Chapter 5
The prince slept with a palace maid, and it was a trivial matter in the palace. At most, brothers would joke with each other, and no one would regard it as a big deal.
Therefore, what made Concubine De so angry was not because the Fourth Prince slept with a palace maid, nor because the palace maid was using it to climb into the bed, but because of the identity of the palace maid!
They are both concubines, and they are also concubines with a small family background. Why can Song emerge among a group of concubines? Not only is he a higher status and a princess, but later, after waiting for the Fourth Prince to ascend to the throne, he became the lord of the first palace with an old and deteriorating appearance, and finally became the only concubine buried in the Tailing Concubine Garden.
Just because she gave birth to two daughters who were not over the moon? Just because she was the first woman of the Fourth Prince and had special treatment?
Everyone in the palace knows that concubines may climb up, but the chance of climbing up by the emperor's first woman is extremely small. The palace even explicitly stipulates that they will be slaves for the rest of their lives.
However, Song clan broke the rules and climbed upwards. In the end, it was not said that she was invincible, but she was much better than a concubine like Lan Ying. Therefore, the reason why Song clan gained power was naturally not because of the above, but because Song clan was pointed out to the Fourth Prince by Empress Xiaoyi before her death. This is the reason for her special identity.
But obviously everything has advantages and disadvantages. Song's identity is special in the eyes of the Fourth Prince, but because of this identity, he became a thorn in the eyes of Concubine De and the Fourth Prince. In addition, she was brave and wanted to give birth to the eldest son when she got pregnant. The tragedy that followed was obvious.
If it were other palace maids, Concubine De would have just made an excuse to beat him, but Song had a special status and could not beat him rudely. But it was impossible for Concubine De to see that Song was so proud. However, it would be too expensive to care about Concubine De's current identity with a palace maid who is not even considered a concubine.
No, and there is no need to take action in person. Concubine De has been in the palace for so many years, so she naturally has other tricks to rectify the Song family. She did not send anyone to the prince to scold the Song family, nor did she scold the Fourth Prince for this. Instead, she directly planned to find two palace maids in Yonghe Palace to send them to the prince's place. As the fourth prince's palace maid who is familiar with personnel, in order to divide the fourth prince's feelings for the Song family.
Defei naturally would not hide this kind of news. Soon the palace maids of Yonghe Palace knew about it, and many people were ready to move. Recently, the relationship between the Fourth Prince and Defei has eased a lot due to the accusation of marriage. Defei also put on an attitude of valuing the fourth prince. The Fourth Prince is also the adopted son of Empress Xiaoyi. In addition to the crown prince Yinreng, the only prince who has been personally educated by the emperor, must be better than the palace maids when he lives with him.
With Song in front of him, he would have the opportunity to become a princess and concubines in the future. Furthermore, the people in the harem, including slaves, are smart people. Why is the intention of Empress Defei giving the Fourth Prince a palace maid at this time? If she could get the support of Empress Defei, even if the Fourth Prince comes in, she would definitely not dare to do anything easily.
Thinking of this, no matter how you look at it, it is better than being a palace maid. Many palace maids who are moved and have a backer and a way of doing things start to take action.
However, there are many palace maids in Yonghe Palace who did not take action for various reasons. Lan Ying and Lan Xuan were just there. Lan Ying didn't want to do it, and Lan Xuan knew that she knew that she was not good at appearance, so she wouldn't go to make up for this matter.
However, Lan Xuan was quite curious about Lan Ying's reaction, "The Empress wants to give the Fourth Prince two palace maids, have you not heard of Lan Ying?"
"I heard it." Lan Ying didn't look up, and sat on the kang and lowered her head to embroider the handkerchief.
Lan Xuan leaned over and sat down, and asked in a low voice: "Then aren't you moved?" In Lan Xuan's opinion, Lan Ying is one of the good-looking men among them, the most important thing is that Lan Xuan feels that Lan Ying has a calm temperament recently, which makes her every move very well. She was attracted by the attention without realizing it. It was obviously not amazing at first.
"You don't know the situation of my family. The last incident affected Aunt Jinfu again. Even if you were moved, you didn't have the same way. What's more, my qualifications can't catch the queen's eyes. If you know yourself, don't embarrass people." Lan Ying said lightly, with a slight sense of self-mockery.
After hearing Lan Ying's words, Lan Xuan looked at her expression not as if she was cheating, and said hesitantly: "Actually, with the situation at your home, this may not be a good way out."
Lan Ying's family was even worse than her. Her biological mother died. Her father married her stepmother. Her stepmother was not good to her. In order to avoid a dowry, she tried every means to stuff Lan Ying into the palace as a slave. Lan Ying was one year older than the fourth prince and was sixteen this year. Her father valued her stepmother and was not happy with her. But her father was gone last year. Now the people in that family have no blood relationship with Lan Ying.
There were no other relatives on the side. If Lan Ying succeeded and left the palace in the future, her life would definitely be difficult. It would be better to go into the backyard of the Fourth Prince. Even if she lost favor in the end, she would not have to worry about food and clothing and would not starve to death.
Yes, it is precisely because of this that she actively used all her savings to flatter Aunt Jinfu in her previous life. After getting help from Aunt Jinfu, she was finally pointed out to the Fourth Prince by Concubine De.
Lan Xuan's words are actually correct. This is really a bright road for people in her situation. It would be fine if she lost favor in her previous life, but Lan Ying lost her son in despair. She didn't want to taste that kind of taste. Looking at her situation in this life, I'm afraid that the disputes in the backyard of the Fourth Prince in this life are more powerful than in her previous life. She should not get involved in such a muddy water.
Putting down the work in his hand, Lan Ying looked at Lan Xuan sincerely and said, "I know you are for my sake. Thank you for your kindness, but I know myself." And for Lan Ying, who has experienced it once, this is really not a good thing.
The meaning of Empress Defei is very clear, that is, the people who want to enter the backyard of the Fourth Prince took over the Song family by the Fourth Prince. But everyone should know that the Fourth Prince had just finished the filial piety of Empress Xiaoyi a month before the marriage ordering edict this year. In other words, most of the slaves around the Fourth Prince, including the Northern Three Institutes, should be the people arranged by Empress Xiaoyi by the Fourth Prince.
In a sense, they are allies with the Song family. In addition, Song family has been with the Fourth Prince for more than two years and is not comparable to newcomers. Song family herself is not an idiot. In her previous life, she and another concubine who was accused of being the fourth prince did not get the favor of the fourth prince. Not only did she not ask for anything from the Song family, but she also lost the help of Concubine De, which led to a very difficult life in the North Third Institute in the future.
Later, Concubine De supported Li, so they were abandoned as abandoned children. No one cared about whether they were dead or alive in the future.
Chapter completed!