Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Sure enough, after Wanyu washed up and changed into light clothes, she saw a table of food that suited her taste placed in the main hall.

She said with a smile on her face, "Mammy, you are so thoughtful."

Let Xia Lu give the gift prepared by Zao to Nanny Li Jia.

"Thank you, Master, for the reward."

Nanny Li Jia accepted the brocade box generously.

She knew that this was the rule and the grace of her master, so she behaved very generously and appropriately.

Wanyu smiled and said, "That's not necessary."

"All the servants in Yuqing Palace have them."

"It's just that everyone is very busy today, and only Mammy is here, so I'll give Mammy's to you first."

"When we meet the rest tomorrow, we will also distribute the rewards prepared for them."

Nanny Li Jia smiled and said, "Master, your kindness and generosity are a blessing to us servants."

After Nanny Li Jia left, Wanyu looked at the food on the table and said with a smile.

"This Aunt Li Jia is a wonderful person."

"You have to learn more from this in the future."

But she knew that the wet nurses in the Qing Dynasty were the best at controlling their masters.

The wet nurse beside the princess had her completely in her hands. Even after she got married and met her husband, she had to follow the wet nurse's arrangements.

The wet nurse beside the prince did not dare to do anything to him, but relying on her reputation in front of him, she wanted to control the wife or concubines in the backyard.

Unexpectedly, the Yuqing Palace, which she thought was the most serious, actually had the best rules.

She knew that there was a record in later generations about Ling Pu, the famous wet nurse of Crown Prince Yinreng.

He had the power of the crown prince and was involved in a huge corruption case when he was the Minister in Charge of the Imperial Household Department. The case involved a wide range of people, including royal family members and ministers.

I just don’t know whether Ling Pu is Li Jia’s husband.

If that were the case, I would have to remind Yinreng early on.

Wanyu said that the source of Kangxi's courage to allow the wet nurse to gain power and control the master was all due to Kangxi.

If he had not attached too much importance to his wet nurse and bestowed excessive favor on himself and his family, the princes and princesses below would have followed suit and also respected the wet nurses around them.

It wouldn't make the wet nurses around the princes and princesses behind them so bold.

Starve the timid to death and starve the bold to death.

As a servant, he actually turned around and controlled his master!

As for now, it seems that Aunt Li Jia is a person who knows how to deal with current affairs.

Wanyu had a pretty good impression of Nanny Li Jia.

"I hope her husband isn't the legendary Ling Pu, otherwise I'll have to get rid of him sooner or later."

"You should be more polite in front of Aunt Li Jia from now on." Wanyu said with a smile

"Yes, master." Several maids responded in unison.

Now Wanyu can no longer be called "Gege", but it is also not appropriate to call her "Crown Princess".

After all, the emperor has not yet issued an edict to confer the title, so Wanyu is only the prince's wife.

But if she is called Fu Jin, it always feels like it lowers the status of the master.

So everyone tacitly agreed to address them as "Master or Master's Lady."

Wanyu had already felt hungry, so after giving some instructions, she sat down at the dining table and started eating.

Only after slowly filling her stomach did Wanyu put down the silver chopsticks in her hand.

"You haven't eaten much following me today."

"There's still quite a bit of food left on the table. You can go ahead and share it among yourselves."

They were all elderly people who were used to serving Wanyu. They knew Wanyu's temperament and did not act pretentiously. They went there quickly.

She changed into a set of light clothes, and the heavy phoenix crown was no longer on her head. Her hair was tied into a simple bun.

Wanyu had just finished her meal and had been tense all day. Now that she had completely relaxed, she felt a little drowsy.

Although he knew it was against the rules, she was now the mistress of Yuqing Palace, and Yinreng would not bother with her about such a small matter.

So she leaned on the small couch and fell asleep with her eyes closed, waited on by the palace maids.

The palace maid was very tactful and took a blanket and gently covered Wanyu with it.

It was getting dark and the banquet in the front yard was about to end.

Xia Lian quickly woke Wanyu up.

"Master, can I touch up your makeup?"

Wanyu waved her hand.

"No, I only put on some rouge. If it falls off, it's no big deal."

"Good luck to the prince!"

As the master and servant were talking, the voice of a palace maid came from outside the door. Wanyu stood up from the small couch and walked out of the inner room.

Two young eunuchs lifted the door curtain, and another unfamiliar eunuch walked in supporting Yinreng.

"Are you drunk?" Wanyu frowned.

Wanyu walked over and, together with the unfamiliar eunuch, helped Yinreng to the wedding bed in the inner room.

The unfamiliar eunuch greeted, "Your servant Wang Shun greets the master."

"Wang Shun?"

"Yes."

"I am the eunuch who serves as the Crown Prince's personal attendant."

"Working with Nanny Li Jia to take care of the master's food, clothing, housing, and safety, including every detail."

Wanyu nodded, and before she could ask any more questions, Yinreng, who was lying on the bed, sat up.

Then he waved his hand, signaling the servants in the room to leave.

Wanyu was stunned. She whispered, "Not drunk? Are you pretending?"

Of course Yinreng was pretending!

"If I don't pretend, can you still see me now?"

Others didn't dare to force him to drink, but that bastard Yinzhen kept drinking one cup after another, as if he wanted to get him drunk to death on the table.

There are also several of his uncles. Although he is the prince, they are still considered elders at the wedding banquet.

When your elders toast you with a few glasses, especially on your wedding day, you can't really not drink a single glass.

Just like that, you drink a cup, I drink a cup, plus Yinzhen keeps refilling the cups, and there are a bunch of cheating brothers.

If Yinreng doesn't think of a solution, he will really fall on the table tonight.

He didn't want to leave his young wife alone in the empty room on her wedding night.

Although he drank a lot of wine at the beginning, he started to pretend to be drunk later, especially on the way back to the backyard.

It is now the end of September in Beijing and the temperature has started to drop.

The slightly cool breeze in the evening blew past me, and the drunkenness I felt had almost dissipated.

Wanyu smelled the alcohol on him and his slightly flushed cheeks.

"I asked someone to make some hangover soup. Would you like some?"

"Otherwise I'm worried you'll have a headache when you wake up tomorrow morning."

Yinreng shook his head, "It's okay, don't worry about me."

Wanyu asked, "Then I'll have someone wait on you and you go wash up first?"

Yinreng still shook his head.

Wanyu saw that he had been silent and asked him, "What's wrong?"

Yinreng still looked at her straight, with a smile on his face but he didn't say anything.

Wanyu touched his forehead and found it was just slightly hot, so she felt relieved immediately.

Yinreng felt the soft little hand on his forehead with amusement.

He pulled the person into his arms.

"Don't move, let me hold you tight."

Wanyu really stopped moving and nestled in his arms peacefully.

The red candles were burning, and the whole room was filled with red. Wanyu felt her heart was soft and quiet at this moment.

After a long while, Yinreng let her go and pinched her little face.

He sighed, "That's great."

"I finally married you."