si-mexico Chapter 87 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 14
Chapter 87 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace 14
Chen Wanyin moved on from this topic and began to worry about where the First Prince would stay after he came. She herself was just a Noble Lady and only lived in a side hall of Zhongcui Palace. She couldn't let the two of them squeeze together when the First Prince came.
Chen Wanyin was thinking of asking Consort Chun in the main hall for permission to clean up the west side hall, but Shunxin stopped her.
The lady was blinded by excitement, but she still had her senses.
A person of the rank of Noble Lady is not qualified to raise the eldest prince, but the Emperor has made this arrangement anyway. It is likely that an imperial decree of promotion will be issued. However, she was afraid that she was wrong and that Chen Wanyin would be disappointed, so she did not say it.
Sure enough, half an hour later, amidst the expectant gazes of the mistress and servant, the imperial edict finally arrived, bestowing upon Chen Wanyin the title of Consort Wan, granting her the title of Wan, and ordering her to move to the main hall of Yonghe Palace to raise the eldest prince. This edict was also announced to the six palaces.
Not only did she gain a son for free, but she also rose to the position of the head of a palace!
Overjoyed, Chen Wanyin wept and kowtowed to receive the imperial decree.
Consort Chun, Su Luyun, who lived in the same palace, felt a little uncomfortable. She didn't expect that Chen Wanyin, who was as wooden as a person, would suddenly catch the emperor's eye today, and be given a rank and a son, and be placed on equal footing with her.
However, she wasn't a bad person by nature. In addition, she and Chen Wanyin came from Jiangnan together and entered the Prince's residence at the same time. After the Emperor ascended the throne, they lived in the same palace. Over the years, they had developed some affection for each other. So, she got over her awkwardness after a while and went to congratulate Chen Wanyin with a smile. Afterward, she helped pack her luggage and assisted with the relocation of the palace.
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The news that Chen Wanyin was granted the title of Consort and raised the eldest prince quickly spread throughout the palace, causing a huge stir!
Leaving aside how happy Chen Wanyin was, and how disappointed Ruyi and Yonghuang were.
This incident, ironically, jolted the entire harem awake, reminding them of their true identities.
Since ascending the throne, Hongli had rarely entered the harem under the pretext of observing mourning. If it weren't for Chen Wanyin's sudden promotion to concubine, they would have almost forgotten that they were concubines. After calculating that the mourning period was over, the emperor should be looking for concubines to serve him in bed. They quickly perked up, got into the mood, and began to dress up, intending to start vying for the emperor's favor. Among them, Jin Yuyan had the biggest reaction.
At this moment, the Qixiang Palace was littered with broken porcelain shards. Jin Yuyan was so angry that she almost exploded, and then smashed a covered bowl.
"Why! Why! Why!"
“As a noble lady of the Yu family, I am only a minor noble lady. That blockhead Chen Wanyin has become Consort Wan and is riding on my head.”
"I accept that Su Luyun was made a concubine after giving birth to a prince! But Chen Wanyin is talentless, unattractive, and childless. Why should she be made a concubine?"
She came to the Qing Dynasty carrying the expectations of the Crown Prince, but only became a minor noblewoman. How could she possibly help the Crown Prince in the future?
Zhenshu walked around the broken pieces on the ground to her side and gently comforted her: "My lady, calm down. That Consort Wan was only promoted by the Emperor because she raised the First Prince. My lady should focus her attention on the Emperor. Your health has been well taken care of these past two years. As long as you can serve the Emperor, you will definitely be able to get pregnant. You are also a woman with the appearance of being able to give birth to a son. After ten months of pregnancy, you will give birth to a noble child. Why are you afraid that you will not be promoted?"
Zhenshu was Jin Yuyan's personal maid brought from the Yu clan. She was intelligent and skilled in medicine, and she helped Jin Yuyan a lot. Jin Yuyan might not listen to others, but she would listen to Zhenshu.
