"That's only right. Lady Guarjia has borne children for our master and is respectful to me, the Fujin. The two princes respect their elder brother. With such character, she is worthy of being the Fujin of this position," the Fujin explained gently with a kind smile.
Consort De, who heard her voice from the front, nodded inwardly.
Whether the wife was truly virtuous and generous or just putting on a good show, whatever her intentions, she felt that she had done a good job, befitting her status as the fourth wife, and not hold the fourth prince back.
As for Lady Guarjia, according to her understanding, she was indeed as the Fujin had described, neither fighting nor grabbing, and even guiding her children to be friendly and respectful to each other.
It should be noted that whether it was the fourth prince, her, or even the emperor, they actually had a deeper impression of the fourth prince's son, Hongxuan, and loved him more.
Lady Guarjia was not without her own cunning; she surely noticed the slightest hint of suspicion. Yet, even with such a favored son as her backer, she still had no intention of overstepping her bounds. She was respectful to her wife and taught her son to be fraternal.
Based on this alone, she was satisfied with Guarjia becoming the concubine of the fourth prince.
Moreover, the fourth prince's wife was unusually clear-headed and saw things clearly. She also preferred the more favored Guarjia clan member to become a secondary consort rather than the Li clan member who had also given birth to a prince.
However, Consort De saw things clearly, the Fujin saw things clearly, and even Consort Hui, who overheard a few words, saw things clearly. But the seemingly powerful Eighth Fujin was not so clear-headed.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, perhaps she's faking it. What if she's exposed once she becomes a concubine? Besides, isn't she the woman Fourth Brother dotes on the most? She's favored and has two sons, both of whom are also favored. Fifth Prince did such a shameful thing, but he was only punished simply and that was it. Aren't you worried?"
Despite the lengthy explanation from the Eighth Prince's wife, the expression of the Prince's wife, Ulanara, remained noncommittal.
The Eighth Prince's wife was immediately filled with disappointment and frustration.
"Fourth Sister-in-law, don't take this lightly. Even if you absolutely need a concubine in your harem, why not elevate that Li woman to that position? Then, Li woman will have status despite not being favored, while Guarjia woman will have favor but no status. Plus, the two of them don't get along, so you can sit back and watch them fight! Alas, what a pity!"
Fourth Prince Consort rolled her eyes at Eighth Prince Consort, thinking to herself: As expected, she's only good on the surface. No wonder her reputation is like that. Moreover, despite having so many opportunities, she still couldn't suppress a concubine in the inner courtyard.
He immediately scoffed to himself: I'm just like that, what right do I have to tell her how to do things?
Moreover, Consort Ulanara glanced back and thought to herself: Guarjia is right behind me. Is it right to speak ill of her and plot against her in front of her like this?
not good!
These are Jiaming's heartfelt words to the Eighth Prince's wife.
She glanced at the Eighth Prince's wife, who seemed to be constantly lecturing her own wife, lowered her eyes, and then glanced at Wang Shi beside her, whose face was filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred that she couldn't quite hide, and sneered.
As expected, birds of a feather flock together; neither of these wives and concubines could hide their true feelings.
Tsk, with fighting power like that, he still wants to provoke her? Heh!
She began to think about how to make the rivalry among the Eighth Prince's wives and concubines more interesting, so that they wouldn't always be reaching out so far and always trying to target her.
Meanwhile, the Eighth Prince's wife, Ulanara, who was speaking to her, maintained a gentle, feigned smile, regardless of her true feelings, and said mildly, "Eighth sister-in-law, you are overthinking it. Sister Guarjia is not that kind of person. You can tell from her behavior. She is of good character, and making her a secondary consort is the most suitable choice for her."
The Eighth Prince's wife curled her lip, and at the same time, a flash of disdain and contempt for the Fourth Prince's wife quickly appeared in her eyes.
Consort Ulanara did not see it; otherwise, she would not have been so kind as to give the Eighth Prince's wife this advice.
Of course, this is also because they are both in the same camp as the primary consort, and they are somewhat disgusted that the Eighth Consort has recently been suppressed by the secondary consort. Of course, there are other reasons as well.
For example, the Eighth Prince's wife is not as fortunate in this life as she was in her previous life, and she has no children, which makes the Fourth Prince's wife feel sorry for her.
So she said seriously to the Eighth Prince's wife, "After all, if an ambitious woman becomes a concubine, the inner court will be in chaos, and that won't do."
After listening, the Eighth Prince's wife nodded in agreement, but unfortunately, she still did not understand the Fourth Prince's wife's advice to her.
On the contrary, he kept expressing his disappointment and frustration with the Fourth Prince's wife.
"Since you know that you can't let someone with ambition become a concubine, then Fourth Sister-in-law, you should stop Fourth Brother from bestowing a concubine title. After all, it's not like there can be two concubine positions, or that there have to be two concubine positions. Wouldn't it be better to leave the positions vacant?"
The Eighth Prince's wife was speechless. Consort De and Consort Hui, who had heard these words, couldn't help but show their disgust.
The Eighth Prince's wife is such a fool!
Consort Liang offered some words of advice to her daughter-in-law, but since the Eighth Prince's wife had always looked down on her, she probably wouldn't take her words to heart. Instead, her daughter-in-law's reaction and disrespect towards her would be evident.
That would probably have an impact on her son, since a daughter-in-law being so disrespectful to her mother-in-law must mean that her son hasn't been raised well.
Knowing that it would be ineffective and might even make things worse, Consort Liang pursed her lips, her face pale, but remained silent, letting the Eighth Prince's wife continue speaking.
Jiaming appeared calm on the surface, as if she hadn't heard what the Eighth Prince's wife had said to the Fourth Prince's wife, but inwardly she was cursing the Eighth Prince's wife for being stupid.
As for the Eighth Prince's wife, she didn't want to talk to her anymore.
She could never grasp the true meaning behind what she said.
Fortunately, they soon arrived at the palace where the Empress Dowager lived, and she no longer had to deal with the Eighth Prince's wife.
Sure enough, once they arrived at the Empress Dowager's palace, the Eighth Prince's wife reluctantly stopped talking to the Fourth Prince's wife.
At the same time, he kept thinking to himself that his fourth sister-in-law was stupid, too kind-hearted, and that she was just smart.
Just then, Consort De, who had alighted from her palanquin, approached Consort Hui, who had also alighted from her palanquin.
She spoke at length to Consort Hui with a smile, appearing extremely kind and gentle.
“Sister Huifei, you must have a good talk with the concubines in your palace. You still need to teach your wives well. If they can’t teach them, then you should. As a wife, you should be like the First Prince’s wife, only worrying about your own household. Oh, and you should also raise your own children well. That’s what a wife should do, not meddling in other people’s affairs.”
Consort Hui smiled and replied, "That makes sense!" As she spoke, she glanced at Consort Liang, who was following behind her.
Consort Liang's face turned pale. Her stunning beauty now looked incredibly pitiful, as if Consort Hui were a great villain.
Consort Hui sneered. Her eldest son was tricked into this mess by the Eighth Prince. Ha! He still wants her to be good to him and take responsibility for the Eighth Prince? Ha!
If she had the chance, she would have kicked them, mother and son; how could she have gotten revenge?
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