Chapter 1,000: Three Hundred and One: Taking a Concubine (Part 2)

"Please be with my grandmother..." Xiangyu first gave Li a proper greeting, and then stood in front of her affectionately.

"An, An, our Xiangyu is also well..." Li looked at Xiangyu's well-behaved and felt quite moved.

In terms of this, Xiangyu is two months younger than Tianhui, but her fate has been very difficult since childhood. She lost her father even though she has not yet fallen into the ground. She lost her biological mother again. When she was in her teens, she caught up with the Li family to question her and had to be elected to the palace.

If it weren't for the care of the concubine of the Secret Concubine and were taken out of the palace, I still don't know when I would have to stay in the palace.

Xiangyu was embarrassed by Li's eyes, and lowered her head with her lips.

Seeing this, Concubine Mi thought to Xiangyu, "Your grandma loves to eat almond tea the most. Go and bring someone a bowl, add less sugar and more osmanthus."

Xiangyu responded and took the maid back.

"But I'm not worried about Xiangyu?" Concubine Mi told Li.

She called Li a "cousin" earlier. When Li's identity surfaced, it was difficult to call him like this, but the name he called was inappropriate, so he simply called him nothing.

The same is true for Li, but the name is just a form and does not affect the relationship between the two.

Li smiled and shook her head, saying, "With you taking care of me, there is no need to worry about me? I just thought that she will be in the hair next year, and you will be so gentle. I wonder who will go if she is cheap?"

Concubine Mi nodded and said, "This child is so fond of people. If you have a good background, you are worthy of anyone. If you have a limited background, you must find someone to be right so that you and I will worry about this for her."

Mrs. Li hesitated for a moment and said, "That palace master?"

"Don't worry, I'm paying attention. You can't let Sister Yu talk about marriage while she is in the palace. Whenever she saw Guiren Chen in the palace during the birthday festival, she also wanted to help the girl from the Sun family get rid of her family. I have already greeted Xiao Shiliu, and I have quit the two of them before the New Year." Concubine Mi said.

The one she mentioned is Chen, the biological mother of the twenty-first prince, and the girl from the Sun family is the three daughters selected by Sun Wenchengxiao to enter the palace. After entering the palace, she entered the Cining Palace with Xiangyu and worked behind Chen Guiren.

Concubine Chen is a cousin of the Sun family. She was sent to Beijing for the excerpt from the Sun family that year. When the Sun family was in trouble, taking care of the Sun family's daughter was considered a reward for her.

"Guy Chen wants to let the third girl from the Sun family leave the palace?" Li was a little surprised when he heard this news.

When Cao Ying returned to Ning, he mentioned that the younger sister-in-law was selected and entered the palace, and only said that she was following the noble man, who was as caring as her junior, and she was extremely decent.

Concubine Mi picked her lips and said, "She was lonely in the palace. She finally had a relative by her side, so how could she let her go? She wanted to give someone to the 21st prince, but she was afraid that Miss Sun San would be bullied in the future, so she thought of quitting her family first and then taking the title of princess first. When there was a man and a half woman, it would be more suitable for her to be promoted to the concubine."

When Li heard this, he couldn't help but frown.

Chen family said that they were Sun Wencheng's younger generation and cousins ​​with the third girl of the Sun family.

If we don’t care about our status and status, we only talk about seniority, the third girl of the Sun family is the cousin of the twenty-first prince.

Besides, as a prince, the twenty-first prince is not short of people around him. Even if he has not had a big wedding, there are several princes in the prince's office, and he has added two concubines this year.

The third girl from the Sun family came from a romance and had no support from her parents. Why did she go to the prince's house to compete with the noble ladies of the Eight Banners?

When the 21st prince officially gets married, he will never leave the palace and open the palace, and Concubine Chen will also follow him out of the palace to support him.

How do you get along with your mother-in-law and daughter-in-law in the future if you use your cousin as a concubine for your son?

