My father-in-law is Kangxi

Chapter 2116 Breaking the Precedent
Just now at the princess's place, because of the additional relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law, the princess felt more justified.

Now, without that relationship, the lady of the royal family became obedient and sat at the last seat.

Let Hesheli speak.

The old lady looked at the Fourth Lady with a face full of misery, "I am unlucky. I gave birth to three children, but now they are all gone. Only Shun Anyan and Yue Xing'a are left. They are the cousins ​​of Grandpa Bei Beile, and he also watched them grow up. I only ask Grandpa Bei Beile to take care of them for the sake of the Empress."

The Fourth Lady could confront the Lady Gong, but it was difficult for her to confront Hesheli.

This is the biological mother of Empress Xiaoyi and the grandmother of all the princes.

She consoled him, "Your Majesty's blessing is here, don't worry, your children and grandchildren will have their own blessings."

The old lady moved her mouth, and there was more pleading in her eyes: "This... isn't there a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children nowadays?"

The fourth lady lowered her eyes and said, "The old master is still alive, so perhaps others will see the order of seniority."

After all, this title belongs to the Tong family.

If Tong Guowei really wanted to establish his grandson as the heir, it would be the Tong family who would have the final say.

Tong Guowei didn't mean that, and it wasn't the old lady's turn to make her own decision.

For the old lady, among all her children and grandchildren, only two grandchildren are her biological parents, but for the old man, they are all of the same blood.

The old lady was still unwilling to give up and said, "The emperor didn't ask Shun Anyan to come back. He must not like him. But there is still Yue Xing, right? He is about the same age as his uncles and will become an adult in two years."

The Fourth Lady refused to say anything more and pointed at the cherries, asking the old lady to use some.

Hesheli took a bite and felt a bitter taste in her mouth.

Although she did not meet the emperor, from the reactions of the Ninth Princess and the Fourth Lady, she knew that what she hoped for was all wishful thinking.

The bastards now look honest, but they are just being obedient.

Hesheli's mother was a daughter of high status, so she was not afraid that her concubines' sons would be unfilial. However, she was unwilling to let her legitimate grandson become a side branch and have to live his life under the will of his concubines' uncles.

When it was time for dinner, the Fourth Lady calmly invited the guest to stay.

Hesheli waved her hand, said goodbye and went back to the city.

I have just arrived in the capital, and I have many relatives and friends, and my household chores are complicated.

The Fourth Lady was being polite, but she wanted to know what was right and wrong.

As for the lady Gong, she is the niece-in-law from a different family after all, and cannot be treated like the daughter-in-law.

The Fourth Lady personally saw them off and watched the Tong family’s carriage go away.

In the carriage, the lady of the duke was complaining to Hesheli: "Among all the wives of the princes, the one I despise the most is her. She is too arrogant. Her family has been in decline for a long time. It is only because she is a princess that she can raise her status. But her in-laws have also been stripped of their titles. What is she holding back?"

Hesheli shook her head and said, "A noble husband brings glory to his wife. Look at the Fourth Prince. The good days of the Fourth Lady are still to come."

Madam Gong nodded and said, "That's right. The princes now have low titles, but there are examples of Prince Yu and Prince Gong. Not to mention the younger ones, the princes above them will be crowned princes sooner or later."

When it was dusk, the Fourth Prince returned to the South Three Residences.

The fourth lady helped him wash and comb his hair. Seeing his sweaty back, she advised him, "The weather is getting hotter. When you are not in charge of the garden, don't come here."

It was very tiring to travel back and forth between Haidian and the capital every day. The Fourth Prince was very stubborn and refused to take a car, so he had to ride a horse.

The Fourth Prince neither nodded nor shook his head, but only said, "I heard that the old lady of the Tong family is here?"

The Fourth Lady nodded and told him that Hesheli had come with the duke's wife to pay respects to the princess.

The Fourth Prince couldn't help but frown and said, "We just arrived in Beijing yesterday. You are too impatient."

"yes……"

The Fourth Lady nodded and said, "You shouldn't have paid your respects to the princess first. It's messed up the order and made things difficult for the princess."

First, he handed over a sign requesting to see the Queen Mother, and after paying his respects to her, he went to the princess.

