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Chapter 738

Almost all parents in the world prefer the smallest and weakest one.

So are Li Beichen and Jiang Yuebai.

The two of them stared at the little princess for an entire incense stick of time without getting tired of it. The more Li Beichen watched, the more he liked her.

Of course, in the end, the nurse took the little princess away, and the two of them slept alone.

Li Beichen told Jiang Yuebai that Concubine Yi's sister was sent into the palace by her uncle.

The Queen Mother and my eldest and second uncles had the same mother, and were all legitimate children. The Queen Mother also had a legitimate sister, two illegitimate sisters, and five illegitimate brothers. The five illegitimate brothers were all very fertile. The family was quite prosperous, with many boys, and it was a large family. But none of them were very promising, and lacked a bit of foundation.

Imperial Concubine Yi was the eldest daughter of my uncle. The one who was married off was the second daughter, and the one who was sent into the palace was the third and youngest daughter, Li Shuya. He gave her the title of Wanyi and the title of "Nian";
The second uncle was the second son, and he wanted to send his second daughter, Li Changyi, to the palace. The deceased Concubine Lie was her eldest daughter.

Forget it. Except for Concubine Yi's sister, there is no other way. Li Beichen doesn't want any cousin to enter the palace and suffer from loneliness in the future. Isn't it better to find a good marriage?

Li Beichen pondered for a moment and said, "I have thought of a marriage for my cousin Changyi. The second son of Right Prime Minister Zhou Shipeng is still unmarried. What do you think, Second Uncle?"

Being the legitimate wife of the second son of Right Prime Minister Zhou Shipeng was definitely marrying up. Of course, the second uncle kowtowed and thanked her with a smile on his face.

Li Beichen wanted to improve his family's reading genes. Zhou Shipeng was the top scholar in the imperial examination. He personally taught Zhou Xiang's children.

With this in mind, he married the granddaughter of the old tutor Gong Zhen to the eldest son of his uncle.

The Minister of Personnel was summoned to ask about the situation of the children of each family. He promised the unmarried daughters of several great scholars in the Hanlin Academy to the legitimate sons of several uncles.

There were no outstanding men in the uncles' families. Only one person in their generation passed the imperial examination and Li Beichen had arranged for him to work in the Dali Temple. The whole family seemed to be dull and incapable of studying.

After thinking about it, Li Beichen could only tailor the situation and arrange for Concubine Yi's only brother to work in the Guanglu Temple, responsible for providing meals for the emperor and the government offices inside and outside the palace, as well as preparing for the state banquet. He was appointed as the Shaoqing of the fifth rank of the Guanglu Temple, the second in command of the Guanglu Temple.

The eldest son of my second uncle was appointed as the supervisor of Guanglu Temple, an eighth-rank official, responsible for supervising the operation and execution of various departments.

The eldest son of the second uncle was placed in the Taichang Temple as a sixth-rank temple secretary, specifically in charge of the management of the kitchen staff, which meant daily counting to see if there was such a person, and immediately deleting or adding if he escaped or died. Because this meant a lot of corruption loopholes, and it was a disaster area for those who evaded labor and coveted monthly food. After all, it would be less difficult for the royal family to investigate.

After expressing his gratitude, the uncle told his daughter that she must serve the emperor well after entering the palace, be cautious and calm, and never be arrogant, domineering, jealous, or make things difficult for the emperor.

This kind of marriage between cousins ​​was very common in ancient times and was even considered a close relationship.

After hearing Li Beichen's explanation, Jiang Yuebai just said "hmm".

After all, this is the emperor's family affair, and I am an outsider. The decision has been made, and the people have entered the palace. Now I just come to inform you.

The emperor is first and foremost an emperor. The same is true for filling a modern soul.

Jiang Yuebai thought for a moment and said, "It would be nice for Sister Yi's house to have someone living there if Nian Wanyi comes in. I'm sure Sister Yi will be very happy too."

Is it really true that there won’t be any problem if cousins ​​have children?
In the darkness, Li Beichen hugged Jiang Yuebai tightly: "Luckily you're okay. I was scared to death today."

"I was also scared at that time. After all, this was ancient times." Jiang Yuebai still felt scared now. She felt that she really had the aura of a protagonist.

After the pain started, she used oxytocin according to the instructions. It would force the fetuses into the birth canal through violent contractions, make the contractions more intense, and dilate the cervix faster, but it would be more painful.

The last of multiple babies can easily stay in the womb for too long, leading to hypoxia and other problems. At present, the little princess is indeed weaker.

The two discussed the nicknames for the three princes. After racking their brains, they could not find a good name for the three princes. Considering that they had to go to bed on time, they finally decided to name the three princes Ding Ding, Dang Dang, and Dong Dong.

