Anyone who reads "Shu Bei Fu" would probably think that he and Empress Xiaoxian had a deep love for each other.
Unfortunately, this poem "Shu Bei Fu" was accepted by officials of the previous dynasty and ordinary people, but no one in the harem believed it.
Hongli took great pains to establish the persona of a loving wife, and found opportunities to deal with many officials whom he had long disliked, either by executing them or dismissing them from their posts, and replaced those positions with his own people.
The situation in the previous dynasty was like this, and the harem was no less severe.
In this life, without Hai Lan to flatter the eldest and third princes, Hongli still found excuses to get rid of them and threatened that he would never let them inherit the throne. Even Concubine Su was demoted to a noble lady because of her adopted son and biological son.
In fact, to put it bluntly, Hongli was afraid of these two grown-up princes, fearing that they would covet the position under him, so he simply deposed them.
Seeing their situation, Wei Yanwan couldn't help but feel sympathy for them.
Fortunately, Yongjun is only a little over six years old, and the two younger ones, Yonglu and Yongyan, are only one and a half years old, not old enough to make Hongli wary.
But this day will come sooner or later, and Wei Yanwan feels that she should make some preparations.
In fact, Wei Yanwan was only over a month pregnant at this time, but even so, she still cried for Empress Xiaoxian like everyone else.
After Empress Xiaoxian's death, everyone thought that Hongli would appoint another empress, and the candidate would be between the two imperial concubines.
Concubine Mei and Concubine Wan wanted to join Wei Yanwan, but Wei Yanwan told them that she was a member of the Han army flag and told them not to hold out hope.
Although the two were somewhat disappointed that Wei Yanwan was not the next empress, they did not turn to Ruyi, because they knew that Ruyi was related to Yongcong's death, and who knew how long she could last.
Concubine Mei and Concubine Wan seemed to be neutral, but Concubine Shu, Concubine Su, Concubine Qing and Concubine Ning all sided with Ruyi.
I don't know if it's because the character of Ruyi, Hongli's childhood sweetheart, is too deeply rooted in people's hearts, or if it's because her gentle and gentle temperament attracted them, but they all think that Ruyi will be the next queen.
During a break in the mourning, Wei Yanwan heard Ruyi tell Yihuan that medicine is three-quarters poison and advised her to drink less pregnancy medicine. She knew that it was almost time for her to give Yihuan a fake pregnancy pill.
Wei Yanwan knelt for five days before she fainted due to miscarriage. When Hongli learned that she was pregnant, he ordered her to return to the palace to recuperate and copy scriptures for Empress Xiaoxian in her spare time.
This time, although Hai Lan and Yong Qi did not conspire to murder the eldest and third princes, there were still people who wanted to attack the princes.
This person is Ruyi.
Her purpose was very simple, which was to become the queen.
In order to get out of Sui Yuxuan, Ruyi took arsenic poison herself. The imperial physician concluded at that time that she would not live past 40. Now she is 37 years old and has only a few years to live. She wants to become the wife of a young man before she dies.
Once Yongjun becomes known to be unfilial, Wei Yanwan will completely withdraw from the fight for the position of queen.
Therefore, she also used the strategy that Hai Lan used on the Third Prince in her previous life. On the way that Yongjun passed by, she told Ye Xin that Hongli needed a prince who would not be affected by sadness or joy. She wanted to use this to induce Yongjun not to cry on the day when the coffin of Empress Xiaoxian was moved, and was punished by Hongli.
But Yongjun was much smarter than the Third Prince. When he heard this, he immediately went back to Yongshou Palace and told Wei Yanwan.
If Wei Yanwan hadn't been afraid of scaring Yongjun, she would have been so angry that she wanted to flip the table.
She suppressed her anger and said to Yongjun, "Son, don't listen to her. She said that to hurt you. This time I'm crying for your royal mother. If you can't cry, just think that the coffin is filled with your mother and cry as much as you can. Do you understand?"
Yongjun nodded obediently, "Son, I understand. I guessed that she had bad intentions when she said this, so I came to tell mother."
Wei Yanwan hugged him and patted his back gently, "You are such a good son, mother."
She clenched her teeth in anger, her eyes vicious and ferocious.
Ruyi, since you dare to touch my son, don't let me do anything to your relatives.
So a few days later, Yikun Palace received news from outside the palace.
"What did you say? What happened to my mother?"
"When the old lady was riding in a carriage yesterday, she startled the horse and fell off the carriage. Both of her legs were broken. The doctor said that she may not be able to stand up again with these two legs."
"How could this happen? Ye Xin, is there someone trying to harm my mother?"
"I asked the Ulanara clan's people, and they said that the horse was in estrus and smelled the scent of the mare in front... so it must have been an accident."
"Ye Xin, go to the Imperial Hospital and ask a doctor to come and see my mother."
"Master, we need to pay money to let the Imperial Physician go out to see patients. How much do you think we should pay?"
"Now that Empress Xiaoxian has just passed away, in order to pray for her blessings, be frugal and take ten taels of silver."
Ye Xin didn't understand what the relationship was between praying for blessings and paying for medical treatment. If he only spent ten taels of silver, he was afraid that no one in the Imperial Hospital would be willing to treat the old lady wholeheartedly. "Master, isn't it too little?"
"Is ten taels too little? Empress Xiaoxian advocated frugality, and as a noble concubine, I naturally have to learn from her legacy. If you think ten taels is too little, then add a little more, fifteen taels."
Ye Xin wanted to say more, but was stopped and sent away by Ruyi.
As expected, the imperial physician came back with the same conclusion as the folk doctor.
However, the news Wei Yanwan received from the imperial physician was that Madam Ulanara's leg could still be cured, but it was a bit troublesome and in the early stages he would need to visit her home for acupuncture every day. The imperial physician did not want to take on such a problem for fifteen taels of silver, so he simply said that it could not be cured.
Our heroine, Ruyi, has always lived in high places and could not see the plight of the people below. She would not believe that someone would not punish her mother just because they did not value the silver.
Just like in her previous life, she didn't believe that Grandma Tian would dare to kill her child just because she withheld a few dozen taels of silver from her.
So Ruyi naturally thought that her mother would have to behave like this from now on.
In this regard, Wei Yanwan really wanted to tell Madam Ulanara that it was her fault for your paralysis. It was because she raised you as a good daughter who had never experienced the sufferings of the world that I was delayed in curing you.
For three months after Empress Xiaoxian's death, Hongli did not stay in the harem.
He only occasionally came to Wei Yanwan's Yongshou Palace, Mei Fei's Yonghe Palace, and Wanpin's Jingren Palace to visit the children and have lunch with them.
In fact, Hongli did not really remain chaste for Empress Xiaoxian. Jinzhong told Wei Yanwan that Hongli summoned the palace maids in the surrounding rooms of the Hall of Mental Cultivation almost every day and lived a very happy life.
This kind of chastity is just for show to others.
During these three months, under Wei Yanwan's guidance, Yu Hu also found out everything about Ruyi.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Xian and Mo Xin did have two contacts. Mo Xin concealed the fact that she was infected with smallpox and went to see Concubine Xian. Later, Concubine Xian used Xiang Ning, a maid in the laundry department, to smear smallpox juice on the clothes of Chun Niang, the wet nurse of the Sixth Prince. Chun Niang was infected with smallpox and passed it on to the Sixth Prince. When Korchin asked for marriage, the Queen Mother did not summon Concubine Xian. It was Concubine Xian who went to see the Queen Mother herself. After Concubine Xian left, the Queen Mother wrote a letter to Nianqin, but I did not find out what the letter said. However, the next morning, Lord Nianqin changed his mind and proposed that Princess Hengti marry into Korchin."
Hongli remained silent for a long time before he spoke softly, "Do you think I should go to the Yanxi Palace to ask her in person?"
Yu Hu did not answer.
Because she could tell that Hongli was not asking her, but himself.
At this moment, Hongli was thinking not only about the death of Yongcong, but also about his first legitimate son Yonglian. He didn't know whether Ruyi was involved in this, but when he thought that his two legitimate sons died at the hands of her and her supporter Keliye Te Hailan, Hongli felt heartbroken.
There is also the matter of Ruyi taking refuge with the Empress Dowager.
Actually, thinking about it now, there were already traces of it.
From her asking the Queen Mother to change her name, to her saving the Queen Mother from the cold palace who was assassinated, to her giving the Queen Mother advice on how to keep Heng Ti.
From all these things, he should have guessed long ago that Ruyi was already the Empress Dowager's Ruyi, not his Qingying.
"Forget it." Hongli sighed deeply, "You go to the Yanxi Palace in person and tell her what you have investigated. From now on, let her stay in the Yanxi Palace and meditate and worship Buddha. From now on, she and I will never see each other again... in this life or the next."
Inside the Yanxi Palace.
Upon hearing this decree, Ruyi was shocked beyond words, "How could the emperor treat me like this? Did Aunt Yuhu hear it wrongly?"
Yu Hu said with a cold face that never changed, "The emperor loves the Sixth Prince and now knows the cause of his death. The emperor is reluctant to execute you out of consideration for our past relationship. Allowing you to worship Buddha in the Yanxi Palace is already a gift from the emperor."
When Yu Hu mercilessly pointed out her actions, Ruyi felt guilty for a moment, but when she thought about how Linglingxiang had prevented her from getting pregnant, she felt that she was merely repaying her debt and did nothing wrong.
"Aunt Yuhu, please tell the emperor that I want to see him and ask him to come to the Yanxi Palace, or I can go to the Yangxin Palace."
"The emperor has made a promise that we will never see each other again, so please do not embarrass me, Concubine Xian. I have brought the emperor's order. From now on, Yanxi Palace will be closed. I am leaving now."
With that said, he left without looking back.
Out of consideration for Ruyi's face, Hongli's decree was not announced to the six palaces. All people knew was that Ruyi had contracted the epidemic and was unable to see anyone.
Considering that Empress Xiaoxian is dead and one of the imperial concubines, Concubine Xian, is also "sick", the only person who can take on the role of Imperial Noble Concubine is Wei Yanwan.
This time, there was no need for the empress dowager to persuade him. Hongli himself appointed Wei Yanwan as the imperial concubine. At the same time, he promoted some concubines of higher status and the palace maids in the Yangxin Palace.
"Your Imperial Consort Wei is prudent, diligent, docile, peaceful, pure, gentle, kind, and capable of observing domestic rules. She is virtuous and virtuous. In compliance with the Empress Dowager's benevolent order, she is enthroned as Imperial Consort and is in charge of the affairs of the six palaces. Qing Changzai Lu is promoted to Qing Guiren, Ning Changzai Yu is promoted to Ning Guiren, Xiu Daiying Xu is promoted to Xiu Changzai, palace maid Fang is promoted to Kui Daiying, and Qian is promoted to Ping Daiying. I am honored!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"
Because Wei Yanwan needed to wear heavy wedding attire and was pregnant with twins, Hongli exempted her from the six bows, three kneels and three kowtows ceremony.
From then on, Wei Yanwan became the number one person in the harem.
After Wei Yanwan was promoted to queen, Hongli also officially entered the harem.
After Hongli went to Chuxiu Palace, Wei Yanwan took the opportunity to give Shupin a fake pregnancy pill while he was paying his respects.
More than two months later, during a greeting ceremony, when everyone was preparing to bow and leave, Shupin suddenly fainted.
"Why did Shupin faint? Wang Chan, go and get the imperial physicians! Get more! It's hard for Shupin to move like this, so Chunchan and Hexi (Shupin's maid), you carry Shupin to the side hall to rest until the imperial physicians arrive. The concubines above the rank of concubine will stay, and everyone else can leave first."
Wang Chan had known Wei Yanwan's plan for a long time, and he quickly went to the Imperial Hospital to invite four imperial physicians, and told them Wei Yanwan's words on the way.
Now, all the famous doctors in the Imperial Medical Bureau have taken Wei Yanwan's loyalty pill, so when they came to take the pulse, they said what Wei Yanwan asked them to say.
"This..." Qi Ru frowned.
"What's this? If you have something to say, just say it!" Wei Yanwan said quickly.
"Why don't we let the other imperial physicians take her pulse first, and then I'll say anything." Seeing Wei Yanwan nod, the other three also took Shupin's pulse in turn.
The four of them frowned, and Qi Ru, who had the highest official position, spoke first: "Madam Shu has been pregnant for more than two months, but her body is too weak to bear an heir. I'm afraid that even if we try our best, we won't be able to keep the baby for three months!"
"What?!" Wei Yanwan was surprised.
"Sister Shupin looks healthy, how come she couldn't keep the baby?" asked Wanpin.
"Yeah, how could this happen?" Concubine Mei was also puzzled.
Qi Ru explained, "Madam Shu was born with a weakness that cannot be seen on the surface. However, as long as Madam Shu takes good care of herself after this miscarriage and replenishes the deficiencies in her body, she will be able to recover from the weakness a little, and it will be possible for her to have children in the future."
Wei Yanwan sighed, "Shupin has been in the palace for eight or nine years, and has always hoped to have a child. Now that she finally has one, she can't even keep it. I don't know how sad she will be when she wakes up."
Wanpin: "Who said it wasn't?"
Concubine Mei asked: "In Shupin's case, should she take the abortion pill in advance?"
Qi Ru: "The baby in Concubine Shu's belly has not yet been born. Even if she doesn't take the abortion pill, she will miscarry in a few days. Whether she takes it in advance or waits a few days... there is not much difference."
Wei Yanwan's purpose in giving Shupin the fake pregnancy pill was to make Hongli feel pity for her and allow her to give birth to the child. She also wanted to eliminate the residues of the contraceptive soup in her body for many years. If she drank the abortion pill now, the detoxification effect of the fake pregnancy pill would be slightly compromised, so Wei Yanwan spoke out to stop it.
"It's better not to drink it in advance. If there is still a chance, maybe the baby can be saved. Doctor Qi, you still have to try your best!"
Qi Ru nodded with an embarrassed look on his face.
Wei Yanwan sighed and said, "I still have to tell the emperor about this matter. Concubine Mei and Concubine Wan, you can go back first. Qi Ru, you can go with me to the Yangxin Palace."
When they arrived at the Yangxin Palace, Wei Yanwan and Qi Ru told them about Shupin's situation.
Hongli's expression changed rapidly from cold joy at learning that Shupin was pregnant to regret at knowing that the child would soon leave.
Wei Yanwan said at the right time: "Earlier, I heard Concubine Xian advise Shupin that medicine is poisonous, and if she drinks less abortion medicine, maybe the baby will come one day. Shupin also listened to this and did it. Who knew that the baby came, but unfortunately... If I had known that Shupin's body was so weak, I would not have taken the abortion medicine from the beginning to avoid the pain of losing the child. Your Majesty, I think Shupin is really pitiful. Otherwise, when that day comes... you should promote Shupin's position so that she knows that Your Majesty cares about her and the child."
Originally, Hongli suspected that Shupin knew about the problem with the pregnancy-maintaining medicine and that was why she didn't take the medicine and got pregnant. Now he learned that it was actually Ruyi who told Shupin to drink less pregnancy-maintaining medicine.
Hongli didn't know what to say.
Since Ruyi herself cannot give birth, she helps the Empress Dowager with her life.
Is she so loyal to the Queen Mother?!
If Wei Yanwan knew what he was thinking, she could only say that this was actually a wonderful misunderstanding.
"Yan Wan, thank you for your hard work. I will go to see Shupin tonight. There is no need to wait until that day. I will promote her to concubine immediately and hold the canonization ceremony after she is one month old."
"Then Your Majesty, please comfort Concubine Shu. I will take my leave now."
As soon as Wei Yanwan left, Hongli asked about Concubine Qi Rushu's health again.
Qi Ru naturally changed his words.
"No matter how mild the contraceptive soup I prepared is, drinking it all year round will harm your body. Although Madam Shu Fei has stopped taking the contraceptive soup for a while, if you rashly get pregnant without taking good care of your body, you will not be able to keep the pregnancy."
In fact, Hongli had felt Shufei's love for him over the years. Even when they were getting married, she never spoke for the empress dowager, for fear of putting him in a difficult position.
Knowing that she was pregnant but about to miscarry, Hongli felt very regretful. Because of his precautions against the empress dowager, he lost the child. So he asked: "After this miscarriage, if you take good care of yourself, can you still get pregnant? If you get pregnant, can you keep the baby?"
"If you take good care of yourself for a year, you can still get pregnant and keep the baby."
"Then you can help her recover from this."
After Shu Fei woke up, she found out that she was pregnant. Just as she was about to start celebrating, she heard He Xi say that she couldn't keep the baby. She cried so pitifully.
Wei Yanwan bought some eye drops from a group to treat the burning eyes. After applying them to herself, she went to the side hall to see Shu Fei. She comforted her in a gentle voice and then sent her back.
In July, Wei Yanwan gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, the ninth prince Yongwei and the sixth princess Jingshu.
In the following two years, Wei Yanwan successively gave Concubine Wan a pill to give birth to a son, and Concubine Qing a pill to give birth to a daughter. One year after Concubine Shu had a "miscarriage", she also gave her a pill to give birth to a daughter. Concubine Mei also gave her a pill to give birth to a son.
Concubine Wan was successfully promoted to a concubine after giving birth to the tenth prince, Concubine Qing was promoted to a concubine after giving birth to the seventh princess, Concubine Shu became a noble concubine after giving birth to the eighth princess, and Concubine Mei was also promoted to a noble concubine after giving birth to the eleventh prince.
Concubine Xian, who originally held the position of Imperial Concubine, died of illness in the Yanx Palace last year.
Before her death, Hongli originally didn't want to see her, but Wei Yanwan knew that Ruyi now looked like a 70-year-old woman. Once Hongli, who was obsessed with appearance, saw Ruyi like this, Wei Yanwan didn't believe that he would still remember Ruyi's good points in the future.
So with Wei Yanwan's kind persuasion, Hongli went to see Ruyi for the last time.
Wei Yanwan was watching this scene on the surveillance camera while holding some melon seeds. She never expected that Hongli would be so cowardly. After seeing Ruyi with gray hair and wrinkles on her face, he just turned around and ran away.
That's right, he was running, as if there was a ghost chasing him, his legs moving very fast.
But the moment Ruyi saw her young man turn around and run away, she fainted in anger and never woke up again.
After Ruyi's death,惢心 and Li Yu both asked to leave the palace, and they eventually got together.
From then on, Jinzhong became the chief steward of Hongli.
The worst thing about Jinzhong becoming the chief steward of the imperial court was that he was too busy, so he had less time to visit Wei Yanwan. For this reason, Jinzhong even regretted letting Li Yu leave the palace, otherwise he could have spent more time seeing Wei Yanwan and the children.
