Secrets of Yuqing Palace

As happy events happened one after another, time passed from the 31st year of the Kangxi reign to the 32nd year of the Kangxi reign.

The wedding time of Crown Prince Yinreng and the future Crown Princess Guaerjia Wanyu is getting closer.

Wanlin, who married into the Fourth Prince's harem, gradually gained a foothold in the Fourth Prince's mansion.

She has good looks, a good personality, a good family background, and literary talent. She is the type that the Fourth Prince Yinzhen likes.

In addition, she showed respect to the legitimate wife in front of Yinzhen, and did not criticize the concubines below. She could also be a gentle and considerate person in front of Yinzhen.

Yinzhen once felt that she was worthy of being the "Crown Princess" specially taught by Khan's father.

In addition, this woman, who was originally supposed to be the Crown Princess, became his concubine.

This gave Yinzhen, who was already satisfied with her, a sense of satisfaction in his male self-esteem, which made him feel even more happy.

Even though the Fourth Lady was upset, she couldn't find any evidence against Concubine Mu and couldn't do anything to her.

The most important thing is that Concubine Mu is not pregnant yet, and the threat to Concubine Si has not reached its maximum, so Concubine Si can still tolerate it.

As Wanlin battles wits and courage with the Fourth Prince's wife and concubines in the backyard, Wanyu is about to marry into Yuqing Palace and enter the palace to meet her sister.

Unlike ordinary marriages, there are a set of royal rules for princes to marry.

The first engagement ceremony is the folk engagement ceremony.

The ceremony was held on an auspicious day selected by the Imperial Astronomical Observatory, during which the emperor bestowed gifts on the family of his wife and held an engagement banquet at her home.

There are two types of gifts.

A ceremonial coin, given to the wife herself, will be carried back to the prince's residence when the emperor welcomes her.

One is the gift money, which is given to the parents and family of the concubine, and is the real betrothal gift.

The gift coins are the betrothal gifts given to the bride's family, while the ceremonial coins are part of the dowry given to the bride herself.

On that day, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent eighty-eight loads of betrothal gifts to Guwaljia Prefecture.

The Minister of the Internal Affairs Department led the stewards to the Guwalja Prefecture.

The masters and ladies of the entire Guwaljia Mansion, those with rank wore court robes, while those without rank also dressed respectably and were greeted outside the gate.

The ceremonial coins are displayed in the main hall, the gift coins are displayed on the steps, and the gift horses are displayed in the middle of the road in front of the steps.

Among them, the ceremonial coins given to Wanyu occupied seventy-six loads.

It includes jewelry, clothing materials, daily silverware, etc., including a gold necklace inlaid with oriental pearls and corals, three large and small gold hairpins holding pearls, three pairs of gold earrings inlaid with two oriental pearls, two pairs of gold bracelets, one hundred gold and silver buttons, a gold collar with oriental pearls, and dozens of mink, otter and fox furs for making various coats and beddings, one hundred pieces of silk, three hundred kilograms of cotton, and a number of silver plates, silver bowls, silver pots and silver dishes used in the dining room, tea room and tea room.

The remaining twelve loads were gifts of money given to Shi Wenzhuo and Fu Cha.

Shi Wenzhuo was given ten taels of gold, seven hundred taels of silver, a fox fur court robe, a sable hat, a set of gold belt rings, a handkerchief, a purse and ear picks, and a saddled horse.

He gave Fucha three pairs of gold earrings with pearls, a fox fur robe, six otter furs, and a horse with an exquisitely carved saddle. These were distributed among the colorful pavilions.

After receiving the ceremony, the men, led by Shi Huashan and his son Shi Wenzhuo, performed the ceremony of three kneelings and nine kowtows at the foot of the middle steps, facing east towards the palace.

On the female side, the old lady Jueluo personally led the female family members to the middle steps and performed the ritual of walking westward six times, kneeling three times and bowing three times.

Then, the Ministry of Internal Affairs prepared fifty banquet tables as usual.

Among them, there were 36 sheep, 50 tables of steamed buns, and 50 bottles of rice wine. A banquet was held at the wife's house to celebrate, and a band was also set up.

All the dukes, marquises, nobles, internal ministers, guards, officials of the second rank and above, and ladies of the imperial family who were not on duty went to the Guwaljia Mansion to attend the engagement banquet according to the rules.

After the engagement ceremony, the entire Guwaljia Prefecture became even busier.

Not only because the wedding is getting closer, but also because the dowry is too huge!

When all the princes got married, the bride's dowry was divided into internal and external dowries.

Neiban is a part of the betrothal gift sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs in accordance with regulations.

The ceremonial coins bestowed upon the wife, as part of her dowry, will be carried back to the prince's residence during the welcoming ceremony.

The outsourced dowry is the dowry prepared by the bride’s family themselves.

The Guwaljia family and their in-laws together raised a total of more than 160 pieces of dowry for Wanyu.

