Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Seeing that everyone was looking at her with different expressions, Wanlin felt a little annoyed that she was too impulsive.

In order to avoid arousing suspicion, she sat down uncomfortably and explained.

"I think the Emperor loves His Royal Highness the Crown Prince the most, so how could he not give him someone to serve him?"

Nanny Sun said stubbornly and seriously, "Every word I said is true. There is not a single lie."

"Anyone who is interested only needs to investigate to find out the truth."

In order to make the two of them believe, especially Wanyu, Nanny Sun gave them a strong dose of medicine!

"Furthermore, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince not only has no concubines to serve him, he doesn't even have a palace maid by his side."

"Everyone in the palace knows that the servants who have served His Royal Highness the Crown Prince since he was a child are either eunuchs or old maids."

"Your Highness doesn't like to be served by palace maids."

"I think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a man of integrity."

Wanyu was so shocked that her eyes almost popped out of her head.

"There was even a time when rumors about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince were circulating in the palace."

"What rumor? Tell me!"

Nanny Sun said in embarrassment, "This...The Emperor has ordered that no one should make irresponsible remarks about His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, let alone mention this matter again."

"Hey, there are only a few of us now. The maids around my second sister and I are all family-born children. No one will go out and say anything."

Xia He, Xia Lian and Chun Tao beside Wan Lin all knelt down.

"I will never reveal what happens around my master to anyone."

Nanny Sun did a great job in her acting, although I don’t know why the master was so self-degrading.

But as a loyal servant, she didn't need to find out the reason, she just had to obey orders.

So she pretended to be cautious.

"Last year, someone in the palace spread rumors."

"It is said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is not interested in women because he is into men."

"And the news spread all over the palace. When His Majesty found out, he got really angry."

"At that time, Depin had not yet been demoted, and the imperial concubine who was in charge of the palace power and the four concubines were all punished."

"He also issued an order not to let this matter be spread outside the palace, otherwise he would be punished for treason."

"That's why it hasn't spread outside the palace yet."

Wanyu looked thoughtful. She remembered seeing somewhere that Crown Prince Yinreng was "served" by a handsome young eunuch in his later years.

I just don’t know whether it’s true or not?

Wanlin felt mixed emotions.

In her previous life, when she was the Crown Princess, such rumors were also spread about the Crown Prince in his later years.

But at that time, those who wanted to seize the throne were just colluding with each other and wanted to discredit the prince and use despicable means to bring him down.

Moreover, the news spread throughout the imperial court and the harem, and the prince had no way of proving his innocence.

But in this life, the prince is not interested in women?

This is a huge change from what we knew in our previous lives!

She didn't know if she was dreaming, or if the life she returned to was not actually her previous life?

Wanlin was both anxious and melancholy.

[Sending Aunt Li Jia away today was truly not in vain.]

[Otherwise, how could I have heard these palace secrets? ]

[It's also my own fault.]

[I blindly thought that as long as I didn't do anything rash before the audition, everything would be the same as in my previous life.]

[If you want to change your fate, you only need to tamper with the selection process.]

【So I didn’t notice any of these things that were unusual.】

But I didn't expect that just the news I heard from Nanny Sun today would already have brought about so many changes.

Wanlin was very regretful at this time.

【main idea!】

【How careless! 】

[I am proud of having a second life, so I became arrogant and forgetful.]

[Shi Wanlin, if you want to change the fate of yourself and your family, you must never do this again!]

Wanlin reminded herself in her heart not to forget to be vigilant and to always stay sober and humble.

Otherwise, such complacency will hurt yourself sooner or later.

While Wanlin was lost in thought, Wanyu was secretly gossiping with Nanny Sun about Prince Cricket.

Nanny Sun had a very good impression of the prince.

In short, the prince described by Nanny Sun is an intelligent and studious prince with both civil and military talents. He is not only proficient in the classics of various schools of thought and poetry from all dynasties, but also skilled in Manchu archery and horse riding.

Not only is he an excellent student, but he is also a man of noble character. He is filial to the emperor and the empress dowager, and friendly to his brothers, sisters, and nephews.

After talking about the crown prince, Nanny Sun went on to talk in a little more detail about the next three princes.

The third prince Yinzhi, the fourth prince Yinzhen, and the fifth prince Yinqi.

Now only these three princes are close in age to Wanlin.

If a marriage is arranged, apart from the crown prince and the already married fourth prince Yinzhen, the third and fifth princes would be the most suitable.

