Rong Fei is not honored

Concubine Yi couldn't help but say, "They say learning never ends. Sister Rong, you must persevere. It would be a shame if you gave up halfway."

This statement implies that Concubine Rong has fallen out of favor, and now the Emperor is probably no longer willing to teach her, so she can only give up halfway.

Hearing this, the mood of all the concubines suddenly improved. Yes, Concubine Rong had fallen out of favor.

Concubine Li Jia smiled and said, "Concubine Yi is very clever. I think His Majesty will be happy to accept you as his student."

This sounded like a compliment to Concubine Yi, saying that she was favored and would surely make His Majesty treat Concubine Yi the same way he treated Concubine Rong. But since it was said in front of Concubine Rong, and after Concubine Yi had spoken, it seemed more like a compliment to both.

After these words were spoken, if Ji Nai was a petty person, wouldn't he bear a grudge against Concubine Shang Yi?

Concubine Yi is also in a bad situation. Even if the boast was not made by Concubine Yi herself, since it has been made, if the Emperor is unwilling to teach Concubine Yi in the end, wouldn't she be embarrassed?

Concubine Yi glanced at Concubine Li Jia and said bluntly, "I always get a headache when I see words."

Concubine Li Jia did not expect that Concubine Yi did not use her words to attack Concubine Rong, but instead created a character for herself that she did not like reading.

Ji Nai covered the corners of her mouth with a handkerchief. These people were really like hyenas. Seeing that she was a little weak, they couldn't help but come up and try to bite her flesh.

However, although she is not very smart, she insists on being smart and thinks that others don't understand her intentions.

She said with a half-smile, "This palace has not yet recovered from her illness, so there is no rush to study. Moreover, Chengrui and the others have also said that it's okay. If their royal father is not free, they are always here and will definitely be able to accommodate this palace's time."

Huipin almost laughed out loud. Do these people really think that Rongfei has fallen out of favor and that they can bully her?

Not to mention that Rong Fei is already a concubine with a title and has five sons and one daughter. Even if she is a newly promoted favorite concubine, what's the problem? If she wants to step on Rong Fei, she will have to wait for a few more years.

Concubine Yi and the others were silent, especially those who had entered the palace earlier. What could they say? Continue to mock Concubine Rong for falling out of favor? A group of childless and unloved people mocking the former favorite concubine for falling out of favor?

Even if she really fell out of favor, her position had already been consolidated. Without the Emperor's favor, she had hope for the rest of her life just by relying on her son.

But what about them?

Everyone dispersed unhappily. Before leaving, Concubine Nianhulu took a special look at Concubine Li Jia. She used to be very low-key in the palace and never relied on her family background to feel superior. What happened today?

On the way back, Ji Nai and Huipin were also discussing Li Jia, the concubine. "Why is Li Jia different today?"

"Maybe you heard the news?"

Huipin paused, looking at Rongfei with a gloomy expression. She remembered that Li Jia was Concubine An, the head of the seven concubines, right? In history, she had surpassed Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui, who had given birth to several sons.

But how did Concubine Rong know this? If she was really faking it, that would be too scary. She hadn't left any traces before.

Huipin asked tentatively, "What's the rumor?"

"Your Majesty has told me before that a successor will be appointed this year. I guess the ranks of the harem will also be determined." Otherwise, it would be too unreasonable if there were two queens and the rules of the harem were still in chaos.

"What does this have to do with Li Jiashi?"

"Li Jiashi comes from a good family."

"Good family background?" Although Li Jia was selected to enter the palace, Huipin really didn't know that the other party had a good family background.

In the Qing Dynasty, a person's origin could often be seen from his surname. For example, the Guwaljia and Niuhulu clans were obviously Manchus, while the Lijia and Tongjia clans were Han people or Han army flags in the past, and later they were raised to the banner, so the word "Jia" was added to the end.

"Li Jia's grandmother was from the Aisin-Gioro clan, the granddaughter of the Qing Taizu (Nurhaci) and the elder sister of Prince An."

Huipin didn't know much about the history of the Qing Dynasty, so she didn't realize who the Qing Taizu was talking about, but she knew Prince An Yue Le.

