The imperial concubine strives to raise her eldest brother
Deep in the Forbidden City, Ruyi's name was frequently mentioned by the emperor.She was favored not only because of her beauty and intelligence, but also because of her unique taste and the emperor's deep memory of her.The Suzhou and Hangzhou green plums presented by the emperor were a deep reminder of her preferences. Ruyi was deeply gratified by this. She asked her servants to take good care of it and asked them not to publicize it.
However, things were changing in the palace.Wang Qin couldn't help but feel fear in his heart when he saw Ruyi being favored.He had offended Concubine Xian in the past, and now he wanted to curry favor with the empress in order to protect himself.However, the queen thought he was cunning and untrustworthy and was unwilling to accept him.And Mei agreed, and another woman in the palace was also observing all this secretly.She alluded to the fact that the queen favored the imperial concubine and claimed to be from a lowly background but was favored by the emperor, so she was assassinated by others.The emperor just comforted her and asked her to take a good rest and continue serving after she recovered from her injuries.Mei agreed but chose to continue using Plumflower Pill. She believed that only by being pitifully injured could she gain the emperor's favor.
In order to stabilize her position, the queen chose to show her favor to the queen mother.She ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to send clothes to the Queen Mother, hoping to please the emperor.However, the Queen Mother saw through her thoughts and knew that it was because the Queen had recently dissatisfied the Emperor, so she pretended to be filial to please the Emperor.Mei's agreement to use plumbagin was actually prompted by the Queen Mother.The Queen Mother wanted to take this opportunity to confuse the situation in the palace so that she could legitimately preside over affairs in the palace.
On the first day of the new year, Ruyi saw Aruo wearing the new clothes she had given him, but Xingxin was still wearing the old clothes.It turns out that A Ruo took all the four pieces of clothing he was given as his own. When Ruyi found out, he ordered A Ruo to return the clothes.At the banquet, the Queen Mother emphasized the noble status of the emperor's first son after he succeeded to the throne, which made all the concubines step up their efforts to have children.However, the queen practiced frugality, causing the concubines to lose face by wearing simple clothes.The emperor's eldest son Yonghuang got cold due to poor care by his servants, and the queen was very worried about this.
Lingxin brought snacks to Ruyi, and Ruyi asked her to give some to her third brother.On the way, Xingxin met his eldest brother, who complained that he didn't have any good things, but his third brother had everything.Lingxin gave the snacks to her eldest brother, but was seen by the maid next to the imperial concubine.The imperial concubine thought that the queen mother loved her eldest son, so she allowed Concubine Xian to get close to him.After returning to the palace, Yingxin told Ruyi all this, and Ruyi told her not to make any noise and to find out the truth first.
The imperial concubine was very anxious to be pregnant with Longzi, and the maid beside her reminded her that she could raise her eldest brother first and occupy the identity of the eldest son's adoptive mother.The imperial concubine thought it was reasonable and was determined to find a way to raise her eldest brother.Concubine Hui persuaded the emperor to stay, hoping that the emperor could stay in Xianfu Palace.Ah Ruo spoke rudely in front of Ruyi, and Ruyi reminded her to be careful with her words and ordered Yingxin to come and serve her.
Ruyi mentioned the emperor's biological mother to Lingxin and said that this was the emperor's heart problem.The emperor's biological mother, Li, was originally a palace maid and had never been famous or distinguished.Ruyi wanted to make up for the emperor's shortcomings, but Xingxin reminded her to think twice about this matter.The next morning, the imperial concubine mentioned the matter of raising her eldest brother to the emperor, and the emperor said that he would think about it again.
