The prince only allowed me to have a baby, so the pressure is a bit high!

Chapter 46: Kejing's Wedding (Part 3)

After explaining things clearly to Kejing, Buer mentioned in passing that Kejing wanted to study in Yuqing Palace when he went to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager the next day.

This was a good thing, and it would only benefit Kejing. Concubine Yi agreed with it a lot, and the bad mood caused by the emperor not allowing her to interfere in Kejing's affairs also disappeared without a trace in an instant.

They had all entered the palace to become the emperor's concubines. Their families had only taught them how to please men, but not how to be a legitimate wife. And in this palace, the most suitable one really had to be the Crown Princess.

Looking at the princes' wives alone, regardless of their status, the first wife was too weak. After marrying into the royal family, she only tried her best to give birth to children. She gave birth to three daughters, but she only ended up with complaints from the eldest prince and Concubine Hui.

I also heard that the eldest prince took in several concubines and princesses in his harem last year. Although he didn't have any illegitimate children, it can be seen that the eldest prince only respected the first wife and didn't dote on her much.

As for the Third Lady, she treated the Third Prince with respect and was pregnant, but there were already princesses in the Third Prince's harem before the Third Lady married in. Not only that, the Third Lady became a mother right after she married in and had two illegitimate daughters.

Although not having a concubine's son is considered a happy thing, the existence of a concubine's daughter is also annoying to the legitimate wife, isn't it?

As for the Fourth Lady, she had only been married in for a short time, and I heard that the Fourth Prince did not dote on her very much. However, I heard that she has been doing much better recently, and I heard that it was all thanks to the Crown Princess.

I won’t talk about the bachelors below.

Finally, let’s talk about the Crown Princess. It has been more than three years since she got married, which means she has been in the Forbidden City for three years.

Although there were rumors in the past three years that the Crown Prince was infertile, no one said that the Crown Princess had bad morals. Even the Emperor praised the Crown Princess as a good wife on the spot.

Moreover, looking at the current situation of Yuqing Palace since the Crown Princess grew up, the rumors that the Crown Prince was infertile were self-defeating. Not only that, the Crown Prince had twins, a boy and a girl, and took the initiative to send the women in the backyard of Yuqing Palace out, and the Emperor did not say a word.

It can be said that although the Crown Princess is not the kind of person who likes to show off, her deeds are well-known among women, especially the legitimate wives in the capital. The person they admire the most is the Crown Princess.

Kejing is going to marry Khalkha, who is far away from the capital. Once she gets married, it will take at least several years for her to return to the capital to visit her relatives. If Kejing can learn some of the skills of the Crown Princess and keep the Prince in her hands, then she will be completely relieved and will not let her sister down.

So when Bu Erhe just brought up the idea in Shoukang Palace (formerly Ciren Palace, renamed Shoukang Palace after the death of the Empress Dowager), Concubine Yi was the first to support it.

If there are people who support it, there must be people who oppose it. The first one to be opposed is not Concubine Hui as Buerhe had originally expected, but Concubine Rong.

Rong Fei: "The Crown Princess is truly a kind and good sister-in-law. I heard that she prepared a lot of good things for the Fourth Princess. Today, she also planned to give the Fourth Princess some private lessons. I think the princesses who come after her will enjoy this kind of treatment, right?" After saying this, she praised the Queen Mother: "Your Majesty, you have good taste. The Crown Princess is the best among all the princes' wives. She is filial to her elders and friendly to her younger brothers and sisters."

The Queen Mother didn't react. She just thought Rong Fei was praising Buerhe and was happy for her: "Oh, I like the Crown Princess the most. Rong Fei, don't be envious. You are also very good, and Xiao Sanfu Jin is not bad either!"

Bullhe was originally thinking of retorting, but after hearing the Queen Mother's words, he couldn't help laughing. However, before anyone else looked over, he quickly put away his smile and pretended to be serious.

Well, the Queen Mother praised you for feeling the yin and yang, right?

