Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Faka looked at him sternly and warned him earnestly, "This matter was helped by the Crown Prince. It was the Tenth Prince who showed his support in front of His Majesty."

"Since my elder sister and younger sister passed away one after another, our Niuhulu clan can no longer withstand the turmoil."

"After what happened to Alinga, it will be difficult for him to make a name for himself in the future."

"If we suppress him, our Niuhulu clan will have fewer disputes."

"Tenth Prince will eventually grow up. Before my sister passed away, she had already arranged a way out for him."

"As long as we can hold on, the Tenth Prince will be able to secure the throne of the prince in the future."

"For the sake of the Tenth Prince, and for the sake of our Niuhulu clan."

"Fourth brother, you must serve the Crown Prince faithfully and protect the Tenth Prince."

"Do you...understand?"

Looking at his brother's sharp and unquestionable expression, Yin De pursed his lips, his eyes full of determination, without any extra expression, just nodded seriously.

"I will remember what you said, big brother."

Faka continued, "There's also the woman in the backyard. Don't take it lightly."

"The reason why Alinga was able to cause such a big incident this time was all instigated by that Wuya family."

Yin De was shocked and confused, but Faka didn't explain much.

He only whispered in Yin De's ear: "This matter is also the work of Concubine De in the palace."

"She and Wu Ya are sisters from the same father."

"You don't need to know too much when it comes to the harem."

"Brother is just reminding you, never underestimate women."

Yin De nodded, "Don't worry, brother!"

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Niuhuru's title of first-class duke was confirmed, and the palace gradually calmed down with the death of the imperial concubine.

But this is just the surface, there are even greater undercurrents surging in secret.

After the Imperial Concubine passed away, there was no one above the Four Concubines who could put pressure on them.

Moreover, there are no concubines with higher ranks in the harem, so now is the time for them to compete for the position of noble concubine.

Especially Concubine Hui, Concubine Tong and Concubine De were the most excited.

Concubine Hui and Concubine Tong wanted to compete for the position of noble concubine.

Concubine Hui had an eldest son, Yinzhi, and the previous dynasty needed the support of the Nara clan. She felt that the position of imperial concubine belonged to her!

Concubine Tong is the emperor's cousin from his mother's family and the niece of Empress Xiaokangzhang. The emperor has always attached great importance to his mother's family.

They are all full of confidence in themselves.

He often invited concubines, sisters and younger sisters to his palace to talk and appreciate flowers.

Even Concubine Hui temporarily put aside her grudge against the Crown Princess and sent a lot of gifts to Yuqing Palace.

She also pushed her beautiful young maid to the emperor's place.

Concubine Tong delivered the message to the Tong family. She was not as affectionate to the emperor as his sister, but she could ask her father to remind the emperor.

The Tong family still has a daughter in the palace, so the emperor has to take better care of her.

However, Depin is not thinking about competing for the position of noble concubine now, but is thinking that if someone becomes a noble concubine, won’t she be able to find a way to return to the position of concubine?

But she was unwilling to fight against either Concubine Hui or Concubine Tong.

Because Concubine Hui was the mother of the emperor's eldest son, she had always looked down upon the other concubines.

Especially the delicate and weak Concubine De, who was often belittled and even looked down upon by Concubine Hui.

As for Concubine Tong, there is no need to mention her. She has a grudge against the Tong family for stealing their child!

Even if she would side with her former enemy Concubine Hui, she would never side with Concubine Tong who came from the Tong family.

However, after Depin entered the harem, except for the incident with the Fourth Prince, everything went smoothly for her, which made her quite proud now.

She is unwilling to join any of the teams.

She would rather spend all her time on the emperor. When one of them becomes a noble concubine and the four concubines are missing one, the emperor will naturally think of her.

Therefore, soup or cakes were often delivered to the Qianqing Palace.

Or they could invite the emperor to Yonghe Palace in the name of the Fourteenth Prince.

