"Your Highness, the Imperial Noble Consort, is truly generous with other people's money. Your casual remark about leniency can outweigh the fact that my Fourth Prince barely escaped with his life!" How could Wanyi let it go so easily? Even if Consort Bu didn't die, she would be crippled.

"Princess Duanjing also suffered from smallpox. Consort Chen, please don't be so aggressive. You should also do good deeds for your child!"

The Empress Dowager felt that Consort Chen looked somewhat like Dong Eshi back then, making her, the Empress, seem like a mere figurehead. She grew increasingly disgusted with Consort Chen, just as the saying goes, "If you find someone annoying, you'll hate everything about them."

"Your Majesty, the Fourth Prince's suffering is caused by Consort Bu, while Princess Duanjing is suffering in place of her mother's sins. It has nothing to do with me. Besides, I only want to seek justice for the Fourth Prince!" Wanyi said, looking at Kangxi with tears in her eyes.

"Even Consort Chen, Duanjing, calls you 'Your Highness Chen.' If Duanjing finds out, wouldn't that just cause more trouble?"

The Imperial Noble Consort naturally hoped that the matter would simply be dropped. Although she didn't particularly like Duanjing, Consort Bu was quite capable, and she found her useful.

"If the Fourth Prince knew that his Second Sister's mother had harmed him, wouldn't he also cause trouble? Your Majesty, I have a suggestion!" Wanyi said to Kangxi.

"Tell me about it!" In fact, no matter what they said or how they made a fuss, Kangxi had no intention of letting Consort Bu go. His harem did not need such a concubine who plotted to harm the imperial heir.

“Princess Duanjing is not valued in Chengqian Palace, so why not find her a proper mother? As for Consort Bu, she is a first-class criminal, how can she bear the title of the princess’s birth mother!”

This not only brought Duanjing away from the neglected Chengqian Palace, but also gave her a loving mother, achieving the best of both worlds.

"Consort Chen's words are inappropriate! Princess Duanjing is now under my care, how could she not be valued!" As the secondary empress, who would dare to look down on the princess while she is raising her!

"Didn't Lady Zhaojia just say that if the Imperial Noble Consort cared about Princess Duanjing, why did she only call the imperial physician when she had a high fever? It's because of your indifference that the people below followed suit, leading to the current situation."

The Imperial Noble Consort ignored Consort Bu's words, but she kept them in mind! As for how they knew Duan Jing had a high fever before summoning the imperial physician, one of the physicians they invited was the old-fashioned, honest, and inflexible Imperial Physician Chen. Who in the harem didn't know these little secrets?

"How can this be? Duanjing is the child I carried for ten months and gave birth to. How can she be given to someone else? Your Majesty does not want her!"

Lady Bu was shocked. This was an attempt to completely sever ties between Duan Jing and her. She would never allow such a thing to happen.

"Your Majesty, Duanjing is already used to being in my palace. How can she be moved around so easily? I'm afraid she won't be used to being in the other sisters' palaces. It would be better if she stayed in my palace!"

Fearing that Consort Bu might blurt out something in her haste, the Imperial Noble Consort quickly spoke up, saying, "Besides, if Princess Duanjing is moved out, wouldn't that imply that her foster mother was being harsh on her? Where would she put her face then?"

"This matter will be discussed later. Consort Bu's crime of plotting to harm the imperial heir is heinous, but considering that she is the birth mother of the princess and the Fourth Prince is safe and sound, her title will be stripped and she will be banished to the Cold Palace!"

Emperor Kangxi agreed with Wanyi's suggestion, but he didn't know who to find to be Duanjing's birth mother, so he could only raise her in Chengqian Palace for the time being.

"The sinner Zhaojia thanks Your Majesty for sparing her life!" As long as she is alive, she still has a chance. She is still Duanjing's mother, and the Imperial Noble Consort will surely find a way to get her out. It's just that she will have to stay in the Cold Palace for a while!

As Wanyi sat in the sedan chair returning to Yongshou Palace, she was thinking about what had just happened. If her Yongshou Palace hadn't been so tightly guarded, Yinzhen might have left her. Yinzhen was her bottom line; anyone who touched him would die. Yinzhen had become her obsession.

"Has the Fourth Prince woken up?" Wanyi asked as soon as she returned to the main hall.

"She's awake and eating steamed egg custard!" Ye Ming replied as she took the cloak.

"As long as he can eat!" She was so worried that he had only drunk some milk like a few days ago that she was practically turning her hair white.

"This servant thinks the Fourth Prince is much more energetic. Your Majesty, would you like to see him?" Yinzhen had not yet moved back to the main and side halls and was still living in Wanyi's bedroom, except that he ate in a separate room.

"Look!" Wanyi also missed him a little, even though it had only been less than two hours since she left.

"Ah! Fourth Prince is so good, is it delicious?" The wet nurse was carefully feeding Yinzhen, praising him from time to time. However, she also felt that Yinzhen was unusually obedient today, opening his mouth when told to. She thought it would be great if it were like this every day. The wet nurse thought it might be because he was hungry!

"Your Highness!" the other maids greeted Wanyi.

"Get up! Has Yinzhen finished eating?" Wanyi looked at the nearly empty egg custard in the nanny's bowl and was happy to see her beloved son. She had completely forgotten the unpleasantness in the Hall of Mental Cultivation just now.

"Almost done!" The wet nurse handed two spoonfuls to Yinzhen, who ate them without hesitation.

"Yinzhen is so sweet, come here and let your mother give you a hug!" Wanyi picked up the awkward Yinzhen and kissed him on the cheek, making a loud smack.

"Fourth Prince is shy!" Indeed, his slightly flushed face made him look shy. Yinzhen was an adult in his heart. Seeing his mother, who had been with him for a lifetime, being so kind to him made him very happy. But he was already so old, and being kissed by his mother made him feel awkward, even though he was not a year old.

"What's there to be ashamed of when your mother loves her own son!" Wan Yi's words only made Yinzhen bury his head in her neck, secretly cursing himself for being reborn into such a young age, but secretly delighted.

The news of Consort Bu being banished to the Cold Palace did not cause any disturbance in the harem, and several days passed peacefully.

"I just went to check on Duanjing and found her to be listless. I don't know how the Imperial Noble Consort is taking care of her. I was thinking that if the Imperial Noble Consort takes good care of her, I would let Duanjing continue to stay in Chengqian Palace!"

It seems necessary to find her a foster mother now, and he thought he should change Yu Die's name as well!

“Princess Duanjing has not seen her mother for a long time, so naturally she misses her dearly. But it’s one thing for Lady Zhaojia to harm the Fourth Prince, but she also harmed her own daughter, just to frame me. It would be better if such a mother were gone, so as not to corrupt Princess Duanjing’s character!” Wanyi peeled peanuts in her hand and did not forget to stuff two into Kangxi’s mouth.

"Yes! It's just that my daughter is pitiful!" He was too busy to care for her, and now he doesn't even care about his own mother. Isn't she pitiful?

"Then Your Majesty should visit her more often, or as you just said, find her another birth mother!" Wanyi said casually. She wouldn't meddle in other people's business if it wasn't her own child; it would be good enough if she didn't harm her.

"Does Wan'er have any good candidates in mind?" It was unclear whether Kangxi was testing her or just asking casually, but Wan Yi felt that the former was more likely.