"Empress Dowager, it has not been easy for the Qing Dynasty to reach this point. I have moved the capital to Peking for several years, but I have never been to Mount Wutai to pray for the Qing Dynasty. How about you, Empress Dowager, go there on my behalf?

Praying for the Qing Dynasty can wash away the sins on your body, make your life easier, and also make me feel at ease. Don't you agree?"

Xiaozhuang originally thought that she was the empress dowager, and no matter how unhappy Shunzhi was, he would not take action against her.

Unexpectedly, he didn't attack me, but instead kept me away from the center of power.

Moreover, although Mount Wutai is outside the capital and seems not far away, it still takes some time to go back and forth, and she has a feeling that if she goes to Mount Wutai, she will never come back.

"Fulin, it's certainly okay for me to go to Mount Wutai to pray for the Qing Dynasty, but I have to return someday, right?

Mount Wutai is a sacred place for Buddhism, and it is impossible for a woman like me to live there forever."

Xiaozhuang's meaning was very clear. I could not refuse your reason for asking me to pray for the Qing Dynasty, but I could not live in Mount Wutai forever.

If I am not given a return date, I will not go. I just want to pray, and I can do it in the Cining Palace.

Shunzhi didn't expect Xiaozhuang to say that. He thought that after doing that kind of thing, she would obediently accept his arrangements. Unexpectedly, he was overthinking it.

He could also guess what she was thinking. She lived a life of luxury in the palace, and was the most senior person in the palace. How could she give up such wealth and splendor?

Unfortunately, there was no way I could let her stay in the palace. If she wasn't my biological mother, I would definitely have killed her just for defiling the palace.

"Empress Mother, do you really want me to explain myself? You know exactly what you did. If I tell you, our mother-son relationship will be over."

Upon hearing this, Xiaozhuang felt a little guilty. If she hadn't taken the initiative today, Dorgon wouldn't have had sex with her. But hadn't Su Malagu already taken responsibility for this matter? Why did Shunzhi still say that?

Could it be that he knew? Impossible, absolutely impossible. I didn't reveal the truth. It must be that I had a close relationship with Dorgon in the past, which made him dissatisfied.

"I will go to Mount Wutai to pray for the Qing Dynasty. In three years at most, I will return to the palace. Fulin, I am the Empress Dowager. No matter what I did wrong, I will always be the Holy Mother Empress Dowager of the Qing Dynasty."

After saying this, Xiaozhuang left. Now that Sumalagu was gone, she had to rely on herself for everything from now on, and there would never be anyone to help her share her worries.

That night, Shunzhi went to Jingren Palace with a tired look on his face. He finally let Xiaozhuang go.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Why do I see you look so haggard?"

"It's okay, I'm just a little tired."

"Furong, have someone prepare some water. The Emperor is tired. A bath will soothe his body and mind and help him sleep better."

"yes."

Shunzhi's expression softened when he heard her words. Seeing this, Wu Liangfu paid more attention to Mu Sili.

Just now in the Cining Palace, he was really afraid that Shunzhi would suddenly explode and execute the empress dowager.

That was his biological mother. If a king of a country killed his biological mother, it would probably arouse public anger and might even overthrow the kingdom he had worked so hard to build.

Now that Mu Sili had coaxed Shunzhi into submission, he felt that his tense heart could finally relax.

Mu Sili did coax Shunzhi into submission, and Shunzhi became even more sincere towards her.

No one ever cared about his condition. They were all thinking about how to win his favor. Only Mu Sili had him in her eyes.

The next day, a debate broke out in the court about Dorgon, but most people thought that Dorgon was disrespectful and that Shunzhi's move was pleasing to the people.

But there are also a small number of people who think that Shunzhi's behavior was a bit excessive.

After all, Dorgon was the regent, and the Qing Dynasty was so stable under his protection. In their eyes, Shunzhi's current behavior was like abandoning the donkey after it had served its purpose.

But after seeing what Dorgon found out later, they no longer thought that Shunzhi was getting rid of him. Instead, they felt that Shunzhi's move was eliminating a major future trouble.

If this is allowed to continue, the Qing Dynasty will sooner or later be overthrown by Dorgon.

The people's lives had finally settled down, so how could they accept the coup brought about by Dorgon?

After being locked up in the Heavenly Prison for three days without any movement, Dorgon became anxious.

"Where's the Emperor? I want to see him. I'm the regent. Even if I did something wrong, I should be open and honest and follow the procedures. Why are you locking me up here now?"

However, no matter how he called out, no one paid any attention to him.

After he was imprisoned in the Tianlao for a month, Mu Sili announced that she was pregnant. Shunzhi was very happy because he was going to be a father again.

"This is the best news I've heard in the past month. When you give birth, regardless of whether the baby is a boy or a girl, I will promote you to the rank of Imperial Consort as a token of my favor."

"I thank the Emperor for his grace, but I have only just entered the palace. I was promoted from concubine to noble concubine within a year. Isn't this a bit too fast?

I have your grace, and I don't really care about these nominal concubines."

"What's the big deal? If I wasn't worried about the ministers criticizing you, I would have promoted you to Imperial Consort right now. Why would I wait until after you give birth?"

"I understand. As long as it doesn't affect the emperor, that's fine."

Mount Wutai.

Even after a month, Xiaozhuang was still very angry. Su Malagu was gone, and she had a very difficult month.

In order to relieve his suspicion, Shunzhi sent her, his mother, to Mount Wutai. Since he didn't care about her as a mother, why should she care about the mother-son relationship?

Didn't he dote on Mu Sili? Then she wanted to kill Mu Sili and let him experience what it felt like to be heartbroken. Only in this way would he know how to treat her well in the future.

The Queen received a letter sent by Empress Xiaozhuang, which mentioned that she had previously asked someone to drug Mu Sili.

In Kunning Palace, the Queen was directing people to send the gift for Mu Sili to Jingren Palace.

She didn't know much about Empress Xiaozhuang, but she understood that something big must have happened to make Shunzhi angry and send her to Mount Wutai, otherwise Shunzhi would not do such a thing.

Now that Mu Sili is pregnant, she also has to start making plans.

It is true that she is the queen, and she is prepared to live a peaceful life as a queen, but as an unpopular queen without the support of Empress Xiaozhuang, she will be deposed sooner or later.

If something went wrong during childbirth, the child she gave birth to would definitely be adopted by him, regardless of gender. Considering how much Shunzhi doted on Mu Sili, it would be a sure win for him.

It is up to her to decide how to implement the plan.

Another person who was also dissatisfied with Mu Sili was Dong E. She was the current Princess of Xiang, but she was not pregnant yet. How could Mu Sili be pregnant?