The princesses who were already married were also paying close attention to this marriage.
The second princess, in particular, has had a very difficult life these past few years. She has also heard about the new third-ranked scholar this year, who is said to be a person of excellent character and temperament.
There are not many restrictions on the imperial consorts in the court now, and Namuzhu has also entered the court. Logically speaking, his relationship with the second princess should be able to ease a little, but neither of them is the kind of person who will bow down first.
Furthermore, the Third Prince was also scheming to win over the Fucha family, so the Fucha family naturally did not want to get involved in the vortex, and the relationship between the two became increasingly distant.
Their relationship was cold; Namuju was unwilling to enter the second princess's room, and the two rarely shared a room in recent years.
Namuju wasn't the kind of person who could become a monk. On the surface, he only had the princess, but behind the scenes, there were quite a few others.
The second princess initially made a fuss about this, but Namuzhu became increasingly secretive in his actions, and even though the second princess knew he was dishonest, she couldn't find any evidence against him.
Now that I've heard that Anle has found a good marriage, I naturally feel uneasy again.
Actually, the second princess has been incredibly envious over the years.
The second princess threw a tantrum, and the crown prince and the others felt that Anle's marriage was a good thing. She was a princess, but she had more power than her brothers who were a generation older than them. They didn't know how to deal with her.
In the eyes of the public, women should be good wives and mothers, and even princesses are no exception. Once a woman is married, she should give birth to and raise her children, and naturally she will no longer care about matters in the military camp or the court.
They all hoped for a peaceful and happy marriage.
The marriage was granted, but there was still some time before the wedding day. After all, she was Kangxi's only legitimate daughter, and her marriage naturally had to be grand and splendid, so the preparations beforehand could not be taken lightly.
So the marriage was arranged in April, but the actual wedding would not take place until early spring of the following year.
Anle was training her soldiers as usual, but there was one more person with her on a daily basis: Lian Yu would come along whenever he had free time.
The two got along very well, and Lian Yu often gave very good advice. Although An Le was a woman, she had remarkable insight, which often amazed Lian Yu.
Lian Yu and An Le's relationship went very smoothly, as did their careers in officialdom.
Emperor Kangxi had mixed feelings about Lian Yu, the man who was going to marry his daughter, but he would still take him seriously, and besides, Lian Yu was no fool.
People in the court soon noticed that Kangxi valued Lian Yu highly, and the way he trusted him made even the Crown Prince jealous.
"He's just a prince consort, and because he's going to marry Anle, Father Emperor is so biased towards him. Does Father Emperor even care about me, the Crown Prince?" This was what the Crown Prince was thinking.
And this idea deepened as Lian Yu gained more and more attention.
Lian Yu also noticed that the Crown Prince and the other princes were looking at him strangely. He was very familiar with the history of the struggle for the throne among the nine princes. Now that the Crown Prince had not been deposed and the nine princes could not be gathered, the situation had long deviated from the original historical trajectory.
Sometimes Lian Yu would pay attention to the Fourth Prince's movements. As for the other princes, it wasn't that he didn't care. He felt that if things continued to develop as they were, the one who would ascend the throne in the future might not necessarily be a prince.
Lian Yu was doing very well in the Ministry of Revenue, and An Le was doing just as well in the Ministry of War; neither of them had any intention of leaving the military.
In the spring of the fiftieth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Anle married Lianyu. The wedding was held directly at the Princess's residence. Anle had originally considered whether to hold the wedding at the Suochuoluo residence, but Lianyu refused.
He didn't think there was anything worth "missing" about his unreliable father and stepmother.
Anle told him he didn't care, so he naturally had no objections. Living in the princess's residence would be better and more comfortable.
On the day of Anle's wedding, the elders of the Suochuoluo family went directly to the princess's residence. Kangxi and Youqing were not idle either; the two sat at the head of the table and personally presided over the wedding.
Logically speaking, this was not in accordance with the rules, but since Kangxi was the emperor, he became the rule.
Whenever people thought that Emperor Kangxi had spoiled Anle to the extreme, he would always do something else to show them that it wasn't the extreme, but something even more extreme.
Because Anle was born to the Empress, she was favored even more than the princes.
Even on the day of the Crown Prince's wedding, Emperor Kangxi did not personally preside over the ceremony.
Not to mention the princesses who came to watch the ceremony, even the crown prince and other princes were extremely envious.
However, they only dared to be envious, but not to show it.
Anle and Lianyu lived a very happy life after their marriage. Li Jiashi was determined to make things difficult for the two of them, but before she could even start to do anything, Lianyu sent Anle to the family temple to spend her days with the ancient Buddha and the dim lamp.
As for Miss Li Jia, who originally stayed at the Suochuoluo Mansion, she was naturally unwilling to go back and marry the person introduced by her family. So, she decided to go all the way and directly climbed into the bed of Li Jia's own son, Lian Ming.
When this happened, Li Jia was so angry that she almost vomited blood. At that time, Li Jia had not yet been sent to the family temple. She did not let her son marry her niece, but directly took her into Lian Ming's backyard as a concubine.
The aunt and niece naturally had their share of "fighting".
After Anle got married, she did not give up her military duties as everyone had hoped, but she did not go out to fight much, mainly because Emperor Kangxi did not intend to continue fighting.
Six months after their marriage, Anle became pregnant. This time, Emperor Kangxi, Youqing, and Lianyu all forbade her to go to the military camp during her pregnancy. Anle was not ungrateful, so she did not go.
However, he wasn't idle either. He worked alongside Lian Yu in the Ministry of Revenue and was quite interested in matters of the court.
Lian Yu also doted on her, granting her every request. Seeing that she was interested in the Ministry of Revenue, he told her about the Ministry's situation in detail.
After hearing this, Anle then obtained files from other departments, demonstrating how she had thoroughly understood the intricacies of court politics during her pregnancy.
Anle is the kind of person who is naturally politically astute. Born into the royal family, she has an innate ability to recognize and employ people. While others are pregnant and resting, she seems to be taking a course during her pregnancy.
When Lian Yu went to court, he would tell An Le about what happened in the court. An Le always had unique insights, and Lian Yu couldn't help but sigh that she was born to be in the world of fame and fortune, and she understood the rules of the game too well.
Anle gave birth to a son as her first child, which made both Lian Yu and Anle very happy. They did not have any preference for sons over daughters and were happy whether the child was a boy or a girl.
After Anle gave birth, everyone either thought she would settle down at home to be a wife and mother, or they thought she would return to the military camp. But Anle appeared in the imperial court instead.
Kangxi initially found it absurd, but since he had already made her the Grand General of the State, and women holding official positions was not unprecedented in history, and besides, Youqing had been working to improve the status of women, Kangxi compromised.
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