"If it weren't for Consort Yue causing trouble, I don't know what else could possibly make you so angry."

Consort Guarjia shouted regardless of the consequences. In any case, her father and brothers held high positions in the court. Although she was only the legitimate daughter of a collateral branch of the Guarjia family, she believed that Hesheli Gabula would not dare to divorce her. At most, he would ignore her for a while and hand over the power of managing the household.

“Guarjia clan, do you know that the Emperor already knows about your actions against Consort Tong? You have ruined me terribly. I was even demoted to Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices for this. But that’s all. And you are so vicious. My Hesheli mansion is too small to contain a poisonous woman like you.”

As Gabula spoke, he stepped forward and kicked Guarjia Fujin. Gabula never hit women; this was the first time he had ever done so.

"What! How could this be!" Guarjia Fujin was shocked. She realized she had been discovered. What should she do? It was all over.

"Of course they would. Do you think the people in the palace are all pushovers who can't even find out something like this?"

Gabula's anger subsided by half. Now, all that remained was to deal with the Guarjia clan. The matter was already settled, and he could only handle it well to report back to the Emperor.

"My lord, you won't abandon me, will you? Please save me!" Guarjia disregarded the pain on her face and body and quickly knelt down to kowtow to Gabula, hoping to be saved.

"It's too late to be afraid now. I'll have someone send you some good food and drink later. You can go on your way on your own. The people around you will be sent to the manor, and after a while, they will be sent to the underworld to continue serving you."

After Gabula finished speaking, he tried to leave, but Guarjia grabbed his foot.

“Sir, how can you explain this to my father and brother?”

This was her last straw; she hoped that Gabula would retract his decision, and she would accept confinement as long as she could live.

“An explanation? Guarjia clan, don’t you even think about how Guarjia Erhe can explain to the Emperor how he raised such a vicious daughter?” Gabula broke free from Guarjia’s grasp on his trousers and left.

"Impossible! My daughter is the current Empress and has given birth to a legitimate son for the Emperor. How could she possibly treat her own maternal grandmother like this?" Guarjia shouted madly at Gabula as he left.

"Consort Yue, Consort Yue, good news, good news!" As soon as the maidservant beside Consort Yue heard the news from the main courtyard, she hurried back to tell Yue Ying.

"What good news!"

Yueying wearily touched her belly. In the backyard of Hesheli, no young master had ever lived to be a month old. There were a few princesses, though. Now that she was pregnant again, she kept it a secret. She was almost three months along and dared not relax at all.

"I just heard that the master had the main courtyard sealed off. I wonder what heinous things the Fujin did."

"Really?" Yueying sat up seriously.

"Yes, all the maids in the Fujin's courtyard have been sent to the estate."

"Let's go, let's tell the master the good news that I'm pregnant, and make him happy." Yueying thought this was a good opportunity.

After learning that she had damaged her health and was unable to conceive again after giving birth to the eldest princess, Consort Guarjia could not bear to see any of her concubines pregnant. So she would get rid of all the pregnant concubines' children. Suozhuolun Yueying had also been harmed by her once. She was so tired of dealing with them one by one that she gave Gabula an infertility drug when he was about to go out to do some business. But she did not expect that Suozhuolun Yueying was two months pregnant at that time.

In her previous life, Suo Zhuolun Yueying gave birth to a son safely, but in the end, Suo Zhuolun Yueying was sent away by a cup of poisoned wine by Guarjia Fujin, who then adopted Suo Zhuolun Yueying's child.

In this life, because of Consort Tong's affair, Guarjia Fujin was secretly executed without even a proper funeral. Suozhuolun Yueying gained the power to manage the household due to her pregnancy, and after giving birth to a son, she was exceptionally promoted to Fujin.

"My lady, I've heard that the Imperial Garden is in full bloom and is incredibly beautiful. Would you like to go out and admire the flowers?" Hongxiu suggested.

"Alright! It's time to go out for a walk. If we don't go out soon, Hongxiu will get moldy." Wanyi sighed. Since the last time Kangxi discovered the filth in the harem, he has rarely entered the harem in the past two months. He usually just visits Consort Tong or comes to sit with her for a while and then leaves. Instead, he has been pampering the palace maids in the inner palace. I heard that there is a palace maid who is very much favored by Kangxi.

"No, it was clearly because I saw that you were bored, so I thought I'd let you go out for a walk." How did it become that she was the one who was bored?

"Yes, yes, yes, it's because I'm bored. Why don't you hurry up and prepare? You don't want to go." Wanyi reminded Hongxiu, who was in a daze, in an annoyed tone.

"Go, go, I'll go prepare right away." Hongxiu said and ran off to prepare.

Chengqian Palace

"Your Highness, the weather is perfect today. Why don't you go for a walk? You've been in the palace for two months now. It would be good for you to get some fresh air," Ningdong suggested quickly when she saw that Consort Tong seemed to be thinking about sad things again.

"Alright, let's go take a look!"

Consort Tong knew that Ning Dong wanted to please her. She still hadn't found out who had harmed her child, and with her great revenge unavenged, how could she be happy?

"These flowers are so beautiful! The Imperial Garden in spring is so much more fun!" Wanyi squatted down and looked at a red peony in front of her.

“I think it looks good on everyone,” Hongxiu said, helping Wanyi up.

"Yes, each has its own beauty."

As Wanyi spoke, she walked forward and stopped in front of the orchid. She playfully touched the orchid with her hand, making it sway from side to side.

"Greetings, Sister Suo Zhuolun!" At this moment, Consort Wuya walked over from the other side and bowed to Wanyi first.

"Consort Wuya!" Wanyi returned a polite greeting before continuing to admire the flowers, though her interest was clearly not as high as before.

"Is Sister Suo Zhuolun looking at orchids? The orchids are elegant and noble, which doesn't quite suit your temperament."

"My sister thinks that white camellias suit her very well, both in terms of temperament and color."

Wanyi could understand the meaning behind Consort Wuya's words. The orchid was noble, meaning that it was not something that Consort Suozhuolun could aspire to. The white camellia was a type of camellia, implying that she, a mere pheasant, was only worthy of the camellia.

"Is that so? I think these flowers are all very nice. My temperament doesn't need flowers to embellish it. But why is Consort Wuya envious of flowers? Flowers may be elegant, but they are for people to enjoy. If you are happy, you will give them some face. Aren't you happy? Consort Wuya knows this."

Wanyi's meaning was very straightforward: she didn't need Wuya Shi to judge her temperament. She told Wuya Shi not to envy the flowers, as they were just things for the masters to look at and play with. If the masters didn't like them, then the flowers wouldn't exist.

"How could that be? There are also kings of flowers, such as peonies, which are noble, dignified and elegant, and have the beauty of a national treasure. They are simply breathtaking."