed tears of pain.
Jixiang, who was serving beside him, saw his master crying, waved away the other servants, half-knelt beside Qi Yuebin, and tried to comfort her: "Princess, let's..."
Before she could finish her words, she was interrupted by Qi Yuebin. She took the handkerchief from Jixiang's hand, wiped away her tears, and smiled to comfort Jixiang: "It's okay, I just lost my composure today. It's getting late, so go to bed! I still have to serve tea to the concubine tomorrow!"
Jixiang could only silently help Qi Yuebin wash and rest. Qi Yuebin got on the bed and lay upright. With several layers of curtains hanging down, Jixiang couldn't see clearly whether Qi Yuebin was asleep or not.
How could Qi Yuebin sleep? It was just that she had her own pride. Even if it was Jixiang who grew up with her, she didn't want to show her embarrassment in front of others, but her heart felt like it was being cut by a knife.
The Qi family rose to prominence through military exploits. Qi Yuebin's father was particularly brave and good at fighting, and was deeply trusted by the emperor. The Qi family's children were also particularly ambitious, so Qi Yuebin would have had a good marriage. However, things never go as planned. Qi's father was away fighting, and in order to show his sincerity, he sent his daughter to the palace to be raised by Concubine De. However, Qi Yuebin could only hear the news of her father's death in the battlefield in the deep palace.
Qi Yuebin was already ten years old at that time and was no longer an ignorant child. He also learned to read people's expressions in the palace and knew that his father was the most outstanding son in the Qi family and that there would be no one in the next generation who could lead the family to prosperity like his father. If his father could live to old age in peace, with his qualifications, he could also stabilize the status of the Qi family. But his father passed away, and the Qi family was no exception, as if the sky had fallen.
Qi Yuebin followed the nanny back to the Qi Mansion, where white cloths were hung everywhere. Qi's mother was crying so hard that she couldn't get up. She could only stand with the help of a maid. The two younger brothers, the oldest was only five years old and the youngest was three years old. They couldn't even remember what their father looked like. They had lost their father forever.
No one in the Qi family, with an orphan and a widowed mother, can support the family. Qi Yuebin knows that he can never get off the ship of Concubine De! Now he can only rely on Concubine De's power to ensure that the Qi family will not be eaten up by the wolves and tigers outside.
Therefore, Qi Yuebin, as the head of the family, discussed with the Qi family's side branches and wrote a letter of surrender to Concubine De. Although the Qi family saw that there was no successor, they still had some connections in the army, so Concubine De was naturally willing to go with the flow and accept the benefits.
In exchange, Qi Yuebin would enter the Fourth Prince's residence. In fact, when Qi Yuebin entered the palace, in order to win over the Qi family, Concubine De gave her the position of concubine. The Han Army Banner could only be the concubine of the prince. But Qi's father didn't want to wrong his daughter, so he just said that he would wait until the war was over. If Qi's father could make meritorious deeds on the battlefield and be promoted to the Manchu Army Banner by the emperor, it would be another matter. It was not impossible for Qi Yuebin to be the main concubine. But after Qi's father died, all the ideas were just fantasies.
Qi Yuebin could only be carried into the palace in a sedan chair. Defei even said hypocritically that you are the fourth prince's first princess, so you will naturally be treated differently. What kind of difference? Is it like the difference in the cold palace?
But for the sake of the Qi family, Qi Yuebin could only endure it. He endured it until a servant climbed over his head. This was not a big deal, but Song should never insult the Qi family. Qi Yuebin couldn't help but took action. The price of his action was that the Fourth Prince could no longer come to Wangshu Pavilion to sit.
Of course, Qi Yuebin couldn't tell anyone how happy he was when he heard that Song Gege had given birth to a daughter who couldn't be raised. Even if you were favored by the master, wouldn't you end up like this in the end?
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