You are too arrogant.

The princess was recuperating in Haidian. Before she was a wife of the Tong family, she was first a daughter of the royal family.

Coming here like this and bothering the princess with the Tong family's trivial matters is also a form of disrespect.

The fourth prince wiped his face and said, "I have been confused for half my life."

Because the emperor valued his legitimate son, Tong Guowei wanted to make his eldest grandson the heir to the title after his eldest son died.

However, Hesheli loved her youngest son Longkodo more, and was unwilling to give the title to her eldest grandson rather than her youngest son, so she asked the still-living Empress Xiaoyi to send her eldest grandson to the palace to be the prince's companion. At the same time, she also began to seek the position of a royal consort for her eldest grandson.

Otherwise, when Concubine Yi's son was choosing a study partner, he would never choose a member of the Tong family.

At that time, there were two princes who were to enter the upper study, the ninth prince and the tenth prince.

The Tenth Prince has a distinguished and eye-catching status. If the eldest grandson of the Tong family really wants to be the Tenth Prince's study companion, the Hesheli family will not stand for it.

The Tong family had to settle for the second best and let Shun Anyan be the ninth prince's study companion.

"Shun Anyan entered the palace for a year, and the queen passed away after being crowned as queen. The old lady was afraid that Shun Anyan would be bullied because of her cowardice, so she said something about the legitimate and illegitimate children to fool Shun Anyan. As a result, she became too arrogant. Not to mention the other companions, even the master looked down on her."

When the Fourth Prince mentioned his early years in the study, his impression of the Tong family became worse and worse: "They are just too favored. One by one, they have forgotten their roots!"

Taking a Najueluo girl as a concubine? !
How dare?
If it's the older generation, it's understandable.

That was the old man's in-laws, and it was the old lady who took the initiative to marry her. Because of the constant hospitality from both families, she was accepted as a concubine.

In Longkodo's case, it was because the head of a red-belt family accidentally offended him. In order to humiliate this family, he set up a gambling game to drag the other family into it and forced the girl from this family to be his concubine.

The Fourth Lady sighed and said no more.

Shun Anyan didn't mention it. Yue Xing'a was raised in the capital, and the Fourth Lady had seen some bad things in the past two years.

He was originally an honest child, not the type to stand up for himself. After being raised by his widowed mother for several years, he became even more cowardly.

The Fourth Prince also thought of Yue Xing'a, rubbed his brows, and said, "Khan Ama is the most affectionate. As long as you grow up well, you will have a good future..."

As for inheriting the title bypassing his uncles, that could only be Hesheli's delusion.

It is true that the title belongs to the Tong family, but it was given by the emperor's father.

The one who decides the successor to the title can only be the Emperor...

*
Within a few days, the Tong family sent out warm home invitations everywhere.

The old house of the Tong family was converted into a princess's mansion, and this time it was a four-courtyard house outside the imperial city that was bestowed.

Such a house is considered a large house for an ordinary family, but it is considered small for a government official.

But this is a reward from the emperor, so it is different.

Shushu also received the post.

When the Ninth Prince came back, he looked at the post and said, "I guess all the Tong families have been delivered. We still have to go back then."

Shu Shu nodded and said, "Yes, the status is here, after all, he is the elder."

The Ninth Prince thought for a moment and said, "Just pick out some of the unused ornaments at home to make up the gift list. Don't worry too much."

Shu Shu nodded and said, "Yes, I know, moderation is enough."

At this time, it was not the couple's turn to provide timely assistance.

Although the Ninth Prince has a connection with the eldest branch of the Tong family, due to the poor relationship between the Ninth Prince and Shun Anyan, the two families do not have any private interactions, so now they can just follow the crowd.

The Ninth Prince also thought of this and sneered, "I wonder what the Third and Eighth Princes will do. I guess they will definitely get involved and will not be happy that the Fourth Prince is taking advantage."

Although Empress Xiaoyi raised the Fourth Prince, his name was not recorded in the genealogy. The Tong family was the Fourth Prince's maternal family, and also the maternal family of all the princes.

Shushu looked at the Ninth Prince.

Does this also make a distinction between close and distant relatives?
This is fine too. There is no need to take sides. As long as I don’t become the Fourth Prince’s rival, it’s fine.

