Feng Changgui patted Lu Qingyan's shoulder and advised, "You're both still young, it's nothing to bicker and fight all the time. I see that Fifth Brother is full of energy now, he doesn't seem to have been wronged. Tell your older brother what happened?"
Lu Qingyan then recounted the whole story to me. Basically, Fifth Brother had somehow provoked him into a fit of rage, and the original owner of the body, Feng Qingqing, happened to be caught in the crossfire. The two eleven or twelve-year-olds then started fighting. Someone said something to Fifth Brother, and he suddenly began insulting the Imperial Concubine. Although Feng Qingqing was pitiful and unloved, her only true refuge was her mother; how could she allow anyone to insult her?
So Feng Qingqing became increasingly ruthless, causing the Fifth Prince to suffer some losses. How could the Fifth Prince tolerate such humiliation? So he went to the Emperor for help.
The current emperor does not have many children; even if you include Lü Qingyan, there are only six.
Although he married early and took many concubines, he just couldn't have children. When he was over twenty-six, the emperor was even preparing to adopt a child from the imperial clan as his heir, but at that time, Consort Wen suddenly became pregnant.
At that time, Consort Wen was a concubine who had just entered the palace. She became pregnant and was immediately ordered to be made empress. She was the emperor's second empress. The first empress died because she was upset about not having children.
Now that they finally had their first child, the Emperor naturally cherished him like the apple of his eye. Consort Wen's womb was also quite cooperative; she gave birth to two sons in her first pregnancy, and more than ten years later, she gave birth to another child. However, this time, due to her advanced age, she did not survive the pregnancy.
As for the Emperor, he was quite pleased with himself because of Consort Wen's happy marriage. Knowing that it was not due to his own health, and thinking that more children would bring more blessings, he held several more imperial concubine selections to fill the harem, hoping to have more children, preferably several more princes.
Ahem, and so the emperor embarked on a path of unbridled indulgence in women, and the once wise and virtuous ruler became licentious and unrestrained.
Unfortunately, no matter how hard he worked, it was all worth it; there were six of them, plus two princesses.
With this, the emperor's life could be considered complete.
The fifth and sixth princes were born in the same year. The sixth prince's mother is still young and in her prime, and is very favored by the emperor, which also makes the sixth prince favored. The fifth prince, on the other hand, is especially loved by the emperor because of his mother's death.
Therefore, as long as the fifth prince made some requests to the emperor, as long as they were not too excessive, the emperor would agree.
In the Emperor's eyes, his third son, who was not close to him, was far less important than a single hair of his beloved fifth son.
After learning about these past events, Lu Qingyan gained a new understanding of the Fifth Prince's favor. Now, when Feng Changgui asked her about what happened, she simply told the truth and had absolutely no intention of complaining to him.
After hearing this, Feng Changgui smiled helplessly: "Third brother, Xiao Wu is really spoiled. Don't take it to heart. I will talk to Father about this. Starting tomorrow, you will go to the Imperial Study with them. If anyone makes things difficult for you again, just tell your eldest brother, and he will help you."
Lu Qingyan smiled and said, "Thank you, big brother."
Feng Changgui looked around at the dilapidated and simple furnishings and suggested, "This place hasn't been renovated for many years. Why don't you come and stay at my place? Actually, you won't be staying there for very long. Soon, all of us brothers will be leaving the palace to build our own residences."
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