Wei Yanwan laughed and scolded him for being ungrateful after getting the advantage!
This time, after Li Yu and惢心 left, Wei Yanwan also married Lan Cui to Zhao Jiuxiao and promoted Zhao Jiuxiao to a blue-feathered guard. (No matter! Ruyi can let Ling Yunche be a royal guard, so it's okay for Wei Yanwan to let Zhao Jiuxiao be a blue-feathered guard! Anyway, the drama doesn't need to care about logic!)
Chunchan refused to get married, so Wei Yanwan didn't arrange a marriage for her.
One day, Wei Yanwan met Rong Pei on the street. Just like in her previous life, she was full of pride and thought it was unfair that the eunuch in charge sent her to a hard-working place just because she didn't give him money.
In fact, there is no such thing as fairness or unfairness in this world, and in this palace, money is a place where people's hearts are moved.
Didn't the original owner also spend forty taels of silver to be transferred from the Sizhiku to the eldest prince?
Rong Pei is already old, and has probably spent more than ten or twenty years in the palace and the Old Summer Palace, let alone she doesn't even know these rules.
Wei Yanwan is not like Ruyi, who thinks Rong Pei is a good person. On the contrary, Wei Yanwan thinks Rong Pei is a troublemaker and often acts in her master's favor.
Without Ruyi's permission, she refused the bright colored satins on Ruyi's behalf during the mourning period for Yonghuang. Ruyi also agreed with her, saying that she did not want to wear anything too dazzling during the mourning period for Yonghuang.
She was clearly wearing a light yellow dress, her hair was covered with pearls and jade, and her lips were painted with bright red lip balm, making her look brighter than anyone else in the palace.
What's funny is that Ruyi asked her to be the head aunt on the spot.
Later, Rong Pei went even further and dared to slap Jin Yuyan, who was then Concubine Jia. No one gave her an order at that time, but she just started beating her as if she was venting the anger of her master.
Wei Yanwan felt that it was too unfair for her to be a slave. A person like Rong Pei should be the empress.
Anyway, this time when Wei Yanwan saw Rong Pei, she didn't even give her a glance and went straight back to Yongshou Palace. When she arrived at Yongshou Palace, she gave instructions to Wang Chan.
"Go tell the eunuch Zhao who was just on the long street that I think the old maid who caused trouble is more suitable to clean the toilets in Yongxiang. Ask him to arrange it and change her job before she dies."
From then on, Rong Pei could only scrub the toilet for the rest of her life with a stinky body. As for scolding or slapping concubines?
You can think about it in your dreams.
Time soon came to the sixteenth year of Qianlong's reign.
The number of people in the harem is getting smaller and smaller now.
The one with the highest rank was naturally Imperial Noble Consort Wei Yanwan, followed by Noble Consort Shu Yehenara Yihuan and Noble Consort Mei Bai Ruiji.
Currently, there is only one Concubine Wan among the four concubines, Chen Wanyin.
There are two of the six concubines, one is Qingpin Lu Muping, and the other is Chunpin Su Lujun. The reason why Chunpin was promoted was because the third prince Yongzhang got married, and her mother's position was too low and it was not good, so she was promoted.
In terms of the position of noble ladies, there are currently Noble Lady Ning Yuqiao and Noble Lady Xiu Xu.
There were two Changzai, Fang, who was a former palace maid, and Qian, who was a Changzai.
In order to enrich the harem, Hongli ordered a beauty contest.
In the autumn of the 16th year of Qianlong's reign, Hongli selected three new people, namely, Concubine Ke of the Baierguosi clan, Concubine Gong, and Concubine Xi.
Wei Yanwan was so equal that she hated every Mongolian concubine (except Eyinzhu), therefore, before the three newcomers entered the palace, Guiren Xiu, Kui Changzai and Ping Changzai were all diagnosed to be pregnant. Under Wei Yanwan's persuasion, Hongli promoted them all to one level, so now there are only three positions left among the six concubines.
After the newlyweds entered the palace, Gong Changzai and Xi Chang were there, and Wei Yanwan also arranged for a elixir to conceive a girl. The two were soon promoted to noble ladies.
Wei Yanwan knew that even if everyone was promoted because of pregnancy, it would not stop Concubine Ke from being promoted, because Hongli respected Mongolia.
But being a concubine is the limit, don't even think about going any higher.
A year later, the positions in the harem changed again. The Imperial Noble Consort and the Noble Consort remained unchanged. Concubine Xiu gave birth to the twelfth prince and was promoted to Concubine Xiu. Concubine Kui and Concubine Ping gave birth to the ninth and tenth princesses and were promoted to concubines. Concubine Gong and Concubine Xi gave birth to the eleventh and twelfth princesses and were promoted to noble ladies.
In the summer of the 18th year of Qianlong's reign, Balin Meiruo of the Balin tribe of Mongolia entered the palace and was named Yingpin by Hongli, occupying the last concubine position.
Concubine Qing, Concubine Kui, Concubine Ping, Concubine Gong, and Concubine Xi all gave birth to daughters as their first children, and they all wanted to have a son. Concubine Ning simply didn't give birth to any children, so over the past few years, the six of them have been competing fiercely for favor.
Today she dances, tomorrow she sings a song, and the day after tomorrow she plays the flute.
For a moment, the palace was very lively.
For this reason, Concubine Ke and Concubine Ying, who were of Mongolian origin, looked down on them, thinking that they were low-handed people who could only seduce Hongli.
One day, Yingpin brought up this matter when she was paying her respects, accusing Wei Yanwan of not managing the people in the harem well, which was why they were so active.
Yingpin spoke bluntly, making the six people's faces turn red and white.
Wei Yanwan laughed and retorted with the words of the queen in a certain drama.
"Generals have to win battles, officials have to take care of people's livelihood, and concubines naturally compete for the emperor's favor. If not, why would they enter the palace?" As soon as she said this, everyone began to think carefully.
Yes, they are concubines, what else can they do besides competing for favor? Otherwise, do they have to pray to Buddha and pray for scriptures?
Wei Yanwan continued, "Besides, what qualifications do you have to accuse others of using tricks to win favor? In order to win favor, they are willing to learn even if they don't know how to do it. Now they can sing, dance, play the piano, and play the flute. At least they have a skill that can please the emperor. Or they are well-versed in poetry and books, and can drink tea, play chess, and paint with the emperor in their spare time. What about you? What else can you do besides barbecue? Even horse riding and archery, which you Mongolian concubines are best at, have been studied seriously during the Mulan Autumn Hunt over the years. This palace and Concubine Xiu, Concubine Qing, Concubine Kui and others are no worse than you. You don't reflect on yourselves, but prevent others from making progress. Isn't it ridiculous?"
These words made Concubine Ke and Concubine Ying feel so ashamed.
The others were very proud when they heard it.
In fact, there was nothing wrong with what Wei Yanwan said. Why were their singing and dancing inferior to others' barbecue?
What is so noble about barbecue?
"I am only the Imperial Noble Consort, a concubine of the Queen just like you all. I do not have the responsibility to advise the Emperor to treat everyone equally. If any of you want me to stand up and advise the Emperor, why don't you go and ask the Emperor to make me the Queen first? Then I will definitely pass on your words. How do you think?"
Seeing that everyone was speechless, Wei Yanwan continued, "If you want to be favored, go and fight for it yourself. As long as it does not harm the heir to the throne, I will not care. But don't go too far, and remember to take time to care for the children. Okay, let's all go."
Wei Yanwan knew that what would happen next would be the Dawachi rebellion in Junggar, and Princess Duanshu would be forced to marry the enemy who killed her husband.
Wei Yanwan had no feelings for Princess Duanshu, but she also didn't want to see the scene where Princess Duanshu returned to Beijing pregnant with the child of the murderer of her husband.
Therefore, he directly exposed the corruption in the Imperial Household Department and asked Zuo Lu, who had already entered the Ministry of Works, to come up with a cement recipe, so that Hongli would not have no money to fight the war because all the money was used to repair the river.
As soon as Zuolu's cement recipe came out, he was awarded the second-rank assistant minister of the Ministry of Works. From then on, Wei Yanwan could be considered a figurehead in the former dynasty.
This time, Dawachi killed Princess Duanshu's husband and wrote a letter to the emperor saying that he wanted to marry Princess Duanshu.
Hongli's national treasury and his private treasury were filled to the brim. Without hesitation, he ordered an attack on Dawachi and sent a small team to secretly bring Princess Duanshu back to Beijing.
After this incident, the empress dowager completely gave up the idea of opposing Hongli and only wanted to take care of her two daughters. She no longer cared about power or status.
Hongli naturally noticed the changes in the Empress Dowager. Now there was no conflict of interest between the plastic mother and son, and their relationship really improved.
In fact, not long after Empress Xiaoxian passed away, Hongli started drinking deer blood wine.
However, Jinzhong covered it up in front of the emperor, and Qi Ru covered it up in the Imperial Hospital, so no one noticed.
After a few years, Hongli's health had actually deteriorated a lot.
Wei Yanwan quickly took Jinzhong to give birth to a little daughter, Jingyan, and arranged marriages for the princesses of Concubine Mei and Concubine Wan. These two princesses were kept in Beijing by Hongli and could get married when they turned 16. The other princesses were still young and there was no rush for them.
In the 20th year of Emperor Qianlong's reign, Wei Yanwan's daughter Yongjun married Fucha Fuheng's legitimate daughter as her wife. Since then, the Fucha family has completely stood on Wei Yanwan's side.
However, in order to prevent Hongli from being afraid of Yongjun and targeting him, Wei Yanwan deliberately postponed his wedding for two years, waiting until Yongjun was 18 years old to get married. During this period, she did not arrange a princess for Yongjun.
Finally, the time came to the 24th year of Qianlong's reign.
Yongjun just got married this year.
Looking at the many princes, the eldest prince Yonghuang died of illness in the 15th year of Qianlong's reign, the second prince Yonglian died young, the third prince Yongzhang was extremely stupid, the fourth prince Yongsheng was adopted, and the sixth prince Yongcong also died young.
Compared with the other little princes, the fifth prince Yongjun is the most intelligent.
Therefore, Hongli secretly appointed a crown prince again and placed Yongjun's name behind the plaque "Zhengda Guangming".
Wei Yanwan was completely relieved when she saw this scene on the surveillance camera, but she still wanted to send the person away quickly.
This year, a new Mongolian concubine was added to the harem, Borjigit Eryinzhu from Khorchin.
Originally, the position of concubine was full, but not long ago, Concubine Chun died of depression, leaving a vacant position. Hongli directly named her Concubine Yu and let her live in Chengqian Palace.
Wei Yanwan had been waiting for her for a long time.
She also specifically instructed Jinzhong and Qiru to help cover up her actions.
So, under Yupin's magical manipulation, Hongli, who had been drugged by Mongolian aphrodisiac and drunk deer blood wine, was finally diagnosed by Qi Ru as a sign of short life, and he had at most five years to live.
"Five years? That's still too much. Jinzhong, you continue to cover up for Yupin. If that doesn't work, have someone incite her to increase the dosage. Qiru, you try to make the emperor look better. You must not let the emperor or anyone else find out that there's something wrong with his body."
In the spring of the 25th year of Qianlong's reign, the Han tribe was defeated and offered the beautiful Han Xiangjian to them.
The moment Hongli saw Han Xiangjian, he couldn't miss her.
Han Xiangjian was named Rong Guiren on the spot. Because the twelve palaces in the east and west were full (Empress Xiaoxian's Changchun Palace was sealed), Hongli arranged for Han Xiangjian to live in the back hall of the Yangxin Palace.
However, beauties can only be viewed from a distance and not touched, otherwise he will commit suicide in front of him.
Hongli was also willing to praise Concubine Rong, and did not touch Concubine Rong for more than half a year. Even the concubines had fewer visits to sleep with him. However, even with fewer visits, Concubine Yu was still at the top of the list, and was later named Concubine Yu.
For this reason, many concubines of low rank came to Yongshou Palace to find Wei Yanwan, wanting Wei Yanwan to persuade Hongli.
However, because of Wei Yanwan's previous remarks about the concubines competing for favor, no one forced Ruyi to kneel in the rain, but just talked about it.
Only Yingpin is different.
She braved the rain to go to the Yangxin Palace and shouted at the door: "Your Majesty, you are so confused by emotions that you will hurt the hearts of the 49 Mongolian tribes and make us doubt whether the emperor we have always relied on is a wise monarch."
Concubine Yu in the Yangxin Palace heard this and rushed out to slap her in the face. "When did your Balin tribe represent the 49 Mongolian tribes? Do you think I, Khorchin, am dead? Get out of the way! The emperor is the Son of Heaven, how can you have any say in his comments!"
Concubine Yu was quite big and she slapped Concubine Ying to the ground. It was the first time in Concubine Ying's life that she was slapped in the face and she stuttered from fear.
"I...you..."
"What do you mean by "I"? What do you mean by "you"? If I hear you talking about the forty-nine tribes of Mongolia again, I will beat you to death. What are you still standing there for? Get out of here right now!"
Then Yingpin ran away.
Wei Yanwan was also happy to have everyone vying for her favor and wasting Hongli's life.
She secretly gave advice to the lower-ranking concubines, asking them to seduce Hongli with love wine, deer blood wine, and aphrodisiac incense.
More than half a year passed, Baoyue Tower had just been renovated, and Rong Guiren had not yet served him in the night court, but Hongli died in the belly of a concubine.
The people who were most happy about this were Wei Yanwan and Rong Guiren.
Wei Yanwan was happy that she was finally going to be the empress dowager, while Rong Guiren was happy that she could finally keep her fiancé's innocence.
In the winter of the 25th year of Qianlong's reign, the fifth prince Aisin-Gioro Yongjun ascended the throne in front of the spirit of the previous emperor.
The Empress Dowager Nianhulu was named Grand Empress Dowager, the Imperial Noble Consort Wei Yanwan was named Empress Dowager, the Concubine Fucha was named Empress, the Concubine Nianhulu was named Shufei, the Concubine Ma Jia was named Lifei, and the other three princesses were named Concubine Zhuang, Concubine Xiang, and Concubine Rou respectively.
As the previous emperor had many concubines and the palace was too crowded, Wei Yanwan, after discussing with the emperor, issued an order that all married princes and princesses could bring their biological and adoptive mothers out of the palace to take care of them.
So, after observing mourning for 27 days, Concubine Mei and Concubine Wan happily went to their daughter's princess mansion to live out their old age. They left their son in the palace, as their son had to go to the Shangshufang to study anyway, and usually lived in the prince's residence where there were people to take care of him. With their brother Yongjun looking after them, the empress dowager felt relieved. After their son got married, they could also go and live in their son's mansion.
Other concubines were not so lucky, either their children were too young or they had no children at all. Wei Yanwan asked them about their wishes and arranged for some to live in Shoukang Palace and some to be sent to Yuanmingyuan.
In order to save money for her son, Wei Yanwan sent someone to secretly send Concubine Rong back to Hanbu, asking her to stay in Hanbu to remain faithful to her fiancé, so as to avoid wasting the palace's allowance of silver and food.
For this, Concubine Rong knelt down in gratitude to thank Wei Yanwan, and also left her a lot of clothes and jewelry from the Han tribe.
Wei Yanwan accepted them all without hesitation.
Wei Yanwan couldn't stand staying in the palace for a year, so she took Jinzhong and her two daughters Jingshu and Jingyan on a journey to have children.
[This volume is very unfriendly to Fu Cha Lang Ya. I suggest that those who like Fu Cha Lang Ya don't read it! Also, don't comment that it is too cruel to Fu Cha Lang Ya. Thank you! ]
[I specifically read about Lian Xin's experience in the original novel. If I put myself in Lian Xin's shoes, I would really want to skin Fu Cha Lang Ya alive.]
Hao Qiong woke up in severe pain.
She struggled to stand up, looking at the narrow and dim room in front of her, and her memories slowly came back.
It turns out that in this life, she became Lianxin.
The original owner was one of the palace maids of the Xin generation sent by the Imperial Household Department when Empress Xiaoxian, Fucha Langya, married into the palace in Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace. Her original name was Song Huailian, and she was from the Han Army Banner Baoyi. After she was selected into the Imperial Household Department as a child, the housekeeper took out a character from her name and changed her name to Lianxin.
The original owner served Fu Cha Langya diligently for seven or eight years, and then Concubine Jia instigated Fu Cha Langya to marry her to Wang Qin, the deputy chief eunuch in front of the emperor, in order to obtain news about Hongli from Wang Qin and have personal connections in front of the emperor.
From then on, the original owner began to suffer for more than half a year.
During the past six months, she had to endure Wang Qin's insults, biting, and needle pricks almost every night. He would try to stuff any hard objects he touched into her body, torturing her unbearably.
She told her master Fu Cha Langya about her suffering and begged her to make a decision for herself. However, Fu Cha Langya's response was to tell her to follow her husband wherever he went and threatened her that a palace maid could not commit suicide, otherwise it would implicate her family.
The original owner's parents died early, and she only had two brothers and a sister at home. Since she followed Fu Cha Langya, Fu Cha Langya took her brothers and sisters to the Fu Cha family in order to completely control her, ostensibly to take care of them, but in fact to blackmail them.
The original owner couldn't stand the torture anymore, so he pretended to fall into the river accidentally, hoping that his family would not be implicated after his death.
At that time, Empress Xian, Ruyi, passed by and saved her. After hearing about her experience, she decided to help her take revenge and achieve her own goals in the process.
So the two of them worked together. When Ruyi was framed for spreading rumors and was confined to the Yanx Palace, the original owner deliberately seduced Wang Qin to take the Ajisu Pills, and released him to flirt with Concubine Hui Gao Xiyue.
Concubine Hui asked Hongli to make the decision, and Wang Qin was exposed for taking Ajisu pills and committing adultery in the harem, so Wang Qin was sentenced to death. Because Concubine Hui had been contaminated by Wang Qin, even if no substantial behavior had taken place, Hongli no longer doted on her as much as before. The queen who had arranged a marriage between Wang Qin and the original owner was naturally blamed by Hongli, and then became cold.
The original owner returned the favor by clearing Ruyi of the accusation of spreading rumors and putting the blame on Wang Qin. As a result, Ruyi was released from house arrest and regained favor.
Later, in order to avenge herself, Lianxin fanned the flames when Hailan attacked Yonglian, ending Yonglian's life prematurely, which made Fucha Langya heartbroken.
