Chapter I. The Mansion of the Marquis of Zhongyi

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"Nangong Rou ......"

A lion's roar woke up Nangong Rou, who was asleep, and Nangong Rou clearly remembered that she was in the Qixia Courtyard of Nangong Xin, her aunt Ye's sister. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info was a little sleepy after drinking the tea served by the maid Qihong, so I went back to the room to rest! But his father Nangong Ming has not stepped into Qixia Courtyard for more than ten years, and Nangong Rou can't remember whether it has been eleven years or twelve years, anyway, since his sister Nangong Xin was born, his father has never stepped into Qixia Courtyard since he had a new love.

And it seems that many people look like her, but she just feels that her eyelids are heavy, no matter how hard she tries, she can't open her heavy eyelids, what's going on, how can she be so sleepy? Did something go wrong? Suddenly, Nangong Rou thought of the tea offered by the maid Crimson, and the few maids in Qixia Courtyard were very arrogant on weekdays, and they ignored themselves and their aunts and sisters. But in recent days, he suddenly respected himself, and today he personally served tea, at first Nangong Rou simply thought that it was because he was valued by the prince a few days ago and hired as the prince's beauty.

Thinking of the smile on the corner of her mouth after capturing the red tea today, Nangong Rou felt that something was wrong, obviously her sister-in-law, the eighth lady from the Zhongyi Hou Mansion, Nangong Yan, was the prince's concubine, two levels higher than her, the prince beauty, and the girl Qihong was not Mrs. Hou, her mother-in-law, shouldn't she be in a hurry to talk to Nangong Yan's mother and daughter, but instead respected herself as a prince beauty, all this is wrong? Could it be that this girl Crimson drugged the tea...... Damn, why are you so negligent?

Nangong Rou, is a concubine daughter of Zhongyi Hou Nangong Ming, ranked seventh among the many ladies in the Zhongyi Hou Mansion, and her biological mother Aunt Ye was born as a singer, and was a subordinate of Zhongyi Hou who was filial to her boss, and was born very beautiful, and gave birth to two daughters for Zhongyi Hou, sixteen-year-old Nangong Rou, and thirteen-year-old Nangong Xin, Nangong Rou ranked seventh, Nangong Xin ranked twelfth, and the two were separated by Mrs. Hou's eighth miss Nangong Yan, the second room out of the ninth miss Nangong Yue and the third room out of the tenth miss Nangong marriage, and the eleventh miss Nangong Rui from the big house.

There are seven or eight people in the concubine room of the Zhongyi Marquis Nangong Ming, not including those who have no reputation. There were ten maidens under his name. Coupled with the ladies in the second room and three rooms, there are more than 20 young ladies in the entire Zhongyi Hou Mansion, among which the eldest lady Nangong Wan has already married into the Three Princes' Mansion as a side concubine three years ago, and the second lady Nangong Liu from the big house also entered the Three Princes' Mansion as a concubine a year later as a concubine.

The other ladies are waiting for the boudoir, and the Zhongyi Marquis Mansion is now ruined, leaving only an empty shell with an empty title, and no real power. Therefore, a long-term concubine like Nangong Yan and Nangong Wan can't be a concubine when she marries into the royal family, so she can only succumb to the position of a side concubine. If the Zhongyi Houfu is prosperous and powerful enough, then a concubine like the Nangong Yan sisters has to be chosen by them to be the princess and concubine, not by others.

Zhongyi Hou Nangong Ming inherited his father's title, but he was only a marquis and did not serve in the court. And the entire Zhongyi Hou Mansion, the second master Nangong Hua is the brother of the first mother of Zhongyi Hou, and now he is only a fourth-grade official who is released, and the third master Nangong Yi is also a son-in-law, but now he is only a small six-grade official of the Ministry of Rites. The third lady Nangong Xue and the fourth lady Nangong Juan, one is eighteen years old and the other is seventeen years old.

A family like Zhongyi Houfu has long forgotten that there is an order, as long as it is beneficial to the family, who will care about what it is, so now it is the sisters above, and they have not yet decided on the marriage, but the younger sisters below have decided on the family first. For a family like Zhongyi Houfu, the distinction between the concubines is very clear, the concubine is the concubine, the concubine is the concubine, and no matter how the concubine is, it is not the same as the concubine. For a family like theirs, daughters are used to climb power and wealth, and it is better if a well-cultivated daughter does not marry, and once she marries, she will definitely be able to bring benefits to their family. If there is no interest, then they are willing to keep this daughter until the age of twenty.

Just like the marriage of this dynasty is the same, it pays great attention to the concept of class, the marriage object of the children of the concubine must be the concubine, it is impossible for the concubine to marry a concubine, or the concubine to marry a concubine, the class concept is deep-rooted, the upbringing of each family is also different, the children of the concubine will be carefully cultivated, all aspects will be involved, and the teaching of the concubine is relatively simple. As long as the concubine knows some words, knows to honor his parents and respects his son-in-law, and the concubine only needs to know that she must attach herself to her mother's family, return to her mother's family, and learn to be the village of her daughter-in-law. In other words, it is the clouds of heaven that come out of the concubines, and the children who come out of the concubines are the dust on the earth, and the children who come out of the concubines live by the breath of the concubines.

And for those concubines of high-ranking families, even if the main family dies, they will never raise the concubine to the top of the house, but will not retreat and marry a concubine with a slightly lower family status as a wife, let alone marry a concubine as a wife. A wife for one day, a wife for life, a concubine for one day, and a concubine until death.

Of course, the exception is the royal family, although the royal family also has a concubine, but the prince of the concubine can marry the daughter of the courtier as the concubine or the side concubine and other concubines, and the princess can also marry the concubine of the courtier as the wife, the same is the concubine, but one is the royal concubine, and the other is the courtier as a concubine, and the status difference is very large.

A few months ago, at a banquet, Nangong Yan, who was only five months younger than Nangong Rou, was introduced by her sister Nangong Wan, the third prince's concubine, and got acquainted with His Royal Highness the Prince, so soon the two hooked up together. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince already has a concubine, she is the concubine of the Protector's Mansion, her mother's family has a prominent position above the court, and she has a heavy army, so it is naturally impossible for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to abolish the princess and marry Nangong Yan. Moreover, Nangong Yan, a princess with no power, no power and no title, is not worth him to do! In the end, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince thought about it, if he only took Nangong Yan into the Prince's Mansion as a lady, it would be a little unreasonable, but Nangong Yan was also the second daughter of the Hou Mansion, and finally decided to marry Nangong Yan as a side concubine.

In fact, for His Royal Highness the Prince, instead of marrying an embroidered pillow like Nangong Yan, whose father only has a title and no real power, it is better to marry Nangong Juan, the second-room concubine, at least the second-room Nangong Juan's father is a fourth-grade official, which is also of some help to him. But His Royal Highness the Crown Prince didn't know that since he saw Nangong Yan at that banquet, Nangong Yan's figure has been lingering in front of him, and then he met Nangong Yan to swim in the lake, but he didn't hold it, and he had a skin-to-skin relationship with Nangong Yan. And just half a month ago, Nangong Yan actually spread the news that she was pregnant, and now His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can't rely on the debts if he wants to, and he can't marry if he doesn't want to.

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