Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Wanlin stayed with Wanyu in Yuqing Palace for a while and was invited by Wanyu to stay for a meal.

When it was almost time for dinner, Yinreng also took Yinzhen to the Eastern Palace.

Wanlin met the prince for the first time in this life.

Although his appearance was the same as in his previous life, his temperament and charm were very different.

And she could see that the prince was really good to his third sister.

The love in his eyes was something she had never seen before.

Even towards the concubines he favored in his previous life, he never showed such a genuine look of doting.

Wanlin began to believe what her third sister had said in the morning, that the prince was very good to her and that no one else would be allowed into the Eastern Palace.

If he really means it and has made a promise, he should do it, right?

Looking at the serious and solemn Fourth Master beside her, Wanlin sighed slightly in her heart.

During meals, Yinreng not only cared about Wanyu, but also often discussed his other brothers with Yinzhen.

Of course, I wasn't saying anything bad, I was just mentioning their performance in the Shangshufang.

He also asked Yinzhen to take good care of his younger brothers while he was in the Shangshufang.

Recently, Yinreng often goes to the Shangshufang to care about his brothers. Yinzhen is still studying in the Shangshufang and has not officially participated in court politics.

When Wanlin heard them discussing the young princes, every time she heard one, she would think in her mind about how those princes performed in the subsequent fight for the throne in their previous lives.

The ones who left the deepest impression on her, apart from the eldest prince Yinzhen, were the fourth prince, the eighth prince, the ninth prince, the tenth prince and the thirteenth prince.

Especially the eighth prince Yinsi, he is really a dog that bites without barking!

He has been hiding behind the eldest prince Yinzhen, not only winning over the ninth and tenth princes, but also making plans to take advantage of Yinzhen's power.

The depth of his mind was only fully exposed when the Crown Prince was deposed for the first time and he coveted the position of Crown Prince.

Although in the 51st year of Kangxi's reign, the prince was completely deposed and then imprisoned.

But that doesn’t mean that the Donggong lineage is completely unaware of the situation in the court.

She was so absorbed in her thoughts that she didn't notice that every time Yinreng mentioned those princes, he would quickly glance at her face with an ambiguous expression.

Yinzhen, who was beside her, was very surprised that his second brother, the Crown Prince, suddenly called him to have dinner with him in Yuqing Palace.

It was not until he saw his concubine in the Eastern Palace that he understood what was going on.

My concubine is a good person. She has always been self-disciplined, polite, dignified and serious.

He would not rely on the title bestowed by Khan Ama to confront the concubine.

Moreover, ever since the Crown Princess married into Yuqing Palace, he has not taken the initiative to build a relationship with her in more than a month.

He was only coming to the Eastern Palace for the first time, waiting for the Crown Princess to summon him.

Yinzhen sighed in his heart.

[As expected of a nanny personally appointed by Khan Ama, she has been groomed since childhood to be the candidate for the Crown Princess.]

[She is dignified, graceful, virtuous, well-mannered, and a master of etiquette and Chinese literature.]

If Ulanara had not married him earlier, she would have become his wife.

Because of this, Yinzhen always felt that he owed Wanlin something.

A good candidate for the Crown Princess, because of his actions, could only become his concubine in the end.

Therefore, she became more favored, tolerant and respectful.

After the meal, Yinzhen took Wanlin back to the South Three House with the gifts prepared by Wanyu.

Yinzhen returned to his study in the front yard, while Wanlin returned to the back yard, her own Jinglan Courtyard.

She instructed her wet nurse, Xitala.

"Mammy, the Crown Princess just gave me some valuable fabrics and a few boxes of snacks."

"Take inventory and select those that are suitable for your status. Send some to Fu Jin and the Song and Li families."

"By the way, just send the fabrics to the Song and Li families."

"As for snacks, no need for that."

Xitala understood what her master meant.

Since their Jinglan Courtyard has already noticed that Song Gege is pregnant, perhaps others have also noticed it.

If they sent food over at this time, and something happened to Song Gege's stomach, their Jinglan Courtyard would be the first scapegoat.

She squatted down and saluted, "Yes, I will go right away."

Wanlin gave instructions to Chuntao beside her with a serious expression.

"Chun Tao, go and invite Aunt Li Jia over."

"Yes."

Soon, Nanny Li Jia walked in with an anxious look on her face.

She bowed and said, "Master, do you have any instructions?"

Wanlin nodded, then signaled everyone else to go out, and told Chuntao and Chunliu to guard outside the door to prevent anyone from eavesdropping.

After everyone left, Wanlin whispered to Li Jia Ma about the abortion and contraception methods she had heard from Wanyu.

Hearing her own concubine say all these things, which seemed to make sense, even Li Jia, an old lady in the palace, was shocked.

[He really does use everything he needs for food, clothing, and shelter! ]

She even wondered if it was because she hadn't been in the palace for so long that she had fallen behind the new methods of harming people that had emerged in the palace?

Nanny Li Jia squatted down and apologized with some embarrassment.

"Master, I'm quite confident about what you just said about checking whether the items have been soaked in drugs."

"But please forgive my ignorance of the principles of food interaction and mutual restraint."

Wanlin also knew that this was a bit too much to ask.

It's amazing that Nanny Li Jia knows some pharmacology.

As for the incompatibility of foods, if she hadn't heard her sister Wanyu mention it today, she would never have thought that there could be such a silent and untraceable way to harm people in the world.

Wanlin asked her to stand up, "Madam, don't mind."

"You have already done a great service by helping me check for any problematic items in this room and keeping an eye on my meals."

"As for the compatibility of food, I'll go to the East Palace in a few days and ask Sister Wanyu."

"If she doesn't know, I'll ask the people at Guarjia Mansion to collect more information on related dietary combinations."

"If I can't use it then, you can pay more attention to your third sister."

"Although she doesn't have to be like me, and needs to be on guard against women in the backyard who want to attack me."

"But there are also concubines in the harem who are hostile to her."

"This is the first time I've realized that the harem has so many different ways of harming people that it's impossible to guard against them."

Nanny Li Jia immediately expressed her loyalty and said, "Master, don't worry."

"In the future, I will learn more about this method and strive to help my master give birth to a little prince as soon as possible."

Wanlin smiled and said, "Then I'll trouble Aunt Li Jia."

"Let's check this room again today to see if there are any fish that have slipped through the net, right?"

"Yes."

Nanny Li Jia immediately stood up and prepared to roll up her sleeves and get to work again.

This time she was even more careful and examined every inch of the places her master mentioned.

There is nothing wrong with the facial cream, lip balm, clothes, bedding, incense, etc. on the dressing table.

Toilets, bathtubs, table and chair cushions, etc. are also normal.

Finally she lifted the covers and the mattress underneath, revealing the brown bed board underneath.

She bent down and smelled it, and it seemed to have some fragrance.

Because the bed was made of rosewood, she wasn't sure whether it was the scent of the wood or if it had really been soaked in some potion.

Nanny Li Jia used a tool to scrape some powder off the wooden board.

Then pour the powder into a teacup filled with water.