"Empress Dowager, the Imperial Noble Consort is also among them!" Yinzhen asked in confusion. He remembered that when he was raised by the Imperial Noble Consort Tongjia, that woman was very gentle and kind.

"Yes, the Imperial Noble Consort will treat whoever she raises well, provided it's a son." Wanyi stopped there. Although he was an adopted son, an adopted son treated like her own was her own son.

"I know, but I'm a little surprised!" Yinzhen still didn't quite believe it. He had been thinking that after ascending the throne, he would bestow the title of Empress Dowager upon Lady Tongjia and the title of Empress Dowager upon his mother. Now it seemed that he couldn't do that.

"Go back and rest first! You must be sleepy." Wanyi affectionately patted Yinzhen's head.

"Good!" Yinzhen felt a warmth in his heart.

"Has the butterfly been recalled?" After Granny Kong led Yinzhen away, Wanyi asked Furong, who had just entered.

"Not yet, I was too busy yesterday. I'll go and summon him back in a bit," Furong said, putting down the medicine for preventing miscarriage.

"Okay, handle it discreetly, go now!" Wanyi instructed, frowning. The smell of the medicine made her very uncomfortable.

"Yes, this servant will go right away. This is a medicine to prevent miscarriage, and the temperature is just right. This servant will call Ye Ming in to collect the bowl in a moment."

Furong said that she had made perfect arrangements, knowing that Wanyi would not take the medicine obediently, which was why she said that.

"I understand!" Wanyi smiled awkwardly, and as soon as Furong left, she threw the pregnancy-preserving medicine in the bowl into her spatial storage.

"Isn't that Miss Furong? What is she doing?"

She was burying the butterfly along with the already burned poisonous butterfly when, unfortunately, she was seen by Consort Wang, who lived in the East Annex of Yongshou Palace. Meanwhile, Consort Liu in the rear palace was grieving over the death of Liu Ye.

"Wang, please be safe!" Furong was startled, but quickly realized that she had buried the black ash when she dug the first kang (heated brick bed).

“Miss Furong, no need for formalities! How come all those beautiful butterflies are dead?” Wang Daying asked in confusion.

"These are all butterflies that Consort Wen sent to the Fourth Prince. They are the most beautiful and lovely. It's just a pity that butterflies don't last long. Recently, the Fourth Prince has been saddened because he feels that the butterflies have died. So, Granny Kong comforted him by saying that the butterflies went to heaven and asked me to bury them myself!"

Furong hurriedly replied that it was Granny Kong who taught her this; otherwise, she would have secretly buried those poisonous butterflies.

"So that's how it is! The Fourth Prince really likes butterflies. Why don't I catch some myself and send them to him? I wonder if he'll like them!" Consort Wang was just saying it casually, after all, she was a spy that the Empress Dowager had placed in Yongshou Palace.

“Consort Wen has already sent enough. If we send more, there won’t even be room to put them all. Why don’t we let her go to the Imperial Garden to catch some butterflies and bring them to this little garden? It will be nice for everyone to see,” Furong said shrewdly.

"Since I have no use for it, I won't bother those beautiful butterflies!" She doesn't have the time to catch butterflies for the servants! She'd rather think about getting the Emperor to favor her a few more times.

"Respectfully seeing off Consort Wang!" Furong quickly bowed as Consort Wang was about to leave. After she could no longer see Consort Wang, she hurriedly finished up and went back to report.

Since their last conversation, Yinzhen has truly become no different from any other child, and he has become much closer to Wanyi, no longer feeling distant from her.

"Hey, lately I've been feeling the little prince moving around in my belly so frequently, could there be something wrong?"

When Consort Sun experienced frequent fetal movements, she had already consulted the imperial physician, but she still begged Emperor Kangxi to bring in Physician Lu to examine her pulse.

"Could it be that the little prince is too lively? I heard that when Consort Guo was pregnant with Princess Kejing, there was hardly any fetal movement." Mu Zhi knew that Consort Sun was worried about the dragon child in her womb, so she comforted her with this.

"If that's the case, then it's fine. But lately, I've been feeling uneasy." She had a strong feeling that something big was about to happen.

"Could it be that the young lady is experiencing anxiety during her pregnancy, which is why she has these strange thoughts!" Mu Zhi also knew some precautions for pregnant women, such as that pregnant women should maintain a good mood so that the fetus can grow well.

"Maybe? Go and keep watch. I'm tired, I need to rest!" She wasn't entirely sure, but since the imperial physician said everything was normal, she had nothing to worry about.

"It's been several days already, why haven't you rested yet? Did you not pass the test?" Bored, Wanyi chatted with Furong about Sun Yingying's matter.

"I don't think so! Didn't Physician Lu say that Consort Sun's fetal movements have been quite strong lately? It shouldn't be long before she's pregnant!"

Furong thought that Consort Sun deserved it. Of all people to provoke, she provoked a ruthless one, and now she has lost both her unborn child and her life!

"Anything happening with the others?" Wanyi thought that the Empress Dowager had been quite active lately, but the Imperial Noble Consort had been much less so.

"No, His Majesty has been favoring Consort Liang of Ning'an Palace lately, and she's even his personal attendant!" Furong said, glancing at Wanyi's expression, afraid that something might be amiss, before falling silent.

"Oh! It's still fresh!"

Wanyi sighed and said, "To be honest, Consort Liang is really beautiful, but it's a pity. Emperor Kangxi would not allow the Empress Dowager's chosen woman to have children, but Consort Liang made that mistake. In her previous life, she was born into the Xin Zhe Ku (a household service system), so why would Emperor Kangxi want a child with a Xin Zhe Ku background?"

"Absolutely! The jealousy in the harem is practically burying it!"

After all, no matter how much Emperor Kangxi doted on Consort Wan, he would still summon other people when accompanying her on imperial journeys, and sometimes he would even summon other women to serve him in bed. But now, he truly had exclusive favor, and there were even people in the harem who were laughing at Consort Wan, saying that she was about to lose favor.

"Your Highness, aren't you going to do anything about this? It's been so many days! Before, I could at least see the Emperor, but now he won't even give me a second glance!"

Today, as if by prior arrangement, most of the concubines in the harem came to Chengqian Palace. In the past, the Imperial Noble Consort would have been overjoyed, but now she is quite troubled.

"The Emperor's will is not something anyone can control. I have also advised against it, but you were not strong enough to keep the Imperial Nobleman."

She's not stupid. Kangxi is in a good mood right now and won't listen to anything. Even if the Empress Dowager went, it would be useless; she would only be making a fool of herself.

“We have to see the Emperor first!” Consort Dai Jia said, still unwilling, but her expression remained a fake smile as always.

"Even Consort Liang doesn't go to the Hall of Mental Cultivation very often, and the distance from Ning'an Palace to the Hall of Mental Cultivation isn't short!" The Imperial Noble Consort meant that they should go to that inevitable route to curry favor.

"This concubine thanks Your Highness the Imperial Noble Consort!" Those who realized what was happening quickly thanked the Imperial Noble Consort. Those who didn't understand didn't dare to ask any more questions, since the Imperial Noble Consort had already served tea, which was a sign that the guests were being seen off.

"Your Highness, the Imperial Noble Consort didn't say anything just now, so why did she come out?" Yu Le, who was by Dai Jia Chang's side, asked in confusion as soon as they left Chengqian Palace.