Secrets of Yuqing Palace

After the ninety-two princes got married, it was the turn of the next prince, the emperor.

In July, Kangxi ordered the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Works to supervise the affairs of the twelfth, thirteenth and fourteenth princes to leave the palace and build their own residences.

[The Emperor is about to start preparing wives for the three princes! ]

This is a common understanding among the former and harem emperors.

But if you think about the age of the three princes, they are already old enough to get married.

The twelfth prince is already sixteen years old this year and it is time for him to get married.

The Thirteenth Prince was already fifteen years old, and the Fourteenth Prince was only one year younger than him.

After confirming their guesses, many people set their sights on the backyards of these three royal princes.

Although the powerful family looked down on the twelfth prince Yinzhen who was raised by a servant (Su Malagu).

But there was the Thirteenth Prince Yinxiang who won the emperor's favor, and the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen whose mother was a concubine and whose brother was a prince.

There is also Prince Yinzhen of Zhi, who has been widowed for almost two years and also has a position as the successor to the throne, and they are all very eager to make a move.

However, the powerful families looked down on the twelfth prince, but many small families were eyeing him eagerly.

Especially since there was the example of the Fifth Concubine before, it may not be impossible for them!

Therefore, the first thing that officials of all ranks and leaders of various families in the capital would do when they returned home was to ask their wives to teach the little princesses in the family well.

Strive to bring honor to the family and marry into the prince's harem in next year's general election.

If you can't become the main wife, you can become a princess and give birth to children early, so that you can get the position of concubine.

The Fucha family also passed the news to Wanyu.

In next year's general election, as the legitimate daughter of the Fucha family and the daughter of my second uncle Ma Qi, she is of the age to be selected for the election, so she will definitely run for election.

I just don't know whether the emperor will arrange a marriage, so I asked Wanyu.

I also hope that during next year's general election, my cousin Wanyu can protect my cousin more in the palace and prevent anyone from plotting against her.

The truth is that the Fucha family is now the emperor's favorite, and their power is growing. Wu Naxi is the only legitimate daughter of the Fucha family. If they try to plot against her by force, it would be a huge loss and a great sin.

Especially now that the position of Prince Zhi's successor wife is vacant, if Concubine Nara in the palace wants to win over the Fucha family, it would be very easy to do so in the palace.

After all, Wanyu is just a niece. Can she be closer than her biological daughter?

There are also several older princes who already have wives. If they really have evil intentions and plot against Wu Naxi, the legitimate daughter of the Fucha family can only become the prince's concubine. Isn't this a slap in the face!

A few years ago, because of an accident, Concubine Mu of Prince Yong's Mansion "had to" change from a candidate for the Crown Princess to the concubine of an ordinary prince.

Although the emperor made an exception and gave the concubine the position of concubine and even bestowed a title on her, a concubine is a concubine and cannot bypass the legitimate wife just because of her high status.

Especially the children born out of wedlock, their status is determined by the mother’s generation!

Therefore, the Fucha family attached great importance to the election of the princess in the family.

Wanyu knew that in history, this sister was betrothed to the twelfth prince Yinzhen as his principal wife.

But his life was not very happy. In history, Yinzhen had no descendants, and people had a very bad opinion of the legitimate wife, thinking that it was her jealousy that killed Yinzhen's descendants.

Wanyu didn’t know the truth of the matter, but in her heart, Unashi was just an ordinary, well-behaved and cute little sister.

Moreover, as the legitimate daughter of a large family, the Fucha family raised her to be very bright and proud, and she was well-educated and talented in writing.

Although he is a little bit arrogant, he is definitely not a vicious and domineering person.

As the legitimate daughter of the Fucha family, she was doted on by more than a dozen brothers and protected by more than a dozen nephews.

As the only little princess, she was spoiled, so it was normal for her to be a little aloof and arrogant.

However, when Wanyu thought about Unaxi's temperament and the temperament of the twelfth prince Yinzhen, she came to her senses a little.

The mother of the twelfth prince Yinzhen, Wanliuha, was born in the Zhenghuang Banner. In the 14th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, she and Concubine Uya were selected to serve in the palace. In the 24th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, she gave birth to the twelfth prince Yinlu. For all these years, she had been a concubine.

His status can be said to be extremely low!

Moreover, Yinzhen himself was different from other princes.

The other brothers were either raised by their biological mother, or by concubines of high rank in the palace, or were placed in the prince's residence and raised by people arranged by Kangxi.

Only Yinzhen was raised by servants.

Although this servant had a special status, a servant was still a servant. With this status, Yinzhen's status was lower than that of his other brothers.

In the 26th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, after Empress Xiaozhuang Wen passed away, the 70-year-old Su Malagu suffered a mental trauma. Emperor Kangxi was worried that she could not bear it physically and mentally, so he ordered Yinlu to be raised by her.

He was not favored, his biological mother had a low status, and although his adoptive mother had a respectable position in the palace, she was a slave. It can be said that Yinzhen was a nobody in the palace.

It would be better for him to be raised directly in the prince's residence like the seventh prince Yinyou. Although his life may not be very good, his status is not so embarrassing.

Although Yinzhen, who grew up like this, would not necessarily be a deep-minded person, he would definitely not be a broad-minded, confident and bright person. Instead, he would be often inferior, self-tortured, sensitive, suspicious and narrow-minded.

People with this kind of personality may act at two extremes when facing a bright and flamboyant woman.

When I saw it, I liked it very much and felt a longing for it.

He felt that this kind of beauty was what he had been seeking all his life but could not obtain, so he wanted to protect this beauty.

Or they may feel disgusted and unwilling to have too much contact with it.

It seemed as if he appeared even more cowardly and unbearable in front of her.

I even often wonder if she looks down on me and is laughing at me. One expression of hers can be interpreted in eight hundred bad ways.

When two extreme people are together, they are likely to hurt and guard against each other instead of complementing each other.

Although the Fucha family was powerful, they were just slaves to the royal family.

Since Unashi married into the royal family, her status was naturally lower than that of the emperor's prince.

For people with bright and outgoing personalities, long-term repression and suppression will either cause them to wither quickly like a delicate flower, or they will counterattack madly like a demon.

Wanyu didn't know what would happen in the future, but she didn't want her sister to fall into such a situation.

So she sent a letter back to the Fucha family in time.

First, to reassure them that Unashi will definitely be protected during the election.

The second is to ask about their arrangements for Unashi: do they want to drop out of the selection process, or do they want to wait for the emperor's arranged marriage?

If you want to drop out of the election, it is best to find out the emperor's intentions as soon as possible, otherwise you will be caught off guard.

Of course, the Fucha family did not want their only daughter to marry into the royal family, even if he was a prince!

This is different from marrying a royal daughter as a daughter-in-law. When a daughter marries into the royal family, she is completely tied to the royal family.

Moreover, the royal family is the master and they are the servants.

Once a girl marries into the royal family, she is not only bound by various conditions, but also has to put her husband first in everything and cannot disobey in the slightest.

Moreover, the royal family did not divorce, so the daughter was not only unable to return home after being wronged, but they were even unable to seek revenge for her.

If the daughter-in-law and the legitimate wife do not do well, they may even "die of illness"!

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