"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it was the mistress who said that it was not easy to cultivate flowers in the greenhouse during the winter, so she thought that she would wait until the flowers withered before adding new ones, so as to reduce manpower and resources. In addition, the mistress only used these two flowers. Before, there were white glazed blue and white vases. Later, she saw this pair of novel ones at the New Year's gifts and asked me to replace them. Who would have thought that they would turn out like this!"

Furong knelt down sadly, saying that after all, it was this thing that caused her master to have a "premature birth".

"These vases are New Year's gifts! Have they been registered?" Upon hearing this, the Empress knew that cautious people would register these items before putting them into storage.

"Yes, this servant will go get it right away!" Furong got up and immediately went to get it. The booklet was on top, and she took it in no time. There wasn't much information recorded, only half a book, since one book had already been used up.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty the Empress, this is it!" Furong turned to that page and presented it, her demeanor extremely respectful.

"On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the New Year's gift: a pair of white-glazed painted vases, to Consort Jing of Xianfu Palace, née Wang Jia." The Empress spoke slowly and deliberately, startling Consort Jing, who broke out in a cold sweat, and all eyes turned to her.

"Your Majesty, I did indeed present a pair of vases to Consort Chen, but they were sent by the Imperial Household Department. As for the matter of adding musk to the paint, I truly knew nothing about it!"

Consort Jing knelt down in fear and explained that she had already considered many methods, but had rejected them all. Now she could only push everything onto the Imperial Household Department!

"I don't know! How could I admit to the bad things I've done!" Consort An chuckled to herself. She was glad to have one less person removed, since there were too many monks and not enough porridge! The fewer concubines there were, the more opportunities she would have for the imperial consort position. There were four imperial consort positions, and now that Lady Suo Zhuolun had one, there were still three left.

"If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can investigate. I truly didn't know there was musk in the vase I gave to Consort Chen." If there was any mistake, that was the Imperial Household Department's business, what did it have to do with her?

"Liang Jiugong, go investigate!" Kangxi knew that even if he found out that it was Consort Jing who did it, he could not punish her too much. After all, her family was fighting hard on the battlefield of the Three Feudatories, but he was treating their daughter poorly in the harem. Who would fight hard for you then?

"Your Majesty, there is one more matter that I would like Your Majesty and Your Majesty the Empress to decide for my mistress!" Furong thought that this matter was settled, but there was still one more thing. Anyway, her mistress had given birth safely, and it was time to settle some scores.

"If you want me and the Emperor to stand up for your master, you must first tell me what kind of stand you want to stand up for!"

Why does Consort Chen have so many problems? How many people have tried to harm her? She is truly the most favored person in the world, but also the most hated. She is constantly in trouble!

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, when the princess was about to enter the delivery room, I went to fetch the two midwives I had chosen. However, one of them, Granny Li, refused to wash up and change her clothes. I suspected something was wrong, so I had her taken to the woodshed. Then I asked Physician He to examine her. He found that she had applied a pregnancy-preserving medicine to her hair oil, and her fingernails were full of safflower powder. Physician He said that if the princess smelled too much of the pregnancy-preserving medicine in her hair oil, she would have a difficult labor, and the safflower in her fingernails would cause her to have a postpartum hemorrhage!"

Furong finished speaking in one breath, not daring to stop and catch her breath for fear of being interrupted and losing the initiative.

"What? This is actually happening! Why are you only telling us now? There's only one midwife helping Consort Chen give birth. What if something goes wrong?" The Empress didn't expect that when she personally sent Youbai to choose someone, she would pick such a bad one.

"The midwife personally appointed by Her Majesty the Empress actually harbored malicious intentions. I wonder if there's someone behind it all, or if it's the Empress's doing. Luckily, Consort Chen's maid was quick-witted, otherwise things might have turned out differently..."

Consort Tongjia also realized that the Empress and Consort Chen had formed an alliance, so she seized the opportunity to sow discord between the two.

"Fortunately, Consort Chen is blessed with good fortune and has survived these calamities, giving birth to the prince safely." Consort Duan said, seemingly enjoying the spectacle, though her face showed a worried expression.

"That's right! Your Majesty must investigate thoroughly to find out who can't tolerate Consort Chen and has resorted to such a vicious method." Consort Yi said, looking quite frightened.

"Very well! I'd like to see who dares to stir up trouble in my harem!"

Kangxi thought it was time for him to establish his own power in the harem, otherwise he would not be able to protect even the people he loved. His anger grew with each passing thought, which made the Empress and Consort Tongjia, who had witnessed Kangxi's rage, feel terrified. After all, once he vented his anger, it was not so scary. But his imposing presence without anger made people feel oppressed!

"Bring that ignorant midwife here. I will interrogate her myself!" Kangxi said to Wei Zhu, who was standing to the side, thinking that he would see if Wei Zhu would agree to take Wan'er's life.

"Yes, sir." Wei Zhu hurriedly replied.

"Your Majesty!" Liang Jiugong had just missed Wei Zhu. He glanced at Wei Zhu with a puzzled look, and before he could think any further, he swung at Kangxi.

"Speak!" One wave subsides, another rises.

"The Imperial Household Department's newly developed vase has been around for over a month. It's a new idea from the Imperial Household Department to make the vase fragrant, but somehow they added musk and mixed it into other scented vases. Consort Jing happened to take it, and then she gave it to Consort Chen as a New Year's gift!" Actually, the vase's fragrance was peach blossom, but Wanyi added musk.

"Your Majesty, I have been wronged. To plot against the imperial heir is a serious crime. How could I dare to do such a thing!" She never expected that these two small vases would bring her such an undeserved disaster!

"Although Consort Jing did not do such a thing, it is a fact that Consort Chen gave birth prematurely. I wonder if Consort Jing knew whether there was anything wrong with the vase." Consort Hui watched as Consort Jing was about to collapse. How could there be any possibility of reversal? What bad luck.

"Consort Hui is right, Your Majesty. If this matter is not punished, it will be difficult to convince the public." The Empress was happy to see Consort Gui's faction suffer.

"Although it wasn't your intention to send Wang Jia to Yongshou Palace, you were the one who delivered the vase. The damage has already been done, so I'll punish you by confining you to your quarters for six months and deducting your allowance for a year!" If he could, he would send her to the Cold Palace!

"Your Majesty, I thank you for your great kindness!" This result is already very good. At least she can avoid Consort Tongjia. It is not easy to live a life where someone has a handle against you.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Your Majesty, something terrible has happened..." Suddenly, a young eunuch ran in, panting.

"How dare you! The Emperor is perfectly fine here! What happened that you're so flustered?"

When Liang Jiugong saw that it was the little eunuch who had gone out with Wei Zhu, he realized that this was the person he had personally chosen. How could he have picked such a useless fellow?

"Your Majesty, Eunuch Wei has instructed me to report that the midwife in the woodshed has committed suicide, and Eunuch Wei is currently investigating!"

Seeing his master's angry expression at his lack of ambition, the little eunuch felt a knot in his heart, thinking to himself that he had only lost one person, what was there to be afraid of? It wasn't like he was the one who was going to die!