"Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor! Long live the Emperor!"
A loud voice rang out.
During the month-long mourning period, the Fourth Prince went to the Shouhuang Hall three times a day to offer sacrifices and food, grieving day and night, wearing mourning clothes. Everyone in the court was moved and praised him.
It wasn't until everyone couldn't bear to watch any longer and jointly presented a memorial to the emperor to comfort him and console him that the atmosphere of Emperor Kangxi's funeral gradually dissipated.
The Imperial Household Department began preparing for the relocation of Kangxi's consorts to more suitable residences. Palaces such as Ning Shou Palace and Shou Kang Palace, where the dowager consorts resided, were prepared. Kangxi had a large number of dowager consorts, and while these places were clean and tidy, they were naturally not as comfortable as their previous homes. The consorts had many complaints, but the reign title and the emperor had changed, so they could only confide their grievances to those close to them. Reluctantly, they moved out of their residences.
The Fourth Prince was always busy with state affairs and had no time to attend to the trivial matters of the inner palace. The head of the Imperial Household Department came to see him several times, but was refused each time. He had no choice but to pester Su Peisheng to pass on a message.
After being slapped by Consort De for speaking out of turn last time, Su Peisheng dared not cause any more trouble.
Despite the steward's persistent pleas, he went to relay the message.
"Your Majesty, the Chief Eunuch of the Imperial Household Department has requested an audience, but has been refused several times. He specifically sent me to inquire..." Su Peisheng said cautiously, bowing low.
The Fourth Prince didn't even look up, continuing with his own business, and asked, "Why don't you just take over the position of Chief Steward of the Imperial Household Department? Why do you have to interfere in everything?"
Su Peisheng was greatly alarmed. Knowing that the Fourth Prince was joking, he still replied in a panic, "Your Majesty, please don't flatter this servant. This servant dares not accept such praise..."
Fourth Master then smiled, looked up at Su Peisheng, and asked, "Speak! What is it this time?"
“Consort Yi is unwilling to move to Ning Shou Palace…” Su Peisheng said with his head down.
Fourth Master frowned and said, "Let Eunuch Duo in!"
After Eunuch Duo paid his respects to the Fourth Prince, he stood up and said, "Your Majesty, Consort Yi said that she does not wish to go to Ning Shou Palace and requests that Your Majesty allow her to leave the palace and live with the Ninth Prince!"
Fourth Master sneered, "Does she think she's still in charge?"
The eunuch quickly lowered his head as much as possible and said, "This servant is incompetent and has no choice but to ask His Majesty for instructions!"
"Did you take too many favors from her in the past? Now you're indebted to her?" Fourth Prince stared at Eunuch Duo. The Imperial Household Department was the most lucrative place, and the intricate relationships between these people and the harem were impossible to explain.
"This servant wouldn't dare!" Eunuch Duo was so frightened that he immediately knelt down.
"Then you didn't understand what I meant!" the Fourth Prince said.
"This servant understands!" Eunuch Duo felt a thin layer of sweat break out on his back.
"Whatever method you use, make her move to where she needs to be," Fourth Master said, waving his hand.
Grandpa Duo dared not say anything more and quickly withdrew.
The Fourth Prince frowned as he recalled Consort Yi's various misdeeds.
"Su Peisheng, go and tell Consort Yi to take the gifts that Father Emperor gave her and move them away immediately!" the Fourth Prince suddenly shouted.
Consort Yi and Consort De had been fighting for half their lives, but in the end, she lost to Consort De. Although she had two sons, she could only move into the crowded Ning Shou Palace, but could not move out of the palace to live with her sons.
Both the Fifth Prince and the Ninth Prince wanted to request an imperial decree to bring Consort Yi out, but the Fourth Prince refused to see them and wouldn't even look at the memorials they submitted.
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