The Virtuous Concubine

Malu picked up a hairpin and gestured with it on her head. After listening to Bai Fu's words, she nodded and said, "That's the truth."

If nothing unexpected happened, Guaerjia, the daughter of the third-class earl Shi Wenbing, would eventually become Yinreng's legitimate wife, and then be named the Crown Princess, and give birth to Yinreng's third daughter.

Shi is the Chinese surname chosen by this branch of the Guwaljia clan. Shi Wenbing was born into a family of meritorious officials. His ancestors were authentic Manchu Guwaljia clan members. Three generations of his family were generals of the Eight Banners and held heavy military power.

Shi Wenbing himself was also the leader of the Han army of the Zhengbai Banner among the upper three banners. The Zhengbai Banner he led made great contributions when conquering Tuocheng. After he returns from this expedition against Galdan, he should be able to make further progress in terms of merit and reward.

Shi Wenbing was also very prestigious among the Han people. From Kangxi's perspective, marrying Shi to the prince would enhance the relationship between the Manchus and the Eight Banners of the Han army. Moreover, Shi's family was not a senior official in the court, so it was unlikely that she would be involved in politics in the inner palace. She also held military power, which could add bargaining chips to the prince. Overall, it was indeed a very good choice.

But as far as Malu knew, she and the prince did not have a good relationship after marriage. Kangxi was so picky and valued Yinreng so much, so the wife he chose for him must be a very, very good girl.

Although Guwalgiya was favored by Kangxi, she was not liked by Yinreng. Perhaps it was because their personalities were not compatible?

In short, Malu remembered that the two of them only seemed to respect each other on the surface, but in reality they did not have much affection for each other as a couple.

Should we change the Crown Princess for Yinreng?

Malu quickly dismissed the idea. It wasn't that she didn't care about the prince, it was just that Kangxi's control over the prince was horrible. She should not interfere with him as her beloved father.

Otherwise, if the prince is unhappy, he will definitely blame the heavens, the earth, and anyone who interferes, but he will never blame himself.

She needed to start worrying about her son's marriage. She had been here for so many years, and she felt that everyone's fate seemed to be pulled by invisible threads, and it was difficult to break free.

Recalling her experiences in the palace over the years, she felt more and more that fate was unpredictable. These seemingly high-ranking people in the palace were actually struggling to move forward under the manipulation of fate.

If you don't struggle and resist, you will inevitably slide back to your original trajectory.

Malu called this the inertia of fate.

She couldn't control the Crown Prince, nor did she want to control him. But she had to change the Fourth Prince's wife.

Of course, Malu had no problem with the girl from the Ulanara clan. On the contrary, she was a girl from a distinguished family with a kind and elegant mind.

Ulanara's family background and character were no less than those of the Crown Princess. She was born in the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner, the daughter of Ulanara Feiyanggu, the commander of the Nine Gates Infantry, and her biological mother was also a girl from the Aisin-Gioro family, and she was also a distant cousin of Empress Xiaoliewu of the Qing Dynasty.

The Plain Yellow Banner is slightly higher than the Plain White Banner, and her family is related by marriage to the Aisin-Gioro clan. In addition, she was able to accompany Yinzhen through the ups and downs of the nine sons' fight for the throne, so she must be no ordinary person.

She was just a low-key person, and as Yinzhen was overshadowed by the crown prince in his early years, she was naturally no match for the crown princess, Guaerjia, as a daughter-in-law.

What's more, her father is the Admiral of the Nine Gates!

The full name of the Nine-Gates Commander-in-Chief is "Commander-in-Chief of the Nine-Gates Infantry Patrol and Five Battalions", who is responsible for the internal and external guards and access control of the nine gates in Beijing's inner city.

The Nine-Gate Commander-in-Chief controls the military power and public security management power of the capital, which is directly related to the safety of the emperor and the royal family, as well as the stability of the capital. His importance is self-evident.

The reason why Yinzhen was able to become Emperor Yongzheng in his previous life was because his supporter Longkodo was the Governor-General of the Nine Gates.

Because of the heavy responsibility, the post of Nine-Gate Commander was usually held concurrently by the emperor's trusted ministers. So from the perspective of position, Fei Yanggu was more favored by Emperor Kangxi than Shi Wenbing.

Moreover, the troops commanded by the Nine-Gate Admiral have long been maintained at around 3, all of whom are selected elite soldiers - this military power will definitely play a big role at a critical moment.

But the only thing that puzzled Malu was why Kangxi would marry such a girl with a prominent family background to Yinzhen. Wasn't he afraid that he would become a threat to the crown prince?

In this life, I might have to find a way to make Ulanara marry someone else.

One reason is that the girl's family background is too prominent. If she is to be paired with the now glorious Yinzhen, Yonghe Palace would be a bit too much.

Another reason is that she has not borne any more children since giving birth to Honghui. She seems to be ahead of Yinzhen, who works day and night, and her health is obviously not good. If she is the wife of Yinzuo or Yinzhen, she thinks it is okay to be completely infertile.

But Yinzhen really has the throne to inherit, so she also has to consider the issue of succession.

It would be great if Wen Xian could succeed to the throne, as she is in good health.

Malu didn't know why such an idea suddenly came to her mind. She smiled and began to take out paper, ink, brush and inkstone, and counted the people who would sleep with Yinzhen in the future one by one. She exclaimed in amazement: "My goodness, except for Ulanara and Nian, they are all ugly."

Among the high-ranking concubines were Li, Nian, Niuhulu and Geng.

Li gave birth to four children, but only one, Hongshi, survived! He was also very stupid, which showed that his genes were not good, so he should be ruled out. Although the third prince was very tall, the Qing Dynasty already had its own pillar.

Niuhulu was even worse! The fourth prince she gave birth to, who later became Emperor Qianlong, was also not good. He was extravagant and ambitious, and yet he lived so long. This was not good.

Geng was okay, but the Fifth Prince was also ridiculous, organizing funerals all day long - Kangxi already had a Twelfth Prince who was a professional funeral director, so there was no need for another one.

Then there is Nian, Nian Gengyao's sister. This is her son's true love, this, true love, the old mother will not do anything for the time being. Now she is probably not born yet?

Malu silently cursed Yinzhen. The age difference was too big. She should consider the degree of true love. She should meet him first and then create an opportunity for the two of them to meet.

If the girl had no interest in him and was simply sent to him by her brother or was assigned to Yinzhen, then he would have to break up the couple.

If the Fourth Prince doesn’t treat a good girl like this, he should stop harming her and ruining this little girl who is like a budding flower!

At this time, the Fourth Prince, who was traveling hard, did not know that his future wives were forcibly separated by his own mother. After his rebirth, he really did not think much about women.

So when he received the imperial decree arranging the marriage, he was shocked but it was too late.

Of course, this is a story for later. Malu couldn't even remember their names - they weren't recorded in history books either.

So her next goal is to ensure that there are no members of the Li, Niuhulu and Geng families in Yinzhen’s family!

Others were not allowed, such as the Third Prince’s wife, Dong E, and the Eighth Prince’s wife, Guo Luoluo… Ma Lu shuddered and prayed silently in his heart: “I must have a sensible girl!”