Consort De was very angry.
Although she now hopes to have a son to support her, she has always doted on her daughter Mingyue.
After all, she and Mingyue had been together for so many years.
Furthermore, since the Sixth Prince left, Consort De has unconditionally doted on Mingyue, treating her as an emotional anchor. In addition, Mingyue is well-behaved and cute, and is favored by Emperor Kangxi. Naturally, Consort De pays more attention to her, which has led to Mingyue developing such a personality. When she hears that someone is making things difficult for her, she is naturally furious.
"Fine, it's one thing for them to bully me before, since I'm of a lower social standing, but now they're even targeting young girls! Mingyue is the Emperor's daughter, a legitimate Dragon Princess... Why should she be allowed to do this?" Consort De was furious. She felt that things couldn't go on like this and she had to go out and take action as soon as possible!
She has spent more than 10 years in the palace since she started as a palace maid. The experience she has accumulated over the years cannot be completely lost because of her fall from favor a couple of years ago. Of course, she has retained some of her skills.
However, these are all her backup plans, and she probably won't use them unless absolutely necessary. But perhaps now is the time when they are necessary.
What she's thinking now is that as long as she can get Yinzhen back to her side as soon as possible, it's worth it even if she has to expose all her trump cards.
So once she had made up her mind, she immediately sent people to prepare to take action.
******
Yinreng never expected that this incident would become the catalyst. When he saw Jingrou the next day, Yinreng knew she was in a bad mood. After asking her why, he learned about the incident. At that time, he felt that Princess Mingyue might become the breakthrough point in this matter.
But I didn't expect things to happen so quickly.
However, Yinreng did not tell Jingrou about this matter, not wanting her to worry about it. Of course, Jingrou didn't care about such things either.
Recently, the only pregnant woman in the palace is Consort Yi, Jingrou's aunt.
As her aunt's baby grew bigger, Jingrou devoted a lot of her energy to her aunt.
She now fully assumes the responsibilities of an older sister, spending her days dining with her aunt and then talking to the baby in her belly for a while afterward!
I just felt that I had to build a good relationship with her while my little cousin was still in my belly, so that once she was born, I could make sure she would stick with me...
She couldn't let the Eighth Prince steal her away. He was clearly her cousin; why would he side with someone else?
Jingrou considered it this way.
So of course she was extremely caring towards the baby in her belly, worrying every day about whether the little brother in her belly was hungry. If he started kicking and punching, she had to comfort him and stop him from bothering his aunt. This happened repeatedly, which made the Fifth Prince a little jealous – his cousin had never been so considerate to him.
Jingrou's attitude towards her older cousin and younger cousin is naturally different. She relies on and acts coquettishly towards her older cousin, while she cares for her younger cousin more... However, because she doesn't have a younger brother, it is naturally more novel for her.
As the weather turned cold, the three-year mourning period for Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang officially came to an end, and the matter of selecting concubines was brought up again in the court.
Now that His Majesty is in his prime, we should take this opportunity to add a few more princes to the palace so that the Qing Dynasty can be more stable.
Therefore, when the emperor wanted to stop the imperial concubine selection, many people in the court expressed their dissatisfaction, even out of respect for Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang…
Presumably, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang wouldn't want to see too few offspring in the palace! Little Tai, the Empress Dowager valued the Emperor's children the most during her lifetime, and they also had some girls of suitable age in their family!
If you miss this year's talent show, you'll have to wait a few more years. How many girls can afford to wait two or three years?
By then, they would have grown into young women, and for no reason, they would have missed several years of opportunities to enter the palace and compete for the emperor's favor!
However, precisely because the Emperor knew of his feelings for Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and because Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was deeply loved by the court officials, no one particularly opposed this matter, and no one took the initiative to bring it up with the Emperor. In the end, of course, they could only let the Emperor have his way.
But two or three years have passed.
If they don't hold a selection of consorts soon, it won't do. First, there's the Niohuru family; the deceased Empress Niohuru has a younger sister who is of consort age! The Niohuru family also needs a daughter to establish a connection with the Emperor at this time.
Even the Tongjia clan wanted to arrange for another of their daughters to enter the palace!
There were definitely not many examples like this in the palace, where two sisters served the emperor together.
The harem urgently needs a batch of fresh, flower-bud-like girls to fill it up.
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Yinzhen contracted a fever.
Jingrou learned of this because Yinzhen didn't come to the study that day, and Yinqi mentioned it at the dinner table. Yinqi was also puzzled; he had only heard the teacher say that the fourth prince was sick.
"How is he now?" Jingrou asked.
Yinqi scratched his head, "I don't know, my eldest brother and I are planning to go and take a look..." Even someone as hardworking as the fourth brother is taking leave at this time, it must be quite serious, right?
Fourth Brother isn't in his study today, and he doesn't know who to talk to about some gossip.
Jingrou was also a little worried.
Before Yinqi and the others could even go to find Yinzhen, they heard that the matter had alarmed their father, the Khan, and that someone had poisoned him, which was why Yinzhen was showing such symptoms.
Emperor Kangxi still favored Yinzhen, especially since Empress Tongjia had told him to take good care of him before she passed away.
Aside from Yinreng, Emperor Kangxi spent the most time with his eldest son, Yinzhi, and his fourth son, Yinzhen. Much of the limited time Emperor Kangxi had with his children was devoted to these three.
The eldest brother was his eldest son and the oldest, so he could do a lot and was highly valued by him. As for Yinzhen, he was by his cousin's side and they spent a lot of time together.
Poisoning? Emperor Kangxi took this very seriously. Emperors value their lives. If someone dares to poison a prince now, then one day they might be able to poison the emperor himself.
Moreover, seeing Yinzhen's pale face, the neglect he had shown him over the past few days suddenly came flooding back to him. Emperor Kangxi felt guilty, but he was also furious and decided to investigate the matter thoroughly.
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