Fu Qianyu naturally didn't take these trivial matters to heart. She just smiled and said, "The princess is His Highness's eldest daughter, so she should be reserved. But it's getting late, so let's go to the palace first."

Not long after, Gao and Liu also came slowly, supported by their maids, and the three of them knelt down hurriedly to salute.

Fu Qianyu enjoyed the pleasure of being served at any time in ancient times, but she also secretly hated the hierarchical system in this feudal society.

Gao waved her hand condescendingly at the three of them, signaling them to stand up, and then her eyes fell on Fu Qianyu. However, she said nothing, just curled her lips at Fu Qianyu, then turned and left with the hand of the maid.

Seeing this, Qi immediately followed.

The crowd dispersed in groups of three or four, and finally only Fu Qianyu and Xia were left.

Xia smiled and said, "Sister Fu, it's getting late. We should hurry to the palace so as not to miss the auspicious time."

They each got on a warm sedan chair, and the group headed towards the Queen's Fengqi Palace.

Fengqi Palace was decorated very luxuriously, with carved beams and painted rafters everywhere. In the cold winter, there were more than a dozen pots of peonies placed outside the courtyard of the main hall, all of which were precious varieties such as Yaohuang and Weizi.

Today is New Year's Eve, and almost all the concubines and masters in the harem have arrived.

As soon as Fu Qianyu entered the room, she smelled a strong scent of rouge. Empress Fu sat upright, and the other concubines, big and small, sat together. They all talked and laughed, but there was a dagger hidden in their smiles.

Emperor Qiyuan ascended the throne very early and was very fond of beautiful women. From the time he ascended the throne to now, there were at least tens of thousands of concubines in his harem, including those who died. He was comparable to Liu Ziye in history.

However, although he had many concubines, the quality of the fruits they produced was not very good.

During the heyday of Emperor Qiyuan, there were more than thirty women in the harem who became pregnant at the same time, but they either had miscarriages or died young. Apart from Zhao Yuancheng, the only ones who survived to adulthood were the eldest prince Zhao Yuanshou, the third prince Zhao Yuanzhen, and the eleventh prince Zhao Yuanyu.

Zhao Yuanshou was born to Concubine Shu. He was handsome and talented, but he was not as good as Longyang. He was named Prince of Jin at the age of fifteen.

The third prince, Zhao Yuanzhen, was born to Concubine Jiang. He inherited his father's character: arrogant, licentious and immoral. Because of his lust, he caused many troubles and was only granted the title of Prince of Qing.

As for the eleventh prince Zhao Yuanyu.

Her biological mother was of low status and died less than a year after giving birth to him. After that, he was raised by the queen and was a complete fan of Zhao Yuancheng.

The relationship between the two is a bit like the relationship between Yongzheng and Yinxiang.

He was conferred the title of Prince Gong at the beginning of the year.