At first, Buerhe didn't expect that it was Concubine Rong who attacked him first, but as soon as Concubine Rong spoke, Buerhe realized that she was speaking up for the Third Princess, Concubine Rong's only daughter, Princess Rongxian.

It seems that the specifications set by the emperor for Kejing's wedding have been spread. In addition, this time Kejing's wedding was not handed over to the four concubines but hosted by herself, which made Rong Fei feel very uncomfortable. So today she couldn't help but use this topic to make herself suffer a loss.

However, what was unexpected was that although the Queen Mother did not understand, she accidentally changed the subject. If Concubine Rong brought it up again, it would be like she was deliberately looking for trouble. If the Emperor knew about it, the matter would be in trouble.

Concubine Rong felt humiliated and could only retreat to her seat with a wry smile. Concubine Hui next to her complained in her heart: Idiot, you don’t even take advantage of such good conditions. It’s really your destiny to give birth to six children and only leave one son and one daughter.

Depin also cursed Rongfei for being stupid in her heart, but she was only a concubine now and did not have the right to manage palace affairs, so she could not get a word in here. Even though she had a lot of things in her heart that she wanted to say to the Crown Princess, she had to endure it at this time and could only place her hopes on Huifei.

Concubine Hui seemed to be Depin's echo chamber. As soon as Depin finished her internal complaints, she jumped into action, "If I had to say, the Crown Princess is really as the Empress Dowager praised her. This time, the Emperor personally instructed that Kejing's wedding be hosted by the Crown Princess. Then the rest of the princesses in the palace will be blessed. When the time comes, the Emperor will definitely hand it over to the Crown Princess as well. He treats sisters equally. I think if Xiao Si has it, the rest of the princesses will have it too!"

Anyway, she has no daughter and only one son, the eldest prince, in this life. The amount of the dowry has nothing to do with her. But she just can't stand the Crown Princess and her husband being favored by the Emperor all day long.

Why do all the good things come to the prince and his wife? I just spread a rumor and my share of the imperial concubine was revoked. You should know that the reason I have been able to stand above the four concubines is because I gave birth to the eldest son, and the emperor promoted my share to that of the imperial concubine, right?

If everything goes according to plan, the next time the harem is promoted, her position as imperial concubine will be secure, and becoming the mistress of the harem will be just around the corner. However, because of that incident, her position as imperial concubine is now in jeopardy.

As soon as these words came out, Concubine Yi knew something was wrong. She knew that the Crown Princess and Ke Jing were on good terms, and she would definitely add some goodies to Ke Jing's dowry. But the other princesses were different, especially the Fifth Princess under Concubine De's name. Although she and the Crown Princess were not enemies, their relationship was known to everyone in the palace.

Moreover, the Emperor had not said that the Crown Princess would be responsible for the dowries of the princesses in the future. If the Crown Princess agreed, what would happen if the Emperor did not agree? If she did not agree, she would be known as being harsh on her younger siblings and favoring some over others.

Just when Concubine Yi didn't know what to do and was anxious for the Crown Princess like an ant on a hot stove, the Queen Mother interrupted. She finally understood that Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui were not there to praise the Crown Princess, but to find fault.

Why did she know? That was because even she, an old lady who stayed in the deep palace and didn't care about government affairs, knew that the relationship between the eldest prince and the crown prince had always been bad, or rather, the eldest prince was unilaterally targeting the crown prince.

In this situation, could Concubine Hui, the mother of the eldest prince, truly praise the Crown Princess? She didn't believe it! Well then, if Concubine Hui wasn't praising her, then Concubine Rong, who said something similar, certainly wasn't praising her either.

The eldest prince is hated = Huifei is hated, what Rongfei said = what Huifei said. It can be inferred that Rongfei also hates the Crown Princess. From this point of view, Rongfei and Huifei are here to find fault today, there is nothing wrong with that!

