How could Concubine Hua dare to go back? She didn't even bother to sit in the sedan chair. She just followed Yinzhen's imperial sedan chair quickly, wanting to know if there was any problem with Feng Ruozhao's child.

At this moment, she hoped more than anyone else that the baby in Feng Ruozhao's belly was safe.

Otherwise, she would incur the resentment of Yinzhen, and not only would she lose favor, but Songzhi might even lose her life.

Songzhi has been serving her since she was a child, and she must save Songzhi's life!

Fortunately, Yiku Palace is not far from Xianfu Palace.

Su Peisheng hurried over and brought Zeng Youming over in time.

After checking her pulse, Zeng Youming frowned and said, "Your Majesty, Concubine Jing and the heir are fine for now. But Concubine Jing's fetus was unstable to begin with. Not only was she frightened this time, she also fell. I'm afraid she will give birth prematurely in the future."

Yinzhen was relieved to learn that the child was fine. He had already lost two children since he ascended the throne. If he lost another one, people in the previous dynasty would probably say that he was not a righteous emperor.

"Doctor Zeng, you must do your best to protect Concubine Jing's baby."

"The minister obeys the order."

For fear of disturbing Feng Ruozhao's rest, Yinzhen led everyone to the front hall of the main hall.

The queen behind Yinzhen was very disappointed, but Concubine Hua felt relieved.

Originally, she thought that since Feng Ruozhao was fine, the matter could be forgotten. However, Concubine Cao did not want to let it go. She quietly leaned over to Concubine Hua's ear and whispered a few words, then handed the things she had picked up in Yiku Palace to Concubine Hua. After listening to her, Concubine Hua immediately knelt in front of Yinzhen with her hands holding the thing and told him about her grievances.

"Your Majesty, please make the decision for me, Concubine Jing, Concubine Cao, and Princess Wen Yi! Today is the first banquet I have held since I entered the palace, and it is also Wen Yi's full-month banquet. I attach great importance to it and am afraid that something will go wrong. But I never thought that everything was fine before, but at the end of the banquet, the Phoenix Peony Hairpin that you gave me, which is my favorite, suddenly broke, and the beads rolled all over the floor.

Your Majesty, please look at the silk thread in my hand. If it was broken accidentally, it should have broken into two pieces, but the silk thread in my hand broke into three pieces.

It is obvious that someone deliberately broke my hairpin. The purpose is not difficult to guess, that is, to get rid of the heir in Jingpin's belly and frame me. Then I will definitely make you dislike me and lose my power in the palace. It is obvious that their intention is to kill me."

At this point, Concubine Hua deliberately glanced at the Queen, and then continued: "If it weren't for Jingpin's luck to escape this disaster, I would have died unjustly. I believe that the Emperor will make the decision, find out the truth, and severely punish this person!"

The queen knew that if she didn't explain herself, she would be in trouble.

After all, whether it was the palace power that Hua Fei mentioned just now, or the look in her eyes, they were all directed at her.

So she hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, what Concubine Hua said does not make sense, but I still remember that Songzhi rushed straight towards Concubine Jing just now."

Songzhi immediately knelt down on the ground after hearing this, and cried out that she was wronged, "Your Majesty, I didn't do it on purpose, I was pushed over!"

Songzhi has served Concubine Hua since she was a child and is extremely loyal. Concubine Hua will definitely protect her, so she said, "Your Majesty, if it was me who wanted to harm Concubine Jing's child, wouldn't it be self-incriminating if I used Songzhi? I am also a person who has lost a child, so how could I want to kill someone else's child."

Concubine Qi was a staunch supporter of the Queen and immediately defended her. "You always bullied Concubine Jing in the palace. Who knows if you did it on purpose? Besides, you were the one who brought the thread just now. Who knows if you broke another section of the thread?"

At this time, Concubine Cao also quickly stood up and said, "I picked up the silk thread. When I picked it up, there were three threads. Concubine Qi will not think that I deliberately killed Wen Yi's brothers and sisters at my daughter's full moon banquet!"

Hanzhu showed hesitation and nervousness at the right time, looking here and there, which attracted the attention of Concubine Hua.

Hua Fei immediately pointed at Han Zhu and said, "You, Han Zhu is still Ruyi. I remember that you are Jingpin's maidservant. Did you see something with this expression? The emperor is here, why don't you tell me what you saw!"

Yinzhen looked in the direction of Hua Fei's hand and saw that it was Hanzhu, so he said in a deep voice: "If you have something to say, just say it, don't hide it!"

Hanzhu clenched her fists nervously and glanced at the queen cautiously. The queen immediately felt something was wrong and heard her say, "I saw... Aunt Jianqiu pushed Aunt Songzhi, and that's when Aunt Songzhi-"

"How dare you! You're lying!" The Queen quickly stopped Hanzhu from continuing and knelt down to defend herself, "Your Majesty, this servant must have seen it wrong. Jianqiu is the most steady person, how could she accidentally push Songzhi?"

With the testimony of the senior palace maid beside Feng Ruozhao, Concubine Hua completely relaxed and opened fire on the Queen.

"Of course I wouldn't be careless. Who can push someone away by accident? I think Jianqiu did it on purpose. She deliberately used Songzhi to get rid of Jingpin's child and framed me. Queen, you should take this opportunity to take back the power of the palace!"

The Queen and Concubine Hua were bickering with each other. Yinzhen frowned and thought while crossing the eighteen pieces in his hand. After an unknown amount of time, he suddenly stood up.

"Enough!" The air suddenly became quiet.

Then he continued, "Jingpin is dignified and prudent, and has a virtuous and prudent nature. She is promoted to Jingfei, and the canonization ceremony will be held after one month."

Seeing that the number of concubines was about to be filled, the queen spoke out to stop him, "Your Majesty—"

Before she could finish, Yinzhen raised his hand to stop her from continuing. He then helped Concubine Hua up, "The Queen is old and has little energy. She should stay in the palace to recuperate for a month. Shilan, since I asked you to help manage the six palaces, you should take good care of them for the Queen. Also, you don't need to pay respects to her for this month."

After Yinzhen finished speaking, he strode away.

Concubine Hua rolled her eyes at the Queen and followed her away.

Just as Jianqiu was about to help the queen up, she was pinned down by someone.

When the queen saw that it was Su Peisheng who had returned, her pupils shrank and she quickly stood up and stood in front of Jianqiu, "Eunuch Su, what are you doing?"

Su Peisheng half-bent over, "I'm sorry, Queen. The Emperor ordered me to take Jianqiu to the Shenxing Division. Aunt Jianqiu, please come with us."

The queen wanted to stop him, but she knew she could not disobey the emperor's order. She just looked at Jianqiu deeply with red eyes. Jianqiu immediately showed an expression of fearlessness of life and death, which made the queen feel relieved.

After watching Jianqiu leave, the queen turned back to look at Hanzhu and said in a freezing cold voice, "You are a sharp-eyed girl. Serve your queen well and make sure she has a safe delivery."

Hanzhu nodded obediently, "I will do my best to serve my queen, so you can rest assured, Queen!"

Shoukang Palace.

When the Queen Mother heard the news that Zhuxi had received, she sat up immediately from the bed.

"What? The Queen was caught red-handed!"

"Yes, when Jianqiu made the move, Jingpin, no, now it's Jingfei, was seen by Jingfei's maidservant during her dowry. She couldn't make excuses even if she wanted to."

"I have told her so many times to be content with being the queen and to adopt a child so that Ulanara and Uya can have someone to rely on in the future. But she refused to listen. She ignored my advice and insisted on getting rid of Concubine Fang and Concubine Xin's fetuses. Now she is taking action against Concubine Jing. She is still so careless! The queen is really!"

The Queen Mother was so angry that her chest was gasping for breath, and Zhuxi hurried forward to help her calm down.

"Your Majesty, please worry less, lest you hurt yourself."

"How can I stop worrying about the Queen's condition? Although Jianqiu is loyal, in Shenxingsi, even the most loyal people may not be able to control their mouths. Zhuxi, go and see Jianqiu off. Don't let Su Peisheng see us."

"Yes, slave, go right away."

Yinzhen handed Jianqiu over to Su Peisheng for questioning. Su Peisheng questioned Jianqiu for a long time, but seeing that she still refused to give in, he went to ask Yinzhen whether to use torture.

After all, she is the queen's aunt, so she must ask for permission before torturing her.

Who would have thought that just as Su Peisheng learned about the arbitrary torture, when he went to Shenxingsi again, he saw Jianqiu had bitten her tongue and committed suicide.

Su Peisheng was afraid of being questioned by Yinzhen, so he immediately began to question the wise maids in the Shenxing Division to see if anyone had entered the interrogation room.

All the Jingqi maids shook their heads to indicate that no one had ever been in there.

Su Peisheng didn't believe it and continued searching. Finally, he found a set of fresh women's footprints on the outer wall of the interrogation room. The footprints became denser near the window of the interrogation room, and then returned along the same path. Unfortunately, after passing this area, they reached the stone floor and the footprints disappeared.

Su Peisheng had no choice but to go back and report the matter to Yinzhen.

Yinzhen remained silent after hearing this. Just when Su Peisheng thought he would not say anything else, he heard him ask himself, "Su Peisheng, tell me, if Jianqiu had no guilty conscience, why would someone let her commit suicide?"

Su Peisheng: "This... I dare to guess that someone doesn't want Jianqiu to speak."

Yinzhen: "Yes, you know the truth, but someone treats me like a fool!"

Yinzhen had always believed that his empress was a virtuous and kind person, but he never expected that today he would discover her true face. In order to gain power in the palace and to frame Concubine Hua, she wanted to kill his offspring!

But even though Yinzhen was angry, he wouldn't do anything.

He had just ascended the throne, and he and the queen would rise and fall together, so he could not do anything to the queen.

Besides, Feng Ruozhao didn't lose the child after all, so the only punishment he could give the queen was to confine her to her house.

But the queen's trust in him has been greatly reduced.

Although he could not severely punish the queen, he would not let Jianqiu go. "Throw Jianqiu to the mass grave to feed the dogs!"

Su Peisheng couldn't help swallowing when he heard this. He and Jianqiu had been dealing with each other for more than 20 years, so they could be considered old friends. He didn't expect that this old friend would die so tragically. But she deserved it.

Yinzhen did not deliberately conceal his treatment of Jianqiu, so when the queen found out, she was in a trance and almost fainted.

"Huichun, take two hundred taels of silver and give it to Su Peisheng. Tell him to make sure Jianqiu's body is intact and buy a coffin for her so she can be buried properly."

Huichun hurried to deliver the money to Su Peisheng before Jianqiu was thrown into the mass grave, and told him the Queen's intention.

Huichun originally thought that Su Peisheng could do things for money.

Unexpectedly, Su Peisheng actually confiscated the money. "Miss Huichun, you are joking. I dare not disobey the emperor's order. If you have nothing else to do, I will take my leave first."

After that, he ordered the eunuchs who were collecting Jianqiu's body, "You guys, hurry up and carry the body away. If everything goes well, we can return to the palace before dark."

Huichun couldn't bear to look at Jianqiu, and still begged Su Peisheng, "Eunuch Su, the Queen—"

Su Peisheng said righteously, "Aunt Huichun, please don't embarrass our family. The emperor's order cannot be disobeyed!"

Huichun had no choice but to return to Jingren Palace in despair.

When the Queen learned that Jianqiu's funeral arrangements could not be changed, she could not help but shed a few tears, which she quickly wiped away.

Looking in the direction of Xianfu Palace, she gnashed her teeth and said, "Feng Ruozhao! I want both your body and your life!"

In Xianfu Palace, Feng Ruozhao, who was chewing an apple, sneezed violently.

"Ache!"

Ruyi hurriedly moved the ice basin further away, "My queen, don't be greedy for the coolness. It will be terrible if you catch a cold again."

Feng Ruozhao looked at the ice basin that he wished he could be eight feet away from him, and sighed heavily, "It's a pity that the emperor is not going to the Old Summer Palace this year, otherwise I would not have to suffer this."

"Even if you can go to the Old Summer Palace, Your Majesty is so 'weak' that the Emperor might not feel comfortable taking you there." Ruyi said with a smile.

"You are so mischievous!" The master and servant were talking and laughing. Suddenly, Hanzhu walked in from outside. "My queen, Jianqiu is dead!"

Feng Ruozhao was stunned for a moment. He didn't expect that the abortion captain's right-hand man would be offline so early.

"How did you die?"

"They said he bit his tongue to commit suicide."

"The Queen made a wrong move. If Jianqiu had taken all the responsibility on herself, the Emperor might have thought that it was all Jianqiu's own decision and had nothing to do with the Queen. But Jianqiu's death was clearly a cover-up, and the Queen has been completely suspected by the Emperor."

In fact, Feng Ruozhao misunderstood the Queen. This matter was done by the Empress Dowager.

The Queen Mother originally thought that everything would be settled with Jianqiu's death, but after Zhuxi had been gone for a long time, she suddenly came to her senses and realized that Jianqiu could not die, because if Jianqiu died, the Queen's guilt would be confirmed.

She hurriedly asked Zhuyu to intercept Zhuxi.

Unfortunately, Zhuxi walked too fast and was gone for too long, so Zhuyu was unable to catch up.

When the two met on the road, Zhuxi had already witnessed Jianqiu committing suicide.

When the Queen Mother learned this, she sighed deeply.

"This is the first time the queen has revealed a flaw in all these years. But for some reason, I am very panicked and feel that I can't protect the queen."

The bamboos' breath and bamboos' whispers are all silent.

After a long time, the Queen Mother spoke again, "Zhu Xi Zhu Yu, the selection has just begun. Let the Ulanara clan and the Uya clan quickly find beautiful women, preferably those who look like Chun Yuan, and adopt them as their adopted daughters. Record them in the family tree and have them participate in this selection. If the Queen is fine, wait for them to give birth to the heir and give him to the Queen to raise. If the Queen dies, at least there are other women in the family to take her place."

At this point, the Queen Mother sighed, "If it weren't for the fact that the Ulanara and Uya clans really had no women of the right age, they wouldn't have gotten the chance to marry someone else."

Feng Ruozhao knew clearly that the Queen was originally dissatisfied with her pregnancy and wanted to get rid of her.

After Jianqiu's death, she and the Queen became mortal enemies.

So the queen must die.

But the queen cannot die now, otherwise, if she suddenly dies while jumping around so much, it will definitely arouse suspicion from Yinzhen, the queen mother, and even the previous dynasty.

And she didn't want the queen to die innocently.

She was fine this time. Even if Yinzhen was dissatisfied with the queen, he would still consider their years of marriage and would soon put this matter behind him.

Yinzhen is a person who likes to collect figures.

Zhen Huan, An Lingrong, and Fuzi are Chun Yuan figures.

Shen Meizhuang is the original owner's figurine.

Ye Lan'yi belongs to Concubine Hua, Guaerjia Wenyuan belongs to Concubine Qi, and Jiang Caiping belongs to Shen Meizhuang.

She was afraid that if the queen left like this, Yinzhen would suddenly remember the queen's kindness and find a few substitutes for the queen to disgust him.

Feng Ruozhao felt that Yinzhen was totally capable of doing it.

In order to prevent such a disgusting thing from happening, she had to plan the Queen's death.

The draft is in full swing.

In mid-August, the draft picks came out.

Feng Ruozhao didn't ask anyone to investigate because she thought that the seven people who came in at the end were still those seven.

Who knew that after Ruyi found out the list, Feng Ruozhao realized that there had been such a big change in this life.

"Your Majesty, the selection of ladies entering the palace this time includes the noble lady Fucha, the concubines Ulanara, the concubines Uya, and the concubine Fangjia from the Manchu flag, the noble lady Borjigit from the Mongolian flag, and the noble lady Shen, the concubines Zhen, the concubines Xia, and the concubine An from the Han flag, a total of nine ladies. Among them, Ulanara was given the title Rou, Uya was given the title Chun, and Zhen was given the title Wan. The titles of these three ladies were conferred by the emperor himself."

"Puff—" Feng Ruozhao spat out all the homemade milk tea.

"What's wrong, Your Majesty?" Ruyi hurriedly wiped Feng Ruozhao's mouth.

"I'm fine, just a little bit unexpected."

Feng Ruozhao never expected that in this life, the three titles related to Queen Chunyuan, Chun from Chunyuan, Rou from Rouze, and Wan, which has the same pronunciation as Rouze's nickname Wanwan, were all given to her by Yinzhen.

The three of them, plus the Queen who always mentioned Queen Chunyuan, and An Lingrong, whose voice was similar to Queen Chunyuan's, oh, and Concubine Duan, who learned pipa from Chunyuan, these six people were about to fleece Queen Chunyuan bald.

If she were Queen Chunyuan, she would have to go to them in the middle of the night to complain.

Feng Ruozhao didn't actually care how many people were chosen to come in, but she didn't want the original owner's substitute, Shen Meizhuang, to live with her.

Moreover, Shen Meizhuang always caused trouble for the original owner, either by deducting the monthly allowance, or causing her to fall into the water, fake pregnancy, or poisoning. There were so many things to do, and Feng Ruozhao didn't want to have such a burden.

"Ruyi, make a bowl of iced milk tea and send it to the Yangxin Palace."

The milk tea and ice were ready. After Ruyi quickly prepared them, she ran to the Yangxin Palace. After hearing Yinzhen's words that he would come over in the evening, she immediately came back to report.

In the evening, Feng Ruozhao put on a sickly makeup as usual and chatted with Yinzhen about this and that, and finally brought the topic to the talent show.

"In another month, the new sisters will learn the rules and enter the palace. I wonder if I can ask the emperor for a favor."

If someone else said this, Yinzhen might think that the other person had some conspiracy or a request that he didn't like. But it was different when the person who said this was Feng Ruozhao.

The original owner's character of not fighting, not competing, and not sticking out was too deeply rooted in people's hearts. Yinzhen knew that she would not make excessive demands, and for the sake of the child, he was willing to listen.

"You said."

"Imperial Physician Zeng has told me to rest. I am afraid that if my sister is assigned to Xianfu Palace, she will be noisy and will disturb my pregnancy. Therefore, I would like to ask the emperor not to arrange a new person to Xianfu Palace this time. Can you arrange someone to come in after the next selection, when my child is older?"

Yinzhen knew that she would never make a request that he didn't like. Now that he heard Feng Ruozhao's request was so simple, there was no reason for him to refuse.