The original owner felt relieved at first, but her younger brothers and sisters died one after another under the good care of the Fucha family, leaving her alone. She didn't know how her younger brothers and sisters died, but she knew that she hated Fucha Langya and the Fucha family. Therefore, when Fucha Langya fell into the water, she did not save her, letting her struggle underwater for a long time. She died shortly after being rescued.
The original owner should have been happy after getting her revenge, but she felt that she no longer had any family to rely on, so she jumped into the river and left after Fu Cha Langya died.
This time the original owner's wishes are:
1. Let my younger brothers and sisters live well and have a promising future.
2. Let Fucha Langya experience her pain.
3. Let Jin Yuyan's plan fail, and she will lose favor and suffer childlessness for the rest of her life.
4. Let Wang Qin die.
5. Repaying Ruyi. Although she had repaid Ruyi in her previous life, she felt that Ruyi had saved her life and helped her get rid of Wang Qin. She only said a few words for Ruyi, which was not enough to repay this favor. (Killing Yonglian did not count, because that was her revenge for herself, not repaying Ruyi)
6. Repaying the kindness to Gao Xiyue. Actually, when she was verbally insulted by A Ruo, it was Gao Xiyue who spoke for her and punished A Ruo to kneel at the Locust Gate for six hours. However, she repaid kindness with enmity and teamed up with Ruyi to make Gao Xiyue be flirted with by Wang Qin, causing her to fall out of favor. Therefore, she had to repay A Ruo a little.
(Hereafter referred to as Song Huailian)
When Song Huailian came through, the original owner had been married to Wang Qin for half a month. Her body was covered with needle holes and tooth marks of various sizes, and her lower body was also tortured and in tatters.
She stood up and took a pain-relieving pill, and the pain in her body immediately disappeared.
Then she took a skin-beautifying pill and set it to take effect immediately. All the marks on her body disappeared without a trace, even the calluses and scars left from her previous work.
Song Huailian carefully analyzed her current situation.
She had already become the eunuch's concubine. With Hongli's obsessive-compulsive disorder, he was disgusted even when Concubine Hui's clothes were torn by Wang Qin. How could he touch her, a woman who had actually been defiled by Wang Qin?
And even if she slept with Hongli, the imperial court would not allow her to be given a position based on her dark history of marrying a eunuch. If she could only become a maid in the Yangxin Palace after all the hard work, then why did she bother?
But if she didn't become Hongli's woman, as she was a eunuch's consort, and her brothers and sisters-in-law were still in the hands of the Fucha family, it would be extremely difficult for her to fulfill the original owner's wish.
And she also has the important responsibility of giving birth to the child.
How rich can a child born to a palace maid be? If she is not born into a wealthy or powerful family, she would be violating the regulations of the Film and Television Department.
Therefore, no matter how you think about it, she has to become Hongli's woman.
But, I can't do it as Lianxin.
So Song Huailian thought about it and decided to take another path.
After experiencing three small worlds, she had accumulated nine-digit points, so she generously spent 100 million points to open the system mall, and spent a large amount of money to buy two "human skin masks that can be freely pinched".
"Instructions for using the "Human Skin Mask with Any Shape": Shape your face to the way you want it to be and then put it on, and you will become the person you want. Once you put it on, your face cannot be changed, and the mask will automatically blend into the skin and fix on the face. Unless you use the special potion provided, you cannot take off the mask. The mask can be reused, just take it off and shape your face and put it on again."
Song Huailian first pinched a face of Fu Cha Langya based on the original owner's memory.
Then she pinched a face in front of the mirror that was 70% similar to her own. The reason for 70% was because she didn't want Fu Cha Langya wearing this face to be too similar to the original owner. As for the missing 30% similarity, she could just say it was because of her age or her appearance changed after marriage. At least it was OK as long as she could be recognized as the original owner.
That's right, this time, she decided to become Fucha Langya.
Given her identity, if she wanted to become Hongli's woman, she could only replace someone else.
Then, besides Fucha Langya, who else in the entire harem is the most suitable person to replace her?
They are the same age, similar height and body shape, and even their hands look so similar. She has been with Fu Cha Langya for many years and knows her every word and action so well. It is simply the perfect match.
By then, she became Fu Cha Lang Ya, and Fu Cha Lang Ya became her.
In this way, this best marriage that Fu Cha Langya mentioned could also allow her to experience it personally.
Wang Qin arrived on duty an hour earlier than she did.
It was time for Song Huailian to report to Changchun Palace.
Ever since she married Wang Qin, Fu Cha Langya, although she didn't say it, actually still disliked her. She no longer asked her to serve him closely, but assigned her some work outside the palace.
After the greetings were over, Song Huailian moved towards Fucha Langya.
"Your Majesty, I have something important to report."
"what's up?"
Song Huailian pretended to be hesitant and looked at the maids in the room. Fu Cha Langya understood and waved her hand to let everyone leave.
Su Lian was the only one left in the room.
Song Huailian knew that Fu Cha Langya trusted Su Lian the most, and he also knew that the marriage she had arranged was inappropriate. If he insisted on talking to Fu Cha Langya alone, she would be afraid of what he would do to her.
So she was not surprised nor did she care much about the fact that Su Lian was left behind.
"I found something," she took out a drug from her purse (in the space) and sprinkled it on Fucha Langya and Su Lian.
The two of them struggled for only a moment before they both fainted.
When she was traveling among the common people in the first small world, she did an experiment. Even a strong bull could not last more than five seconds after being touched by the drug she and Wen Shichu developed, let alone two weak women.
If she hadn't taken the anti-poison pill in advance, she would have been knocked unconscious.
She quickly put on the mask of "Fu Cha Lang Ya" for herself, and then made Fu Cha Lang Ya put on the original owner's mask.
Then he changed their clothes and hair.
If the original owner had not been the one who combed Fu Cha Langya's hair, she would really be at a loss.
That's not all, she also cut Fucha Langya's nails to make sure her hands were as bare as those of the palace maids, and bought some nail polish from Taobao to put on herself.
In addition, Song Huailian gave Su Lian the Loyalty Pill, and gave Fu Cha Langya a hypnotic talisman that she found in the system mall, blocking her memory as Fu Cha Langya, and continued to hypnotize her, making her think that she was Lian Xin.
After doing all this, she put Fucha Langya back where she had been kneeling just now.
She and Su Lian were given the antidote to the drug.
After they woke up slowly, they looked at Song Huailian who was sitting upright on the Arhat bed.
Su Lian got up from the ground in confusion, "My Lady, what am I doing?"
Song Huailian glanced at her coldly and said, "Don't ask questions that you shouldn't ask."
Under the effect of the loyalty pill, Su Lian asked no more questions and nodded his head.
The hypnotic spell had just hit Fucha Langya, and perhaps she hadn't adapted to it immediately. She rubbed her head and asked, "You are the queen, and who am I?"
Without waiting for Song Huailian to respond, Su Lian glared at Fu Cha Langya and said, "What are you talking about you and me to the queen? You have to call yourself a slave!"
Fu Cha Langya seemed to suddenly remember her identity and immediately said solemnly: "Yes, I know I am wrong."
Song Huailian smiled faintly as she looked at Fu Cha Langya, who was groveling before her, and said to her, "Lian Xin is not a good name. It tastes bitter. I hope you are blessed. From now on, you can be called Ah Fu."
Taken from the blessed land of Langhuan, the blessing of glory among women.
"Yes, it was given by Her Majesty Queen Afushe."
Song Huailian listened to her voice and frowned slightly.
The original owner's voice is somewhat similar to Fu Cha Langya's. She can imitate Fu Cha Langya's voice by just lowering her voice deliberately. But Fu Cha Langya is different. She has to raise her voice pitch to be similar to the original owner's.
Song Huailian was afraid that she would reveal her identity, so she searched the system mall again and finally found a potion to improve the voice. She would never buy "Conan's Bow Voice Changer" for Fu Cha Langya, it was not worth it, and the potion was cheaper.
"Afu, please step back first."
"Yes."
After Ah Fu left, Song Huai Lian handed the potion to Su Lian, "Find a reason to put it in Ah Fu's tea. Make sure she drinks it and then bring her back to me."
Su Lian took the potion readily and brought Ah Fu back after a while.
"Ahfu, from now on you no longer have to serve in Changchun Palace. Go to Xiefang Palace and serve the Second Prince."
"Yes, slaves obey."
"Well, go ahead."
Hearing that Ah Fu's voice now resembled the original owner's, Song Huailian felt relieved.
Letting Ah Fu serve Yonglian was a decision Song Huailian made after careful consideration.
She didn't know how to face her enemy's child, especially since this child was the one she had harmed in her previous life.
It would be better to just assign the child's biological mother to take care of him. As for whether the service was good or not, or whether Ah Fu would retaliate against Yonglian because she couldn't stand Wang Qin's torture, it had nothing to do with her.
Speaking of the Second Prince, Song Huailian thought of how Fucha Langya, in order to control the royal heirs, ordered that all the royal heirs be sent to Xiefang Palace after their full moon, causing Concubine Chun to be separated from the mother and son of the Third Prince. She also deliberately let the maids pamper the Third Prince and made him stupid, so that Concubine Chun agreed to cooperate with Hai Lan and changed Yonglian's quilt. Chunpin thought that this would make Yonglian sick and take revenge on Fucha Langya, but she didn't expect that the original owner intervened and Yonglian died directly.
Now that Song Huailian has become Fucha Langya and the queen, she must make up for all the wrong things she has done. Otherwise, as long as she is the queen, they may be exposed and backfire on her.
After lunch at noon.
"Su Lian, is Second Prince going to finish school soon?"
"According to the time, it's almost time for the Second Prince to take a lunch break."
"Follow me to Xiefang Palace to see Yonglian."
Fu Cha Langya always forced Yonglian to study hard. If Yonglian felt sleepy, she would ask him to blow cold wind to clear his mind. As a result, Yonglian caught a cold and developed asthma. Not only did he completely withdraw from the fight for the throne, but he also died young.
She is not Fu Cha Langya, and she would not force her own child like this.
But Yonglian was not her biological son.
When Song Huailian came over, Ah Fu was accompanying Yonglian to study.
"Yonglian."
"My son pays his respects to the Empress Dowager." When the young Yonglian saw Song Huailian coming in, he jumped off his chair and greeted him politely.
Song Huailian looked at Yonglian kneeling in front of him and suddenly became distracted.
Was she going to force Yonglian into asthma like Fu Cha Langya did, making his body like in his previous life, where he could be easily killed by a few reed catkins?
Song Huailian hesitated.
She helped Yonglian up, took his hand and sat him down, and said to him earnestly: "Yonglian, the Empress Dowager has reflected on herself recently and found that she was wrong before. The Empress Dowager should not have forced you to study hard. People should do what they should do at their age. You are two years younger than your elder brother, so you don't have to catch up with your elder brother's progress. Just learn from the masters slowly. Don't tire yourself out for studying. In the future, you should also add an hour to your sleep time. Only by sleeping well can your body be healthy. Don't you agree?"
After she finished speaking, Yonglian's eyes lit up visibly, "Is what the Empress Dowager said true?"
Song Huailian nodded, "Of course it's true."
Yonglian jumped up with joy, "Thank you, my son, Empress Dowager!"
Song Huailian smiled and touched his bald head. "It's lunchtime now. Go take a nap so you don't feel tired in the afternoon."
Yonglian nodded obediently, "Well, then my son will go to bed now!"
Song Huailian glanced at Ah Fu and decided to leave Yonglian's fate to Ah Fu.
She wanted to see what choice Ah Fu, who was tortured by Wang Qin, would make when facing the son of the person who caused her to fall into hell.
Although she thought so in her heart, she warned on the surface: "Afu, remember what I just said to Yonglian. Take good care of Yonglian in the future and don't let him hurt his body because of studying."
Afu Fu's body should be like this.
After leaving Yonglian, Song Huailian went to Yongzhang.
Yongzhang was born in the 13th year of Yongzheng's reign. He is the third in line of birth and is only two years old now. It is not too late to educate him well.
Song Huailian took a look at Yongzhang, who was still wrapped in a quilt like a little baby, and felt an extremely headache.
This is raising Yong Zhang like a baby. He is wrapped up like this and will definitely not be allowed to walk. A two-year-old child can't even walk. No wonder Concubine Chun hates Fucha Langya.
Yong Zhang was sleeping now. She was afraid that she would wake him up if she got angry. She was also afraid that the maids would say that she was the mastermind behind the incident. So she gave each of them a loyalty pill to shut their mouths. She sent all the maids out of the palace and ordered that they would never be employed again. She asked Su Lian to carry the sleeping Yong Zhang back to Changchun Palace.
When they arrived at Changchun Palace, Yongzhang slowly woke up.
Not seeing anyone familiar, Yong Zhang pouted and was about to cry. Song Huailian coaxed her while taking off the quilt on Yong Zhang.
"Be good, Yongzhang. Empress Dowager will bring you some sweet snacks later."
Yongzhang couldn't speak well, but he could understand everything. When he heard the word "dim sum", he opened his mouth and said "ah", meaning that he wanted some dim sum.
Su Lian hurried downstairs and asked someone to bring in some snacks that children could digest.
Song Huailian picked up a piece of dessert and waved it in front of Yongzhang's eyes, "Yongzhang, if you take a few steps, the Empress Dowager will give you some dessert, okay?"
Yong Zhang's saliva flowed slowly from the corners of his mouth. He chased the snacks in Song Huailian's hand, and after walking three or four steps, he sat down, looking at the snacks pitifully and was about to cry.
Song Huailian knew that Yongzhang could only walk a few steps. He rubbed his forehead with a headache and handed him the snack.
"Su Lian, you go and teach Yong Zhang how to walk now. He should be able to take at least 20 steps at a time. He should also learn to speak. He should at least be able to say simple words like 'mother', 'father', 'hungry', and 'thirst'. Do you understand?"
Su Lian nodded with difficulty, and then she heard Song Huailian continue: "Also, you must have a good attitude. Always remember that he is the master and Yonglian's brother. Don't be too harsh on him."
Su Lian agreed, and took Yong Zhang to the side hall to teach him.
The news that Song Huailian drove away the nanny around Yongzhang and took Yongzhang back to Changchun Palace was no secret and soon spread to Zhongcui Palace.
When Concubine Chun heard about this, she immediately took Ke Xin to Changchun Palace.
When Song Huailian heard the news from the palace maid that Concubine Chun was coming, he was not surprised at all. After all, every stone in the palace could speak.
She ordered Concubine Chun to come in.
"I pay my respects to the Empress. Your Majesty, I heard that Yongzhang is now in Changchun Palace. Is that true?" Concubine Chun asked anxiously.
"It's true." Song Huailian nodded, pointed to the spot next to the Luohan bed, and asked Chunpin to sit down. "This afternoon, when I went to visit Yonglian, I found that the maids around Yongzhang were not taking good care of him. In order to save trouble for themselves, they didn't teach Yongzhang how to talk or walk. I was so angry that I sent them all away. Since I couldn't find anyone to take care of him for a while, I brought Yongzhang back for the time being."
Concubine Chun didn't really believe what Song Huailian said, because she felt that it was she who ordered the maids to raise Yong Zhang in this way. However, she was not in the mood to think about these things at the moment, and asked anxiously: "Then does the queen still want to send Yong Zhang back to Xiefang Palace?"
She clutched the handkerchief tightly, hoping desperately to hear the answer she wanted to hear.
In fact, Song Huailian could decide to let her raise Yongzhang now, but she wanted to keep Yongzhang for a few more days to teach him how to walk and talk, so that Chunpin would not bear too much resentment in the future. She pretended to hesitate and paused for a moment before saying, "The emperor has been busy with government affairs these days, and I can't disturb him. The day after tomorrow is the first day of the new year. I plan to discuss it with the emperor when he comes. If the emperor agrees, all princesses and princes under the age of six can live with their mothers first, and then be sent to Xiefang Palace when they are six years old. Yongzhang is the only one under the age of six in the palace now. I know you miss him. You can go to the side hall to see him later. We can talk about the others after the first day of the new year."
Concubine Chun stood up excitedly, "Is what the Queen said true?"
"Of course it's true." Song Huailian sighed, "In fact, I also regret my original decision. I used to think that the princes should not grow up in the hands of women, so as to avoid the mother spoiling the children. That's why I thought about letting the children live in Xiefang Palace so that the brothers can take care of each other. But now I think that as long as the mother is of good character, the children will not be spoiled. Besides, the age gap between the children is also large. Even if they want to play, they can't play together for a while. But these are all my thoughts, I still have to ask the emperor first."
Concubine Chun felt that as long as Song Huailian agreed, the matter would be halfway successful, so she was overjoyed, "Then I will wait for good news from the queen. I want to go see Yongzhang."
"Go."
When Concubine Chun arrived at the side hall, she did not push the door open directly, but hid by the window and observed secretly, wanting to know whether Su Lian would be harsh on her child.
However, she did not see the scene she expected. What she saw was Su Lian, the head maid of Changchun Palace, personally holding Yong Zhang's hand and walking with him. As they walked, she said to him, "Third prince is really amazing. You can have some snacks after walking a few more steps."
Yong Zhang smiled sweetly and said, "Eat!"
Seeing this scene, Concubine Chun felt relieved. She was afraid that Song Huailian was just acting, and she was also afraid that her son would continue to be "spoiled".
Fortunately, Su Lian could tell at a glance that she was sincere in educating Yong Zhang.
At this moment, Concubine Chun was also confused. Could it be that the maids really acted on their own just to be lazy?
Concubine Chun did not dare to stay any longer. She only stayed in the side hall for half an hour before coming to say goodbye to Song Huailian.
"Su Xin, come in."
Although Su Xin's name contains the character "心", she was not a palace maid assigned by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Like Su Lian, she was a maid in the Fu Cha family, but she was not as valued by Fu Cha Langya as Su Lian.
But compared to Su Lian, who likes to act on her own, Song Huailian now wants to use Su Xin more.
After Su Xin came in, Song Huailian took out a loyalty pill and handed it to Su Xin, "Eat it."
Su Xin hesitated for a moment, then swallowed the loyalty pill without asking any questions.
Song Huailian was very satisfied with this. She liked people who were sensible and spoke little.
She took out a small bottle of loyalty pills and said, "The pills will dissolve in water. Go and feed one pill to everyone in Changchun Palace. You don't need to feed Su Lian, she has already eaten it."
Su Xin took the bottle obediently, "I obey your command."
Although Song Huailian didn't know the cause of death of the original owner's brothers and sisters in the previous life, he could probably guess it.
The original owner was the eldest sister in the family. After her parents passed away, her younger brothers and sisters all regarded her as a mother-like support.
How could they feel good after learning that she was married to a eunuch by Fu Cha Langya?
