Chapter 111 Extra - Sky Screen Cinema 17
When the tide goes out, you see who's been swimming naked. Now that everyone's stopped shaving their heads, it'll be clear who's voluntarily going bald and who's going bald involuntarily.
The furious ministers then turned their attention to the source of the incident: the Ulanara clan.
Ruyi is in a difficult position in the palace, but there's still the Ulanara clan.
In an instant, memorials impeaching the Ulanara clan filled the imperial court like snowflakes.
Ulanara was in a state of panic and unable to send a message to the palace. Ruyi received the letter and leaned against a pillar in a daze for a while, thinking, "The Emperor wouldn't treat me like this... I think my aunt wouldn't ignore this..."
Whether Ruyi intervenes or not is no longer important; what matters is that everyone has begun to subconsciously scrutinize the tops of their colleagues' heads.
Is this a shaved head, or is he really bald?
Two ministers with guilty consciences instinctively hid, but were discovered by others. After the initial shock, they couldn't help but wonder how many people were actually "swimming naked".
The Qing Dynasty has been unified for so many years, and they still have this hairstyle. Is it because all Manchus are bald? Was the emperor bald?
Under the scrutiny of countless curious gazes, some trying to conceal their curiosity but ultimately unable to, Kangxi was on the verge of collapse.
He didn't understand, he really didn't understand. Losing face was bad enough, but to have his hair volume questioned too? Was being an emperor too frustrating?
He solemnly ordered: "From this day forward, throughout the Qing Dynasty, foot binding is prohibited and hair shaving is abolished. The same applies to both Manchus and Han Chinese!" He wanted to prove that he was not truly a bald emperor!
"Your Majesty is wise!"
The Manchu official shouted even louder than the Han official. There was no other way; it was time to prove himself. A man not only cannot say he is no good, but he also cannot bear to hear the word "bald"!
"Consort Xian has arrived, Consort Shen has arrived." After a hundred days of mourning for the Empress, the harem resumes its usual greetings. Ruyi arrives late with A'ruo.
"Your Majesty, I pay my respects."
Jin Yuyan scoffed, "Consort Xian, you haven't learned the rules very well. You're no longer a concubine, so you can't refer to yourself as 'your humble servant' anymore."
Ruyi glanced coldly at Jin Yuyan, "When did it become the place for Consort Jia to disrespect her superiors when I and Her Majesty the Empress pay our respects?"
Jin Yuyan wrung out the handkerchief in her hand, looking aggrieved. "I was just trying to give you a friendly reminder. Why is Consort Xian so arrogant?"
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"Tsk, how come Ruyi can still cause trouble?"
Yinzhen was unhappy on one hand, but on the other hand, he was trying to change the subject. "Stop looking! Stop looking! He's in his prime, how could he be bald? Even if Father Emperor is bald, he can't be bald!"
Yinzhi was still quite confident in himself, but he frowned slightly as he looked at Ruyi's attire: "Her clothes..."
"Is that a Yao Huang peony on Consort Xian's body?"
Yinzhi's voice overlapped with Tong Jia Zhilan's voice in the sky, shifting everyone's friendly attention from above to Ruyi.
"This Yao Huang peony is the king of flowers, and it has always been reserved for the Empress. Consort Xian, you are overstepping your bounds!"
Ruyi remained calm and composed. "This fabric was sent by the Imperial Household Department. I didn't know it had the pattern of peonies. If I had known, I certainly wouldn't have dared to wear it. Please forgive me, Your Majesty."
Jin Yuyan couldn't stand her inexplicable arrogance and deliberately calm expression, and mocked, "Isn't Consort Xian always proud of her outstanding talent? How come she doesn't even recognize the peony? I wonder if Consort Xian is just all talk or deliberately offending Her Majesty the Empress?"
"The ruler of the harem resides in the hearts of the people. I didn't pay attention to what kind of flower it was; I only saw that it was pretty, so I wore it."
