This person was none other than the third prince, Cao Jinshen, the son of the Second Old Lady's daughter, Concubine Wanshu.
She is already seventeen years old and still lives in the palace.
The dynasty stipulated that the prince could leave the palace and set up his own household after he turned eighteen or married a concubine.
"There is no need to be so polite, Third Prince." The prince just said lightly.
"My cousin's wife has come to the mansion. This prince has not met her yet. Come over to say hello." The third prince looked at Yu Yuanzheng and said.
"Greetings, Third Prince." Since he came specially to greet her, Yu Yuanzheng had no choice but to stand up and bow to him.
"I didn't expect my eldest cousin's piano skills are so high. Concubine Xin specially asked me to ask her if she has any other music scores besides the three songs she just played. She wants to ask you for one or two and learn to play them for father." The third prince was straightforward.
But should she agree to this request?
Even the Queen didn't mention it. The Queen just asked the palace's zither master to learn the song that had just been played and perform it for everyone to see at the palace banquet later.
But Concubine Shu came to seek favor.
Yu Yuanzheng didn’t know Concubine Wan Shu. Was she the same as the Second Old Lady, or did she know her limits?
"Princess Qi?" Yu Yuanzheng called the princess softly.
"If you have one, give me one. If you don't, forget it." The princess also said lightly.
Yu Yuanzheng understood and just gave him a perfunctory song.
"Write down everything you know and send it to Concubine Shu to the palace." The second old lady said in a firm tone of command.
Yu Yuanzheng didn't respond.
"No, no, just three or five poems will be enough." The third prince said with a smile, not wanting to force anyone.
Three or five more songs? She didn't want to give any of them.
Not familiar with it.
Yu Yuanzheng always felt somewhat repulsed by the Third Prince.
The feeling he gave her was completely different from that of the eldest prince.
The eldest prince gives people the impression of a modest gentleman, gentle and kind, but also wise and sunny.
The Third Prince gave her the feeling of a poisonous snake living in the dark. Although he had a smile on his face, it seemed that the smile did not reach his eyes.
Even though it was the first time that the two princes met her, they had this preconceived feeling.
Yu Yuanzheng was even more embarrassed. The other party was a prince, and although she was his cousin's wife, her status certainly could not be compared with that of the prince.
"Just give her a song. Zheng'er doesn't know how to compose music, so I will write it for her." The princess took over.
She saw her daughter-in-law's dilemma.
"Cousin, are you okay?" the third prince asked with concern.
"Same old." The princess replied calmly.
"Third Prince, come and sit here. Let's have a good chat." The second old lady became anxious when she saw her grandson talking to the eldest wife's family.
As soon as she entered the palace, she met the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager, and then went to the Palace of Concubine Shu. She didn't even see her own grandson, who was the hope of their second family.
No, it is the hope of the entire palace.
The third prince had to sit at that table, but he just symbolically said a few words to the second old lady and then left.
He simply looked down on the ignorant Second Old Lady. If it weren't for the fact that Concubine Li was her daughter, he would have ignored her at all.
The banquet ended at 4 p.m.
"Princess Li, do you celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival like this every year?" Yu Yuanzheng asked the princess on the way back.
"No, there was no palace banquet last year. Instead, the emperor personally took civil and military officials to watch the dragon boat race outside the city."
"Oh, I thought so. It turns out that the program is different every year."
"But most of the time it's a palace banquet."
After returning to Prince Pei's Palace, the princess started to get busy again. The banquet in the palace was over, and a family banquet was to be held.
The Shangguan family also has a large population.
In addition to the five direct branches, there are also other side branches. Every Dragon Boat Festival, the royal palace invites several elders from the clan to gather at the palace.
The prince does not serve as the clan leader, he only inherits the throne.
Yu Yuanzheng went back to her room to change her clothes first, then came out to receive the guests who came one after another with the princess.
Shangguan Zishu and Yu Chaoyang also came with him. Shangguan Zishu stayed for a while and then went to the gate to receive guests with the prince.
But Yu Yuanzheng always felt that Yu Chaoyang looked at her from time to time with a strange look in his eyes.
Yu Yuanzheng avoided her and followed the princess closely.
Maybe there was something that she didn't know but Yu Chaoyang knew.
When the enemy comes, we will fight them; when the water comes, we will block it with earth.
At this time, a servant from the outer courtyard slowly came over, leading an old man.
The princess immediately stepped forward to support him.
"Chaoyang, Yuanzheng, this is the one you call Grandma Hong. She is the wife of the head of our Shangguan family." The princess introduced the two new brides.
The person who came was an old lady in her seventies. She looked to be in good health and did not have a hunchback.
They both called out in unison.
But why was she holding hands with a three-year-old child?
Yu Yuanzheng didn't understand.
"Is this Lin Ge'er? I saw him when he was one year old. He has grown so big now." The princess smiled and teased the child led by Hong Zunan.
"Yes, call the princess grandma quickly." Grandma Hong pushed her great-grandson towards the princess.
The child kept hiding behind and didn't dare to go forward, as he was a little scared.
"Child, Aunt Hong doesn't take it too seriously. Please take a seat in the lobby. Chaoyang, help your Aunt Hong into the inner hall." The princess ordered.
As Grandma Hong entered the hall, another old woman came in with a child.
The princess introduced the two new brides with a smile.
In this way, a total of ten elders from the tribe came, each holding a child, and all of them were boys.
The oldest is five years old and the youngest has just learned to walk.
Yu Yuanzheng felt strange.
But I can’t put it into words.
But Yu Chaoyang always looked at her with a half-smile.
When everyone was present, the prince and Shangguan Zishu led ten elderly or middle-aged people of varying ages to the main hall.
The princess then introduced them to the two new brides.
They are usually uncles or grandparents in the clan.
But I don’t know how many generations they are in the clan. Two of them are already five generations older.
The Wei Dynasty has been established for more than 170 years, but the Rong Palace was established by the third generation of the Shangguan family, who won the title of King of the Iron Hat on the battlefield. It has been about 170 years since then.
As for that history, no one told Yu Yuanzheng, so she didn't know.
I know all this from inquiring about it in the past month.
Everyone sit down.
"Your Majesty, I heard that on the day you appointed Zishu as the Crown Prince, you announced that Ziqi would divide the family property into four parts in the future?" The clan leader, Old Master Hong, asked directly.
"Yes." The prince admitted frankly.
"Is there any possibility that Ziqi will wake up?" Patriarch Hong asked again.
Everyone else pricked up their ears to listen, afraid of missing anything.
"Doctor Gu said that the possibility of waking up is very slim, but I am still asking around to find a better doctor among the people." The prince spoke the truth.
"So there is no hope?" The elder of the Hong clan shook his head, looking a little melancholy.
"Ziqi is my legitimate son. No matter what he is like, as a father, I will spare no effort to protect him." The prince expressed his attitude with a dignified look on his face.
"If Ziqi really can't wake up, what are you going to do?"
"What do you mean?" The prince was stunned, his voice mixed with anger and confusion.
"What do you mean? If Ziqi can't wake up, we can't let him have nothing to worry about, right? He is the only legitimate son of our Shangguan family."
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