If she was pointed out as the prince's wife, then these two are the most likely candidates.

However, compared with the Crown Prince, Nanny Sun's evaluation of these two princes is not worth mentioning.

For example, the third prince Yinzhi was one year older than Wanyu. Because he was interested in Chinese studies, he loved things like having a beautiful woman by his side.

Although there are no wife or concubine now, there are already many nameless concubines in the backyard.

Concubine Rong in the palace doted on the Third Prince very much. Knowing his preferences, she not only did not stop him, but even indulged him a lot.

The Fifth Prince is one year younger than Wanyu. Although the backyard is not so chaotic at the moment, because he grew up with the Empress Dowager, when he entered the study, the Fifth Prince only knew Mongolian and Manchu.

He didn't speak Manchu very fluently, and had never read Chinese.

Moreover, the Fifth Prince was brought up by the Empress Dowager to be kind and honest. Among all the princes, he was neither favored nor inconspicuous.

Wanlin nodded silently.

[The Third Prince Yinzhi's backyard was indeed a mess, and he did like to have beautiful women around.]

[I particularly like Han army banner women who are slender, charming, and talented.]

[There were also many women in the backyard, and their minds were too distracted, so many babies died.]

[And the fifth prince, Yinqi, is indeed of good character, but he favors his concubine over his wife.]

After marrying into the Fifth Prince's mansion, Hetala was never favored, and even the housekeeping power was mostly taken away by the concubine.

[Having never had any children in his life, he is also a pitiful person. ]

Wanlin thought carefully about the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince.

In the previous life of the Third Prince, the Emperor pointed out Dong E, the daughter of Peng Chun, the first-class duke and deputy governor of the Manchu Zhenghong Banner.

However, last year, that is, in the 29th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, when Pengchun was suppressing the rebellion in the northwest, Galdan lined up his troops in the mountains to resist the Qing army. Pengchun's troops were blocked by the mud. Sunu led his troops to attack Galdan and defeated the Junggar army.

Galdan pretended to beg for peace from the Qing army and escaped from Daqi Mountain at night.

Peng Chun was dismissed from office because of this incident, but the emperor ordered him to be pardoned and demoted but allowed him to remain in office.

However, Wanlin knew that he would be reinstated next year, and in the 35th year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, he would be appointed as the Commander-in-Chief of the Zhenghong Banner Mongolian Banner again.

The emperor wants to increase the power of the third prince and promote the Dong and E clans, so the choice of the third wife should not change.

As for the Fifth Prince's wife, Wanlin was well aware of the Emperor's balancing act.

Ever since the Fifth Prince was adopted by the Empress Dowager, he no longer has the qualifications to compete.

The emperor must also be unwilling to give the fifth prince too much help.

Otherwise, in his previous life, he would not have chosen Tatala, the daughter of a fifth-rank official, as his principal wife.

Concubine Yi gave birth to three sons, and they are all alive and well today.

In addition, because the Fifth Prince was raised by the Queen Mother, he naturally had the support of Mongolia.

If the three sons of Concubine Yi unite, they will become a considerable force.

The Emperor is certainly unwilling to give the Fifth Prince a wife from a powerful family!

[Although Second Uncle is only a fifth-rank official in the Guanglu Temple, Mama is the fifth daughter of Prince Su Haoge and a true princess.]

[Second Uncle has the support of some royal clans.]

[Plus, Mafa is still here, and although the first and second wives live in separate courtyards, they are still one family.]

[Second Uncle's career path will definitely not be limited to a fifth-rank official.]

Second Aunt's Fucha family is now at its peak. Third Sister's fate has passed, so Second Aunt will not die early.

[Second Uncle has so many powerful people behind him. His future career may not be smooth sailing, but he will definitely not be limited to a mere fifth-rank official.]

[As long as I become the Fourth Prince's concubine, if Wanyu points him to the Fifth Prince, then the family will definitely lean towards the Fifth Prince.]

[This is definitely not a situation the Emperor wants to see! ]

After her own analysis, Wanlin felt that her third sister would definitely not become the prince's wife.

In an instant, the heart that was originally hanging in the air was completely relieved.

However, fate is cruel. She analyzed the two princes of the same age, but she didn't know that the one she often overlooked might have more unexpected results.

If she had thought about it a little more, she wouldn't have been so worried so early.

Without her as the Crown Princess, what kind of Crown Princess would Emperor Kangxi appoint for the Crown Prince?

How will Emperor Kangxi arrange things for the Guwalja clan?