There were rumors in unofficial history that Shunzhi planned to pass the throne to Yue Le before his death, but gave up because the Empress Dowager strongly opposed it. Therefore, Kangxi's attitude towards Yue Le's lineage was not very good.

But Huipin thought this must be false. Shunzhi was not without a son, so how could he want to hand over the throne to someone else?

As for what he said, that he felt his son was too young and that the ascension of a young prince to the throne would lead to instability in the Qing Dynasty, so he wanted his young and strong cousin to take over, that was all nonsense.

Would you leave your inheritance to your cousin because you are worried that your child is too young to inherit the family business?

"She's from the royal family? How can we not tell?"

If she really had the blood of the Aisin-Gioro clan, Kangxi and the Empress Dowager would always look up to her. Even if they were not as extreme as the Nianhulu and Tonggiya clans, it shouldn't be like now, right?

At the beginning, when they took away the palace power from the Hesheli family, the Empress Dowager promoted the Irgen Jueluo family and the Dong family.

It’s okay for Irgen Jueluo, who was of Manchu descent, but Dong only gave birth to a princess, and she was of bondservant origin. In the eyes of the Empress Dowager, she could not compare to Li Jia, right?

Ji Nai was silent for a few breaths, and then said, "The grandmother I'm talking about is my legitimate grandmother."

It took Huipin a while to figure out what kind of grandmother this "legitimate grandmother" was. She almost forgot that the son-in-law of the Qing Dynasty, also known as the prince consort, was allowed to take concubines.

So, Li Jia's background is indeed good, but if you look closely, it is not that noble.

Hey, she is a daughter of a wealthy family, but she can't be happier. It's a good thing she doesn't have a daughter.

"Then Li Jia..." Why was Li Jia able to become the head of the seven concubines?

"what?"

"I mean, Li Jia has already heard the news, and is certain that she will be able to obtain a good position after the harem rank is determined?"

If it weren't for this, how could she, a concubine, dare to provoke Concubine Rong.

"Maybe."

Huipin nodded. Today's events reminded her that the first grand conferment of imperial harems in the Kangxi Dynasty was imminent. She had to make preparations in advance, or at least find out the details of these people in the palace.

This is not the period of the late Kangxi period in history, when the four concubines Hui, Yi, De and Rong and a noble concubine Tongjia dominated the concubines below them, and the first three of the seven concubines were no longer influential.

"I'll ask Nanny Wu when I get back." Huipin knew that Rongfei said these things to her today to remind her not to underestimate the concubine who was secretly accumulating power and would eventually fail.

Ji Nai stopped at a corner and said meaningfully, "The rest of the way we're going won't be on the same route. If we go together again, others might think the Zhongcui Palace and the Yanxi Palace have a close relationship."

Huipin's heart suddenly tightened. What did Rongfei mean by this? Was she going to end their alliance and go their separate ways?

"Especially since you spoke nonsense today, I'm afraid you've angered the Grand Empress Dowager. Please don't implicate me."

Rong Fei emphasized the words "Grand Empress Dowager", and then turned and left without caring whether Hui Fei understood or not.

Anyway, even if Huipin didn't understand, she still had Nanny Wu by her side to help her analyze it. If worst came to worst, there was Cuijing to back her up.

Even when Huipin returned to the Yanx Palace, she still didn't understand what Rongfei meant.

Nanny Wu speculated, "Could it be that Concubine Rong means that Zhongcui Palace and Yanxi Palace will no longer be on the same side?"

"No way? Nothing happened, and Concubine Rong suddenly turned hostile?"

"Didn't Concubine Rong say that she was afraid of being implicated by us?"

"How could Concubine Rong's words only mean what she said?"

"What if it is?"

Concubine Hui looked at Nanny Wu with confused eyes. Nanny Wu sighed, wondering if her master had suffered any sequelae from being frightened by Concubine Rong's cunning.

Cui Jing looked at Huipin, then at Nanny Wu, and whispered a reminder: "Should we tell the prince about this?"

Seeing the two of them looking at her, Cui Jing blushed and stammered:

"I am just worried... that my prince is so close to the two princes from Zhongcui Palace. If my master and Empress Rong are not of the same kind, then the princes should naturally distance themselves from each other."