When Mrs. Li saw Jiu Niangzi again in the school, she was a little surprised. After understanding Jiu Niangzi's meaning, she specially made a small stove for Jiu Niangzi in the daily class.
This small section mainly talks about the affairs of the harem of previous dynasties, especially the experiences of various princes. Mrs. Li also implicitly mentioned Princess Zhaolie of the previous dynasty, suggesting that Lu Bingzhen would go find an unofficial historian to learn about the life of Princess Zhaolie.
Lu Bingzhen didn't understand what Mrs. Li meant at first. She was a well-read poet and knew very little about the former crown princess. It seemed that the history books deliberately concealed the existence of this crown princess.
It wasn't until Lu Bingzhen repeatedly read various history books that she understood why Mrs. Li hinted her to get to know Princess Zhaolie.
In Lu Bingzhen's view, Princess Zhaolie was really a strange woman.
The former Crown Princess Zhaolie came from a prominent family like Lu Bingzhen, and was the daughter of the Lanling Chen family, the head of the family. Even in that era when the aristocratic family and the royal family shared the world, the background of the Crown Princess Zhaolie was more noble and noble than Lu Bingzhen. Prominent, the most noble lady in the world.
On the hunting grounds of Qiu Lie, the former Crown Princess Zhaolie and the former Crown Prince Zhaolie fell in love at first sight. Crown Princess Zhaolie is as flamboyant as a bunch of fireworks, while Prince Zhaolie is as gentle as jade. The two have opposite personalities but are extremely compatible. Crown Princess Zhaolie dared to love and hate, so she broke the tradition of not allowing girls from aristocratic families to enter the East Palace and married Prince Zhaolie.
The Zhang Yang Crown Princess, who dared to love and hate, had miscarriages one after another in the six years since she entered the palace. At the same time, the East Palace brought in several concubines Liangdi one after another, and even added several little emperors and princesses.
Princess Zhaolie was not stupid. She was a daughter carefully cultivated by an aristocratic family, but she soon discovered that her husband, who looked as gentle as jade, was causing trouble. How could she bear this matter and exposed it directly to her face.
Unexpectedly, the former Crown Prince Zhaolie actually sneered and asked the Crown Princess, "So what? I have used you to unite with the Chen family. The Lanling Chen family has been disappointed with you for a long time. Gu promised them to climb to the top After gaining the position of a noble family, they directly gave up on you, so what can you do now that you are an orphan? "
Later, Crown Princess Zhaolie, who was thought to have no power to fight back, actually united with the prince's brothers and simply overturned Prince Zhaolie's position as heir apparent.
That night, after Prince Zhaolie went out to fend off the enemy, Princess Zhaolie had a pot of highly poisonous soothing soup boiled in the kitchen, and she made all the concubines in the East Palace, Liangdi, and several little emperors, grandsons, and princesses drink a full bowl of it. , eliminating all options for Prince Zhaolie.
Later, Prince Zhaolie was executed, and he, who had no heirs, was hypocritically canonized as Prince Zhaolie by his other brothers who ascended the throne. As for the Crown Princess Zhaolie, the Chen family was raised in the newly built Crown Prince Zhaolie's residence by the newly enthroned monarch as evidence and mascot of his kindness to the former prince.
While her mother clan stood by and watched, Princess Zhaolie did not take any action herself. Perhaps to her, the Lanling Chen family was still the mother clan that gave birth to her and raised her, but Crown Princess Zhaolie did not help the mother clan who was implicated by Prince Zhaolie, but only repaid the other party in the same way.
At this point, the Lanling Chen family fell into silence from the family. When this dynasty began, the Lanling Chen family had become a small family in a peaceful place. After the coup, Princess Zhaolie lived a comfortable retirement life. After the fall of the previous dynasty, Princess Zhaolie, who was over seventy years old, disappeared and was said to be living in seclusion on Zhongnan Mountain.
After closing this page of unofficial history, Lu Bingzhen sat quietly under the lamp, silently thinking about Mrs. Li's profound meaning.
"Could it be that Mrs. Li thought that I was forced by my family to marry into the East Palace, and that like the Zhaolie Crown Princess Chen who broke up with her natal family, she had no support behind her. Mrs. Li only made sure that I was forced into a desperate situation. Will you follow the example of Crown Princess Zhaolie of the previous dynasty?"
Lu Bingzhen smiled slightly, feeling that he would not be forced into a desperate situation like Princess Zhaolie, but it did seem to give him a reassurance.
After sighing in his heart again that Princess Zhaolie was indeed a strange woman who dared to love and hate, Lu Bingzhen saw Rongxue bringing a cup of deer antler and Ganoderma lucidum soup.
Rong Xue advised in a low voice, "Ninth Lady, you have to go to a girls' school during the day, and you have to listen to the teachings of the four nuns. You have been studying until now in the evening, so you might as well take a rest after drinking some deer antler soup."
After saying that, Rongxue heard Jiu Niangzi brushing away the depression of the past few days and saying with a smile, "I know, Rongxue. I have been in a bad mood these past few days, and you and Cai Bing have been very considerate, so I must be tired. Let’s go pick out a piece of satin and make some clothes tomorrow.”
Cai Bing and Rong Xue both beamed when they heard this, not because of the prized satin, but because they knew from these words that their little lady was thinking about entering the East Palace.
In the past few days, although his wife didn't say anything, Cai Bing and Rong Xue, who had grown up with her, how could they not see that she was trying her best to stay calm in front of Mrs. Li and the four nuns.
