Once Song gained the emperor's favor, she was no longer an ordinary palace maid, but transformed into a princess.
The next day, when he went to pay his respects to the Fujin (wife of the deceased), her attitude remained respectful, and she did not become arrogant or domineering.
Yunyi was fairly satisfied with this. Song's personality was exactly what the mistress liked best: she was quiet, did little, and had a respectful attitude.
Li is the opposite example: troublesome, scheming, restless, contemptuous, and always looking to cause trouble.
Of course, Yunyi would not let her guard down and become complacent about Song Shi. Her previous experiences had taught her that no woman in the inner courtyard should be underestimated.
Drinking Song's concubine tea signifies that Yunyi, the mistress, has formally accepted her as a concubine, and Song's status as a princess is officially established.
After the Fourth Prince went to Song Gege's place, Li Yuhua originally thought he would come to her place soon. However, to her surprise, the Fourth Prince seemed to be held back by his studies, and for another half a month, he did not enter the backyard.
If it weren't for the fact that the Fourth Prince was resting in the front courtyard and hadn't even gone to his wife's main courtyard, Li Yuhua would have "collapsed." Was she really that unpopular with the Fourth Prince? Was she really that annoying?
Half a month later, Yinzhen finally finished his work and had time to enter the backyard.
He first went to see the Fujin (wife of the deceased), and then, under Li Yuhua's expectant gaze, went to Song Gege's room again, making Li Yuhua so angry that she almost gritted her teeth.
Several days later, Li Yuhua finally received a message from the eunuch that the Fourth Prince was finally coming to her.
That night, Li Yuhua dressed up, putting on the nightgown she had specially prepared for entering the prince's residence, and applied a little powder to make herself look even more beautiful.
She styled her hair, lit some incense, and stood in front of the mirror, carefully examining herself. She looked even more beautiful than before.
Full of confidence, she was certain that she would win the favor of the Fourth Prince this time and outshine the little brat, the Fujin, and that dull and taciturn Song.
While thinking, Li Yuhua had already envisioned her future: she would give birth to the Fourth Prince's eldest son, gain his favor, and then become a secondary consort.
When the Fourth Prince is granted the title of Prince of the Second Rank or Prince of the First Rank in the future, her child will be the heir of the Prince's Mansion, and the entire Prince's Mansion will belong to the mother and son.
Yinzhen was on his way to Li Shi's place at this time, unaware that she had already thought about everyone's future.
Upon arriving at Li Shi's place, Yinzhen immediately saw Li Shi, dressed in light clothing, waiting outside. As he approached, Yinzhen frowned; the incense scent emanating from Li Shi was too pungent.
Upon entering the room again, Yinzhen frowned even more deeply. Not only had Li Shi burned incense, but she had also applied makeup. In the candlelight, her small face was as white as a female ghost from a storybook.
Li Yuhua was somewhat wronged in this regard. She only applied a simple layer of powder, not much at all. The main reason was that she was naturally fair-skinned, and it was nighttime, so the candlelight made her look even fairer.
Seeing the Fourth Prince walk in, Li Yuhua used all her charms, speaking in a sweet and coquettish tone.
Yinzhen felt nothing, but he felt goosebumps all over his body. He ignored Li Yuhua and stormed out the door.
This Li woman is really outrageous, and Yinzhen can't accept it. It's much better that his own little princess looks clean and tidy, and speaks normally.
Seeing that the Fourth Prince was about to leave, Li Yuhua became anxious. She quickly took a step and came behind Yinzhen in a few strides, hugging his waist from behind.
And whether it was intentional or not, after hugging Yinzhen, her chest brushed against Yinzhen's back almost imperceptibly.
His muscles were tense. Yinzhen was originally just displeased, but now he was really angry. The palace maid sent by Consort De was like this, acting absurdly and without any respect for hierarchy or etiquette.
This was unbearable for the rigid Yinzhen. He used both hands to forcefully remove Li's hands from his embrace, pushed her aside without any tenderness, and left without looking back.
With a gloomy face, Yinzhen left Li's room. Su Peisheng followed his master tremblingly, not daring to utter a word.
Without even thinking, he knew that Li must have angered the master, which was why he disregarded the Empress Dowager's feelings and stormed off.
Su Peisheng lowered Li Shi's position in his mind a little more. He had long guessed that Li Shi's personality was not to the master's liking. He did not expect that she would be eliminated before she even won the favor. She was really useless.
After leaving Li's room, Yinzhen initially walked aimlessly in a fit of anger, but as he walked, his feet uncontrollably led him toward the main courtyard.
Having been watching his master's movements, Su Peisheng saw him heading towards the main courtyard and sighed inwardly, "As expected, it seems the Fujin (wife of the prince) is still the one who wins the prince's heart the most."
When Yunyi arrived at the main courtyard, she had just finished packing and was about to get into the car to sleep when she saw a familiar figure walk in, which surprised her.
"My lord, shouldn't you be resting in Madam Li's room tonight? Why have you come to my room?"
Upon seeing the person he had been longing for, Yinzhen walked over and embraced his young wife, burying his head in her neck and taking a deep breath.
A faint floral scent lingered around my nose; it was so faint that I couldn't smell it at all unless I looked closely.
Unlike the deliberate and strong scents of cosmetics and incense, the scent on the young concubine was fresh and elegant, a scent that Yinzhen liked.
For many nights, Yinzhen had fallen asleep with this scent in his body. Just now, he was forced to smell the incense at Li's place, and he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Now that he saw his young consort, Yinzhen missed her scent terribly. He buried his face in Yunyi's neck and inhaled deeply several times before the lingering fragrance on his nose dissipated.
When he heard the young princess's question, Yinzhen's voice sounded somewhat muffled.
“That Li woman is really bold and rude. I don’t like her, so I won’t go today.”
Yunyi wanted to say something more, but was interrupted by Yinzhen.
"It's getting late, let's go to sleep. I have to get up early for school tomorrow, so you should go and pay your respects to your mother and get some rest."
That made sense, so Yunyi stopped worrying about Li Shi. After helping Yinzhen wash up, the couple went to bed to rest.
On the other side, Li Yuhua felt wronged and angry. She didn't understand why the Fourth Prince left with a gloomy face after only being in there for a short while.
This is truly insulting. People who hear about this every day must be laughing at themselves.
Song Shi has already become a princess and has been favored by the emperor several times, but I haven't even started yet. I finally took the first step, but failed again.
Li Yuhua was overwhelmed with shame and the next day she said she was sick and refused to see anyone, trying to avoid everyone's ridicule.
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