Last year, the primary wife gave birth to her eldest son, and this year, a concubine in the inner courtyard gave birth to her eldest daughter. She only has this one son and one daughter in front of her.
Yonghuang was a good son. As the eldest son, he had no intention of fighting with his younger brother. On the contrary, he loved and took good care of his younger brother Yonglian. Emperor Qianlong also loved this son very much.
So he generously bestowed a concubine upon the household, along with two other princesses from respectable families.
After finishing with his son, Emperor Qianlong did not forget his two daughters. His second daughter, Xuan Ning, was born to Yun Yi and was sixteen years old this year. Last year, she was granted the title of Princess Heshuo Hemin.
The third princess, Zhao Ning, is the second daughter of the Empress. She is the same age as Xuan Ning and was also granted the title of Princess Gulun Hejing last year.
Xuan Ning was betrothed to the eldest son of Fu Heng, an idea that Emperor Qianlong had been considering for a long time.
Tie Yunyi to the Empress, and turn Yonghuang's side into Yonglian's ally.
Of course, this is also good. Fu Heng and his wife are both gentle and kind-hearted. If Xuan Ning marries into the family, the family atmosphere will be very good.
Given Xuan Ning's personality, Yun Yi wouldn't feel at ease if she were to marry into the Mongolian tribe.
Emperor Qianlong married off his first two daughters to men in the capital, but when it came to Zhaoning, she married the son of a Mongolian prince.
However, the prince consort was raised in the palace from a young age, making him essentially half a son of Emperor Qianlong.
Although Zhao Ning was married off to Mongolia, her father had already ordered the construction of a princess's residence for her in the capital, and she would live in the capital from then on, instead of returning to Mongolia.
In this selection process, Emperor Qianlong not only chose servants for his two sons, but also for himself. Perhaps it was because Yonglian had already started a family, or perhaps it was because he had too many children last year that made Emperor Qianlong complacent. This year, he also selected many people for himself.
After the imperial concubine selection ended, the palace had many more concubines. These girls were all young, beautiful, and lively, and Yunyi felt that the palace had become more youthful.
When a new batch of concubines entered the palace, the Empress suggested to Emperor Qianlong that the older concubines be promoted in rank.
The same was true for Emperor Qianlong; those concubines had served him for many years, and he promoted them in rank.
But to his surprise, the Empress, besides proposing to promote the elders' ranks, also wanted...
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