He patted Feng Ruozhao's hand and said, "Don't worry. Even if you don't tell me, I won't let anyone into Xianfu Palace. From now on, Xianfu Palace will be for you and our child to live in alone."

Feng Ruozhao looked at him gratefully, "In that case, I would like to thank the emperor."

When allocating residences this time, the Queen still wanted to arrange Shen Meizhuang to live in Xianfu Palace to disgust her. Not only did she arrange Shen Meizhuang, but she also arranged the spoiled Xia Dongchun to live there.

When Concubine Hua saw Shen Meizhuang, she didn't think there was anything wrong. After hearing about Xia Dongchun's accommodation arrangements, she immediately understood what the Queen meant.

After all, Xia Dongchun's arrogance, domineering, reckless and rudeness had long been known to the harem. The Queen deliberately arranged this just to let Xia Dongchun cause trouble for Feng Ruozhao, and maybe even wanted Xia Dongchun to get rid of Feng Ruozhao's child.

This time, because three of the maids had titles and Zhen Huan was not highlighted, Concubine Hua, who was unaware of the inside story, did not pay special attention to Zhen Huan. Therefore, apart from not wanting anyone to live in the favorite concubine's palace, Chengqian Palace, she had no objection to anything else.

But the Queen's arrangement this time made Concubine Hua feel that she had caught the Queen's weakness.

God knows, the reason why the Queen allocated the residences herself and then gave the memorial to Concubine Hua was that she wanted to use Concubine Hua to send Zhen Huan, Rou Changzai and Chun Changzai from Chengqian Palace away, and then arrange Xia Dongchun's residence for her. Unexpectedly, it backfired.

Concubine Hua excitedly took the memorial to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity and tried to please the Queen.

"Your Majesty, Xia's tutor aunt had already reported to the Empress and me, saying that Xia had a bad temper, loved to stir up trouble and was noisy. She was unable to teach her, and asked to return to the palace. Therefore, the Empress and I knew what kind of person Xia was. But I didn't expect that the Empress would arrange Xia to live in Jing Fei's Xianfu Palace. Even I knew that Jing Fei's pregnancy was unstable and needed to rest, but the Empress deliberately arranged Xia, who had the most restless temper among the nine concubines, to live there. I don't know what she was thinking."

Yinzhen took the memorial, took a look at it, and immediately became angry.

This queen is so petty!

"Shilan, you are much more sensible now. You did a good job this time. You must take good care of Concubine Jing's baby. I won't arrange for new people to enter Xianfu Palace this time. You can handle the others. I trust you."

Seeing Yinzhen's trust in her, Concubine Hua was so touched that she quickly assured him, "Your Majesty, don't worry. I will make sure that the new couple's accommodation is well arranged and will not cause Your Majesty any worries!"

The news Ruyi finally found out was:

Noble Lady Fucha, Concubine Xia, and An Lingrong live in the Yanxi Palace as in the original plot.

Noble Borjigit and Shen Meizhuang lived in Zhongcui Palace. This time, since they were both noble ladies, one lived in the east side hall and the other lived in the west side hall. Noble Borjigit was not specially allowed to live in the main hall.

Zhen Huan lived in Concubine Qi's Changchun Palace.

Fang Jia Changzai moved into Xin Changzai's Chuxiu Palace. (Since there is a Chun Changzai this time, she will not be called Chun Changzai)

Rou Changzai and Chun Changzai were arranged by the Empress Dowager to live in Yonghe Palace.

New people, new place, new atmosphere.

Feng Ruozhao was curious about what kind of stories these people would start.

When the new bride entered the palace, Feng Ruozhao was almost seven months pregnant.

Although Feng Ruozhao did not go on the day of the audience with the whole palace, he asked Ruyi to inquire about the news.

Ruyi: "My queen, Concubine Hua gave Concubine Xia of the Han army flag a beating of ten feet of red. She is now disabled and has been thrown into the cold palace."

Feng Ruozhao: ...This Xia Dongchun, no matter which world he lives in, he can never escape the punishment of a thousand wounds.

"What about the others? Did Concubine Hua embarrass anyone else?"

"Empress Hua also called out the three maids with titles one by one. However, I heard that these three maids look alike for some reason. Empress Hua even laughed and said that they are half-sisters."

All three look so alike?

Could it be that Ulanara and Uya deliberately looked for someone who looked like Chunyuan?

However, the three of them look so alike.

Won't it disappear if we put them together?

puff-

I wanted to laugh again.

and many more.

Feng Ruozhao suddenly thought of someone, "Ruyi, go find out if there is an aunt named Cui Jinxi in Changchun Palace or Yonghe Palace."

Although Ruyi didn't understand, she nodded and ran out to find out the news.

Feng Ruozhao remembered that the reason Cui Jinxi served Zhen Huan was because she had once received favor from Queen Chunyuan, so she wanted to serve a lady who looked like her.

There are three Chunyuan substitutes this time, and I don't know who Cui Jinxi will choose.

Ever since Feng Ruozhao came here, he has slowly trained Ruyi, who has a slightly more lively personality, into a skilled expert in gathering information. Ruyi seems to have a talent in this area, and now she is not only quick in gathering information, but also very thorough.

"Your Highness, the head aunt of Yonghe Palace is called Zhuye. It is said that she was the aunt who served the empress dowager in the past. This time, the empress dowager specially assigned her to Yonghe Palace. The head aunt of Changchun Palace is called Hongxiu. There are no maids with the surname Cui in these two palaces. I have specially inquired about it. Now there is an aunt named Cui Jinxi in the Ministry of Internal Affairs who is teaching the maids."

Feng Ruozhao guessed that Cui Jinxi was also confused at this moment.

There are three Chunyuan figures. The Yonghe Palace has the Queen Mother's people, so she can't interfere. The Changchun Palace has Concubine Qi's people, so there is no place for her to use her skills.

So I have no choice but to stay in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Feng Ruozhao was bored in Xianfu Palace, so he asked Ruyi to go outside to get information and told her all kinds of gossip stories in the palace.

"Your Majesty, Concubine Wan saw the female corpse in the Imperial Garden. She fell ill when she returned to Changchun Palace and was chased away to Suiyuxuan by Concubine Qi."

"Did Concubine Wan go to Sui Yuxuan?" Feng Ruozhao couldn't help but sigh that Zhen Huan and Sui Yuxuan really had a connection.

"Look back and see if Cui Jinxi will come over."

"Yes."

Cui Jinxi was a smart person. She knew very well that it was easy to add icing on the cake but difficult to help someone in need. When she learned that Zhen Huan went to Sui Yuxuan and there was no head maid in Sui Yuxuan, she carried a small bag and went to Sui Yuxuan to be the head maid.

"Your Majesty, among the new ladies, Concubine Shen, Concubine Rou, and Concubine Chun are the most favored by the emperor. The emperor has bestowed the title Hui on Concubine Shen, and Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun have also been promoted to Concubine."

"Your Majesty, the Emperor asked Concubine Hui to learn palace affairs, saying that she would help the Empress and Concubine Hua in the future."

"Your Majesty, Concubine Hua has called Concubine Hui, Concubine Rou, Concubine Chun, and Concubine Fucha to the Yikun Palace to grind ink."

"Your Highness, the Queen Mother sent Aunt Zhuxi to the Yikun Palace, and the four noble ladies have returned to the palace."

Although Feng Ruozhao is not in the underworld, he knows a lot about the underworld.

She had been eating melons for more than two months, and it was time for her to eat the melons.

"Ruyi, Hanzhu, please make arrangements. I am about to give birth."

Ruyi and Hanzhu had rehearsed this day countless times in their minds. During this time, they observed that several trustworthy palace maids and eunuchs in Xianfu Palace would either boil water, go to invite Yinzhen and the queen, go to the Imperial Hospital to ask for the imperial physician, or strictly watch the midwives change their clothes, wrap their heads, wash their hands and rinse their mouths, and then clear out any midwives with problems, leaving only three with clean hands and feet.

Originally, a concubine's mother could be allowed to come in when giving birth, but the Feng family was in Shandong, and the original owner's mother was old. She didn't want to let her mother go through the trouble, so she didn't invite her.

Although the original owner's mother was not there, Hanzhu and Ruyi were both capable. After arranging everyone, they stayed with her closely. According to Feng Ruozhao's instructions, they kept a close eye on the midwife and would take anyone away if they wanted to take action.

Whether for the sake of her own abortion career or for her loyal servant Jianqiu, the queen wished that she would die with one body.

Therefore, the Queen will definitely take action this time.

Feng Ruozhao felt that the baby was about to reach the birth canal, and a midwife suddenly said, "The queen is having a difficult labor, and we need to ask the imperial physician to prescribe a medicine to induce labor."

Ruyi and Hanzhu immediately became worried, and then they heard Feng Ruozhao say, "Take her away!"

The midwife was still crying out for justice, but Ruyi had already waved to the other palace maids in the room to take the person away.

Feng Ruozhao continued to push hard, and Hanzhu suddenly grabbed the midwife's hand and said, "How dare you push the little prince back? Take him away!"

Another one was taken away.

Seeing that the three midwives who delivered the baby with her were all taken away, the last remaining midwife, regardless of whether she had any thoughts before, now obediently delivered the baby for her.

Outside the door, Yinzhen, the Queen, and all the concubines had already arrived. Even the Queen Mother sent Zhuxi over to wait and see the child.

Feng Ruozhao lived up to Yinzhen's expectations and gave birth to a little prince. Yinzhen smiled with joy like a chrysanthemum. The queen almost lost control of her expression, but fortunately she quickly maintained her professional smile so as not to arouse suspicion.

"Good! Concubine Jing is great! Su Peisheng, go pick out some clothes and jewelry that are suitable for Concubine Jing and send them to her!"

Hua Fei was still a concubine, and Yinzhen had not wanted to establish a noble concubine earlier, so he would not promote Feng Ruozhao this time and only gave her some rewards.

The Queen and Concubine Hua both breathed a sigh of relief. They absolutely did not want to see Feng Ruozhao be promoted to Imperial Concubine.

Now that we have talked about the happy things, it's time to talk about the unlucky things.

After the three midwives were pulled in front of Yinzhen, Yinzhen's smiling face turned visibly cold.

"Empress, Concubine Hua, is this the harem you are taking care of for me?"

The Queen and Concubine Hua both squatted down and confessed their crimes.

The Queen: "Your Majesty, I know I was wrong. It was because I was not feeling well recently that the bad guys took advantage of me. But Concubine Hua, I remember that Huang Guiquan, the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, is your distant relative. How could such a thing happen?"

Seeing that the fire was burning on her, Concubine Hua hurriedly said, "Huang Guiquan has a lot of things to take care of. He can't possibly take charge of everything. He has two deputy stewards under him. Besides, I remember that Jiang Zhongmin always obeyed the Queen's orders. Who knows if he did it?"

The two of them were arguing with each other, both wanting to put the blame on the other.

Yinzhen felt annoyed after hearing this. Su Peisheng was not around at the moment, so Yinzhen could only tell Xiao Xiazi, "Xiao Xiazi, take the three of them to Shenxingsi and wait for your master to come back for questioning."

Zhu Xi originally wanted to see the little prince, but now he quietly retreated and told the empress dowager what happened in Xianfu Palace.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother felt her head starting to hurt.

"Those three midwives have no other intentions than being ordered by the Queen! Fortunately, my grandson is fine, and Concubine Jing is also a cautious person. Zhuxi, go pick some things for Concubine Jing, and there's no need to keep those three midwives. Also, call the Queen over."

The Queen was already furious because of Feng Ruozhao's failed pregnancy, and when Zhu Xi invited her to Shoukang Palace, she had a long face.

"My son, please pay your respects to the emperor's mother."

"I can't rest in peace!"

The Queen Mother spoke bluntly to the Queen.

"If I hadn't intervened this time, how could you still have face in front of the emperor! Aren't Concubine Fang and Concubine Xin enough? Are you going to throw Concubine Jing into the mix? The emperor has so few children, and there are always discussions about them in the past dynasties. Do you have the heart to see the emperor being accused of ascending to the throne improperly and therefore having no children?"

"The Emperor already has the Third Prince, and the Third Prince is the Emperor's eldest son, which is enough."

"With the Third Prince's brain? Do you want to see the foundation of the Qing Dynasty destroyed in his hands?"

"I will teach the Third Prince well, so don't worry, Madam."

The Queen Mother was so angry that she felt dizzy when she saw that the Queen refused to listen to her words. "Go! You leave now!"

The Queen still had no expression on her face. "Your Highness, don't worry about me. Just focus on Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun. After all, you took the trouble to find them!"

Having said that, he walked out regardless of the Queen Mother's increasingly ugly expression.

Looking at the empress's thin and stubborn back, the queen mother rubbed her sore forehead and said, "Zhuxi, Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun should continue to drink the pregnancy medicine. Tell Zhuye to be careful of the empress's tricks."

Zhu Xi: "Your Majesty, you should have a good rest. You don't look good."

The Queen Mother closed her eyes and felt extremely tired. "Forget it, go make me a bowl of tranquilizer. I want to sleep for a while."

After Feng Ruozhao woke up, he opened the system mall and distributed loyalty pills to all the palace servants in Xianfu Palace.

As expected, several spies were discovered, but these spies are now her people.

Feng Ruozhao hummed a song while coaxing his fat son. Seeing that the little prince had fallen asleep, Ruyi asked her, "Madam, are those midwives the queen's people?"

Feng Ruozhao looked at her with teachable eyes, "Ruyi, you have improved."

Ruyi blushed and smiled, "Since the queen revealed her pregnancy, she has used new tricks and methods on you and the little prince almost every few days. If this servant doesn't improve, then she has lived in vain."

Feng Ruozhao: "You guessed right. She is the only one in the palace who can do such a thing."

Ruyi sighed, "It's a pity that she is the queen, and we can't take revenge."

Feng Ruozhao raised his eyebrows, "Who said I can't take revenge?"

Ruyi's eyes lit up instantly, and Hanzhu, who had been steady beside her, was also full of anticipation, wanting to know how to get revenge.

Feng Ruozhao couldn't help but pursed her lips when she thought about the item that was updated in the system mall after she opened it in this life.

"Wait a little longer. The little prince is still young. If something happens to her now, I am afraid that someone will associate it with the little prince and discuss his fate and reputation."

Ruyi and Hanzhu both expressed their understanding that they should not let the young prince be implicated for the sake of revenge.

In fact, Feng Ruozhao was thinking about one more thing, that is, just one year after Yinzhen ascended the throne, the queen's reputation was suddenly ruined. She was afraid that Yinzhen would not be able to sit firmly on the throne, so she decided to wait for a while and let Yinzhen secure the throne for her son first.

With the Empress Dowager cleaning up the mess for the Queen, the Queen escaped unscathed again. The Empress Dowager also pushed the suspicion of the three midwives onto Concubine Hua.

Concubine Hua always takes the blame for the aunt and nephew without realizing it.

With Nian Gengyao around, and Yinzhen having feelings for Concubine Hua, he didn't want to punish her yet, so he could only reward Feng Ruozhao and his mother generously, and gave them a name before they were one month old. From then on, the little prince was Aisin-Gioro Hongxu.

Yinzhen originally wanted to make compensation, but to outsiders, this was just his way of thinking about how much he valued the younger prince.

The Queen had already placed her hopes on the Third Prince and was eager to get rid of Hongxu as soon as possible.

Therefore, the Queen's spy in Xianfu Palace came to report to Feng Ruozhao that the Queen planned to give Hongxu's wet nurse a chronic poison, so that Hongxu would eat the poisonous milk and slowly die of poison.

When Feng Ruozhao heard this, he thought, how can this be possible?

Although her son has taken the Invulnerability Pill and is immune to all poisons, who knows if this poisoned milk still has any nutritional value?

She could help the wet nurses to be on guard for a while, but she couldn't keep an eye on them all the time. What if they were poisoned at some point?

So she simply stopped breastfeeding her little brother, bought some big-brand milk powder from Taobao, and fed her little brother milk powder from then on.

However, she thought that the Queen had set her sights on her son because she had been too idle recently and wanted to find something for her to do.

So he took a fake pregnancy pill from the system space and gave it to Ruyi.

"Let our people sink into Lady Hui's tea."

Feng Ruozhao has money and loyalty pills, and now she has spies in every palace. Ruyi quickly handed the fake pregnancy pill to the spies in Zhongcui Palace.

She ordered the medication to be administered at noon, and received the news that the medication had been successfully administered in the evening.

Shen Meizhuang has a good family background and is valued by the Empress Dowager and Yinzhen. When the Empress finds out that she is pregnant, she will definitely focus her attention on Shen Meizhuang, and she will be able to relax for a while.

Except for Xia Dongchun who had lost her fertility, and Borjigit who was a noble lady who could never get pregnant, she would arrange for the other six newcomers to get "pregnant" one by one, giving the empress a headache.

But we can't let the queen off so easily.

"Ruyi, what day is today?"

"My lady, today is the 28th."

Feng Ruozhao was so relaxed during her confinement that she didn't keep track of time at all. It was only after Ruyi reminded her that she realized that today was November 28th, which meant that in two days it would be the first day of the new year, the day when Yinzhen would stay in Jingren Palace.

Feng Ruozhao curled up the corner of his mouth into a smile, rummaged through the system mall, and bought a fart pill from it.

So, on the first day of December, after Yinzhen finished his dinner in Jingren Palace, the queen, who had just drunk a cup of tea, suddenly let out a loud and smelly fart.

Yinzhen, who was closest to her, immediately smelled the odor and vomited on the spot.

Su Peisheng hurried forward to serve, "Your Majesty!"

The queen blushed and wanted to say something, but before she could open her mouth, she started farting one after another.

Not only did Yinzhen vomit, but even the palace maids and eunuchs serving around him could not bear it anymore and almost all of them vomited.

Only Jianqiu didn't vomit, because she was afraid of losing face for her mother, so she swallowed it down.

The fart smell, combined with the smell of vomit, was particularly horrible in the enclosed space.

Yinzhen was so dizzy from the smoke that he pulled Su Peisheng's arm, wishing he could lean on him, "Su Peisheng, save me..."

After saying these words, he rolled his eyes and fainted.

Su Peisheng had a bitter face, "Your Majesty... Yue..."

In the end, Yinzhen was carried onto the imperial sedan by the eunuchs. After taking his pulse, the imperial doctors could only conclude that he was suffering from palpitations and fright. They prescribed a tranquilizer and sent him away. Otherwise, they could not say that the emperor was fainted by the queen's fart.

