After delivering the gifts, Yunyi left without taking a single cloud with her, showing no reluctance whatsoever.
Stunned by Granny Yun's actions, Xuan Ye stood frozen in place, but this only confirmed to him that Granny Yun was indeed no ordinary person.
When the wet nurse returned shortly afterward, Xuan Ye had already returned to his normal expression, and the wet nurse did not notice anything unusual.
Xuan Ye made an excuse that he was a little tired and left himself alone in the carriage, sending the wet nurse outside.
When he was alone, he carefully opened the box.
I thought there would be some information about my background inside, but when I opened it, there was only a silver peace charm inside.
The front of the plaque has the two large characters for "peace" written on it, while the back has a sentence written in Mongolian.
Although Xuan Ye was a Manchu emperor, he was proficient in the languages and scripts of Manchu, Mongolian and Han ethnicities from a young age, and he could understand the characters on this.
This peace charm looks very ordinary; it's made of ordinary silver with no fancy patterns and is quite rough.
Xuan Ye didn't think it was because Granny Yun's low status prevented her from getting good things; on the contrary, he felt there was something wrong.
Especially the Mongolian script inside. Usually, things in the palace are written in Chinese and Manchu, but this peace plaque is written in Mongolian, which seems to be hinting at the relationship between Granny Yun and Mongolia.
This made Xuan Ye even more puzzled. He considered many possibilities: was he the child of a low-ranking concubine in the palace, or the child of a palace maid who had conceived through surrogacy?
As for whether it was a case of "switching the prince from a commoner to a prince," Xuan Ye had not considered it.
After all, his appearance is somewhat similar to that of his father, Emperor Shunzhi, which is enough to prove that he is definitely the emperor's child, but not necessarily the child of Consort Tong.
Now a peace plaque with Mongolian script has appeared, and Xuan Ye has new doubts about his origins. Could it be that he was born to a Mongolian woman?
But that's not right. If I were really born to a Mongolian woman, my maternal grandmother would be very happy, since she longs for a prince with Mongolian blood.
In that case, how could I have become Tong's child? Before giving birth, Tong was just a concubine. She didn't have the ability to take away a Mongolian woman's child.
Unless her mother was just a low-ranking palace maid with no power, which is why Tong Shi took her child away, or even because she was killed by Tong Shi after giving birth, there would be no way there would be no news.
As the future Emperor Kangxi, Xuan Ye had seen many supernatural things in the harem. He had heard of and seen the drama of surrogacy and then killing the birth mother, so he was no stranger to it.
So when Xuan Ye thought of this outcome, his heart ached. He was unwilling to accept that result.
He closed his eyes and seemed to be thinking about something. When Xuan Ye opened his eyes again, he raised his hand to close the box and carefully put away the peace charm.
After returning to the palace, Xuan Ye finally understood what Granny Yun meant when she said that the situation in the palace had changed and that he should be careful.
The once highly favored Imperial Noble Consort Dong E was demoted to a concubine. Her father, Emperor Shunzhi, began to frequently visit the inner palace, while her "mother," Consort Tong, became the most favored concubine in the harem.
Having regained favor, Tong Yurou wanted to have a child of her own, and unknowingly began to show less affection to her son, who had just recovered from a serious illness.
Xuan Ye was not a child; he could clearly sense the changes in Tong Shi and knew why.
Undeterred by his mother's neglect, Xuan Ye secretly began searching for information about his biological mother through various connections.
As autumn fades into winter, the leaves turn golden and then frosty white, and the whole world is adorned with snow, a scene of pure white as far as the eye can see.
Xuan Ye took off his autumn clothes and put on winter clothes. The red clothes were very festive and suitable for the New Year's family banquet tonight.
Yes, that's right. Half a year has passed in the blink of an eye, and now it is the New Year's Palace Banquet of the fifteenth year of the Shunzhi Emperor's reign.
There were many people in the hall. Xuan Ye did not sit with Tong Yu Rou, but was arranged to sit with the Second Prince Fu Quan below.
He looked at Tong Yurou sitting very close to Shunzhi, smiling radiantly, and found it somewhat amusing.
For the past six months, Ms. Tong has been preparing to conceive again, but reality has not been as she hoped, and her wish has not come true.
For the past six months, Dong E Wan Ning had tried everything she could to win back Shunzhi's heart, but tonight she sat in a seat far back with a bad expression, staring at Shunzhi at the head of the table and Boguor below.
Dong Ewanning's expression was complex, containing envy, jealousy, resentment, sadness, and unwillingness.
Seeing Tong's smug look, seeing Fulin's heartless expression, and seeing Boguor's gentle and considerate manner towards his wife, Dong'e Wanning felt a pang of pain in her heart.
At this moment, she felt a pang of regret. If she hadn't coveted wealth and status, and that secret sense of pride, would she have been living a better life?
Boguer may not be that witty, he is indeed immature and doesn't have much power, but he is sincere, considerate, gentle, and truly loves himself.
With her hand on her chest, Dong E Wan Ning forced herself to turn her head away from the two men in order to maintain her composure and prevent herself from collapsing.
At the other end of the table, Boguer once again considerately poured a glass of warm water for his wife, his face bearing his usual gentle smile.
The new wife he married at the beginning of the year was perhaps because he felt guilty. The wife that Shunzhi chose for his younger brother was indeed very good. She came from a high family and was particularly dignified and well-mannered.
Boguor and his wife were a model of marital harmony, a story that became a legend in the capital. Everyone said that Prince Xiang was a good husband and treated his wife exceptionally well.
Noticing the gaze from that direction, Boguer's gentle expression remained unchanged, but the moment he lowered his head, a slight smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
Dong Eshi, it seems you've regretted it!
Indeed, she worked so hard to enter the palace back then, even going so far as to harm her husband, and now that she's fallen out of favor and is just a lowly concubine, she thinks of her ex-husband. It's truly ironic.
Boguer no longer paid any attention to Dong Ewanning. Her current predicament was entirely her own fault.
The fifteenth year of the Shunzhi reign arrived as scheduled. March was Xuan Ye's fourth birthday, which was also his fifth birthday (by the traditional Chinese age reckoning).
After his birthday, he would go to the Imperial Study to study and move out of Chengqian Palace to live in the Prince's Residence.
But before his birthday arrived, a major incident occurred in the palace.
Ever since the incident at the palace banquet, Dong E Wan Ning has been seeking a way to regain the emperor's favor.
She tried everything—delivering gifts, waiting on the palace road to deliberately bump into them—but nothing worked.
After exhausting all other methods, Dong E Wan Ning had no other choice. On one occasion, when Shunzhi was preparing to go to Chengqian Palace, she waited for him on the way and drugged him so that he would have sex with her.
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