In fact, both of them could see that the young lady was clearly confused about the day when she would marry into the East Palace. And because there was no precedent for a girl from aristocratic family entering the East Palace, the young lady could not even find a reference.
Although the two of them didn't know why today, in their hearts, they just wanted the little lady to relax and be happy.
The next morning, Lu Bingzhen went to listen to the teachings of several nuns after washing up. Coincidentally, the person here today is Nanny Feng, who was specially sent by the Queen. I heard Nanny Feng unhurriedly introducing many things in the palace.
Your Majesty has been on the throne for decades now. The Queen and Your Majesty were married when they were young. They had a very close friendship and had two sons and one daughter. Unfortunately, the eldest son born when he was living in the residence died early, and the second son is now His Highness the Crown Prince. As for the daughter she gave birth to, she was the fifth princess and was given the title of Changle.
As for the Queen Mother, she is your Majesty's legitimate mother. She is now being raised in peace and honor in the Rongshou Palace, focusing on worshiping the Buddha and not caring about worldly affairs.
There are currently six princes growing up in the palace, namely His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the Sixth Prince, the Seventh Prince, the Ninth Prince, and the Tenth Prince and the Eleventh Prince.
The biological mother of the Sixth Prince was not revealed and had already passed away. Therefore, after the sixth prince was granted the title of King of Yu, he has been peacefully holding an inconspicuous idle position in the Ministry of Industry, working as the idle king of wealth.
The biological mother of the seventh and ninth princes is Concubine Gu of the Gu family, the daughter of the prominent Ning Guogong. Ning Guogong was one of the heroes who supported His Majesty's accession to the throne. His daughter Gu was also made a concubine shortly after His Majesty's accession to the throne. She gave birth to two sons in a row in the following years.
According to Nanny Feng's subtle hints, Concubine Gu almost replaced the Empress and ascended to the throne, but for some unknown reason she failed in the end. To this day, Concubine Gu and the Empress do not give in to each other in the palace. Either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind overpowers the east wind.
The Seventh Prince is also deeply favored by His Majesty, and is not much different in age from His Highness the Crown Prince. He is very ambitious and wants to replace His Highness the Crown Prince as the Crown Prince of the East Palace. And His Majesty's heart seems to be leaning towards the Seventh Prince, which can be seen from the fact that the Seventh Prince was granted the title of Prince Ning. Prince Ning is the title that His Majesty held before he ascended the throne. It seems particularly meaningful for His Majesty to confer the title of Prince Ning on the seventh prince.
The Ninth Prince is not as popular as the Seventh Prince. He is a full five years younger than the Seventh Prince, and eight years younger than His Royal Highness. At a young age, in His Majesty's eyes, he is just a young boy who can be pampered at will.
However, there were never any real children in the harem. The Ninth Prince often took advantage of his young age and being favored, pretending to be innocent in order to embarrass His Highness the Crown Prince. However, he was blocked every time by His Highness the Crown Prince. .
As for the tenth and eleventh princes, they were less than five years old and were both born to concubines who were not favored. The mothers of these two young princes barely squeezed into the position of ninth concubine by giving birth to princes, which shows that they are not favored.
As for the princesses, Concubine Gu has no princesses, so except for the five princesses born from the queen, the other princesses do not have very prominent maternal families. Most of them are either attached to the Queen or Concubine Gu.
Aunt Feng's words ended, but Lu Bingzhen caught a glimpse of the chilling sounds of swords and swords in the palace. Before Lu Bingzhen could think carefully about the meaning of his words, Agate brought a bunch of things into Liuchunwu.
Seeing that it was a private conversation between mother and daughter, Grandma Feng excused herself sensibly. Lu Bingzhen told Cai Binghaosheng to send Grandma Feng back before she heard Agate's beaming voice.
"Ninth Lady, your birthday will be in one month. Madam said that this is your first birthday in the capital, so be sure to make it big. Madam asked me to bring some satin jewelry for you to cut new clothes. Madam. I also told you to think about inviting those close friends to the banquet."
Lu Bingzhen fell into deep thought when he thought of the words "close friend".
When traveling with his parents in various places, Lu Bingzhen spent most of his time either studying or helping to run free schools and clinics, and even raised funds for disaster relief and established Changpingcang.
Therefore, most of the daughters of officials at that time maintained a respectful and supportive attitude towards her, but few were willing to make friends with a lady who was different from ordinary people.
As for returning to Beijing, Lu Bingzhen only went out four times, namely two palace banquets, Shangyuan Festival and Shangsi Festival. Unfortunately, I didn’t make any friends during these four trips.
Although during the Lantern Festival, Lu Bingzhen had an acquaintance with several young ladies from the Wang family in Taiyuan, and they were quite happy with each other at that time. But after her marriage to Wang Jian, the seventh son of the Wang family, fell through, Lu Bingzhen also felt a little embarrassed to meet the ladies of the Wang family again.
After a rough calculation, Lu Bingzhen found sadly that except for her sixth and seventh cousins from her hometown, she really didn't have any close friends who she could play well with.
However, even if Lu Bingzhen thinks that she has no close friends, she is now a hot future princess. There are many people who want to have a relationship with her.
A few days before Lu Bingzhen's birthday, gifts from various families in Beijing had already piled up in the warehouse of Liuchunwu, and Li had to clear out space from her private treasury to place these things. As for most of these things, Lu Bingzhen didn't even read the gift list, but just ordered Rongxue to place them properly.