They would definitely harbor resentment towards the Fucha family, and either die in depression, or take some revenge on the Fucha family but are discovered and secretly executed.
So the most urgent task now is to comfort these three younger brothers and sisters.
Song Huailian knew very well that with four brothers and sisters, there was no way they could fight against the old Manchu clan, the Fucha family.
Since the original owner's wish did not include the intention to eliminate the Fucha clan, she did not need to bother to do anything to them. It would be better to let the Fucha family be the ladder for the Song brothers and sisters to ascend to heaven. With the help of the Fucha family, they would not have to worry about their future.
In order to avoid exposing his identity and to make better use of the Fucha family, Madam Fucha and Fucha Fuheng's loyalty pill must also be arranged.
When Su Xin came back after finishing her work, Song Huailian told her, "Go and tell the Fucha family to let my mother come to the palace tomorrow."
Song Huailian was thinking about what else he had not noticed. After thinking for a long time, he finally realized that there was still something to be resolved with Wang Qin.
In Wang Qin's memory, Ah Fu should have been injured, but now Ah Fu is delicate and tender, so as long as he is not stupid, he will definitely have some doubts.
Therefore, Wang Qin's loyalty pills must also be arranged.
Well, leave it all to Su Xin.
Song Huailian slept comfortably. The next day, after dealing with the greetings from all the concubines, she saw Ah Fu kneeling in front of her with red eyes and looking pitiful.
"Please save me, Queen. I don't want to live with Wang Qin anymore. I just can't stand Wang Qin. He—"
"Afu," Song Huailian interrupted her, "Wang Qin has been fond of you for a long time. This marriage is a good match that you can't ask for. How can you let this marriage go to waste just because of a little disagreement between husband and wife? And aren't you supposed to be taking care of Yonglian in Xiefang Palace at this time? Go quickly, otherwise Yonglian won't be able to find you later."
Song Huailian watched expressionlessly as Ah Fu was pulled away by Su Lian while crying.
In the original owner's memory, she had prayed to Fu Cha Langya many times. Let the current Ah Fu experience the feeling of having no one to turn to.
Mrs. Fucha received the news yesterday and entered the palace after the time when the concubines paid their respects.
Without saying anything, Song Huailian handed her a cup of tea with the Loyalty Pill in it. After she drank it, he took out a small red bottle and said to her, "When you go back, mother, find a way to get Fu Heng to take this pill."
"Okay, mom got it."
Song Huailian continued to explain, "Lianxin's two brothers and one sister are working in our house now. After mother returns..."
As she spoke, she took out a letter she had written to her older brother Song Huaian in the original owner's tone and handwriting, as well as three small white bottles, each of which contained a loyalty pill, an enlightenment pill, a fitness pill, and an immunity pill.
Then he gave the letter and the bottle to Mrs. Fucha.
"Okay, that's all I have to say. From now on, unless I summon you, you are not allowed to enter the palace. Also, Su Lian betrayed me, so when I return, I will get rid of her as soon as possible."
This girl always excluded the original owner. Even the original owner's marriage to Wang Qin was instigated by her. She must be dealt with.
Moreover, Su Lian had done something to Concubine Mei during her pregnancy. Song Huailian took Concubine Mei's pulse today and found that she had been using cinnabar for too long, and the child had already grown two reproductive organs in her belly. Even Song Huailian, who had the golden finger, could do nothing about this child.
She had to make sure that Su Lian's handle disappeared so that she wouldn't be an eyesore and Concubine Jia wouldn't always target Su Lian.
In her letter to Song Huaian, she said that she was only pretending to marry Wang Qin, and was actually working for the Queen in secret, and she just took on the title of marrying Wang Qin. Anyway, she didn't plan to get married, so she just took on the title.
Things will be done in another half a year. By then, the Emperor and the Empress will dissolve her relationship with Wang Qin. She will then come back to see them and tell them not to worry.
Tell them not to resent the Fucha family.
In order to compensate for her reputation, the Queen would send him and his younger brother Song Huaining to study in the academy, and hire a martial arts master for them. Her younger sister Song Huailan would also hire a female teacher to teach them music, chess, calligraphy, painting and housekeeping. She told them to study hard, and she would check their learning results after half a year.
She asked Lady Fucha to take the pills sent by her immediately. They were all health-preserving pills from the palace. If they were not taken immediately, the effects would soon wear off.
At the same time, he stuffed a silver note worth five hundred taels into the letter, telling Song Huaian not to be frugal and to use it when necessary.
Before the original owner's father passed away, he was an eighth-rank clerk in the Hanlin Academy, responsible for drafting and proofreading documents. He taught his brothers and sisters to read and write since they were young. The eldest brother Song Huaian went to school for three years when he was a child. If his father and mother had not died of illness one after another, he would have continued his studies.
Although he had only been to school for a few years, he could understand the words in the letter.
The original owner's brothers and sisters were pacified, and the most active lady in the Fucha family also took the loyalty pill, so Song Huailian naively thought that he would have no worries for the time being.
But she didn't expect that after Su Lian left, Concubine Hui actually came to her house.
"Your Majesty, Su Lian is already over 30 years old, why are you letting her leave the palace? She can't get married at this age!"
Song Huailian's gaze stayed on the red gold and jadeite lotus bracelet on Concubine Hui's wrist. He cursed Fu Cha Langya in his heart for being careless. She was so stupid to put such a big handle on someone else's wrist!
She even regretted exchanging faces with Fu Cha Lang Ya, because she was simply cleaning up her mess, which was so annoying!
But she had already done it before, so she had to persevere. Anyway, this was the only handle Fu Cha Langya had left.
She waved her hand and asked Suxin and Moxin to go down.
When they were the only two left in the room, she heaved a long sigh and said to Concubine Hui, "I only recently learned that Concubine Jia bribed Su Lian without my knowledge and instigated her to murder Concubine Mei's unborn baby, saying it was for my own good. Su Lian is my maidservant who came with my dowry. Once what Su Lian did is discovered, the Emperor will surely think it was my order, and Jin Yuyan can deny it completely. Sister Xiyue, do you think I dare to keep Su Lian? I have spared her life because I have been considering our relationship as master and servant for many years."
The more Song Huailian spoke, the uglier Concubine Hui's expression became. "Your Majesty, what you mean is that you didn't instruct Su Lian to kill Concubine Mei's child?"
Song Huailian said as if it was a matter of course, "Of course, Concubine Mei is just a musician from the Southern Palace. I wish she could give birth to a son, then the son wouldn't be that precious. Unfortunately, Su Lian and Jin Yuyan were too ruthless. This pregnancy can only last for about three months at most, and it's hard to keep the baby."
Concubine Hui stood up and said, "Oh no, Your Majesty! Su Lian came to me and asked me to do something to Concubine Mei's child. It just so happened that a eunuch in the imperial kitchen, Xiao Luzi, who I had helped before, gave me an idea. He said that if I fed fish and shrimp with cinnabar, pregnant women would feel unwell after eating it. This would weaken Concubine Mei's body, and she would only be able to give birth to a sickly prince. Your Majesty, I didn't want to kill her child! And I thought it was Your Majesty's intention, so I did it!"
"What?!" Song Huailian opened her eyes wide in shock. "But I found out that Xiao Luzi from the Imperial Kitchen and Xiao Anzi from the Ministry of Internal Affairs were both Jin Yuyan's people. I didn't expect that you were involved here. Could it be that Xiao Luzi was sent to you by Jin Yuyan? Could it be that Jin Yuyan wanted to put the blame on you when something happened?"
"Jin Yuyan, you bitch!" Concubine Hui cursed with red eyes, and then looked at her timidly, "Your Majesty, what should we do now?"
"What else can I do? What did you do? Hurry up and clean up your mess. I guarantee that Su Lian won't reveal anything. As long as you and I can't find out anything, then this pregnancy was either an accident or someone else's doing. Don't go to Jin Yuyan either. I will deal with her. Just remember that you know nothing. Do you understand?"
Concubine Hui was not smart, but she was obedient. She nodded repeatedly after hearing what Song Huailian said, "I understand. I will go and clean up right away!"
Just as Concubine Hui was about to leave, she stood up and suddenly felt a cloud of white mist in front of her eyes. Without time to think about it, she quickly closed her eyes and fainted on the ground.
Song Huailian took the opportunity to take off the bracelet on her hand, took off all the Linglingxiang and threw it into the trash can in the space, then put the bracelet on her again, and then pretended to shout to the outside of the door: "Suxin, Moxin, come in quickly! Sister Xiyue has fainted!"
While shouting, he also gave Concubine Hui the antidote for the drug.
When the two men heard the sound and entered the room, they saw Song Huailian struggling to help Concubine Hui to get up, so they hurried over to help.
"Master! Master! What's wrong with you? Master!" As Mo Xin was shouting, she found that her master had slowly woken up.
Mo Xin asked anxiously: "Master, why did you faint?"
Concubine Hui rubbed her forehead with her hand, she herself couldn't figure it out, "I don't know either."
Song Huailian looked concerned and asked, "Sister Xiyue, are you angry or has a heart attack? Why don't you go back to Xianfu Palace and find a doctor to see you?"
Concubine Hui shook her head vigorously, trying to clear her mind. After a while, she said, "Then, Your Majesty, I will take my leave first."
Song Huailian nodded, "Go quickly."
Only after the people left did Song Huailian feel relieved that he had finally solved a problem.
As for the other one, we'll talk about it when we get the chance.
After Su Lian left, not only Concubine Hui was uneasy. Concubine Jia also wanted to come to Changchun Palace to ask what was going on. However, she was afraid that Song Huailian had discovered something, so she did not dare to come over rashly.
After learning that Concubine Hui had gone to Changchun Palace, she took Zhenshu to Xianfu Palace, hoping to get some information from Concubine Hui.
However, Concubine Hui already knew that Concubine Jia and Su Lian had used her together, and she wished she could get as far away from her as possible so that she would not have the chance to get close to her.
Just then she called Qi Ru to take her pulse, and she said she was not feeling well, so Concubine Jia was turned away and sent back.
Concubine Jia was so nervous that she hesitated for a long time and finally decided to come to Changchun Palace to ask.
"Your Majesty, Concubine Jia requests to see you." The palace maid came to report.
"Jin Yuyan?" Song Huailian put down the teacup in her hand and asked the palace maid, "Is it Zhenshu or Lixin who is following her?"
"Your Majesty, it's Zhenshu." said the palace maid.
"That's perfect." Song Huailian took out a loyalty pill and gave it to Su Xin. "Put it in the tea later and let Zhenshu take it. Tell her that I know she is proficient in medicine. I hope that Concubine Jia will stay in bed until I have other instructions for her."
Song Huailian didn't like Concubine Jia and didn't want to waste words with her. When he saw Su Xin nodded to him, he just said a few words to her and sent her away.
When paying respects the next day, Noble Consort Hui and Noble Lady Jia said they were sick and did not come.
Those who came to pay their respects included Concubine Xian Ruyi, Concubine Chun Su Lujun, Noble Lady Yi Huang Qiying, Noble Lady Mei Bai Ruiji, Noble Lady Hai Hailan and Concubine Wanyin.
Song Huailian had a pale face and coughed weakly. He said to everyone, "I felt unwell when I woke up this morning. Now it seems that I have caught a cold. You don't need to come to pay your respects in the next few days, lest I pass the cold on to you. When I can pay my respects again, I will send someone to notify you. Now go back."
Everyone bowed and left.
Song Huailian glanced at Su Xin and felt relieved when he saw her nod to him.
Today is the first day of the new year. Although she is ill, Hongli still comes to see her out of consideration for her face.
However, in order to prevent the disease from being passed on to him, Song Huailian deliberately put up a screen so that the two of them could talk across the screen.
"Your Majesty, please forgive me for not being able to pay my respects to you."
"The Queen is not feeling well, so don't worry about these empty formalities."
"Su Xin, why don't you serve tea to the emperor?"
Su Xin did as she was told and put the 20-year-old contraceptive pill into the tea.
Seeing Hongli finish half a cup of tea, Song Huailian told Hongli about wanting Yongzhang to return to Zhongcui Palace. Hongli had no objection after hearing this, "The Queen can make the decision on these matters."
"Ahem, Your Majesty, I am afraid that I am unable to handle palace affairs due to my poor health recently. Ahem, I would like to temporarily hand over the power of the palace to Concubine Hui, Concubine Xian and Concubine Chun. What do you think, Your Majesty?"
Hongli knew how much his queen loved power. When she was pregnant in the palace, she would not let go of power no matter how uncomfortable she was. Why is she giving up power now? Does she have some purpose, or is she really not feeling well?
With such suspicion, Hongli stepped over the screen to find out what was going on. He found that Song Huailian was indeed leaning weakly on the pillow, her face was extremely pale, and she was obviously seriously ill.
Song Huailian: "Your Majesty, please don't come close. Be careful of getting sick. Ahem..."
Hongli: "…"
In fact, Hongli had no intention of getting closer, he just stood up and leaned his head out to take a look. But her words just gave him an excuse to stop.
"What does Qi Ru say about the Queen's illness?"
Song Huailian coughed a few times and looked at Su Xin, who immediately replied, "Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Qi said that the Queen's illness this time is not an ordinary cold. The Queen gave birth to many children in the past, and although she took confinement after childbirth, she also had hidden diseases. This time, the Queen caught a cold, and for some reason, all these hidden diseases were triggered. She must take good care of herself in the future, otherwise... I'm afraid it will shorten her lifespan."
Hongli didn't expect it to be so serious. No wonder the queen gave up her power. It turned out that her life was in jeopardy.
"The Queen has given birth to the eldest princess, Yonglian, and Jingse for me. Then, as the Queen said, I will hand over the power of the palace to Consort Hui, Consort Xian, and Concubine Chun. The Queen, take good care of your health, and I will have people take care of Yonglian and Jingse."
"I would like to thank you, Your Majesty."
After seeing Hongli leave, Song Huailian stopped pretending.
She asked Su Xin to help her remove the makeup on her face before she lay down on the bed again.
Song Huailian deliberately avoided favor.
Although her face has become the same as Fucha Langya, her body is still different.
Therefore, she could not sleep with him immediately. She had to wait for a while to allow Hongli to gradually forget about Fu Cha Langya's original body.
She believed that Hongli was such a rotten cucumber. With so many women in the harem and the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he would not have too deep an impression of the body of an unfavored queen. As long as a few months passed, he would definitely forget about it.
As for the reasons for decentralization.
The first is that she is too impatient to deal with these things.
Second, she doesn't need the palace power to achieve any goals for herself.
Thirdly, when there is a problem with Concubine Rimei's pregnancy in the future, she can push the matter to Concubine Hui, Concubine Xian and Concubine Chun, who have the power in the palace. By then, any bad rumors in the palace will have nothing to do with her, the queen who is recuperating from illness.
Ruyi still had some brains in the early stage. If Song Huailian used the same method he used to knock out Concubine Hui to take the Linglingxiang from her hand, she would definitely be suspicious. Even if there was no evidence, she didn't want Ruyi to suspect her, so that she wouldn't deal with her.
So Song Huailian simply asked Suxin to try to give惢心 a loyalty pill when Ruyi came to pay her respects, and also gave her a packet of sleeping pills, asking惢心 to secretly put the sleeping pills in Ruyi's tea over the next few days, and then take out the Linglingxiang and send it to Suxin after Ruyi fell asleep.
惢心 was a cautious person. She deliberately put half a packet of sleeping pills in A Ruo's bed on the day when she was on guard. She observed Ruyi's reaction the next day and found that Ruyi did not doubt that she slept too deeply. Instead, she felt that she slept very comfortably.
Then, on the day when she was on guard duty, she put the other half of the packet of sleeping pills in Ruyi's bracelet. After Ruyi fell asleep, she followed Suxin's instructions, pried open the mechanism of the bracelet, took out all the Linglingxiang, wrapped it in a handkerchief, and then quietly came to Changchun Palace with the handkerchief.
Song Huailian had already bought his old partner "smart audio surveillance" and clearly saw from the surveillance that惢心 took out the Linglingxiang without being discovered by Ruyi.
After she checked it herself, she found that there was no problem and let Suo Xin go back.
After everything is resolved.
Song Huailian officially started her recuperation period.
They all announced to the public that in order to avoid passing the cold to others, they would not see anyone except the emperor and the empress dowager.
Of course she was not idle either.
If you have nothing to do, just watch the smart audio monitoring yourself.
There were a total of eight surveillance cameras, and she placed one each at the entrance of Changchun Palace, the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Xiefang Hall, Wang Qin's wing room, the Yanxi Palace, the Xianfu Palace, the Qixiang Palace, and the Cining Palace.
In the Yangxin Palace, Ah Fu didn't know whether she was just a stubborn person or she did it on purpose. Soon after she said that, she began to force Yonglian to study, comparing Yonghuang with Yonglian everywhere, forcing Yonglian to start studying hard from dawn to dusk again.
In this regard, Song Huailian just watched and did nothing more.
It was already a mercy on her part that she did not take action against Yonglian, and she had said everything that needed to be said. The rest was up to his fate.
There was nothing unusual in the Yanx Palace. Ruyi was still immersed in the love fantasy between her and her brother Hongli, not knowing that there were three more beautiful palace maids in the surrounding rooms of the Yangxin Palace.
Because of Zhenshu's actions in Qixiang Palace, Concubine Jia lay in bed dizzy all day and lost a lot of weight.
Concubine Hui of Xianfu Palace was not in much better condition. As the weather grew colder, she was not feeling well due to her childhood cold syndrome and the Empress Dowager's treatment. It was only winter and she was already wearing two padded jackets. If it got any colder, she would be wrapped up like a bear.
Over at the Cining Palace, the empress dowager was still thinking that once Concubine Mei gave birth to her baby, she would have a prince in her hands.
Unfortunately, this prince might not be able to satisfy her.
Because of Concubine Hui's withdrawal and cleanup, Xiao Luzi died too early. Concubine Mei's baby was kept alive for a month longer than in the previous life. She was pregnant for a full nine months before giving birth prematurely.
Hongli and Concubine Hui, Ruyi and Concubine Chun, who held power in the palace, all went there.
Everyone waited for two hours, but what they heard was not the crying of a baby, but the terrified screams of the midwives.
In the middle of the night, hearing such screams, Hongli and Ruyi were still calm. Imperial Concubine Hui was so scared that her legs went limp and she almost fell to the ground. Concubine Chun was also frightened and shivered. Imperial Concubine Hui and I huddled together for warmth.
"What's going on? Wang Qin, go and take a look." Hongli ordered with a frown.
Before Wang Qin could leave, Qi Ru ran over to report, "Your Majesty, Concubine Mei gave birth to a little prince, but the little prince was born with deficiencies and died at birth."
