"in addition,"
Xu Lejin paused, then smiled and said, "In Mother's letter, she also mentioned Qin Huai, Ziwu, and Zhulan. Qin Huai married Nalan Rongruo as his second wife, and she is now more than a month pregnant."
“After Ziwu and Zhulan arrived at their husbands’ homes, they had harmonious relationships with their husbands and got along well with their parents-in-law.”
Ru Hua looked up, glanced quickly at Xu Lejin, carefully chose her words, and respectfully said, "Sister Qin Huai, Ziwu and Zhulan are both benefiting from Her Majesty's favor."
Xu Lejin smiled, then pursed her lips and remained silent.
Afternoon
Xu Lejin woke up from her afternoon nap, sitting by the window with sleepy eyes. Liu Ying hurried in from outside the palace, her eyes serious, and said, "Your Majesty, the Emperor ran into Consort Tong in the Imperial Garden this afternoon and went to Consort Tong's Chengqian Palace. Right now..."
The firefly seemed to want to say something but hesitated.
Startled awake, Xu Lejin was wide awake, her gaze fixed intently on Liu Ying.
Liu Ying braced herself and spoke respectfully, "News has come from Chengqian Palace that His Majesty is currently favoring Consort Tong."
Xu Lejin was stunned when she heard this!
Under the clear blue sky, in broad daylight, how could Emperor Kangxi be so 'lustful' as to immediately favor Consort Tong?
Consort Tong was young, being the first child of Emperor Kangxi and roughly the same age as Consort Rong's eldest son, who died young.
Although Consort Tong was young, she was quite shrewd, managing to win Emperor Kangxi's favor in broad daylight...
Despite Consort Wen's best efforts to prevent it, including instructing the Imperial Household Department to hang up Consort Tong's green plaque, she was ultimately unable to prevent it, and Consort Tong still gained favor and served the emperor.
Consort Wen must be furious by now!
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