Chapter Seventy-Nine: The Legend of Zhen Huan, Nian Shilan 17
"When I bumped into Princess Qingying, I found her following behind the Fourth Prince, calling him 'Brother Hongli' over and over again. You could see the annoyance on the Fourth Prince's face at a glance."
Whether Princess Qingying genuinely couldn't tell or was pretending not to, she continued to follow behind the Fourth Prince.
Consort Li looked disdainful, thinking that the Ulanara family was destined to never become the Third Prince's wife, and that the Third Prince was stupid and often reprimanded by the Emperor, so she wanted to use this legitimate daughter to win over the Fourth Prince.
Why should they? The Third Prince doesn't like him, so they try to get their hands on the Fourth Prince. Who are they trying to humiliate?
Coincidentally, the Fourth Prince thought the same thing, after being reminded by the eunuch sent by the Imperial Household Department to serve him.
That eunuch was the chief eunuch in charge of those who served him. He was originally an undercover agent under Nian Shilan, but was later sent to serve and remind the other party.
Only Songzhi and Zhou Ninghai knew about him, and he wasn't there to spy on the Fourth Prince. After he arrived, he lost contact with him and became the Fourth Prince's man.
The eunuch was clever and naturally wouldn't mention to the Fourth Prince that he had once been Nian Shilan's subordinate.
Otherwise, things might be fine now, but in the future, he might think he's being deliberately monitored.
"This is absolutely not what the Empress meant. The Empress has high hopes for the Third Prince."
Otherwise, she wouldn't have repeatedly tried to harm the Fourth Prince; she wouldn't have secretly blocked his attacks like the original Zhen Huan did.
Firstly, it would be inconvenient for the Fourth Prince not to be under her name; secondly, only by confronting her schemes head-on could he avoid becoming like the character in "Ruyi's Royal Love in the Palace."
Not only did he not hate Ulanara, he even wanted to release her and regarded Ruyi as his true love.
This world is a film and television world created by the combination of two dramas, and she doesn't want the Fourth Prince she raised to be as ungrateful as the Fourth Prince raised by Zhen Huan.
However, it's not entirely Zhen Huan's fault. In the drama, the Fourth Prince returned to the palace at a considerable age, and his values were already formed. Now, he's returned to the palace six years earlier, so he can be "straightened out"!
Consort Li: "Yes, it's probably something the Ulanara family did behind the Empress's back, but she probably also tacitly approved of what Princess Qingying did, and wanted to find a way out."
How could anything in the palace be kept from the Empress? Besides, Princess Qingying's actions were too obvious.
However, the Empress should have suppressed this matter, otherwise Consort Qi and the Third Prince would definitely have started a fight.
The Emperor either doesn't care about the princes' love lives, or he turns a blind eye because Chun Yuan is Qing Ying's aunt, or he's testing the Fourth Prince.
Regardless of the reason, the Emperor took note of the Ulanara family's actions, waiting to take action later.
On their return to the palace from the Yuanmingyuan, Prince Dun plotted a rebellion, while Nian Gengyao, through his own schemes, shielded the emperor from an arrow and was on the verge of death.
Only after being treated by several imperial physicians was his life saved. Nian Gengyao had already reached the rank of First-Class Duke and could no longer receive any further rewards.
Therefore, the emperor elevated the Nian clan to the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner and bestowed upon them the surname Nianjia.
Since the Nian family did not fall from power, there were naturally no meritorious officials. Zhen Yuandao was not promoted to a second-rank official and remained the Vice Minister of the Court of Judicial Review. Guarjia Wenyuan did not enter the palace.
The Nian family's innocence does not mean the Zhen family is innocent. After all, there was He Mianmian, who was guilty of harboring the daughter of a disgraced official and his illegitimate daughter to be sent to the palace as maids.
Nian Shilan used magic to make Huanbi reveal her relationship with Consort Wan, which she did while complaining in her room.
There was no one inside the room, but outside, a palace maid overheard the conversation.
The palace maid was actually a spy planted by the Empress in Yonghe Palace. Upon hearing this news, the Empress naturally ordered an investigation.
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