I also read, but can't remember whether it's fanon or canon, that Jingmum moves into the Inner Palace to care for Consort Chen, at the start.
Definitely canon! Consort Chen had bad health of some vague variety after having Jingyu, so the Lin family sent Jingmum to stay with her, and the Emperor called dibs and knocked her up. (such a DICK, ugh. It's almost astonishing the Lins didn't rebel, in hindsight.)
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Date: 2019-01-02 07:12 pm (UTC)Definitely canon! Consort Chen had bad health of some vague variety after having Jingyu, so the Lin family sent Jingmum to stay with her, and the Emperor called dibs and knocked her up. (such a DICK, ugh. It's almost astonishing the Lins didn't rebel, in hindsight.)