Secrets of Yuqing Palace

With Shi Wenbing's return to Beijing, the end of the year is approaching.

Everyone in the Guwaljia Mansion, from the master to the servants, became increasingly busy.

When the winter solstice arrived, the emperor personally led all civil and military officials to the Temple of Heaven to hold a grand ceremony to worship heaven.

On this day, every family in the countryside will have a reunion dinner and prepare rich offerings to worship their ancestors.

After consulting her parents-in-law, Xiao Jueluo arranged to include the family tree in the winter solstice.

The fifth prince Guanyinbao and the fourth princess Shi Wanqiong were both born when he was in office in Fuzhou.

I haven't returned to Beijing in the past two years, and my child is still young and hasn't grown up yet, so he has not been included in the family tree.

However, because she had plans for the Fourth Princess Shi Wanqiong, Xiao Jueluo told Shi Wenbing on the night Shi Wenbing just came back that she would register the Fourth Princess under her name and raise her as the legitimate daughter.

I explained the reasons and said that my parents-in-law also agreed and supported it.

It was just a matter about a concubine's daughter, Shi Wenbing didn't care.

Even if she is born out of wedlock, as long as she is remembered as a legitimate daughter since childhood, she is a real legitimate daughter in terms of status.

Having another legitimate daughter will only benefit the Guwaljia Prefecture.

Since Fu Jin is so magnanimous and doesn't mind it herself, as the head of the family, he certainly supports Fu Jin's approach.

He even felt that his wife was his virtuous wife and that no concubine could shake her position.

The biological mother of the Fourth Princess, the concubine Niuhulu, found herself in the Fu Jin's house and after discussing with her, she knew that this was a deal.

But as long as it is good for her little princess, she doesn't mind becoming a concubine, being a vanguard, and fighting for the legitimate branch.

In fact, he only felt gratitude towards Fu Jin in his heart.

I wish I could erect a monument to immortality for my wife and offer sacrifices to her every day!

After all, the master is in very good health now, and he will definitely have more children in the future than these now.

Two years ago, An Jia gave birth to the fifth prince Guanyinbao, and this year she gave birth to the fourth princess.

Wu Zaku, who is still in Fuzhou, is also pregnant and will give birth to a child early next year, but it is not certain whether it will be a boy or a girl.

Therefore, the fourth princess was not the only choice for Fu Jin.

The reason she had this opportunity was because her surname was Niuhulu, and she was a distant relative of the eldest prince's wife, so they had some kinship and were willing to help her out.

If she didn't seize the opportunity, her fourth princess would always be a concubine's princess.

In the future, he will gradually become a transparent person in Guwaljia Prefecture and then be lost in the crowd.

Although the Guwaljia government did not punish children born out of wedlock, she could clearly see the difference between legitimate and illegitimate children over the years.

Just look at the difference between the eldest princess, the second princess and the third princess to understand.

From small things like monthly allowance and clothes and jewelry to big things like the choice of the husband's family when getting married.

The gap between legitimate and illegitimate children is like a natural chasm!

The eldest princess Shi Wanying was the eldest daughter, and although she was born out of wedlock, she was still loved by the master.

Even so, she eventually married Aisin-Gioro Deyi, who was a clan relative, but only a casual one.

Aisin-Gioro Deyi was the eldest son of Babutai, the ninth son of Emperor Taizu, and the fifth son of Gabula, the Duke of Fuguo.

But his title was only the tenth-rank auxiliary general, and his official position was only a retired guard of the sixth rank.

The second princess is different.

The only legitimate daughter of the eldest son, the candidate for Crown Princess cultivated with the whole family's efforts.

Once she succeeds, she will be the next generation mistress of the Qing Dynasty.

The gap between the two is huge!

As for the third princess, she is the only princess in the second house and also the legitimate daughter.

All the masters above love the third princess the most.

She saw clearly that, from a selfish point of view, the Third Lady was more favored than even the Second Lady.

The second princess is highly valued and cultivated by the clan because she can bring benefits to the family.

As for the Third Lady, it was purely because the masters above her loved her.

Moreover, the third princess's mother, Fucha, was also from a prominent Manchu family, and her family was even highly regarded by the emperor.

Therefore, the future of the third princess will not be much worse than that of the second princess.

The only difference might be the difference in status.