Fortunately, there was really nothing wrong with Yinzhen's health. Only half an hour after returning to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity, he woke up slowly to the smell of ambergris.

After waking up, Yinzhen looked at the yellow bed curtains above his head and couldn't help recalling the scene in Jingren Palace just now. He felt like he had no desire to live. After an unknown amount of time, he ordered Su Peisheng, "Let the imperial doctors treat the queen as soon as possible. Before she recovers, she should stay in the palace to recuperate."

Anyway, Yinzhen didn't want to see the queen again for some time.

In Shoukang Palace, the Empress Dowager first learned from the people below that Yinzhen was carried back to the Yangxin Palace by the eunuchs, and then heard that the Jingren Palace was closed. She thought that Yinzhen had encountered an assassin in the Jingren Palace, so she immediately got up and went to the Yangxin Palace.

Before he could even set off, he heard from his subordinates that Yinzhen was fainted by the Queen's fart.

The Queen Mother was speechless for a long while before she asked, "... Is the Emperor in good health?"

The servant said: "Eunuch Su said that the emperor is fine."

Queen Mother: "...What about the Queen?"

The servants said: "The doctors said that the Queen's spleen and stomach are out of balance and she needs to be taken care of slowly."

That meant that it was no big deal, and the Queen Mother was no longer worried.

However, for the queen's sake, she immediately ordered the news to be blocked and forbade palace servants to discuss it.

Unfortunately, Concubine Hua was not a pushover. She had finally caught an opportunity to mock the Queen and was not willing to let it go. As soon as Yinzhen left Jingren Palace, Concubine Hua had already received the news.

He laughed so hard that tears came out. After he came to his senses, he immediately spread the news throughout the palace.

So overnight the whole palace knew that Yinzhen had fainted from the Queen's fart.

Fortunately, the Queen Mother came to the rescue and pushed the blame onto a maid who had never done anything wrong. However, only the young maids who had just entered the palace believed this.

Otherwise, why would the queen stay in the palace to recuperate after that day?

But out of consideration for the masters' face, no one said it out loud.

The effect of the farting pill lasted for one month. During this month, the queen kept farting except when sleeping.

As a result, she lost a lot of weight.

She was thin to begin with, and now her entire body looked like bones covered in a layer of skin, which was really scary to look at.

It's not that she wants to lose weight, it's because she can't eat because of the smell of farts.

The queen was busy recuperating and had no time to harm Hongxu.

Feng Ruozhao felt a lot more relieved about this.

Not to mention, Feng Ruozhao's fart pill has a strong impact on the plot.

Yinzhen had no appetite since the day he came out of Jingren Palace. He would only eat some light porridge and side dishes every day. He could not help retching when he tasted meat.

Originally, Yinzhen planned to invite members of the royal family to celebrate the festival together on New Year's Eve, but then he thought, he couldn't serve all vegetarian dishes when entertaining them.

So Yinzhen simply canceled the plan, went to Shoukang Palace alone to have dinner with the empress dowager, and then returned to the Yangxin Palace.

Naturally, I missed the scene where Zhen Huan chanted "If the wind understands my feelings, please don't destroy me so easily" in the Plum Garden.

Even Yu Ying'er, the little cannon fodder, lost the chance to get promoted this time.

By the night of New Year's Eve, the effect of the farting pill had worn off, but the empress still did not resume her greetings on the first day of the first lunar month.

Although the symptoms of farting had disappeared, she did not dare to relax, fearing that it was only temporary.

If she resumed the custom of paying respects, it would be even more shameful for her to fart in public in front of everyone in the harem.

The queen persisted for another month before reopening the door of Jingren Palace.

At this time, Feng Ruozhao had already left the confinement period, so naturally she had to go to Jingren Palace to pay her respects.

Although it was the first time that Feng Ruozhao paid respects to the emperor after her pregnancy was revealed, it was not the first time that Feng Ruozhao appeared in public. In mid-December, Yinzhen held a full-moon banquet for Hongxu.

At that time, Feng Ruozhao had already met all the newlyweds, so when they met a few newlyweds on the long street, they all hurriedly bowed and greeted them.

"Your concubine pays respect to Her Majesty the Concubine Jing."

"Get up." Feng Ruozhao raised her hand slightly and called out. It was a cold day and she didn't want to talk now. She just wanted to quickly enter Jingren Palace.

Normally, every time Concubine Hua came to pay her respects, she was always the last one to arrive, but this time it was different.

She arrived earlier than Feng Ruozhao.

And there was no sign of fatigue from getting up early on his face, only excitement and excitement.

Feng Ruozhao understood at a glance that this person was here to laugh at the joke.

As expected, when the Queen came out and everyone finished paying their respects, Concubine Hua said with a worried look on her face, "The Queen has been confined to the palace to recuperate for two months. I wonder how she is doing? Is she still defecating?"

The queen's dignified and kind expression froze, but fortunately she quickly responded swiftly, "Thank you for your concern, Concubine Hua. I have a headache and feel unwell. I will be fine after two months of rest."

The Queen has really been taking good care of herself over the past month. She was already extremely thin last month, and after another month of recuperation, she has gained back most of her weight and is no longer as scary as she used to be.

In response to the Queen's excuse, Concubine Hua smiled while covering her handkerchief, "Your Majesty is really being polite. Everyone in the palace knows that you fainted the Emperor with your bowel movements. Why do you have to say that you had a headache? We are all sisters in the harem, and I will not laugh at you."

Queen: If you don't laugh, I can still barely believe it!

Currently, there is only Concubine Qi on the Queen's team, while Concubine Hua has Concubine Li and Noble Lady Cao. This two-on-three fight is really exciting for Feng Ruzhao.

Just as they were talking passionately, a retching sound interrupted them.

When the Queen heard the voice, she looked over and saw that it was Shen Meizhuang, and she was furious.

Because Concubine Hua brought up the old incident again, when the Queen saw Shen Meiyu vomiting, she naturally thought of the day when Yinzhen vomited in Jingren Palace, as well as the scene when other palace ladies vomited in Jingren Palace at that time.

She felt that Shen Meizhuang was retching because she felt disgusted by Concubine Hua's words.

The Queen felt offended and glared at him, "Noble Lady Hui, if you are not feeling well, go back to the palace and recuperate! Don't ruin my Jingren Palace!"

The queen that Shen Meizhuang had seen had always shown her kind side. This was the first time she saw her speaking so harshly. She was so scared that she started retching again.

Concubine Hua was happy to watch the joke, while Concubine Qi was so timid that she didn't know what to say.

Feng Ruozhao couldn't bear it any longer and asked, "Is Concubine Hui pregnant? Has she consulted the imperial physician recently?"

Feng Ruozhao's words awakened the dreamer.

The Queen immediately stared at Shen Meizhuang's belly, wishing she could get rid of her as soon as possible.

Concubine Hua and Concubine Qi also looked unhappy.

They had no news of pregnancy after a miscarriage, and their son was stupid and unpromising, so they all looked at Shen Meizhuang with fear.

Shen Meizhuang stroked her belly with both hands and said shyly, "Yesterday, I felt unwell, so I sent for Doctor Wen to see me. Doctor Wen said that I am already two months pregnant."

After hearing the exact news, no matter what others thought, the queen's first thought was that the child could not be kept.

So after the greetings were over, the queen immediately began to make arrangements.

"Jianqiu, we have already failed with Concubine Jing, and there must be no accidents with Concubine Hui."

Shen Meizhuang was not smart to begin with, and with Jianqiu's arrangements, just five days later, Shen Meizhuang slipped while taking a walk in the Imperial Garden and lost the child.

It has to be said that Shen Meizhuang was really stupid. There was still the precedent of Concubine Xin accidentally falling and having a miscarriage in the Imperial Garden. She still went to the Imperial Garden to hang out every day, so Jianqiu easily found an opportunity for her.

Originally, Yinzhen was very much looking forward to Shen Meizhuang's pregnancy, because he felt that Shen Meizhuang had a good family background and was smart (I don't know how he knew this), so he thought that the child she would give birth to would also be very smart.

After waiting for so long, the child was gone.

Yinzhen had no feelings for any woman in the harem except Concubine Hua, otherwise he would not have ignored Concubine Xin after she had a miscarriage, and even took his anger out on her for not being able to protect the royal heir, thus ignoring her.

Shen Meizhuang originally thought that she could gain Yinzhen's sympathy, but Yinzhen never even visited her.

Instead, she ran straight to Xianfu Palace to hug her little son.

The Queen successfully closed the deal and felt refreshed.

However, she couldn't stand the fact that Yinzhen liked Hongxu, so she secretly sent someone to whisper in Shen Meiyu's ear, hinting to her that Feng Ruozhao was responsible for her miscarriage.

Shen Meizhuang was really stupid. After being instigated like that, she believed it easily.

She thought that Feng Ruozhao caused her to have a miscarriage because he was afraid that someone would give birth to a little prince and steal Hongxu's favor.

After the confinement period, she started to treat Feng Ruozhao as if his eyes were not eyes and his nose was not a nose.

Feng Ruozhao was simply sitting in Xianfu Palace and the blame came from the sky.

However, she was already a concubine and had a child, so she would not be polite to Shen Meizhuang, a mere noblewoman.

"Your Highness Hui, why don't you eat more pig brains to nourish your brain. Don't believe everything you hear and wrong me."

"Oh," Shen Meizhuang sneered, "If you don't want others to know, then don't do it. If Concubine Jing wants to say that she is innocent, you can just produce evidence!"

Feng Ruozhao was almost laughing at her stupidity. "If you suspect that I have harmed your child, then go find evidence to prove it. You still want me to prove my innocence? Don't you see who you are?"

"You—" Shen Meizhuang stood up angrily.

Feng Ruozhao didn't even bother to look at her, and looked directly at the Queen and Concubine Hua, "Your Majesty, you and Concubine Hua have always been strict with the rules. I want to know how to deal with Concubine Hui for committing an insubordination."

The Queen and Concubine Hua were watching the fun with great interest, and only after hearing Feng Ruozhao's question did they come out of their role as spectators.

The Queen said: "Noble Hui has just lost her child, so she must be in a bad mood. Why not punish her by making her copy the Ksitigarbha Sutra and present it to the Baohua Palace."

Unlike the Queen's "compassionate heart", Concubine Hua really can't stand Shen Meizhuang.

Because Shen Meizhuang was allowed by Yinzhen to learn palace affairs shortly after she entered the palace, Concubine Hua felt that Shen Meizhuang was taking advantage of her and naturally disliked her.

Although Shen Meizhuang was exempted from learning palace affairs during her confinement, Yinzhen still asked her to continue learning palace affairs after she came out of confinement.

Of course, Concubine Hua had to suppress Shen Meizhuang's arrogance, so that she wouldn't get over her head one day.

"Your Majesty, what you said is wrong. If you are wrong, you are wrong. If you are wrong, you must take responsibility. How can you let Concubine Hui off so lightly when she was disrespectful to the Concubine? Back then, that Xia was just trying to slap An Da Ying, but I punished her with a hundred lashes. What Concubine Hui said to Concubine Jing is no different from slapping her in the face."

Seeing Shen Meizhuang shivering with fear, Concubine Hua rolled her eyes. When she beat Xia Dongchun, Xia Dongchun had not yet entered the emperor's bedchamber, and she was in the right, so she naturally felt at ease to deal with her.

But Shen Meizhuang was favored, had a child, and was still learning palace affairs. It would be unreasonable for her to punish her with a hundred lashes of red.

So these words were just to scare her.

"However," she changed the subject, "In my opinion, Concubine Hui's words were inappropriate, and she probably didn't get enough rest. It would be better to confine her to her house for half a year, take good care of her body, and then copy the palace rules a hundred times."

The Queen also didn't like Shen Meizhuang's interference in palace power, so she followed Concubine Hua's words and said a few good words for Shen Meizhuang. In the end, it was decided that Shen Meizhuang would be confined to her house for half a year and required to copy the palace rules fifty times.

Shen Meizhuang was happily put under house arrest.

Feng Ruozhao also felt better.

Among the newcomers now, Noble Lady Rou and Noble Lady Chun share Concubine Hua's favor, and the Queen can't think of Zhen Huan at all.

She didn't even pay any attention to An Lingrong, so until now, neither Zhen Huan nor An Lingrong had slept with her.

Feng Ruozhao was a little envious of them.

If you don't sleep with me for a day, you don't have to pay your respects to me for a day.

However, since Shen Meizhuang was there, the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not dare to deduct too much from their share.

Now Shen Meizhuang can hardly protect herself, and she has lost her power in the palace due to house arrest. I'm afraid that Zhen Huan and An Lingrong's life will not be easy.

But this has nothing to do with Feng Ruozhao. She will continue to secretly make trouble for the Queen.

After Shen Meizhuang's pregnancy is resolved, the Queen will definitely focus her attention on Hongxu.

She had to divert the queen's attention.

So, not long after, Concubine Rou of Yonghe Palace became pregnant.

If someone else got pregnant, the queen would at most feel annoyed and then let Jianqiu deal with it.

But Concubine Rou is different.

Although she is not of the Ulanara clan's bloodline, she is already included in the Ulanara clan's genealogy, so she is a member of the Ulanara clan.

Even though there were no high-ranking officials in the previous dynasty of the Ulanara clan, the empress did not want the family's focus to be on Concubine Rou.

The queen was busy pruning the branches and cutting off the extra buds.

"Jianqiu, one Ulanara in this palace is enough."

"Yes, slave, I'll do it now."

The Queen wanted to kill Concubine Rou, but her connections were no match for the Queen Mother. As soon as the Queen Mother found out that the poison had been sent to Yonghe Palace, she ordered people to take Concubine Rou to the back hall of Shoukang Palace.

He planned to keep her under his watch to prevent her from falling into the hands of the Queen.

The Queen was originally wary of Concubine Rou, and now seeing how protective the Queen Mother was of her, she would definitely not let her go.

So in the game between the aunt and nephew, the queen was ultimately the winner.

A letter sent to the palace by Ulanala Mansion from Concubine Rou's biological parents contained poison.

When Concubine Rou opened the envelope and took out the letter, the poison powder scattered everywhere and was inhaled by Concubine Rou.

Fortunately, there were two imperial physicians on duty in Shoukang Palace, who provided timely treatment and saved her life, but the "child" was not so lucky.

The Queen's second order was successfully completed.

The Queen Mother was so angry at the Queen's actions that she fainted, and the imperial doctors diagnosed her with the risk of a stroke.

Feng Ruozhao didn't expect this surprise.

If this old man, who had always watched coldly as the Queen harmed the royal heir, had a stroke because Concubine Rou had lost her child, then what if Concubine Chun, who bore her maiden name, had a miscarriage?

When Feng Ruozhao thought of the scene of the Queen Mother suffering a stroke, he felt it was extremely beautiful.

Feng Ruozhao rubbed his hands secretly, making trouble, making trouble, making trouble!

She happily continued to give Concubine Chun fake pregnancy pills.

A month later, Concubine Chun learned that she was pregnant under Zhang Mi's treatment.

Two noble ladies in the palace lost their children one after another. Noble Lady Chun guessed that someone was behind this to murder the royal heir. Noble Lady Rou, who lived in the same palace with her, couldn't keep her child under the empress dowager's nose, so Noble Lady Chun didn't dare to expose it. She planned not to tell anyone until the child was three months old, so she gave Zhang Mi 100 taels of silver to ask him to help keep it a secret.

Zhang Mi took the silver and sighed in his heart.

This pure nobleman's cleverness is not on point.

Why didn't you check who I was before giving me the money?

After leaving Yonghe Palace, Zhang Mi immediately went to Jingren Palace to report the news that Concubine Chun was pregnant.

Naturally, the Queen had to take action.

Anyway, as long as Concubine Chun did not reveal her pregnancy, she had to come to Jingren Palace to pay her respects every day.

The Queen merely sprinkled a few drops of oil at the gate of Yonghe Palace, and Concubine Chun had a miscarriage.

After losing three children in succession, Yinzhen was almost exhausted and came to Xianfu Palace again to hug his fat son to comfort himself.

However, to Feng Ruozhao's regret, the empress dowager's mentality might have been trained well, and she did not suffer a complete stroke.

By summer, the heat in the Forbidden City was unbearable, so Yinzhen ordered everyone to go to the Old Summer Palace to escape the heat.

The entourage included the Empress, four concubines, Concubine Li, Concubine Rou, Noble Lady Hui, Noble Lady Fucha, Noble Lady Borjigit, Noble Lady Cao, Concubine Xin, as well as princes and princesses.

After Noble Concubine Rou and Noble Concubine Chun lost their children, the Empress Dowager decided to promote them to the rank of concubines. Now Concubine Chun still lives in Yonghe Palace, while Concubine Rou has moved to Jingyang Palace.

This time when she came to the Old Summer Palace, Concubine Chun did not come because she was in confinement after giving birth.

The remaining ones who had never slept with the emperor, Zhen Huan, An Lingrong and Fang Chunyi, did not come.

Feng Ruozhao originally thought that without the heroine Zhen Huan, life in the Old Summer Palace would be peaceful and comfortable.

Unexpectedly, the Queen actually recommended Zhen Huan to dance the Jinghong Dance at Princess Wen Yi's first birthday party.

Feng Ruozhao clearly saw that Concubine Hua and Noble Cao both had cold faces.

Concubine Hua was angry that the Queen pushed Zhen Huan to share her favor, while Concubine Cao felt that Zhen Huan's sudden appearance stole her daughter's limelight, and she was so angry that her nostrils dilated.

Before, when Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun were around, Yinzhen had completely forgotten about Zhen Huan.

Now, seeing Zhen Huan dancing the stunning dance in gorgeous dance costume under the careful training of the Queen, I felt as if I saw Chun Yuan from many years ago.

My eyes were straight.

As soon as the dance ended, Yinzhen smiled and said, "I remember you. You are my concubine."

Zhen Huan knelt down and saluted, "I am the concubine of the Zhen family. I pay my respects to the emperor. May the emperor be blessed with good health."

If Feng Ruozhao had never bought smart voice surveillance in his life, he would not have known that Zhen Huan had already defected to the Queen.

But it's understandable if you think about it.

Life without favor in the harem is very sad. Zhen Yuandao is only a fourth-rank official and his family property is not much, so he can't support Zhen Huan's expenses in the harem. In order to survive in the harem, Zhen Huan has to fight.