Concubine Mi looked at Li and said, "You don't have to worry about her. She has her own little plan. If she hadn't had a straight waist, how could she be so 'prepared for the future'?"

When Li heard this, he was a little puzzled.

Concubine Mi sneered: "It's just because she was worried that the 21st prince pointed to the noble concubine in the future. She was not easy to control, so she pushed the third girl from the Sun family into the front. If the daughter-in-law had any dissatisfaction in the future, she could just say a few grievances for the third girl and she could make her feel depressed for a while."

After hearing this, Li shook his head and said, "No matter what the position is, she is the biological mother of the twenty-first prince. Even if the twenty-first concubine comes in, can she still treat her slowly?"

Concubine Mi said, "So it is both annoying and hateful. But after being in the palace for a long time, I always think about the position. The nobles in the palace are not as noble as the prince and concubine, and they have to respect the prince and concubine when they meet. If she is promoted to the prince and concubine, she will not be worried that the situation between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law will be chaotic in the future..." At the end, she lowered her voice.

The status of a noble person is not as good as that of a prince and a concubine. The mother-in-law and daughter-in-law are the elders and the young are inferior according to the family law; according to the national law, the prince and the concubine are noble and a concubine are inferior.

Li said: "I heard that the twenty-first prince is humble and filial, and the nobles think too much..."

Thinking that the Thirteenth Concubine was still there, Li didn't stay for long, so she waited for Xiangyu's almond tea to be delivered. After eating half a bowl of almond tea with the concubine, she made an appointment with the concubine to leave the capital together on the morning of the fifth day of the lunar month, Li said goodbye and left.

The Concubine Semi called the fifteenth concubine to ask her to send Li out on her behalf.

When the fifteenth concubine came back, he took the fifteenth concubine to the concubine's place.

Just now, at the fifteenth concubine, the thirteenth concubine told him about his purpose.

The fifteenth concubine said something. She saw Xiangyu getting better and better, and the concubine really loved her. She suggested that Xiangyu be kept in Beile Mansion and promised to be the wife of the concubine, but was rejected by the concubine.

According to the etiquette system, the Beile Mansion allowed one legitimate wife and two side ladies.

The fifteenth prince is not concerned about women. In addition to his wife, the fifteenth concubine, there is only Guarjia, a concubine Du, who gave birth to a concubine, and three other families.

There is also a side wife in Beile Mansion. The fifteenth concubine wanted to praise Du, but she did not get her husband's approval.

The fifteenth concubine knew that her husband was like this, not to give him face, but to be reluctant to let anyone sit on the same side of the room, and to be reluctant to let Du's son influence the status of the son of Guarja.

The fifteenth concubine was so angry that she suggested that Xiangyu stay in Beile's mansion, but she just wanted to carry out the banner of the concubine, drive away the tigers and wolves, and sit in the mountains to watch the tiger fight.

The Concubine Secret has been fighting in the palace for many years, but what have you never seen?

She only said "the generation is wrong" and did not have to worry about the fifteenth concubine.

Although she couldn't stand her son's pampering the side room, because the fifteenth prince was not raised by her side since she was young, the mother and son were already alienated, so she couldn't speak up and care about her son's affairs. She was just out of sight and was not upset. When she could enter the palace, she would stay in the palace for more days.

Now that Zhuang Taifu Jin died of illness, the sixteenth prince was no longer as inconvenient to visit Beile Mansion as before, and the concubine was content and was not in the mood to participate in the battle between the wives and concubines of the Beile Mansion.

"I can only say that my sister-in-law can give it a try, but it's hard to say whether she is sure. Looking at the empress's meaning, she really loves that girl Xiangyu, and I'm afraid she won't agree to let her suffer for her concubine." said the fifteenth concubine.

The Thirteenth Princess didn't know that there was another such a thing, but thought that it was the fifteenth Prince who spoke, not the fifteenth Prince. Otherwise, no matter how good Xiangyu was, she would not have told Xiangyu to the Fu monk.