When Hongli heard this, he felt something was wrong and ordered Wang Qin, "Go and bring the little prince here."
Wang Qin hurried to the delivery room.
Qi Ru's eyes flickered, and he advised, "Your Majesty, please be patient and mourn for us. Since the young prince is gone, it is better not to see him."
"Why?" asked Hongli.
At this time, Wang Qin was already waiting at the door holding the little prince, but he was afraid to go in. It was not until Hongli called him that he gritted his teeth and carried the little prince in.
When Ruyi saw Wang Qin's strange look, she said, "惢心, Mo Xin, Ke Xin, please go back. You are not allowed to come in unless you are told to."
Although Ruyi's position was not the highest at that time, she was the calmest. Mo Xin glanced at her master and saw her nod, so she followed her downstairs.
Hongli lifted the quilt of the little prince, and everyone in the room looked at him. After taking a look, they all turned their heads away and dared not look again.
Hongli collapsed on the stool, shocked beyond words.
It was Ruyi who stepped forward to take charge of the situation again. "Wang Qin, you make arrangements and tell everyone that Concubine Mei unfortunately gave birth to a stillborn baby. You are to bury the baby immediately. No one else can know about this."
In the end, Hongli was supported by Ruyi as he walked.
Concubine Hui and Concubine Chun supported each other as they left, and they both fell ill after returning.
Fortunately, Song Huailian was exempted from the greetings, otherwise few people would have come.
According to the development of the previous life, Concubine Yi would have been diagnosed with pregnancy not long after Concubine Mei gave birth to a stillborn baby. However, Song Huailian had given Hongli a contraceptive pill early on, so Concubine Yi did not become pregnant with an heir to the throne.
New Year's Day came more than a month after Concubine Mei had her miscarriage.
This New Year, due to the absence of Queen Song Huailian and the unusual condition of Concubine Mei's pregnancy, the atmosphere was a little quiet.
It would be fine if it was just deserted.
Somehow the news of Concubine Mei's dragon fetus being abnormal had spread throughout the palace.
After learning about this, Hongli ordered Wang Qin to investigate thoroughly. It took Wang Qin nearly a month to find out that the rumor was spread in the Yanx Palace.
Concubine Hui and Ruyi had a grudge against each other since the selection of concubines. Concubine Hui wanted to step on Ruyi whenever she got the chance, so she suggested that Hongli ban Ruyi's feet.
Hongli originally didn't want to put her under house arrest, but Ruyi stood up and asked to be put under house arrest, saying that she wanted to stay away from trouble.
Hongli had no choice but to let her do as she pleased, but he still ordered Wang Qin to investigate.
Wang Qin ordered the Shenxingsi to repeatedly interrogate the palace servants who spread the rumors, and finally pointed the finger at the Yanx Palace.
So there is no time limit for Ruyi's house arrest.
Ruyi is not really as calm as a chrysanthemum and is not willing to be trapped in the Yanx Palace forever.
After being confined for a period of time, she decided to save herself.
She also wants to leave the Yanxi Palace with a clean record.
The method she thought of was the same as in her previous life, which was to cooperate with Ah Fu and Li Yu.
This time, Ah Fu couldn't bear the pain and jumped into the water. It was in the cold winter and he almost drowned in the water because of his heavy clothes.
After being rescued by Ruyi, Ruyi heard about her experience and decided to help her solve the problem. The two of them secretly reached a cooperation and waited for an opportunity to get rid of Wang Qin.
And tonight is their chance.
After Song Huailian saw their discussion from the surveillance camera, he immediately sent someone to notify Zhenshu, asking her to find a way to allow Concubine Jia to stand up and walk tonight.
That's right, she wanted to replace the person who was molested by Wang Qin this time with Jin Yuyan.
Didn't Jin Yuyan thoughtfully suggest to Fu Cha Langya that the original owner and Wang Qin should be a couple?
Then let her feel the pain of the original owner.
Song Huailian wanted to see whether Hongli would still ignore Jin Yuyan and make her fall out of favor now that the person being flirted with was Jin Yuyan.
So everything that evening went as they had planned, except for the last step.
Zhenshu supported the frail Concubine Jia and walked to the vicinity of the Yanx Palace. Wang Qin, who had taken an overdose of Ajisu Pills, pounced on them like a madman when he saw the master and servant.
After receiving Song Huailian's instructions, Zhenshu hid aside and lay on the ground pretending to faint.
The exhausted Concubine Jia was left alone to face the irrational Wang Qin.
Concubine Jia was more miserable than Concubine Hui, who only had her sleeves pulled a few times.
This time, when Li Yu led Hongli over, Concubine Jia had already fainted from fright.
Wang Qin had pulled her upper body so tight that only a red mandarin duck bellyband was left on her. Her arms were covered with fresh pinch marks, and her shoulders and neck also had several red bite marks and tooth marks.
Seeing this scene, Hongli's eyes were bloodshot.
"Li Yu! Kill him!"
Li Yu was also shocked. He didn't know why Concubine Hui became Concubine Jia. But he couldn't care less about that at this time. He quickly sent people to drag Wang Qin down and beat him to death with sticks.
Zhenshu also quickly "woke up" from the ground, cried and hugged Concubine Jia, and quickly covered her body with the broken clothes on the ground.
"Master! Master! Your Majesty, please make the decision for our master!"
Hongli suppressed his anger, got off the imperial sedan chair, and ordered: "Zhenshu, help Concubine Jia sit on the imperial sedan chair and send her back to Qixiang Palace."
Zhenshu hurriedly helped Concubine Jia onto the imperial carriage and left this place of trouble.
With the departure of Concubine Jia, it was time for Ah Fu to appear.
"Your Majesty, the Empress had good intentions and wanted me to have someone to rely on for the rest of my life, so she gave me to Wang Qin as his wife. But Wang Qin was worse than an animal. Every time I took the medicine, he would beat and abuse me. Wang Qin also threatened me that if I dared to say a word to anyone, he would make me live a life worse than death."
As she spoke, she unbuttoned her clothes, revealing needle holes and teeth marks on her shoulders.
Later, the Asi Su Wan was found in Wang Qin's room. Hongli once again thought of the fact that the most beautiful woman in the harem, Jia Guiren, was abused by Wang Qin, so he became angry and ordered Li Yu to dismember Wang Qin and throw him into a mass grave to feed the dogs.
Hongli also issued an order to dissolve Wang Qin and Ah Fu's marriage. Ah Fu took the opportunity to clear Ruyi of the grievances, saying that the rumor about Concubine Mei's pregnancy was spread by Wang Qin after drinking, and had nothing to do with Ruyi.
In the end, Ruyi was released from house arrest, but Hongli felt that he was cuckolded by Wang Qin and had no intention of doing anything to Ruyi. He came to Changchun Palace with a feeling of depression.
When Song Huailian saw Hongli coming from the surveillance camera, he immediately asked Suxin to get ready.
So when Hongli came in, he saw a thinner Song Huailian, with less wrinkles on her face, forehead wrinkles, and mouth corners, and dark circles and eye bags disappeared, and the sunken eye sockets were smoothed out. She looked 10 years younger, but her face was still pale, and she slept peacefully. (You can refer to Leng Qingqiu in "The Story of a Noble Family", I think she is really pure and beautiful.)
When Hongli saw Song Huailian like this, his anger disappeared for a moment because he was obsessed with looks.
He didn't expect that the queen had become much more beautiful after being ill for several months.
"How is the Queen? Why did she go to bed so early?"
"In reply to the emperor, the imperial physician Qi said that the queen used to worry too much and lack of sleep, which hurt her heart blood. Therefore, the medicine he prescribed has the effect of calming the mind and nerves. The queen drank it three times a day and slept most of the day. Perhaps because she didn't have to worry about managing palace affairs and got enough sleep, the queen looked much younger."
Hongli looked at Song Huailian's face and agreed with Su Xin's words.
But thinking of Ah Fu's situation, Hongli still asked, "Does the Queen know about Ah Fu's situation?"
Su Xin looked puzzled. "What about Ah Fu? I don't know what happened to Ah Fu. Since the Queen fell ill, she hasn't seen anyone except the Emperor, so the Queen doesn't know what happened to Ah Fu."
As the saying goes, he who does not know is not guilty.
When Hongli saw Song Huailian's condition, he knew that there was no way she could understand Ah Fu's situation.
Therefore, Song Huailian is no longer blamed.
"Did Imperial Physician Qi tell me how long it will take for the Queen to recover from her illness?" Hongli had already started thinking about having Song Huailian sleep with him.
"Your Majesty, Imperial Physician Qi said that with the arrival of spring and the warmer weather, your Majesty's illness will be almost cured."
"That's good. You take good care of the queen."
Hongli came in anger and left leisurely.
Song Huailian opened her eyes only after she confirmed that he was gone.
She took off the human skin mask a few days ago and reshaped Fu Cha Langya's face to look younger, just because she was afraid that Hongli would come to pick a fight with her after the incident with Ah Fu happened.
Fortunately, she had prepared in advance. She didn't believe that Hongli would get angry when he saw a young and sickly beauty.
Over there, in Qixiang Palace, after waking up, Concubine Jia started throwing things and throwing things in a rage in the side hall of Qixiang Palace.
If she fell out of favor for other reasons, she could always find a way.
Only because of this reason!
She looked in the mirror and saw the marks of all sizes on her body. All of these marks indicated that she would never be favored again.
She smashed the mirror and lay on the couch, crying, "Zhenshu, now that I have completely fallen out of favor, how can I give birth to a son and plan for the prince?"
After taking the loyalty pill, Zhenshu thought to herself: No prince is as important as my master!
Although I thought so in my heart, I still had to comfort her.
But no amount of consolation was of any use, she was completely ruined.
The next day, Hongli issued an imperial decree to promote her and Concubine Mei to the rank of imperial concubines, but exempted them from the canonization ceremony on the grounds that Concubine Mei had a miscarriage and Concubine Jia was unwell.
When the decree was announced in Qixiang Palace, Li Yu specifically mentioned it.
"The emperor said that you should rest and recuperate in Qixiang Palace. No one is allowed to disturb you. You are not allowed to leave Qixiang Palace easily without the emperor's order."
Although this statement does not explicitly order house arrest, it is a disguised form of house arrest.
Also.
Whenever Hongli thought of Wang Qin now, he would think of Jin Yuyan that day, and whenever he thought of Jin Yuyan, he would think of the teeth marks on her body.
Even thinking about it is like this, let alone meeting in person.
Therefore, Jiapin's green card was removed and Qixiang Palace became her cold palace.
When spring comes, all things come back to life.
Song Huailian finally "recovered" under Qi Ru's treatment.
However, on the day before the announcement was made to the six palaces to resume paying respects, Song Huailian made a new mask with a common face, left the palace with a sign, went to the Fucha Mansion, and then took off the mask.
Because of time constraints, she couldn't stay longer, so the four siblings only had a brief exchange for half an hour.
However, Song Huailian could see that under the careful teaching of the Fu Cha family in the past six months, the original owner's three younger brothers and sisters had made great progress. Of course, the enlightenment pill was definitely the reason.
The original owner's older brother Song Huaian is 16 years old this year, his second brother Song Huaining is 14 years old, and his youngest sister Song Huailan is 10 years old.
The two younger brothers were praised by the teacher for their high talent for studying. As long as they study hard and take the imperial examinations, they will be able to become officials in the future with the help of the Fucha family.
My little sister, because you are of bondservant origin, you will have to enter the palace and take part in the selection to become a palace maid.
Fortunately, she is the queen now. When she is choosing a concubine, she can transfer this sister to her side and make her a first-class maid. When she grows up to eighteen years old, she can find a royal guard with a clean family background, good character and ambition to marry her.
After visiting his younger brothers and sisters and giving them two hundred taels of silver, Song Huailian returned to the palace with peace of mind.
The next morning, everyone except Jiapin arrived and bowed to her.
"Your Majesty, the Queen, be respectfully wished you good health."
"Sisters, please stand up and take a seat."
After everyone sat down, Concubine Hui couldn't wait to ask, "Your Majesty has been recuperating for nearly half a year. Not only has your complexion improved, but you have also become more beautiful. Do you have any tips for beautifying yourself?"
Song Huailian smiled and said, "Speaking of beauty methods, there is indeed one."
Everyone's attention was immediately focused on her, and she said, "These days, I have ignored worldly affairs and just taken medicine, ate, and slept every day. Doctor Qi said that if this person relaxes his mind, eats well and sleeps well every day, he will naturally become younger. Therefore, I would like to tell all the sisters that from now on, the greetings every morning will be changed to greetings on the first and fifteenth of each month, so that we can all sleep well and get together every half month to talk."
Concubine Hui felt that she had obtained a treasure and wanted to go back to sleep immediately. She smiled and said, "Your Majesty, I will also get enough sleep from now on!"
Song Huailian continued, "Although I have recovered, Doctor Qi said that I should not work too hard. Therefore, I have decided to let the palace affairs be shared by the three of you, Concubine Hui, Concubine Xian, and Concubine Chun. At the end of each month, you three can come to Changchun Palace to report the account books to me. What do you think?"
Concubine Hui, Concubine Xian and Concubine Chun thought that once Song Huailian recovered, they would lose their power in the palace. They never thought that they could still hold the power in their hands. They were very happy and agreed immediately.
After explaining everything that needed to be explained, Song Huailian asked everyone to leave.
Concubine Hui hesitated until the end and stayed.
"Sister Xiyue, do you have anything to say?"
"Your Majesty, why was Concubine Jia suddenly confined by the Emperor? Could it be that the Emperor found out something?" Concubine Hui was afraid that Hongli would find out that she was involved in Concubine Mei's pregnancy, so she asked this question.
Hongli kept the fact that Concubine Jia was molested by Wang Qin a secret. He was a very proud person and it was impossible for him to let people know that he was cuckolded by a eunuch, so he asked Li Yu to make arrangements that day.
Concubine Hui didn't find out until then.
Although Song Huailian knew the truth, she couldn't say it.
Because Hongli had ordered to keep the matter secret that day, and she was recuperating from illness at that time, if the news leaked out from her, Hongli would either suspect that it was her doing, or suspect that there was someone of hers around him, and that was why she knew the news.
So she could only say, "I know what you are worried about, but you can rest assured that the emperor doesn't know about it. Since you can't find out about Jiapin's house arrest, it means that the emperor wants to keep it a secret. We can't ask too much, so as not to touch the emperor's reverse scale. It's better to just pretend we don't know."
Concubine Hui heaved a sigh of relief when she heard this. "In this case, I am relieved."
As soon as Song Huailian "recovered from her illness", Hongli couldn't wait to come to Changchun Palace and stayed there for seven consecutive days, giving Song Huailian a lot of face.
Song Huailian thought that a son would be born anyway.
It would be better for her to go through life in her own next life.
So on the last day of Hongli's stay, he took a pill that conceived a child.
After Song Huailian recovered from her illness, she first paid her respects to the empress dowager. Not surprisingly, the empress dowager criticized her for having too few royal heirs in the palace, and asked her, as the queen, to work harder to avoid being accused of being unvirtuous by the previous dynasty and the harem.
Regardless of what the Queen Mother's purpose is, what she said makes sense.
Hongli had been on the throne for three years and no one in the harem had been born. If she gave birth to a child, some people would inevitably wonder if she was the one controlling Hongli's offspring. So after Song Huailian left the Cining Palace, she asked Su Xin to find a way to give the honest Wan Ying a pill to give birth to a girl.
After visiting her elders, she also went to visit Fu Cha Langya's two children.
When she saw this, she realized that Yonglian was extremely thin, with a large bruise under his eyes.
Song Huailian asked knowingly, "Yonglian, what's wrong with you? How come you have become so thin in just half a year?"
Yonglian thought that what Ah Fu meant was what she meant, so she did not complain, but just said that she had no appetite recently.
Since he didn't say anything, Song Huailian didn't ask further questions and instructed: "If you don't have an appetite for the dishes made by this chef, then the Queen Mother will change you for another one. You are still young, you need to eat more to grow strong..."
She spoke a long string of caring words without stuttering, and Yonglian was so moved that his eyes turned red.
Seeing him like this, Song Huailian felt a little sorry for him and touched his head. "Yonglian, the Empress Dowager just wants you to be healthy. Don't push yourself so hard. Got it?"
Yonglian nodded obediently.
Song Huailian gave Ah Fu a few more instructions before going to see Jingse again.
At this moment, Jingse was not yet the princess who often talked about legitimate and illegitimate children, and she was still a little shy at this time.
Song Huailian planned to marry Jingse to Korchin, not to harass Fucha Langya's daughter, but because she had her eyes on Korchin and wanted Jingse to gather Korchin's power so that she could provide more help to her son in the future.
Besides, Jingse didn't want to live in Mongolia permanently. Didn't she often hang around in the harem in her later years? Song Huailian didn't ask for anything else. As long as she gave birth to an heir to Mongolia, she could come back whenever she wanted and stay as long as she wanted.
But since she is going to marry to Mongolia, Jingse has to change her shy personality.
So Song Huailian quickly arranged a riding and archery master for Jingse, and also found a few noble ladies with good personalities to be her study companions, hoping to make her more outgoing.
Song Huailian had just become pregnant, and before she could reveal it, she heard news from Xiefang Palace that Yonglian was ill.
It may be that she has been living too comfortably recently, or it may be that she has not paid attention to Xiefang Palace at all, so she did not pay attention to the surveillance of Xiefang Palace at all.
A good surveillance camera is just there for decoration.
"How is Yonglian? What did the imperial physician say?" Song Huailian asked as soon as he entered the room.
"Your Majesty, the Second Prince has developed asthma. Asthma is a weak disease acquired from the womb. Some people have strong constitutions and will never have an attack in their entire lives. Some people are born weak and sickly, and some cannot endure it since infancy. The Second Prince is tired, anxious, and nervous, and the cold has invaded his body, which has triggered the weak disease hidden in his body." Qi Ru replied.
"Can this disease be cured? Doctor Qi, you must cure Yonglian no matter what!"
"If you take good care of it, you can stay healthy throughout your life. If you are not careful, you can only pray for God's protection..." Qi Ru stopped here and was sent away by Song Huailian.
Song Huailian sobbed and wiped away her tears. "I have already told Yonglian to take care of his health and not to overwork himself, Ah Fu! You have always taken care of Yonglian's daily life. You answer me why Yonglian is so overworked!"
