No one knew when the figure outside the window arrived, how long he had been listening, or what he had heard.
He arrived silently and left quietly, so much so that when Dong'e Wanning and Biqing finished discussing matters and opened the door, they didn't even know that someone had come by.
The plan was set; now it was time for her to find the right opportunity to make her move.
Because he felt guilty, Emperor Shunzhi had been visiting Yongshou Palace less often lately. Dong'e Wan Ning didn't even notice; she was still keeping an eye on Consort Tong in the palace and hadn't paid any attention to Fulin's situation.
However, it is understandable that Shunzhi did not come. The previous dynasty had been busy with many affairs, and he was tied up with political matters, so he had less time to go to the inner palace.
The year turned into the fourteenth year of the Shunzhi reign. On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival, a palace banquet was held.
As the birth mother of the Third Prince, Tong Yurou was ordered to organize a palace banquet with Consort Ning when the Imperial Noble Consort was pregnant and unable to manage palace affairs.
This move was exactly what Dong'e Wan Ning wanted. Only if she had a miscarriage at the palace banquet would the mothers of the Second and Third Princes be punished. It was truly killing two birds with one stone.
Everything proceeded as usual at the palace banquet. Since it was a family banquet, no court officials were invited; only the concubines from the palace participated.
Ironically, to Shunzhi's left was the Empress Dowager, and to his right was Imperial Noble Consort Dong'e Wanning.
His empress, who was his principal wife, was next to the empress dowager, the furthest away from Shunzhi.
However, no matter how much Emperor Shunzhi promoted Consort Dong'e Wan Ning, she was still a concubine and could not sit openly beside him.
Therefore, the rank of Imperial Noble Consort Dong'e Wanning was actually slightly lower than that of Emperor Shunzhi, in order to show the difference in status.
Halfway through the palace banquet, the Imperial Noble Consort suddenly clutched her stomach, saying that she was in unbearable abdominal pain.
Everyone knew that Dong E Wan Ning was pregnant. When she suddenly said that she was not feeling well, everyone was shocked and wondered if something was wrong.
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But just as they thought, the Imperial Noble Consort's health deteriorated, and Shunzhi quickly had someone help Dong E Wan Ning to a side hall to rest, and summoned the imperial physician to treat her.
He was still very concerned about Dong E Wan Ning's condition. His face was full of worry and fear, but beneath these emotions, there were other things mixed in.
After the imperial physicians examined her, the worst possible outcome occurred: the Imperial Noble Consort had miscarried due to being drugged.
Upon hearing this news, many concubines secretly chuckled to themselves, thinking to themselves that it served them right.
After entering the palace, Dong'e Wan Ning was so favored that she stole all the affection and became a veritable public enemy of the harem.
Seeing the Imperial Noble Consort miscarry is a great joy for these concubines.
However, given the Emperor's favor towards the Imperial Noble Consort, they dared not show too much joy, lest they be implicated.
From the moment Dong E Wan Ning mentioned feeling unwell, Consort Ning and Tong Yu Rou were on tenterhooks. After all, they were the ones who organized the palace banquet, and if anything went wrong at the banquet, it would be their fault.
Now that they heard from the imperial physician that Consort Dong'e Wan Ning had miscarried, Consort Ning and Tong Yu Rou did not look well.
Consort Ning was pondering how to clear herself of the blame, while Tong Yurou, a conspiracy theorist, felt there was something fishy about the matter.
Now that something has happened, the grand Lantern Festival family banquet can no longer be held. With a cold face, Shunzhi asked Dong Eshi and Tongshi, the two people in charge, how the banquet was organized.
Consort Ning was rather timid and fearful. When questioned by the Emperor, she only spoke words that were eager to clear herself of any wrongdoing, which made Emperor Shunzhi secretly shake his head.
Tong Yurou was indeed quite capable; even in such a situation, she remained neither humble nor arrogant, showing no sign of being intimidated.
She spoke in a very organized manner, without explicitly saying anything, but every word she uttered was meant to distance herself from the situation.
This was exactly the kind of empress he envisioned. Emperor Shunzhi was very satisfied with her; she truly deserved to be the woman he had favored for a period of time.
No one knew what he was thinking. On the surface, Shunzhi remained as cold as ice, as if he did not trust the two concubines and had assigned someone else to investigate the matter.
With the Emperor gone, the remaining concubines were not allowed to leave the palace banquet hall until the investigation was completed. Everyone was in a state of panic, secretly wondering who the perpetrator might be.
Having already received treatment from the imperial physician, Dong E Wan Ning was carried back to her Yongshou Palace by palace servants to recuperate, as the environment in the side hall was not good.
She was very satisfied with what happened tonight. She had resolved the issue of the false pregnancy and even dragged Consort Ning and Consort Tong into the mess, indirectly dealing a blow to the Second and Third Princes.
Although she doesn't have children yet, Dong Ewanning is already clearing obstacles for her future children.
Having dealt with two princes before her own son was born, and given her position in Fulin's heart, compared to the treatment of the Fourth Prince, the possibility of her son ascending the throne was quite high...
Dong Ewan was immersed in her beautiful fantasy, but when Shunzhi returned to the Qianqing Palace after visiting her, he looked very unwell.
Five days later, the investigation results came out, but only a few palace maids were sent out to take the blame, and nothing useful was found.
Nothing happened during the palace banquet organized by Consort Ning and Consort Tong, and there is no evidence to prove that the two of them ever fought.
The results of this survey surprised Dong Ewanning somewhat.
She had clearly arranged for Consort Tong to become the scapegoat and be accused of plotting to harm the imperial heir. How could she have failed to find anything?
The plot to frame her failed. After her initial surprise, Dong E Wan Ning quickly calmed down. She knew that Consort Tong was no ordinary person.
It's alright. We didn't succeed in dealing with her this time, but there will be other opportunities in the future. Dong E Wan Ning is not in a hurry.
Tong Yurou also found it strange. When Dong Ewanning had this accident, she thought she was going to have a major hemorrhage, but unexpectedly nothing happened.
She thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out. In the end, she could only blame the deposed empress, believing that the deposed empress had saved her. She knew that the deposed empress had been staying in Shuangyue Palace all these years and had not yet returned to Mongolia.
He was raising Borjigit's son, and when he got into trouble, the Third Prince didn't get a good outcome either.
The fact that the deposed empress was able to switch children with him without being discovered under such circumstances shows that she was indeed quite restless.
In this matter, Tong Yurou couldn't think of anyone else who would have the ability or motive to save her; she could only think of the deposed empress of Shuangyue Palace.
If Yunyi knew what she was thinking, she could only apologize and say that she had guessed wrong; someone else was helping her.
Not only did she guess wrong, she also confused friend and foe. Yun Yi had no intention of helping Tong Yu Rou, and in fact, the subsequent plans were not good for Tong Yu Rou.
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