Favoring concubines and ignoring wives? The mistress of the marquisate remarried a powerful official

Song Wanning is now looking at the account book in the courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Who would have thought that her good sister-in-law Lu Zijun would come to her again.

Lu Zijun sat beside Song Wanning, watching her checking the accounts one by one, and chuckled, "You are pregnant now, and you are still checking the accounts like this. Unlike me, I am not very good at housekeeping. I tried it a while ago and it was a mess. Because of this, I simply gave up. I'd better leave the work of checking the accounts to someone who can do it at home. I don't have to do anything, and I am happy and comfortable."

The general's mansion only had Lu Zijun, the female master who was in charge of the housekeeping. The housekeeping work should have fallen on her, but Lu Zijun was careless and had no intention of being a housekeeper. Fortunately, Song Lan and Song Jing did not plan to hand over the housekeeping work of the general's mansion to her, but let the old housekeeper who had been with Song Jing for more than ten years do it.

In this way, Lu Zijun was happy to have a leisurely life. When she had nothing to do, she could come and chat with Song Wanning, and go back to her parents' home every now and then.

"I'm free anyway, so I might as well take a look at the accounts." Song Wanning smiled lightly and placed the account book in her hand on the table beside her.

"I'll tell you a palace secret." Lu Zijun said this, leaning towards Song Wanning, and then carefully looked around. Seeing that there was no one around, she spoke with confidence, "Have you heard about the Concubine Yu that the emperor got in the palace? I heard a while ago that Concubine Yu was a charming and beautiful woman, and was extremely favored by the emperor. For a time, even the virtuous concubine could not compare to her. I thought it was fake..."

Lu Zijun continued, "My aunt is now a female official in the palace, so I have heard more. You don't know that now this Concubine Yu has been promoted two levels and is now Concubine Yu. I heard that she quarreled with Concubine Xian in Dehua Palace. Who knew that in the end the emperor asked Concubine Xian to behave herself and did not scold Concubine Yu at all. In addition, there was an envoy from the Imperial Observatory in the court who said that Concubine Yu was a demon concubine who brought disaster to the country, and she was directly imprisoned. It is very rare for the emperor to favor a concubine like this. When Concubine Xian gave birth to a prince or princess, she did not receive such favor. If Concubine Yu gives birth to a son or a daughter in the future, how will her status be?"

After hearing such palace secrets, Song Wanning was also quite surprised and said, "I have heard that this Concubine Yu is very beautiful, but I didn't know how beautiful she is to make the emperor love her so much."

"I did meet her once by chance. I don't think she's as pretty as you, but she has a delicate and charming temperament that most people don't have." Lu Zijun just shook her head and said, "I guess the palace just lacks such a beauty, so Concubine Yu happened to take over."

Song Wanning was a little confused when she heard this. "What is Concubine Yu's family background? If a concubine in the imperial city wants to enjoy long-term prosperity, she must have a family background. Otherwise, how could she be so favored and promoted so quickly?"

"That's what's strange." Lu Zijun frowned as she spoke of her doubts. "This Yu Meiren is not a housekeeper. She was originally a zither player. She was invited to the palace to play. Who would have thought that she would be favored by the emperor. I heard that she and another zither player named Tang Heng were from the same school. They were brothers. Who would have thought that Tang Heng is still playing the zither in the capital, but his sister has become a concubine."

Song Wanning was also surprised to hear such a secret. The two of them chatted for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, Lu Zijun said goodbye to Song Wanning and returned to the general's mansion.

Song Wanning met Yin Yichen's men in the evening and immediately told him the secret.

"I heard that the emperor is very fond of Concubine Yu now, and Concubine Xian is no longer as powerful as before. I am afraid that the power of Prince An and Princess Xiangyu will also be affected." Song Wanning looked at Yin Yichen and spoke slowly, "I am afraid that the situation in the court will also change. Prince An is not as powerful as before, and the prince will probably take the opportunity to win over the ministers."

"Madam, what you said is right." Yin Yichen looked at Song Wanning and said slowly, "Concubine Yu is very favored in the harem now, to a level that no one else can match. But... I think Concubine Yu is a bit strange..."

"My husband, what do you find strange?" Song Wanning was a little surprised when she heard Yin Yichen say this.

"It's just a hunch." Yin Yichen looked at Song Wanning and said calmly, "It's really strange that such a concubine with no status can be favored to this extent. Since the founding of the country, such a thing has never happened. And there are many beautiful people in the harem, but the emperor has never favored them so much."

"I heard that Yu Fei and Tang Heng were both from the same teacher, but I don't know who taught them." Song Wanning still finds it hard to believe when she mentions this. "For a teacher to teach two such excellent students, he must be very talented."

Yin Yichen was beside Song Wanning, and whispered to her, "I heard that Tang Heng and Yu Fei were both taught by the same zither master. This zither master has no reputation in the martial arts world, but he has a close relationship with the imperial palace."

Song Wanning raised her head, "What's the connection?"

"It is rumored that she was once a concubine of the previous emperor." Yin Yichen looked at Song Wanning and said calmly, "The news network of the Prime Minister's Mansion has always been one of the best in the capital, but this is all I can find now. As for the rest of the news, I can't find any information at all. I wonder if Concubine Yu's entry into the palace has anything to do with her master."

Song Wanning also expressed her own thoughts after hearing this, "It's just that the more we can't find out, the more suspicious it is. If we don't find out the truth, I'm afraid there will be more trouble."

Song Wanning said, looking up at Yin Yichen and said, "I can invite Master Tang to come over to exchange qin skills, and ask around to see if I can find out anything."

"That's fine." Yin Yichen said this, looking at Song Wanning and said, "But now, Madam has to run around for such official business, which makes me feel really bad."

"You and I are husband and wife, why are you talking about this?" Song Wanning smiled faintly, looked at Yin Yichen and said, "Whatever you want to know now, I will naturally find out for my husband, not to mention that this is something I can do."

Song Wanning quickly sent a message to Tang Heng.

What Song Wanning didn't expect was that Tang Heng replied so quickly and said that he would visit her soon.

Musician Tang Heng is now very famous in the capital, and even the nobles in the palace may not go if invited. In this way, Song Wanning benefited from the previous performance with the musician.