hotmtlnovel Chapter 2102 Cold-faced and warm-hearted
Chapter 2102 Cold-faced and warm-hearted
Chapter 2102 Cold-faced and warm-hearted
Kangxi looked at the Fourth Prince with disapproval on his face.
This is against the rules.
It's not that it's against the rules to ask for a concubine, but the Crown Prince, the eldest prince, and the third prince didn't ask for a concubine, so the fourth prince's behavior was a bit conspicuous.
The Fourth Prince also knew that this was an abrupt matter, and said, "Li is an ordinary person, but she gave birth to two sons and a daughter for my son. I wanted to wait until the previous brothers asked for the title of concubine before asking for her title, but..."
The result was that Li Gege of Yuqing Palace was first deposed and finally died in Nanyuan.
The other princess who had a son was not favored by the prince, and her family background was ordinary, so the prince had no intention of honoring her.
Since there were no illegitimate children in the backyard of the Prince of Zhi's mansion, there was no merit in childbirth, and she was not even a candidate for a concubine.
Tian Gege of Prince Cheng's mansion was previously a concubine, and also gave birth to two sons and a daughter, but now they have been sent out of the mansion to live separately, ruining their future.
It is still unclear whether these people will have concubines in the future.
The Fourth Prince felt that there was no hope by waiting, so it would be better to speak up sooner rather than later.
Kangxi still disagreed and shook his head, "You are still young..."
In the past, there was no fixed number of concubines for royal family members. However, in the 17th year of Shunzhi, restrictions were imposed on concubines. Except for the princes who could ask for two concubines, those above the rank of Fuguogong and below the rank of Junwang were only allowed to ask for one concubine.
The fourth prince’s title was Duolo Beile, and he only had one quota for a concubine.
Li was born into a bondservant family, and her family was of no help to the Fourth Prince.
The Fourth Prince hesitated for a moment and said, "My son has only one daughter. She is well-educated by the Lady and is a good child. My son also hopes that she will have a decent family background."
Kangxi knew that his son was cold on the outside but warm on the inside. Among all the princes' houses, this one was the most favored child. The concubine's daughter was given to the legitimate wife to raise, and the concubine's son was moved to the front yard early.
Kangxi thought of the Fucha family, which was under the name of the Eighth Prince.
Among the army commanders under the Fourth Prince, none of them had any noble or prominent family names.
Kangxi lowered his eyes and said, "Don't worry, you can think about it carefully..."
There was one condition for each mansion to appoint a concubine as a concubine, and that was that the concubine had to have children. There were no other requirements.
The clan affairs office can compile the information every year and invite her to be conferred the title of concubine.
Li gave birth to two sons and one daughter, and also raised a pair of children, so she was indeed qualified to be appointed as a concubine.
But in this case, if the Fourth Prince wants to increase the population of the bannermen, he can only wait until the emperor's grandchildren grow up.
The Fourth Prince knew that this was a rare opportunity, so he said, "Son, I've made up my mind..."
Wait until the end of the year, when I choose a study partner for the Third Prince, and then see if I can ask for grace for the Second Prince so that they can enter the palace to study together.
If they can enter the palace together, it will be a great thing; if they cannot enter the palace together, the concubine's status will be raised, and she will not be bullied in the clan school in a few years.
Now that the news is not right, the Fourth Prince is also in a state of tension.
Whether it is the Crown Prince, the eldest prince or the third prince, each has his own glory and shortcomings.
Compared with them, I don't seem to have any obvious shortcomings.
this is not good.
Kangxi didn't like his son's coldness, but he also couldn't bear to see his son's love affair with his wife: "It concerns your reputation. Be careful that people outside say that you favor your concubine over your wife!"
The Fourth Prince said with a stern face, "Nara is the virtuous wife that Khan Ama appointed for my son. She gave birth to two legitimate sons for him, and also brought up the illegitimate sons and daughters well. My son respects and loves her, and has a clear conscience."