Feng Ruozhao didn't care who Yinzhen favored. Anyway, without her help, they wouldn't be able to give birth.

Unlike Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun who could hardly read, Zhen Huan was well-read and was known as the female Zhuge Liang in the boudoir. She was proficient in playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The more Yinzhen came into contact with Zhen Huan, the more he felt that she was like Queen Chunyuan.

Therefore, Zhen Huan was soon promoted to a noble lady. In the Old Summer Palace, except for the first and fifteenth days of the month, Yinzhen wished to summon Zhen Huan to sleep with him every day.

Concubine Hua had never expected that Zhen Huan would be so favored.

She wanted to get rid of Zhen Huan as soon as possible, but she was at the peak of her popularity, and if she took action against her, she would definitely incur Yinzhen's disgust.

Since Concubine Hua couldn't deal with Zhen Huan, she turned her attention to Zhen Huan's good sister Shen Meizhuang.

Concubine Hua wanted to take action against Shen Meiyu, so she asked Concubine Cao for advice. It just so happened that Concubine Cao also didn't like Zhen Huan's behavior at Wen Yi's full moon banquet. She also heard that Shen Meiyu was looking for a secret recipe for having a child recently, so she gave Concubine Hua the idea of faking pregnancy.

False pregnancy is late but it arrives.

When Feng Ruozhao learned that Concubine Cao was inviting him, Concubine Qi, Concubine Rou, and Concubine Xin to a banquet, he guessed what she was going to do.

Because she only invited concubines who were pregnant or had been pregnant before.

Under the effect of the added sour plum soup, Shen Meizhuang immediately began to dry heave.

Concubine Cao: "What happened to Concubine Hui?"

Shen Meizhuang suppressed her nausea and smoothed her chest. After a moment, she replied, "I don't know why I feel nauseous after drinking this sour plum soup."

Xin Changzai looked at the sour plum soup she had almost finished and asked, "Is Concubine Hui's period still on schedule?"

Shen Meizhuang thought for a moment and replied, "It's about six or seven days late."

Concubine Qi curled her lips, "Is she pregnant again?"

Later, with the cooperation of imperial physician Liu Bin, Shen Meizhuang was diagnosed with pregnancy.

When the Queen heard the news and rushed over, she had already thought about how to abort the baby. But when she saw Concubine Hua, who had also heard the news, with a smile on her face, and she looked at her lackey Cao Qinmo, she knew that there was something wrong with Shen Meizhuang's baby.

Suddenly I felt relaxed.

If it was Shen Meizhuang's first pregnancy and the Queen tried to stop Yinzhen from getting promoted, he would have listened.

But this was the second time, and Yinzhen was so happy that he immediately promoted Shen Meizhuang to Huipin and said that he would allocate Yongshou Palace for her to live in.

Shen Meizhuang had lost a child once, so she was extra cautious this time.

But she didn't know that even the abortion captain queen didn't bother to care about her.

Because she wasn't pregnant at all.

After Concubine Hua and Cao Qinmo sang, recited, and acted out their fight, Shen Meizhuang was changed from Concubine Hui to Shen Da Ying, and was also put under house arrest.

The Shen family really raised this daughter in vain. Shen Meizhuang has been in the palace for ten months and under house arrest for six months. Now she has to start house arrest again.

Not only did it not bring any honor to the family, but it only brought trouble.

Just based on the reputation of being demoted and confined for faking pregnancy to win favor, no one knows how pitiful the situation of their daughter of the Shen family must be.

However, Hua Fei's strategy is still somewhat useful.

Because Zhen Huan was Shen Meizhuang's good sister, Yinzhen became cold towards her after Zhen Huan pleaded for mercy.

Zhen Huan's favor faded after only a little over a month.

Concubine Hua was very satisfied, but the Queen was unhappy.

So she introduced An Lingrong.

Although An Lingrong looks like a delicate girl, she sings really well.

Especially under the Queen's training, her voice became closer to Chun Yuan's.

Yinzhen liked her so much that he made An Lingrong a concubine the next day after she slept with him.

Concubine Hua originally thought that without Zhen Huan, she would regain the emperor's favor, but because Yinzhen had long guessed that Shen Meiyu's fake pregnancy was framed by Concubine Hua, he did not go to her.

It happened that the Queen recommended An Lingrong, so he poured all his favor on Zhen Huan onto An Lingrong.

Yinzhen really doted on An Lingrong, and he gave all of the five pieces of floating brocade that were newly tributed from Suzhou to An Lingrong.

Although An Lingrong was not well-educated, she still knew that it was a crime to possess a treasure, so after receiving the Fu Guang Brocade, she gave one each to the Queen and Concubine Hua, the two people who held power in the palace, kept one for Shen Meiyu, and gave the remaining two to Zhen Huan, who had taken care of her after the selection and before she entered the palace. She did not keep any for herself.

An Lingrong had good intentions, but she didn't know that after she left, Zhen Huan's face looked bad.

Although Zhen Huan did not have the friendship of praying in the plum garden or playing the flute under the apricot blossoms with Yinzhen, she was highly praised by Yinzhen some time ago and was treated like a favorite concubine. However, Yinzhen gave the same favor to An Lingrong, who was inferior to her in every way. Zhen Huan has always been arrogant and conceited, so how could she be happy?

But Huanbi was still fanning the flames, "Look at her smug look, is she showing off to us just because she's on the tree?"

Zhen Huan glanced at the floating brocade on the table and said, "Okay, stop talking. Take a piece of this floating brocade to make clothes. Remember, don't wear it too ostentatiously."

Huanbi happily accepted the floating brocade, and after making the clothes, she immediately ran to the imperial kitchen to show off.

It was a long way from the Bitong Academy where Zhen Huan lived to the imperial kitchen, and Huanbi was seen by countless people, including An Lingrong.

An Lingrong has a girl named Baojuan who was specially placed by the Queen to be by her side. Under Baojuan's instigation and Huanbi's insults, An Lingrong has shown signs of turning evil.

Soon after, the weather turned cooler and everyone returned to the palace.

After returning to the palace, Concubine Hua, Concubine Rou, Concubine Chun, Zhen Huan, and An Lingrong all began to compete for favor.

Feng Ruozhao watched coldly as the water in the palace became increasingly muddy.

What's interesting is that Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun are the Empress Dowager's people, while Zhen Huan and An Lingrong are the Queen's people. The current situation in the harem is that this pair of aunt and niece are fighting each other, but there is Concubine Hua in the middle.

Feng Ruozhao had given Hongxu intelligence-enhancing pills and body-strengthening pills early on, so Hongxu became very smart and strong. Compared with the stupid third prince, the humble fourth prince, and the sickly and naughty fifth prince, Yinzhen obviously favored Hongxu more.

Therefore, Yinzhen specifically instructed the empress to hold a grand ceremony so that people in the royal family would know that he had a smart and healthy son.

Although the Queen wished that Hongxu would die young, she still had to follow Yinzhen's instructions.

Feng Ruozhao knew that the queen would not be so honest, so he was not surprised when he saw the exquisite rouge on the cushion.

But Hongxu was already very smart, and with the help of the Qizhi Pill, under Feng Ruozhao's guidance, he didn't even look at Yanzhi. He walked on his short legs, picked up a small wooden sword, a copy of the Three Character Classic, and a wolf-hair brush.

Yinzhen was very satisfied with this.

After this birthday banquet, the Queen regarded Hongxu as a thorn in her side.

Not long after, an epidemic broke out in the palace, but with Feng Ruozhao's prescription, which was presented to the emperor through Zeng Youming, the epidemic quickly disappeared.

The Queen and Concubine Hua originally wanted to take advantage of the epidemic to cause trouble. The Queen wanted to take action against Xianfu Palace, and Concubine Hua wanted to take action against Shen Meiyu. Of course, they both miscalculated in the end.

However, Feng Ruozhao discovered that the queen would not let her be idle.

Soon, both Zhen Huan and Noble Lady Fucha were diagnosed with pregnancy, and the Queen, the captain of the abortion team, began to get busy again.

When Yinzhen was out of the palace, a cat aborted two abortions at a flower-viewing banquet.

Feng Ruozhao felt that the time was almost right, so he began to spread rumors in the palace that the queen was plotting to murder the royal heir.

No matter whether others believe it or not, once she spread the news, people would naturally have doubts in their hearts.

Although the Queen Mother and the Empress both tried to quell the rumors, with Concubine Hua in public and Feng Ruozhao in secret, it would naturally not go as they wished.

So when Yinzhen came back, he not only learned that he had lost two children at once, but also learned about the recent rumors in the palace from Su Peisheng.

However, because the queen's acting skills were so good, Yinzhen didn't quite believe it, but he still asked Su Peisheng to check it out.

Su Peisheng's connections were no match for the Empress Dowager and the Queen, so the final result was naturally that the Queen was innocent.

It was Concubine Qi, because she was the one who gave the pine nuts to the Queen, so Concubine Qi ate the pine nuts and was punished to be confined to her house for three months.

Zhen Huan had a prejudice against Concubine Hua from the very beginning, so when the rumors spread, she not only did not suspect the Queen, but instead suspected Concubine Hua.

So she cried to Yinzhen, saying that it was Concubine Hua who killed her child.

When Yinzhen looked at Zhen Huan, he felt as if he saw the former Concubine Fang.

They both lived in Suiyuxuan, both lost their children, and both believed that Concubine Hua had killed their children.

Yinzhen felt annoyed unconsciously, so he told Zhen Huan to rest well and went to find Concubine Rou.

Anyway, they are all stand-ins. Although Roupin has no talent, she has the best figure among the stand-ins and the softest waist.

Yinzhen was angry with Zhen Huan, so naturally he went to vent it with Concubine Rou.

Zhen Huan was extremely disappointed with Yinzhen and planned to avenge her child herself.

It just so happened that the Shen family had found Liu Bin, who framed Shen Meiyu for a fake pregnancy. Zhen Huan brought Liu Bin to the imperial court. Although she cleared Shen Meiyu's name, Yinzhen began to suspect that Liu Bin was Zhen Huan's man.

Zhen Huan was wronged by Yinzhen and felt very bad.

Fortunately, Yinzhen could tell from her expression that Liu Bin was indeed not her person, so he ordered that Hua Fei's title be stripped away, but she was not demoted, not confined to her house, and she did not even lose her palace power.

Because Yinzhen still needed Nian Gengyao to fight at this time, he naturally would not punish Concubine Nian harshly.

Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang were both disappointed that Yinzhen let them off so easily.

Shen Meizhuang simply ignored Yinzhen, and Zhen Huan also began to avoid Yinzhen.

But in fact, Concubine Nian fell out of favor because of this. However, she was not willing to lose favor like this, so she took Wen Yi to Yikun Palace, hoping to use the child to win favor.

Concubine Nian didn't know how to take care of the child, and Wen Yi was always crying after being separated from her biological mother, so Concubine Nian ordered someone to give Wen Yi sedatives.

When the spies from Yikun Palace learned about this, they immediately ran to tell Feng Ruozhao.

Feng Ruozhao naturally would not miss this opportunity to target Concubine Nian. She still remembered that one of the original owner's wishes was to take revenge on Concubine Nian.

So the news of Concubine Nian's abuse of Wen Yi was directly passed on to the Queen's ears.

The Empress and Concubine Nian were sworn enemies, and they immediately reported the matter to the Yangxin Palace.

After hearing what the queen said, Yinzhen was so angry that he slammed the table twice, "How dare she! Wen Yi is my princess, how dare she! Queen, are you telling the truth?"

The Queen naturally told Yinzhen after she had checked it herself, and nodded immediately, "I have asked someone to ask Wen Yi's wet nurse, and this is indeed true."

Yinzhen immediately ordered Su Peisheng, "Go and call the imperial physician to go to Yikun Palace to treat Wen Yi!"

Su Peisheng hurriedly went to invite the imperial physician, fearing that something might happen to Wen Yi, so he invited a few more imperial physicians.

Concubine Nian was very surprised when she saw Yinzhen, thinking that she would be favored again. But then she saw Yinzhen with a cold face and the old woman, the Queen, following behind him, and she immediately felt that something was wrong.

Sure enough, as soon as Yinzhen entered the room, he summoned Wen Yi's wet nurse. After learning from her what she had done to Wen Yi, he scolded her harshly.

Especially after the imperial physician took Wen Yi's pulse and said that his spleen and stomach would be weak in the future, Yinzhen became even more angry.

Now Concubine Nian became Concubine Nian, and was punished to be confined to her house for three months, copying Buddhist scriptures to pray for Wen Yi, and her palace power was also taken back.

The queen felt she had won a great victory and was overjoyed.

Feng Ruozhao knew that Yinzhen would not do anything to Concubine Nian, but he felt happy when he thought that Concubine Nian would also copy scriptures while smelling the Huanyi incense like the original owner did when she was in the palace.

Time flies, and it is the fourth year of Yongzheng's reign when Shilan died in the original plot.

This time, because Zhen Huan didn't know about Huan Yixiang, she didn't go to the cold palace to force Nian Shilan to death. Yinzhen still had feelings for Nian Shilan, and thought that since the fire in Sui Yuxuan was stopped in time (by Feng Ruozhao), he decided not to execute her, but just send her to the cold palace.

Death is too easy, let Nian Shilan suffer while alive.

Life in the cold palace is not easy. Although Songzhi is there, they are now penniless and powerless. Under the Queen's deliberate deduction, the two of them are hungry one day and full the next, and when they are full, the food is rotten.

How could a proud person like Nian Shilan endure such suffering?

In the end, she died in the cold palace.

Songzhi also followed her.

The living can never be better than the dead.

As soon as Nian Shilan died, Yinzhen immediately remembered Nian Shilan's kindness.

The Queen's face almost turned green when she issued an order to posthumously confer the title of Imperial Noble Consort Dunshu on Nian Shilan.

Feng Ruozhao thought, this is just the beginning.

So in just half a year, ten concubines in the palace became pregnant. Before Yinzhen could be happy for long, all ten of them had miscarriages.

At that time, there were ladies in each palace who had been fed the Loyalty Pill by Feng Ruozhao.

Under the instigation of these people, they all remembered that Nian Shilan, whom they thought was the most vicious person in the harem, had died long ago. No matter how much they hated Nian Shilan, they would not suspect her.

Among the other high-ranking concubines, Concubine Qi was stupid, Concubine Duan was sickly, Feng Ruozhao held his son every day and did not get involved in harem affairs, and he had no palace power.

Apart from the high-ranking concubines, the only one who had this ability was the Queen. And since Nian Shilan was gone, the Queen felt that there was no one in the harem to compete with her, so she no longer deliberately put on a kind face, and everyone could see that the Queen was not as kind as they thought.

In addition, Feng Ruozhao's people told them that the queen was proficient in medicine. So everyone guessed that the musk red flowers in their palace should be the work of the queen.

Zhen Huan and Noble Lady Fucha took the lead in asking Yinzhen to find out the truth and eliminate the murderer.

What they didn't know was that after Yinzhen lost ten royal heirs, he ordered the Blood Dropper to investigate, but nothing was found.

Yinzhen thought that all this was retribution for killing Nian Shilan's child with his own hands.

But what he didn't know was that the Queen Mother was cleaning up everything for the Queen.

The Empress Dowager was born into a bannerman family and her influence in the palace should not be underestimated. If she didn't want Yinzhen to find out, Yinzhen would not be able to find out.

Everyone thought that the queen would continue to be so rampant.

However, at the Queen's birthday banquet, in full view of Yinzhen, concubines from all palaces, princes of the royal family and their wives.

Suddenly, a bolt of lightning came down from the clear, cloudless sky and struck the queen directly.

Yinzhen was sitting next to the queen, but the lightning did not strike anyone else but the queen alone.

Zhen Huan knew this was a great opportunity to overthrow the Queen.

He immediately shouted loudly: "This is a punishment from heaven! The queen is immoral and has harmed the royal heir, so the heavens cannot bear to see this and have sent down thunderbolts to eliminate this vicious woman!"

Shen Meizhuang already knew that her first child and later her second child were killed by the Queen, so she cooperated with Zhen Huan, "Your Majesty! A miracle has been sent from heaven, which shows that the Queen is not worthy of the position. I beg Your Majesty to depose her!"

As soon as Shen Meizhuang finished speaking, all the other concubines in the harem who had been harmed by the queen knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please depose the queen!"

Ancient people were the most superstitious. The royal family had long heard that many of the royal heirs had miscarried in recent years, and they had originally speculated that the queen, the head of the harem, was unkind, which was why so many children had been lost. Now that the thunder had fallen from the sky, they all felt that this speculation had been confirmed, so they knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, please depose the queen!"

Yinzhen glanced at the empress beside him who had her eyes closed and had her hair turned into a Bao Gong-like face by lightning, and then looked at Su Peisheng. Su Peisheng had been with Yinzhen for many years, and he knew what he meant just by looking at his eyes.

He felt the queen's breath and said to Yinzhen, "She's still alive."

Yinzhen frowned, thinking that the queen was really lucky and could not be killed even by thunder.

Logically, Yinzhen should first investigate whether the Queen really harmed the royal heir as Zhen Huan said. However, now so many people are watching him. If he does not deal with the Queen immediately, what if the Queen's reputation brings harm to him in the future?

Besides, it was a punishment from heaven, so it must have been because the queen had done something bad, and it was justified to depose her.

So he turned around and began to issue orders, "Ulanara is unkind and unmerciful, without virtue and ability, and is unfit to be the empress. Now she is deposed from her position as empress, demoted to a commoner, and confined to the cold palace. She is not allowed to leave without the emperor's order!"

Therefore, in historical records, Ulanara Yixiu became the first empress to be deposed because of being struck by lightning.

After the queen woke up, she confirmed again and again that she had been deposed and was locked up in the cold palace. She wanted to commit suicide at that time.

Ulanara Yixiu valued her position as the principal wife the most. Now that she was deposed, she had lost even her spiritual sustenance and wished she could die quickly, hoping that she could gain Yinzhen's mercy and be buried with the ceremony of a queen, so that they could sleep together in the underground in the future.

But because of her, countless concubines in the harem lost their children.

Everyone hated her and didn't want her to die so easily, so someone bribed the maids in the cold palace and ordered them to keep an eye on Ulanara Yixiu and make sure she was alive and well.

The maids' pockets were stuffed so full by the concubines in the harem that even Ulanara Yixiu couldn't die.

