Chapter 97 Face Blindness

The Crown Princess smiled, stood up, walked over, took Su Zhenzhen's arm, and introduced her to the concubines, princesses, and princes: "Zhenzhen, this is the Empress Shufei, this is the Empress Xianfei, and this is the Empress Defei."

Because Su Zhenzhen is the princess of a first-rank prince, except for the four concubines who do not need to stand up, all the concubines have to stand up and perform half a bow to the first-rank prince and the princess. Of course, according to etiquette, Su Zhenzhen also has to return the half bow.

The princes and princesses who were younger than Rong Jinchen also had to stand up because of the order of seniority and the distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.

Just now, they stood and watched the fight between Su Zhenzhen and Concubine Wu. They were powerless to complain but also felt a little happy.

Anyway, they are not favored. If you compare Su Zhenzhen and Concubine Wu, who is more hated? Of course, it is Concubine Wu.

Although it seems that Concubine Wu is not favored either.

Who is favored then?

The late queen was your majesty’s white moonlight.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan is the apple of His Majesty's eye.

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is His Majesty's heir.

Prime Minister Su is your Majesty's favorite.

Isn't it because the Princess of Yan is favored that she loves the whole family?

How can they compare?

Su Zhenzhen looked at the three beauties who still had their charm, and couldn't help but sigh inwardly at her father's good fortune. However, she really couldn't remember them all, so she smiled politely and said, "Greetings to Her Majesty the Shufei, Her Majesty the Xianfei, and Her Majesty the Defei." She asked Bai Zhiluwu to accept the greeting gifts they gave her.

"The Princess of Yan is lively and lovely. No wonder His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan loves her so much. It's only right that His Majesty loves her too much." Concubine Shu said with a smile.

"Yes, my daughter is not as pretty as Princess Yan. She is so quiet that makes me a little anxious." This is Concubine De.

The virtuous concubine also smiled and said: "I felt very close to the Princess of Yan when I saw her. It turns out that we are destined to be together." She took down a blood jade bracelet from her hand, which was very beautiful.

It’s no wonder that Concubine Xian likes Su Zhenzhen. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. She and Concubine Wu have never gotten along. She was very happy to see Concubine Wu being defeated by Su Zhenzhen today.

Su Zhenzhen looked at the blood-emerald bracelet worth a thousand taels with a little surprise. The virtuous concubine had spent a lot of money on it. She went back to ask Chenchen and said with a smile: "Thank you, the virtuous concubine. I also think you are very kind." For the sake of the bracelet.

Jiupin directly made a half-bow to Su Zhenzhen. According to the rules, she had to return the half-bow, but Su Zhenzhen didn't need it. However, in order to avoid being gossiped about, she simply smiled and avoided it.

The Crown Princess introduced Su Zhenzhen: "This is the fifth prince Rong Jinyan, born to Concubine Shu, this is the sixth prince Rong Jinzhen, born to Concubine Xian, and this is the seventh prince Rong Jinming, born to Concubine De." Su Zhenzhen had to thank the Crown Princess for helping to introduce them, otherwise she would not be able to tell them apart because of her face-blindness.

It’s not that these concubines, princes and princesses are not good-looking. The concubines are definitely outstanding in appearance, and His Majesty is so handsome, so the children will not be much worse.

It's just like when you meet several boy bands and girl bands for the first time, it's normal to not be able to tell them apart.

The fifth, sixth, and seventh princes bowed towards Su Zhenzhen with their eyelashes drooping, and said, "Greetings, Fourth Sister-in-law." They did not dare to look at her any longer, even though Fourth Sister-in-law was indeed stunningly beautiful.

Later, the eightieth, ninetieth and tenth princes were introduced after the greetings.

Su Zhenzhen smiled and very stylishly asked Gu Heng, who had prepared a gift, to come forward with a tray.

She poked Rong Jinchen beside her and said, "Your Highness, take this, one for each of you." She smiled and said, "I, your fourth sister-in-law, am a lazy and vulgar person. I don't know how to do needlework. This is just a small token of my appreciation." Rong Jinchen handed a purse to each of the princes. Of course, it was not the purse made by Su Zhenzhen.

