Chapter 353 Life_3

Qian Yixiu had no chance to talk more with him and left after exchanging brief greetings.

On the seventeenth day of August was Qian Yiyuan's first birthday, and Qian Yixiu returned to the Qian family to celebrate the birthday feast.

Today the Crown Prince did not come but sent gifts instead.

According to Pan Yue, two unfamiliar women were gifts from Empress Dowager Min to the Crown Prince. She said that several women were pregnant and unable to serve him well. One of the women was a niece of Empress Dowager Min's family, named Min Wen, who was granted the title Consort of the Crown Prince, of equal rank to Huang Lingling but higher than that of Cui Shuqin. The other was the daughter of a fourth rank officer, named Bai Yu, who was granted the lowest rank of Chenghui.

It was said that Zhu Sujin seemed displeased with these two women; his attitude toward them was not nearly as favorable as it had been toward the previous three women.