Ignoring the curtsy Dong Eshi gave him, he didn't wake up and walked straight into the hall.
Noticing his anger, Dong E Wan Ning didn't care. Her confidence emboldened her, and she got up and followed him inside.
"Fulin, what's wrong? Did Wanning do something wrong to upset you?"
She greeted him with a smile, as she always had, attempting to soothe Shunzhi's emotions with her gentleness and kindness.
But clearly, her method was useless, because Shunzhi's complexion not only did not improve, but actually worsened.
Dong Ewanning seemed a bit dazed today, lacking her usual intelligence, and her reactions were somewhat slow.
But Shunzhi didn't notice anything amiss. He became even angrier when he saw that Dong E Wan Ning had entered without his permission.
"You, how dare you! After being in the palace for so long, haven't you learned any palace rules?"
Dong E Wan Ning was stunned. Wasn't she always like this? She never had to bow when she saw Fu Lin.
Although I have fallen out of favor for a while, after serving you last night, Fulin's attitude towards me should have improved, right?
Her behavior further enraged Shunzhi, who suddenly stood up and threw the stack of evidence in front of her.
"Look at these things you've done over the years, Dong E Wan Ning. I really didn't expect you to be so bold as to dare to confuse the royal bloodline."
Dong E Wan Ning's expression froze, but she still stubbornly defended herself: "Fu Lin, what are you talking about? This is all fake. Someone is framing me."
That's what she said, but she picked up the evidence on the ground and started looking at it. The more she looked, the more shocked she became. Dong E Wan Ning never imagined that he would find out that the child was not Fu Lin's.
She knew in her heart that no matter what, she couldn't admit it, otherwise the punishment that followed would be unbearable for her.
Therefore, even when faced with Shunzhi's well-documented questioning, Dong E Wan Ning still resolutely refuted and defended herself.
In Shunzhi's eyes, her behavior meant that she was unrepentant and stubborn.
Several more names popped out of her mouth: the doctor who examined Dong E Wan Ning's pulse before she entered the palace, and the imperial physician who covered for her after she entered the palace.
Shunzhi then recounted the things the Dong E family had done for her in private over the years, and most importantly, the matter of Dong E Wan Ning sending people to Jin'an County to murder Boguor.
Emperor Shunzhi truly did not expect that Dong E Wan Ning, this woman, would be so ruthless.
Because she was pregnant with Boguor's child and feared that her husband Boguor would block her path to the palace, she was ruthless enough to send someone to murder Boguor.
The Emperor Shunzhi looked at Dong E Wanning with no warmth, only icy coldness. After learning about these things, he no longer saw Dong E Wanning as the beloved girl, but as a woman with a heart of a snake.
Seeing that Dong E Wan Ning still wanted to argue after hearing these things, Shunzhi raised his hand and threw something.
"Look at this for yourself. Now that the evidence is overwhelming, do you still want to deny it?"
Tears streamed down her face, but the man before her showed no mercy.
When Dong Ewanning picked up the object and looked at it, her pupils contracted sharply, and her hands trembled slightly.
How could she not recognize this? It was the jade pendant that Biqing possessed, proving that she was a maidservant of the Dong'e family.
This is a jade pendant of turquoise color. Shouldn't she keep it close to her body? How did it suddenly appear in Fu Lin's hand?
Judging from Dong E Wan Ning's expression, everything was understood without words. At this moment, Shunzhi was utterly disappointed; he already knew the answer.
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After that day, Consort Dong E of Yongshou Palace was demoted to commoner status and moved to the Cold Palace, where she was forbidden to leave without an imperial edict.
Because of Dong E Wan Ning's affair, Emperor Shunzhi fell seriously ill and lost all hope for love and romance, becoming a person who completely shut his heart and locked away his love.
After his condition improved, Emperor Shunzhi seemed to have come to a realization. He stopped visiting the harem as often and became a diligent and benevolent emperor.
Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang has been in a very good mood lately. That little vixen Dong E has finally been defeated, and Fulin also knows how wrong he was before. Now he is focused on important state affairs and is a good emperor.
But Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang was also worried. Fulin no longer liked to enter the inner palace, and he only had two sons, which was still too few and not good for the country.
In order to ensure the continuation of the royal line, Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang planned to hold another imperial concubine selection to fill the harem, but Emperor Shunzhi refused.
The Emperor's rejection of the Empress Dowager's proposal to hold a selection of concubines was a good thing for all the concubines in the harem. With no new people entering the palace, there would be less competition.
Tong Yurou became active again. The Third Prince moved to the Prince's Residence, which was a good time for her to prepare for pregnancy and have another child.
Tong Yurou prepared for this from the fifteenth year of the Shunzhi reign to the seventeenth year.
Two years have passed, and none of the concubines in the palace have become pregnant. Although this is related to the fact that Emperor Shunzhi rarely visits the harem, it is still somewhat strange and puzzling.
After two years of torment, Dong E Wan Ning eked out a living in the cold palace.
Over the years, she had made too many enemies. After being banished to the Cold Palace, the palace maids and nannies were instructed to bully her in secret, making her life very difficult.
Yunyi officially returned to Khorchin after Baozhu turned five, but in reality, Baozhu went back, while she did not.
When Baozhu was five years old, it was also the time when Xuan Ye moved to the Prince's Residence. Yunyi concealed her identity and worked as a nanny in the Prince's Residence, casually teaching Xuan Ye while waiting for time to pass.
According to historical timeline, Emperor Shunzhi died in the eighteenth year of his reign, which means there is still one year left.
Yunyi had one last thing to do: she wanted to see Xuan Ye ascend the throne before she could return to Khorchin and pursue her own freedom.
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