Su Zhenzhen is very generous when it comes to gifts for meeting people.

Not to mention her own dowry which was so large that it couldn't even be carried all the way through ten miles of red wedding gowns, her father and mother gave her a dowry worth 500,000 taels.

He was also partial to her by giving her many of the profitable shops and farms, and her dowry also included a 100,000 taels of silver in cash and silver notes.

The Su family had a total fortune of about two million taels. Su Zhenzhen got 25% of it. Her eldest brother Su Jun inherited half of the fortune as the eldest son. The rest was divided equally between Su Zhenzhen and her second brother Su Yu. She had not yet counted the dowry her mother gave her.

So the gifts that Su Zhenzhen prepared for the princes who had not yet been granted the title of prince were all silver notes worth 500 taels of silver. She was so generous this time, and the six princes had 3,000 taels of silver gone.

As for the three princesses, each of them received a pair of jade bracelets worth five hundred taels of silver.

As for the princes and princesses who were already married, Su Zhenzhen didn't give any gifts. She had to let them give her a gift when they met.

Everyone in the hall looked at the light purse with their eyes sparkling, especially the princes and princesses, who were extremely delighted.

The princes of this dynasty had salaries, but they were divided into favored and unfavored. The favored princes actually received a salary of 20,000 taels, while the unfavored princes received an annual salary of 5,000 to 8,000 taels.

They were just ordinary princes and princesses, and their monthly allowance was not much, only a hundred taels a year.

Everything in the palace needs to be taken care of. How comfortable can life be without a favored mother and a generous dowry?

They knew the weight of the purse just by touching it. It was a big gift. Fourth Sister-in-law was a real person.

The fifth princess smiled sweetly, "Thank you, fourth sister-in-law." She still had a little girl's vanity, thinking that she was the first of the three princesses to speak to Su Zhenzhen, and wanted to continue to lead.

After her mother, Concubine De, found out the situation, she knew that her father intended to marry the third place winner in the imperial examination, so she asked her father to marry her to the third place winner, Chang Che.

Concubine De is not stupid. Those wealthy families are not good places to live, so what if she is a princess?

Your Majesty doesn’t even remember the unfavored prince, let alone the princess?

Compared with the less favored princess and His Majesty's capable ministers, as long as she doesn't favor the concubine and kill the wife, which would slap the royal family in the face, who cares about her life or death?

They have thousands of ways to publicly worship the princess, but make people suffer in silence. Moreover, the princess's status in this dynasty is not high. She doesn't have to think about the princess's mansion, and she still has to serve her parents-in-law.

So she inquired carefully and found out that the third place winner was only 22 years old and had not yet married. He had been concentrating on the imperial examination. He also caught the emperor's eye and supported the reform, so Concubine De took a gamble.

Tanhualang supports the reform, which means he is a reformist on the side of His Majesty, and Su Zhenzhen's biological father Su Qiyang is in charge of the reform, so it is always right to get closer to her.

The fourth princess and the sixth princess just thanked Su Zhenzhen gently, "Thank you, fourth sister-in-law." They were very quiet and gentle. After all, their mother was only the ninth concubine.

The princes who have married and come of age have all been crowned kings, so they are not here.

Su Zhenzhen exchanged a few polite words with them again, and Rong Jinchen, who was waiting impatiently on the side, tugged at her sleeve. She turned her head and looked at him in confusion.

"Qingqing, you have ignored me for an incense stick." Rong Jinchen was very possessive and couldn't bear to see Su Zhenzhen's attention being diverted by others, so he shook her arm.

Su Zhenzhen's snow-white cheeks were slightly hot, and she looked at the Crown Princess embarrassedly, "Crown Princess, His Highness and I will go back first, you can do whatever you want." She had no choice because her husband was too clingy.

The Crown Princess chuckled, "Go ahead, don't make Fourth Brother wait anxiously. You two are newlyweds, it's normal for you to be so inseparable." Su Zhenzhen pursed her lips and smiled, and was led by Rong Jinchen's hand out of Yikun Palace.