ushernet Chapter 20 The Legend of Zhen Huan (19)
Chapter 20 The Legend of Zhen Huan (19)
As for the matter, it was Yixiu who asked Wangyou to do it. She had run out of manpower in the palace, and if she sent it out of the palace, the Ulanara family might not be willing to do their best, so she asked Wangyou for help.
Wangyou didn't refuse; after all, the child was innocent, and she wouldn't hold a grudge against a child.
Meanwhile, the concubines in the palace all gave birth to children one after another. Fucha Yixin gave birth to the seventh prince Hongyi, An Lingrong gave birth to the eighth prince Hongrun, Nian Shilan gave birth to the fourth princess Fuerguochun, Shen Gui gave birth to the fifth princess Jinghe, and Jingpin gave birth to the ninth prince Hongjing.
As for the others, none of them were pregnant, because the emperor no longer entered the harem and was too engrossed in official duties. He would only occasionally come to this place where the women had children for a meal, treating it as a mere formality.
"Unbeknownst to me, it's been a year since I entered the palace!" Wangyou said with a touch of emotion as she looked at the snowflakes falling from the sky.
"Your Highness, please be careful not to catch a cold!"
"I know, I'm not a child anymore!" Wangyou said helplessly. "Hongyan, Garudai, is Hongxi awake? If he's awake, bring him here."
"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince, the Prince, and our Princess should be waking up soon. I'll go check on them!" Bai Zhi smiled and withdrew.
Wangyou looked at the snow and thought about things: smallpox, cement, glass, going to sea, food—these issues have been mostly resolved by now.
The next step should be to develop national strength. I hope that the people the emperor sends to accompany her family's fleet to sea can learn a good lesson from their ideas.
The emperor placed Prince Lian in a department similar to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Prince Jiu in the Ministry of Revenue, making the best use of their talents.
"May Your Highness, the Imperial Noble Consort, be well!"
"Why are you here? Get up!"
"I was bored in the palace, so I brought the child to find you!" Fucha Yixin said, warming herself by the fire.
"Your Majesty, I shamelessly followed Sister Fucha after I saw her come out!" An Lingrong said with a smile. The An Lingrong of today is completely different from the person described in the drama.
"Please sit down, Lamei, bring out some food!"
"The food you eat here is now also a part of the palace's bounty!"
"Speaking of which, I just remembered. His Majesty will probably be preparing to bestow titles upon the harem at the end of the year. I will ask the Emperor to promote the concubines who have children to the position of a principal concubine. Do you two have a place you would like to stay? I will arrange it for you then!"
"I won't move. I already live in the main hall of Yanxi Palace, and it's close to you, so I won't move!" Fucha Yixin said after thinking for a moment.
"I don't know much about this, so I'll leave it all to Your Majesty's arrangements!" An Lingrong said with a smile.
"If it's you, then Zhongcui Palace is fine; it's right next to Chengqian Palace!"
"Your Majesty's arrangements are excellent!" An Lingrong smiled sincerely.
"So, do you two have any preferred titles? Don't tell me that the one given by the Emperor is the best. Titles are for the rest of your life, so what matters most is that you feel comfortable with them!" Wangyou harbored quite a bit of resentment towards the title "Shuxian"!
"Wangyou, the titles of imperial concubines are always drafted by the Imperial Household Department and decided by the Emperor. Only your title was personally decreed by the Emperor!"
"Look at your sweet talk!" Wangyou smiled. "That's right, let the Emperor worry about this!"
"By the way, Wangyou, can I tell you something funny?"
"what's up?"
"This morning, His Majesty went to the Imperial Garden for a stroll and saw a butterfly fairy!" Yi Xin said with a smile, though there was a hint of sarcasm in her tone.
"what happened?"
"You didn't know?" Yi Xin asked in surprise.
"I'm too lazy to listen to all this. As long as it's not some concubine from another palace who's trying to harm someone, I don't care about this kind of competition for favor!" Wangyou said bluntly. She knew why her subordinates hadn't reported it; it was because she found it annoying that they'd talked about it so much before. But chatting with her good friend was still fine.