Including the betrothal gifts sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, there were seventy-six loads in total.

When the two parties got married, there were more than two hundred people carrying the dowry.

This is much more than the dowry that Empress Yuan gave her when she entered the palace.

The prince is always the prince, how can he be compared with the emperor marrying?

But no one wanted to let their own princess down.

So after discussion, the Guwalja government decided to widen and deepen the dowry box.

He also exchanged some large items for silver and money, which served as Wanyu's treasure chest.

Finally, the more than 200 loads of dowry were condensed into a total of 188 loads of dowry.

Wanyu looked at her Qiyunyuan, which was almost filled with dowry boxes, and felt that she was now a real rich woman.

According to the rules, the day before the wedding, the wife's family must send the dowry to the prince's palace for pre-arrangement.

Especially since Wanyu married the prince, the emperor attached great importance to her.

However, Wanyu is now only the prince's wife, so although the specifications of her dowry are lower than when Empress Yuan entered the palace, it is still higher than that of the eldest prince's wife.

Early in the morning of the 19th, the men and women of both the Guwaljia and Fucha mansions went together to deliver their dowries.

Knowing that it was the future Crown Princess's family who sent the dowry to the palace, a group of princes were extremely curious.

They all ignored the usual dignity of the second prince and ran to Yuqing Palace to watch the fun.

Whether it was the eldest prince Yinzhen who was already married, or those unmarried princes.

When they saw the dowry boxes sent by the Guwaljia Mansion to the Yuqing Palace, they were all envious.

Especially the eldest prince Yinzhen.

Originally, he was somewhat dissatisfied because he married the daughter of Irgen Jueluo Korkun, a first-rank minister.

Although the Irgen Jueluo clan is a big family among the Manchus with a very large population, there are not many branches with high status compared to the population size.

Fu Jin's great-grandfather was named Muchinagaha, who had lived in the Jiamu Lake area for generations. He returned at the beginning of the country and was not prominent.

It was not until the time of Fu Jin's father, Kerkun, who became a minister, that the family's status was improved.

Therefore, the wife he married, apart from having a good surname and a capable father-in-law, the power of the wife's family that she could provide him was not particularly great.

Especially compared with the candidates for the Crown Princess that Khan Ama had chosen for the Crown Prince, they either had the power of the Duke's Mansion behind them, or had military power or many high-ranking officials in their clans.

This made Yinzhen extremely jealous, thinking that the prince enjoyed so many preferential treatments just because he was the legitimate son.

Therefore, he tried his best to have a legitimate son with his wife, but he didn't expect that the children he had several times were just little princesses.

However, unexpectedly, during last year's election, there were rumors about Guwalja Gege, who was the most likely to become the Crown Princess, and the fourth brother.

Therefore, when his mother learned about the rumor, she immediately sent people to speed up the spread of the rumor, and even deepened the unclear relationship between Guwalja Gege and his fourth brother.

It may be that the prince is being envied. His mother once revealed that there are many people behind the spread of rumors.

Everyone has the same goal, which is to let the prince marry a wife from a humble family to reduce the support of his wife's family.

Their plan was successful, and the second princess of Guwaljia, who had a good family background, became the fourth brother's concubine.

In the end, Khan Ama appointed the third princess of Guwalgiya, whose father was only a fifth-rank official, to be the prince's wife to Yinreng.

Although both were legitimate daughters of the Guwalja clan, one was from the eldest wife's family and the other was from the second wife's family.

Although they are both legitimate sons, they do not have the same mother, so their relationship is definitely not harmonious.

The second branch cannot compare to the power behind the first branch.

Moreover, one is a fifth-rank official, and the other is a first-rank official. They not only have titles but also hold military power.

While Yinzhi was still making fun of Yinreng, he didn't expect that Khan Ama promoted Shi Wenchao!

Directly promoted the other party from the fifth rank to the third rank!

Moreover, looking at the dowry that the Guaerjia Mansion sent to the Yuqing Palace and listening to the eunuch's report, one can know how considerable the dowry that the Guaerjia Mansion has prepared for the prince's wife is.

This also shows that the Guwaljia Mansion is not as simple as he thought, at least the two houses are not as dirty as he guessed!

If that's the case, then what's the difference between marrying the second wife's daughter and marrying the first wife's daughter? !

Yinzhen felt very uncomfortable.

[Why does Changshengtian favor the second child?!]

[If that's the case, why not bring Yinreng with you to serve you?]

[Why do you want to leave him in the human world and make him a nuisance?!]

Yinreng looked at Yinzhi in the yard, who was staring at the dowry box with a look of resentment, and a look of disdain flashed in his eyes.

[Huh~ I'm just so lucky! ]

[You will never be able to catch up with me in your lifetime! ]

[Wait for Xiaoyuer to marry in and give birth to seven or eight little princes for me. Then you can only hold your little princess and be my father-in-law for the rest of your life!]