In order to eat, I signed a contract with the system

Soon it was the day of the fourth prince's full moon, and the emperor held a grand full moon banquet for his only son. In addition to royal family members, officials above the fourth rank and their families also came.

Although no one was an official in the Dongchang Marquis's Mansion, it was the maternal uncle of the Fourth Prince after all, so naturally they also received an invitation. Lord Qin dressed up early in the morning and looked very proud and cheerful. Now he no longer flirts with Qin Wanrong behind her back, but always talks about my third sister or my little nephew, what a lackey.

Sure enough, for someone like Lord Qin, face, dignity, and preferences are all fake, only interests are real. In the past, he could fawn on the Qin family in order to curry favor with the Ningyuan Marquisate, and now he can naturally praise Qin Wanrong again and again in order to gild himself.

Fortunately, the male and female guests were separated during the full moon banquet, so she didn't have to endure the flattery of Lord Qin. Qin Wanrong allowed the emperor to send Liang Duzhi to carry the fourth prince to the front hall, while she dressed low-key as usual and took Li to pay respects to Empress Cao.

Most of the officials' wives and concubines in the harem had already arrived at Empress Cao's place. When Qin Wanrong came over, she saw her future mother, Princess Pingning, sitting below Empress Cao, smiling and talking to her.

"Rong Taiyi has arrived!"

As the announcement sounded, everyone in the hall turned their heads in unison and looked at Qin Wanrong. Qin Wanrong was startled by the excited and curious gazes, but she suppressed her expression and kept her usual cold and ethereal look. She slowly walked up to Empress Cao and saluted in a proper manner.

"I send my regards to the Queen."

"No need to be polite, Rong Taiyi."

As Empress Cao excused herself from the formalities, everyone finally turned their eyes away from Qin Wanrong. They had long heard that Miss Qin, the third daughter of the Marquis of Dongchang, was extremely pure and filial, and was as beautiful as a banished fairy, and that the emperor fell in love with her at first sight and took her into the harem. Now that they had seen her with their own eyes, they knew that the rumors were true.

Miss Qin San, no, it should be said that Rong Taiyi is indeed full of Buddha nature, beautiful as a fairy, graceful when she walks, and elegant when she sits or lies down, making people know what a fairy is like when they see her.

Qin Wanrong had a serious accident during childbirth, but she did not arouse suspicion because she looked too innocent. Who would have suspected that a woman who was struggling to give birth could kill four people? Who would have thought that a person who had no desires would plot against others?

Isn't the reason why Bai Lianhua is called Bai Lianhua because her image in the past was very innocent and simple? Qin Wanrong's current appearance can't be used as a pure and kind Bai Lianhua persona, but it's still okay to create a persona that is ignorant of worldly affairs and is devoted to seeking the truth and Buddha.

Princess Pingning had lived in the palace for several years and had some understanding of the concubines in the harem. Since she was the only daughter of Marquis Xiangyang and was raised by Empress Cao after entering the palace, she was very disdainful of those ordinary concubines who used their beauty to serve men.

When she first knew Qin Wanrong, Princess Pingning ridiculed her in private. After all, in her opinion, it was a disgrace to the noble ladies of marquisate in Bianjing City that Qin Wanrong, a legitimate daughter of a marquisate, entered the palace as a concubine.

But now it seems that Princess Pingning has to admit that she was wrong. This Miss Qin San does not look like the kind of person who would seduce the emperor for the sake of wealth and glory. Instead, she looks like someone who was devoted to cultivation but was forced into the palace by the emperor because of her beauty.

When Princess Pingning thought that the emperor was about the same age as her father, and that Miss Qin San was two years younger than her, she couldn't help but feel sorry for Qin Wanrong.

No wonder Rong Taiyi looked so cold. It was her son's full moon today, but she didn't look happy. Princess Pingning married Duke Qi a few years ago and gave birth to their only son Qi Heng. Duke Qi had no other concubines and was a perfect match for Princess Pingning. For Princess Pingning, only she and Duke Qi could be happy, which made Qin Wanrong feel even more sympathetic.

Qin Wanrong sat there bored and in a daze. Logically speaking, Qin Wanrong was the biological mother of the Fourth Prince, so today's full moon banquet should have been her home turf. However, Qin Wanrong looked too unattainable, and the people who met her were too inexperienced, so no one dared to approach her and talk to her when she did not respond actively.

The only sound in the whole scene was the sound of Empress Cao greeting the officials' wives and Concubine Zhao chatting with other wives who came over to please her. Empress Cao was acting as virtuous and considerate as before, while secretly glaring at Concubine Zhao who came out to steal the limelight.

Empress Cao felt that Concubine Zhao had become arrogant since she was promoted to Concubine and gained power in the palace, and began to covet her position as Empress. She originally thought that the one who would be arrogant today was Rong Taiyi, the birth mother of the Fourth Prince, but she did not expect that Rong Taiyi was still not interested in power and status. She was originally complacent about this, because she had one less rival. But she did not expect that Rong Taiyi had not yet made up her mind, and Concubine Zhao could not help it first.

Damn it, this woman has been pretending for so many years and finally stops!

In the front hall, the emperor called on the ministers of the royal family to come forward and show off his fourth prince. Liang Duzhi stood behind the emperor and watched him clumsily holding the child. He watched those ministers approaching the child in a clumsy manner, and he became extremely anxious.

Especially those royal family members who had ill intentions, the emperor actually allowed them to check the swaddling clothes of the fourth prince. Liang Duzhi really felt that the emperor was not worthy of being the father of the child. No wonder so many children in the harem died. With the emperor's style of doing things, even if the father didn't care, how could he expect the women in the harem to protect the children and successfully raise them when surrounded by wolves?

If the child was his own, he would not be so careless. Liang Duzhi thought silently, what a pity...

Soon the time came, and the emperor announced the name of the fourth prince in front of everyone - Zhao Qi, and took out an imperial edict, ordering Qin Wanrong to be promoted to Rongde Consort.

When the women received the imperial edict, they were mixed in their thoughts. Even the people in the harem who had been mentally prepared couldn't help but change their expressions. They all stole a glance at the new Concubine De's face, only to find that Qin Wanrong was still as calm as ever.

Upon seeing this, Empress Cao and Concubine Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. It would be good to have more power, as this way she would not compete with them for power in the palace.

After the full moon banquet, everyone went home and couldn't help but discuss Qin Wanrong, the concubine who had been promoted the fastest since the founding of the Song Dynasty. She had been in the palace for less than a year and was promoted from a fourth-class lady to a first-class virtuous concubine. She was so selfless at such a young age and was not afraid of power, which was admirable.

In the following period, in addition to the heated discussion about Qin Wanrong's speed, many people also talked about the saying that Qin Wanrong was the most beautiful woman. However, unlike the doubts last time, no one objected to this saying now. Qin Wanrong was so beautiful that they could not help but feel ashamed when they saw her, and they could not even muster the courage to speak to her.