What is the feeling of transmigrating into a novel you wrote yourself?
Yin Qingyi: It's hard to put into words.
What is the experience of transmigrating into a cannon fodder charact...
"Fa fa!" Stubborn little Yue'er kept repeating "fa fa."
"Mother!" Yin Qingyi's stubborn temper flared up, and she stared at her daughter.
"hair!"
"Mother!"
"hair!"
"Wah~..." The childish conversation between the mother and daughter ended with Xiaoyue'er crying.
"..." The people around were both about to laugh and dared not laugh, afraid that the older ones would get angry and the younger ones would cry even more, so they all tried their best to hold back and not make a sound.
"You cry when you can't argue with your mother? You're young, so you're right. Fine, I'll give you a piece of my mind!" What could Yin Qingyi do in this situation? She could only coax her. Could she hit her? Even if she were willing to hit her, the people around would definitely stop her.
Children's emotions come and go quickly. When Yue'er saw the flowers, she immediately smiled, with tears still on her face, making her look a little silly.
Etubu and Bulha, who were originally in the arms of the wet nurses, were about to cry when they heard their little sister's cries. Just as they were getting into the mood, their sister suddenly started laughing, leaving the two older brothers unsure whether to cry or not. Pots of flowers were brought in one by one. The gardeners were quite skillful; each pot was arranged with care, so that the arrangement wasn't gaudy or chaotic, but rather pleasing to the eye. Yin Qingyi nodded in satisfaction.
"Reward him." Yin Qingyi was happy to see the three children so happy, and she was also happy to see them happy. She was generous in rewarding the florist who delivered the flowers.
"Thank you for the reward, Consort!" A row of gardeners knelt on the ground, their faces full of pleasing smiles. How could they not be happy to receive a reward? They hadn't expected to receive a reward, after all, there were so many of them this time, and more than a dozen pots of flowers of various sizes. It took ten of them to barely carry them all over.
"From now on, bring two portions of any fresh flowers you find in the flower room." Yin Qingyi is no longer the pitiful little princess who only had a hundred or so taels of silver. After Yinzhen learned that she was not wealthy, he gave her five hundred taels of silver from his private treasury every month. She is a rich person now.
"Yes, we will send you new flowers and plants as soon as they arrive in the flower room." The head eunuch, who was also the flower room manager, replied with a smile.
After the people from the flower shop left, Yin Qingyi played with the three children in the yard for an hour, until the three little ones couldn't resist the urge to sleep and then returned to the house.
After lunch, a piece of news shocked the entire backyard! Another princess was to be selected for the manor. No one knew what Consort De was thinking. It wasn't the time for the imperial concubine selection, nor was it the time for the preliminary selection. Why did she suddenly designate two princesses to be selected? And both of them were from prominent Manchu families!
“One is from the Fuca clan, and the other is from the Niohuru clan,” Xiao Jinzi told Yin Qingyi, sharing the surnames she had learned.
"Niohuru clan! Are you sure it's Niohuru clan? Which branch of Niohuru are you sure about? What's their name?" Yin Qingyi sat up abruptly, looking at Xiao Jinzi with a mixture of surprise and uncertainty in her eyes.
Is it the Niohuru clan she was thinking of? But that shouldn't be the case; the Niohuru clan shouldn't be old enough yet. What's going on? Yin Qingyi was panicking. For the first time, she truly realized that this world was not the world she had imagined.
It wasn't just about the Niohuru clan; it was also because she knew that there were very few prominent Manchu families in Yinzhen's harem! Whether it was Consort De's favoritism or her deliberate act, there were really only a handful of prominent Manchu families in Yinzhen's harem. But this time, two of them showed up, which was completely unlike Consort De's style!
"This servant has actually found out some things. This Princess Niohuru is just a member of a collateral branch. Her father is a seventh-rank official named Niohuru Gaihuang." Xiao Jinzi thought for a moment and actually remembered it.
“Niohuru Gaihuang? Whew~” Yin Qingyi’s heart nearly jumped out of her chest when she heard Xiao Jinzi say that he was from a collateral branch and was a ceremonial official. But when she heard the name of Niohuru’s father, she immediately felt relieved. It wasn’t that person! Fortunately, she knew that no matter how much the world changes, it can’t make you age. It should still be two years.
But now that there's already one Niohuru in the household, can the other Niohuru still come? Suddenly, Yin Qingyi's eyes lit up. Yes! If the Niohuru who came today isn't her, then she can't come, right? After all, it's impossible for two Niohurus to appear in Yinzhen's harem, especially since they're both from collateral branches, both daughters of officials! Thinking this, Yin Qingyi almost laughed out loud. This Consort De was her goddess! Wasn't this exactly what she'd been carrying in her heart? This Consort De's stroke of genius had actually solved her predicament!
"Why is Master so happy?" Granny Qi was a little confused. It was one thing for Master not to be sad when someone came, but why did he look so happy?
"There are too few people in this backyard. Now that two younger sisters have finally arrived, shouldn't I be happy? Master still has too few children. It would be good if more younger sisters could help him have more offspring." Of course, Yin Qingyi couldn't tell the truth to Granny Qi, so she just made it up on the spot.
"..." Granny Qi looked at Yin Qingyi, and couldn't believe what Yin Qingyi said. How could her mistress, who loved the master so much, be really happy? She must be forcing a smile!
"What about Lady Fucha?" Yin Qingyi didn't care what these people thought. As long as she knew she was happy, that was enough. Now that she knew it wasn't Lady Niohuru, Yin Qingyi was interested in hearing about Lady Fucha.
"This Fucha woman is Fucha Maqi's illegitimate daughter, and that's all I know." After all, Xiao Jinzi's abilities were limited, and it was already quite good that she could find out this much.
"Hmm, I'm really looking forward to seeing these two beauties." Yin Qingyi nodded, a smile on her face. But to those in the room, that smile was a malicious one.
"My lord, although these two are princesses, their surnames are still what they are. Please don't do anything rash," said Granny Qi with some concern. Her master usually didn't care about the women in the inner quarters, so why was he so concerned about these two newly arrived princesses today? Was he afraid that the two new princesses would steal his favor? Granny Qi thought her master was overthinking it. His master wasn't someone who could be easily impressed by just any woman. In all these years, Granny Qi had only seen Yinzhen favor two people, one of whom was Lady Li, but Lady Li was now a thing of the past.
Another one is the master. It has to be said that the master's favor towards Li Shi is quite different from that towards the master. She felt that the master's favor towards Li Shi was simply because he thought Li Shi was well-behaved, beautiful, and knew how to please him. But she felt that it was not the same with the master.