Chapter 98 Tong Jiana Qixia is in another place in the living room, gathering...

In another part of the reception room, unmarried girls gathered. The future Third, Fifth, Seventh and Eighth Concubine were all here. There was not much communication between them, but there were many people around them. Among them, the future Eighth Concubine Guo Luoluo Baya had the most people around her, because there was also a Princess Shushen sitting with her.

"Is that the Fourth Lady who fell into the water with you?" Princess Shushen asked, watching the excitement on Qi Buchen's side. "She's dressed nicely."

Baya glanced over there and said uninterestedly, "What's so good about it? Whose mistress would dress like this? She looks like..." She mumbled a few words, but her voice was so soft that even the people closest to her couldn't hear it.

Princess Shushen: "Hey, you are still young and don't understand." She has started to grow up now, but Baya still looks like a child.

Baya curled her lips and muttered, "Fox charmer."

This time, Princess Shushen heard this and frowned in disapproval. "How can you say that?" She said earnestly, "You're going to marry the Eighth Prince someday, so you should try to change your outspoken nature."

Baya ignored him. Her eyes darted around the room, then suddenly fixed on one spot. She then nudged Princess Shushen and said, "Look there."

Princess Shushen looked over. "What's wrong? Isn't that Tong Jiana Qixia?" She noticed she was staring fixedly in one direction. She followed her gaze and saw it was the Fourth Lady. She smiled and said, "It seems quite a few people like the Fourth Lady's outfit today. I'll have to ask which store she's from later."

"I didn't ask you to look at this." Baya was not very happy with her constant mention of Qi Buchen. She raised an eyebrow and said, "You know she participated in the talent show this year, right?"

Princess Shushen nodded: "I know, I heard that there is no marriage granted and they are allowed to marry on their own, so what's wrong with that?"

Baya leaned close to her ear and whispered mysteriously, "Let me tell you, didn't I stay in the palace for a few days a few days ago? I heard that the Tong family asked Concubine Tong to appoint this girl as the Fourth Prince's concubine."

Princess Shushen's eyebrows flew up involuntarily. She suppressed her excitement and asked softly, "Really? Why hasn't there been any news from the palace? What do their families think? Although Naqixia is the daughter of a concubine, it's not impossible for her to marry into the royal family and become a legitimate wife."

"Really." Baya covered her mouth with her hand. "There's no news from the palace because Concubine Tong didn't agree. I heard that it was Naqixia herself who wanted to go to the Fourth Prince's residence. It's said that Empress Xiaoyi once told the Tong family that she wanted to give Naqixia to the Fourth Prince. I heard that the Tong family raised her according to the standards of a Fourth Concubine from then on. Who knew that the Ulanara family would be chosen as the concubine? The Tong family was left with nothing."

"Tsk tsk." Princess Shushen listened with great interest, lowering her voice even more. "Is Empress Xiaoyi talking about making her the Fourth Prince's legitimate wife? Isn't her status high enough?"

"Who knows?" Baya said, "Anyway, I see that this person is unwilling to give up. He has already developed such thoughts a long time ago. It's not easy to withdraw them."

Princess Shushen nodded and said, "That's true, but why didn't Concubine Tong agree? This isn't a big deal. The Fourth Prince was raised by Empress Xiaoyi, so marrying Concubine Tong into the family wouldn't be a big deal."

"You don't know this, do you?" Baya's eyebrows danced with joy again, and she whispered, "I thought so too, so I pestered Concubine Yi to ask. I heard that two years ago, when Concubine Wenxi was still around, the palace wanted to give the Fourth Prince a concubine, but something went wrong. Not only was the concubine not given, but Concubine De was also reprimanded by the Emperor. Since then, Concubine De has stopped caring about the Fourth Prince's affairs. Didn't you notice that the palace didn't add anyone to the Fourth Prince's household during this selection? Even his own mother didn't allow her to interfere, so how could anyone else dare to interfere?"

Princess Shushen gasped softly, wanting to express her excitement with a beaming face, but she controlled her expression for the sake of the occasion. She couldn't help but complain, "Why do you have to tell me all this in a place like this? You're not being straightforward at all. You should come to my house and talk about this in private."

Baya said: "I just came out of the palace and haven't had time to go to your house to look for you. I just happened to see them here. How can I bear not to tell you?"

Princess Shushen nodded in understanding, "I couldn't help it. Come back to me later and we can talk about it in detail." Then she sighed, "Empress Yi is so good to you."

Although she was only a distant relative, Concubine Yi treated Baya like her own niece and told her all these things.

"Of course." Baya was very proud of this. "This time when I entered the palace, Concubine Yi gave me a lot of new and interesting things. I'll let you pick two later."

Princess Shushen happily asked what it was.

As Baya was speaking, she suddenly became furious and said, "Originally, Concubine Yi was going to give me a fake parrot that could sing, but who knew that annoying Yinzhen would suddenly run in and snatch it away! That childish guy, the Eleventh Prince even knew to give me the things he liked to play with, and he is still my brother! Really, you have no idea how annoying he is! If it weren't for him, I would have planned to stay in the palace for a few more days. But he doesn't stay in the Prince's Residence and runs to the harem every day. I'm really annoyed by him!"

Baya scolding Yinzhen was a daily routine, so Princess Shushen didn't care and casually asked, "What did he do this time?"

