Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1191 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 115

The Third Prince fled in panic, unwilling to accept the reality that he had been abandoned, and plunged headfirst into Changchun Palace.

Concubine Qi was not sensitive to other things at all, but she cared a lot about her own son. Seeing the distraught look of the Third Prince, she was immediately heartbroken and pulled people over to check him carefully from head to toe, fearing that the Third Prince was injured or blocked somewhere. She kept scolding Qingying for not knowing how to do anything and not even being able to serve her master.

The Third Prince is not smart, and his appearance is just average, but he is truly filial to Concubine Qi, and he truly loves his sisters, and he is also nice to his younger brothers. However, in his eyes, the Fourth Prince and the Fifth Prince are his competitors, and he cannot treat them as ordinary brothers.

When the Third Prince was interrupted by his own mother, most of the grievance, sadness and unwillingness in his heart that he wanted to vent out suddenly dissipated, and naturally he didn't dare to ask some questions.

But the Third Prince couldn't help but ask, "Mother, do you think that the status of your son, the eldest son, is more noble than that of the Fourth and Fifth Princes?"

Concubine Qi was very proud of her son's status as Big Fat Orange's eldest son in reality. Even though the Third Prince was her biological son, she couldn't stand hearing such questioning. "Hongshi, you are your father's eldest son. If you were outside, your father would have taken care of the family business!"

"It's all the fault of the fourth and fifth sons. One was born to a slave, and the other is weak and sickly. It's no wonder that your father has to take extra care of them. This makes it seem like you're not favored enough."

The Third Prince was actually persuaded by his mother, but Qingying's words remained deep in his heart. As for the person to take to the Old Summer Palace, it would naturally not be his favorite Tian, ​​but Jiang, who seemed to be more fertile as suggested by Qingying.

Concubine Qi didn't care at all about who her son favored, as long as that person was not Qingying. Besides, Qingying's reason was also very reasonable. She was pregnant, and instead of choosing someone who could make the Third Prince relax, it would be better to choose someone who looked easy to give birth.

After all, the only thing the Third Prince can boast of now is his offspring.

The quarrel in Qianxi Third House naturally spread to the Fourth House next door, but the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Lady were well behaved. They ordered the people in the Fourth House to block the news, and secretly cooperated with Qingying to block the content of the quarrel in the Third House. After all, Qingying was the eldest sister-in-law, and if it was related to her younger brother-in-law, not only Qingying and the Third Prince, but also the Fourth Prince and the Fourth Lady would be ashamed.

The Third Prince's eccentricity and incompetence were confirmed by Big Fat Ju and other court officials. Even though the news was blocked in the Prince's Office, the content of the quarrel between the Third Prince and Qingying did not spread to the harem.

Dapangju knew the inside story, and in desperation, he could only ask the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Works to supervise the construction of the mansion according to the standards of a prince's mansion.

The Imperial Household Department is now under the management of Prince Heng. When he saw Big Fat Ju pointing to two places, he realized that two of the three princes who got married in the White House were going to move out of the palace to build their own residences, and the remaining one must be the heir that Big Fat Ju favored.

The previous dynasty's pursuit of the Ministry of Revenue for arrears had little to do with Prince Heng. After all, almost all of the late emperor's princes were involved in the wool business and could afford to pay the national treasury back. Especially now that the fight for the throne was not yet obvious and there was no need to pay tribute to the princes, many court officials were happy to pay back the money.

However, there are always exceptions. There are many people in the royal family who are short of money, and even more who cannot pay it back, such as the Prince An's Mansion.

The current Prince An is Malhun, the son of the late Prince An. During the previous emperor's time, Malhun was demoted because of the Eighth Prince's affairs, and the Prince An's Mansion has since become the Prince An's Mansion.

After Dapang Ju came to power, he was furious because Prince An's niece, the Eighth Concubine Guo Luoluo, was ungrateful and helped the Eighth Prince deal with a lot of evidence. He ordered to divorce Guo Luoluo.

Guo Luoluo was also strong-willed enough to set herself on fire in the Prince Lian's Mansion after the sign was removed.

Guo Luoluo's action completely angered Big Fat Ju, so no matter how many ways Prince An Marhun tried, he could not get involved in the wool business at all, and the prince's in-laws also distanced themselves from him one after another.

Big Fat Orange is now collecting the debts owed, and the Prince An's Mansion has become an example. If they don't pay the money back, their titles will be demoted again and again.

Prince Heng thought about a lot of random things, then turned around and told the butler to pay more attention to the Fourth Prince's movements.

The Old Summer Palace has infinite scenery, especially since Big Fat Orange became rich and has continued to build and renovate it, so of course the scenery changes every year.

It was not convenient for the three young wives to walk around randomly, but it didn't matter. At the suggestion of Jiang Xinxin, Concubine Jing often invited the three wives to watch operas together. Jiang Xinxin also allowed them to walk around Changchun Garden, which provided them with many places to play.

But no one expected that trouble would suddenly arise from the Fourth Prince, who seemed to be living a peaceful life in the backyard.

Jiang Xinxin moved into Shangxia Tianguang and divided the palace affairs among Concubine Jing, Concubine Ning, Concubine Rou and Concubine Shen. Her life became even more leisurely. Especially since she had resumed her sickly persona, she was less disturbed. She wished she could move directly to Changchun Garden and live farther away from Dapangju.

The weather in June was even hotter, so Jiang Xinxin liked to walk to places with plenty of shade, or ask someone to row a boat among the lotus leaves.

When you go out more often, you are likely to run into things that you would never encounter at ordinary times. Just now, I heard two palace maids who were rowing a small boat out to pick lotus flowers or something, and they were complaining about their boss together.

"...Gao Gege is really..."

"If she is capable of asking me to take her to the garden to escape the summer heat, I won't say anything."

"But she is still far away in the Qianxi Four Residences of the Imperial Palace, and she actually asked me to bring her this damn dew on the lotus flowers in the Fuhai Sea!"

The other maid was naturally indignant, and she spoke in a sarcastic tone: "Gege Gao is a mistress after all, a talented woman from Jiangnan, proficient in music, chess, calligraphy and painting, and can even play the pipa very well."

"Last month, I collected a pipa of some kind and gave it to Gao Gege. Gao Gege was so happy that she played it for a long time. It's time to pass it on to the third and fifth institutes."

The maid who had spoken earlier changed the subject and seemed to be gloating again, "No matter how talented a Jiangnan woman is, she is still a bannerman like you and me. Not only will her future children have no inheritance rights, but they will also have to be raised by others."

"The most troublesome thing is that it will cause the family to lose their job in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

The maid at the back continued to speak in a sarcastic tone: "But she is already half a master, with a lot of people serving her, and she can enjoy fine clothes and delicious food. Maybe she can become a concubine in the future..."

"Besides, for Gao Gege, it was difficult for her to have children, and her father was sent out to serve as an official long ago, so naturally the more favored she is, the better."