Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1203 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 127

The selection of concubines is a big event, especially the general election, which is the only legal opportunity to become a concubine or enter the royal family's residence. Any family with a little bit of ambition will do their best to seize such an opportunity.

This year's election was not the old rule of holding it every three years, but most of the princesses of marriageable age had their eyes on Prince Bao and had set their sights on the backyard of Prince Bao's mansion.

Of course, there are also many people who feel that they have little hope, so they set their sights on Prince Duan's Mansion and Prince He's Mansion. After all, Prince Duan and Prince He seem to have a very good relationship with Prince Bao. Sooner or later, these two palaces will be upgraded to princely palaces in the future.

These people are quite good at making excuses for themselves, and they all bring up the fact that Fu Cha Langya was not chosen as the principal wife by the then Fourth Prince, now Prince Bao.

When the two women of the Fucha family did such a thing, it was fortunate that Fucha Langya was married, otherwise she would have been given a cup of poisoned wine by Big Fat Ju.

However, although Fu Cha Langya was lucky enough to marry a prince of the royal family as his principal wife and took away a generous dowry from the Fu Cha family, now that she had no relatives in the capital, especially since she was the daughter of a criminal, she could no longer stand up straight in her husband's family.

If her husband had not separated from the family early and was a decent man without any bad habits, her dowry would have been taken away by her in-laws by now, and she might even be in danger of losing her life.

There are people in this world who take advantage of others’ misfortunes, and of course there are also people who help others in times of need.

Fu Cha Langya was lucky. Her mother-in-law was not her husband's biological mother, and her biological mother-in-law died early. After she got married, she moved out and lived separately. So even though she had many sisters-in-law, they could not usually get together.

At least her husband had the title of Beizi, and she was also connected with Princess Chaogui and Tong Jia. So she followed Yue Xing'a and helped her run the wool business. Even though she didn't make much, there was always a surplus at the end of the year.

No one urged her to give birth. Even though she was worried about her brothers and family members, she did not dare to act rashly because her biological mother had been sentenced to death by the palace. As a result, she gave birth to her eldest son and daughter early, consolidating her position in her husband's family.

With fewer people instigating her, she could naturally tolerate her husband's concubines and illegitimate children, and won her husband's sincere respect. Her husband even took the initiative to send someone to Lingnan to look after the exiled members of the Fucha clan.

Jiang Xinxin originally didn't know how Fu Cha Langya was doing, but as the palace selection was approaching, there was a lot of news inside and outside the palace, and Jianqiu was afraid that she would be bored, so she spent a lot of money just to find out the news. As a result, Fu Cha Langya, who was brought out, received special attention from Jianqiu.

Jianqiu sighed, "This Beizi's wife is quite lucky. Her husband at least has a good title, and he is a decent person. He didn't treat her badly just because the Fucha family fell."

Jiang Xinxin had an idea and asked Jianqiu to find out more about Fucha Langya. Only then did she find out that Princess Chaogui did not let anyone make things difficult for her.

Jianqiu spoke for Princess Chaogui: "Originally, the princess disliked that Beizi's wife, but as a woman, she did not agree that the sins of her mother's family should be implicated in the married woman, so she investigated carefully and found that Beizi's wife had no involvement in the fatal incident and was not even aware of it."

"To be honest, I suspect that Lady Fucha, the mother of Beizi Fujin, probably wanted to better control her daughter so that she could profit for her family after she got married. That's why she raised Beizi Fujin to be ignorant of worldly affairs and easily influenced by others."

Jiang Xinxin had no interest in making things difficult for Fu Cha Langya. Although her biological mother had suggested taking action against her, she was not so angry as to not want to see Fu Cha Langya live a good life.

After the palace selection, Big Fat Ju gave Prince Bao a concubine who was from the Irgen Jueluo clan, and selected two girls from the south of the Yangtze River, a tribute girl from the Yu clan of the northern country, and a girl from the Koriyete clan who was from the Mongolian military banner. The four people were made up and sent to the Qianxi Four Institutes to be princesses.

Concubine Qi was eager to choose some concubines of noble birth for her son, Prince Duan. She went to the Yangxin Palace to look for Da Pangju several times, but Da Pangju refused to summon her. So Concubine Qi asked Concubine Jing and Concubine Ning for help, and even pestered Concubine Rou. Finally, Concubine Jing had no choice but to choose Hai Jia, a woman from Khorchin, as a concubine for Prince Duan.

As for Prince He, both he and his biological mother, Concubine Yu, rejected the concubine. Fatty Ju thought about it and granted two princesses from prominent families. He also had no objection to the concubine from the Mongolian military banner that Concubine Jing arranged for Prince Duan, so he issued an edict directly.

The tribute girl of the Yu clan caught Jiang Xinxin's attention, so she asked Jianqiu, "Where did this Yu clan come from? What's the story behind the tribute girl? I've only heard of tribute items before, but I didn't know there were people who offered tribute."

Jianqiu had actually inquired about it, and was just waiting for Jiang Xinxin to ask, "The Yu clan is a large tribe at the foot of Changbai Mountain. They are not related to the Joseon clan, but they share the same clan origin. The Joseon clan was not respectful enough to the Qing Dynasty, and they often missed the previous dynasty. The Yu clan took the opportunity to rise, and under the indulgence of the Qing Dynasty, they gradually became equal to the Joseon clan."

"When the previous emperor was away, he looked down on the women of the Yu family, so he refused the tribute. The current emperor doesn't care about tribute girls, he just treats them as ordinary tribute. I heard that the tribute girl sent this time is a distant relative of the Yu royal family, and her surname is Yu. The emperor kept her and gave her to Prince Bao as a princess."

"I can't really understand why the Emperor, since he didn't like the status of the Yu family girl, wanted to give her to Prince Bao as a princess? He also found a Korean-born bondmaid Jin family in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to be Yu's adopted daughter, and the girl's name was changed from Yuyan to Jin Yuyan."

Jiang Xinxin also felt that Big Fat Orange's move was speechless. "The brain of the person in Yangxin Palace is always different from others. Normal people like us should not try to figure it out, or we might get brain damaged."

Princess Bao's wife was really sad. It would have been fine if it was just a concubine who came from a prominent Manchu family. After all, she had already prepared herself mentally. Now, rather than seeing a strong enemy entering the house, it would be better to see that the other party was a good sign that she might ascend to the throne of Queen. So although she was anxious to get pregnant, she still devoted herself to holding a wedding for the concubine.

But the four princesses who came in together were not so welcome to her.

The concubine was there to increase power for her and Prince Bao, but the princess was there purely to take up Prince Bao's free time!

The only thing that comforts her now is that three out of the four princesses can only seek favor like Fu Cha Zhu Ying and Gao Xiyue. Even if they give birth to more children in the future, they can only ask for a share of the throne. Their children have no possibility of ascending to the throne, and they themselves have even less possibility of ascending to the throne.

But it was different for Haijia, who was born in the Mongolian Banner. Although her family was Mongolians who had lived in Khorchin for generations, they had naturalized into the Mongolian Banner early on. She was different from Concubine Shen in the palace. Concubine Shen was a pure Mongolian. She could not ascend to the throne, and neither could her children.

But the Haijia clan has been thriving in the capital for several generations. They are basically trustworthy people, especially since there are many old wives who married from Mongolia in the royal family!