“You’re right. I need to find a way to give birth to a son as soon as possible so that I can be promoted!” Jin Yuyan calmed down upon hearing this, realizing that getting angry now was useless. It was more important to seize the opportunity to win favor and give birth to a son.
For some reason, Su Lian's image reappeared in Jin Yuyan's mind: "I don't know how Su Lian angered the Emperor, but he actually beat her to death. The Empress didn't even plead for her and just watched the head maid die. Zhenshu, do you think it's because Su Lian's deeds were discovered that the Emperor punished her so severely?"
Hongli intended to take this opportunity to deal with the bondservant officials, so he naturally wouldn't reveal what Sulian had done. The official explanation was that Sulian had behaved improperly in front of the emperor, so no one in the palace knew the real cause of Sulian's death.
Without complete information, Zhenshu could only try to analyze the situation based on what she knew: "It shouldn't be the case. I heard that Sulian was dragged out and beaten to death. She shouldn't have had a chance to say anything. Besides, even if she did say something, we did a clean job. She has no evidence to prove it. Who would believe her if she just said it without proof? On the contrary, people would think that she was trying to exonerate the Empress and making baseless accusations."
"I hope so. It's a pity that Su Lian is dead, such a useful pawn." Jin Yuyan sighed and stopped thinking about it. She turned to think about how to win the emperor's favor: "Zhenshu, bring me my Beiqin. I'll hurry up and practice the new pieces to please the emperor."
"Yes!" Zhenshu agreed, and the two of them, mistress and servant, were focused on winning favor and bearing a son.
Changchun Palace
"I have been paying more attention to Yonghuang than Yonglian lately, so why did His Majesty still entrust Yonghuang to Consort Wan to raise? Is he still angry with me?"
Was the emperor disappointed in her, thinking she was incompetent and unable to take care of the imperial heirs?
Thinking of this, Fucha Langhua's eyes were filled with fear and her expression was anxious, feeling that her position as empress was unstable.
Just then, Fucha's wife presented a plaque to pay her respects at the palace. Fucha Langhua quickly dismissed the palace servants and told her mother about Su Lian and her fears and anxieties.
Fucha Fujin frowned. She didn't think Sulian had done anything wrong, but she felt that Sulian was useless for letting this matter come to light.
He couldn't even handle such a small matter properly, and he even implicated the Empress.
However, my daughter is a bit weak; she's so afraid of such a small thing.
After thinking it over carefully, Fucha Fujin gave her daughter a suggestion: "Your Majesty still needs to have your own people in the Emperor's court. Just like this time, if you had someone in the Emperor's court who could have received the news in time, things wouldn't have been so passive."
“How can this be allowed? Placing spies around the Emperor is, to put it bluntly, a crime of treason, punishable by the extermination of nine generations of one’s family.” Fucha Langhua rejected the decision without even thinking.
Consort Fucha was exasperated: "What treason? You're just trying to protect yourself! Besides, I didn't ask you to plant any people in there, just to build good relationships with the people in the Imperial Court so they can inform you in advance if anything happens. What kind of nonsense is this?"
"If you ignore everything else, just look at the Empress Dowager. Didn't she arrange for her palace maid to marry Su Peisheng, who served the late Emperor, so that she could return to the palace smoothly from Lingyun Peak and eventually become the Empress Dowager?"
"Does Mother mean that the palace maids around me should have a romantic relationship with the eunuchs around the Emperor? The palace maids can leave the palace at the age of twenty-five. If they have a romantic relationship with the eunuchs, wouldn't that ruin their lives?"
For some reason, Lianxin's face inexplicably came to her mind, as if Wang Qin was very interested in Lianxin.
Seeing that Fucha Langhua was still hesitant, Fucha Fujin added fuel to the fire: "Not all eunuchs are bad. Look at Su Peisheng, he's more manly than a man. Even after entering the Shenxing Division, he refused to give up on Cui Jinxi. In the end, the late emperor personally arranged their marriage. It was a truly happy marriage."