"He took apart several exquisite gadgets given to me by Concubine Yi! He said they were too crudely made and he could fix them to be better. But what happened? He couldn't even put them back together! He did it on purpose!" Baya became increasingly angry as she spoke. "Every time Concubine Yi gave me something, he would destroy some of it before he was satisfied!"

"It's okay, don't be angry, I'll find someone to fix it later." Princess Shushen comforted.

Speaking of this, Bayajiu said with a mixture of pride and shyness: "Well, the Eighth Prince has already sent someone over to help me find someone to repair it."

Princess Shushen was not in a position to express herself, so she could only jokingly say, "Oh, oh, I know Eighth Prince treats you well."

Ever since Yinsi and Baya got engaged, eunuchs around Yinsi could be seen going to Prince Anle's Palace to deliver things from time to time. Now the news spread throughout the capital that the Eighth Prince was deeply in love with his fiancée, and every girl in the capital was envious of him.

After Qi Buchen finished advertising his own store, he sat down next to the eldest wife and said, "Sister-in-law looks much more energetic."

The eldest wife smiled and said, "I'm definitely feeling much better this year. I heard you weren't feeling well a few days ago."

Qi Buchen leaned in and whispered, "You're having your period."

Upon hearing this, the eldest wife looked at her with pity and said, "That's not easy. You still need to take care of yourself more often."

"Yes." Qi Buchen nodded, "I asked the imperial physician to prescribe a medicinal diet prescription."

The eldest wife looked at Qi Buchen, thinking of the news she had heard when she went to the palace to pay her respects. She hesitated whether to tell him or not, but finally thought it was better not to. After all, Concubine Tong had not agreed. If she told him again, it would seem like she was a villain who was gossiping behind his back. "That's good."

The two chatted for a while, and Qi Buchen found an opportunity to chat with the new female relatives, and the ceremony of enthroning the Crown Princess officially began.

The enthronement ceremony was solemn and grand. From today on, they would officially address Guaerjia as the Crown Princess, and would also treat her with the courtesy of a half-subject when interacting with her in the future.

After the enthronement ceremony, Qi Buchen's dowry shop welcomed a wave of customers, but not as many as expected. Moreover, contrary to expectations, most of the people who placed orders at the clothing shop were unmarried women, while few of the enthusiastic women who had surrounded her to ask questions had made reservations.

However, the new lip balms released by the cosmetics shop are selling well, and the owner has even applied to hire more people, otherwise he would not be able to handle the business.

Qi Buchen agreed, but she didn't care too much about the situation of the clothing store. The atmosphere in the capital was still relatively conservative, and new things always took people a long time to accept. After another wave of publicity during Yinzhi's wedding a few days later, she kept a low profile again and stayed at home to study new products.

Qi Buchen, who was obsessed with researching new products, didn't know that someone had already set his sights on Yinzhen.

"Master, Third Master Tong just sent someone to tell me that after you leave the yamen, please go to Manchun Tower to meet me." Su Peisheng came in quietly and reported.

Longkodo? Yinzhen frowned slightly: "Didn't you say what it was?"

“No.”

"I understand. Send someone back home to inform Fu Jin." Yinzhen lowered his head and continued to read the official documents.

"Yes." Su Peisheng tiptoed out again and called the guard to give him instructions. Looking at the guard's back as he left, he felt a little emotional. He had always thought that the master valued the concubine very much, but who knew that in the past few months, the master's attention to the concubine has become more and more important. Look, now after leaving the yamen, he has to ask someone to go back and report if he goes out for social events.

No matter how Su Peisheng looked at it, he felt that his grandfather was becoming henpecked.

What will I do if I, a noble prince, get such a reputation in the future?

Yinzhen didn't know what Su Peisheng was thinking. He simply didn't want Fu Jin to miss her meal because of waiting for him. Now that Fu Jin was willing to eat properly, he wanted to restore her chubby cheeks as soon as possible.

After leaving the yamen, Yinzhen went to Manchunlou on time to keep his appointment.

"Lord Tong." Yinzhen greeted him first. No matter what, Longkodo was the younger brother of Empress Xiaoyi and the real uncle of the emperor.

Longkodo raised his hand lightly, his manner nonchalant: "Fourth Prince, there is no need to be polite. I am a casual person, so I will not be polite with you, Fourth Prince."

Yinzhen had heard of Longkodo and knew that he was arrogant, so he didn't care about his rudeness. After sitting down, he took the initiative to ask, "I wonder why Lord Tong invited me here today?"

"Good news!" Longkodo laughed heartily, but he didn't say what it was specifically about. He just picked up the wine glass and said, "Come to think of it, I haven't had a drink with the Fourth Prince yet. Come on, let's have one."

Yinzhen frowned, picked up the wine glass and said calmly: "Master Tong, you are too polite. Cheers to Master Tong."

"Okay, haha!" Longkodo drank it all in one gulp.

After three rounds of drinking, Yinzhen felt a little uncomfortable. Ever since his wife got married, he seldom drank except on necessary occasions. Especially in the past year, his wife had been very strict with him and normally did not allow him to drink even honey wine.

Seeing that Longkodo was drinking to no avail, he had to speak again: "I wonder what good news Master Tong is talking about?"

Longkodo seemed to be enjoying himself, resting his wine cup on the table, and said casually, "Fourth Prince, if you don't want to call me uncle, how about calling me Third Uncle?"

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Author's words: Yinzhen: Drinking? I didn't tell my wife, so I didn't dare to drink.