Ah Fu knelt down and kowtowed to apologize, "Your Majesty, I urged the Second Prince to study more for his own good. Now in the Shangshufang, the First Prince is often praised by the teachers, and he always outshines the Second Prince. I am afraid that the Emperor will favor the Second Prince, and the Crown Prince in the future-"
Xiefang Palace surveillance prompt: "Hongli is at the door!"
"How dare you!" Song Huailian interrupted her and glared at her. "The emperor is now in his prime. All the princes just need to study hard and do their duty. Why should a little servant like you worry about the position of crown prince for Yonglian? Ah Fu, you are overstepping your authority!"
"I admit my guilt!" Ah Fu's eyes turned slightly red. Although she felt sorry for Yonglian's health, she did not think she was wrong.
Song Huailian had given up hope on this blockhead. "Suxin, considering that Ah Fu has served me for many years, I will not spare her life. The work in the Shenxing Division is very hard, and I cannot bear it. Send her to the cold palace. I don't want to see her again."
"Empress, I would like to continue serving you..." Before she could finish, Su Xin had already ordered two maids to cover Ah Fu's mouth and take him away.
Now Fu Cha Langya has experienced the pain of the original owner, and Song Huailian does not want to take back her life. She is worried about sending her away, but she feels uncomfortable keeping her under her nose. After thinking about it, the cold palace is most suitable for her. Besides, she must let her know the truth before she dies, right?
Just thinking about it is exciting.
Song Huailian's answer obviously satisfied Hongli.
He was just somewhat dissatisfied with the treatment of Ah Fu. Yonglian was his legitimate son, for whom he had high hopes, but he was ruined like this. He wished he could tear Ah Fu into pieces.
"The Queen's methods are still too gentle."
"Your Majesty," Song Huailian looked over at the voice, "I give you..."
"There is no need to be so polite, Queen." Hongli sat down with her, and the couple leaned together and looked at the unconscious Yonglian.
"Ahfu made the decision on his own and made Yonglian suffer from asthma. His death is not a pity!"
"I do blame her, but I also feel a little guilty towards her. I originally arranged a marriage between her and Wang Qin with good intentions, but I never thought that Wang Qin was so cruel. It's a pity that I was recovering from illness at the time and couldn't rescue her early. Now... let her spend the rest of her life in the cold palace. This can be regarded as a blessing for Yonglian."
Song Huailian touched Yonglian's feverish face and shed two more tears. She turned back to look at Hongli and begged, "Your Majesty, if Yonglian wants to grow up safely, you must stop worrying about him. I'm afraid I won't be able to share your worries in the future. I beg Your Majesty not to ask too much of Yonglian's studies and let him be an idle prince in the future."
As for the throne, let my son sit on it.
Hongli was moved by her motherly words and finally nodded.
He even forgot to care about Ah Fu's life.
It took Yonglian more than half a month to recover from his illness, but he was not completely recovered. He needed to take good care of himself to avoid the smell of catkins.
Song Huailian made countless masks for him using hibiscus gauze and asked him to wear them in rotation.
Even his doors, windows and bed curtains were protected with a layer of gauze. Everyone who saw it would praise her as a loving mother.
After Ah Fu left, Hongli and Song Huailian each sent a nanny to take care of Yonglian. As long as no one deliberately harmed him, he should be able to grow up safely.
When Song Huailian was two months pregnant, she pretended to be dizzy and uncomfortable during a visit and asked Su Xin to invite Qi Rulai.
In full view of everyone, Qi Ru diagnosed Song Huailian with being two months pregnant.
No matter what everyone thought, they all stood up and congratulated.
"Thank you, sisters. By the way, since Imperial Doctor Qi is here, please check the pulses of all the sisters. Perhaps some of you are pregnant, but you don't know it like me. And even if you are not pregnant, you can let Qi Ru take a look to see if you need some nourishment, so that His Majesty can have more children."
So Qi Ru checked everyone's pulse one by one. When he checked Wan Da Ying, who had the lowest position, it took him a little longer than the others. Under Wan Da Ying's nervous gaze, Qi Ru said to Song Huai Lian in surprise, "Congratulations to the Queen and Wan Da Ying. Wan Da Ying has been pregnant for nearly a month now."
"What? Are you serious?" Wan Dan had served Hongli for many years, but had never been favored and had never had any news of pregnancy. This was her first time to be pregnant, so she was very excited.
"Of course it's true." Qi Ru said.
Concubine Hui, Ruyi, Concubine Yi, who had not been pregnant for many years, and Concubine Mei, who had lost a child, all touched their bellies with loss.
Song Huailian saw it and thought there was no rush. She would give them sons and daughters one after another in the future, so that there would always be good news in the harem, and she would also gain a reputation for being virtuous.
She smiled and looked at Wan Yin and agreed, "Congratulations, Wan Yin is also an old lady who has served the emperor since the Qiandi Palace. Today, I will promote you to be a concubine to bring you happiness. You don't have to pay respects until the dragon fetus is three months old."
Wan agreed and stood up excitedly, "Thank you, Queen."
Song Huailian looked at Concubine Chun again, "Concubine Chun, you are the head of Zhongcui Palace. You will take care of Concubine Wan during this pregnancy. You have given birth to an imperial heir and have experience. You can take good care of her."
Concubine Chun and Concubine Wan both came from Jiangnan and had always had a close relationship, so they naturally agreed with a smile.
Hongli was obsessed with having a legitimate son. He was feeling sad because his previous son was disabled, but then he received the good news that he had another legitimate son.
Although the dragon fetus was only two months old, he was eagerly hoping and firmly believed that the baby in Song Huailian's belly was a prince.
So after the court session, he rushed to Changchun Palace without even taking off his court clothes.
"Queen, we are going to have another legitimate son!"
Song Huailian smiled and touched her belly. "The princess and the prince are all good. I like them all. But Your Majesty, have you heard that Concubine Wan is also pregnant? I promoted her to Concubine Wan today. Your Majesty will go to see her later."
Hongli had only been on the throne for four years and was almost thirty years old, but he had only three sons and one daughter. He longed for children very much, so he was very happy that he had two more children in one day.
"I'll go see her later."
"That's good. Wan Chang will be in a good mood after seeing the emperor, and she will be able to take better care of her pregnancy."
More than seven months later, Song Huailian gave birth to her first son, who was also Hongli's fourth son. Hongli was very happy and named the child Yongcong on the spot.
On the day after Yongcong's full moon, Wan agreed to give birth to a daughter, who was also the fourth in line. Hongli promoted her to a noble lady and allowed her to raise the princess personally. After the princess was one month old, Hongli named her Jingying.
After Yonglian suffered his first asthma attack, Song Huailian gave Qi Ru the Loyalty Pill and asked him to take good care of the Empress Dowager and Concubine Hui.
It is imperative that the Empress Dowager live a few years less and Concubine Hui live a few years longer.
Now, although Concubine Hui's health is apparently under Qi Ru's care, in fact, it has fully recovered due to the effect of her fitness pills.
So shortly after Jingying's full moon, Song Huailian gave Concubine Hui a pill to give birth to a girl.
The following year, the fifth princess, Jingfu, was born.
In the following years, Concubine Yi, Concubine Mei, Concubine Chun, and Concubine Xian each became pregnant with a daughter. The princess's order of seniority increased from the sixth to the ninth, and they were all promoted to Concubine Yi, Concubine Mei, Concubine Chun, and Concubine Xian.
The elders all brought good news, but there was no news from the new ladies, Shupin Yehenala Yihuan, Qing Changzai Lu Muping, and Ling Guiren Wei Yanwan.
Hongli was also anxious because he had too few sons.
Even though Yonghuang got married early and had a legitimate grandson, it didn't make him much happy.
Yonglian was only two years younger than Yonghuang. Normally, it should have been his turn two or three years after Yonghuang got married. However, Song Huailian postponed the marriage on the grounds that Yonglian was in poor health.
Song Huailian planned to wait until he was at least 20 years old before getting married, otherwise, given his poor health, the child would not be very healthy.
Song Huailian did not give Yonglian any body-building pills. How long he could live and what kind of life he would live depended on God's will.
In recent years, Song Huailian's two younger brothers, Song Huaian and Song Huaining, have passed the imperial examinations one after another and become fifth- and sixth-rank officials in the court respectively. They are well taken care of by the Fucha family and have a bright future. They have also married and had children.
When Song Huailan was 13 years old, she participated in the minor selection and entered the palace, and was transferred to Changchun Palace by Song Huailian. However, when she was less than years old, she was betrothed by Song Huailian to a second-class imperial guard. Now the couple lives a very good life.
As soon as she entered the palace, Song Huailian told her his true identity. Because of the effect of the loyalty pill, she accepted it very well.
After Song Huaian and Song Huaining became officials in the court, Song Huailian told them the truth. After all, they were brothers and sisters, and they would know the truth sooner or later.
The following year, that is, the 13th year of Qianlong's reign, he was on his eastern tour.
When Korchin proposed to marry her, Song Huailian deliberately arranged for Jingse to meet Borjigin Sebuteng Balzhuerduo (historically, Sebuteng Balzhuer grew up in the palace and Hongli regarded him as his half-son). Therefore, the two of them developed a childhood sweetheart relationship, and the empress dowager did not have to worry too much, as Jingse came to propose marriage on her own.
The Queen Mother was almost exhausted by Qi Ru's medicine. After confirming that the woman being married off was not her daughter, she closed her eyes with relief.
So, a queen did die during this eastern tour.
After returning to Beijing, Hongli held a grand funeral for the empress dowager to show his filial piety. This time, because he had too few sons, he did not target anyone, and the four princes all completed the funeral peacefully.
Lingpin, who was promoted without a child, has always felt insecure, so she especially desires pampering.
So he used an extraordinary measure against Hongli - deer blood wine.
Qing Changzai had always been on good terms with her and got inspiration from her to use aphrodisiac potion on Hongli.
Ruyi was always worried about her young lover, and Shupin was also concerned about Hongli's health. As if they had agreed, the two of them would send some nourishing meals to the Yangxin Palace almost every three to five days.
Under Song Huailian's deliberate cover-up, Hongli's foundation was damaged because he was too weak to be nourished, and Qi Ru diagnosed that he would be unable to have children in the future.
Hongli was almost going crazy.
Fortunately, at this time Song Huailian told him that she was pregnant again. In addition to her, Concubine Yi and Concubine Wan were also pregnant.
The reason why Song Huailian gave them the fertility pill was because she couldn't be the only one in the palace to give birth to a prince, otherwise it would arouse suspicion. Yipin was hers, and Wanpin was born a commoner, with no family background at all. If they gave birth to a prince, it would not affect Yongcong. And she would not let Hongli live too long.
Hongli's anger subsided a little, but he still punished Lingpin and Qing Changzai, who had slept with him the most during this period, as well as the concubines they arranged. Lingpin became a concubine, and Qing Changzai and those concubines became official girls.
In addition, he became cold towards Ruyi and Shupin, thinking that if they had not brought him soup and water, he would not have lost his fertility.
Ruyi and Shupin: "..."
It's really that Wuyu's mother opened the door for Wuyu, and Wuyu is home.
After Song Huailian's twins, the fifth prince Yongjue, and the tenth princess Jingxuan, the sixth prince to Concubine Yi, and the seventh prince to Concubine Wan were born, Concubine Jia of Qixiang Palace died.
Even though Concubine Jia had fallen out of favor a long time ago, she was promoted from a noble lady to a concubine just because of her motherland. However, no one cared about her as Concubine Jia.
It seemed like Concubine Jia and Ah Fu had discussed this beforehand.
As soon as Concubine Jia left, the spies in the cold palace brought news that Ah Fu was dying.
Of course Song Huailian could not go to see Ah Fu with the queen's ceremonial guard. She was already the queen, and her every word and action would be watched by others. It was really strange for her to go to the cold palace.
So she gave herself a normal face, changed into a palace maid's clothes, and came to the cold palace.
She showed her badge to the spy in the cold palace, and gave Zhao Jiuxiao, the spy who had worked hard in the cold palace for ten years, a silver note of 100 taels. "My master told me to send her off. You go and watch outside first."
Zhao Jiuxiao took the banknote with a smile, "Thank you, young lady. Don't worry, I will guard the gate and will not let anyone get close!"
As soon as Song Huailian entered the room, he saw Ah Fu lying on the bed. He was thin but his face looked the same as he had ten years ago.
She walked over, saw that she had her eyes closed, and checked her breathing.
Well, still breathing.
He checked her pulse again and confirmed that she would not survive for long.
Song Huailian used potion to remove his own mask and then removed hers.
Fu Cha Langya looked haggard under the mask, with wrinkles, bags under her eyes, dark circles, and even several yellow spots. She didn't look like a woman under 40 at all, and people would believe she was 60.
But think about it, even if she didn't ask anyone to cut back on her food, her life in the cold palace wouldn't be much easier.
Song Huailian took out the hypnotic talisman from her body and pricked her acupoints with silver needles. In just a moment, Fu Cha Langya woke up. At the same time, all her memories, including the memory of her becoming Ah Fu, flooded into her mind.
She looked at Song Huailian standing beside her bed, and wanted to move back in fear, but she didn't have the strength to do so.
But the hatred and anger in her eyes could not be hidden.
"Lianxin! You slut! You are the one who ruined me!"
"It's just tit for tat. You ruined me, and I'll ruin you. So how is it? Is it easy to be married to Wang Qin? Are you satisfied with this husband?"
"Don't mention Wang Qin!" Fu Cha Langya couldn't help but shiver when she mentioned this name.
"What? Are you scared? Or do you feel disgusted?" Song Huailian looked at her with a sneer, "If the emperor knew that his queen, Yonglian and Jingse knew that their mother was raped by a eunuch, I don't know what they would think."
Fu Cha Langya was obviously frightened by her words. She cried and shook her head, "Don't tell them! I beg you!"
"This palace? How can you, a slave who was banished to the cold palace for harming the health of the royal heir, call yourself this palace?" Song Huailian sneered, "Of course I won't tell them. Because in their eyes, this palace is the empress of the Qing Dynasty, the mother of Yonglian and Jingse. And you are just a nobody."
"Speaking of which, I have to thank you very much. Thank you for ruining Yonglian's health, causing him to suffer from asthma, and completely withdrawing from the fight for the throne. In this way, my son Yongcong will be able to surpass this older legitimate son to inherit the throne in the future. By then, I will be the only empress dowager of the Qing Dynasty. By the way, I also want to thank you for the power of your Fucha family, which allowed my two younger brothers to enter the court and my sister to marry a good man."
"It was me who harmed Yonglian, Yonglian and Jingse..." Fucha Langya was almost desperate at this time. She was only thinking about her two children, who looked at her pleadingly, wanting to know how they were doing now.
Song Huailian kindly told her, "I have not done anything to your children. Yonglian has not yet married due to his poor health, but it will only be a year or two. By then, the emperor and I will find a good girl for Yonglian who has all the qualities. Jingse married Sebuteng Balzhuer of Khorchin at the end of last year. Although it was a marriage of peace, they stayed in Beijing for most of the year. They grew up together and have a deep relationship. There is no other woman in the palace except Jingse."
"Fucha Langya, although you are their biological mother, you treat them worse than I do. After I become the queen, Yonglian will no longer have to bear the pressure from you, and Jingse will not be bothered by why she is not a man. The two children will grow up happily. I don't know how many people in the palace envy their status and favor."
"Yonglian, Jingse..." Fucha Langya murmured.
"If you hadn't forced me to marry Wang Qin, you would still be the Queen of the Qing Dynasty, and I would still be your most loyal servant. I wonder if you regret making that decision after all these years?"
"Regret... I regret, Lianxin, I am sorry for you... Please, be kind to Yonglian and... Jing... Se..." After she said the last word, she fell silent.
Song Huailian stepped forward and closed her eyes. "Don't worry, Yonglian and Jingse are both good children. I will not do anything to them. Our grudge is now settled."
She put the mask back on Fu Cha Langya, then put on her own mask, and then came out of the cold palace.
"Ling Yunche, I will give you another two hundred taels. Go buy her a good coffin and find a good feng shui spot near the Fucha family's ancestral tomb so that she can be buried properly."
Ling Yunche accepted the banknote, thought for a moment and asked Song Huailian, "Miss, what name should be engraved on her tombstone?"
Song Huailian thought for a moment and said, "Let's just carve the word 'waves'."
Waves, Langya.
Many netizens call her Langhua. She still has to occupy the name of Fucha Langya, so let her go by the name of Langhua.
"Waves." Ling Yunche didn't ask why. He just repeated the sentence and took the job.
Yongcong was born in the fourth year of Qianlong's reign, married at the age of 17, and gave birth to his eldest son at the age of 18. Song Huailian felt that the time was about right, and after confirming that the name on the "Zhengda Guangming" plaque was Yongcong's, she felt that Hongli could go.
So, not long after, Wei Yanwan, who had finally climbed to the position of concubine, heard the news in her Yongshou Palace that Hongli had fallen on his head after drinking and died on the spot.
As soon as Hongli died, Yongcong ascended the throne smoothly. Because of the power of the previous dynasty of the Fucha family, as well as the support of his brother Yonglian and the Khorchin princess Jingse, even if Yonghuang had any thoughts, it was meaningless.
As for the third prince Yong Zhang, he has a simple mind and underdeveloped limbs, so there is no need to mention him.
The remaining little princes are all too young to have any ideas.
Shortly after Yongcong ascended the throne, Song Huailian's second brother Song Huaining contributed a cowpox prescription under her arrangement. As a result, the Song family was raised to the Manchu military flag, and Yongcong was called the emperor chosen by heaven by the previous dynasty and the people.
A year later, the eldest brother Song Huaian "researched" cement. After cement came out, Song Huaian became a second-rank official, and Song Huaining became a fourth-rank official.
Even Song Huailan's husband was favored by Yongcong and has now become a fourth-rank defense captain.
The Song family's days were thriving, and they were like the new elites in the capital.
She also fulfilled the original owner's wishes.
Her brothers and sisters all have a bright future. Wang Qin died, Fucha Langya and Jin Yuyan also suffered retribution, and Gao Xiyue and Ruyi each have a daughter.
Yongcong was ambitious and would not allow Mongolia to grow. Song Huailian promised that no princess would marry to Mongolia in the future, and the two of them could rest assured.
At Yongcong's repeated request, Song Huailian stayed in the palace for three years. After three years, she left the palace in a carefree manner.
She had spent too many points in this life and had to earn them back.
"The Emperor, in accordance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Princess Feng is gentle, kind, obedient, graceful, dignified, wise, capable, gentle, peaceful, chaste, and pure. She is hereby conferred the title of Jingpin and granted the residence in Xianfu Palace. I decree this!"
That's right, in this life, she is Feng Ruozhao in "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
Feng Ruozhao has three wishes.
