Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Rong Fei selected a gentle, considerate and talented young lady for Yinzhi.

You know your own son best.

Yinzhi was a man who liked beautiful women. If she had no knowledge and was only beautiful, the third brother would not like her.

So she chose Tian, ​​the daughter of the scribe Dundali.

As soon as Rong Fei saw her, she knew that the third prince would definitely like her.

They also selected a woman named Qideli, the daughter of Sahalian, a member of the Ministry of Personnel and a deputy minister.

A Han army flag, soft, beautiful and elegant.

A man with a full military flag, handsome and handsome.

Although Qideli was not her son's type, Rong Fei valued her good health and believed that she would be able to bear a child for her son early.

Concubine Yi loved her son even more, and not only did she select two beautiful girls for Yinqi, Bai and Budala.

She also selected a bondservant named Gao from among the third-class palace maids serving her and gave her to Yinqi.

After reading the list submitted by Concubine Yi, Kangxi also knew that Yinqi had been wronged this time.

He ordered Liang Jiugong to submit the list of beauties who had passed the re-selection. After looking at them one by one, he appointed the daughter of Liu Wenhuan, the Manchu Minister of the Lifanyuan, on the list of beauties to Yinqi as his concubine, and she entered the mansion before the wedding of the principal wife.

He became the second prince among the current emperor's sons to be granted a title as an exception before being granted a concubine.

Although the Liujia clan is not as old a Manchu surname as the Tala clan, it is also a subordinate Manchu banner.

Moreover, the Manchu Vice Minister of the Lifanyuan was a third-rank official.

There was a reason why Kangxi assigned Liu Jia to Yinqi.

It's not just because of the compensation Yinqi made for the grievance.

This is also because of the special nature of the Lifanyuan.

The Lifanyuan was the highest authority of the Qing government to rule over ethnic minorities such as Mongolia, Hui and Tibet.

The Lifanyuan initially handled Mongolian affairs. With the establishment of the Qing Dynasty's national regime, it became a central agency that oversaw the affairs of various ethnic minority regions such as Mongolia, Tibet, and Xinjiang.

The emperor implemented his rule over various ethnic minority areas through the Lifanyuan and strengthened his ties with them.

Kangxi arranged marriage for Liu Jia because her father Liu Wenhuan was now the Minister of the Lifanyuan.

Yinqi was raised by the Empress Dowager and was naturally close to Mongolia. He was also a Vice Minister of the Lifanyuan.

After Yinqi participates in politics, he will be able to handle Mongolian affairs with twice the result with half the effort.

With the emperor making an exception, the empress dowager, Concubine Yi and Yinqi felt much better both mentally and facially.

The mother of the Seventh Prince Yinyou, Consort Dai Jia, was both happy and worried about the fact that her daughter-in-law's status was much higher than that of Concubine Yi, the wife of the Fifth Prince.

She was worried that her future daughter-in-law would dislike her son's leg disease because of his high social status, so she didn't dare to give him more titles and make her daughter-in-law unhappy.

So she just randomly pointed to a clan named Nala because of their nice surname. The father of this Nala clan was just a sixth-rank shepherd.

I guess my daughter-in-law won't think too much about it, right? Dai Jia thought so.

Even Concubine De, because of the people who had been given away as concubines by the previous ones, and for the sake of her own image in public, she also selected two princesses and gave them to Yinzhen.

One was Wu, the daughter of Wu Zhuguo, the governor of the Han army of the Bordered Yellow Banner, and the other was Guo, a third-class maid in the Yonghe Palace, from the Baoyi Banner.

With the issuance of the imperial decree granting marriages, several concubines and princesses who were granted marriages had already entered the princes' backyards.

The rear hall of the South Third House where the Fifth and Seventh Princes lived became a bit more lively because of the arrival of several concubines.

Especially the palace maid who originally taught the two of them how to handle human affairs.

Unexpectedly, before she could win the prince's heart, the emperor bestowed upon her several more princesses.

