bookcurios Chapter 11 Remember 1
Chapter 11 Remember 1
"Puff!" Yinzhen spat out a mouthful of milk tea, "How dare you be so bold? How dare you say such a thing?"
Wen Yao looked innocent, "I just said it in front of my mother. Did I say anything wrong when I was in the Cining Palace?"
The smile in Concubine Yi's eyes deepened. Although this Little Ninth Lady seemed to be flattering her, she was happy. Concubine Yi glanced at her own son with disdain. Compared to her own son, she liked this daughter-in-law more!
Turning her head, she smiled at Wen Yao, "You've asked the right person. I've been holding it in for a long time, but no one has said anything. Defei was just a palace maid at the time, and the Uya clan had planned to send her in. She was also lucky that she gave birth to the fourth prince in her first pregnancy. However, a concubine is not qualified to raise a prince, so the emperor gave it to the then Empress Xiaoyi. There was no such thing as changing the position of concubine. It was the same for all the princes at the time. For example, the eldest and third princes were raised outside the palace, and the crown prince was raised by the emperor himself."
The smile on Concubine Yi's face froze for a moment, then became bright again, "Besides, wasn't Yinqi also raised by the Empress Dowager? It's all like that, so the talk of replacing the concubine's position is just a rumor in the harem, just to achieve a certain purpose." There are too many things involved. The Tonggiya clan wanted a prince, but the Empress Dowager at that time would not allow the Tonggiya clan to have another prince.
"Let's talk about Concubine De. Everyone says that I am a favored concubine. I feel so aggrieved. I was there when the Emperor first conferred titles. Look, Concubine De was the only concubine to be conferred a title, but no one said anything about her. Some even said that she felt aggrieved?" Concubine Yi thought of this and forgot about the momentary discomfort she felt when she thought about Yinqi being raised by the Empress Dowager. "Wen Yao, don't you agree?"
Wen Yao looked at the door, then crouched forward and whispered in Concubine Yi's ear: "The Emperor just wants to enjoy the happiness of having two wives!"
Then he decisively went back and sat down. "Now everyone in the palace is still talking about how bad my mother is. Instead, they think how pitiful Consort De is. My mother is so wronged."
"That's right, Wen Yao, you don't know..." Concubine Yi suddenly perked up, as if she had found an outlet. Finally someone understood her grievances. How could she be considered a favored concubine? The number of days she had seen the emperor was within one hand, but outsiders didn't know about her, but others knew that she was a favored concubine, and she was famous for her arrogance in the Qing Dynasty!
Yinzhen's forehead was covered with sweat. He held his chin with one hand and stopped drinking milk tea and eating snacks. He just listened as his mother and his newly married wife were engrossed in chatting. The other mother-in-law and daughter-in-law were all talking about their son and husband, but here in his family... Yinzhen sighed deeply. Did they still remember that he was here?
"cough……"
Concubine Yi didn't even raise her head. She took a sip of warm water and heard what happened yesterday. "You are curious too, right? Don't worry about her. The Eighth Lady has been in Prince An's mansion for so long that she has forgotten her surname Guo Luoluo. She deserves it." She slammed the table and said, "I get angry when I think of this. She dared to make trouble at my son's wedding. I really gave her face."
"Cough cough..."
"Why are you coughing? I'm talking about you. Look at you, what have you done following Yinsi? What have you gained? You lost money and your reputation as a prince, and in the end, your wedding was disrupted by others. They didn't consider you at all, the brother who abandoned his brothers and mother for him!" When Concubine Yi heard Yinzhen coughing, she turned around and glared at Yinzhen, and spoke.
Yinzhen felt wronged, but he insisted, "Mother, how can you blame me for this? I did what I could. Even now, and even in the future, I can tell everyone that I am worthy of my brother and sister-in-law!"
Wen Yao was eating walnut sesame balls. It seemed that she had talked a lot with Concubine Yi, but in fact, if you think about it carefully, Concubine Yi basically didn't say anything about the concubines. Even if it was about Concubine De, it was well known. Even about Concubine De, she didn't say anything bad.
For the first time, Wen Yao clearly felt that the harem was chilling. Everyone was smiling like a flower and was extremely warm, as if everything was confided in you, but in fact, it was all your own self-perception.
Concubine Yi did not feel disgusted with her. Instead, she was really relieved. However, since she had always been a favorite concubine in the harem, it was impossible for Concubine Yi to open up to her daughter-in-law when they met for the first time.
Fortunately, Wen Yao remained rational, the key point was... she really knew nothing.
"Then are you worthy of mother and Yinqi? You only recognize your eighth brother, eighth brother, eighth brother. Do you still remember that you have a biological brother?" If Concubine Yi was only angry on the surface just now, she was really angry now. She did not slam the table. Instead, there was a smile on her face, but the smile was very cold.
"Yin'er, when your eleventh brother passed away four years ago, only the three of us, mother and son, were truly sad. Even your father was sad for a moment, because he had many sons. Until now, who still remembers that there was an eleventh prince in this palace? Your eighth brother? The day after the eleventh brother died, your eighth brother went to please his wife. Do you remember that you, the ninth brother, are still sad about losing your own brother?"
Concubine Yi's eyes seemed to see through Yinzhen, "Do you still remember what Eleven said before he died? Do you still remember that he wanted you to listen to your fifth brother? Eleven knows everything, that child knows everything, but what about you?"
Concubine Yi's voice was trembling. She was the obedient Eleventh Princess. She quickly closed her eyes to hide the hatred and grief in them. She thought of her sister, Noble Lady Guo Luoluo, and the little prince Yinzhen. She suppressed her anger towards Yinzhen and his various behaviors!
Her sister is no longer around, and it is already difficult for her to survive with them in the harem. If he has ambition and ability, she will support him at all costs!
But no, none of her children had ambitions. Xiaojiu liked doing business and had no chance of that position.
"Yin'er, your surname is Aisin-Gioro, not Guoluo," Concubine Yi opened her eyes, her eyes were red, and her voice was trembling, "Yinqi has been disfigured since the battle with Galdan. Yinqi's riding and archery are not much worse than your elder brother." Although Concubine Yi spent little time with her eldest son, she knew that her eldest son was better at martial arts than literature since he was a child, and he was really weak in literature.
Wu, however, has been hiding. After all, there are four princes in front of him, especially the eldest prince Yinzhi and the Nalan family, who are watching him.
Yinqi was raised by the Queen Mother, with Khorchin behind him, and she was a favorite concubine. Khorchin had never given up. The Queen Mother had never talked to Yinqi about it, but how could Yinqi not understand? How could he not have ambition in his heart? He did!
But he gave up, and gave up cleanly and decisively without any worries. He also avoided embarrassing the Empress Dowager, confusing the Emperor, and the eldest prince and the crown prince from confronting him.
But he didn't expect that there would be someone holding him back. He had thought of everything well. After all, Yinqi thought at the time that his younger brother Xiaojiu liked to do business, and he and Xiaoshi were like a big fool with a second fool, so how could they be involved in those complicated things.