First, have a child of your own.
Second, to take revenge on Nian Shilan who had bullied him.
Third, to avenge Ulanara Yixiu who made her infertile.
She didn't say how to retaliate or what the outcome would be.
Then she can only do it on her own.
The time point when Feng Ruozhao traveled through time was November 21st, the 61st year of Emperor Kangxi's reign, which was also the day after Yinzhen ascended the throne.
She and a group of former residents of the palace were given titles and allocated palaces.
Ulanara Yixiu, who became the queen, was very good at dealing with people. She gave them three days to pack up their residence and then went to Jingren Palace to pay their respects.
Feng Ruozhao handed over the internal affairs of Xianfu Palace to the original owner's two confidants, Ruyi and Hanzhu.
I was thinking about my future plans.
Although Yinzhen would not mourn for Kangxi for three years as recorded in official history.
But he is better than Zha Zha Long. At least he will not enter the harem within Kangxi's 100 days.
The original owner entered the palace in the 52nd year of Kangxi's reign. It has been almost ten years now. Her appearance certainly cannot change drastically, but her skin color and texture can be improved.
Anyway, the original owner's appearance was good, but her skin color was a little dark. In order to avoid the sharp edge of Concubine Hua, she deliberately dressed old-fashioned, which made her look older. In fact, she was only 25 years old.
So she first took a skin-beautifying pill and set the change time to three months. Within three months, her skin would slowly begin to change, and everyone would see her every day when they greeted each other, so they would not easily notice her changes.
There is also the musk in the original body, which is also a problem.
Although there are fitness pills in her space, they are only for strengthening the body and have no detoxification effect. So if she wants to remove the musk in her body, she either has to take herbal medicine for a while or use the fake pregnancy pills in the system space to detoxify.
Of course, she would choose the fake pregnancy pill over the bitter medicine.
In fact, even if she had musk in her body, she could still get pregnant, but with the musk in her body, she would definitely feel uncomfortable when she was pregnant, and she would be the one who suffered.
It would be better to take advantage of the time when Yinzhen is not in the harem to clear the musk in your body.
So, I'll take a fake pregnancy pill as well.
Three days later, the concubines paid their first respects.
Everyone in the palace bowed to the queen, "Your Highness, I pay my respects to you."
The queen, who was in high spirits because of the good news, smiled kindly and said, "Sisters, please don't be polite. Please take a seat."
"Thank you, Queen." After everyone sat down, before the Queen could even speak, Concubine Duan started coughing non-stop.
The Concubine Hua opposite her rolled her eyes at her and said, "Since you are ill, just stay in the palace and recuperate. It's a waste of time for us to be affected by your bad luck!"
"Okay, Concubine Hua, today is the first time that all the concubines have come to pay their respects, and Concubine Duan is just being polite." After the Queen smoothed things over, she looked at Concubine Duan worriedly, "Concubine Duan, if you are not feeling well, you don't have to come to Jingren Palace to pay your respects. Come back when you are better."
"Thank you very much, Her Majesty." said Concubine Duan.
After taking care of the sick Concubine Duan, the Queen turned her attention to Concubine Fang, Concubine Cao, and Concubine Xin.
"Noble Lady Fang, Noble Lady Cao, and Concubine Xin, you three are pregnant now, so you should take care of your health. When you give birth to an heir, I will propose to the Emperor that you be promoted to higher positions."
The three of them stroked their not-so-obvious bellies, stood up, bowed and expressed their gratitude.
Concubine Hua swung her handkerchief in boredom and said very abruptly, "The Empress is always saying nice things to take credit for herself. If they give birth to royal heirs, the Emperor will promote them on his own without you asking for titles."
The Queen's face froze for a moment. She had never expected that this was her first visit to the palace and Concubine Hua would humiliate her. She pretended to be calm and said, "Sister Hua Concubine, you are joking. This is just that the Emperor and I share the same mind."
Then she changed the subject, "Concubine Duan and Concubine Qi are older, but Concubine Hua, Concubine Li, and Concubine Jing are still young. When the emperor enters the harem in the future, you should also work hard to have children for him."
Upon hearing this, Concubine Hua recalled the child she had lost and glared at Concubine Duan viciously, wishing she could tear her to pieces.
Concubine Duan lowered her eyes, coughed a few times, and did not respond to Concubine Hua's gaze.
The queen was sitting at the top. After seeing this scene, she curled her lips slightly, thinking that she had made a smart move.
Hua Fei had fought with the Queen for many years, so she knew that she was mocking her with her offspring. She snorted and fought back, "Even if we give birth to eight or ten, they are just illegitimate sons, not as dignified as your own legitimate sons. Why don't you set an example for us and give birth to legitimate sons first? Then we can follow you and give birth to brothers and sisters for your legitimate son."
The corners of the Queen's mouth were obviously stiff for a few moments, and after a moment she spoke meaningfully: "I am over 40 years old, and it is no longer suitable for childbearing. You are younger than Concubine Hua, and you are the most favored by the Emperor. I and the Emperor are looking forward to you giving birth to a little prince."
Concubine Fang had been at odds with Concubine Hua since she was in the Qiandi Palace. Now she would not let go of this opportunity and took the opportunity to sarcastically say, "What's the use of being favored? You are still a hen that doesn't lay eggs!"
The childless Queen, Concubine Hua, Concubine Duan, Concubine Li, and Feng Ruozhao: "..."
After Hua Fei realized what was happening, she stood up angrily, strode directly to Concubine Fang, and slapped her in the face, "How dare you!"
"Ah!" Concubine Fang covered her face and screamed. Concubine Hua was indeed the daughter of a general. She slapped Concubine Fang on the face, leaving a red handmark. You could tell it must be painful just by looking at it.
"Who do you think you are? How dare you talk to me like that? Don't think you can rely on yourself just because you are pregnant. Getting pregnant is nothing. Giving birth is amazing. Even if you give birth, you have to raise the baby! Didn't you see that our queen's eldest son died at the age of three? Don't be like the queen and lose this blessing!"
The queen, who was enjoying the fun, was suddenly poked in the lung by Concubine Hua.
She clenched her fists, trying hard to suppress her anger.
She told herself that the emperor had just ascended the throne and still needed Nian Gengyao, so she couldn't touch Concubine Hua, couldn't touch Concubine Hua...
After Hua Fei finished scolding, she felt much better, but she was too lazy to continue acting with the Queen, so she just left Jingren Palace without caring about anything, trampling on the Queen's dignity.
The queen quickly tried to find a way out for herself, "There's nothing to do today anyway, let's just go."
Since Yinzhen did not enter the harem, the harem seemed unusually peaceful.
Not long after that visit, the Queen aborted Concubine Fang and framed Concubine Hua for the crime. She then used Concubine Hua to send Concubine Fang, the only other Manchu concubine in the harem, to the cold palace.
This operation killed three birds with one stone. The queen felt it was much smoother when she was practicing calligraphy.
"The queen's handwriting is getting better and better."
"Jianqiu, how is Xin Chang doing there?"
"Don't worry, Madam. Everything is ready. We are just waiting for your order."
"Well, no rush. Let's wait until the incident with Concubine Fang is over."
One month after Concubine Fang was sent to the cold palace, Concubine Xin "accidentally slipped" in the imperial garden and lost her child.
Two of the three pregnant women died at once, leaving only Concubine Cao.
Feng Ruozhao's Xianfu Palace was opposite Xin Changzai's Chuxiu Palace. When she fell and asked for the imperial physician, the empress and all the concubines arrived, and her neighbor was naturally no exception.
Hearing Xin Chang's screams of pain, Feng Ruozhao couldn't help but rub his arms to smooth down the standing hairs.
Although it was a bit immoral, she still wanted to say that at this point in time when she traveled through time, a living queen was still of some use.
Because she took their pulses when they were four months pregnant and knew that they were both pregnant with princes.
After losing two children in succession, although Concubine Cao's child was not born, she had long known that it was a princess. If she had been pregnant at this time, Yinzhen would have been very much looking forward to her child, and her child would not have a brother of the same age.
Xin Changzai, who had an innocent miscarriage, did not receive any sympathy from Yinzhen. He was busy with government affairs and had no time to take care of the harem. He left all matters to the empress. The empress always liked to suppress the positions of concubines, so naturally she would not take the initiative to promote Xin Changzai. Therefore, Xin Changzai, who gave birth to the eldest princess and had just had a miscarriage, still had her original position.
After the effect of the fake pregnancy pill expired, Feng Ruozhao bled a lot. If she had not served Yinzhen in the emperor's bed for half a year and had not cheated on him, Ruyi and Hanzhu would have thought that she had really had a miscarriage.
"Empress, do you want to call the imperial physician?" Ru asked worriedly, seeing that she looked pale.
"No, I was under a lot of pressure recently and I didn't have my period for three months. It just came this time. Go and ask the kitchen to make me a bowl of Tremella and Red Dates soup. I'll be fine in a few days."
Hanzhu is mature and steady, while Ruyi is lively and outgoing. They are not very smart girls, but they have one thing that is the best, that is loyalty.
They would do whatever Feng Ruozhao told them to do, and would never act on their own. (I definitely don't mean to imply Su Lian.)
After drinking a bowl of Tremella and red dates soup, Feng Ruozhao also took a body-building pill.
As soon as the fitness pill entered her stomach, she instantly felt like she was revived.
Ru saw that her complexion had improved a lot, and said happily: "This Tremella and Red Dates Soup is really useful, Madam, can I serve you another bowl?"
"okay."
Three months passed, and Yinzhen had already entered the harem.
However, he had just ascended the throne and was busy with government affairs. He only occasionally stayed overnight with the Queen and Concubine Hua, or visited the pregnant Concubine Cao in the Qixiang Palace. He never set foot in other palaces.
If Feng Ruozhao wanted to have an accidental encounter with him in the Imperial Garden, it would be impossible.
Sending soup or water to the Yangxin Palace was not the original owner's style.
Besides, she was also afraid that Yinzhen would be angry with the previous dynasty and take it out on her, the person who delivered the soup.
The original owner was not favored. If she wanted to wait for Yinzhen to remember her, she might have to wait for a month or two. Time is money, and she didn't want to sit and wait for death.
So she told Hanzhu, "Take a hundred taels of silver and give it to Eunuch Xu in the Jingshifang, and ask him to put my green card in the middle in the next few days."
When Hanzhu was in the Qiandi residence, she was in charge of the silver and the warehouse. After hearing this, she directly took out one hundred taels of silver and recorded it in the account book, then went to the Jingshifang.
All Feng Ruozhao could do next was to wait.
Feng Ruozhao waited for three days.
Three nights later, Eunuch Xu came to Xianfu Palace.
"Congratulations, Madam Queen. Congratulations, Madam Queen. The Emperor will turn over your name card tonight. He will be here in about an hour."
Feng Ruozhao finally achieved his goal and once again ordered Ruyi to give a flat purse to Eunuch Xu. Eunuch Xu accepted it with a smile and left.
During these three months, Feng Ruozhao has been changing imperceptibly. When he paid his respects to the concubines every day, they were all there, and they were used to seeing it, so they didn't notice much.
But after more than three months, when Yinzhen saw Feng Ruozhao again, he was dazzled. He felt that she looked several shades brighter and the fine lines on her face were smoothed out.
"Jingpin looks much better now." Yinzhen was surprised by her change and wanted to hear her explanation.
Feng Ruozhao lowered his eyes and spoke with a hint of meaning, "In the past, when I was in the palace, I served Concubine Hua almost every day except for sleeping and paying respects. Now, thanks to the emperor, I can live alone in the palace. With so much free time, my complexion has naturally improved."
Yinzhen thought of how Feng Ruozhao used to serve Concubine Hua almost all day long in the palace, either setting rules or copying scriptures, and his complexion was indeed not very good after enduring day after day.
He didn't expect that just by letting Feng Ruozhao and Concubine Hua live separately, she would become so much more beautiful.
I couldn't help but feel a little regretful that I hadn't let her move out of Mi Xiuyuan earlier.
"Place it."
Yinzhen and the original owner had nothing in common. They only played chess together occasionally, and that was very occasionally because he usually played chess with Prince Guo. He would only think of her when Prince Guo was not around. To put it bluntly, she was a spare tire.
Feng Ruozhao didn't want to waste time talking to Yinzhen. She was already the head of a palace. As long as she gave birth to a child, she would surely be promoted to a concubine. She didn't need to bother trying to please Yinzhen to climb up the social ladder. She just wanted to borrow his seed.
However, this time, because the smoothness and color of her skin all over her body had improved, Yinzhen rarely asked her to moan for water.
The next day, Feng Ruozhao personally helped Yinzhen put on his court robes, and considerately poured him a cup of tea to moisten his mouth.
Well, the kind of tea that has 20-year-old birth control pills added to it.
After seeing the person off with a smile, Feng Ruozhao quickly got dressed and went to Jingren Palace to pay his respects.
But now she would not dress herself like an old concubine like the original owner. She was the same age as Concubine Hua, who wore bright clothes every day, and she was no less fashionable now. She spent money and asked the Imperial Household Department to make several clothes for her.
No matter who it is, as long as they have slept with Concubine Hua the day before, they will definitely hear Concubine Hua's sour words when they pay their respects the next day.
Feng Ruozhao is no exception.
Feng Ruozhao is usually quiet and no one notices her.
Today, when she came back after serving the emperor in bed, everyone focused their attention on her and found that she was a completely different person.
"Jingpin must have taken some magic medicine. She looks a lot younger." Hua Fei said gritting her teeth.
He cursed Feng Ruozhao as a bitch hundreds of times in his heart, thinking that she suddenly dressed up in order to snatch the emperor from him.
Feng Ruozhao replied indifferently, "You are joking, Madam Hua Fei. I am one month younger than you, and now we are both in our prime."
Concubine Hua didn't mention young or old anymore, so as not to appear old.
He just snorted heavily and called her a vixen.
Feng Ruozhao ignored her and sat obediently in his seat, continuing to listen to the Queen's daily boring words of concern and a series of divisive remarks.
After everyone left, Jianqiu helped the queen to the study. On the way, the queen thought about the changes in Feng Ruozhao in recent times and began to recall the past.
"When Concubine Hua entered the palace, she relied on her good family background and did not take me, her wife, seriously. Concubine Duan is like a fence-sitter, she will befriend whoever is favored. In the past, it was my sister, and later it was Concubine Hua. The emperor wanted to suppress Concubine Hua's arrogance, so he wanted to choose someone to check and balance her. Originally, Concubine Duan, who also came from a military family, was the most suitable, but the two of them became good friends, so the emperor wanted to choose someone else.
Jingpin, Lipin and Huafei were all selected from the same class. To give Huafei dignity, the emperor asked Jingpin and Lipin to continue to learn the rules in the palace and enter the palace at night for three months. The emperor learned from the teaching nanny that although Lipin was from a general family, she was very stupid, while Jingpin was a promising woman, so he placed his hopes on Jingpin.
At that time, I was worried that Jingpin would be the second Hua Fei, so I specially arranged Jingpin in Hua Fei's Mixiuyuan, hoping that the two of them would compete for favor. But I never thought that Jingpin was as timid as a cat, and she was really disappointing. She even dressed herself up to look more than ten years older because she was afraid of being harassed by Hua Fei.
The emperor was disappointed with her and did not like her dress, so he did not like to visit her.
I didn't expect that after so many years, she suddenly came to her senses and not only paid attention to her appearance and clothing, but today she was able to choke Concubine Hua and leave her speechless. This really surprised me."
"Isn't this just perfect? With Jingpin's help in the future, Your Majesty can breathe a sigh of relief."
The Queen shook her head. "It's beyond my expectation. I can't say whether it's good or bad. Let's wait and see. Recently, Concubine Hua often goes to the Emperor to ask for power in the palace. The Emperor doesn't agree once or twice, but it's not certain if he agrees more times. If that day really comes, I'm afraid that Concubine Jing will also want a share."
Jian Qiu comforted her, "Don't worry, Madam. The Emperor won't do that. The harem is not the palace of the emperor. How can he let a concubine like her interfere in palace affairs?"
The Queen did not feel comforted after hearing this. She knew Yinzhen better than Jianqiu and knew that Yinzhen would give Hua Fei the power of the palace sooner or later just for Nian Gengyao's sake. She just hoped that day would come later.
Ever since Yinzhen discovered that Feng Ruozhao had become prettier, he has visited her much more often than before.
When I was in the palace, I didn't think of her for several months.
Now her name tag is turned over three or four times a month, and Concubine Hua looks at her with astonishment.
Feng Ruozhao was tired of arguing with her during the greetings, so she decided to reveal her pregnancy the next time Yinzhen turned over her name card.
On this day, Feng Ruozhao, as usual, stood quietly outside the door waiting after learning that Yinzhen had turned over his name card.
After seeing Yinzhen, she just bent her knees to salute, but her body went limp and she fell into Yinzhen's arms.
"Jingpin? Jingpin?" Yinzhen hurriedly picked up the unconscious Feng Ruozhao and gently placed her on the bed.
"My queen? What's wrong with you? I'll go get the imperial physician right away."
Ruyi ran out in a hurry. Hanzhu helped Feng Ruozhao take off her shoes and hair accessories so that she could lie down more comfortably.
"What's wrong with your queen?" Yinzhen frowned and looked worried.
"I don't know either. The queen was usually fine. I don't know why she suddenly fainted." Although Hanzhu knew that it was her master who set up the trap, she was so worried that she was sweating on her forehead.
After a long while, Ruyi came in with a doctor who looked unfamiliar and was about fifty years old.
"Your Majesty, I give you..."
"No need to be so polite, come and see Concubine Jing."
The imperial physician knelt beside Feng Ruozhao's bed and carefully felt her pulse through a handkerchief. After a moment, a smile appeared on his face. "Congratulations, Your Majesty. Congratulations, Your Majesty. Concubine Jing is pregnant and is two months pregnant."
"Really?" Rather than being excited about having another child, Yinzhen was more in disbelief.
Because he knew that Jingpin's body had been violated by Huan Yixiang for many years.
When Hua Fei had a miscarriage, he originally wanted to transfer Jingpin out of Mixiuyuan when he gave her Huanyixiang. It was the Queen who advised her that if Jingpin left after Huanyixiang arrived, it might arouse Hua Fei's suspicion, so it would be better to let her continue in Mixiuyuan, after all, there were many women who could give birth, and she would not be a big problem.
He thought the queen's words made sense, so he allowed her to stay in Mixiuyuan.
After he ascended the throne, in order to compensate for her complete loss of ability to be a mother, he made her the head of the palace.
Unexpectedly, just a few months after leaving Huan Yixiang, she actually regained her fertility!