The status of these princesses who were selected through the formal selection was much higher than that of their concubines.

They are still just palace maids now. Whether they can be promoted depends on whether the wife is willing to do so after the prince gets married.

If the wife is generous, they can become princesses in one leap.

If the wife is cold or stingy, they may just be concubines.

If they meet a jealous wife, they may just be palace maids for the rest of their lives, without any hope.

They had no idea what their future wives would be like, so they wanted to win over the prince's heart as early as possible so that he could raise their status after he got married.

Although the wife is the master of the backyard, the prince is the master of the entire mansion, and the wife has to listen to the prince.

But before they could develop any feelings with their master, a new person came in, and he was a member of the general election, and his status was much higher than theirs.

So during this period, the women in the back halls of the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince were busy competing for the favor of their masters, showing off their skills and making it very lively.

But all this has nothing to do with the little brothers in the front yard.

Their competition for favor was limited to the back hall, and there were guards at both corner gates, so they could not leave the backyard.

After the election, the Dong'e, Hetala, and Hada Nara clans had different reactions.

However, the imperial decree granting the marriage has been issued and there is no possibility of changing it.

No matter what they think, no one cares now.

Due to the emperor's edict, officials from the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Rites have been extremely busy recently.

After all, three princes are going to have their weddings this year, so we can’t be careless!

Even officials from the Ministry of Works had to move out of the palace because the Fifth Prince, the Seventh Prince, and the Eighth Prince were going to be killed.

He often urged the construction workers to complete the residences of the three princes as soon as possible.

The Eighth Prince’s residence can be taken slowly, but the Fifth Prince and the Seventh Prince’s residence cannot be delayed.

Especially the Fifth Prince, since his wife will move into the mansion first, he must be the first to move out of the palace!

The Crown Prince and his wife have also been recuperating in recent days.

As everyone was busy, July soon arrived.

During this period, on Yinreng's birthday, Wanyu did not do much, but made him a bowl of longevity noodles by herself.

At night, the two of them lay in bed, hugging each other tightly, feeling the warmth and peace of mind that the other brought them, and then fell asleep quietly.

The Fifth Prince's Mansion and the Seventh Prince's Mansion have been completed, and the two princes have also ordered people to pack their suitcases and boxes and prepare to move.

Starting with the eldest brother, third brother and fourth brother, after the two princes moved out of the palace, they also invited all the princes and wives to their house for a housewarming banquet.

However, since this housewarming party was a family party, only brothers and sisters-in-law were present.

Therefore, they asked their eldest sister-in-law Irgen Jueluo and fourth sister-in-law Ulanara to help organize the entire banquet.

However, Wanyu did not expect that in their house, she would not only meet the Fourth Lady, but also her second sister.

Logically speaking, except for the Fourth Prince, the other princes do not have a concubine yet, so there are no suitable female relatives to entertain the concubine.

Wanyu thought she would not be able to see her second sister, but she was actually invited.

But without even asking, Wanyu knew that the Fifth and Seventh Princes invited her because of her status as the Crown Princess's second sister-in-law.

After everyone greeted each other and talked for a while, the men and women separated.

After arriving at the wing specially for entertaining female guests, the women chatted for a while, and the First and Fourth Concubines took the initiative to leave.

The eldest wife said somewhat embarrassedly: "Second sister-in-law, eldest sister-in-law and fourth sister-in-law have to go out and be busy first."

"My fourth brother's wife and I were asked by my fifth brother to help organize this housewarming party. We still have a lot of things to deal with."

The Fourth Lady also smiled and said, "That's right, sister-in-law."

"Sister Mu, please chat with my second sister-in-law to kill time."

Wanlin stood up and bowed slightly to the Fourth Lady.

"Yes, I know."

Wanyu smiled and said, "Hahaha... Today I can be idle for once, Qing is waiting to enjoy it."

"Then I won't bother my eldest sister-in-law and my fourth brother's wife. You two can go now."