Noble Consort Cui flared up immediately. The grudge between her and Daiguo Grand Princess had remained for years, so she didn’t need to show respect as she did for Jinguo Grand Princess. On the spot she thumped on the desk and rose, thundering, “Your Highness, no matter how muddle-headed the Side Concubine of the Crown Prince is, it is not acceptable to charge her with anything randomly! As a grand princess, you are a senior and noble lady. Yet, you are kicking a junior when she is down. If this leaks out, aren’t you afraid that people will laugh at the royal family’s demeanor?”
“Don’t put on such a grieved face in front to me!” Daiguo Grand Princess was always egotistical. Of course she couldn’t stand Noble Consort Cui’s attitude!
She flapped her wide sleeves, saying disdainfully, “Are you talking about the royal family’s demeanor with me? Let’s talk about the rules for concubines. It is well known that Dowager Consort of Hengshan is a senior of the imperi
It was midnight at the backyard of Jinguo Grand Princess’s mansion outside the waterside pavilion.The spears and halberds were glistening.The whirling snow was pervaded with a stern atmosphere.“This place is surrounded on three sides by water, only with the long winding bridge linked to the bank.” Inside the waterside pavilion, Jinguo Grand Princess, sitting on the bench, said grimly, “The long bridge is guarded by tens of guards and Jiayue is on watch at the gate. Therefore, whatever is uttered here only stays between you and me!”Song Yixiao knelt down without hesitation. “I don’t deserve your love, Mother!”The Grand Princess answered with a poker face, “Now confess!”“I do hold grudge against Cui Jianlian!” Originally, Song Yixiao planned to confess to her mother-in-law. Now the Grand Princess even kept Jian Xubai from staying inside, which clearly suggested her bias for Song Yixiao. In this case, i
Song Yixiao took a deep breath and put on a peaceful look, saying calmly, “Mother, do you remember this? As I said just now, according to my stepmother, it is not only the Liu Family but also the Jin Family who collude with Cui Jianlian in the conspiration against me.”“Exactly, but it should not be Jin Suke’s idea?” The Grand Princess said seriously. “Jin Suke is not such a person, but some of his descendants are rather disappointing!”“If I’m right, the reason why the Jin Family interferes with this matter must be that the second young mistress in Prince of Hengshan’s mansion acts as a go-between!” Song Yixiao said. “Xubai tells me that the Jin Family hasn’t shown the attitude in court by far?”The Grand Princess said with a frown, “You want to force the Jin Family to support the Crown Prince with this? It is kind of a merit, but I don’t think it will let the Noble Consort vent her anger. You’ve underestimated how mad a person of an exalted p
Song Yixiao said calmly, “Mother, think about this. If Cui Jianlian claims that she has been fallen for Lu Guanlun since her childhood and that she never wants to be a concubine of the Crown Prince, what consequence does the Cui Family will face?”It was a sin of deceiving the Noble Consort and coaxing the Crown Prince!Particularly, it was the Empress Dowager’s imperial decree to let Cui Jianlian enter the Eastern Palace. Actually, the decree was requested by Noble Consort Cui to the Empress Dowager in order to earn respect for her niece. However, her niece just had no interest in the Crown Prince!By then, even the Noble Consort would have to apologize to the Empress Dowager for the failure to know her niece well and to disrespect for the crown prince!After all, although she was the birth mother of the Crown Prince, the Empress Dowager and Emperor Xianjia were still alive. Hence, it was not the time for her to put on airs!
“Apart from seeing Lady Nuan at today’s feast, I only met her on the birthday of Her Highness Princess Yushan,” Song Yixiao said, “Therefore, I don’t know much about this lady’s temperament. Currently, there are two possibilities about her action. Either it was an honest mistake or she did it on purpose!”She hedged and said, “I think she did it on purpose!”“Why?”“Even the side hall is within the imperial palace!” Song Yixiao lowered her head and said, “When I left, I took a look at the door and the wall. They are made of quality wood, so they should be sound-proof. At that time, it was snowing heavily outside! Moreover, during the conversation, Cui Jianlian and I didn’t talk loudly! Therefore, since Lady Nuan could talk of the most important content of the conversation, I suspect that she was eavesdropping against the door! Otherwise, she could only have heard one or two words!”How could she not consider that someone might be l
When Song Yixiao woke up, she was a bit alarmed and panicked to see the familiar bed net.“Your Highness!” Upon noticing her wake up, Jinxun walked inside with a basin on her hands, saying with concern, “You are finally awake! Would you like to sleep for another while? His Highness said that you might sleep more if you felt tired. After all, there is nothing to worry about in the mansion.”Then she lowered her voice, “As to the tumult that happened in the imperial palace yesterday, His Highness said that the Grand Princess would handle it and that you didn’t need to worry about it!”“When did we come back?” Song Yixiao fetched the warm handkerchief and put it on her face, asking, “Is Xubai out? Where has he gone?”Amidst walking to the coat rack and getting the outfit for her, Jinxun said, “His Highness came back after the street gate was opened this morning. At that time, you were sleeping and it was His Highness who carried you i
Jian Xubai didn’t look happy when he was back.As his wife walked forward, he only glanced at her. After taking off his coat, he even deliberately avoided Song Yixiao’s stretched-out hands and passed it to Ji Su behind him.Ji Su instantly shuddered and almost dropped the coat on the ground. Did the couple fall out only after spending a few days together? It was still in the first lunar month.He was thinking in great trepidation about how to mediate between the couple. Unexpectedly, Song Yixiao turned around and smiled at him, saying with an amicable face, “You must be tired after serving Xubai for the whole day. Now just let the maids take it from here and you can leave and have a rest!”Ji Su has no other choice but to leave, laden with anxiety.When he left, Song Yixiao gestured the maids to leave too, poured a bowl of hot tea and offered it to Jian Xubai, saying respectfully, “I’m here for my husband’s punishment!
“According to the imperial rules, only the concubines above the officially third-rank are considered as consorts, who can live in the main room, manage a palace and raise the imperial descendants!” Yuan Xuepei heaved a sigh, “Hypothetically, Princess Feinuan is only promoted by two grades and remains as a side fourth-rank talented lady. Even if she gives birth to a baby for His Majesty, she can only be promoted to a side third-rank concubine due to pregnancy and labor. It happens that she won’t be eligible to raise her own child!”Although it hadn’t been a month since Feinuan miscarried last time, she was adored by the emperor now and she was much healthier than the ladies of the Great Rui. If there was no accident, she would get pregnant again soon.“Moreover, there is no leading consort in the Palace of Lanqiu she resides at,” Jian Xubai said, “Therefore, my auntie can adopt her child if any!”If there was any leading consort in the Palace of
Just a few days before the imperial feast of the Lantern Festival, Song Yixiao consummated the marriage with her husband. Thus, of course she couldn’t be pregnant now.She didn’t know that Yuan Xuepei was speculating about her idea up her sleeve. Even if she did, she couldn’t tell him!Over the past years, she and Yuan Xue’e had been real friends but their friendship was not so deep that she could forget what Zhiqin had suffered. Now Song Yixiao was blowing her stack, “I’m fine that You Qingchun and her child have been taken away but how can they take away Ms. Zhao too? Are you all dead? I got up before noon. Why did you tell me now?”Of course, she was furious!She took no action against You Qingchun before surely to slacken Cui Jianlian’s vigilance. Now that she had confessed the whole plan to her mother-in-law, how could she not talk with You Qingchun?Song Yixiao could ignore her but she cared about her foster nurs