“Then let me tell you about it!” Yi Xin cleared her throat. “It is said that Consort Zhen made a wish on the Emperor’s usual route. The Emperor thought it was someone else, but when he turned around, butterflies flew around Consort Zhen. The sight was absolutely beautiful!”
What was the Emperor's reaction?
"The Emperor has confined Consort Zhen to her quarters on charges of spying on his whereabouts, and has also punished her by making her copy palace rules!"
"Our Emperor is somewhat lacking in romantic understanding!" Wangyou found it somewhat amusing, but the investigation still needed to be conducted.
"Peony, go find out where those butterflies came from. It's not summer, it's winter!"
"Your Majesty, Xiazi has already investigated, and the results should be available soon!"
"Well done, reward me!"
"The people around my sister are really clever!" Before An Lingrong could even treat them as a joke, her sister's maids and eunuchs began to investigate the cause and effect.
“They’ve all been with me since they were little!” Wangyou smiled; the people around her were naturally all formidable.
The group sat down and chatted for a while before Fucha Yixin and An Lingrong got up to say goodbye.
Wangyou played with her three little ones for a while, and when they got sleepy, she coaxed them to sleep.
"His Majesty has arrived!"
"Your Majesty, it's so late, why did you come here braving the wind and snow!"
"Qianqing Palace is too deserted, so I came here to see the child!" After Wangyou gave birth to the child, Yongzheng gradually moved to Qianqing Palace to live, since Yangxin Hall was too far from Chengqian Palace.
"Well, you've come at a bad time; the child has just fallen asleep!"
"It's alright, it's the same if I come to see you!" Yongzheng smiled maliciously. Wangyou could only think, this man is really getting more and more frivolous.
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The next day, unsurprisingly, Wangyou slept until noon again. She rubbed her aching back and wondered how long it had been since she had eaten meat!
"Your Majesty, the Empress of Jingren Palace is seriously ill!" Xiaxiazi received the news and hurriedly reported to Wangyou.
"Let the imperial physician take a good look!" Wangyou paused, then said expressionlessly.
The Empress should indeed die; otherwise, how can she make way for the throne? However, Wangyou won't do it herself. There are many people who hate her. As long as Wangyou doesn't get involved with the children, she'll pretend she doesn't see them.
"Host, now that the Empress is dead, Emperor Yongzheng should make you Empress!"
"Isn't this obvious?"
"This is the simplest palace intrigue novel I've ever seen!" Duobao couldn't help but exclaim.
"Who told me to start with top-tier equipment? Plus, this world has a lot of loopholes. Unless I'm an idiot, I can't lose with this setup. Moreover, Yongzheng's palace has far fewer people than his father, Kangxi. As long as I take down the most powerful ones, the rest won't be able to cause any trouble!"
"That's still quite fast. Previous hosts were all flattering and sycophantic. No matter how glorious they became later, they inevitably suffered some losses in the early stages!"
"That might be because I'm more capable. And haven't you heard the saying, 'The ruthless are afraid of the stubborn, and the stubborn are afraid of those who don't value their lives'? I also have to thank my good family background, which allows me to not have to swallow my pride!" Wangyou knew very well that in ancient times, a woman's confidence came from her maternal family.
On the fifteenth day of the third month of the fourth year of the Yongzheng reign, Ulanara Yixiu passed away!
After discussing it with Wangyou, Yongzheng bestowed posthumous honors upon Yixiu, giving her the posthumous title of Empress Xiaojingxian!
Wangyou didn't care about anything else, but why did she have to go and mourn? This was a job for humans, and she had to take the lead. She had never knelt when she was alive, but now that she was dead, she had to kneel. Wangyou comforted herself, thinking that it was like visiting the grave of her ancestors.
However, Wangyou didn't allow the three children to come. The children are still young, so it's enough for them to show their faces. As for mourning or anything like that, Yixiu is not qualified.
However, I felt a little sad. The villainous boss in "The Legend of Zhen Huan" has just left the show. It's not quite what I'm used to!