"The Imperial Concubine is right. Your Majesty, why don't you let Consort Wan go back first? It's not good for her to stay here as a pregnant woman."

The Empress also kindly advised, after all, Consort Wan had just suffered a miscarriage. If something else were to happen now, it would be a dereliction of duty on her part as Empress. Recently, Consort Wan's physical condition and energy have been increasingly weak. She is only covering it up with rouge and powder. Otherwise, her complexion would definitely be even paler than Consort Wan's!

"Liang Jiugong, escort Consort Wan back." Upon hearing this, Kangxi felt that Consort Tongjia and the Empress were both right; a dead person was, after all, somewhat unlucky.

"But Your Majesty, Consort Chun..." Before Wanyi could finish speaking, Kangxi interrupted her.

"Be good, go back first. I'll take care of Consort Chun. It'll be alright." Kangxi coaxed Wanyi softly. Although he spoke softly, the Empress and Consort Tongjia were close by.

Hearing these words, Empress Niohuru sighed at Suozhuolun's good fortune in winning Kangxi's favor. She didn't quite believe it was true love, but she was already quite fortunate to have gained some affection from him.

Consort Tongjia, however, did not think so. She harbored a deep hatred for Suo Zhuolun Wanyi, who had taken away her cousin, to the point of no return.

"Yes, Your Majesty. I will take my leave now!"

That's exactly what Wanyi wanted. She didn't want to kneel before Chunpin, that ungrateful wretch, while heavily pregnant. The reason she had to kneel was that Emperor Kangxi would usually bestow honors and generous rewards upon deceased concubines as a sign of respect. Since both were concubines, Chunpin would be promoted to the rank of imperial concubine, so Wanyi was naturally entitled to kneel.

Wanyi leaned against Kong Mama, her legs seemingly weak, and she clung to her. From behind, you could see Wanyi wiping away tears from time to time.

"It is well known in the harem that Consort Wan and Consort Chun were very close sisters. Now that Consort Chun is gone, Consort Wan is heartbroken and probably cannot accept this fact, which is why she rushed here despite her health. I saw that Consort Wan's hair was all messed up, so you can imagine how anxious she is." Consort Yi suddenly spoke up, breaking the silence.

“Who says otherwise? Whenever I see Consort Wan, Consort Chun is always by her side. The two of them are really like two peas in a pod.” Consort Duan, Dong Shi, echoed Consort Yi’s sentiments. Now is the time to show off, how could she be left out?

"Alright, has the imperial physician determined the cause of Consort Chun's death? Was it a cold?"

Emperor Kangxi would never have believed it was just a cold. Consort Chun was from the Khorchin, a renowned expert in horsemanship and archery on the grasslands, with excellent physical condition. How could she possibly die from such a minor cold?

"Your Majesty, the results are in!" The imperial physicians had already come out when Wanyi left, but since Kangxi's attention was not on them, they could only wait aside for Kangxi's summons!

"What was the reason? Poisoning?" Consort Tongjia asked hastily before the imperial physician could speak, eager to know who would harm Consort Chun.

"Your Highness, it's not poisoning. It's that Consort Chun has somehow contracted a rare disease that could lead to sudden death."

All the imperial physicians from the Imperial Medical Academy were summoned to Jingren Palace, so the result was what Physician Lu said, and the conclusion was reached through discussion among everyone.

"Since it's an acute illness, is it contagious?" the Empress asked bluntly, startling the concubines, who quickly took a step back and moved away from the imperial physician.

"Your Majesty, this is not contagious!" Imperial Physician Lu had seen similar cases in cats and dogs, but the situation was too bizarre to be considered anything more than a rare ailment.

"That's good. It's only been five days since Consort Chun fell ill and passed away. If it had been contagious, how terrible would that have been!" Consort An patted her chest in lingering fear, thinking that this was even more terrifying than smallpox.

"Yes!" Consort Rong echoed. Her Yinzhi was still so young, and nothing could happen to him. She had to take a bath when she got back and use mugwort water to ward off evil spirits before she could see Yinzhi.

"Imperial Physician Lu, try your best to find out the cause of Consort Chun's illness. The funeral arrangements for Empress Consort Chun are now in your hands. Consort Chun will be posthumously honored as a concubine and buried in the Imperial Mausoleum."

Emperor Kangxi sighed. It seemed that another noble lady from Khorchin would have to come to the capital. In fact, Emperor Kangxi was quite satisfied with Consort Chun. Even if he did not consummate his marriage with her, she would not cry or make a fuss, but would instead comfort Emperor Kangxi.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened!" At this moment, Huanzhu, the head maid of Cining Palace, rushed in. Since Liang Jiugong was not guarding outside, no one dared to stop her, as she was the head maid of Cining Palace.

"Huanzhu? Has something happened to the Empress Dowager?" Kangxi immediately thought of Consort Chun's accident, and seeing Huanzhu's anxious appearance, he immediately thought that the Empress Dowager might also be in trouble.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager fainted from grief upon hearing of Consort Chun's passing. I went to the Imperial Hospital and found all the imperial physicians here, so I thought I'd come here to ask Your Majesty to send two of them to see the Empress Dowager!" Huanzhu's words were quite misleading, as if she were implying that Kangxi was unfilial.

Consort Tongjia, standing to the side, felt uneasy. After all, it was she who, after hearing Lexin's description, had all the imperial physicians summoned to investigate whether Consort Chun was a human being, hoping to do the Empress Dowager a favor. However, she never expected that her good intentions would backfire!

"Who summoned all the imperial physicians on duty here? If anything happens to the Empress Dowager, they deserve to die!" Kangxi said, taking a step forward. Suddenly realizing no one was following, he angrily retorted...

"Hurry up and follow! If anything happens to the Empress Dowager, I'll chop off your heads!" Kangxi roared at the stunned Imperial Physician Lu.

"Your humble servant knows his crime!" Imperial Physician Lu bowed with his hands clasped, then quickly told the physicians who were helping Tian carry the medicine box to hurry up and follow. The concubines looked at each other, not daring to utter a sound.

In the end, the Empress instructed her trusted confidants to prepare for the funeral of Consort Chun, Borjigit, while she herself led the other consorts in a grand procession toward Cining Palace.

Wanyi had just returned to Yongshou Palace when she received news from Cining Palace. Suddenly, Wanyi found that her back didn't hurt, her shoulders didn't ache, and the cool weather was quite pleasant.

"It's truly a blessing from heaven. If I had stayed out any longer, I fear I would have died with regrets."

When Wanyi thought that the Empress Dowager would also die of grief because of Consort Chun, how could Kangxi possibly forgive Consort Chun? It would be good enough if she could be buried peacefully, let alone be given a posthumous title. However, she thought it was better to avoid it.

"Congratulations, Your Highness, on achieving your wish." Furong knew that Consort Chun was ill-intentioned and that the Empress Dowager was murderous. They had been preparing this scheme for more than half a month, and now it had finally come to fruition.

"I just don't know how far the Empress Dowager has gone. Let's withdraw our people first! We'll know the result soon enough, so there's no need to rush." ​​Wanyi had Furong withdraw the spies who were gathering information.

"Yes." Furong and Wanyi thought of the same thing. If Wanyi forgot, Furong would remind her.

"What's wrong with the Empress Dowager?" Kangxi looked at Physician Lu nervously, afraid that he might say something inappropriate.