"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Everyone got up from the ground and heard Yinreng say,
"sit."
Everyone bowed and turned around to find their previous seats. The people brought by Yinreng sat on the left side of the hall, and the Mongolian royal family and nobles sat on the right side of the hall.
The clear boundaries made all the Mongolian nobles feel uncomfortable.
They all knew that from now on, their status would no longer be that of an ally of the Qing Dynasty. All Mongolian tribes would completely become vassals of the Qing Dynasty.
In the past, Mongolian princes did not need to kneel when meeting the emperor.
On the other side, Guaerjia briefly inquired about the progress of the banquet, and then went to the courtyard behind the main hall, where the female family members were waiting.
In the past, the women would follow their husbands to the front to pay their respects to the emperor, but today, they were notified in advance that they would pay their respects separately.
The women were surprised and felt a little jealous.
Although they had heard about the queen's favor, their feelings were never as profound as they were today.
As the wives of princes and dukes, they were naturally highly respected, but their husbands could not dote on them as much as the Qing emperor did.
In the past, they could still deceive themselves that even if the bitch in the king's tent was favored, she would only be a toy for the rest of her life. But when they saw how the emperor treated the queen, they were left with only intense jealousy and unwillingness.
However, Ke Jing, who was sitting in the front row, stood up and looked at Guaerjia with some curiosity.
When she was granted the title and married into Khalkha Mongolia, her second brother and sister-in-law had already been married.
She was not favored by the emperor at that time, so she did not spend much time with her second sister-in-law.
But my second brother...
Thinking about how her second brother had taken great pains to select maids and guards for her dowry before she got married, and even secretly asked Yinzhen to give her a large sum of money, Kejing's brows softened.
Of course, her current achievements are the result of her hard work, but without the support of her second brother, her life after marrying into Khalkha Mongolia would definitely not be any easier.
"Sixth sister, sixth sister..."
"Um?"
These calls pulled Ke Jing out of his memories, and he looked towards the source of the voice in confusion.
When he saw everyone around him staring at him in surprise, he suddenly realized that the "Sixth Sister" was calling him.
Sixth sister?
Such a distant name...
Guaerjia looked at Kejing with a smile,
"What are you thinking about? Why are you so absorbed?"
Ke Jing quickly gathered his thoughts and replied with a faint smile,
"I was thinking back to the time before I got married, when I was in the palace with my brothers and sisters."
When Chunxi and others heard this, they couldn't help but recall the time when they lived in the Forbidden City as children, and a faint sense of melancholy rose in their chests.
Time flies, and they are now grandmothers.
"Oh? What did you think of?"
"Thinking back to the time before I got married, my eldest and second brothers had to go back to the clan office several times a day to select the people for my dowry. They were afraid that something might go wrong there and that I would suffer after I got married."
A look of reminiscence emerged on Ke Jing's face. It wasn't just her. Every time a sister got married in the palace, her second brother and his men would do the same thing. So after marrying here, her daily life was a little hard, but she really didn't suffer any grievances.
It's funny to say that among the sisters, the one who suffered the most was Wen Xian, who married to the capital.
Hearing Ke Jing say this, Rong Xian also sighed and nodded.
"Ke Jing is right. We can live comfortably in this desolate place only because the emperor and our brothers are willing to support us."
When she mentioned her brothers, she couldn't help but think of Yinzhi who died young, and her heart ached.
Rongxian and Yinzhi were born to the same mother, both sons of Rongfei.
Rong Fei gave birth to five sons and one daughter, but only she and Yinzhi survived.
After Yinzhi got into trouble, she also sent several letters to the capital to inquire about the situation, but Yinzhi just said it was an accident at the time.
It was not until Yinzhi, together with several of his brothers, launched a palace coup and successfully pushed his second brother onto the throne that the fact that Yinzhi had been used as bait by Kangxi became known to the world.
By the time Rongxian learned the truth, Yinzhi was already terminally ill.
She didn't even see Yinzhi for the last time.
If there was anyone in the world who hated Kangxi the most, Rongxian felt that she and her mother should be among them.
My mother gave birth to five sons in total, but each of them died before her. This was a heartbreaking pain for her mother.
Fortunately, my second brother is a man who values love.
She also saw her brother's only son in the crowd. Today was too rushed, so she must find an opportunity to have a good talk with the child in the next few days.
I don't know how my mother is doing now, and whether her body can still hold on...
Guaerjia started talking to several princesses about things in the capital. The other female relatives couldn't get a word in. After trying a few times, everyone wisely gave up.
However, they were also very interested in listening to a few people discussing the changes in the capital.
The dinner was grand and solemn. Yinreng and Guwalgiya sat at the same table, with Yuanbao sitting between the couple. This harmonious and warm scene hurt many people's eyes.
A few civil officials wanted to criticize this for being against the rules, but when the words came to their lips, they remembered that Yuanbao was the only prince in the palace, so they tactfully shut up.
Yinsi did not bring any female relatives with him this time. He and Guo Luoluo had no children in all these years. Their only son, Hongwang, was born to a concubine and was registered under Guo Luoluo's name.
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