As noon approached, Chengqian Palace was bustling with activity. Female relatives came one after another to pay their respects. The princes' primary wives sat in order on the left side, while the Crown Princess wore a smile on her face.
Qingyan sat in the fourth seat, smiling as she looked across at the person opposite her. Guo Luoluo was sitting in the fourth seat on the right.
When Guo Luoluo entered, the Crown Princess made a few sarcastic remarks, but now she is concerned about the dignity of the Mongol Princes of Qin.
"Eighth Prince's wife, this is your first time celebrating the festival here, so you should know some of the rules!" Consort Tong directly addressed Lady Jue Luo.
"Yes!" The Eighth Prince's wife felt humiliated. This was the first time she had celebrated the New Year this year, and she had been reprimanded by Consort Tong in front of the previous Eighth Prince's wife. She felt utterly disgraced.
Guo Luoluo smiled at Consort Tong and said, "Your Highness, the Eighth Prince's wife is newly married and may already be pregnant. If you say something that upsets her and affects Consort Liang's grandson, then you will be in a bad mood!"
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone looked at Guo Luoluo Shi. Today, she was dressed in the everyday clothes of a prince's wife, wearing a Mongolian headdress, and had a delicate smile on her face.
"You," the Eighth Prince's wife, was furious.
Consort Liang glanced at Guo Luoluo, not daring to utter a single word in reply, for fear of offending the Mongol heir and incurring the wrath of Yinsi.
Consort Yi's face turned even uglier. After the Guo Luoluo clan divorced her, they immediately severed ties with her. Now, Prince An could get His Majesty to arrange a marriage for him, and the person he was supposed to marry was the same person who had prepared to submit a memorial to the throne back then. This was undoubtedly a slap in the face.
"That's true. I need to think about it too. I don't want to put others in a difficult position!" Consort Tong sneered. Recently, Consort Yi and Consort Liang have been making some rather big moves, and Consort Tong hopes to control them.
"Your Highness, you are as open-minded as ever. Tulegul said that if I had been Peng Nian's mother-in-law back then, he would probably have remained a bachelor!" Guo Luoluo didn't care at all, and Tulegul's mother also laughed.
“That’s absolutely right. We don’t have that many rules in our family. Once you’re inside, just follow the rules. Everything before is just a passing cloud. My daughter-in-law is really good. She’s been well trained by the Imperial Noble Consort!” said the wife of the Left Wing Prince of Khorchin with a smile.
"I knew it! His Majesty's arranged marriage was definitely the right thing to do. You must take good care of her; she's a fine child." Consort Tong was satisfied with the words of the Prince's wife.
The women present congratulated Guo Luoluo, but Consort Yi and her mother were furious. After the divorce, Guo Luoluo lived in Prince An's residence. When their family severed ties in the past, Prince An said that since they didn't like Guo Luoluo, they didn't need to visit her again.
“Oh dear, what are you saying? After your divorce, you didn’t even go back to see your grandfather!” Consort Yi stepped forward and said.
"Hehe, Consort Yi, you in the palace don't know, but on the day of my divorce, the Guo Luo Luo clan went to Guo Luo Ma Fa's residence and demanded to sever ties." Guo Luo Luo looked at Consort Yi and sneered, "In truth, if it weren't for Consort Yi, I might not have had to get a divorce!"
As soon as she finished speaking, everyone perked up their ears. They only knew that before Guo Luoluo was divorced, Consort Yi often summoned her to the palace, but they never expected that there was really more to the story.
"You've been married into the royal family for several years now, and all you've done is give you to Yinsi's concubine!" Consort Liang couldn't sit still any longer; she didn't want people to think she was mistreating her daughter-in-law.
"Is that so?" Guo Luoluo sneered. "It's better not to say that. I have nothing to do with you anymore! Consort Yi, please don't try to manipulate me like before. Those safflower teas you drank were really thanks to you and Consort Liang!"
After the marriage, the prince's wife asked the imperial physician who accompanied her to examine Guo Luoluo's pulse, and discovered that she had previously consumed a lot of things that would hinder conception.
Instantly, the hall fell silent. Consort Yi and Consort Liang's faces turned ashen, as if Guo Luoluo was still as arrogant as before.
“You’re talking nonsense!” Consort Liang retorted directly.
"Should we have Mother announce the dismissal of the imperial physician who accompanied her as part of her dowry?" Guo Luoluo sneered. "They say I can't give birth to a legitimate son, but I can. In the past few years, I've gone to worship Buddha and see imperial physicians. Which one of them has truly helped me?"
Consort Tong sat upright in the main seat, making no attempt to stop Lady Guoluo from making trouble. Last night, Emperor Kangxi told her that he would let Lady Guoluo get rid of this grudge today.
Consort Yi and Consort Liang are quite clueless. It's rather embarrassing for the royal family to have two mothers-in-law like this!
"Noble Mother, among the mothers-in-law in the palace, these two are truly capable, and the other mothers are all kind-hearted." Guo Luoluo praised the palace concubines.
Pfft!
"Your Highness's wife, are you trying to vent your anger?" The Crown Princess found it amusing to look at Guo Luoluo's disdainful expression.
In her memory, Guo Luoluo was always very cheerful. With the combined suppression of Consort Liang and Consort Yi, such smiles rarely appeared on her face anymore.
“The Crown Princess is absolutely right. Right now, all of us sitting here are close female relatives. If this gets out, what will become of the royal family’s reputation?” Consort Yi quickly echoed the Crown Princess’s words.
"Your Highness, Consort Yi, you have misunderstood me. It is only by letting the Crown Prince's wife vent her anger that we can improve the unity between the Manchus and Mongols!" The Crown Princess knew that Consort Liang and Consort Yi had schemed against Yuqing Palace quite a bit.
Yinsi was shrewd, and Yin was even richer. The two of them were together because they were aiming for the position of crown prince.
The atmosphere in the main hall became awkward, and no one dared to speak. Consort Yi and Consort Liang were furious.
"Your Majesty, Li Dequan has come to inform us to go to the Taihe Hall to receive a banquet." Shu Zhu walked in from outside and reported to Consort Tong.
Consort Tong nodded: "Let's go."
The women all stood up, and no one paid any attention to Consort Yi and Consort Liang anymore.
"Little darling, didn't you see? Those two women's faces are all gloomy!" Yin Genjue Luo Shi smiled, although they didn't have a good relationship with Guo Luo Luo Shi and didn't have any good feelings towards those two concubines either.
Qingyan smiled and said, "There's nothing we can do about it. Anyone would be upset if they were insulted and made to look so humiliating."
"Isn't that right? Fourth Sister-in-law, that person instigated her son to deal with you!" He Ta La Shi Ye heard that Qing Yan's Linglong Pavilion was almost schemed against by Ninth Master.
"Now that everything is alright, we should have someone teach them a lesson!" Qingyan was very satisfied. Seeing that Consort Yi and Consort Liang were not doing well made her feel much better.
Pfft!
"Sister-in-law, you've made me feel embarrassed!" Guo Luoluo walked over. "Eldest sister-in-law, fifth sister-in-law, my husband and the other gentlemen are related by blood, although it's a distant relationship, it's only right that I call you sister-in-law!"
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