Merchant's daughter is not a concubine

Chapter 18
"If Brother Shizi hadn't happened to meet him during the day and came forward to solve the problem, we wouldn't have gone to this unlucky place." Song Qimei said.

Even Song Zhuo showed up, if they didn't come to visit, it would be like looking down on Song Zhuo's behavior.

"Isn't your aunt the one who likes to come to this unlucky place the most?" County Mistress Duanling sneered.

Princess Yuehe and Song Qihui smiled and said nothing, Song Qimei was humiliated, she was most jealous of others saying that she was raised by a maid, and her aunt was a slave from the small merchant Ning's family.

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At night, Ning Qing tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep for a long time.

"Girl." Hui Ping came holding the lamp, "Are you scared today and can't sleep?"

Ning Qing shook her head: "Sister Huiping, lie down and talk to me."

"Girl, tell me to talk too!" Chu Rui jumped in from the low couch outside, hugged Ning Qing's arm, and rolled onto the bed at once.

Ning Qing giggled and pinched her cheeks, Hui Ping smiled, put down the lampstand, did not lie down, just sat on the embroidered pier beside the bed.

"Sister Huiping, why are there only Second Miss, Third Miss, Fourth Miss, Seventh Miss and Eighth Miss in the house?" Chu Rui said, "Are all of them young masters?"

Ning Qing also looked at Huiping curiously.It has been several days since she entered the mansion, and no one has told her in detail about the masters in the mansion.

The maids of the Prince Chen's Mansion don't talk about their master indiscriminately, Hui Ping originally wanted to wait for a while to get familiar with her before talking about it, but now that everyone has seen her, she might as well talk about it in detail.

"It's not like that." Hui Ping said: "The princes and girls in the palace are separated. Except for a few people in the palace, they are all in the north."

"North?" Chu Rui and Ning Qing looked at each other.

"Qizhou in the north is the prince's fiefdom." Hui Ping said with a smile: "The prince usually stays in the fiefdom, and only stays in Shangjing for more than a month every year. Qizhou is the real territory of the prince. There is also a Chenwang mansion there. The prince's family."

Ning Qing thought of the Prince Chen whom he had never met, and thought he was out on business. "Uncle, is he in Qizhou now?"

"Yes. The prince won't come back until Chinese New Year." Hui Ping said. "There are seven young masters and nine young ladies in the Chen Palace on both sides. The eldest son, the fifth son, and the sixth son stay in Shangjing, and the eldest son, second son, fourth son, and seventh son stay in the north."

"Wait, the eldest son is in the north? Isn't the eldest son the eldest son?" Chu Rui said.

Huiping's complexion changed: "A concubine is a concubine, so it doesn't matter if you grow up or not? Your Royal Highness is the third."

"Let's talk about the situation of our sons and daughters in Shangjing." Hui Ping said: "The son is born of the former princess, so there is no need to mention it. Concubine Sun only has Princess Yuehe as her daughter. Concubine Zhao Shu gave birth to Princess Duanling With the fifth son, Aunt Zhou gave birth to the second girl, and Aunt Chen gave birth to the sixth son. As for the biological mothers of the seventh and eighth girls, you all know that they are Aunt Ying. By the way, the second girl is already engaged to Minister of the Ministry of War grandson."

Chu Rui recalled that the second girl from the Ning family married a son of a millet shop, and compared Song Qihui, who was also a concubine, to the eldest grandson of a high-ranking official. What a difference!

But Chu Rui obviously misunderstood, not all the daughters of the clan can be treated like this, but because the sons and daughters of the Prince Chen's Mansion are more honorable than other families.

"We have a side concubine and a concubine concubine in our house. Among them, Aunt Zhou and Aunt Chen are all born, and they all have the title of wife of the fifth rank, but in order to respect the former princess, they are usually not called madam, but aunt. .”

"What about Aunt Ying? She gave birth to Seventh Girl and Eighth Girl!" Chu Rui asked.

"Aunt Ying's family background is too low. Even if she gave birth to two girls, she only mentioned her concubine. She is a lowly concubine, so it is impossible to have a title. Aunt Zhou and Aunt Chen, who have the title of wife, are the sisters of Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the other is The second daughter of Marquis Wenchang. In addition, there are two other aunts and two Tongfangs in the mansion. This is not counting the ones in the north."

"Not in the north?" Ning Qing and Chu Rui were both dumbfounded.Along with Princess Chen, there are already ten wives and concubines in the mansion.

"Of course it doesn't count. The prince has stayed in the north for a long time. Do you think there will be fewer concubines in the north than in Shangjing?" Hui Ping said with a smile, "I don't even know how many concubines there are in the north. The servants only know that the combined palaces on both sides have one The front, the two sides, and the four concubines! There are seven high-ranking wives and concubines, and the concubines and concubines below should add up to no less than 30 people."

Ning Qing originally thought that the prince's wives and concubines were calculated one by one, but now she realized that she was wrong, it was calculated wave by wave!

"What about the son?" Chu Rui asked urgently, "How many wives and concubines can the son have?"

"According to Tiansheng's regulations, the prince's son has one principal and one concubine, and there is no clear regulation on the concubine's room. Of course, after the prince succeeds to the throne, there will also be one principal, two concubines and four concubines."

"By the way, the prince...is the prince engaged? Which one is it? What kind of temperament?" Chu Rui asked nervously.

"You!" Hui Ping was startled and furious, "Is there someone like you to spy on the master?"

"I'm sorry..." Chu Rui flinched.

"Okay, let's not take this as an example. It's not a secret. It's okay to tell you. I haven't made a formal engagement yet, but the empress dowager has already found a good candidate. I heard that even several concubines have been selected. They are all daughters of famous families! It's very late Come on, girl, go to sleep, and the slaves will leave first."

"Okay, I'm sleepy too." Ning Qing smiled.

(End of this chapter)