It's normal for Chen Yuwei to suddenly have such a rebellious thought.

The monotonous and tedious life in the harem and the unstable daily routine were too much for Chen Yuwei, a seasoned mission taker (who had been unemployed for too long).

What's more, she has a boss who occasionally acts crazy and makes the experience more difficult for her.

"Did the Emperor say these words himself?"

After listening to Xia He's message with a blank expression, Chen Yuwei felt that Hongli was truly tired of living and wanted to go down early to reunite with the previous ancestors.

Xia He lowered her head and nodded, "It was arranged by the Emperor, and he even sent Eunuch Gao to deliver the decree."

After the words were spoken, no other sound came out of the room for a long time.

Xia He pursed her lips, feeling a little nervous without realizing it.

Especially since my master has been in a bad mood lately, things that he wouldn't have paid much attention to before are now causing him to get angry frequently.

Xia He even suspected that someone had secretly drugged her master and deliberately harmed his body.

After a series of careful investigations, Xia He was relieved to find that there was no problem.

But this further confirms the argument that the master's emotions fluctuated greatly without any reason.

"Your Majesty is truly reckless, making such a sudden move to alter the palace's layout. Does the Empress Dowager even know about it?"

Is he crazy? He even wants to build Hui-style buildings for He Zhuoshi. Does he want the court officials to submit memorials, damaging his authority and forcibly retracting his order? Or is there some inside story she doesn't know, which is why Hongli is acting so absurdly?

"Your Majesty, the Emperor did visit the Cining Palace, but..."

As a result, the emperor sent Gao Yu to supervise and continue to have the craftsmen of the Imperial Household Department start construction work.

Chen Yuwei looked at Xia He standing by the couch, "He Zhuoshi has not been officially appointed yet, has she?"

Xia He nodded, "Yes, the celebration banquet is scheduled for three days from now, and Madam He Zhuo will appear then."

Chen Yuwei lowered her eyes slightly, "His Majesty may simply be out of his mind."

Xia He: ...Although, Master, aren't you being a bit too truthful?

However, this is indeed the truth. Hongli wanted to change the layout of Qixiang Palace to highlight the special practices of the Hezhuo clan, a Hui people, which seemed a bit like he had lost his mind.

“Mother, it must be because the Hui tribe gave too much in compensation, and Father Emperor wanted to win them over and show them to the other tribes.”

After Yonghu settled in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he quickly went to the Yikun Palace to pay his respects to his mother.

Yonghong and Yongkun also wanted to come along, but considering the impact of the three adult princes appearing in the harem, Yonghu had no choice but to temporarily arrange for the two younger ones to enter the palace next time, in the name of the elder brother.

"Did the Hui people give a lot this time?"

Chen Yuwei raised an eyebrow, looking at the box of beautiful jade that Yonghu had brought her, and suddenly realized that the Hui region was famous for producing all kinds of jade artifacts.

Furthermore, the surrounding climate is different from that of the capital, allowing local specialties to fetch higher prices in both places.

Yonghu nodded and said seriously, "If I hadn't been so careful, I might have failed my father."

The Hui people's leaders are so wealthy that the treasures they bring out are sold by weight.

They claimed they were going to quell a rebellion in the Hui region, but they didn't use their full strength at all.

They basically just watched the Hui people fight amongst themselves, and only stepped in to suppress them when things got too out of hand.

There must have been mutual resentment among the Hui people, otherwise this rebellion wouldn't have happened.

The final outcome was to eliminate the Hui people's vital forces while stabilizing the Hui regime.

"After this turmoil ends, and people return to their homes to recuperate, it will take decades to restore the former glory."

Because almost all the able-bodied men of the Hui region were killed in this attack, what remained were mostly the elderly, women, and children, who posed no threat whatsoever.

“Mother, He Zhuoshi, who accompanied us to the palace, is a holy woman from the Hui tribe.”

He pursed his lips and explained in a low voice that even though He Zhuoshi was not young, she would still be sent to the palace by the leader of the Hui tribe.

The fundamental reason is that the internal war in the Hui region has severely weakened its own strength.

As a holy woman of the Hui people, He Zhuoshi had the obligation and responsibility to save the Hui people from disaster.

After being chosen as a holy woman, He Zhuoshi was not allowed to marry, but unfortunately, the Hui people were now in trouble and needed help from the Qing Dynasty.

He Zhuoshi had no choice but to temporarily give up her position as a saintess. After returning to secular life, she changed into dress and entered the palace to serve the emperor.

He Zhuoshi had two purposes for entering the palace: the development of the Hui people and the friendship with the Qing Dynasty.

Chen Yuwei nodded. "Given He Zhuo's age, I know she entered the palace with a purpose."

These are the most difficult people to deal with because their desires are too clear.

“Mother, He Zhuo’s entry into the palace will not affect the Yikun Palace lineage, so there is no need to worry too much about it.”

Yonghu has grown up and can better understand the relationship between his mother and father.

Yonghu would never believe it if you said that his mother loved his father dearly.

All I can say is that there was once a good relationship between my mother and my father.

But as time went by, their feelings gradually faded, and their relationship became more of a purely imperial one between an emperor and his empress.

“Yonghu, I am not worried about He Zhuoshi. I just feel that the Emperor is too capricious. In the future, you brothers should pay more attention to your actions in the court.”

Squeezing her tired brows, Chen Yuwei believed that if Hongli were to become uncontrollable, the consequences he would cause would be more severe than those of the other emperors.

Unrestrained by raw or cold foods, fearless and undaunted—these words, when applied to an emperor, are nothing short of disaster.

Yonghu sighed, feeling that he could only wait and see what his father, the Emperor, wanted to do about this.

However, "Yongwei doesn't plan to get married and have children?"

Everyone younger than Yongwei is married, so why is he still dragging his feet?

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