While everyone was eagerly waiting, the emperor did not confer the title of noble concubine on her.

Only four edicts were issued one after another.

First, on the first day of December, the eldest prince Yinzhi, the third prince Yinzhi, and the fourth prince Yinzhen brought their wives and children out of the palace and moved into the newly built prince's mansion.

Secondly, the several princes who are now living in Qiandong No. 5 will all move to Nansan No. 3.

The vacant West Building No. 5 was reserved for the growing princesses to live in.

Originally, the previous princes could have moved to the South Third Institute earlier.

After all, although there are only three schools in the South, each of the East, Middle and West schools has three courtyards in front and back.

And the structure of each one is exactly the same.

There is a glazed door at the south end. The front hall is 3 bays wide, and the middle hall and the back hall are both 5 bays wide, with a green glazed tile hip roof.

There are three side halls in the east and west in front of the hall, and a well pavilion in front of the central hall.

In addition, there are ear rooms, Shunshan rooms, duty rooms, dining rooms, and bathrooms.

There are more than 200 rooms in the entire South Third Building.

Not to mention nine princes, even twenty or thirty can be accommodated here!

However, since the eldest prince Yinzhi and the fourth prince Yinzhen married early, they had wives, concubines and children in the backyard.

After all, there are differences between men and women, let alone sister-in-law and brother-in-law.

Therefore, it was difficult to arrange for the other brothers to move in and live with these brothers who had married.

Now that the three older princes have left the palace to build their own residences, the South Three Houses have become vacant.

Most of the remaining young princes are still ignorant of the ways of the world.

In addition to the fifth prince Yinqi, the seventh prince Yinyou and the eighth prince Yinsi, there were palace maids around them to teach them about human affairs.

The remaining princes don't have concubines, so it doesn't matter if they all live together.

Just make separate arrangements for the three older ones in front, and there will be no impact at all.

There were no more worries, and there were many courtyards inside, so naturally many princes could live there.

So Kangxi simply ordered all nine princes, from the fifth to the fourteenth, to move to the South Three Residences.

However, the fifth, seventh and eighth princes were arranged to live in the rear hall of each palace.

Each of the three southern halls has the same layout, and there are three halls in front, middle and back. If people in the back hall want to leave the three halls, they must first pass through the corner doors on both sides of the front middle hall and main hall, and then go through the corner doors of the front hall.

Similarly, if someone in the middle hall wants to exit the three halls, they have to go through the corner doors on both sides of the main hall of the front hall, and then go through the main door in front.

At each corner gate, there are young and strong eunuchs guarding the gate.

Therefore, among the three, the rear hall is the most closed.

It is most suitable for three princes who have concubines to live here.

In order to more effectively prevent accidents, the middle hall was occupied by younger princes.

The princes who were a little older lived in the front hall.

The current layout is three-chambered. The ninth prince Yinzhen lives in the front hall of the west chapel, his younger brother the eleventh prince Yinzhen lives in the middle hall, and the fifth prince Yinqi lives in the back hall.

Originally, Yin wanted to live with Yinzhen, but Eleventh was not in good health and Concubine Yi was worried.

So the two older brothers were asked to take care of the frail younger brother, and the younger brother was arranged to live between the two older brothers.

Yin? Although he felt disappointed, he didn't want to be unreasonable when he thought about Eleven's health.

Yinzhen couldn't bear to see his good brother feel lost, so he let the tenth brother live next to him.

So in Zhongshang, adjacent to the West Residence, the tenth prince Yinxu lived in the front hall, the twelfth prince Yinluo lived in the middle hall, and the seventh prince Yinyou lived in the back hall.

The Eighth Prince, the Thirteenth Prince, and the Fourteenth Prince lived in the East Residence.

The Eighth Prince lived in the back hall. Because he was eloquent and gentle, the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen liked him very much, compared to his fourth brother who had a cold face and loved to scold him.

So after hearing the old man's order, he took Thirteen with him and lived next to Myna in the front two rooms of the East Office.