Kangxi sighed, looked at him and said, "The human heart is the most difficult to understand. Be careful of greed. Even if they are born out of wedlock, they are still the emperor's grandson and granddaughter. Your wife treats people fairly. If Li's child is too ambitious and wants to compete with his legitimate brothers, then he is too ungrateful."
The Fourth Prince said solemnly, "Don't worry, Khan, my son knows that the principles of morality cannot be violated, and there are differences between the superior and the inferior. I will teach the Second Princess and the Second Prince well."
Knowing son Moruo father.
Kangxi also knew that the Fourth Prince's request to be made a concubine at this time was not to elevate the status of the imperial grandson. After all, the child was still young and the arranged marriage was still more than ten years away.
The purpose of rushing to this time is to allow the concubine's son to enter the upper study.
However, although he understood it, Kangxi had no intention of showing any mercy.
We have to wait and see what the rules are for the emperor's grandson to go to school.
If other illegitimate sons could also enter the upper study, then there would be several illegitimate grandchildren in Prince Cheng's Mansion, the Fifth Beile's Mansion and the Seventh Beile's Mansion.
Kangxi then changed the subject and mentioned the population of the bannermen.
"The twelfth and thirteenth princes will leave the palace in the second half of the year. I am not sure when they will join the banner and which banner they will join..."
As Kangxi spoke, he paid attention to the Fourth Prince's expression.
The Fourth Prince was surprised and asked, "Didn't he follow the Tenth Prince into the Red Banner?"
Kangxi shook his head and said, "The two red flags have only been stable in recent years. I don't want to move them for the time being."
Nersu, the leader of the Bordered Red Banner, was young and was raised in the inner court.
Especially at this time, it is more inappropriate to go to the prince under the Xianghong banner, otherwise it will be seen as bullying an orphan in the eyes of outsiders.
The Zhenghong Banner already has the Tenth Prince, and the Twelfth and Thirteenth Princes are not much older than him. If they are transferred to the same banner, it is possible that the Tenth Prince will be the leader in the future.
The Fourth Prince thought for a moment and said, "The Bordered White Banner and the Two Blue Banners have princes, and the Bordered White Banner and the Pure Blue Banner also have uncles and uncles."
In this way, each banner has three kings and beiles who are granted titles by grace.
The Bordered White Banner was no exception, and there were three princes and beile in the Bordered White Banner.
Kangxi glanced at the Fourth Prince and said, "For the time being, we will not arrange for anyone from the Bordered Blue Banner to leave the banner."
The Fourth Prince understood that there was a prince from each of the Bordered White Banner and the Plain Blue Banner.
When Kangxi said this, he glanced at the list of officers of the Bordered White Banner on the table.
When it comes to population growth, the Bordered White Banner is no exception.
However, the leader of the Bordered White Banner is only thirteen years old this year, one year younger than Nersu. Kangxi hopes that the Seventh Prince will take over the affairs of the Bordered White Banner instead of the Fourth Prince interfering in the affairs of the Bordered White Banner.
It was almost time for dinner and the butler was already waiting outside.
Kangxi waved his hand and said to the Fourth Prince, "Kneel down and pay your respects!"
The Fourth Prince responded, stood up and walked out.
Kangxi looked at Liang Jiugong and said, "See? This guy has a straight waist. I can't stop him."
Liang Jiugong said thoughtfully, "Perhaps it's because the emperor's grandchildren and princesses have been taking turns to host dinner recently. Except for the two princesses from the Fourth and Fifth Beile's Mansions, the other princesses are all legitimate."
Kangxi was startled when he heard this.
Take turns hosting...
He had heard related news before, but he didn't pay attention to it.
In my impression, the granddaughters are still children like Niguzhu, but to be honest, the princesses in the Prince of Zhi’s Mansion are all of marriageable age.
Who knows, in a few years, the royal family will have five generations living under one roof...
Kangxi felt inexplicably terrified.
I had read the Ministry of Rites report before, and Kangxi didn’t think it was a big deal when five generations lived under one roof in local areas, but when it came to the five generations living under one roof in the royal family, it felt weird…
As soon as the Fourth Prince came out of Qingxi Book House, he ran into the Third Prince.
