After learning about Wuya's plan from Taoxin, Yunyi did not choose to expose her, but instead decided to play along.
The self-inflicted injury ruse is effective; only when something happens and causes harm will Wuya's guilt be serious and the punishment severe enough.
If her plan is exposed now, and no harm is caused, Kangxi will be concerned for the Fourteenth Prince and the other princesses. Since Lady Uya has already been demoted to the rank of Noble Lady, he will not punish her severely.
Now that Yunyi has taken action, she won't hold back. Wuya is still a noble lady, and although she is confined to Yonghe Palace, she can still cause trouble. What Yunyi wants is to completely suppress her and stop her from causing any more trouble.
Yunyi beckoned Wanzhou over and told her to select a midwife and a wet nurse for the young prince or princess.
Yunyi is now more than five months pregnant with twins, and she won't be born at full term; they'll most likely be premature. Preparing these people now is just right.
Wanzhou nodded, keeping her master's instructions in mind; she knew what to do.
Since the demotion of Consort De in the palace, the status of the Wuya family has plummeted, returning to its previous state.
This made the arrogant and domineering Uya family very uncomfortable. In the past, many princes and ministers would try to curry favor with or befriend them when they were away from home, but now they were like a plague, avoided by everyone.
It has to be said that a family cannot raise two different personalities. They also blamed all these things on the fault of Princess Consort Ulanara of Prince Yong, believing that she disrespected her elders, which caused Ulanara to lose her temper in public, anger the emperor, and ultimately be demoted.
Upon learning that Consort Wuya intended to deal with the Ulanara clan, the Wuya family members were very proactive. Without asking for any reasons, without making excuses, and without trying to dissuade them, they happily went to carry out the plan.
While contacting the Wuya family, Tao Xin also relayed messages to Yun Yi, making sure she knew the Wuya family's plans perfectly.
However, things didn't happen so quickly. Because the Uya family was afraid of being exposed, they acted very secretly, which slowed down the progress.
Yunyi wasn't in a hurry. She pretended not to know anything and focused on her pregnancy in an orderly manner, keeping all her worries at bay.
Two months passed in the blink of an eye. Yunyi was now more than seven months pregnant, her belly was frighteningly large, which worried both Tongjia and Yinzhen.
There had never been a pregnant woman carrying twins in the Qing palace before. Neither Lady Tongjia nor Yinzhen had ever encountered such a situation, and they were filled with worry.
Wanzhou had already chosen the midwives and wet nurses for the young masters, and even brought them to Yunyi to see them.
The four midwives were all very experienced and had delivered many babies, including twins and triplets.
The old women all looked very kind, especially the one on the far left, Granny Chen, who was the one Yunyi liked the most among them, but she was also the one with the problem.
The wet nurses were selected from the Manchu women under the Bordered White Banner, which was under the control of Yinzhen. They had all just given birth, and there were eight of them in total, with more than a dozen more as backups.
When Yunyi gives birth, let the little masters try them out and see which one they like. If it's not suitable, we can change to another one.
Yun Yi's gaze swept over the four midwives and eight wet nurses one by one. She remained expressionless until the people below became increasingly nervous. Only then did she slowly speak and say some words of warning.
Perhaps feeling guilty, Granny Chen felt that the Princess Consort of Yongjun was constantly looking at her, making her heart tighten and almost unable to breathe.
After a long while (actually not that long), when she heard the voice from the head of the table calling out, Granny Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Following Wanzhou's directions, Granny Chen and the other nannies were settled in a side room in the main courtyard, which was very close to Yunyi's residence, so they could come over at any time.
Granny Chen was assigned to live with another Granny Liu. Granny Liu was timid. After Yunyi investigated her, she specifically asked Wanzhou to arrange for the two of them to live together so that Granny Chen could easily do some dirty tricks.
Upon discovering that her roommate was Granny Liu, Granny Chen was still smug, feeling that it was heaven's help that arranged this for her.
Little did she know, Yun Yi had been watching everything she did, waiting for the right moment to punish her.
Another month has passed, and Yunyi is now more than eight months pregnant. With her due date fast approaching, Granny Chen has become increasingly anxious. The closer she gets to her due date, the greater the burden on her heart becomes.
Uya's life in the palace was not easy either. She was confined to the palace, and the maids and eunuchs around her became increasingly lax in their duties and showed little respect for their mistress.
With his mother demoted, the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen also had a hard time. In the past, he relied on Consort De's high rank and favor to be a domineering little tyrant in the palace.
Now that Consort De has been demoted to a minor noblewoman, he has lost his support. If he wants to do something, no one will tolerate him or fear him anymore.
The huge gap made the Fourteenth Prince Yinzhen very uncomfortable, but reality does make people grow. After two months of adjustment, he seemed to finally recognize reality and understand that he was no longer Consort De's son.
During this period, the Fourteenth Prince also went to Emperor Kangxi to beg him to forgive his mother.
He also pestered the fourth son, urging him not to be unfilial and to plead for his mother.
He even went to intercept Honghui, hoping he would plead with his elders to release his mother.
Of course, all of the Fourteenth Prince's ideas came to nothing, as Yinzhen's feelings for his birth mother had been completely exhausted over the years.
Honghui has always loved his mother dearly. The incident almost caused her death and nearly cost him his younger siblings. He would never plead for mercy or let the person who did the attack go.
As for Kangxi, he felt that he had seen through Wuya's true colors, and he was angry that Wuya had been resenting him all these years, feeling that she was two-faced and had been deceiving him all along.
How could Emperor Kangxi accept this? The feeling of being deceived and played with turned into anger in his heart.
In a fit of anger, he demoted Lady Wuya to the rank of Noble Lady. If it weren't for the fact that Lady Wuya had given birth to three sons and three daughters, her rank would have been even lower.
Therefore, no matter how much the Fourteenth Prince pleaded, Emperor Kangxi remained unmoved, determined not to budge and not to let Lady Uya go.
Seeing the Khan's resolute attitude and his unwillingness to release his mother, the Fourteenth Prince finally gave up and seemed to accept the outcome.
Of course, no one knows what his true thoughts are; on the surface, he seems to have accepted it.
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