However, just thinking about it, you can tell that Ulanara Yixiu's days will not be easy in the future.

Ever since Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun entered the palace, the Empress Dowager and the Queen have been at odds with each other.

Therefore, the Empress Dowager did not attend the Queen's Thousand Years Banquet this time, and therefore did not have time to stop Yinzhen from deposing the Queen.

When she learned that the empress dowager was struck unconscious by thunder and demoted to a commoner, she fainted.

When he woke up again, he was fine but now his mouth was crooked, his eyes were squinting, he was paralyzed and drooling.

After hearing about the empress dowager's symptoms, Yinzhen paused slightly and did not go to Shoukang Palace to visit her.

After the Qianqiu Banquet, he immediately ordered Xia Qian to interrogate Jiang Fuhai, Jianqiu, Xiuxia, Huichun, Randong and others who were around the deposed queen. In less than an hour, he learned that the deposed queen had killed more than 20 royal heirs over the years. The reason why he couldn't find out was that the queen dowager was helping the queen to hide it.

It was obvious that in the eyes of the Queen Mother, the twenty-odd grandchildren were not as important as a cousin from the Lian clan.

Yinzhen has now completely lost his heart towards his mother and is not willing to even look at her.

Since then, Shoukang Palace and Jingren Palace have been sealed off.

The incident with the thunder was naturally done by Feng Ruozhao. After giving birth to Hongxu and opening the system mall, Feng Ruozhao discovered that a thunder-inducing talisman had been updated in the talisman category of the system mall.

"Instructions for using the Lightning Talisman: stick this talisman on the person, and half an hour later, no matter what the weather is, lightning will strike the person. One talisman will knock them unconscious, two will make them stupid, and three will kill them."

Feng Ruozhao was immediately attracted.

Because this talisman is newly launched, the system mall is probably promoting it by selling the first one at 10% off, the second one at half price, and the third one at the original price.

Feng Ruozhao rubbed his hands and bought one decisively.

At that time, she decided to wait for Concubine Hua to go offline and find a good opportunity to use this talisman on the Queen.

The reason why she only bought one was, firstly, because she was stingy and didn't want to spend so many points on the queen. Another reason was that she felt that it was meaningless to become stupid, because she would know nothing. She wanted the queen to know clearly that she was abandoned.

Feng Ruozhao was certain that a queen struck by lightning would definitely be deposed.

The result was exactly as she expected.

After Ulanara Yixiu was deposed, Yinzhen wanted to hold some happy events to balance the harem and dilute the bad influence of the deposed queen being struck by lightning, so he conferred titles on the harem.

Concubine Qi was named Concubine Qi, and Feng Ruozhao was named Concubine Jing.

Concubine Duan's position remained unchanged and she enjoyed double the benefits. Concubine Yu was made a concubine and brought the Fifth Prince back to the palace, and the Fourth Prince also came back with her.

The palace power was jointly managed by Concubine Qi, Feng Ruozhao, Concubine Duan and Concubine Yu.

Zhen Huan was given the title of Wanpin, Shen Meiyu was given the title of Huipin, Noble Fucha was given the title of Shunpin, Borjigit was given the title of Hepin, and Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun were not promoted for the time being.

Guaerjia Wenyuan, who had just entered the palace, was still Noble Lady Qi, Concubine Xin was Noble Lady Jinxin, and An Lingrong was Noble Lady Jinan.

There were also several palace maids in the surrounding rooms of the Hall of Mental Cultivation who were given the titles of official girls and concubines.

These are the people in the palace now.

The remaining Fang Jiachang was killed by Nian Shilan last year because she heard news that she shouldn't have heard.

Because they betrayed their master and reported Nian Shilan, Concubine Li and Concubine Cao were secretly executed by Yinzhen and the Empress Dowager. Princess Wen Yi, born to Concubine Cao, was also given to Concubine Duan to raise.

Seeing that his three princes were getting old, Yinzhen reopened the selection to choose wives and concubines for them.

Because Yinzhen didn't think much of any of the three of them, their wives were either those who held high official positions but had no real power, or those who held low official positions but had real power. Except for the Fourth Prince who asked Yinzhen to arrange Ulanara Qingying for him as a concubine, the Third Prince and the Fifth Prince had no objection.

After the three princes got married, Yinzhen conferred them the title of Beile on them, but they were not given any titles.

Their wedding was also held in the Beile Mansion.

After getting married, none of the three of them entered the court.

The third prince is stupid, the fourth prince has only been studying systematically for a short time, and the fifth prince is naughty. As long as Yinzhen has no problem with his brain, he will not let them into the court to embarrass himself.

The Fourth Prince was a very ambitious person. He saw that among the grown-up princes, the Fifth Prince did not have the strength to compete with him. On the contrary, the Third Prince, although not smart, had grown up with Yinzhen since he was a child, and Yinzhen had the deepest feelings for him, so he wanted to get rid of this rival.

This time, the Fourth Prince still used Yunsi to frame the Third Prince, but this scene "happened" to be seen by Concubine Qi. Although Concubine Qi was not smart, she knew that Yinzhen hated Yunsi the most. It was obvious that the Fourth Prince had bad intentions, and he even instigated her son to plead for Yunsi!

Concubine Qi stepped directly on the bottom of the flowerpot and pounced on the Fourth Prince without any image, "You little bastard, how dare you harm my son! I will scratch your face!"

Concubine Qi acted in accordance with her words. She scratched the Fourth Prince's face frantically. With the armor on her hands, she scratched the Fourth Prince's face until it was covered with bloody marks. Some of the scars were very deep, and it was obvious that he had been disfigured.

When Yinzhen heard the news that Concubine Qi had beaten the Fourth Prince, he immediately sent an imperial physician to treat the Fourth Prince, and originally wanted to hold Concubine Qi accountable.

But Concubine Qi was so unscrupulous that she hugged Yinzhen's thighs and started crying, recounting what the Fourth Prince had said to the Third Prince.

When Yinzhen saw the Fourth Prince's evasive gaze, he knew that Concubine Qi was not lying.

He had disliked this son in the first place, and now he was even more furious when he saw him.

So he ordered that the fourth prince's yellow belt be stripped away and that he be married to Yunsi as his son.

The original next emperor, Zha Zha Long, directly withdrew from the fight for the throne.

Yinzhen looked at the silly look of the Third Prince and shook his head. Although this son was kind and good to his brothers and sisters, if he became emperor, he would be a puppet in the future.

I also thought of the Fifth Prince, who would get sleepy whenever he started studying and did his homework in a mess.

I sighed in my heart and decided to work hard to have children and raise other little princes.

After the queen was deposed, it seemed to confirm the conclusion that the deposed queen had harmed her offspring.

Over the next five years.

Feng Ruozhao gave birth to twin sons, the seventh and eighth princes.

Wanpin gave birth to the third princess, Longyue, and Huipin gave birth to the fourth princess, Jinghe, and both were promoted to concubines. This time Jinghe was Yinzhen's bloodline, and Shen Meizhuang did not get the epidemic, so she was not taken care of by Wen Shichu, and then fell in love with him over time. Wen Shichu is still Zhen Huan's loyal dog.

Seeing Wen Shichu's loyal look, Feng Ruozhao felt that the heroines created by the original author were all good at training dogs.

Zhen Huan trained Wen Shichu, a man who was loyal and willing to commit the crime of having his family property confiscated and his clan exterminated.

Ruyi scolded Hai Lan, a thug who didn't even care about the life of her own son and killed people and harmed people for her without her saying a word.

Feng Ruozhao and the other two really admire her very much. If she was so good at training dogs in the original modern world, wouldn't she have won some dog training award?

Back to the royal heir.

Later, Shunpin gave birth to the fifth princess Ning'an. Because the number of concubines was already full, Yinzhen let her enjoy the treatment of a concubine.

An Lingrong gave birth to the ninth prince and was promoted to Concubine An, and Xin Guiren gave birth to the tenth prince and was promoted to Concubine Xin.

Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun also gave birth to a daughter each, and both enjoyed the treatment of concubines but were not promoted.

The Empress Dowager has been in poor health ever since the Empress was deposed. She has never closed her eyes, hoping to see Concubine Rou and Concubine Chun give birth to a little prince to continue the glory of her Ulanara and Uya clans.

Unexpectedly, the two adopted daughters she asked Ulanara and Uya to choose were not up to the mark. Not only had they both had miscarriages before, but now that they finally gave birth to children, they were all girls. So a few days after Concubine Chun's daughter was born, the empress dowager passed away.

The empress dowager's funeral was held with great ceremony.

It's not that Yinzhen was very filial. After all, he was an emperor. Even if he hated his mother in his heart, he had to act filial in front of his people all over the world.

Feng Ruozhao cooperated very well with Yinzhen, and during the one-year mourning period for the empress dowager, Yinzhen did not do anything.

However, Yinzhen now has many children. In addition to the fourth prince who has been adopted, he has seven sons and seven daughters.

Among them, Feng Ruozhao's Seventh Prince and Eighth Prince, An Lingrong's Ninth Prince, and Lu Yingfeng's Tenth Prince are all still young. The oldest twins are only four years old. The Ninth Prince and the Tenth Prince cannot speak yet and are still far from entering the Shangshufang.

So at present, Yinzhen puts more time and energy into teaching Hongxu.

Hongxu lived up to Yinzhen's expectations. Although he could not achieve photographic memory, he could remember everything in an article after reading it three times.

Hongxu is intelligent. Although he started school later than the third and fifth princes, his progress has surpassed them.

For this reason, Yinzhen hired a new master for Hongxu, who taught him according to Hongxu's progress.

In addition to his academics, Hongxu was also very talented in riding and archery. At such a young age, he was much better than his father, the emperor, who could only pull four and a half strengths.

The more Yinzhen looked at Hongxu, the more satisfied he was. Although he didn't say it, he actually had the intention of training Hongxu to be the crown prince.

Hongxu found that the knowledge taught by his master recently included more articles on looking at things from the perspective of a superior. He vaguely guessed what Yinzhen meant. The next time he went to Xianfu Palace, he told Feng Ruozhao about it. Feng Ruozhao touched his bald head and said, "Some things are better for you to know in your heart. Don't show it, understand?"

The ten-year-old boy nodded seriously, "Yes, my son knows."

All of Yinzhen's living princes were born to women of the Han army banner. They all had similar backgrounds, and the only thing they compared was the official positions their mothers held in the previous dynasty, and whether the prince was smart and capable of taking on important responsibilities.

Now Shilan has passed away this year, the Queen has been deposed, and even the Queen Mother died last year. Yinzhen has a total of fifteen years to live, and it seems that only five years are left. (Fifteen years in the drama.)

Feng Ruozhao felt that now was the time for her Feng family to rise.

So a cement recipe was sent to the Feng family.

After receiving his daughter's letter, Feng Ruozhao's father Feng Lan immediately started experimenting.

Half a year later, Yinzhen came to Xianfu Palace excitedly and said bluntly, "Jing Guifei, your father is a good man!"

Feng Ruozhao pretended to be confused, "Ah? Why did the emperor mention my father?"

Seeing that she didn't look fake, Yinzhen smiled and explained to her, "Your father discovered something called cement, which can be used to pave roads and repair rivers in the future, which will be of great benefit to the country and the people. I have already ordered your father to be appointed as the Minister of Works. Are you happy, Concubine Jing?"

"Happy, of course I am happy."

Feng Ruozhao's eyes were red and his excitement was evident on his face.

In another five years, she will be the empress dowager.

Feng Ruozhao's family was powerful in the previous dynasty, and she also wanted to do her part to help herself ascend to the throne and consolidate Hongxu's position in the harem.

While Yinzhen was staying in Xianfu Palace, she took the Dragon and Phoenix Pill and gave birth to Yinzhen's youngest son and daughter.

Ten months later, relying on her fertile belly, Yinzhen issued an edict to confer Feng Ruozhao the title of Imperial Noble Consort.

From then on, Hongxu, the twins, and the boy-girl twins all became half-legitimate sons and daughters.

An Lingrong and Xinpin certainly wanted to fight for their own sons.

But they had no family background and their two children were too young, so they could not even compare to Hongxu.

Unless Yinzhen could live another ten or twenty years, and their children married a legitimate wife with a good family background, they might be able to compete.

But they watched Yinzhen getting older and older, and even began to smell like an old man.

I feel that he may have a problem living for three to five years, let alone ten or eight years.

Therefore, after thinking it through, they all raised their sons obediently, hoping that Hongxu would confer the title of prince on their sons in the future and let their sons take them out of the palace to live in their old age.

The reason why Feng Ruozhao gave them both the fertility elixir was because they were Han army bannermen and had humble family backgrounds, so they couldn't cause any trouble. Otherwise, if Zhen Huan and Shen Meiyu had a son, with Zhen Huan's intelligence and Shen Meiyu's family background, they would definitely fight for it.

However, Feng Ruozhao would never let this happen. Allowing them to have a daughter was already a kindness on her part.

After Feng Ruozhao gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, she was no longer willing to sleep with the emperor.

She simply pretended to be sick, and at the same time asked the imperial doctors who had taken her loyalty pills to tell Yinzhen that his body was not suitable for indulgence, and asked him to go to the harem less often and teach her son more.

The older a person gets, the more he cherishes his life.

When Feng Ruozhao heard that Yinzhen had started taking elixirs, he replaced those elixirs with chocolate beans bought from Taobao.

This life is not like the life of Fu Cha Yi Xin. Although Feng Ruozhao's father is a first-rank official and his brothers also hold official positions, they are no match for the Fu Cha family with its profound family background. Without the support of his family, Feng Ruozhao is afraid that after Hongxu takes the throne, he will be bullied by those old ministers who rely on their seniority and will not be able to establish himself.

Hongxu is not like her in Lu Yingfeng's life. She has grown up long ago, started a family and entered the court, and can stand firm on her own.

The Feng family's financial resources were too weak and Hongxu was too young. She wished Yinzhen could live a few more years, or at least wait until Hongxu got married and entered the court before dying.

So the only option was to let Yinzhen stop taking the elixir and live as many more years as possible.

Yinzhen had never eaten elixirs or chocolate beans, and the low-calorie chocolate beans that Feng Ruozhao bought were very bitter. Yinzhen did not doubt it and ate them three times a day.

Perhaps because Feng Ruozhao stopped Yinzhen from committing suicide, he successfully survived the 15th year of Yongzheng's reign. In that year, he arranged for Hongxu to have a woman from the Nianhulu clan as his principal wife, and selected several women from prominent families as concubines and princesses.

In the 16th year of Yongzheng's reign, Hongxu was conferred the title of Heshuo Rong Prince and got married in Chonghua Palace.

He became the only son of Yinzhen who got married and settled in the palace, and allowed Hongxu to enter the court and participate in politics after his marriage.

Yinzhen's meaning was obvious.

Originally, the Feng family attracted a lot of people's attention because they had a royal concubine and a smart sixth prince. Many people began to get close to the Feng family, trying to marry into the Feng family, make friends with the Feng family, and even give gifts to the Feng family, wanting to stand on Hongxu's side.

Fortunately, Feng Lan is a rational patriarch, and with Feng Ruozhao's advice, the Feng family refused all overtures. Even when it came to marriage, they chose to marry someone whose father had an idle position and whose character was noble.

Make sure those who want to curry favor with you have no chance at all.

Now that Hongxu has surpassed his brothers and been crowned king, the Feng family has gathered a lot of people again.

But they were all dismissed one by one by Feng Lan.

The Feng family's tactfulness made Yinzhen feel much more at ease.

In addition, he himself felt that his health was not very good, so he taught Hongxu even more attentively.

He originally played the role of a good son. In addition to caring about Yinzhen's health on a daily basis, he was also working hard to absorb knowledge.

In the autumn of the seventeenth year of Yongzheng's reign, Yinzhen felt that his end was near.

He summoned clan members and important officials to the Yangxin Palace and announced that the Feng family would be admitted to the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner and given the surname Fengjia. He also issued an edict to confer Hongxu the title of Crown Prince and ordered him to supervise the country from that day on.

Yinzhen ultimately did not survive New Year's Eve and died in the Yangxin Palace on December 26, the 17th year of Yongzheng's reign.

Crown Prince Hongxu placed Yinzhen's coffin in the Hall of Mental Cultivation and personally kept vigil for Yinzhen for 27 days.

27 days later, Hongxu ascended the throne and changed the reign title to Jingchang.

Feng Ruozhao became the first dual empress dowager in the Qing Dynasty. Hongxu also gave her a respectful title, calling her Empress Dowager Yi De, and ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to renovate the Cining Palace for Feng Ruozhao to live in alone.

Yinzhen's other concubines were also given the title of Tai and were placed in Shoukang Palace and Shouan Palace by Empress Niuhulu.

No matter how capable these imperial concubines, imperial concubines, and imperial noble ladies were in the past, they have become obedient now.

But one thing has not changed, that is, Ulanara Yixiu continues to be tortured.

Feng Ruozhao had not visited Ulanara Yixiu since she was deposed, but he had heard a lot about her deeds from Ruyi.

Over the years, she had been tortured in various ways by these concubines who had suffered miscarriages. When she heard Yinzhen's death knell, she started to feel palpitations and wanted to die with Yinzhen.

However, the nanny who was taking care of her discovered it in time and reported it to the concubines and imperial concubines. They immediately ordered the imperial doctors to go to the cold palace to treat Ulanara Yixiu. Thanks to the superb medical skills of these imperial doctors, they actually saved Ulanara Yixiu.

So she continued her previous troubled life.

Feng Ruozhao didn't care about these things. For the sake of Quan Hongxu's reputation, she stayed in the Cining Palace for three years. During this period, she gave various prescriptions to Hongxu. When the three years were up, she immediately took Ruyi and Hanzhu to travel around and practice the fertility-giving Guanyin.

[At the beginning of this story, the heroine had no intention of becoming the empress dowager (of course, she would definitely become the empress dowager in the end), and the original owner had a simple wish, so the heroine started to act badly, acting as a human-shaped barrage, complaining about everyone equally. Before she decided to become the empress dowager, she would not control Hongli's descendants, nor would she save anyone. Because of her personal setting, before the heroine decided to become the empress dowager, most of the plots that had nothing to do with the original owner would not change. ]

[In addition, the characters in this article do not match the characters in the original drama, so please mind the misinterpretation. (I really can't control my desire to complain about the plot), and Chen Wanyin, who has almost no desires and is a well-known person in the original drama, I think is the most suitable candidate. ]

"What is the original owner's wish this time?"

