Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Everyone passed through Xiangxu Gate and entered the Dunben Hall in the front yard.

The ninth brother, Yinzhen, took his eleventh brother and his good brother, the tenth brother, Yinzhen, and walked to Wanyu's side.

He looked at Wanyu and scratched his head embarrassedly.

"Second sister-in-law, what kind of meal has Yuqing Palace prepared for us today?"

"Tenth brother is not in good health and has a weak stomach. The imperial physician said he can't eat anything too stimulating."

Yinzhen pulled Yin'er's sleeve embarrassedly.

"Brother Jiu, I'm fine."

"At worst, I can just eat less."

He opened his inverted triangular eyes, which were inherited from the Aisin Gioro family, and blinked at Wanyu.

“Second sister-in-law, I hope you don’t mind what Ninth Brother said. My younger brother can do it.”

Wanyu touched Yinzhen's little head and said gently, "Don't worry, Eleventh Brother."

"Don't worry, Ninth Brother, I prepared a pot today."

"And I didn't prepare any exciting pot for my eleventh brother."

Hearing that lunch was prepared in pot, Yin was a little disappointed.

[Alas~ I originally thought that I would eat delicious food that I have never eaten before at the Crown Prince's place.]

[I didn't expect my second sister-in-law to actually prepare the pot. ]

[Although hotpot is delicious, I can also have the kitchen staff prepare hotpot in my mother's palace or in my own courtyard on weekdays.]

Wanyu had been talking to the Ninth and Eleventh Princes and hadn't noticed the Tenth Prince Yin's expression.

However, Yinreng, who was originally concerned about the older brothers in front, heard the disappointment in Yinreng's heart.

Although he was nice to his younger brothers before, he always acted like the crown prince, so except for his fourth brother, his younger brothers were not close to him.

He didn't know these brothers very well.

He had observed him carefully these days, especially his tenth brother, who had the highest status besides himself.

My tenth brother’s mother, Consort Niohuru, was from the lineage of Niohuru Eyidu, one of the five founding fathers of the Qing Dynasty.

Niuhuru Eyidu was the grandfather of Concubine Niuhuru.

Taizu Nurhaci created the Eight Banners, and Eyidu belonged to the Bordered Yellow Banner.

Taizu proclaimed himself Khan and established the Later Jin Dynasty. He appointed Eyidu, Fei Yingdong, He Heli, Huerhan and Anfeyanggu as five ministers to jointly oversee state affairs.

This shows how powerful the power he holds!

Moreover, Emperor Taizu was not afraid of his power, and even married his cousin and daughter to him.

Later, Eyiduo was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the left wing and a first-class minister, and his subordinates were divided into three hereditary Niulu and placed under the Bordered Yellow Banner and the Plain White Banner.

After Emperor Taizong Huang Taiji ascended the throne, he posthumously conferred the title of Duke Hongyi on Eyidu.

The spirit tablets of Eyidu and Fei Yingdong were even placed on the left and right of the tablet of the Qing Taizu, and were enjoyed in the Taimiao. They were deeply respected and treated with courtesy by the princes and ministers of the time.

Even his own emperor, Emperor Shunzhi, ordered people to erect a monument for Eyidu and personally wrote the inscription to commend Eyidu's contributions.

Eyidu's sixteenth son, Ebilun, was born to Princess Heshuo Mukushi.

This Ebilun was the biological father of Concubine Niohuru.

Emperor Shunzhi took power and successively appointed Ebilun as Minister of State Council, Minister in charge of the Imperial Guard, Junior Tutor and Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince.

After Khan Ama ascended the throne, Ebilun, along with Soni, Suksaha and Oboi, was appointed as a regent, and was appointed as a grand tutor and granted the title of first-class duke.

After his mother died, Ebilun's other daughter, Niuhuru, became Khan Ama's second empress, Empress Xiaozhao.

The tenth brother's biological mother, Concubine Niohuru, was the younger sister of Empress Xiaozhao.

The tenth brother's status is noble, not only because his biological mother is a royal concubine, but also because of the powerful maternal family behind him.

He originally thought that his tenth brother and Concubine Niohuru, who came from a powerful maternal family, must have great ambitions.

Originally, after learning about the fourth brother's concubine's thoughts, he was most wary of his tenth brother and the Nianhulu clan behind him.

Unexpectedly, after careful observation these days, he found that his tenth brother and Concubine Niohuru had no intention of competing with him at all.

