Recently, there's been a rather unsavory rumor in the Capital.
They say that in the Mansion of the Ninth Princess, she is keeping two male concubines.
This isn't like the Glorious Tang times; during Emperor Kangxi's reign, princesses were merely titles with no real status.
Now, the widowed Ninth Princess openly keeping male concubines is simply shocking and unconventional.
Officials in the court couldn't stand the silence and submitted memorials asking His Majesty to punish her.
Fourth Master, upon seeing such memorials, was momentarily stunned!
The first instinct was disbelief.
Fourth Master wasn't shocked by the act itself; he was more surprised that the Ninth Princess had such boldness?
The memorials were naturally suppressed.
But the rumors only spread further. Probably because it was so rare, people became even more curious.
By late July, eight or nine officials had submitted memorials asking Fourth Master to address this matter.