"The original owner grew old alone in her previous life, and she wants to have a child of her own in this life."

"That's it?"

"That's all. The original owner was an extremely easy-to-please, honest and dutiful person, with no other wishes."

"Well, it seems that this mission is quite easy. So, can I let myself go now?"

"As long as the original owner's wishes are met, other hosts are free to choose."

The original owner was named Chen Wanyin, a Han Chinese woman from Jiangnan. No one in her family was an official, so it was impossible for her to participate in the selection.

The reason why she was able to come to the capital and enter Prince Bao's harem was that the imperial court, since the Shunzhi period, would regularly go to Jiangnan to select boys and girls, train them, and then send them into the palace to serve as maids and eunuchs.

In addition, officials from all over the country, especially those from Jiangnan, would present beauties to the court from time to time. (This is what I found out)

The original owner was one of the beauties presented by Jiangnan, but to be honest, her appearance was average, otherwise Hongli, who was obsessed with appearance, would not have ignored the original owner so much.

These officials who presented beauties were very cautious. They felt that if they presented all kinds of gorgeous beauties, people with ulterior motives would accuse them of trying to seduce the emperor.

Therefore, most of the women offered as tribute were truly beautiful, with a small number of women who were good at bearing children or well-read women of average looks.

Su Lujun, who was from Jiangnan like the original owner, was good at giving birth, while the original owner was the talented one.

The original owner had an ordinary appearance and a dull temperament, so she was not favored. After Hongli ascended the throne, he only appointed her as a concubine, becoming the lowest-ranking person in the palace.

The original owner almost never competed for favor. She just quietly painted portraits of her beloved Hongli in the room. She painted countless portraits, but Hongli knew nothing about it.

The only time the original owner competed for favor was in the 26th year of Qianlong's reign. Wei Yanwan asked the original owner to organize the poems that Hongli wrote to Empress Xiaoxian. After seeing these poems, Hongli missed Empress Xiaoxian, and asked people to spread the poetry book. He also favored the original owner for a few days for this.

At that time, all the concubines and palace maids in the palace would compare Empress Xiaoxian with Empress Ruyi, which made Ruyi very dissatisfied. Even though the original owner apologized, she still looked down on her and was very cold to her.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs has always acted according to the attitudes of its masters.

The original owner was not favored to begin with, and was not liked by Queen Ruyi, so her life became even more difficult.

Later, the original owner thought it through and found out that those who had surrendered to Ruyi were not those who were vying for favor, and those who had not surrendered to Ruyi, such as Wei Yanwan, Lu Muping, E Yinzhu, Jin Yuyan and others, as long as they were vying for favor, must be of low character in the eyes of Ruyi and Hai Lan, even if they did not do anything out of line at the beginning.

The original owner did not want to be considered a person of bad character, and was also afraid that Empress Ruyi would be angry with her, so she dared not compete for favor anymore. From then on, she stayed obediently in Zhongcui Palace and did not go out except to pay respects or for important matters.

Although Ruyi later cut her hair and was confined to her room, and was later abandoned, the original owner had already gone through menopause by then, and had no intention of competing for favor.

But what was wrong with the original owner vying for favor?

She hadn't slept with the emperor for more than six years and four months. Ruyi and Hailan didn't care about her saying that she hadn't slept with the emperor for a long time. But that was because they had children and were not alone.

But the original owner had nothing.

Just because she did not compete for favor, the original owner was always ignored by Hongli. After enduring the position of concubine for 46 years, she was finally noticed by Hongli and promoted to Concubine Wan at the age of 78.

In the sixth year of Jiaqing's reign, she was conferred the title of Concubine Wan Gui at the age of 85.

She finally died at the age of 92, becoming the longest-lived concubine of Emperor Qianlong.

It can be said that in the original owner's ordinary life, apart from the word longevity, everything else is really not worth mentioning.

She is the one who should be called as gentle as a chrysanthemum!

Hao Qiong didn't want to be as unknown as her original owner, who had to slowly work her way up from being a concubine and bow to almost every concubine she met.

She had to win favor and had to give birth to children, so that at least her position would be higher when Hongli ascended the throne and first established the harem.

Isn't Su Lujun like this? Her status is similar to the original owner, but her family background is slightly better than the original owner.

But if she didn't have the Third Prince by her side, how could she have been granted the title of Concubine Chun at the beginning?

Since the original owner had no family background, she would just try to have children. She didn't believe that after giving birth to so many children, she would still not have a position as the head of the harem!

As for controlling Hongli's descendants, supporting her son to ascend the throne, and becoming the empress dowager herself, she no longer wanted to do that.

After so many lives, even though her memories and emotions blurred every time, she was still a little tired. This time, the original owner's wish was so easy, so she just took it as a vacation.

(hereinafter referred to as Chen Wanyin)

When Chen Wanyin arrived, it was the next morning after she and Su Lujun had been taken back to Chonghua Palace by Fu Jin Fu Cha Langya. Because she had not yet slept with the emperor, she did not need to go to the main courtyard to pay her respects.

Among the palace maids of the "Xin" generation, Fu Jin chose Ke Xin for Su Lujun, and Shun Xin for Chen Wanyin.

Fu Jin arranged Chen Wanyin to live in a remote courtyard in Chonghua Palace, and named it Yueyin Hall after Chen Wanyin. Su Lujun lived near her, and the courtyard was also named Cuizhuxuan after her name.

Although women like her and Su Lujun who were presented as princesses were also princesses, they were not like women from wealthy families like Gao Xiyue. They had no dowry and no maids.

However, Concubine Xi rewarded them with some clothes and jewelry, so they did not marry empty-handed.

Chen Wanyin lay on the bed thinking about the current situation in the mansion.

It was already August of the ninth year of Yongzheng's reign. Fu Jin gave birth to a son and two daughters. The eldest princess died shortly after birth. Fu Jin now had the second prince Yonglian and the third princess Jingse.

In addition to Fu Jin, the people in the mansion now include—

Concubine Wulanala Qingying lived in Qingfengyuan, and lived with her and a senior lady, Keliyete Hailan.

Princess Gao Xiyue lives in Yaoyue Hall

Princess Jin Yuyan lives in Yuxiuyuan

Princess Huang Qiying lives in Yingxiang Pavilion

Including her and Su Lujun, there are eight women in total.

There was originally another Princess Fucha, who gave birth to Hongli's eldest son Yonghuang. In May of this year, Princess Fucha suffered a dystocia when giving birth to the second princess, and both her life was lost.

Among them, Gao Gege, Jing Gege and Huang Gege are all Fujin's people.

Gao Gege's father is Gao Bin, an important official in charge of water conservancy. In the backyard, her family background is the best except for that of the wife.

Jin Gege's original name was Yuyan. She was born in the Yu family and was a tribute girl of the Yu family. The current emperor took pity on her because she had no relatives in the Qing Dynasty, so he asked her to recognize Jin Sanbao, the Minister of Internal Affairs, as her adoptive father, and then she changed her name to Jin Yuyan.

Huang Gege used to be Fu Jin's maid. She was brought up by Fu Jin when she was pregnant with the third princess.

Hai Gege was originally a concubine, but because her family committed a crime, she was reduced from a concubine to an embroiderer. After being raped by Hongli after drinking, she resisted strongly, which made Hongli dislike her. Hongli forgot about her and did not give her a status. It was Qingying who spoke up for her and gave her the status of a princess. From then on, Hai Gege only had Qingying in her heart and no one else.

However, Chen Wanyin always felt that things would not be that simple, but the truth was none of her business, so she didn't bother to care.

Chen Wanyin didn't say hello to Shunxin. She got out of bed and looked in the mirror.

When I saw myself in the mirror, I couldn't help but sigh.

Fortunately, everything is done in time.

Chen Wanyin asked Shunxin at the door to get her some water to wash her face, and then she took the beauty pill, skin pill, and body charm pill.

After washing her face alone, Chen Wanyin transformed into a beautiful woman with bright and elegant features, skin as white as jade, a graceful figure, and a cold and aloof temperament.

"Shunxin, come in."

"Princess, what's wrong with you?" Shunxin came in after hearing the voice, and was shocked to see Chen Wanyin, whose appearance and temperament had changed drastically.

"My stepmother is the head of my family. In order to prevent her from selling me to a wealthy family as a concubine, I had to find ways to protect myself." Chen Wanyin said vaguely, leaving room for Shunxin's imagination.

The original owner was a civilian, her mother died early, her stepmother was the head of the family, the original owner had a bad relationship with her family, and she had no brothers or sisters from the same mother, so she had no attachment to her family. In other words, Chen Wanyin had no constraints, and others could not use her family to control her.

As long as she gave them the loyalty pill tomorrow, even if they had some small thoughts in the past, they would calm down and not cause trouble for her.

After hearing what Chen Wanyin said, Shunxin really imagined her as a pitiful woman who deliberately made herself ugly in order to protect herself. While feeling sorry for Chen Wanyin, she was also happy that she had a good appearance. With this appearance, she would definitely have a place in the backyard. When the master was favored, she, as a servant, would also have some face.

Normally, she and Su Gege entered the mansion yesterday, and Hongli would have to stay overnight at her or Su Gege's place out of consideration for Concubine Xi's face.

However, yesterday was the fifteenth day of the lunar month, and Hongli rested in the main courtyard according to the rules.

I guess Hongli will come over in the next few days.

Chen Wanyin had not yet gone to bed, so it was inconvenient for her to wander around. She just stayed in Yueyin Hall and whenever she wanted to have meals, she could go to the kitchen and get them for her.

Because she had not yet entered the emperor's bedchamber, the kitchen staff did not know whether she was favored or not, so they did not neglect her at the beginning and served her with delicious food and drinks.

The first place Hongli went to was Su Gege's Cuizhuxuan. He stayed there for only one day and did not appreciate anything. Then he went to Qingfengyuan to comfort his childhood sweetheart.

And he stayed in Qingfeng Garden for three consecutive days.

Chen Wanyin didn't even need to guess, she knew that Su Gege's dietary level must have declined.

Hongli's move clearly showed that Su Gege was out of favor.

Fu Jin was the one who could not stand Qingying being favored the most, so on the fourth night after Hongli returned to Chonghua Palace, she ordered people to invite Hongli to the main courtyard and kindly advised him to come to Yueyin Hall.

Hongli was a lustful man, and it could even be said that he accepted everyone who came to him.

The reason why he did not continue to favor Su Gege was not because he had deep feelings for Qingying, but simply because although Su Gege had the gentleness and docility of a Jiangnan woman, she was not very good-looking.

In addition, Qingying asked Aruo to deliver the soup to the front yard, and Hongli went there.

Now that Fu Jin had reminded him, he remembered that he still had a concubine who had not been favored, so he naturally came to pick her.

Chen Wanyin guessed that Hongli would come soon, but she didn't deliberately ask when he would come.

Anyway, she dressed up beautifully every day, so whenever Hongli came, he would see a beautiful woman.

Hongli did not specifically ask Chen Wanyin to make any preparations. After having dinner with his wife in the main courtyard, he came to Yueyin Hall.

The most beautiful woman in Hongli's backyard was Jin Gege, followed by Gao Gege and Hai Gege. Adding the concubines he had seen in the Old Summer Palace and later in the Yangxin Palace, Hongli felt that he was used to seeing beauties.

But I didn't expect that the new girl Chen Wanyin was so beautiful.

Hongli was stunned for a moment, until Chen Wanyin lowered her eyes and smiled faintly and said, "Princess Chen Wanyin pays respects to the prince."

Hongli then came to his senses, cleared his throat and said "hmm" pretending to be calm.

He didn't expect that his cheap mother would choose such a beautiful woman for him.

When he went to Su Gege's place before, Hongli was still a little disappointed. He felt that Su Gege's appearance was only slightly better than Huang Gege's, and he didn't like her very much.

He thought that Chen Wanyin, who entered the mansion with him, was also a woman of ordinary appearance, but he did not expect such a surprise.

Moreover, this beauty was not overly enthusiastic towards him like the other women in the backyard, nor was she afraid of him like Hegege.

She stood there like a goddess from heaven, exuding an extraordinary temperament, appearing noble and elegant.

If Chen Wanyin knew that he would have such an idea, she would definitely tell him that it was all an illusion. She didn't want to be a goddess. She had to restrain herself in front of him for now. After being favored, she would let herself go, do whatever she wanted, say whatever she wanted, and be straightforward, like a fearless human barrage!

There was even a moment when Hongli felt that if he favored her, it would be a blasphemy to her.

But when he thought that he was about to pull this goddess down from the altar and make her completely his woman, Hongli felt a raging fire surging in his lower abdomen.

But this was their first meeting, so he didn't want to be rude to the beauty.

He took Chen Wanyin's hand and sat down with her. "Wanyin, what are your hobbies?"

Chen Wanyin thought about it and decided that since Hongli was a teacher, why didn't she play the role of a student?

Wasn't it because Wei Yanwan had been taught by Hongli that even though she did many bad things, Hongli was unwilling to believe that the person he had personally trained was as vicious as a snake and scorpion, and he protected her everywhere?

Since she knew what he liked, she just catered to him.

"I like to paint, but my skills are not as good as others. I can only barely recognize what I am painting."

"Oh?" Hongli became interested. "Maybe you can show me your paintings?"

Chen Wanyin tried hard to keep her face from blushing and shook her head shyly, "I have only been in the mansion for a short time. I don't know where to buy brushes, ink, paper and inkstone. I don't have a dowry either, so I haven't painted since I came in."

When Hongli heard this, he thought that since the beauty wanted something, of course he had to give it to her to make her smile.

Then she remembered that she said she had no dowry, so she told Wang Qin beside her, "Go to my storehouse and find the best brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones, as well as paints. Also, I remember that the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent a few boxes of jewelry and a few rolls of new tribute cloth a while ago. Take them all and send them to Yueyin Hall."

Chen Wanyin tried hard to suppress the smile on her lips.

It's really good to be obsessed with looks, especially generous ones. As long as you are beautiful, they are willing to give you everything.

Wang Qin was quick and agile, and soon came back with several young eunuchs carrying things.

Chen Wanyin was very happy when she saw the box full of things, and decided to give Hongli an unforgettable night today.

It would be best if he could not forget it and send something over tomorrow!

After Wang Qin brought all the painting tools, Hongli asked Chen Wanyin to draw a simple picture for him.

Chen Wanyin deliberately concealed her talent and crudely painted a picture of bamboo in ink for Hongli to see.

After seeing it, Hongli laughed and shook his head, pointing out the inappropriateness of her painting. "Even if it is ink bamboo, you have to distinguish the main from the secondary. The bamboo stalks, bamboo joints, bamboo branches, and bamboo leaves in your painting are all painted with the same thick ink. From a distance, they are all black, and from close up, they are all black. I will teach you, you should..."

As he spoke, he stood behind her, took her right hand and drew a new one.

Chen Wanyin pretended to be shy and nervous, which made Hongli love her very much and he wanted to...

However, since the teaching has already begun, it will be completed. Hongli thinks this will be quite interesting.

To be honest, his current painting level is about the same as the original owner.

Chen Wanyin has too little room for improvement, in order to continuously provide Hongli with interests to develop.

After Hongli finished his painting, Chen Wanyin first praised him and lifted him up high. Then she took the opportunity to say, "Actually, I also want to practice calligraphy and read the Book of Songs. I know that poetry requires knowledge and talent. I know that I can't write poetry, but I also want to read the Book of Songs thoroughly. When I finish my painting, I can choose appropriate verses from the Book of Songs and copy them on the painting to add some artistic conception. It's a pity that my family believes that women's virtue lies in their lack of talent. I can recognize a few words and learned this painting skill from my mother in private."

When Hongli heard this, he knew that since the beauty was interested in learning, he would naturally satisfy her, so he said, "Since you want to learn, I will teach you."

"Really?" Chen Wanyin asked in surprise.

"Really? Music, chess, calligraphy, painting, whatever you want to learn, I can teach you!" Hongli held his chin high, extremely confident.

"You are a man of many talents and knowledge. I really admire your talent. If you have time, I would like to learn from you."

"Learn, learn everything." This was the first time Hongli met such a studious woman, and he felt very curious. At the same time, he also liked such a motivated person, as he felt as if he saw himself studying hard in the Old Summer Palace.

Chen Wanyin's emotional value in this scene is very appropriate.

At least she left a deep impression on Hongli's heart.

So what happened next was a natural progression.

The next day, Hongli woke up earlier than Chen Wanyin. After waking up, he looked at the person sleeping beside him, thought of the collision between them last night, and couldn't help but curl his lips.

I thought to myself, although Chen Gege was born in Jiangnan and looked dignified and steady, except for being a little shy at the beginning, she later became bolder and more enthusiastic than Jin Gege.

He is really two-faced.

But he likes it.

Hongli did not ask Chen Wanyin to get up and serve him. He went to the outer room and asked Wang Qin to help him dress and wash. Then he said to Wang Qin's apprentice Li Yu, "I remember that there is a red sandalwood chessboard and a chess box with a filigree pattern in my private storeroom. The chess box contains agate chess pieces. Find them and send them to Chen Gege."

Li Yu accepted the order, "Yes!"

Hongli was obviously very satisfied with Chen Wanyin. Before leaving, he said to Shunxin, "I will tell Fu Jin to excuse Chen Gege from paying respects. You don't have to wake her up."

It should be the one that is happy and exciting.

She knew that this was a sign that Hongli liked Chen Wanyin, and she felt extremely happy.

However, she remembered Chen Wanyin's instructions that when it was time to pay respects, she must be woken up no matter what.

Therefore, after half an hour, Shunxin still woke up Chen Wanyin.

Chen Wanyin got up with difficulty, and while Shunxin was not paying attention, she quickly took a pain-relieving pill, and then she felt much better.

Chen Wanyin did not ask Shunxin to dress her up deliberately. She just wore what she wanted to wear. She also picked out a few nice pieces of jewelry that Hongli sent her yesterday.

Then Shunxin took her to the main courtyard. It was still early when she arrived, and there were only two people in the front hall. When they saw her face, they were so surprised that they didn't know what to say.

Chen Wanyin had seen these two people many times before, so she naturally recognized them, but even if she recognized them, she had to pretend not to recognize them.

Shunxin whispered to Chen Wanyin: "The one on the left is Gao Gege, and the one on the left is Jin Gege."

