After the New Year, a major event occurred in the palace.

By the grace of Heaven, the Emperor decrees: Hesheli of Yonghe Palace is beautiful and virtuous, gentle and obedient, kind and virtuous, well-mannered and respectful, possessing excellent manners, well-versed in etiquette, compassionate and benevolent, humble and respectful, elegant and graceful, dignified and wise, capable and gentle, peaceful and virtuous, harmonious and pure. She is hereby conferred the title of Noble Consort Jia. This is the imperial decree!

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your great kindness. Long live the Emperor!" Mingxiu bowed respectfully in gratitude.

Such imperial edicts appeared in many places in the palace. Mingxiu was promoted to Noble Consort, Niohuru was also promoted to Noble Consort Wenxi, Consort Hui, Consort Rong, and Consort Yi was promoted to Consort Hui, Consort Rong, and Consort Yi. Because of Mingxiu's interference, Wuya was not included this time, and a position was left vacant.

Mingxiu held the imperial edict with some emotion.

"Congratulations, Your Highness! Congratulations! From now on, Your Highness will be Consort Jia!" The people of Yonghe Palace happily offered their congratulations.

Mingxiu was also very happy, turning around and waving her hand: "I'm so happy today! Everyone in Yonghe Palace will receive half a year's worth of monthly allowances, and the small kitchen will add a few more dishes. Let's all be happy today." "Yes, thank you, Your Majesty."

Thank you, Your Majesty.

Everyone quickly expressed their gratitude, saying that it was so good to be with their mistress. Their mistress had been a concubine since she entered the palace, and now she was an imperial concubine. Moreover, their mistress never scolded or beat them.

It is truly an honor to serve my lady at Yonghe Palace.

Mingxiu was also very happy. Although she didn't have a strong desire for a higher rank, a higher rank meant better treatment, and she was currently the second most important person in the harem.

Although they were tied, she still came in second, which is great.

Mingxiu happily saw off the messenger who came to deliver the imperial edict, then led everyone back. She gave Yuqing, Yulan, and Lüzhu each one hundred taels of silver: "This is a secret gift for you. Thank you all for your hard work following me. Everyone should rest well today and start working again tomorrow."

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty." The crowd said happily. It was so kind of Her Majesty to have her back on their minds.

Mingxiu nodded happily, then told someone to leave and let Lüzhu stay to serve. Afterwards, she secretly slipped Lüzhu another hundred taels of silver and a small cloth bag.

She whispered, "Xu, don't tell anyone else about this. It's all for you, only you have it." She winked as she spoke.

Mingxiu was very grateful to the person who had always been with her. Green Bamboo had been taking care of her, and since Green Bamboo was a bodyguard and now also worked part-time as her maid, it was like having two jobs, so of course she deserved double pay.

Looking at what was in her hand, Lüzhu felt her eyes getting hot and didn't know what to say. Mingxiu noticed Lüzhu's confusion and simply sent her out to get her some pastries.

Yonghe Palace was thriving, but Yongshou Palace was not. Niohuru was initially happy to hear that she had been promoted to the rank of Noble Consort, but then she learned that Mingxiu had also been promoted to the rank of Noble Consort.

Niohuru looked rather unwell. She had always thought that Hesheli Mingxiu was no match for her, since although she was from the Hesheli family, her family was just a minor official with little power.

Even though she entered the palace early, Niohuru always felt that Hesheli Mingxiu was not as good as herself. She never expected that Hesheli Mingxiu would be on equal footing with her now.

Mingxiu had no idea that some people were indignant that she was now a Noble Consort. She herself was very happy and excitedly accepted the gifts sent to her by everyone in the palace.

I've made another windfall today.

Mingxiu looked at the things in front of her with delight, and happily asked everyone to put all her things into the storeroom.

Many of these items were part of her dowry for Cheng Huan.

Mingxiu had already made up her mind. Yinreng and Chenghuan were both her children. Although Yinreng was not her biological son, she had long treated him as her own.

Therefore, it is necessary to prepare the dowry for Yinreng's wife, as well as for Chenghuan's dowry for Mingxiu.

Young girls love to look beautiful, so Mingxiu prepared a lot of jewelry for her. She could use it as a reward or whatever. As for Yinreng, Mingxiu prepared more money. Anyway, his wedding would definitely be prepared by the Imperial Household Department, and Kangxi would definitely contribute some of his private funds.

She has several gold shops in her online space. Wouldn't it be great if they split it in half, one half for each of them?

Mingxiu's calculations are brilliant. Anyway, these things will eventually go to the children, and she's just helping to store them for them.

She is now a Noble Consort, and everyone came to congratulate her upon hearing the news. Mingxiu saw off wave after wave of people, and in the end, it was Yinreng and Kangxi who arrived.

Mingxiu smiled and welcomed the two inside.

"Mother Jia, this is a gift from your son. I hope you will be happy every day from now on," Yinreng said happily, holding the luminous pearl in his hand.

Mingxiu was first stunned by the huge luminous pearl in his hand, and then she was shocked by his address.

He rubbed his forehead and said, "Baocheng, from now on you should call me Consort Ming. I really can't stand hearing you call me Consort Jia."

Yinreng hesitated for a moment, then heard Kangxi say from the side, "Just listen to your Ming Consort, it's just a title."

Since Kangxi had already spoken, there was naturally no problem. Yinreng regained the title of Consort Ming, which not only pleased Mingxiu, but also Yinreng and Kangxi.

I don't know why Father Emperor/Emperor wanted to give her/me a title; it's quite troublesome.

Mingxiu took the luminous pearl with a grin and looked at it curiously: "Baocheng, where did you get this luminous pearl? It's huge, as big as my mother's fists." Mingxiu was quite surprised; this was the first time she had ever seen a luminous pearl.

Yinreng smiled with his lips pursed. The little boy was still losing his baby teeth and was at a stage where he cared a lot about his appearance, so he always paid close attention to his image.

"This was brought back by the fleet that I arranged. I found it novel and brought it to give to Consort Ming."

Go to sea!

Mingxiu stared at Yinreng in astonishment, almost forgetting the luminous pearl in her hand.

The luminous pearl in her hand fell to the ground. If Kangxi hadn't caught it in time, it would have hit Mingxiu's foot.

"Be careful. You're a mother now, how can you be so careless?" Kangxi said with a gentle anger.

Mingxiu smiled, then asked in surprise, "Why are you at sea? And with your own fleet? You're so young, yet you already have a fleet. Does the Emperor know?"

Mingxiu deliberately turned to look at Kangxi and asked.

Kangxi raised an eyebrow and looked at Mingxiu expressionlessly.

Mingxiu gave an awkward smile. Okay, I overdid it.

“Then the Emperor doesn’t object.” Mingxiu looked at Kangxi, she was even more concerned about this.

Kangxi glanced at Mingxiu and said, "Let's wait and see. I'm not sure right now, but going overseas is indeed very profitable. I will discuss it with my ministers later."