Chapter 198 Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace: Bai Ruiji 25

"From a palace maid to a concubine in the harem, would Consort Xian be happy? During her time as a prince, Consort Xian was the emperor's secondary consort, and her status was always above that of the commoner Gao Jia."

"Because the position of Consort Gao Jia was conferred later, after the Emperor ascended the throne, he raised Consort Gao Jia from the Banner of Bondservants to the Bordered Yellow Banner of the Manchu Army."

Looking at Consort Ling, whose face had turned ashen from mentioning the reason for her favor with the emperor.

Consort Jia's pent-up anger subsided considerably. She took a sip of tea, a satisfied smile playing on her lips.

Consort Ke pressed on, "Then why was Consort Gao, a commoner, elevated to the rank of Noble Consort Hui after the Emperor ascended the throne, while Consort Xian remained merely a Consort?"

Consort Ke expressed doubt about the similarity between Consort Ling and Consort Xian, since she observed that the two did not resemble each other.

Since Consort Jia dared to say it directly, it must be true. Perhaps Consort Ling has grown up.

In contrast, she was more curious about why Consort Xian, who was the most powerful woman in the inner palace besides the Fujin (the emperor's wife) when she was still a prince, had a lower rank than Consort Gao after ascending the throne.

Because Xianfu Palace, where Consort Ke lived, was originally the residence of Consort Gao Jia, Consort Ke heard some things about her and knew that she would become Consort Hui as soon as the Emperor ascended the throne.

Consort Chun explained, "That's because the late Emperor's Empress Jingren Palace had a grudge against the late Empress Dowager, so the Emperor and Empress Xiaoxian suppressed her rank."

"Empress Xiaoxian and the Emperor only suppressed the situation temporarily, but who would have thought that Consort Xian herself was so useless? In order to gain custody of the First Prince, she taught the First Prince to harm himself and was demoted to Consort Xian."

"Later, she was falsely accused of harming the imperial heir and was confined to the Cold Palace for three years. She was only released after her name was cleared, and to make amends, she was reinstated as Consort Xian," Consort Jia added.

"Is what Consort Jia said true?"

The Emperor suppressed the matter at the time, so not many palace servants knew about it. Consort Shu only found out about it now.

Consort Chun affirmed, "It's true; all of us concubines from that batch know it."

As a mother, Consort Shu naturally couldn't stand the idea of ​​instigating a child to harm himself.

All the past illusions shattered. After paying her respects today, Consort Shu and Consort Xian drew a clear line between themselves.

"Alright," Bai Ruiji stopped the concubines from continuing their discussion.

"His Majesty said that no one in the palace is allowed to mention the matter of Consort Gao and the First Prince from back then. Let it go for today, but it must not be mentioned again in the future."

"Yes." The concubines naturally knew that Bai Ruiji deliberately waited until they finished speaking before stopping them. Bai Ruiji's dislike for Consort Xian was not subtle.

They had talked privately a few times and discovered that Bai Ruiji disliked Consort Xian ever since the cinnabar incident, even after Consort Xian was cleared of suspicion.

Perhaps the impression is so deeply ingrained that it can't be changed? But it has little to do with them; they don't care and won't delve into it.

If they don't like it, they don't like it. It's none of their business. Everyone has a concubine they don't like.

In the sweltering summer heat, the imperial concubines moved into the Yuanmingyuan Garden.

The Dzungar Khanate was in turmoil, its leader Dawachi died, and the Dzungar leader successfully quelled the rebellion.

It was Bai Ruiji who made the system do it; Gao Xiyue caused the Empress Dowager's death.

Princess Hengchu naturally knew that it was because the Empress Dowager was retaliating against Gao Xiyue after Gao Bin proposed a marriage alliance, that Gao Xiyue harmed the Empress Dowager.

Princess Hengchu believed that the Empress Dowager's death was her fault, and she died of depression less than two years later.

Princess Hejing married after the mourning period ended. If Dawachi were to succeed to the throne and want to arrange a marriage between his legitimate daughter and another princess, only his daughter Jingying would be of age.

How could Bai Ruiji let her precious daughter marry far away? So it's better for Dawachi to die.