Chen Wanyin then nodded slightly to the two of them, "Hello, Princess Gao, Hello, Princess Jin, I am Princess Chen Wanyin who lives in Yueyin Hall. I came from Jiangnan and entered the mansion a few days ago."

In addition to the wife, there is currently one concubine and six princesses in the mansion. Chen Wanyin calculated the seats and sat down directly in the fourth seat on the same side as Princess Jin.

Everyone's rank was a princess, and she was the last one to serve the emperor in the bed, so naturally she had to sit in the last seat.

Jin Gege was the first to come to her senses and said unhappily, "Chen Gege is really stunningly beautiful."

Chen Wanyin nodded: "Princess Xie Jin praised you."

Jin Gege was completely choked by her words. She lowered her head and took a sip of tea, waiting for the arrogant Gao Gege to attack her.

Gao Gege was also very afraid of her appearance. She looked at the headdress she was wearing and said something sour, "It is said that Chen Gege is a commoner girl from Jiangnan. Her family background is not prominent. How can she have such luxurious jewelry? Could it be that her family has been corrupt and accepted bribes?"

If it were a timid person, after hearing such heart-wrenching words, he would be scared even if he didn't feel guilty. But who is she, Chen Wanyin? She has been through so many worlds and her hands are stained with blood. Why would he be afraid of her?

She raised her hand and stroked the jewelry on her head, saying nonchalantly, "Gege Gao, what you said is wrong. The so-called corruption and bribery requires that the family is an official. No one in my family is an official. The jewelry on my head was awarded by the prince. Fortunately, the prince took pity on me because I didn't have much dowry, so he specially sent me a few boxes of jewelry last night. Oh, by the way, he also sent several pieces of fabric, but it was sent too late last night, so there was no rush to have it made. When the clothes are ready someday, I will wear them and show them to you."

Hearing this, Princess Gao rolled her eyes at Chen Wanyin. "You petty thing, you want to show off to the world when you get something good. My father is the second-rank governor of Henan Province. I have seen all kinds of good things. I am tired of seeing them all. How can you, a little commoner girl, compare to me!" (Currently, Gao Xiyue is a Han army bannerman, so she has to call Gao Bin her father. She will change his name to Ama after she is promoted to the Manchu banner.)

"Oh?" Chen Wanyin smiled. "Girl Gao, have you seen all these good things? Lord Gao is really amazing. But last night the prince told me that many of my jewelry were tributes."

Gao Gege didn't know why she suddenly mentioned the tribute and looked confused. Jin Gege did react, but didn't remind Gao Gege. She just watched the fun from the side.

Chen Wanyin turned to look at Shunxin, "Shunxin, do you still remember what they were? Can I wear them today?"

The few people sent to Chonghua Palace by the Ministry of Internal Affairs were all very loyal. Shunxin was naturally of the same mind as Chen Wanyin and immediately cooperated, "I took care of the princess's jewelry, so I naturally remember it. The gemstone tourmaline butterfly hairpin that the princess wore today was a tribute from Ryukyu, and the pearl earrings were also tributes from Annan."

Chen Wanyin raised her hand and touched the pearl earrings on the side of her face, and looked at Gao Gege with a smile, "Gao Gege is really amazing. She even gets tired of the tribute. It shows that there are a lot of tributes at home. I wonder where those tributes come from? Could they be rewards from the emperor?"

Gao Gege is not smart, but she is not too stupid either.

The current emperor is extremely stingy. The tribute is either given to his favorite concubines or rewarded to his children. How could he be willing to give it to a lowly minister?

If Princess Gao said that she was tired of paying tribute, then her father was either in collusion with other countries or had embezzled the tribute.

"How dare you make up stories about my father!" Gao Gege stood up and pointed at Chen Wanyin angrily, obviously very angry.

But Chen Wanyin just took a sip of her tea and was too lazy to even look at her.

The atmosphere suddenly became extremely awkward.

Fortunately, other princesses came in one after another, and Princess Jin also spoke to comfort Princess Gao, "Princess Chen was joking with Sister Xiyue, don't take it seriously, please sit down."

Someone handed her a ladder. Gao Gege was not an ungrateful person, and she did not want others to laugh at her, so she had to sit back. However, she was thinking in her heart that she would teach Chen Wanyin a lesson in the future.

The other princesses were more or less envious and jealous of Chen Wanyin's appearance, except Su Gege, who had a lot of question marks in her mind. However, now was not the time to talk, so Su Gege could only suppress the shock in her heart and planned to ask her after paying her respects.

Slowly, Qingying came in with her dowry Aruo, and Fu Jin finally came out from behind the screen.

"As all of you sisters know, we have Su Gege and Chen Gege in our house this time. You have met Su Gege a few days ago. Chen Gege was in the emperor's bed yesterday. Today, she can officially meet us sisters. Chen Gege, please come out and pay your respects first."

Because she was facing away from the light and was far away, Fu Jin could not see Chen Wanyin's face clearly. After she walked forward step by step and blocked the glaring sunlight, Fu Jin finally saw her appearance clearly.

"You...you are Chen Gege?"

"Yes, I, Princess Chen, pay my respects to Madam Madam." Chen Wanyin knelt down to pay her respects, regardless of Madam Madam's surprise.

Fu Jin was stunned for a moment before she asked Chen Wanyin to stand up after being reminded by her dowry maid Su Lian.

"Mrs. Chen's appearance is very different from when you and I first met her," Fu Jin asked meaningfully.

"I just arrived in the capital, and I'm not used to the climate there. Not only is my skin darker, but my face is also swollen. I woke up from a nap the day before yesterday and my appearance has returned to normal. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, Madam."

Fu Jin did not believe what she said at all, after all, her face was not swollen before. However, Fu Jin automatically imagined that she was covering up her appearance before.

Although he felt a little unhappy that another beauty had entered the backyard, he did not care about it when he thought that this beauty was just a commoner and a Han Chinese.

"Since Chen Gege has come to the mansion, she is the prince's woman. From now on, you must work hard to have children for the prince. You must also get along well with the other sisters and don't be jealous."

"Yes, I will remember Fu Jin's teachings."

"Su Lian, take Chen Gege with you to greet everyone."

Su Lian came out from behind the concubine and guided Chen Wanyin to greet Qing Fu Jin first, "Chen Gege, this is Qing Fu Jin."

"I pay my respects to Concubine Qing."

"Get up." Qingying's voice was almost cold to the bone. Although she relied on her childhood sweetheart relationship with Hongli, she was worried that her brother Hongli would transfer his feelings to Chen Wanyin after seeing such a beautiful woman and thinking about the news she heard, so her attitude was not very good. "Chen Gege, you still have to take care of the prince's health. You can't let the prince fool around with you too late and delay the prince's business."

As soon as Qingying said this, everyone's eyes swept towards Chen Wanyin. If their gazes could be turned into sharp swords, she would be pierced into a sieve.

"I didn't know that Concubine Qing was so sharp-eyed and sharp-eared. She even knew the news from my room last night so quickly. I wonder if it was someone from my Yueyin Hall who informed you, or someone from the prince's side who leaked the news to you? If it was someone from my courtyard, it would be fine. If you think there are not enough servants in Qingfeng Garden, you can just transfer people from my courtyard. There's no need to keep people in my courtyard and take up space. If it was someone from the prince's side who said it, I must report it to the prince. Such a servant who can't control his mouth must not be kept by the prince's side."

Everyone then figured out where Qingying got the information from.

Even Fu Jin looked at Fu Jin Qing with suspicion. She, a Fu Jin, had not yet put anyone in Chen Wanyin's courtyard. Could it be that Ulanara Qingying, a concubine, had already made such preparations?

"What nonsense are you talking about? I didn't get any information. I just thought of this after seeing the prince this morning and felt that he didn't look well."

"Oh?" Chen Wanyin looked at Fu Jin pretending to be puzzled. "Fu Jin, I'm new here and I'm not very familiar with the way to Chonghua Palace. From my Yueyin Hall to the front yard where the prince rests, or to the main gate of Chonghua Palace, will I pass by Fu Jin Qing's Qingfeng Garden?"

Before the concubine could speak, Gao Gege rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Oh, maybe the prince is not in a hurry to go to court early in the morning, so he has to go around a long way to Qingfeng Garden to see Concubine Qing first."

"So that's how it is," Chen Wanyin nodded as if she had suddenly realized something, "Then the prince and Concubine Qing are truly deeply in love, which makes me far behind them."

Everyone who heard Gao Gege's words didn't know that it was the information that Qing Fujin had inquired about privately, and when they saw that her lie was exposed, they all pursed their lips and tried not to smile.

The same is true for Fu Jin. She originally disliked Chen Wanyin because of her appearance, but now she really likes her mouth. She hopes that she can make Qingying speechless every day in the future.

Seeing Qingying's face turning pale and blue, Fu Jin said, "Okay, Su Lian, you can continue."

So next, Su Lian introduced the other princesses to her one by one. Except for Hai Gege who looked indignant, the others were all nice to her. After everyone greeted each other, Chen Wanyin took a seat.

Everyone talked about a bunch of nonsense, and then Fu Jin dispersed.

After Qingying left first, everyone took their maids out.

As soon as she walked out of the main courtyard, Chen Wanyin heard a woman shouting, "Oh, he's just relying on his looks. The prince and our wife have been friends since childhood. How can he be compared to those guys who are only good-looking?"

At this time, everyone had not yet dispersed, so they naturally heard these remarks and looked towards Chen Wanyin, who followed the voice.

Seeing that the person who spoke was the maidservant beside Qingying, she knew without guessing that it was Qingying who spoke for Ah Ruo. She walked forward and bowed to Qingying. Without waiting for her to call, she stood up and looked at Qingying, "Is this the rule for the people around Concubine Qing?"

Qingying acted condescendingly and glanced at Chen Wanyin. "Aruo is a quick-witted person and has no malice in her words. Please don't mind it, Miss Chen."

"If Concubine Qing thinks there is no malice in these words, then I will follow suit."

She looked at Qingying with a faint smile, looking her up and down several times, not hiding her disgust.

"Mrs. Qing is only a few years older than us, how come she looks so old? Her eyelids are drooping, and she speaks as if she has two tongues in her mouth, which is very awkward. Oh, and your voice is also hoarse, not like a young woman at all. If I knew that you and the prince were childhood sweethearts, I would have thought you were the old nanny by his side."

Seeing Qingying's face becoming more and more ugly, Chen Wanyin covered her lips in surprise, "Isn't Qingfujin to blame me? I was just speaking hastily. I have no ill intentions. Please don't mind, Qingfujin."

After saying this, she bowed slightly and said, "My concubine and Qing Fujin have different paths, so I will go first."

Qingying's face turned red and the veins on her forehead throbbed.

Hmm... looks older.

The people watching this scene found that this newcomer looked like a fairy who was not of this world, but was actually a pungent pepper. They should not provoke her easily in the future, otherwise she would be very harsh.

Even Gao Gege, who had originally intended to teach Chen Wanyin a lesson, did not dare to make any move. Although she came from a good family, she was afraid of being scolded by Chen Wanyin, which would be too humiliating.

Besides, she has never liked Qingying, and Chen Wanyin's behavior this time is exactly what she wants.

It is said that the enemy of my enemy is my friend. Gao Xiyue unilaterally thinks that Chen Wanyin is not bad.

After listening to Chen Wanyin's words, everyone seemed to have their filter suddenly broken. The more they looked at Qingying, the more they felt that she was old. She looked old and her clothes were even more old-fashioned.

Everyone was wondering why the prince fell in love with her.

Could it be that you just like this type of hers?

So starting from the next day, everyone started to imitate Qingying's old nanny dress, which made Hongli feel disgusted and he turned around and walked out.

Finally, everyone found that after they dressed like this, in addition to Qingying, there was also Chen Wanyin who slept with the most people, so everyone returned to their previous attire.

At the same time, I wondered again whether the prince only liked Qingying's old lady outfit and didn't like them to dress similarly?

After thinking it over, they all felt that Qingying was indeed the prince's favorite. The prince liked her no matter how she dressed, but if they looked a little old, the prince would not like them.

How could they know that the heroine's filter is very, very thick on the hero, and it is not so easy to break, and he still has a long way to go.

After that, Qingying allowed A Ruo to talk back to Chen Wanyin, but every time Chen Wanyin would use A Ruo's method to stab Qingying with a boomerang.

Later, after this happened so many times, Chen Wanyin felt annoyed. Once, after the greetings were over, when A Ruo verbally provoked Chen Wanyin again, Chen Wanyin slapped A Ruo in the face. A Ruo was not aware of the blow and fell to the ground with blood at the corners of her mouth. Everyone was shocked. No one expected that Chen Wanyin would hit someone in front of them.

Qingying was also frightened, "Chen Gege, you are so bold!"

Chen Wanyin ignored her, turned around and sat back in her seat, and ordered Shunxin, "Shunxin, push her over to me."

Shunxin did as she was told. She carried Ah Ruo to Chen Wanyin and kicked her hard in the knee, making her kneel down in front of Chen Wanyin.

"Ah! Mrs. Qing, help me!" A Ruo cried.

Qingying didn't react for a moment, and Chen Wanyin just pretended not to hear and looked at Shunxin, "Slap her for me, and I won't stop until I say stop."

Shunxin blew on the palm of his hand, and then fanned it towards A'ruo's face with a crackling sound.

Qingying came to her senses and tried to stop Shunxin, "Stop it!"

But she was pushed away by Chen Wanyin who stood up, causing her to stumble. Fortunately, Hailan caught her in time, otherwise she would have fallen flat on her butt. "How dare you, a princess, touch my people!"

Hai Lan also said, "Chen Gege, stop it!"

Chen Wanyin's bold move attracted everyone's attention. Even Fu Jin came out after hearing the noise. "What are you doing?"

Chen Wanyin waved her hands, and Shunxin let A Ruo go. However, A Ruo's face was swollen like a pig's head, and blood was oozing from the corners of her mouth.

Qingying hurriedly said, "Fujin, Chen Gege has overstepped her authority and tortured my maidservant. Everyone present is a witness. Please punish her!"

Chen Wanyin looked at Shunxin's swollen and red hand with distressed heart, and said to her: "You have suffered so much, I will reward you with twenty taels of silver when I go back, and you can just take a rest these days, and you don't have to wait on me anymore."

Shunxin smiled and shook her head. "My hands are very rough. This mark will disappear in a while. I can continue to serve you, Princess."

The master and servant's conversation, which was as if they were the only one in the world, made Qingying even angrier.

"Look, Madam, how outrageous Chen Gege is! I hope Madam will punish her severely!"

Without waiting for Fu Jin to speak, Chen Wanyin said, "Oh? Fu Jin Qing has a mouth? I thought Fu Jin Qing didn't have a mouth. Otherwise, how come everything comes out of A Ruo's mouth, while you yourself appear to be innocent and kind, as gentle as a chrysanthemum.

You don't need to say anything, and you don't need to do anything. Ah Ruo will intercept favors for you and satirize others for you.

As for you, you always wait until you have gained some benefits, or until A Ruo has finished speaking, before you step out to stop it.

He said something like 'If you do this again, I will punish you next time'.

If you are caught doing something wrong, you can say 'Aruo made the mistake unintentionally' or 'I will punish her when I get back'.

I'm just curious, what did you punish her for? Did you slap her like I did just now to let her know she was wrong, or did you spank her with a stick to make her remember?

You are not just talking about it, deliberately irritating her and making her continue to be your pawn next time? Huh? "(Xin Baji possessed)

Qingying was so embarrassed when her secrets were revealed.

Even A Ruo looked thoughtful.

Everyone looked at her expression, not understanding what was going on, and looked at her as if she were a joke.

Chen Wanyin bowed to Fu Jin and said, "Fu Jin, Ah Ruo is a bully. I am really worried that Qing Fu Jin, who is as gentle as a chrysanthemum, can't control Ah Ruo's temper. So I will help Qing Fu Jin punish Ah Ruo to prevent Qing Fu Jin from falling into the hands of this servant in the future. But I also know that I was wrong. I ask to be confined to my room for one month. I hope Fu Jin will agree."

Chen Wanyin's inner thoughts: I'm going to sleep in for a month to take care of my baby, who cares!

Yes, Chen Wanyin is pregnant.

She took the twin pills two months after her first sleepover. The baby should be more than half a month old now, but the baby is still young. She could only feel a vague feeling when she took her own pulse. Most imperial physicians were not as skilled as hers, so they probably would not be able to diagnose the baby.

Since she couldn't diagnose the problem anyway, she didn't say anything more.

She will expose it when the time comes.

The reason why Chen Wanyin took the twin pills was because having two princes who looked the same would not make anyone feel jealous. Even if Hongli got older and became paranoid in the end, he would not be jealous of the twins. He would just feel at ease and pamper them.

Since Chen Wanyin has no intention of becoming the empress dowager, she might as well not give birth to a prince who would arouse people's vigilance.

If it's a daughter, you can't give birth to one.

Since she was not the queen mother, she could not decide on her own daughter's marriage. In order to avoid the fate of being married off as a foreign prince, it was better for her not to have children.

After listening to Chen Wanyin's long speech and her request for house arrest, Fu Jin really used all her life's skills to suppress the smile on her lips, and said to Chen Wanyin: "This Fu Jin agrees. Since Chen Gege has already taught A Ruo a lesson on behalf of Qing Fu Jin, she will not be punished this time. Okay, all of you leave."

Qingying took the crying A Ruo back home, thinking that she would tell her brother Hongli that Chen Gege bullied her in the evening.

Unfortunately, Gao Gege, who was a good person, had made preparations early on. She asked the eunuch Shuangxi to wait at the gate of Chonghua Palace early in the morning. The moment he saw Hongli returning from court, he persuaded Hongli to enter Gao Gege's Yaoyue Pavilion.

Gao Gege was afraid that Hongli would be kidnapped, so she told Hongli everything that had happened after she paid her respects today.

Fearing that Hongli would not believe her, Gao Gege added, "After paying respects today, everyone saw it. If you don't believe me, you can ask other people. My words are not false at all. I was wondering earlier why Qing Fujin kept such a disobedient maid like A Ruo. It turns out that she has this wonderful use. It's a pity that Xing Xuan and Mo Xin beside me can't speak. Otherwise, I won't open my mouth in the future and just wait for them to help me fight for it."

Hongli frowned.

Indeed, after hearing these words, he also thought of what A Ruo usually did. Every time A Ruo took him away from others, Qingying would look very surprised and delighted when she saw him.