At this moment, Yinzhen was happy, but he was also prepared to always remember that the Huanyi incense in Yikun Palace must not be stopped in the future, otherwise he was afraid that something unexpected would happen to Concubine Hua, which would be a bad outcome.
"Is Jingpin's pregnancy okay? Why is she in a coma?"
"Your Majesty, there is something in Concubine Jing's body... that's why the baby is a little weak. Concubine Jing should not be tired or stressed. It's best to rest in bed before giving birth and take medicine to slowly recuperate. The reason why Concubine Jing fainted is because... that's why her Qi and blood are empty. But she will wake up in a while."
The Huanyi incense in the Yikun Palace was a common secret among all the qualified imperial physicians. Everyone also knew that Feng Ruozhao and Concubine Hua lived together in the Qiandi Palace, so he knew that the musk in Feng Ruozhao's body was normal.
The imperial physician naturally did not dare to say it clearly in front of Ruyi and Hanzhu, but Yinzhen understood what he meant.
After learning that he specialized in obstetrics and gynecology, Yinzhen decided to give Feng Ruozhao's baby to him.
"Doctor Zeng, you must take good care of Jingpin's health and make sure that Jingpin and her child are safe."
"The minister obeys the order."
That's right, Feng Ruozhao's imperial physician this time is still the veteran actor Zeng Youming. Since she already knew Zeng Youming's family situation and knew that there was no one behind him, she could of course use him with confidence.
I spent some money and bribed Zeng Youming in advance, and then I staged this scene.
Feng Ruozhao felt that the time was about right, so he slowly opened his eyes and said leisurely, "Your Majesty."
She propped herself up and tried to sit up. Yinzhen supported her shoulders, and Hanzhu put two pillows behind her back so that she could lean back comfortably.
Feng Ruozhao raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, wondering, "Your Majesty, why am I in bed?"
Yinzhen smiled and held Feng Ruozhao's other hand, "Jingpin, you are pregnant!"
Feng Ruozhao appropriately expressed shock...surprise...doubt, three emotions, and vividly portrayed the state of just finding out that she was pregnant. With red eyes, she placed her hand on her belly and asked hopefully, "Is what the emperor said true?"
Seeing her excited, Yinzhen's heart was also touched.
He raised his hand to wipe away the tears on her face, "Really, we have a child."
Feng Ruozhao burst into tears and couldn't stop crying. It took her a while to calm down and she said, "Your Majesty, I have been looking forward to this child for almost ten years, and I finally got him."
"Now that you are finally here, take good care of yourself. You are weak, so you must listen to the advice of Imperial Physician Zeng and take the pregnancy-maintaining medicine on time. I will immediately send someone to tell the Queen that you don't need to pay respects before you give birth."
"Thank you, Your Majesty. I will listen to the doctor and give birth to our child safely."
That night, although Feng Ruozhao could not sleep with him, Yinzhen still stayed in Xianfu Palace.
At the same time, the news of Feng Ruozhao's pregnancy was also spread by people in her palace.
Feng Ruozhao's father, Feng Lan, was the fourth-rank prefect of Qizhou. He and Shen Meizhuang's father, Shen Zishan, the assistant commander of Jizhou, were both officials in Shandong.
However, Feng Lan's official position was two levels lower than Shen Zishan's.
The Feng family is not like the Shen family. They have no relatives or power in the capital. Therefore, if Feng Ruozhao wants to control Xianfu Palace, he can only rely on himself.
Over the past few months, Feng Ruozhao, Ruyi and Hanzhu have already identified the targets in each palace, but have been slow to move against them.
The Imperial Household Department is now under the control of the Queen. Even if she replaces this person, there will be another person waiting for her. It is better to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances.
As for the rest, we can wait until she gives birth to the baby and buys the Loyalty Pill.
In fact, as long as she could contribute the recipes for cowpox and cement, and rely on her stomach, Yinzhen would definitely transfer her father and brother to the capital.
However, she knew that the court had been in turmoil in the past few years, and there had been a lot of messy things before and after Nian Gengyao's death. She didn't want her father and brother to be involved, so she let them stay in Qizhou for a few years and deal with other things later.
When the Queen heard the news that Feng Ruozhao was pregnant before going to bed, her first thought was that the news was wrong and could not be true.
"Jianqiu, did you hear wrong? How could Jingpin be pregnant?!"
"I have confirmed again and again that Jingpin is indeed pregnant. The Emperor also sent someone to say that Jingpin's pregnancy is unstable. The Emperor has granted her special permission that she does not need to come to pay respects before giving birth."
The queen suddenly felt a headache, tears streaming down her cheeks, "Jianqiu, my head hurts so much!"
Jianqiu saw that her own queen had a headache and hurriedly said, "I will go and get the imperial physician."
"Don't go!" The Queen stopped her. "I went to ask the imperial physician just after Jingpin announced the good news. How do you expect the Emperor to think of me?"
Jianqiu was so worried that she came up with a temporary solution, "Then I'll have someone boil the prescription that Doctor Zhang wrote last time. Your Majesty will feel better after drinking it."
Seeing the queen nodded, she immediately ordered the maids to do it, and then she came back and massaged the queen's forehead, "Your Majesty, please don't worry. Jingpin's body has been soaked in musk for many years. Even if she gets pregnant by chance, she won't be able to give birth."
"Yes, she has smelled Huan Yi Xiang for so many years, it is not surprising that she can't give birth. Jian Qiu, you know what to do."
"The servant understands."
Even though she had made all the arrangements, the queen was upset that night and she also had a headache, so she hardly slept the whole night.
When Concubine Hua heard the news that Feng Ruozhao was pregnant, she angrily smashed the teacup beside her.
"Shumulu (Noble Lady Fang) is pregnant, Lu is pregnant, Cao is pregnant, and now even that bitch Feng is pregnant! How come everyone can get pregnant, but I can't? It's all because of that bitch Qi Yuebin! She's the one who killed my child!"
Concubine Hua took Songzhi, Zhou Ninghai and others to Yanqing Palace, where she slapped Concubine Duan more than a dozen times and smashed things before returning to Yikun Palace in silence.
The next day, Concubine Hua, who had not slept all night, asked for leave instead of paying her respects.
However, the Queen, in order to hide the fact that she had not slept all night, asked Jianqiu to apply a thick layer of powder on her.
To be honest, there are not many people who can come and pay their respects nowadays.
Concubine Duan has been ill for many years, and she became even sicker after being tormented by Concubine Hua last night.
Concubine Hua did not come, and Concubine Cao was seven months pregnant and had been exempted from paying respects.
Xinchang has been recuperating after her miscarriage and has not had her period.
Now the only ones paying respects in Jingren Palace were Concubine Qi and Concubine Li.
But these two were each more stupid than the other, and their words were unpleasant to the ear. The queen felt that if she said any more to them, her headache would only get worse, so she quickly asked them to go back.
On June 19th, under the protection of Concubine Hua, Concubine Cao gave birth to a princess with great difficulty. The imperial physician and midwife determined that she would no longer be able to bear children.
The reason why Concubine Hua protected her so much was that she hoped that she was carrying a prince in her belly, and she would raise the baby herself.
Now that she knew it was a princess, she was so angry that her nose was crooked.
If Yinzhen hadn't been right next to her, happily celebrating the birth of the princess, she would have wanted to turn around and go back to Yikun Palace.
Originally, Concubine Hua and Yinzhen had agreed that the child in Concubine Cao's belly would be raised under Concubine Hua's name.
Now that she knew it was a princess, Concubine Hua didn't want her anymore. But she was afraid that Yinzhen would think she didn't value the princess and would spoil his fun, so she said that she couldn't bear to separate Concubine Cao and her daughter. The princess would still be registered under her name, but would be raised by Concubine Cao herself.
In fact, no matter how many excuses she made, Yinzhen knew that she disliked the fact that Concubine Cao gave birth to a princess.
But she didn't know that if Concubine Cao was pregnant with a prince, the child might not even be born.
He felt guilty towards Concubine Hua, so he wanted to give the princess to Concubine Hua to raise so that she would no longer be lonely.
But Concubine Hua didn't appreciate it.
Yinzhen sighed in his heart, looked at his daughter again, and then left.
As soon as he left, Concubine Hua naturally left as well.
Although she did not receive any promotion or reward, and even lost her fertility, Concubine Cao was still happy.
Because she can raise the princess herself.
As a mother, nothing could make her happier than this.
Although Concubine Hua has always been demanding power in the palace, she didn't take it too seriously because she focused more on Concubine Cao's belly.
Now that Concubine Cao is pregnant, Concubine Hua begins to pester Yinzhen for power in the palace.
Although the queen had always worried that her power would be divided, this day finally came.
A few days after Concubine Cao gave birth, Yinzhen issued an edict to grant Concubine Hua half of the palace power and asked her to assist in managing the six palaces.
After receiving the imperial edict, the queen hurriedly went to her aunt for help.
"Empress Dowager, when Concubine Hua was in the palace, she relied on her power to disrespect me as her wife and ridiculed and provoked me everywhere. Now that I have entered the palace, Concubine Hua holds the power in her hands. I am afraid she will not take me seriously at all."
The Empress Dowager had always disliked this cousin, but she had to support her. She couldn't let the Ulanara family lose face.
"You go back. I will go talk to the emperor."
The Queen thought that the Queen Mother would make the decision for her and at least reduce the power in the palace held by Concubine Hua, so she returned to Jingren Palace with hope.
How could she know that after thinking for a long time, the empress dowager came up with the idea of persuading Yinzhen to hold a beauty contest to use newcomers to share Concubine Hua's favor and power.
"The late emperor had twenty-four of you sons. The emperor is no better than the late emperor."
"I am not blessed with three sons, which makes you worried, Madam."
"It's not your fault. The previous emperor had many concubines, so naturally he had many children. There are only a few people in your harem. The Empress, Concubine Duan, and Concubine Qi are all quite old, so it's difficult for them to have children. But the Emperor should know that the most important thing for the royal family is to have many children, so that the country can last forever and have people from generation to generation. For this reason, there is a selection every three years to enrich the harem."
Yinzhen nodded repeatedly, "The Empress Dowager is right."
Seeing that he was not disgusted, the Queen Mother made the final decision, "Then the selection is settled."
Yinzhen: "The Queen has many things to do, Hua Fei will assist in managing the six palaces, so let Hua Fei take care of the selection of concubines."
The Queen Mother's expression changed slightly. "Hua Fei is capable and beautiful. It would be good to select some new people to come in. Sharing the beauty is always better than having one person alone. But don't neglect the old ones. No matter how important the government is, you still have to go to the harem often." At the end, the Queen Mother said the main point of her visit, "And the Queen, after all, she is the Empress."
"Is the Queen Mother confused? She actually suggested that the Emperor hold a beauty contest? Aren't there enough women in the palace?!"
When the Queen learned that the Empress Dowager suggested that Yinzhen hold a beauty contest, she was furious. One Concubine Hua was enough for her to handle, so how could she hope for anyone else?
However, although she blamed the Queen Mother, she knew in her heart that with only a few people in the harem, it was only a matter of time before the selection was reopened.
"The Empress is the master of the six palaces. Why did the Emperor hand over the selection of concubines to Concubine Hua?" Jianqiu spoke up for her master.
Although the queen felt uncomfortable about this, she could understand it.
"The Emperor has just ascended the throne, and the treasury is in short supply. I can't compare to Concubine Hua, who has a reliable family that can give her money continuously. This selection is not an easy job, so let Concubine Hua do it. By the way, how is Concubine Jing's pregnancy going? It's almost four months, why is there still no movement?"
When Jianqiu mentioned this, she looked embarrassed. "The Emperor granted Jingpin special permission not to pay respects to the emperor, so she has been staying in Xianfu Palace and not going anywhere. The Emperor also sent Imperial Physician Zeng to Xianfu Palace every other day to see Jingpin. I'm afraid all our methods have been avoided."
The Queen's eyes darkened. "I didn't expect that Doctor Zeng is such a capable person."
Jianqiu looked at her master and asked tentatively, "Do you want me to send someone to get rid of this Imperial Doctor Zeng?"
The queen shook her head and said, "Imperial Physician Zeng is the imperial physician appointed by the emperor for Concubine Jing to maintain her pregnancy. If something unexpected happened to him, the emperor would definitely be suspicious. Wen Yi is the first child born after the emperor ascended the throne. The emperor has already instructed that we should handle it well." At this point, the queen looked at Jianqiu deeply. Jianqiu understood and said yes.
The first thing Hua Fei did after taking power in the palace was to kick out the previous head of the Imperial Household Department and replace him with her distant relative Huang Guiquan.
In order to plot against Feng Ruozhao's pregnancy, the Queen pretended to be sick for a while and let Concubine Hua take full charge of planning Wen Yi's full-month banquet.
Concubine Hua wanted to hold a grand ceremony, but she also had to take into account that it had been less than a year since the emperor passed away, so the gathering took place in the Yikun Palace.
This was the first banquet after Concubine Hua came to power. Under the deliberate instigation of the Queen, Concubine Hua ordered Songzhi and Zhou Ninghai to visit Xianfu Palace together to invite Feng Ruozhao to attend the full moon banquet tomorrow. The two spoke coldly and in a bad tone, as if they would not leave unless Feng Ruozhao went.
Feng Ruozhao knew the queen too well and knew that if she pretended to be sick and gave up power, she would be planning something.
Now in the harem, the only thing she can plot against is the child in her belly.
She must be trying to pin the child on Concubine Hua. Even if Concubine Hua managed to escape, she could still blame it on Huan Yixiang.
Since she has already guessed it, she can avoid it.
But she didn't want to hide.
Sooner or later, she will drag down the Queen and Concubine Hua. Anyway, she has the pregnancy-preserving pill, so she is not afraid of any monsters.
When Songzhi and Zhou Ninghai heard the news that she was going, they returned to Yikun Palace with their chins held high.
"Your Majesty is pregnant now, and the Emperor has exempted you from paying respects. He just wants you to take good care of the baby in Xianfu Palace. Why did you agree to go to Yikun Palace? What if Concubine Hua wants to harm the young master?" Hanzhu frowned and said worriedly.
"Even though Concubine Hua is domineering and arrogant, she has experienced the pain of losing a child and will not easily hurt a pregnant woman. You don't have to focus on Concubine Hua tomorrow. Pay more attention to the Queen's expression and her actions."
Ruyi opened her mouth wide, "Your Majesty, you mean the Queen?"
Feng Ruozhao also hoped that they would have a plan in mind, so he said to them, "The emperor is forty-five years old, but he has only three sons and two daughters. You have been with me in the palace for so many years, and you know that there have been many pregnant women over the years, but only a few have given birth. If you think about it carefully, you will know the trick."
Ruyi couldn't believe it, and she expressed her opinion, "But how does Your Majesty know that it was the Queen who did it? I think it was Concubine Hua."
Feng Ruozhao shook his head. "Hua Fei entered the palace only three months earlier than me. Many people in the palace had miscarriages before her, and even Hua Fei had lost a child. Moreover, before Hua Fei assisted in managing the six palaces, the Queen held all the power. At that time, the things that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent to Xianfu Palace with added ingredients were something that only the Queen could do."
Ruyi and Hanzhu finally believed her words and decided to protect their master tomorrow and secretly observe the Queen's movements.
The next day, Feng Ruozhao asked Hanzhu to make herself look paler and wore a light green dress, which made her look even more fragile and delicate.
Seeing her coming, Yinzhen frowned and looked disapproving, "Didn't I order you to rest and take care of your pregnancy in Xianfu Palace? Why did you come to Wen Yi's full moon banquet?" Yinzhen was worried that the fragrance of Huanyi's fragrance filled the room and might harm the already unstable royal heir in her belly.
Feng Ruozhao played the victim appropriately, saying with a bitter face: "Yesterday Songzhi and Zhou Ninghai came to invite me personally, and I couldn't refuse, so I came here."
Hua Fei did not notice the sudden chill on Yin Zhen's face. She snorted coldly when she heard the words, "I invited you here to honor you. Today is a good day for Wen Yi. Since Jing Fei is here, don't look so sad."
Feng Ruozhao looked at Yinzhen with grievance, and the queen came out to smooth things over, "Well, Concubine Hua said it was a good day for Wen Yi, so we should be harmonious. Concubine Jing is pregnant, so you should sit down first."
"Yes." Feng Ruozhao replied softly.
Feng Ruozhao had no idea what the Queen was planning for today, and was still guessing whether it was due to food incompatibility, safflower poisoning, or something else.
When the dishes were served, she found nothing. On the contrary, the food in Yikun Palace was quite delicious. If she didn't have to maintain the unstable and fragile character of the dragon fetus, she would have eaten until she was full.
She knew very well that since the Queen did not tinker with the ingredients, she was going to let something unexpected happen to her.
Sure enough, at the end of the banquet, when everyone got up to leave, the phoenix-wearing peony hairpin on the left side of Concubine Hua's head suddenly broke, and hundreds of golden beads of all sizes scattered all over the ground.
Seeing that Songzhi was suddenly about to pounce towards him for some reason, Feng Ruozhao quickly hid behind Ruyi. Hanzhu also immediately stepped forward to block Songzhi, and fell to the ground with her after the collision.
The two maids wailed together.
Feng Ruozhao glanced at Ruyi, then rolled his eyes and fainted.
"Empress!" Ruyi shouted loudly in cooperation.
Yinzhen wanted to rush over when he heard the noise, but he still had to take care of the beads on the ground. He glared at Hua Fei, making her face pale. Without waiting for her to explain, he immediately ordered: "Xiao Xiazi, take people to pick up the beads quickly. Su Peisheng, go and call the imperial physician. Ruyi holds the beads in her mouth and sends your queen back!"
The hairpin that Concubine Hua wore this time had mostly small beads, which rolled around and got stuck in the cracks of the stone slabs, not causing any trouble, but there were still a dozen large beads rolling around, so Xiao Xiazi quickly led people to pick up the large beads, and Ruyi and Hanzhu helped Feng Ruozhao get on the sedan chair. Yinzhen also followed and got on his own sedan chair.
"Your Majesty, I didn't mean it." When Concubine Hua saw Yinzhen was about to leave, she quickly ran over to explain.
"Hua Fei," Yinzhen finished reading these two words and took a deep breath, "You go back first."
Concubine Cao, who was happily holding her daughter to celebrate the full moon, took advantage of everyone going to Xianfu Palace, gently lifted the bottom of her flower pot, squatted down to pick up the thing that she had stepped on in time, looked at it, and gritted her teeth in anger: if she knew who deliberately ruined her daughter's full moon banquet, she would make that person pay!
