On the fourth day of May, Prince Rong's Mansion held a Dragon Boat Festival banquet to entertain guests.
The reason why it was chosen to be held on the fourth day of May instead of the fifth day of May was because there were activities on the day of the Dragon Boat Festival, and Prince Rong's Mansion was afraid that guests would not be available.
Choosing the fourth day of the Lunar New Year is also a good day, as the banquet can also be held.
On the carriage heading to Prince Rong's Mansion, Chen Yun asked Yan Lizhou with some confusion, "Why does Prince Rong's Mansion want to hold a banquet? It should be held during the Dragon Boat Festival."
"This Dragon Boat Festival banquet is also a flower-viewing banquet. Prince Rong's Mansion brought out all the peonies they raised that bloomed well." Yan Lizhou said with a smile.
Although he had just returned to Chang'an not long ago, he still inquired about the affairs of Prince Rong's Mansion and knew the purpose of their banquet.
"Prince Rong, who is my uncle, wants to show his young son and daughter their love."
"Prince Rong's youngest son and daughter? Are the young master and princess of Prince Rong's palace so favored?" Chen Yu was a little surprised.
She also knew some news. There were quite a lot of heirs in Prince Rong's palace, and Princess Rong's Ye family was also from the Ye family of Zhao County.
Moreover, she was of a higher background than Ye Zhaoyi in Emperor Yun Zhao's harem. She was also born in the Ye family of Zhao County, and Princess Rong was her direct daughter.
As for Ye Zhaoyi, she is the legitimate daughter and concubine.
After all, Princess Rong was the official wife, and the late emperor loved this son the most, so the daughter-in-law he chose was naturally of a higher status.
But no matter how noble Princess Rong’s family is, what does it matter?
Her appearance was not as good as that of Ye Zhaoyi, who was a concubine, which meant that King Rong did not favor her very much. When they first got married, in order to let the late emperor know that he was not dissatisfied with his father's engagement, King Rong even had a romantic relationship with Princess Rong.
A period of deep love passed.
But it is a pity that after the late emperor passed away and Emperor Yun Zhao ascended the throne, Prince Rong no longer favored the princess.
During that time, Prince Rong had many concubines in his backyard, all of whom were younger and more beautiful than Princess Rong.
Fortunately, Princess Rong was married to the late Emperor, and Prince Rong had been in love with her for a while in order to impress the late Emperor, so Princess Rong gave birth to the child early.
After Emperor Yun Zhao ascended the throne, he determined early on that the legitimate son born to Princess Rong was the crown prince, and even Prince Rong was not qualified to replace him.
Therefore, no matter how much Prince Rong does not favor Princess Rong, the person who inherits Prince Rong's mansion in the future will still be Princess Rong's biological child.
"Uncle Rong Huang's youngest son and daughter are twins of a dragon and a phoenix." Yan Lizhou said.
It can be said that these twins have been favored by King Rong since they were born, because they are the children of the one whom King Rong claimed to be his true love.
There is a ten-year age difference between these two children and Princess Rong's legitimate son, so no matter how favored they are, the child gradually looks away.
"Beloved one?" After hearing this word, Chen Yu's face looked a little weird, with some disgust and disgust. She didn't like this kind of drama.
King Rong really has a loved one, and there are so many children in the backyard?
Even though these twins were the youngest son and daughter of King Rong, it seemed that after having them and their mother, King Rong only guarded them.
In fact, Prince Rong's Mansion has continued to have new people in the past ten years, and Prince Rong still has many concubines.
Of course, when King Rong was recruiting new people, he also released those concubines who had not given birth to others and let them marry others, which earned him a good reputation.
After all, there were many concubines in the backyards of high-ranking officials, but there were still very few people like King Rong who released their unborn concubines so that they could remarry.
But Chen Yun didn't think King Rong was that good. So what if he let someone go and let him marry another person?
Still not a good thing.
"Uncle Rong Huang has indeed been preaching that his concubine is someone he truly loves for so many years." Yan Lizhou's face also looked a little strange.
Love?
Like his father, did he really love the deceased Empress Yuan, but did he not delay his true love for having so many children with other concubines?
Uncle Ronghuang and his father seemed to be real brothers.
What about him?
Will his biological son be like his father one day?
Yan Lizhou's face looked a little ugly, but he still explained to Chen Yun, "Uncle Rong Huang's concubine, I heard that her beauty is as beautiful as Concubine Li in the palace."
"Because of this concubine, Uncle Rong's affectionate reputation has become very popular."
Chen Xun: "..."
She really didn't understand, maybe because the hosts she followed before were all modern people. Even though sometimes the background was ancient times, the people wore the same clothes, so their thoughts were the same as modern people.
They all agreed that love is exclusive, if two people are just right, if there is one or more people, it is not love.
So she really didn't understand what the ancients meant by true love.
Well, really speaking, she is also an out-and-out ancient person.
"Today's banquet is held for Uncle Rong's youngest son and daughter, so will the legendary concubine of true love also attend?" Chen Yu asked curiously.
She had met Concubine Li before at the palace banquet, and of course she had also seen her when she paid her respects to the Queen Mother.
So she was very curious, what kind of beauty was this concubine who made King Rong known as his true love?
"Yes." Yan Lizhou nodded.
King Rong was very kind to his true love, his concubine. If Princess Rong had not made any mistakes in these years, and the crown prince was appointed by Emperor Yun Zhao, King Rong might have divorced Princess Rong or demoted his wife as a concubine, leaving this
A concubine has taken the throne.
Although Prince Rong could not give the position of his concubine to his true love, he still handed over half of the power of Prince Rong's palace to her.
In other words, the stewardship of Prince Rong's Mansion is held jointly by Princess Rong and this true love concubine.
"Under such circumstances, wouldn't Prince Rong's Mansion be very lively?" Chen Xun was surprised when she found out that she was pushing two women out to fight.
King Rong has set up an arena for these two women to fight.
No wonder the concubine Shu, who was favored in the harem, rarely came out after living with her son in the palace. It turned out that she avoided the fight between these two people?
Yan Lizhou also felt that his imperial uncle did it on purpose. Logically speaking, his imperial uncle was not stupid. It was impossible not to know that it would be impossible for these two women to live in harmony if they had equal status.
"So, the concubine, who has the stewardship rights of Prince Rong's Mansion, which is similar to the power of the principal concubine, will also attend this banquet." Yan Lizhou said.
If not for the previous palace banquet, Emperor Yun Zhao and Queen Mu specifically stipulated that only the principal wives could be brought, perhaps King Rong would have wanted to bring his side concubine into the palace instead of the principal concubine he didn't like at all.
Scumbag!
Chen Yu couldn't help but curse in her heart, but she just cursed in her heart and didn't pay much attention to other people's affairs in the house.
Prince Rong's wife can do as she pleases. Just don't hinder her life and don't add any obstacles to her life.
"This concubine is so favored and has great power, so her children should also live a very good life, right?"
"Then, there will be many people who want to have a relationship with Prince Rong's Mansion, right?" Chen Xun said.
Prince Rong is a prince. Although these twins were born to concubines, they are considered concubines. But what if their biological mother is favored? Their status is almost as high as that of a concubine.
So, there are quite a few people who want to catch up with these two, right?