After Qian Gege was sent to Zhuangzi, the backyard of the mansion became empty all of a sudden. Su Xin and Qian Gege said the same thing when they came to say hello every now and then. Wanyue felt very boring for a moment.
In the blink of an eye, it was February of the 44th year of Kangxi's reign, and only three female dependents were left in the backyard of Prince Heng's palace, which somewhat attracted the attention of the ministers in Beijing.
Even the Empress Dowager in the palace couldn't help but want to send in a few concubines for Yinzhi. After all, in her opinion, a prince with only three women was too few.
Concubine Yi seemed to be very calm about this matter. When Wanyue went to the palace to pay her respects, Concubine Yi only asked how she and Yinqi were doing, and how much her grandchildren had grown and how good they were academically.
There was no progress or anything like that, and she didn't ask anything about Yinzhi's backyard, which surprised Wanyue. After all, the number of female relatives in Yinzhi's backyard was normal in her previous life, and Concubine Yi didn't ask about it at that time.
But the Empress Dowager was different. After Wanyue entered Ningshou Palace, the Empress Dowager smiled and asked about Yinqi's current situation. After Wanyue answered with a normal expression, the Empress Dowager frowned and said uneasily: "
You are Yinqi's wife, and you should be in charge of the affairs of Yinqi's concubines. The Ai family should not have to interfere with this matter, but now look, there are only three women in any prince's house in the capital! Even in Beijing
All the ministers here put Yinqi down."
The Empress Dowager spoke very earnestly, and Wanyue listened very seriously. In fact, she felt very uncomfortable in her heart. If a few more women like Guar Jiayinan or Liu Jiamiaoyin were to enter the palace, what would happen to Prince Heng's palace?
It's time to feel uneasy again.
It is really hard to find a docile, well-behaved and obedient woman. After the Empress Dowager finished speaking, she saw that Wanyue seemed to be deep in thought, and looked at Wanyue up and down, and continued: "The Ai family knows that although Yinqi has many heirs now,
There are only one or two more than the eighth and ninth princes, but there are too few women to serve him. There are still more women. Even if the women sent have no heirs, it is their blessing to make Yinqi feel comfortable.
.”
Wanyue was surprised by these words, but she still agreed: "What the Queen Mother said is absolutely true, but she has not yet found a satisfactory concubine for the prince."
Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother immediately stood up slightly, with an extremely determined look on her face, and replied to Wanyue: "My child, you don't need to worry about this. The Ai family has already personally done the eye-catching work for Yinqi. These are all selected from the Ministry of Internal Affairs this year.
Yes, the Ai family saw that they looked pretty good, so they stayed. When you leave the palace later, take them back with you!"
After a while, six graceful, enchanting women came up. Wanyue felt that she had just fallen into the hole dug for her by the Queen Mother. She looked at these women in front of her and smiled coquettishly. She didn't know it for a moment.
How to reject the Empress Dowager's kindness.
Seeing the smile on Wanyue's face, the Queen Mother thought that she was very satisfied with these women. The Queen Mother also showed an extremely happy smile on her face and continued: "The Ai family knows that you will also be satisfied with them.
They were carefully selected by the Ai family, but these six were selected from more than two hundred palace maids."
Talking about those days when she was almost spoiled for choice, the Empress Dowager was extremely energetic. Wanyue listened and laughed along with her.
But I felt very miserable in my heart, as I was afraid that I would have to explain to Yinqi again when I returned home.
Wanyue stayed in Ningshou Palace for an hour and was about to get up and go back home. Upon seeing this, the Empress Dowager immediately winked at the nanny beside her. Then the nanny immediately took out the Empress Dowager's badge and bowed to Wanyue.
: "Wu Fujin, my old slave, please go out with you. When these six maids leave the palace, I have to take the Empress Dowager's token and explain it to the guards at the entrance of the palace before they can go out."
Wanyue's face couldn't help but change. It seemed that the Queen Mother was determined to send them to the palace, so she had no choice but to nod towards the nun and said: "Then there is Auntie Lao!"
After saying that, he knelt down to the Empress Dowager again and then exited Ningshou Palace.