He even had the idea of ​​living in seclusion in a corner, because his tenth brother was taught by Concubine Nianhulu and became quite foolish!

He was more interested in eating than studying in the study or riding and archery in martial arts class.

The ninth prince Yinzhen, who was on good terms with him, had a similar temperament to him.

He had never expected that his ninth brother actually liked silver-white things!

She was totally unwilling to study with the Master and spent the whole day thinking about leaving the palace to earn money!

But now he just kept this idea in his heart.

Khan Ama did not like his son competing with the people for profit, and the court had issued a clear order prohibiting bannermen from engaging in commercial activities.

As a prince, you must set an example.

At least that's what it seems on the surface.

The ninth brother knew that Khan Ama would never agree, so now he could only think about it quietly in his heart and complain to the tenth brother.

However, Yinreng felt that if these two younger brothers really had no ulterior motives.

He could help Lao Jiu.

The ninth and tenth brothers are inseparable.

As long as the ninth one is won over, the tenth one should also be easily won over.

In the current harem structure, among the four concubines, Hui, Yi and Rong, although they all have children, they are all from the bannermen.

The natural status of their offspring is lower than that of legitimate Manchu noble ladies.

Although the boss has Nalan Mingzhu behind him, Soetu is there to restrain Mingzhu.

Compared with the boss, Khan Ama tends to favor himself.

Moreover, in order to have a legitimate son, the eldest wife's sister-in-law has given birth to four daughters in just five years.

In Yinreng's view, even Changshengtian would not stand on the boss's side.

Otherwise, the eldest son would have given birth to a legitimate grandson long ago.

As for the third son of Rong Fei, his mother's family was not powerful enough, and the third son himself was not highly regarded by Khan Ama.

Moreover, in last year's election, because of Dong E, even though the third brother was innocent, Khan Ama still implicated him somewhat.

Although Concubine Yi had three sons, the fifth son, Yinqi, was raised by the Empress Dowager, which had already eliminated all possibilities.

Lao Jiu likes silver and white things.

The eleventh child is in poor health, and it is still unknown whether he can grow up.

The last concubine was Khan's cousin, Tong Guowei's concubine's daughter.

She entered the palace only at the end of last year and didn't even have a title. Now she is the last of the four concubines.

If it weren't for the fact that Depin had tampered with the fourth prince's wedding two years ago and reported it to Khan Ama, Khan Ama would have demoted Depin to a concubine.

The original four concubines Hui, Yi, De and Rong formed a balance, and perhaps this Tong Jia could become a noble concubine.

But when Depin was demoted, the position of concubine became vacant, and Tong Jia just filled it.

Tonggiya had no children, and Khan Ama would not allow her to have any.

Today, the Tonggiya clan has gained great power because of Khan Ama. If there is another prince with Tonggiya blood, the Tonggiya clan will certainly do their utmost to push him to the throne.

Khan Amma would never allow this to happen.

Firstly, it would break the balance of power between the Ming and Suo dynasties.

Secondly, Khan Ama would not be willing to have the next emperor of the Qing Dynasty come from the Tonggiya clan.

Otherwise, the power of the foreign relatives will be too great and will threaten the Aisin Gioro family's rule!

Even if Khan Ama still likes his mother's clan, he will not allow it to develop too much.

Apart from the children born to the three concubines, the seventh son had a leg disease, the eighth son came from a poor family, the twelfth son was raised by slaves, and the thirteenth son's mother, Zhang Jia, was still just a concubine.

According to what the fourth brother's concubine was thinking at the time, the most likely ones were indeed the fourth brother and the fourteenth brother!

And in his opinion, the fourth brother does have a greater chance of winning.

The fourth child was raised by Empress Xiaoyi and was never mentioned as a legitimate son.

When Depin clearly disliked it, there was no prince in the Tonggiya clan who could support her in order to gain the credit for following the emperor.

There was no way the Tonggiya clan would let go of the fourth brother, a prince who was naturally close to the Tonggiya clan.

And the fourth child is ranked higher, so he has the advantage!

I have read a lot of history books recently and also looked up what Concubine Xiao said about the reason why he was named the crown prince.

It made him more aware of reality.

The reason he could become the crown prince was not just because he was the legitimate son!

Moreover, in history, there are very few princes who can succeed to the throne.

All those princes who failed to succeed to the throne ended up in a tragic way!