However, if the Second Princess really became the Crown Princess, although she would have a high status, she would not necessarily live better than the Third Princess.

As a mother, she would rather her fourth princess live as comfortably as the third princess.

While the Fourth Princess's mother was overjoyed, the atmosphere in the courtyard of the Fifth Prince's concubine, An Jia, was tense.

The floor of the main room was littered with broken porcelain pieces, and the maids and servants were all kneeling, not daring to make a sound.

Anjia's face was distorted, her words were sharp and sarcastic, as vicious as a poisonous snake.

The villain's face is twisted like a devil, and his words and actions are full of ugliness.

"Why!"

"My Guanyin Baoke is a little prince!"

"They are all illegitimate children, why should that money-losing thing be registered under the name of the legitimate wife!"

"It's not fair! It's not fair to my Guanyinbao!"

"My Guanyin Bao is so smart, but he's actually a head shorter than that little girl."

"Master, why did you do this to me? Why did you do this to my Guanyinbao!"

"Is a prince not as good as a princess?"

"It's Fu Jin. Fu Jin must be trying to suppress my Guan Yin Bao and doesn't want him to stand out, so she doesn't want to register him under her name."

"It must be Fujin!"

"Fujin is trying to humiliate me and my Guanyinbao!"

"The old master, the old lady, and the master must have been deceived by Fu Jin."

"Obviously...Obviously, my Guanyinbao has a chance to become the legitimate son."

"Fujin ruined all this!"

"And that little girl, why does she think she's superior to my son?"

"Wow... Is the master getting senile?"

"Guanyinbao is also his son. He clearly loved him when we were in Fuzhou. Why did he abandon us mother and son as soon as he returned to Beijing?"

"Master, why are you so partial?"

"That Niuhulu is also a foxy woman. She persuaded the master to agree to record that girl as his legitimate daughter."

"What a shameless bitch! Her methods are so despicable and vile! Such a vixen should be sold off!"

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Listening to her irrational, angry and irrational insults, as well as her dissatisfaction with the legitimate wife and the master, none of the maids and servants around her dared to respond.

You have to know that since it has become a fact, it has been agreed upon by all the masters in the mansion.

Everything went smoothly, which meant that neither the old man, the old lady, nor the master had any objection.

There wasn't even much news about it before.

An Jia made quite a commotion in the yard.

The next day, Wanyu knew everything.

But she didn't hear it with her own ears, after all, there was the main courtyard in between.

Unless someone deliberately spreads the news about what happens in the East Wing, the masters of the West Wing will not know about it.

The same is true for the west wing.

The two families have always lived in peace.

The reason why Wanyu knew this was thanks to her second sister Wanlin.

In the Qiyun Courtyard, in the inner room of Wanyu's main house.

Nanny Zhangjia and the three maids were all sitting around Wanyu, chatting and laughing.

At this time, Nanny Sun, covered in snow and wind, lifted the curtain and walked into the house.

When Xia Lian heard the noise and walked out of the inner room, she saw Nanny Sun, who was covered in frost, and immediately went forward to help her take off her outer coat.

"Madame Sun?"

"Wait a minute, don't bring this coldness of yours to Gege."

"First, go to the tea stove in the compartment and warm yourself by the fire to get rid of the cold before going in to find Gege."

Nanny Sun nodded, "Miss Xia Lian is right."

After being roasted by the charcoal fire for a while, Nanny Sun felt the heat coming up, so she went to the inner room of the main house with Xia Lian.

Seeing the nanny appear before her, Wanyu asked in surprise, "Madame Sun, didn't I specifically tell you to rest today?"

"Why did you come here suddenly?"

Nanny Sun took out an envelope from her bosom.

"Princess, I wanted to leave the house today to ask about my family before I entered the palace."

"But as soon as I reached the side door of our west wing, I heard the doorman talking to a servant."

"Just when I was about to leave the house, the gatekeeper called me."

"It is said that Master Huang Cheng sent a festival gift to our house, among which are gifts from two princes and our princess."

"Gege not only has festival gifts, but it seems there are other things as well."

"According to what the servant said, it seems to be related to the instant noodles."

"When I heard that the other party was the princess's former savior, and that it was a festival gift and a business matter, I was worried that it would delay the princess's business, so I thought of helping the servant deliver the things to the princess first."