Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang treated Niohuru differently than she treated Hesheli, after all, Niohuru was indeed very suitable to be empress.

Because of Hesheli, the Khorchin Mongols and the Qing Dynasty could not form a marriage alliance, breaking the tradition established since Huang Taiji.

Therefore, since no woman from Khorchin was to become empress, the Empress Dowager believed that anyone suitable to be empress would do so. Her dislike for Hesheli was purely because of Hesheli's wickedness.

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said, "It's not that you're late. It's just that I'm old and don't have much sleep, so I got up early."

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang: "The Empress!"

Empress Niohuru immediately replied, "Your Majesty, I am here."

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said, "Now that you are the Empress, you must manage the harem well for the Emperor and help him have more children."

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang's words were also a warning, since the entire harem now knew what kind of person Hesheli was and why Kangxi had so few children. So this could be seen as a hint to Empress Niohuru.

Empress Niohuru said, "Your Majesty, I know that I will manage the harem well so that Your Majesty can focus on your work without distractions."

Empress Niohuru "also cared about her sisters in the harem, hoping they would bear children for the emperor as soon as possible."

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang smiled with satisfaction. Niohuru was indeed a good choice as empress, since Niohuru and Hesheli were from the same batch of people who entered the palace.

Therefore, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang had been observing Niohuru's behavior over the past few years and trusted her to a certain extent.

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said, "That's good. In that case, I'll wait to hold my great-grandson."

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang then looked at the other concubines and said, "You must also strive to produce offspring for the Emperor, as he has few children."

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said, "If anyone can bear a child for Xuan Ye, I will reward them handsomely."

Since Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang had spoken, all the concubines could only rise and reply, "Your Majesty, we will obey the Empress Dowager's decree."

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang waved her hand and said, "Alright, alright, sit down."

After rambling on and on about all sorts of things, everyone dispersed.

It must be said that the Empress Dowager is indeed a background figure that is easy to forget, but no one dares to underestimate her. After all, she is favored by the Grand Empress Dowager and respected by the Emperor. Even though she is a lucky charm in the harem, no one dares to offend her.

Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang said, "Alright, that's enough for today's greetings. From now on, the rules will remain the same. Just come with the Empress to pay your respects on the first and fifteenth of each month."

The Empress and the concubines rose and said, "Your Majesty, we take our leave."

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When Wanwan returned to Jingren Palace and entered her bedroom, she immediately took off her shoes and put on a pair of slippers.

Yes, you read that right, slippers. Wanwan made slippers shortly after entering the palace because they were so convenient.

Furthermore, the concubines could only wear shoes with platform soles. They couldn't wear platform soles to get up at night either, that would be too inconvenient.

Although I don't know how others did it, Wanwan made slippers.

Although Emperor Kangxi initially disliked these shoes, deeming them improper, he immediately fell in love with them after wearing them. It has to be said that his opinion was quickly proven wrong.

Indeed, the "it smells so good" principle is something no one can resist.

After putting on her slippers, Wanwan sat down at her dressing table and asked Tingyu and Tingfeng to help her remove her headdress so she could eat and catch up on her sleep immediately.

Family members, does anyone understand? I sat there from six in the morning until ten in the morning without eating a single bite.

After Wanwan changed into her headdress and nightgown, breakfast was ready. However, there wasn't much breakfast, because Wanwan usually didn't eat breakfast and slept until lunchtime.

After eating a few bites, Wanwan immediately rushed to her favorite bed.

Wanwan thought to herself, "As expected, my big bed loves me the most; it simply can't live without me."

In less than a quarter of an hour, Wanwan drifted off into a sweet dream.

PS: Actually, Wanwan still has some aftereffects of the apocalypse, namely food and sleep. At the beginning of the apocalypse, food was not scarce, but it became increasingly scarce later on. Moreover, in the later stages, the level of zombies was too high, and you could not really get a good night's sleep. So this can be considered Wanwan's aftereffects of the apocalypse.

When Wanwan woke up, it was lunchtime again. She felt her life was becoming more and more like that of an animal. Readers, please write your animal descriptions in the comments! (??ω??)??

In the Qing Dynasty, everything was quite troublesome, especially getting up at night or going to the toilet during the day. You had to change clothes, take your hair down before going to bed at night, which took a lot of time. In the morning, you had to get up early to comb your hair, which was very difficult.

It's difficult to comb and time-consuming, but if someone else is there to take care of all of that, then it's a different story.

Although it's troublesome, it's not something I have to do myself; I can just sit and enjoy it, so it's acceptable.

So even though it was troublesome, Wanwan still enjoyed Tingyu Tingfeng's pampering. After she finished dressing up, she sat directly on the lunch table and began to enjoy the food.

As Wanwan and Kangxi's relationship grew closer, Wanwan took advantage of the situation and made a request to Kangxi: to bring her two cooks from her household to the palace to cook for her.

To achieve this goal, Wanwan endured several days of humiliation and signed many treaties that ceded national sovereignty.

As for what the treaty is? Hehehe, the author won't say, those who know, know.

After Kangxi had tasted the dishes prepared by these two chefs, he dined at Jingren Palace much more frequently than before.

After all, it's easy to go from frugality to extravagance, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Looking at today's lunch, Wanwan thought it was good; the chef deserved a reward, as it consisted of her favorite dishes.

Before he could even start eating, he heard a high-pitched, hoarse voice announce, "The Emperor has arrived."

Upon hearing this voice, Wanwan understood immediately: Kangxi was clearly here to freeload.

However, as the patron, Wanwan could only greet him with a smile, stand up and bow, "Xuan Ye, you've come at the perfect time. I was just about to eat when you arrived. Besides, the chef has prepared all my favorite dishes for lunch today. Otherwise, I'll have the chef make a couple more of your favorite dishes now."

When Kangxi heard Wanwan's words, he immediately understood the sarcasm in her tone. He knew how many times he had freeloaded, and although his meals were exquisitely prepared, they were not as delicious as those in Jingren Palace.

Emperor Kangxi said, "No need. The food made in your palace kitchen is much better than what the imperial kitchen makes."

As she spoke, the girl watching the play sat down on the table quite consciously, while little Bao Cheng was held in the arms of the wet nurse.

The little dumpling is almost a year old.

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