When the maids in the palace saw that Wanyue was followed by six beautiful maids, they all looked sideways. After Wanyue and the others walked away, they started talking one by one.
"I heard that those palace ladies were the concubines chosen by the Queen Mother for the Fifth Prince. They are so lucky."
"Yes, we don't have to stay in the palace until we are twenty-five before we can leave the palace!"
"Yes, the fifth prince is kind-hearted. Even if they become concubines, they will not have to worry about food and clothing for the rest of their lives!"
"But why did I feel a little unhappy when Wu Fujin passed by us just now?"
"You must have seen it wrong!"
After the maids finished discussing, they all left to go about their errands.
When they arrived at the palace gate, the nun who was serving the empress dowager took out her token, and then the guards let the maids out.
The six maids who walked out of the palace were relieved. Finally, they no longer had to stay in this red wall until they were twenty-five years old. They all seemed to feel that they had ushered in a new life at this moment.
They followed Wanyue's carriage, and because all of them were well-off, many people on the street looked at them sideways along the way, but when they saw the carriage in front of them, they started talking again.
After returning to Prince Heng's Mansion, the guards at the gate of the Prince's Mansion saw Wanyue entering the mansion with several maids. They were all good-looking maids, and their eyes widened.
Wanyue took them to the study first, but did not let them go in directly. Instead, she waited at the door of the study. Wanyue entered the study with a sullen face. As soon as she entered, she complained to Yinqi, "Your Majesty, the Queen Mother said that we
There are too few women in the backyard of the house. I want to add some concubines for you, and the person who brought them is already standing at the door of the study."
Yinqi immediately opened his eyes and said in disbelief: "What? Why does the Queen Mother worry about me again? She was the one who sent Liu Jia and Bai Jia to the palace!"
As Yinqi spoke, he walked to the door of the study and looked out. When he saw the six palace maids, he was dumbfounded. After a while, he came back to his senses and sighed: "Six of them were sent here?"
Wanyue nodded helplessly towards him and asked with a serious expression: "Yes, how should they arrange it???"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! A troubled expression appeared on Yinqi's face. What did the Queen Mother think of him?! He now has three sons and four daughters. Isn't that enough?
While Yinqi was distressed, Wanyue kept winking at Yinqi, wanting to wait for him to tell him where these six good-looking women should be arranged.
Yinqi understood Wanyue's meaning very well. He couldn't help but bite his lip, turned to look at the six women at the door, then raised his hand and scratched his head, and then slowly began to say: "Why don't we let them six
I'll just go and stay at Dongnuang Pavilion, it's spacious anyway."
Wanyue nodded and asked: "Then with what status and where do they live?"
Yinqi waved his hand casually and replied in a low voice: "Since it was sent by the Queen Mother and Grandma, just think of them as Princess."
Wanyue responded and was about to leave the study to arrange for them, but Butler Yan stood at the door with a look of astonishment.
Butler Yan originally wanted to come to the study to report a happy event to Yinqi, but when he saw the six women at the door, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, full of questions: What is going on?
"Steward Yan is here?" Wanyue asked Steward Yan, and then Steward Yan came back to his senses.
Butler Yan quickly responded: "Yes, Fujin, I have come here to tell the prince some good news. Ma Gege in the west wing is happy!"
When Wanyue heard this, she smiled slightly, turned back to the house, and said to Yinqi: "Butler Yan is here, saying that Ma Gege is happy."
After entering, Butler Yan saluted the two of them, and then told them that Yuntao found out that Ma Gege was vomiting and asked the imperial doctor to check his pulse and found out that it was a happy pulse.
Yinqi swept away the helplessness he felt when he saw the six women, and almost jumped up and asked Butler Yan: "Do you know how many months old the fetus is?"
Butler Yan quickly replied: "I heard that Yuntao is already one month pregnant."
The six newly arrived maids stood outside the house and heard such a happy event, and couldn't help but look at each other.
Such a happy event naturally spread to Zhuangzi in Prince Heng's Mansion. After Qian Gege learned that Ma Gege was pregnant, in addition to chanting and praying for his deceased Amma every day, he also prayed that he would be pregnant when he returned home in three years.