Even after enduring so much torment from Ruyi, the people outside the canopy still couldn't help but distort their expressions.
"I underestimated Ruyi. Her ability to talk to herself gets better every year."
Because of Ruyi, Yinqi, who had been forced to develop a "sharp tongue," couldn't help but open his mouth and launch into another tirade. Every time he sees Ruyi, she insults him for years of cultivation; oh, the Eternal Heaven, is his heart still unsettled?
If he had known that this would happen when he grew up, why would he have bothered learning Chinese? How happy he would have been to be a prince who couldn't understand anything, since he didn't have to inherit the throne anyway!
"The Emperor has arrived!" A voice announced from outside the door. Everyone perked up and looked outside to see Hongli striding in, followed by a young eunuch carrying flowers.
"Greetings to His Majesty, may His Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace."
"Get up, everyone."
Hongli sat down next to Empress Fucha Langhua and said with a smile, "I went to the flower room today and saw some nice peony flowers, so I sent a pot of them to the Empress."
"Cough cough..."
Yinzhen couldn't help but cough twice. Yinsi chuckled and leaned closer, asking with a smile, "Fourth Brother, do you think Hongli did this on purpose or intentionally?"
Yinzhen glanced at him helplessly. Was it even necessary to ask that question?
Yinreng chuckled and clicked his tongue, "My nephew is quite interesting..."
The more he looks at Hongli, the more he likes him. If the fourth prince can really give birth to Hongli, it wouldn't be impossible for him to raise Hongli.
"Your Majesty!" Ruyi suddenly exclaimed. Hongli looked at her, his smile fading, and asked, "What's wrong, Consort Xian?"
Ruyi looked at the pot of Yao Huang peonies that Hongli had carefully selected to present to the Empress. "Yao Huang is known as the king of all flowers, a peerless variety. It's quite rare to grow Yao Huang in this season, given the cold weather in the north."
"Huh?" This scene looked so familiar, everyone couldn't help but fall silent. Yin scratched his head and couldn't help but say, "She's not going to say something like, 'Empress, you also like peony peonies,' is she?"
"puff"
Yinzhen couldn't help but laugh, and the others also suppressed their laughter, only subconsciously glancing at Yinzhi. They hadn't forgotten how Yinzhi had almost gone mad during the plum blossom viewing.
Form is emptiness, emptiness is form...
Yin Zhi silently recited Buddhist scriptures. Only when he felt everyone's gaze did he slowly raise his head and reveal a stiff, fake smile: "Don't look at me, I'm fine, I'm okay, I'm not affected."
Okay, everyone looked away. The third brother hasn't gone back to normal yet, even though he's gone mad.
"Consort Xian! This is an overstepping of your bounds!" Ruyi knelt on the ground. "If Your Majesty thinks of me this way, I have no way to defend myself."
Hongli ignored her gaze and coldly issued an edict: "Remove Consort Nara's outer robe, confine her to her quarters for three months from this day forward, copy the palace rules one hundred times, and forbid her from going out."
"Whether you know the Yao Huang peony or not, since you like it, during your confinement, you must transcribe all the ancient poems praising peonies, except those prescribed by the palace rules!"
"Furthermore, Ulanara has failed in raising her daughters properly. Nerbu should resign from his post as Zuo Ling and focus on raising the children of his clan!"
"Your Majesty, the enemy is on the wall..."
"Wang Qin! Drag him out!"
"good!"
Everyone turned to look at Yin Zhi, who had jumped up and cheered. Weren't you fine? Weren't you alright? Weren't you unaffected?
Yinzhi didn't care about any of that; he had endured enough! He wished Hongli would be even more ruthless!
"Let's see who you, a noble person, will be flirting with next! You like plum blossoms, you like peonies, let's see what else you like..."
Listening to Yin Zhi's venting complaints, everyone looked at each other in bewilderment; they'd heard this all before.
However, judging from his expression, even Emperor Kangxi didn't say anything, giving the third son a chance to vent. Otherwise, what if he really drove his third son insane?
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