Uya was a niece of Consort De. Although she was also a bondservant, her status was much better than that of Li and Song because of her connection with Consort De.
Upon hearing the name of Wuya, Yunyi vaguely recalled the previous Wuya, that somewhat mad woman, but she wondered what kind of person this Wuya was.
Although she didn't know much about Wuya, Yunyi still had to take action to be wary of her.
The two princesses in the back courtyard were bestowed by Consort De, and now she has bestowed another one, making a total of three princesses.
It seems that Consort De is monopolizing all the princesses in the inner palace. This is not good. A harmonious inner palace should have several forces to check and balance each other. One power dominating is not a good situation.
In order to suppress the newly arrived Uya clan, Yunyi went directly to the Imperial Noble Consort Tongjia and asked her to bestow a person upon her.
Tongjia is now the mother who is raising Yinzhen. She is the adoptive mother who raised him from childhood. In terms of affection, she is much deeper than Consort De.
If Consort De could bestow gifts upon people, then Lady Tongjia could naturally do the same. Moreover, Lady Tongjia had a good relationship with Yunyi, so the people she bestowed would belong to Lady Tongjia's side and naturally have a better relationship with Yunyi than those on Consort De's side.
Moreover, the people bestowed by the Tongjia clan would naturally pose less of a threat to Yunyi.
Tongjia didn't think much of it. It was normal for a wife to take the initiative to arrange for her husband to take a concubine when she was pregnant. As the wife of a prince in the royal family, Ulanara was expected to be even more virtuous and gentle.
Furthermore, Lady Tongjia also knew about Consort De's bestowal of people. She was now the mother of Yinzhen, and because Consort De was her birth mother, she allowed Consort De to bestow people to teach palace maids, but she herself did not bestow people.
Now that Consort De has gone even further by bestowing people upon him again, she naturally will not stand idly by and allow Consort De's people to occupy Yinzhen's backyard.
No matter what, Lady Tongjia always stood by her daughter-in-law. Now that her daughter-in-law was pregnant and unable to take care of her husband, only the person she had sent could put her daughter-in-law at ease.
Tongjia instructed Zhou Mama to handle this matter. She was an old nanny who had served her for a long time and knew how to choose people and what kind of people to choose.
Granny Zhou moved quickly, and when Yunyi left Chengqian Palace, she was followed by a young girl carrying a bundle.
This girl's name was Zhong Rouqing. Although she shared the same surname as Granny Zhong, she had no relation to her. She was a second-class palace maid serving in the Tongjia clan's palace.
Zhong's appearance was only pretty and charming, without any seductive or alluring qualities. Her personality was also similar to Song's; she wasn't the type to cause trouble.
She's only fifteen years old, the same age as Yunyi. At such a young age, she's managed to become a second-class palace maid in the Imperial Noble Consort's palace. She's no fool.
Before leaving, Granny Zhou gave her careful advice: she should follow the Fujin (principal wife). She came from Chengqian Palace, and as long as she was loyal to the Fujin, she would have many good days ahead.
All the way, Zhong Rouqing kept telling herself that she had to follow the Fujin (principal wife) and be loyal to her, otherwise she and her family would all...
Upon arriving at the Prince's residence, Yunyi arranged a rather nice room for Zhong Shi, slightly inferior to Song Shi's but better than Li Shi's.
Because she was bestowed upon her by the Imperial Noble Consort, Zhong, like Wuya, was granted the title of Gege (a high-ranking concubine) upon entering the household. Unlike Li and Song, who had to serve the emperor in bed before she could shed her status as a palace maid and become a Gege, Zhong was not required to do so.
After school, Yinzhen already knew that there were two more princesses in the inner palace. He also knew that one of these princesses was bestowed by Consort De, and the other was obtained by his own wife from her mother.
Yinzhen was not very happy about Consort De's constant bestowal of people upon him. He was alright with Lady Song, but he really couldn't stand Lady Li.
Now there's another one, Wuya Shi. Just hearing the name gives Yinzhen a headache. Before even meeting her, he's already mentally labeled her with a bad image.
Although two new concubines had entered the inner courtyard, Yinzhen did not go anywhere and continued to rest in the main courtyard as always.
It wasn't until three days later that he went to the room in the house given to him by the Tongjia clan to the Zhong clan.
In the past few days, Yunyi had been secretly observing Wuya and Zhong. Through her observation, she discovered that Wuya was probably spoiled by her family and had a somewhat pampered personality, but she wasn't very bright.
Zhong was indeed a clever woman. As soon as she entered the mansion, she came to pay her respects to him every day with a very respectful attitude.
The Fourth Prince didn't come to see her, and she hadn't been able to serve him in bed, but she didn't show any sign of anxiety on her face; she was a very patient person.
Although Zhong was on their side, one should always be wary of others. Although Yunyi was somewhat close to her, she did not confide in her.
This Zhong was different from Li and Song, and also different from Wuya. Yunyi gave all three women who were given to Consort De the pills for getting pregnant, but did not give them to Zhong.
Firstly, Yunyi now has an eldest son and a legitimate son to rely on, which gives her some leverage; secondly, the inner court cannot only have legitimate sons, it still needs the presence of several illegitimate sons.
Yunyi knew Zhong's background. She was a bondservant under the Han Army's Plain White Banner, a lowly status. Her father was just a minor official in the Imperial Household Department with little real power. Tongjia was in charge of official affairs, so Zhong's father was also under Tongjia's control. She dared not do anything to him.
Moreover, after Zhong's sister entered the Prince's quarters, she was transferred to Chengqian Palace to work. Ostensibly, it was a promotion, but in reality, she was a hostage.
With these reasons in mind, even though Zhong was pregnant and gave birth to a prince, Yunyi was not worried.
She had already decided that, apart from her own legitimate children, only the concubines of low status bestowed by Lady Tongjia could give birth to children in the inner courtyard.
Clearly, Yinzhen was quite satisfied with Zhong's performance, and he visited her several more times afterward. Zhong was somewhat favored in the inner court.
But Wuya was in a worse situation, clearly following in Li's footsteps. She had been in the household for a long time but had not been favored.
Although he received many preferential treatments because of his surname, Wuya, he was also neglected by Yinzhen because of this surname.
However, she must have learned from Li's experience and lessons. Although she would also use tricks to win favor, she did not go too far, and did not reach the point where Yinzhen could no longer tolerate her and punished her.
Of course, these methods were useless. Yinzhen would not come if he was not going to, and no matter how angry or annoyed Lady Wuya was, there was nothing she could do.
Time flies like water, and in the blink of an eye it was the thirty-sixth year of Kangxi's reign. In March, Yunyi gave birth to a baby boy, who was Yinzhen's eldest son.
The birth of this child brought great joy to both Yinzhen and Lady Tongjia.
With this child, Lady Tongjia could finally put her worries about her daughter-in-law to rest, and Yinzhen also fulfilled his wish to have a child with his wife.
The eldest and second princesses have not yet been given formal names, and are only given nicknames by their birth mother. However, the eldest prince was given a name by his father as soon as he was born.
Yinzhen named his son Honghui. Hui means sunshine and is also the same as Hui, which means brilliance. He hoped that his son could shine on everyone like the sun.
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