Chapter 138
Yin Zijin pondered for a moment and said, "Your Highness, you can't judge a person by his appearance. Think carefully about whether there are any abnormalities or major changes in the maids and servants around you since you got married. Perhaps these subtle details can give us some clues."
Sheng Muling seemed to have thought of something, her eyes lit up, but then dimmed again: "The one who has changed the most is my personal maid Yuanyang."
She sighed softly and continued, "Zijin, do you know that before the princess gets married, she will send a trial marriage maid. This trial marriage maid will sleep with the prince consort and stay with him for about seven days. The purpose is to test the prince consort's physical condition and ability to have sex. The trial marriage maid usually sleeps with the prince consort before the marriage, observes his performance and physical condition, and records this information in detail and reports it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs. At the same time, through these few days of getting along, she can also understand the prince consort's character and behavior."
Yin Zijin nodded and replied, "Of course I have heard of it. Not to mention the princess, even when the daughters of noble families get married, they will choose some maids for trial marriage and sleep with their husbands first. The princess then asked, what happened to Yuanyang?"
Sheng Muling wiped her tears with a handkerchief and said with a wry smile, "It's strange, I am an extremely noble eldest princess, but I don't have the good fortune of a little girl.
Yuanyang grew up with me and is my personal maid. Naturally, she became a maid for trial marriage. Zijin also believes that the chastity of women is very important in the Great Sheng Dynasty. Even if it costs her life, she cannot lose her chastity.
Yuanyang was deflowered by the prince consort, so naturally she became his person. However, due to this palace's face, her status has never been raised.
She served me as a maid until two years ago, when I became unwell and could not have children due to the effects of the medicine. The prince consort is the eldest son, and his family is large and powerful, so continuing the family line is very important to him.
So he knelt down and begged his father the emperor and his mother the empress, asking to take a concubine to carry on the family line. After seeing this, the Emperor and Empress Dowager felt ashamed of their son-in-law and agreed to his request.
Because Yuanyang was someone close to me and she and my husband were already husband and wife, I gave Yuanyang to him as a concubine.
After becoming a concubine, Yuanyang left the princess's mansion and moved to the prince consort's residence. Although they were only separated by a wall, it was still very difficult for them to meet. After Yuanyang became a concubine, we saw each other less and less.
Some time ago, when Yuanyang came to visit me at the Princess's residence, she told me that she was pregnant and that she would keep the baby with me after it was born..."
Yin Zijin also smiled bitterly and said: "Indeed, although Yuanyang is a maid, she is indeed lucky. Princess, Zijin would like to ask, what is the relationship between Yuanyang and the prince consort?"
Sheng Muling shook her head and said, "I really don't know. I'm not in good health. Maybe it's because of the medicine I smelled. I've been in poor spirits for many years. Nanny Li felt sorry for me, so she let me stay in the princess's mansion. I have no more than two opportunities to light lanterns and have my husband sleep with me every month. The time I meet my husband can be counted on one hand.
Yuanyang doesn't stay with me every day and night, so what is the relationship between them? I really don’t know. ”
Yin Zijin nodded and said, "Is it so difficult for the princess and her husband to meet?"
Sheng Muling said: "Yes! After listening to what Zijin said about the pills, I realized belatedly that Nanny Li seemed to be being deliberate. After all, they are husband and wife. Is it difficult for them to see each other?"
Yin Zijin sighed and said, "Madame Li has too much power. It seems that what I understood before was correct."
Sheng Muling's thin body was a little shaky, and she wiped away her tears gently: "Yes! We children were not raised by our mother or the consort. We were taken away by the eunuchs as soon as we were born and raised in the nursery by the eunuchs.
Actually, we don’t have much affection with our mothers because we don’t meet them very often. But our personal nanny was with us as we grew up, so she had a lot of power.
I am weak in character and can only swallow my anger when I am bullied. My mother often whispers in my ear: "You are the eldest princess, you must set a good example and solve problems on your own. You can't always go to my father and mother to cry."
After listening for a long time, I fell silent and didn’t want to say anything more? Nanny Li took care of me and brought me up, and also gave me a lot of warmth. I basically responded to Nanny Li's requests and did what she wanted.
Nanny Li said that I was weak and in poor spirits, and that I should not pass my illness on to my husband, and that it was not appropriate for me to share a room with him. So she turned off the lights and did not light them, and I agreed. Now that I think about it, is Nanny Li really doing this for my own good? ”
As she spoke, Sheng Muling began to cry softly again: "Royal family affection is inherently thin and cold-blooded. Over the years, I almost treated Nanny Li as a relative, but I didn't expect her to treat me like this."
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