The Ninth Prince put down the note, pointed in the direction of Changchun Garden, and said, "I think Khan Ama will be upset."

Shushu had also heard about it, and calculated the date in her mind, saying, "Is it that the Grand Concubine of the Palace of Heavenly Purity has given birth?"

The Ninth Prince nodded and said, "The baby was born last night. The girl survived the mother's death and was sent to Zhaoxiang Palace. I don't know which palace she will be moved to in the future. I hope she is not moved to Yikun Palace."

It turns out that last year a lady at the Palace of Heavenly Purity got pregnant.

It was a good thing for a palace concubine to be pregnant, but this girl was brought back by Emperor Kangxi during his fourth tour of Mount Wutai last year.

This is a bit subtle.

Otherwise, she would have been moved to the east and west six palaces to nurture the fetus.

Shu Shu thought for a moment and said, "I won't give it to the queen. The queen has not been idle in the past few years. It should be raised by other queens."

If it was a prince, there would be many implications, but if it was just a princess, the impact would not be significant.

The Ninth Prince whispered, "Khan Ama is becoming more and more obsessed with fame. What's the big deal? He can marry a girl from the south of the Yangtze River, but why can't he marry a girl from the west of the Shanxi?"

Shushu glanced at the Ninth Prince and felt very dissatisfied.

Naturally different.

There is a fig leaf in Jiangnan. Except for Concubine Wang, all other women entering the palace are daughters of scholars.

No one would think that Kangxi took in these concubines because he valued beauty. Instead, they thought that he did it to appease the Han people and to ensure the stability of his country and the unity of the Manchus and the Han people.

This one in Shanxi?
She is said to be a commoner girl, but it is hard to say what her background is.

These people were recruited when we went to Mount Wutai to worship Buddha. This is really not a good thing to say.

*
Qingxi Bookstore.

Kangxi looked at the memorial from the Ministry of Clan Affairs with a gloomy face.

Liang Jiugong was standing nearby, thinking about Cui.

What a pity.

Looks like a porcelain doll.

It's the age when you are like a flower, but it will wither away at any time.

If she had entered the palace earlier like Concubine Wang, the situation might have been different.

Kangxi showed no pity on his face. If he really couldn't bear to part with Cui, he would have assigned her to one of the six palaces in the east and west to wait for the birth of her baby last year.

She ignored him and stayed in the Qianqing Palace to wait for the birth of her child, because she was unhappy.

Now that we have a daughter, it saves us a lot of trouble.

Kangxi pondered for a moment, thought about the positions of the masters of each palace, then picked up his pen and made a change on the memorial to the Ministry of Clan Affairs.

The title of "the birth of an imperial daughter" by Cui, the Grand Concubine of Qianqing Palace, was changed to "the birth of an imperial daughter" by Gao, the concubine of Zhongcui Palace.

Wei Zhu was grinding ink nearby and was extremely surprised.

Since Cui was not even the biological mother, naturally she was not posthumously honored.

Although the great concubines who had slept with the emperor were also buried in the imperial mausoleum, there was a difference between posthumously honoring them and not.

You know, other concubines who gave birth to princes and princesses would at least be posthumously conferred the title of noble.

When the emperor is soft-hearted, he is really soft-hearted, and when he is cruel, he is really cruel.

The little princess was registered under the name of Concubine Gao, and when she left Zhaoxiang, she would definitely live with her mother.

Concubine Gao moved into Zhongcui Palace a year later.

The prince born to Concubine Gao was also taken away from Zhaoxiang House and given to Concubine Rong to raise.

Rong Fei, who was demoted last year, was not only restored to the position of concubine this year, but also had a pair of children.

When Wei Zhu thought of this, Liang Jiugong naturally thought of it too.

Liang Jiugong couldn't help but feel a toothache.

Next time you see the Third Prince, you must be more respectful.

It's that light purse that makes it uncomfortable to hold.

Other people's purses like this are filled with banknotes.

For the Third Prince, such a purse would consist of two thin silver leaves, which together would amount to less than one or two taels of silver.

Also, you have to be more respectful when facing Empress Zhongcui Palace.

After all, she is the emperor's first concubine, so the relationship is different...