"Thank you for your hard work today. It hurts so much." Li Beichen's tone was full of love.

"Happy birthday. Good night."

"Good night."

He didn't feel much when he heard this before. But today he was very happy. No one had said happy birthday to him in fourteen years.

It’s great to have you in this world.

The next day, Li Beichen announced that in order to celebrate the birth of the prince and princess, the court would be suspended for three days and a general amnesty would be declared.

This holiday is actually for ordinary officials. Officials above the fourth rank in the State Council and various departments do not have a holiday.

In addition to reviewing memorials in the Qinzheng Hall, Li Beichen also held small meetings with people from the State Council, accompanying Jiang Yuebai.

The new concubines also came to visit one after another with gifts.

In recent days, the Imperial Astronomical Observatory has been working overtime to calculate the horoscopes of the young girls who will be selected to participate in the heavenly sacrifice that day.

There are more than 300 horoscopes. We don’t have computers, so we have to do the calculations manually. Three people are needed to calculate them all and write a comprehensive opinion. After the pre-recruitment, we have to take a pre-employment physical examination. I heard that there were actually two people who failed the pre-employment physical examination.

The positions were all proposed by Li Beichen, three maids and two concubines, which were similar to when Jiang Yuebai entered the palace, and the positions were not high.

Even if you don't have a high position, you still have to rely on your father.

Qian Susu's father was a fifth-rank officer in the Jinyiwei, Wu Mengyao's father was a fifth-rank officer in the Ministry of Works, and Zhou Yuhan's father was a sixth-rank officer in the Ministry of Revenue. Sun Jingxian's father was a seventh-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy, and Zhao Rongrong's father was a sixth-rank officer in the Ministry of War. They were both given the title of concubine.

Nian Wanyi moved into the main hall of Jingren Palace. She really kept the old look of her sister and hardly changed the furnishings inside. She put away all her sister's clothes. But she kept her hairpins and jewelry. Li Beichen asked her if she was not afraid of living there?

Nian Wanyi said, "What's there to be afraid of? She is my biological sister. She has loved me since I was a child. She is so gentle, and her soul must be gentle too." Li Beichen said nothing. He was very gentle and careful with her, and promoted her to a higher position, Nian Ronghua.

Qian Changzai and Sun Da Ying moved into the side hall of Jingren Palace.

Wu Changzai and Zhao Da Ying moved into the side hall of Shufang Palace.

Zhou Yuhan was placed in Xu Zhaoyi's Zhongyu Palace.

Jiang Yuebai pleaded with the emperor to pardon Concubine Fan in the cold palace, fearing that she would be wronged due to her low status, so he placed her in the most kind-hearted and virtuous palace, Rouwanyi. When the palace servants went to announce the decree, Concubine Fan burst into tears and hanged herself after moving to Yanxi Palace.

Originally, if a concubine committed suicide, her family would be implicated, or at least exiled. Moreover, such a bloody incident happened on a day when the whole country was celebrating an auspicious occasion. However, Li Beichen announced that Concubine Fan had died of illness, buried her in the Imperial Concubine Jinling, and pardoned the Fan family.

In addition to Jiang Yuebai's plea, Fan's father was a good official who had made great achievements in the reconstruction of Ningxia Prefecture. He couldn't bear to implicate such a good local official because of Fan.

Jiang Yuebai felt sad for Concubine Fan for several days.

She would always think of Consort Fan whispering with her sister Jinxiu, smiling, charming, yet smart and clever. She would also think of Consort Fan's longing and high spirits when she moved from Shufang Palace to Zhen Wanyi Palace.

Why does a person change so much? Or has she always been the same? She just concealed it so well before.

The ups and downs she experienced in the process made her sigh with regret. She didn't understand why a woman as insightful and resilient as Fan Xianshi would commit suicide. Isn't it possible to turn the tide only by staying alive?
Hearing Jiang Yuebai's regret, Li Beichen did not tell Jiang Yuebai that Fan had staged her own miscarriage and tried to put the blame on others to shirk responsibility. He also did not tell her that Fan had given advice to Concubine Xi Zhen to murder Concubine Yi and her.

In fact, Jiang Yuebai just didn't have any concrete evidence, she had guessed and analyzed it. But she still felt sorry for the girl who was as cute and smart as a winter jasmine when she first entered the palace. In any case, Fan was her sister's best friend when she was alive.

There were now more than twenty people in the uterus, with almost every palace occupied, returning to its former glory.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence, but the five people finally chosen by the Imperial Observatory seem to have the shadow of Jiang Yuebai, like Jiang Yuebai’s surroundings.

