C8 (2/2)

The carriage they were riding, with its multicolored glass canopy and green curtains, passed through the west corner and stopped about a shot away. Then a woman came up and led them out of the carriage and into three tin sedans, each lifted by three or four servants until it fell before the end of the courtyard.

After all the servants had left, a woman like person came up to lift up the palanquin curtain, and helped the three out of the palanquin.

The crown prince's residence was surrounded by red walls and Huang Mingwa. Through the walls, there were layers of buildings, and the royal family had an extraordinary demeanor. This caused the Qin woman, who had never seen the world before, to be stunned. Jiang Shu, who was beside her, widened her eyes and mouth as she thought of how her elder sister would live in such a place everyday. She was extremely envious of her elder sister.

As for Jiang Wan, because she had lived here for two years in her previous life, she seemed much calmer than the two of them.

”Madame, I've brought you here.” Just as they were standing blankly outside the drooping flower gate, Senior Servant Qin came out to welcome them. ”Just now, the Empress was still in the midst of reciting when she arrived.”

While they were talking, Senior Servant Qin led the group through the big red door. On both sides were verandas with a hall in the middle. There was a large display screen of rosewood marble. Turning the screen, there were three small inner halls, behind them was the main courtyard. There were five main rooms at the front, and all of them were decorated. The one in the middle had a signboard with the words' Youlan Palace 'written on it, while the other two rooms on the veranda had various colored parrots, thrushes, and other birds.

Senior Servant Qin led them directly into the main building.

The floor was covered with smooth, mirror-like gold bricks, and the dust was covered with brightly colored paintings. At the center of the long table was a three-legged incense burner with a silk enamel pinch. The fragrance of sandalwood was wafting out from the incense burner. On the left side of the long table was a foot-high rosewood goat's fat jade buddhist hand, and on the right was a flower in an azure glaze of a Ru kiln.

Jiang Shu stared at all of this, her eyes wide open.

A fat woman with a slightly plump figure walked out from the inner room. Her black hair was combed into a bun, and her hair was bound in pure gold with a purple Shardstone band. Her hair was wrapped in a precious jade knot, and she wore a ruby and phoenix hairpin. ”She was dressed in a full skirt with embroidered plum, bamboo and orchid fringes. She was dressed very extravagantly.

When the Qin family saw the woman, they couldn't help but be excited. Her eyes were filled with tears and were trembling. Trembling her lips, she lifted her dress in a kneeling posture.

The fat woman quickly came over and held her mother back. She also choked with sobs: ”Mother, are you trying to kill your daughter? We are having a family banquet today, so we don't need to bother with formalities. ”

So it turns out that this fat woman was Jiang Wan's eldest sister, Jiang Yu, and the crown prince's concubine.

Nine years ago, during the great ceremony for the selection, the eldest daughter of the Yongning Family, Fang Qingqing, was chosen as the Crown Prince's consort. On the other hand, Jiang Yu, being well-informed and dignified, was together with Cui Yingying, who was also from Cui Shangshu's family, and was appointed by the then living Empress Kang Yi as the Crown Prince's concubine.

The newly elected Crown Princess's wife, Fang Qingqing, and the Crown Prince, Xiao Ruizhao, were a young couple back in the day. However, they seemed to have a hard time getting their sons together, and after the wedding three or four years, there was no news at all from the Crown Prince's wife, Fang Qingqing. As the main wife, she had never been pregnant before. In order to prevent others from laughing at her eldest son, Jiang Yu and Cui Yingying could only obediently wait at the back of the line.

In the fifth year, the Crown Princess finally brought him some good news. However, no one expected that the Crown Princess would have a difficult time giving birth. After staying in the delivery room for three days and three nights, she was finally exhausted.

The Crown Prince, Xiao Rui Zhao seemed to have taken a huge blow, and was in a daze for a while. On the other hand, Jiang Yu and Cui Yingying stopped the medicine under the orders of Empress Kang Yi. The next year, Jiang Yu became pregnant and very smoothly gave birth to a boy. Within a hundred days, he was conferred the title of Duke Jane by the current emperor, who was this child's grandfather.