This whole affair was orchestrated by the three young girls from the very beginning, which drew Emperor Kangxi's attention and led him to praise them when facing the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. These words naturally spread.

In those days, whatever the emperor said, unless it was deliberately kept secret, would spread to the ears of all the powerful families within half a day.

The emperor's attitude is the most important thing.

This would be beneficial for all the girls.

Wenying, in particular, was strictly controlled by her family, and in fact, she was no less strict than Mingxuan.

There wasn't a wicked nanny like Xitala who served Mingxuan, but the environment in the entire mansion was still quite oppressive.

Wenying's father was an official in the court, and his free time was very limited. Even though he took good care of Wenying and her son, the pressure of filial piety made Wenying's mother feel helpless.

Unfortunately, under the influence of Emperor Kangxi's advocacy of Confucianism, filial piety seemed to become increasingly important, and it was quite common for Manchu women to remarry.

After all, the Manchus were constantly fighting and killing each other. If they didn't remarry and have more children, how could they continue to propagate the Manchu lineage? But nowadays, this is happening less and less, as if remarrying has become a shameful thing.

But things are better now.

After this incident, because the palace blocked the news, they were unaware of it.

However, since Lady Irgen Gioro and Consort Ping were related by marriage, they were able to find out some information.

Although nothing like this had happened in their household, everyone was still on edge, and they investigated each of the nannies whose backgrounds were questionable, eventually uncovering a few with ulterior motives. Some were sent from other households, while others were hoping to climb the social ladder.

Moreover, because Wenying received verbal praise from the Emperor, her grandmother, who was originally very dissatisfied with Wenying's performance, had nothing to say at this moment.

She originally thought that the Irgen Gioro clan valued harmony above all else, so why get involved in such complicated matters? She didn't want to offend those bondservant families. The others in those families had better backgrounds, either from royal families or princesses, so they weren't afraid of them. Her family was still a bit inferior.

So when Wenying's grandmother got really angry about this, she was furious.

In addition, the interpersonal relationships within the household were very complicated, and several of Wenying's mother's sisters-in-law were stirring things up, causing quite a commotion within the household.

Moreover, the old lady already felt that her daughter-in-law had become somewhat rebellious lately, and wanted to take this opportunity to establish proper discipline and keep her granddaughter Wenying under her control. Ideally, she would use the opportunity of disciplining Wenying to keep her by her side.

Anyway, she's still young, and with time and subtle influence, she can definitely be raised well and become close to her grandmother. This will be very beneficial whether she gets married or has an arranged marriage in the future!

Anyway, she's really got a plan in the bag!

After this incident, the old lady in the mansion was completely dumbfounded!

What? The Emperor actually praised this little girl? What makes her worthy of such praise?

This caused an extremely awkward situation. They were belittling the young girl, but when the Emperor praised her, Wenying's grandfather was alarmed. After Wenying's grandfather gave the old lady a good scolding, everyone in the mansion immediately became quiet—how could you reprimand Wenying at the very moment when the Emperor was praising her?

What can they do if they're not honest? Doesn't the emperor's opinion matter? Or are officials in the court supposed to go against the emperor's wishes?

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Consort Yi personally drafted the gift list and then had people select items from the storeroom. Most of the items sent were things that a child of Yinzhen's age could use, and not too personal, so that they wouldn't be easily tampered with.

They really did a thorough selection process.

She didn't want Jingrou to owe anyone a favor because of this.

Jingrou's family members are all outside the palace, and it is very inconvenient for them to travel between the palace and outside. As Jingrou's aunt, she naturally has to take care of them for her!

Jingrou was preoccupied with her mission. She asked the Salty Fish System and learned that the matter needed to be completely resolved. But what did it mean to be completely resolved?

Could it be that Yinzhen needs to resolve this inner conflict, or is it something about Consort Tongjia?

But how could this matter be completely resolved in just two days? She was just a young girl studying in the palace. What she did before was purely by chance, and it was only thanks to Yinreng's strong sense of responsibility that he was willing to take care of it.

But what reason does she have to get involved in the problems between a mother and son? Moreover, this matter involves the old stories between Emperor Kangxi, Consort Tongjia, and Consort De. If she dares to meddle, isn't she afraid of losing her head?

Because this matter is so complicated and old news, should we say that Emperor Kangxi was wrong to let Empress Tongjia take Yinzhen away? Or should we say that Consort De shouldn't have handed the child over?

She had already attracted the emperor's attention because of Mingxuan's matter, and she didn't want to appear too abrupt!

Mingxuan was her friend, and since several girls were involved in this matter together, it wouldn't stand out too much.

However, Yinzhen was a prince, and a concubine and a noble lady were also involved.

This is definitely not something a girl her age should be thinking about.

So Jingrou gritted her teeth and decided to ignore the mission—she couldn't help it; even if she wanted to, she had to consider her own safety first!

Although 50 points is very tempting, she should lay low for now instead of blindly rushing forward.

If the opportunity arises, she might help Yinzhen, but she certainly won't pay too much attention to it!

The system has this advantage: if you don't know how to do something, you won't be punished or have your points deducted; you just won't be able to earn those points.

Jingrou thought to herself, since she could get some points every day by getting close to people with merit, little by little, she could get the things she wanted to exchange for, so there was no need to rush!

Moreover, she discovered something: it seemed that many of the tasks triggered by the system were related to the princes—including Yinzhen and Yinreng.

This forced Jingrou to seriously consider whether it was some kind of conspiracy or trickery by the system.