Zhao Rongrong's mother was from Wu County, Suzhou, and her father was the director of the Ministry of War. She had a beautiful face, fair skin, a pair of bright big eyes, a prominent widow's peak at her hairline, and two dimples when she smiled. Except for her narrow and short forehead, she looked 70% like Jiang Yuebai.

Wu Mengyao has an oval face, picturesque eyebrows and eyes, and exudes a comfortable bookish air. She is proficient in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, especially painting and calligraphy. Her words and deeds are quite elegant and majestic like Jiang Yuebai.

Although Qian Susu has a round face, her eyebrows and eyes look very similar to Jiang Yuebai. Both of them have thin and thick eyebrows, a broad and smooth forehead, a slender and full figure, and are good at riding, shooting and kicking football. They are as agile as Jiang Yuebai.

Sun Jingxian has very fair skin and standard almond-shaped eyes. She is good at playing the guqin and playing go.

Zhou Yuhan has big eyes and a pleasant voice. She is best at calligraphy and Yue Opera.

Nian Wanyi not only looks alike to Imperial Concubine Yi, but also has a similar temperament. She is also very gentle, and speaks with a smile, which makes her more lively and cheerful than Imperial Concubine Yi, which makes Jiang Yuebai like her very much.

She was ten years younger than her elder sister, Concubine Yi. From her, Jiang Yuebai seemed to see Concubine Yi's original appearance. Perhaps their mother was a very gentle and peaceful person.

With so many new people, not all of them like to write scripts or perform plays. When people have free time, they like to find things to do for themselves and others.

Jiang Yuebai guessed that a palace fight was about to break out.

On the fourth day after Jiang Yuebai gave birth, Li Beichen sent someone to tell her in the afternoon that Lu had given birth to twins and both mother and child were safe. Each weighed five kilograms according to modern measurement units. Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuebai became pregnant more than a month later than her mother, but gave birth earlier.

Now things will get more lively. The five children will call the two children of their own age "little uncle" and "little aunt".

"Mother, my uncle hit me!"

"Mother, my nephew hit me!"

Of course, there are benefits. My son and brother can grab and roll together.

Jiang Yuebai thought about it and suggested to Li Beichen that since she had to stay in confinement for three months, it would be better to temporarily hand over the palace affairs to Concubine Lu, and let her assist in the affairs, with the help of Nian Ronghua and Su Guiren, and take over after she recovered.

She had observed for a while that Concubine Lu was gentle and steady, and knew how to do things. Her father was a member of the Ministry of Rites, and she loved reading history books and could write historical stories. Such a girl from an aristocratic family who had been nurtured by her family since childhood would not have a bad foundation and character.

Li Beichen not only agreed, but also made an exception and promoted Concubine Lu to the rank of Jieyushi in order to increase the weight of her words.

The three learned from the Emperor that it was the Empress who wanted to promote them, and they were all extremely respectful and polite to Jiang Yuebai. They really managed the palace affairs in an orderly manner and came to report their work to Jiang Yuebai seriously every day.

In the case of ordinary conflicts between concubines in the palace, Concubine Lu or Concubine Su could always convince both parties with just a few words. Even if they did not apologize to each other, at least the conflict would not escalate.

There are those who are arrogant and unreasonable, and those who love to stir up trouble. Nian Ronghua knows how to get along with others, and she uses all kinds of softness to overcome hardness, and she pulls the other party into a gentle trap.

As for those who were really arrogant and unreasonable, Concubine Lu and Concubine Su would often cooperate with each other and play a double act, leading the other party into a ditch with just a few words, and then they would retreat on their own after saying "you you you" for a long time.

As for the distribution of holiday benefits, the trio was both cost-conscious and able to take into account all aspects of the overall considerations, making arrangements that were both decent and beautiful.

Especially Lu Jieyu, Jiang Yuebai felt like he had found a treasure, how could there be such a concubine who is so suitable to be a professional manager, she is simply an expert in housekeeping. Lu Jieyu said gratefully, thank you to the queen for valuing and trusting her, giving her the opportunity to do so many things, and she was promoted five levels as soon as she entered the palace.

When Concubine Lu said this, tears were in her eyes. She thought of the way her eyes would light up whenever she received a task. She had never asked for anything on her own initiative. It was always Jiang Yuebai who rewarded her because he saw that she did a good job.

With all these things, Jiang Yuebai suspected that Concubine Lu had a bit of a career mindset. And this career mindset of rapid promotion looked so familiar, so much like a replica of herself when she first entered the palace.

Jiang Yuebai wondered whether this Concubine Lu had also traveled through time and space, with the system's mission of becoming the queen?
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