The round trip to visit and worship ancestors takes about a month and a half.
The trip was not as long as the previous tour to the border regions, but this time Hongli had just as many people to take with him.
At least those who were considered influential in the palace had to leave, with only a few exceptions.
For example, Chen Yuwei, who was temporarily in charge of managing palace affairs, needed to take care of Consort Xian and Consort Hui, who had children.
As for the others, including Consort Jia, who gave birth to Yongcheng last year, she also brought her own son Yongcheng along this time.
"Why is Consort Jia getting involved? Prince Yongcheng's health is not as good as Prince Yongrong's."
Could it be that Consort Jia intends to emulate Consort Chun and hold a first birthday banquet for Prince Yongcheng on the roadside?
If I remember correctly, Consort Jia's son, Prince Yongcheng, will be turning one year old in a few days.
Consort Hui and others stood on the city tower to see Hongli off as he left the palace. Before they had gone far, they were already impatiently complaining.
With a little princess by her side, Consort Hui seemed to have let loose and reverted to her true nature.
That pretentious persona she once had has long since crumbled into nothingness.
Now, in the entire harem, the only person Consort Hui still fears is the Empress Dowager in Cining Palace.
Even the Empress and the Emperor, if they offended Consort Hui, would be rebuked by her directly.
After all, Consort Hui's main goal was to make herself unhappy so that no one else could have an easy time.
It was at this time that the women of the harem realized that noble ladies from high-ranking families were indeed not to be trifled with.
There's no other reason than that they have a lot of health and are very capable. If this happened to someone else, it would be considered a serious offense of disrespect, but for these people, it would just be a matter of giving them a few words of reprimand.
As long as they themselves don't care, no one else, including the masters in the palace, can do anything about them.
Consort Hui has been wreaking havoc in the palace these days, so arrogant that even the Empress has to avoid her.
Chen Yuwei was taken aback when this person suddenly started talking, then looked up at Consort Hui and said, "Last time, Consort Chun ruined Prince Yongzhang's health by doing this to celebrate his birthday."
Consort Jia is intelligent and unlikely to do such a thing; she probably just wanted to leave the palace for a while.
Consort Hui, putting them aside, how is Wuyunzhu's health?
Khoja and Fulinga are now constantly clamoring to go to Yongshou Palace to play with their younger sister.
Both of them are mischievous brats; I really wanted to stop them, but I couldn't.
Subtly shifting the topic to other things, Chen Yuwei talked about the child who could calm Consort Hui down.
For some reason, He Zhuo and Fu Ling'a's two children were particularly fond of Wu Yunzhu, the daughter of Consort Jin.
During this period, besides going to the Qianqing Palace to learn the Buku martial arts and practice his fist techniques, he would also go to the Yongshou Palace to play with Wuyunzhu.
Wuyunzhu is not even a year old yet, but she is round and chubby, always smiling and never crying. Just by looking at her, you can tell she is a lovely little girl.
When Consort Hui heard Chen Yuwei mention her daughter, her originally indifferent face immediately blossomed into a smile.
"Zhu'er's health has always been good. Your Highness, you may bring Princess Hezhuo and Princess Fuling'a to my side during this time."
Our little Pearl misses her two older sisters very much. Even though she's so young, she likes to point outside all day and shout that she wants to go out.
Upon hearing this, Chen Yuwei nodded with a smile, "It's all thanks to Consort Hui for taking such good care of her. Although Wuyunzhu was born prematurely, she is very healthy, all thanks to Consort Hui's dedication."
This afternoon I will take Hezhuo and Fuling'a there; I will have to trouble Consort Hui again then.”
Consort Hui waved her hands repeatedly, "Don't say it's bothering me, it's all for the sake of the children."
"..."
Because of children, people's hearts soften. Because of children, Huifei and Chen Yuwei went from being strangers to being "plastic friends" who can still exchange a few words and occasionally visit each other.
Consort Xian watched the two of them talk coldly, and left quickly without saying a word.
Watching Consort Xian's departing figure, before Chen Yuwei could say anything, Consort Hui couldn't help but complain, "What's wrong with Consort Xian? We didn't deliberately ignore her. Besides, Yongrong, whom she's raising, is doing quite well," at least he seems much better off than when he's with his mother, Consort Chun.
Chen Yuwei whispered to Consort Hui, "Yongrong's birth mother, Consort Chun, left with him, and Consort Xian is probably somewhat dissatisfied."
After all, when Consort Chun was still alive, her favorite thing to do was to go to Yonghe Palace every day to seek attention, under the pretense of not being able to part with Yongrong.
Unfortunately, because of her character, Consort Xian couldn't very well refute him at this time.
Because Consort Xian was only Yongrong's adoptive mother, not his biological mother.
Raising children in the imperial harem is difficult because unless the child's birth mother is no longer alive, there will inevitably be a fierce battle between the two mothers over the child.
Consort Xian was already unwilling to raise Yongrong, and Consort Chun always liked to cause trouble, turning Yonghe Palace upside down.
As a result, when Consort Chun left the palace, she abandoned Yongrong and ran away on her own. On the contrary, Consort Xian was tied up with her child and had no choice but to stay in the Forbidden City to take care of Yongrong.
Both sides are bound to feel unhappy about this.
If it weren't for this reason, it certainly couldn't be because the two of them had such a good relationship that Consort Xian couldn't get involved and thus became jealous.
Chen Yuwei calmly shrugged her shoulders, feeling that Consort Xian had become very unpredictable since she started raising Yongrong, and that she would often turn on people and leave in the middle of a conversation.
Consort Hui chuckled and winked at Chen Yuwei, "I think Consort Xian is both envious and jealous."
As for what they envy or are jealous of, it's definitely those who just left the palace.
Consort Chun treated Yongrong very casually, yet Consort Xian had no way to deal with it.
Because Consort Xian's persona was so perfect, as long as Consort Chun held onto her identity as her birth mother and didn't leave any obvious evidence, Consort Xian could only endure it.
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