But he felt that it was an accident that he was intercepted by A Ruo. Since Qingying entered the mansion, A Ruo had intercepted him at least dozens of times. Why did Qingying still feel surprised? Was he pretending?

"What nonsense are you talking about. I have to change my clothes and go to the Yangxin Palace. Let's talk about these things later."

Gao Gege pulled Hongli's sleeve and said coquettishly, "Then can the prince come to Yaoyue Pavilion tonight?"

Hongli patted her hand and evaded the question by saying, "Let's talk about it tonight. I'm leaving now."

Hongli knew clearly that his royal father was getting older and had recently started taking elixirs, so he might not live for many more years.

Now, the only prince who can enter and leave the Palace of Tranquil Longevity is Hongli.

He needed to learn more about the emperor's art from his father while he was still healthy. At the same time, before things were finalized, he had to continue to be a filial son to his father.

In the evening, after a busy day, Hongli returned home and wanted to go to Yueyin Hall to see Chen Wanyin, but when he thought of her being under house arrest, he had to give up. However, he still ordered Wang Qin to secretly send her some beautiful jewelry and fabrics to comfort her.

Later, Hongli thought that since Gao Gege had asked him to stay in the morning, he might go to Gao Gege's place. However, Li Yu came to say that Qingying had sent a fragrant soup. Between Qingying and Gao Gege, Hongli chose Qingfengyuan.

Facing Qingying's complaints and the hint of eye drops for Chen Wanyin, Hongli asked, "Is there anything wrong with what Chen Gege said?"

Qingying looked at Hongli in disbelief, "Hongli?"

Hongli put his arm around Qingying's shoulders and consoled her, "Okay, Qingying, now that everyone has discovered this, you should stop letting Ah Ruo behave so ungentlemanly. If she can't change in a short time and you are reluctant to discipline her, you can also send her out of the palace and find her someone to marry."

In the ear room nearby, A Ruo put her ear against the wall and could clearly hear the conversation between the two.

He found out that even the prince knew that Qingying deliberately allowed his behavior just to make him a mouthpiece, and his eyes turned red with anger.

Then she heard that the prince actually wanted to send her out of the palace.

How is this possible?

She doesn't want to leave the palace.

A Ruo clenched her fists tightly. She wanted to step on Qingying who took advantage of her and take revenge on Chen Wanyin who bullied her!

Chen Wanyin looked at the gifts sent by Wang Qin leisurely. They were so beautiful.

I have to say that Hongli is more generous than his father.

She had only been in the mansion for more than two months, but there were already five boxes full of things in the storeroom, almost all of which were sent by Hongli. Even the furniture and ornaments in Yueyin Hall had been replaced by Hongli one after another, and every piece was a good thing and a treasure.

Chen Wanyin is a loose-handed master. When she is doing good, her subordinates can also share the benefits.

As her personal maid, Shunxin naturally received the most rewards, and of course she was also the most loyal and capable one.

There were not many palace servants in Yueyin Hall, but they were all well disciplined by Shunxin.

During this period, there was a restless person. Shunxin found out and immediately reported it to her. She didn't ask any more questions and just let Shunxin send the person away.

Shunxin saw that her master trusted her and generously filled her small cash box, and worked even harder.

However, Shunxin was a little worried and confused about Chen Wanyin's self-request for house arrest.

"Princess, I don't understand why you asked to be confined to your home. Ah Ruo has been disrespectful to you several times. Given the prince's love for you, it's no big deal if you beat her. Now you are confined to your home for a month. What if the prince likes someone else?"

"After all, A Ruo is the dowry of Qing Fujin. I am just a princess. It is against the rules to treat A Ruo. If I don't ask to be confined, Fujin will probably ask me to apologize to Qing Fujin. I hate her lofty attitude the most, so I don't want to apologize to her. As for what you said that the prince will like someone else. Shunxin, you have to remember that our prince has many women. Even now, he already has eight women, and there will be more in the future. We can't always count on the prince's favor. In this backyard, there are things more important than favor."

Shunxin was not stupid. After a brief thought, he continued, "It's an heir."

Chen Wanyin nodded and raised her hand to touch her belly, "Shunxin, I'm afraid I'm pregnant."

Shunxin's eyes widened immediately, and she stared at Chen Wanyin's belly, "Is what the princess said true? We didn't ask for a doctor, so how did the princess know?"

Before giving Shunxin the Loyalty Pill, Chen Wanyin didn't want to expose her medical skills too early, so she made up an excuse, "Just think of it as a mother-son bond. Besides, I just think I might be pregnant. My period will come in a few days, and my period has always been regular. If it doesn't come by then, then I must be pregnant."

Ever since Chen Wanyin's period came, Shunxin has been in a state of excitement and tension.

She had always wanted to ask an imperial physician to come and take a look, but Chen Wanyin had been very sleepy recently and didn't want to deal with the people coming and going to congratulate her and visit her right away, so she kept delaying for a few days before finally agreeing.

Shunxin immediately ran to the main courtyard and wanted to ask the lady to invite an imperial physician over, saying that Chen Wanyin had been sleepy recently and her menstruation was delayed.

Fu Jin had been pregnant three times before. After hearing Shun Xin's words, she had a rough guess and ordered someone to invite the imperial physician.

After Shunxin left, Su Lian sent away Lianxin who was in the way and asked Fu Jin in a low voice, "If Chen Gege has a prince, our second prince..."

Su Lian is loyal to Madam Fucha and always puts Madam Fucha's instructions first.

Old Madam Fucha had long ago instructed to clear away obstacles for the Second Prince, so ever since she knew that Chen Wanyin was suspected to be pregnant, she had been planning how to abort her pregnancy.

Fu Jin's symptoms would be much alleviated in front of people other than Qingying.

Especially when facing a small character like Chen Wanyin, he would not take it to heart.

"Chen Gege is just a commoner, not even a Han army flag. No matter how many princes she gives birth to, there is nothing to be afraid of. Besides, this mansion cannot be the only one with me and Fucha Gege who have children. Otherwise, people outside will inevitably suspect that our Fucha family is controlling the prince's children. If an imperial censor finds out and impeaches me, I won't be able to explain myself even if I have a hundred mouths."

Although Su Lian is blindly loyal to Madam Fucha, she still has a little bit of brain that can be used for thinking.

She now felt that what her wife said was right. Based on Chen Wanyin's identity and family background, the prince she gave birth to could not be compared with the second prince.

So he gave up the idea of abortion and just asked again: "Should we go to the mother and keep the baby?"

Fu Jin looked at her speechlessly, "Su Lian, stop thinking about harming others! Use your brain more! Don't you think about it? If Chen Gege is gone, what if Qingying and Xiyue ask to raise this child? One of them is from a noble family, from the old Manchu surname Ulanara, and the other has a father who was very capable in the previous dynasty and was highly valued by the emperor. Originally, Chen Gege's son didn't need to be taken seriously, but if you kill him like this, wouldn't that create a strong enemy for Yonglian?"

When Su Lian heard Fu Jin's guess, she felt the hairs on her back stand up. She was glad that she asked Fu Jin before taking action, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.

At Yueyin Hall, Chen Wanyin was also diagnosed by the imperial physician and confirmed to be pregnant for more than a month.

After hearing this, Fu Jin sent someone to pass on the message that the previous house arrest was lifted and that there was no need to pay respects before the baby was three months old. She also sent someone to deliver a gift.

She was given bird's nest, ginseng, and some brightly colored fabrics, and was told to take good care of her pregnancy.

After the news of Chen Wanyin's pregnancy spread, just as Chen Wanyin had expected, a group of people came to greet her.

First it was Qingying. She always liked to act like a superior legitimate wife. Since the legitimate wife had sent people to give gifts, it was natural for her, a concubine, to send gifts as well to show her dignity as a concubine.

Qingying was smart enough to know that A Ruo had offended Chen Wanyin, so she sent the honest woman Suo Xin over.

Just looking at the gift that惢心 sent over, Chen Wanyin almost laughed out of anger.

"I'm sorry to bother Miss Suo Xin to come here. Just by looking at these fabrics, I know they must be your concubine's favorite things. They suit her very well. Your concubine is very generous to give them to me. It just so happens that I am planning to ask the prince to send a nanny who has taken care of women during childbirth. These fabrics will complement the nanny. Please thank your concubine for me when you go back. I'm happy."

Shunxin originally wanted to get angry when she saw these junk, but she also knew that惢心 was a good person and didn't want to vent her anger on her, so she obediently gave惢心 two taels of silver.

Suoxin felt bitter in her heart and looked a little embarrassed. She even felt the silver was hot in her hands.

"Our Qingfujin is just, just..."

"Okay. No need to say more, I understand. Earlier, I heard that the Ulanara clan had no senior officials from the previous dynasty, only women from the harem. Now it seems that it is true. The family has fallen to such a low level that they have to send such a lowly gift. I feel sorry for her for seeing a family of descendants fall to this level. Don't worry, I won't blame Concubine Qing."

惢心 wanted to make a few remarks, but seeing that Chen Wanyin had already served the guests tea and sent them away, she could not say anything else.

After惢心 left, Shunxin pouted immediately, "She's still a concubine, but she's so stingy. Even if she gave me a piece of good cloth, it would be better than giving me a few pieces of old rags! I think this concubine is deliberately trying to embarrass the princess!"

Chen Wanyin shook her head. "Mrs. Qing looks so aloof and proud. It's hard to tell that she is the one who cares about her reputation. It doesn't look like she did it. I guess she probably handed it over to A Ruo, and A Ruo deliberately chose this gift to embarrass her."

"A Ruo is going too far!" Shun Xin looked unhappy.

"Don't be upset, I still have something to tell you."

"Princess, please tell me, I will do it right away."

"Mrs. Qing is so considerate to me and gave me such a good gift. How can we be the only ones who know about it? You should spread the word so that everyone can know about Mrs. Qing's kindness."

Shunxin's desire to do something was immediately aroused. With a turn of his eyes, he came up with an idea in his mind, "I will do it right away!"

Chen Wanyin left the matter to Shunxin and didn't take care of it anymore.

Although Shunxin is a transparent person in the play, she is a bannerman of the Han army and has been in the palace for three years. She has many friends. She only needs to say a few words and someone will help her spread the word.

After returning to Qingfeng Garden, Suoxin wanted to report what Chen Wanyin said to Qingying.

But compared to惢心, Qingying naturally values Ａ若 more.

Ah Ruo stopped Suo Xin directly and said, "Watch your mouth and go serve outside. If you dare to let me know that you are talking too much to Fu Jin, I will pinch you!"

Suoxin bit her lip in grievance. When she thought about how Qing Fujin would protect A Ruo every time she bullied her, her fear was greater than her loyalty this time, and she retreated to the outer room and stood there.

Yueyin Hall.

After Chen Wanyin dealt with Rong Xin, Gao Gege, Jin Gege, Huang Gege, and Su Gege also came one after another.

"Gege Chen is such a good wife. How long has she been in the mansion? She's already pregnant." This was said by Gege Gao. She had suffered from colds since she was a child and had little luck with having children. Naturally, she envied the pregnant Chen Wanyin.

"Once Princess Gao recovers, it's only a matter of time before she gets pregnant," said Chen Wanyin.

Huang Gege didn't like to talk much, but she was envious when she saw Chen Wanyin's belly. It was a pity that she was not favored and could only see Hongli once every few months, and there was no sign of having children.

"Oh, what Chen Gege said is true, but Chen Gege is indeed very lucky. In our prince's backyard, only the wife and the late Fucha Gege have children. We don't know when we will be able to have a baby." Jin Gege said.

Since entering Chonghua Palace, Jin Gege's personality has been that of a street-slicker who loves to visit people and chat with everyone. She speaks straightforwardly and appears to have no ulterior motives.

The others didn't react much to this, obviously they were used to it.

But Chen Wanyin knew that she was the most poisonous snake hidden.

Chen Wanyin wanted to see if she would take action against her. If she did, she wouldn't mind giving Jin Gege a sterilization and disfigurement gift package in advance.

However, hearing what she said, it seemed like she was trying to sow discord.

What do you want to do by deliberately mentioning that only people with the surname Fu Cha have offspring in the mansion?

Making her be wary of Mrs. Fujin, worrying every day that Mrs. Fujin would do something to her, causing her to have a miscarriage out of fear?

Or did he deliberately instigate others to attack Fu Jin or her descendants?

Chen Wanyin was not sure of her purpose, maybe it was both.

Anyway, Jin Gege is a person who can't hold back her farts.

Chen Wanyin doesn't like to socialize with such people, so it's better to let her know that in the future, don't use tricks or schemes in front of her.

"Is Jin Gege trying to say that Fu Jin is controlling the prince's offspring? Or is she hinting that Fu Jin will do something to my child? I remember Jin Gege is on good terms with Fu Jin, why is she saying something like that? Is she playing double-dealing and plotting something behind the scenes?"

Jin Gege was humiliated and immediately jumped up, "Chen Gege, what are you talking about? I didn't mean that. I was just saying it casually!"

Gao Gege was obviously used to being fooled by Jin Gege, and she even spoke up for her, "You have been in the mansion for too short a time, and you don't know Jin Gege's character. She just spoke without thinking, and it wasn't intentional."

Huang Gege also agreed, "Yes, sister Wanyin, don't think too much, she is just like that."

Chen Wanyin sneered and looked straight at Jin Yuyan, "You'd better be."

Jin Yuyan felt a little guilty when she was looked at by her. She could only pretend to be calm in front of everyone, and acted like a brainless person, and slapped herself lightly on the mouth.

"Isn't it enough that I was wrong? I'll go back and prepare to apologize!" Then he turned and left.

As soon as Jin Gege left, the others also left one after another.

Soon, with Shunxin's magical manipulation, word began to spread in Chonghua Palace that the Ulanara family was down and out and needed Qingying's help, so that Qingying's storehouse had nothing worth giving away. So this time when Chen Wanyin was pregnant, she could only take out a few pieces of old cloth as a gift.

Originally, not many people believed this. After all, the Ulanara family was an old family, and even if they fell into decline, how bad could they be?

But the princesses in Hongli's backyard suddenly remembered that when they went to visit Chen Wanyin, there were indeed a few pieces of rags beside her.

However, their attention was focused on Chen Wanyin's belly at the time, and they completely ignored the rags. Now that they think about it, those rags were most likely given by Qingying.

Princess Gao was a nosy person, so she specially sent Mo Xin to inquire with Shun Xin.

Shunxin frowned and said awkwardly: "Our princess said that Qingfujin's family is not easy either, hey..."

The corners of Mo Xin's mouth immediately curved up, and she went back and told Gao Gege the good news.

Gao Gege added fuel to the fire and wrote a letter to Gao Bin, asking him to report the matter to the censor and let all the court officials know that Nerbu could not support his family and yet still asked his married daughter for money.

Qingying knew nothing about the rumors about Chonghua Palace and what was about to happen in the Ulanara family.

She had always been good friends only with Hailan, who lived in the same courtyard with her. Hailan was a timid person. Except for paying her respects and talking to Qingying, she would stay in her room with her personal maid Ye Xin most of the time, and she was isolated from all news.

In the play, Su Gege, who is on good terms with her, has just entered the mansion and has no friendship with anyone. She is still in a stage where she is honest and does not leave the yard unless necessary. She would not go to the trouble to reveal this news to Qingying.

Others would not be so kind as to tell Qingying what her reputation was like. They were all thinking about waiting for the greeting tomorrow to ridicule her.

Fu Jin had already sent someone to tell Hongli the news of Chen Wanyin's pregnancy, but Hongli would now stay with Yinzhen to learn about government affairs after court every day. Even if he was happy that he was going to have another child, he would not leave the Yangxin Palace to visit Chen Wanyin and the child.

However, after Hongli returned to Chonghua Palace, rewards came in like a stream.

After Hongli came in, he sat beside her with concern without waiting for her to stand up and greet her. He stroked her belly with his big hand and said, "Wanyin, how are you? What did the imperial physician say?"

"Your Majesty, don't worry. The imperial physician said that I am in good health. The wife is also considerate of me and told me not to go to pay respects before the third month."

"Well, Fu Jin is a good person. Nothing is more important than our child now. You should take good care of yourself and give me a healthy little prince."

Chen Wanyin revealed that she was pregnant. Hongli liked her in the first place, so naturally he wanted to give her respect. He stayed at her place for one night and had a good sleep. The next day when he went to court, he heard the censor impeaching Qingying's Amanerbu for being an unkind father and failing to educate his daughter.

Originally, Hongli was worried that Nerbu was corrupt or had committed some serious crime.

After listening to what the censor said, his face almost turned green.

The descendants of the family had to rely on the support of Prince Bao's concubine to make a living, and the poverty of the Ulanara family was thoroughly publicized, which not only tarnished the reputation of the Ulanara family, but also his own reputation.

The key is that they didn't wrongly accuse anyone.

After Gao Bin received the letter from his daughter, he was afraid that the information she gave him was inaccurate, so he asked someone to check it out.

It was discovered that Qingying sent fifty to one hundred taels of silver home almost every month, as well as some clothing, jewelry, precious medicinal materials, etc. She was the first person in Prince Bao's harem to go to her parents' home so frequently to get things.

In fact, this is not a big deal, and there is no sin involved. It just gives you a bad reputation.

Nerbu could hardly raise his head under the gaze of everyone. It was shameful enough that his family had a queen who was deposed, and now there was a daughter who was sent back to her own home from her husband's family. The reputation of the women of the Ulanara clan was probably completely ruined.

In the end, Yinzhen didn't say anything, he just frowned and looked at Hongli, his eyes expressed his feelings clearly.

Look, this is the concubine you knelt down to ask me to marry!

Hongli lowered his head to hide the blush that spread from his face to his neck.

After listening to what the censor said, Yinzhen originally wanted to fine him a few months' salary and let him reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors.

Then he thought, Nerbu was already taking money from his daughter, if he fined her her monthly salary, wouldn't that be making things worse?

If possible, just punish him to reflect on his mistakes behind closed doors for three months.

Hongli was very angry when he returned.

He is a man who cares a lot about his reputation. Today, he lost all his face because of Nerbu and he also blamed Qingying.

From that day on, I didn't set foot in Qingfeng Garden for a whole month.

You have to know that since Qingying married Hongli, the time she spent in the emperor's bedchamber in a month was almost as much as that of all the other people combined. Now she has been out of favor for a month, making everyone laugh at her.