It's unclear whether Shirley's mindset is simply not yet ready for the identity of a middle-aged woman.

Or was she just naturally like this? Her angry expression at this moment made Qianlong want to tease her.

While the two were flirting, the imperial physicians entered.

Sherry hurriedly stepped back, but Qianlong was still not satisfied and did not want to let go of her hand.

Sherry glared at him angrily before he finally let go with a smile.

However, even after examining the pulses of Physician Huang and Physician Ye, the patient's complexion still did not look good.

"What? The Emperor is already awake. Is there any other question?" Shirley sensed something was wrong and asked with trembling hands.

Physician Huang and Physician Ye frowned deeply.

Just then, the Empress Dowager arrived, followed by another old woman.

The old lady probably didn't sleep well because she was up all night.

My energy and spirit are visibly low today.

"Your humble servant greets Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, wishing you good health! Greetings to the Imperial Concubine, wishing her boundless blessings and peace!"

"How is my son?" The Empress Dowager waved the handkerchief in her hand, staring intently at Qianlong.

"Thank you for your concern, Your Majesty. Your son is fine!" Qianlong's face was a little pale, but he still tried his best to comfort his mother.

"Your Majesty must take good care of yourself, after all, it concerns the lives of millions of people across the land!" Consort Yu's face was full of love.

"I understand that Mother Laoyu is worried. She will get better soon." Emperor Qianlong said with a smile.

"Oh, right, I just heard the Empress ask you something, why didn't you answer?" The Empress Dowager seemed to have just remembered something, her gaze fixed on the imperial physicians kneeling below.

Physician Huang glanced at Emperor Qianlong with a hesitant expression.

"What harm is there in Physician Huang speaking frankly? I feel perfectly healthy." Emperor Qianlong was very confident; he and his mother had always paid attention to health preservation.

"The Emperor used some wine to enhance his pleasure a few days ago, but a later batch was laced with potent drugs! Those drugs are extremely damaging to one's vital energy and may harm one's ability to have children..."

As Physician Huang spoke, the room became so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

"Wait, didn't you see it before the Emperor used it?" After a long while, Shirley spoke in a trembling voice, her eyes filled with tears.

"How dare this servant? The second batch was personally delivered by Consort Ling, and there was no..." Imperial Physician Huang cursed inwardly, but the key point was that the emperor was in high spirits at the time, so how could he be willing to be disturbed?

"How dare she!" Shirley looked at Qianlong, her eyes filled with heartache. "I beg you, Your Majesty, to investigate thoroughly!"

Sherry was quite self-aware; after all, even if she found out, the mother and son might not believe her, so she couldn't be bothered to worry about it.

"You're a good one!" The Empress Dowager patted her hand, neither saying that she would investigate nor that she wouldn't.

At this moment, Qianlong recalled the scene from last night, inevitably remembering the words those vile women had used to call him a useless old man...

Before she could even immerse herself in her bad mood, she met Shirley's distressed gaze.

In that instant, Emperor Qianlong realized that it was the Empress who truly cared for him.

Unlike those despicable people!

His anger inevitably spilled over into those prostitutes, and one can only imagine their fate.

"Guards, convey my imperial decree: the entire Wei Jia clan is to be imprisoned and executed at a later date! I want to see who will dare to harm the Emperor in the future!" The Empress Dowager, who had been merciful all her life, dropped a bombshell at this moment.

Sherry cooperated with an expression of utter silence.

Emperor Qianlong paused, his expression unchanged, and said nothing.

The Empress Dowager probably knew that Qianlong was thinking about what happened last night, so she deliberately sent Xue Li away.

"Your Majesty has stayed by the Emperor's side all night. Go and get some rest. I'm here to help you. Besides, Li Yu and the others are here too! We're worried about you being so tired!"

As the Empress Dowager spoke, she slipped the jade bracelet from her hand onto her wrist.

"Your Majesty, I should have listened to you, but I can't let go of His Majesty." As she spoke, tears welled up in Xue Li's eyes again.

Emperor Qianlong was probably very pleased, and his gaze towards Xue Li was extremely gentle.

"Today, I saw that the Empress cried more than in all previous years combined, and it broke my heart."

“Empress Dowager, look at the Emperor!” Xue Li hugged the Empress Dowager’s arm and glared at Qianlong.

The Empress Dowager was very pleased with Sherry.

Regardless of anything else, just love her son like she does.

"Alright, my son is fine. You all have a long life ahead of you!"

After some back and forth, Sherry finally returned to her Bamboo Shadow Residence.

Sherry: I'm so tired, it's better to be a fool!

Shrimp, feeling listless, took a bath, changed clothes, ate a meal, and then lay down to rest.

Consort Yu, perhaps knowing that the Empress Dowager and her son had something to say, offered to cook her signature soup for the Emperor before leaving.

After everyone left, the mother and son's aura changed.

"The most urgent matter is whether there is any doubt about Yongyan and the others' bloodline!"

The Empress Dowager's expression was not good.

"Whether they are or not, they will all have to pay the price because of Wei Jia!" Qianlong thought of Wei Jia's children again.

He used to think that it was because Wei Jia was ambitious.

Now that he thought about it, he even felt that his many visits to Lady Wei were all schemes orchestrated by Lady Wei using drugs.

Otherwise, why would she have had the most children?

This completely disregards his physical health.

They arranged some prostitutes for him, and he lived a life of debauchery for several days.

She, on the other hand, had the audacity to have an affair with a random man.

The more Emperor Qianlong thought about it, the angrier he became, and his face grew increasingly grim.

He even thought of his children, and of the fifteenth man he had once favored.

Will there come a day when his Aisin Gioro family's empire will also be overthrown?

"Guards! Execute the entire Wei Jia family, including this commoner, by slow slicing! They dared to plot against me; their crime is unforgivable! The Wei family, three generations of their clan, will be exterminated!"

Emperor Qianlong issued another imperial edict.

There were undercurrents of intrigue in both the imperial court and the harem.

"Hailancha, have you found that guard?" After dealing with the culprit, he thought of that scoundrel again!

Hailancha had been waiting for a long time; he hadn't rested all night and had investigated thoroughly.

"That man is from the Alai clan. This is his information, along with many letters to Wei Shuren and letters from the head of the Alai clan!"

As Hailancha spoke, he presented a stack of documents and letters.

Of course, the cause of death of that guard's sister is still only an accidental drowning.

At this moment, Qianlong looked at the letters and suddenly burst into laughter, but his eyes were filled with indifference.

The Empress Dowager's expression was also not good, and Hailancha knelt on the ground with his eyes downcast and remained silent.

"Go and clean up the mess at Chuxiu Palace. The Wei family is to be confiscated and their entire clan exterminated!"

"The Alai clan! Their entire clan shall be exterminated!"

"Your servant obeys the decree!"

"Perhaps Alai should wait a little longer and let the word get out..." the Empress Dowager suggested, after all, this concerned the Emperor's reputation.

"Then let them run wild for a few more days!" Qianlong said with a dark face.

Qianlong's series of actions were known to both the court and the harem; the Wei family was finished.

Not to mention other things, there's been constant speculation about the imperial court and the harem.

Why is that?

After all, there was an imperial edict one moment and a decree from the emperor the next.

Meanwhile, Shirley was thinking about how, in history, when Emperor Qianlong allowed the original owner to return to Beijing, he still instructed local officials to prepare for his arrival and to inspect the waterways and river routes along the way.