Although the Thirteenth Concubine was already hesitant when she thought that Xiangyu was involved in the Cao family and Li family, she had always been awesome and was not a vague person.

When he went to the concubine's bedroom, he saw Xiangyu also there. The Thirteenth Princess had to look at her carefully again, and he was still quite satisfied.

When Xiangyu retreated, the Thirteenth Concubine still explained the purpose of the visit.

Unexpectedly, after hearing the Thirteenth Concubine's words, she did not refuse directly, and there was no anger on her face. She only thought for a while and said she was not anxious. She allowed her to think about it and discuss with Xiangyu's elders.

The Thirteenth Prince returned home in confusion and told her about her doubts.

The Thirteenth Prince smiled and said, "You are just a mystery to the authorities. Although you are taking a concubine for your son-in-law, but your concubine has no wife. What should I worry about? You are also a matchmaker. The blessed monk is filial and polite, and can you be a slow to treat the Li family's maids? If the Li family's maids suffer a little grievance, the maids do not have to look for the blessed monk. You can still watch? The maids of the maids are clear and truly love the girl, so how can you care about those false names? If you put them as wives from an unfamiliar family, husbands and in-laws of their own character? It would be better to agree to the concubine. The maids of the Li family enter the bachelor's mansion. Even if the in-laws come back from outside the office in the future, for your sake, the sixth aunt will not treat the maids of the Li family..."

After hearing this, the Thirteenth Concubine suddenly realized, and was also a little worried in her heart, saying, "If the girl from the Li family is naughty, no one can say it?"

The Thirteenth Prince raised his eyebrows and said, "Do you think the concubine is a fool, so she doesn't care about anything..."

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Xidan, Cao's new home.

It was obviously a gloomy sky, and snowflakes were floating, but the Sixteenth Prince was in a good mood and couldn't help laughing "haha".

Cao Yong rolled his eyes helplessly. He was obviously very busy in the Ministry of Revenue, but the Sixteenth Prince pulled him out on the excuse of watching the garden.

The Sixteenth Prince's face was tense, and Cao Yong was still worried that something was wrong, thinking that something big happened.

Unexpectedly, when I arrived at the garden, there was no one around, and the sixteenth prince's face melted, and he was dancing happily.

However, Cao Yong also found it novel when he saw this sixteenth prince who was in love with joy and anger.

After being the prince for several years, the Sixteenth Prince became more majestic. When he was in front of him, he felt that there were few times when he was so out of control.

"Hahahaha..." The sixteenth prince looked up at the sky, looked down at the ground, and smiled for a while.

Cao Yong just stood beside him, looked around and saw some earth, stone and wood piled up, and the garden where the grass and trees were withered became a little messy.

The sixteenth prince was almost happy and looked at Cao Yong dissatisfiedly and said, "Furuo, why don't you ask why you are happy?"

Cao Yong asked with advice: "Why is the Sixteenth Master happy?"

The sixteenth prince was choked by Cao Yong and couldn't help but snorted, then couldn't help laughing: "Grace of the emperor, Prince Yunyi's Mansion and Prince Zhuang's Mansion invite God to return to the mansion..."

"Huh?" Cao Yong felt curious when he heard this: "These two royal palaces alone?"

The so-called "please ask the god to return to the mansion" means worshiping the gods in the palace.

The gods who worship the court and evening sacrifice were originally an old custom in Manchu, usually one surname and one sacrifice.

In the early years, the royal princes and princes first sacrificed their lives in the palace to worship the gods, and later allowed the princes to ask the gods to return to the mansion. In the 57th year of Kangxi, Kangxi issued an order to stop the princes and princes from asking the gods to enter the mansion.

Unexpectedly, the emperor's grace now makes the two royal palaces of Yizhuang ranked higher in the royal palaces...

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