The Third Prince glanced at the eunuch serving food at the door of Qingxi Study and said, "It's already time for dinner, didn't Khan leave any food for you?"
The Fourth Prince was speechless.
Needless to say?
Besides, the women of each family are all in Haidian. They have places to eat, so why should they stay for dinner?
The two brothers left the Little East Gate, and the Third Prince pointed in the direction of the North Palace and said, "We can't catch up with the Ninth Prince. The Ninth Prince has been keeping many meals for us in the past two years."
The Fourth Prince did not want to hear this, and said, "Didn't the Third Brother want to ask about the clan studies? How is it going?"
The Third Prince shook his head and said, "That is the job of the clan affairs office. It is not your place to meddle in other people's business..."
At this point, he couldn't help but say with pride: "Hong Sheng has been blessed and will enter the inner study next year. I don't have anything to worry about..."
The Fourth Prince said, "Don't you have the Sixth Prince and the Seventh Prince in your house..."
The Third Prince shook his head and said, "The Sixth Prince is a bastard, of low birth, so he can just find a teacher to teach him in the future. The Seventh Prince..."
Thinking of his youngest son who had gone to the farm with Tian, the Third Prince became a little depressed. He rubbed his face and said, "The Seventh Prince is weak. The imperial physician said that he must be well taken care of. I just hope he is safe and healthy."
After all, he had been with her for more than ten years, so he couldn't be cold-hearted towards Tian and he also had a lot of pity for his young son.
However, the emperor's father's words ruined the future of Tian's mother and son, and the third prince did not dare to object.
At this moment, all he felt was regret.
Tian should have been restrained long ago. With Li from Yuqing Palace and Liu from the Fifth Prince leading the way, why wasn't he alert?
After that, the Third Prince became quiet.
The two brothers walked in silence all the way until they reached their elder brother's residence, and then went back to their respective homes.
In the main house of the South Third House, the Fourth Lady was embroidering a purse with five poisonous creatures.
Seeing the Fourth Prince come in, the Fourth Lady put down the work in her hands, stood up to greet him, and then ordered people to serve the meal.
The Fourth Prince took off his hat, washed his hands, and asked, "Have all the invitations been sent out?"
The Fourth Lady nodded and said, "Well, I wanted to go with you originally, but the Second Lady wouldn't let me, so she walked you around by herself."
The Fourth Prince said, "He is not young anymore, and he is not in a distant place. There is nothing to worry about."
The Fourth Lady said, "Being brought up by the two cousins, she has become like a grown-up girl."
Ever since Li gave birth to Hongyan, the Second Princess was brought to the main courtyard and raised by the Fourth Lady. It has been seven years now.
Not a biological child, but not much different from a biological one.
Speaking of the Second Princess's generosity, the Fourth Lady was also proud of her, and a little distressed: "She is just too sensible. I hope she can be a little naughty so that she won't suffer when she grows up."
The Fourth Prince looked at his wife and shook his head, "You are not a hot-tempered person, so how can you teach your child to be hot-tempered?"
The fourth lady snorted, "It's my fault."
The Fourth Prince thought about the response he had just received from the Emperor, lowered his eyes and said, "My Lord intends to ask for the title of Consort for Li..."
The Fourth Lady's smile froze and she looked at the Fourth Prince with some trepidation.
Compared with the concubines who came from the big families of the Eight Banners, the Fourth Lady was naturally happy to have Li as her concubine.
She had mentioned this to the Fourth Prince before.
But I didn't expect it to happen so quickly.
"This... I'm the first to speak out. Will this affect my reputation?"
The Fourth Lady spoke with great hesitation.
The key is to offend people.
Offending the sisters-in-law below.
With the Fourth Prince taking the lead, the Seventh Prince’s Mansion will probably be quick too.
This harms others and does not benefit yourself.
It's not yet the time to compile the royal jade book, so there's no point in asking for the title too early.
Even the senior princes above them might not be happy with the Fourth Prince asking for a concubine before them...
(End of this chapter)