Upon seeing Empress Hesheli emerge, all the concubines rose to pay their respects, saying, "Your Majesty, may Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace."

Unfortunately, after paying her respects, no one responded to Hesheli's message. Consort Zhao and Hesheli were already at odds, and Consort Zhao was naturally unwilling to accept that she had lost to a concubine's daughter simply because she was Aobai's adopted daughter.

Consort Tong, who considered herself the Emperor's cousin and believed her relationship with him was special, also disliked all of Kangxi's women equally. Having just been embarrassed and lost face, she naturally wouldn't respond to Hesheli's words.

The rest were all concubines without official rank. They knew that these high-ranking people were trying to intimidate Consort Ming, and as a nobody, they naturally dared not argue with them.

This resulted in no one replying to Hesheri, creating this awkward situation ┐（─__─）┌

(ps: The author believes that the Empress was definitely not an innocent person. After all, during her time as Empress, Kangxi's sons were born one after another and died. Although there were issues such as the children being too young and not fully developed, with so many rare and precious medicinal herbs in the palace, surely they could have saved a child? In fact, the future Consort Hui, Nala clan's son, Yinzhi, was only saved because he was sent out of the palace.)

Wanyan Wanwan naturally didn't give Empress Hesheli any face and didn't reply.

Seeing this, the awkward situation was resolved when Consort Ma Jia, the future Consort Rong, offered the Empress a way out: "Your Majesty, we servants are all saying that Consort Ming is so beautiful..."

Empress Hesheli, seeing that Consort Ma Jia had given her a way out, quickly accepted it. She didn't want to encounter such an awkward situation a second time. Surprisingly, no one responded to the Empress. (┯_┯)

"You're right, Consort Ming is indeed beautiful. I doubt there's anyone else in the world who can compare to her," the Empress said.

"Alright, now it's Consort Ming's turn to serve tea," the Empress said, instructing her maid to bring out the tea.

Wanwan rose from her seat, knelt before the Empress, and offered tea to Her Majesty. After serving the tea, she performed the three kneelings and nine prostrations to the Empress, officially becoming a member of the harem.

The Empress bestowed a white jade bracelet upon Wanwan, saying, "You are one of only three people in this harem who hold a rank." Previously, I had also bestowed bracelets upon Consort Zhao and Consort Tong, signifying harmony within the harem.

"It is also hoped that Consort Ming will bear children for the Emperor."

The moment Wanwan got her hands on the bracelet, she knew it had been soaked in musk and that wearing it for a long time would probably harm her health. But as a level nine wood-type ability user, how could she possibly be harmed by poison? Especially since it wasn't even poison.

Wanwan replied, "Your Majesty, I will obey Your Majesty's decree."

(ps: Hesheli was always arrogant. In order to give birth to the eldest son, she used medicines or items that made it difficult for almost all the women in the harem to conceive. In the author's opinion, if Hesheli had not died young, Kangxi probably wouldn't have had so many sons.)

Wanwan thought, 'You're saying you're going to have children for Kangxi, but what you really mean is that Kangxi will only have you as his child.' Of course, she wouldn't show it on her face.

"Alright, that concludes today's greetings. Let's go pay our respects to the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager."

A large group of people went to Cining Palace. Originally, the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager should have lived in two separate palaces. However, both the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager came from the Borjigit clan, and the Empress Dowager was the Grand Empress Dowager's niece. The Empress Dowager could not speak Chinese, and the Grand Empress Dowager knew that she had wronged her niece Qiqige, so she brought her to Cining Palace and lived with her ever since.

Fortunately, Emperor Kangxi was quite filial to his stepmother, and the Empress Dowager lived a good life. She could talk to the Grand Empress Dowager in the Cining Palace to pass the time, and at least the Grand Empress Dowager could speak Mongolian.

Thus, the Empress Dowager moved from the original Shou Kang Palace to the Ci Ning Palace.

The emperor was filial, and his aunt, who was also his mother-in-law, cared for and loved him, so they lived a pretty good life.