Feeling she had uncovered the truth, the Empress Dowager spoke directly, "Alright, the princesses are all daughters of the Emperor, and their marriages should be decided by the Emperor. The Crown Princess's help this time was also at the Emperor's behest. The Emperor and I have discussed this earlier. Kejing's wedding will be according to the standards of a Gulun Princess. The Imperial Concubine is seriously ill and cannot preside over it, and the identities of others are not up to par. To prevent the Khalkha tribe from seeing through Kejing, the Crown Princess will preside over it. This matter was decided by the Emperor and me. If you have any opinions, you can raise them directly. I will discuss this with the Emperor."

The empress dowager directly put the blame on herself and the emperor. No one dared to say anything more. Since it was the emperor's decision, it was an imperial decree. Anyone who said anything more would be disobeying the emperor's order.

They are not alone now. They all have princes and princesses under their names, and they have families behind them. If they don’t think about themselves, they have to think about their princes and families. It would be more troublesome to make things difficult for the Crown Princess for a princess, and then anger the Queen Mother and the Emperor behind them. So for a while, no one dared to mention this matter in Shoukang Palace anymore.

The calmest person here is Concubine Tong. She has no princes or princesses under her name, and the Tong family behind her does not need her to support them. It can be said that as long as she stays in the palace and lives a good life, she has already met the family's requirements.

So just now, when facing the joint scolding of Concubine Rong and Concubine Hui against the Crown Princess and the Queen Mother, she was the one who remained calm. It was because she stepped out of the situation that she truly saw that today's incident was closely related to Concubine De.

They were all in the middle of the situation and didn't notice it, but Concubine Tong saw it clearly. Before Concubine Rong stepped forward, Concubine De winked at her. Later, Concubine Rong was unconsciously tricked by the Empress Dowager. She saw clearly the regret in Concubine De's eyes at that time.

Then Concubine Hui came on stage, and her expression changed to watching a show. Of course, when the Empress Dowager finally brought the matter onto the Emperor, Concubine De's disappointment was clearly visible on her face.

Of course, she was also aware of her own expression in an instant and quickly suppressed her disappointment, but who was she, Concubine Tong? Ever since the Fourth Prince registered her under her sister's name, how could she miss that look of disappointment?

So she concluded at that time that the incident in Shoukang Palace was related to Concubine De. It seemed that Concubine De was still unwilling to give up. Even though she had fallen out of favor, she was still thinking of making trouble for the Crown Princess.

Buerhe opened and closed his mouth. He didn't expect that the Royal Madam was so powerful. Before he could figure out how to answer, the Royal Madam directly brought out the banner of the Emperor and directly blocked their thoughts of making trouble with Kejing's dowry in the future.

In this regard, Bullhe now only wants to rush up to hug the old lady and give her a loving hug.

The Queen Mother was probably impatient to continue, so she said directly: "That's all for today. I'm tired, you all go back!"

Upon hearing this, everyone stood up and followed the rules to leave Shoukang Palace. The four concubines had already boarded their sedan chairs. When Burhe was about to walk back to Yuqing Palace, Nanny Naren, who was by the Empress Dowager's side, brought the little palace maid to Burhe's side and said, "Crown Princess, the Empress Dowager asks you to return to Shoukang Palace."

Bu Erhe: "Thank you, Madam Naren, for telling me. I'll be there right away." After saying that, she returned to Shoukang Palace with the palace maids, leaving only a few concubines at the door.

"Hmph, sisters, please stay here. I'll be going back first. Hurry up and get the sedan chair!" After Concubine Hui finished speaking, the eunuchs carrying the sedan chair quickly set off.

Then Rong Fei said directly: "I'm leaving too," and her sedan chair quickly disappeared at the door.

Only Concubine Yi and Concubine Tong were left. They looked at each other and saw gloating in each other's eyes.

Concubine Yi: "Sister Tong Jia, I will leave now. Please come to Yikun Palace to play with me when you have time."

Concubine Tong: "Yes, sister, take care. I will visit you when I have time." Then she drove her servants back to Chengqian Palace.

Soon, the area in front of Shoukang Palace gradually became quiet as the four concubines left. Only occasionally, one could hear someone in the palace laughing loudly, but when one listened carefully, it seemed as if there was nothing happening.