These feelings of jealousy and resentment prompted Tong Yurou to take some action.
Given Dong E's position in the Emperor's heart, and the words the Emperor said when the Fourth Prince was born.
Tong Yurou didn't know if her son still had a chance of winning. She always considered the position of crown prince to be hers for the taking, so she wouldn't allow anyone to threaten her son's position.
However, Dong E Wan Ning was well protected by Shunzhi. Given the power she had accumulated after entering the palace, it would be difficult for her to escape unscathed after taking action.
At this time, with Yun Yi secretly acting as a go-between, Boguer and Tong Yurou's groups made contact.
Tong Yurou wanted the Fourth Prince to die young, so she could get rid of the person threatening her son's position and then strike at Dong E Wanning.
Bogor wanted to steal the child so he could raise it himself.
Although their goals are different, they can still cooperate.
After discussing it, the two devised a plan to fake the death of the Fourth Prince and then secretly switch the child out of the palace.
In fact, Tong Yurou wanted to eliminate the root of the problem and directly resolve the issue of the Fourth Prince and Dong E Wanning.
However, this idea was too difficult to realize, so she had to settle for second best and cooperate with Boguor to fake the death of the Fourth Prince.
This can be considered as achieving her own plan, since it would be difficult for her to deal with Dong E Wan Ning on her own, so she could only cooperate with Boguor.
She is accepting that the plan may deviate slightly due to the collaboration, as long as she is satisfied with the final result.
The other partner, Boguer, was also quite satisfied with the plan. The Fourth Prince was his son, and no matter what other ideas he had, he couldn't involve his child.
Therefore, Bogor brought the child out first, so that he would not have any concerns when he took action later.
Both of them thought their plans were perfect, but they were both under Yunyi's control.
So not long after the Fourth Prince's full moon celebration, people began to move around in Yongshou Palace.
The wet nurse of the Fourth Prince was personally selected by Emperor Shunzhi, but even though he was the emperor, he did not necessarily have all his own people around him.
Naturally, there were other people serving the Fourth Prince, so it was difficult to guard against them if they started to fight.
The Fourth Prince died just three months after his birth, causing Emperor Shunzhi, his father, immense grief.
After the Fourth Prince died young, Emperor Shunzhi posthumously conferred upon him the title of Prince Rong of the First Rank. Not only that, he also built a mausoleum for this young child who died prematurely.
This is very rare in history, and it shows how much Emperor Shunzhi loved this child.
While the funeral of Prince Rong was being held in the palace, outside the palace at Prince Xiang's residence, a man in black sneaked in through the back door.
Boguer looked at the basket on the table with a mixture of anticipation and hesitation, and did not make a move for a long time.
Li Shu couldn't bear to watch any longer and whispered, "Your Highness, the young master must be feeling stifled inside. You should open the basket quickly!"
Upon hearing this, Boguer couldn't help but feel annoyed. He hadn't thought of this aspect and almost let his son suffocate inside.
He mustered his courage and opened the basket the man in black had brought; inside, a small baby was sleeping peacefully.
The little guy had a rosy complexion and fair, delicate skin; he wasn't very chubby.
His parents are both good-looking, and even at just over three months old, his young face already shows glimpses of handsome features.
Finally able to get close to his son, Boguer couldn't wait to touch his little face. The soft, smooth touch made him love it.
He awkwardly picked up the little one; he had never held a child before, and the way he did it felt very strange.
It was the man in black who adjusted his posture, making his movements more proper and less strange.
After holding him for only a short while, Boguor reluctantly put his son down and then beckoned the wet nurse who had been waiting outside to come in.
After the wet nurse left with the child, Li Shu asked with a hint of confusion, "Your Highness, since you like the young master so much, why didn't you keep him here?"
Boguer stood there stunned for a long while before he finally spoke up to explain: "He was, after all, the Fourth Prince, and it would be too dangerous for him to stay in the capital with me. Besides, I am not married now, so how can I arrange a reasonable status for him?"
He reached out and opened the cabinet next to his desk, took out a jade pendant, and stared at it for a long time, as if he was reminiscing about something.
Suppressing his emotions, he handed the jade pendant to Li Shu: "This is a jade pendant that my mother always carried with her. There were only two in total, one for me and one for my elder brother."
"Tell the person leading the group to keep this jade pendant safe. You can use it to recognize your elder brother later."
Indeed, Bogor had already made his plans. After exchanging the child for someone else in the palace, he would send someone to take him to his elder brother.
Before marrying Huang Taiji and becoming a concubine, Namuzhong was the principal wife of Ligdan Khan of Mongolia, and had a son with him.
This child was granted the title of Mongolian Prince by Huang Taiji and was in charge of the land formerly held by Ligdan Khan. He was considered to have some influence in Mongolia. Bogor found a place for his child to stay with his elder brother.
Mongolia is far from the capital, so there won't be any unexpected problems as the children grow up.
Moreover, Mongolia was his elder brother's territory, and with this uncle around, his children could grow up safely.
So no matter how reluctant he was, Boguor had no choice but to suppress his reluctance and send the child over.
Yunyi knew about this, but it didn't affect her plans, so she turned a blind eye and released Boguor, sending the child to Mongolia.
In the palace, after Dong E Wan Ning's child died, she was truly "sad" for a while and it took her a long time to recover.
Tong Yurou's plan is not over yet. Now that the Fourth Prince has been dealt with, my next step is to deal with Dong E Wanning.
Given her own power, Tong Yurou could only resort to insidious and despicable methods to deal with her enemy, Dong Eshi.
It was already the end of the thirteenth year of the Shunzhi reign. After more than half a year of recuperation, Dong E Wan Ning was ready to conceive another child that truly belonged to her and Fu Lin.
Seeing that the time was almost right, Yunyi's next plan should begin.
At the New Year's banquet, Imperial Noble Consort Dong E announced that she was pregnant again, shocking the entire court and the public.
Emperor Shunzhi was overjoyed; he was happy to have another child.
Dong Ewan Ning was somewhat puzzled. Although she said she wanted to have another child, she remembered what the doctor had said back then: she was not a person who could easily get pregnant.
It was already quite remarkable that she became pregnant unexpectedly after a one-night stand with Boguer back then, so it's impossible that she's pregnant again in less than a year now.
She had many doubts about this, so although Dong E Wan Ning was pregnant, she was not in a good mood.
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