After leaving Kangxi's place, Yinzhen went to see the Empress Dowager, Uya.
Yinzhen had completely let go of his feelings for his mother, and perhaps he no longer cared about her. In fact, she valued him much more because he was the emperor.
"Your subject greets Your Majesty the Empress Dowager. May Your Majesty enjoy boundless blessings and peace."
Compared to Emperor Kangxi, the Empress Dowager seemed much more energetic: "You've arrived. Sit down and let's talk. Your mother has had lotus seed soup prepared. Please try it."
Despite not liking lotus seed soup, Yinzhen smiled and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty. You've gone to so much trouble."
Yinzhen took a bite and then stopped forcing himself to eat more.
Seeing that he had stopped eating, the Empress Dowager had the bowls and plates taken away and then called in a young woman.
"This servant greets Your Majesty, may Your Majesty enjoy ten thousand years of good fortune and peace."
“This is Wuya Yunyue, your mother’s niece, that is, your cousin. The Consort is pregnant, and you don’t like the old people from the Prince’s residence. Yunyue is virtuous and caring. Letting her take care of you will put your mother’s mind at ease.”
Yinzhen glanced at Wuya Yunyue. He was familiar with her; she had entered his harem in his previous life, but she hadn't lived to see him ascend the throne. She was unlucky. As for her, she had nothing to do with being virtuous; on the contrary, she was quite shallow.
Thinking of Kangxi's "lecture" earlier, Yinzhen would have refused if it had been someone else. However, since she was a girl from the Uya clan, it wasn't a pity for her to waste her years in the deep palace.
The things that Uya's family did were enough to warrant their deaths many times over.
Yinzhen said calmly, "Since she is Mother's niece, I will naturally take good care of her."
If the other party makes a stupid mistake, then don't blame them.
After Yinzhen left, the Empress Dowager said to the nanny with a displeased look, "I originally thought of calling Consort Zhen over to reprimand her, but she is lucky. She is pregnant and has a good reputation. I can only hope that Yunyue can live up to expectations."
The old woman comforted him, saying, "Princess Yunyue is beautiful and is also the Empress's niece. The Emperor will naturally not take her back to treat her like an ornament."
Let's hope so!
The news that Yinzhen had returned to the palace with the Empress Dowager's niece reached Le Shu's ears immediately thanks to the word of some people.
Xiao Lan: "Your Majesty, the Emperor has brought back a cousin from Changchun Garden."
Le Shu was taken aback: "Cousin?"
He then asked, "Is it from the Tong family or the Wuya family?"
Xiao Lan clearly hadn't expected this reaction: "It's from the Wuya family, Your Highness, aren't you worried?"
Emperor Kangxi's cousin rose to the position of Empress.
Regarding the dangers of inbreeding, Le Shu once told Yin Zhen what she needed to worry about.
"The Empress Dowager was worried about the Emperor, so she sent a palace maid to serve him. What is there to worry about?"
Le Shu was very relieved.
Granny Su quickly said to Xiaolan, "You're starting to believe everything you hear. Her Majesty has her own plans. In the future, don't say these things in front of Her Majesty."
Over the years, Granny Su had seen things clearly. The relationship between the Empress and the Emperor could not be simply described as romantic love. She knew the Emperor's lingering resentment towards the Wuya family, and that cousin of his was nothing to fear.
Xiaolan didn't quite understand, but she was self-aware enough to nod and say, "Yes."
When Yinzhen arrived at Yongshou Palace, Yue Shu asked with a smile, "I heard that our Fourth Prince brought back a beautiful cousin from Changchun Garden. Where is she?"
Yinzhen looked helpless: "You're teasing me again. There's no cousin. She's just a palace maid. The Empress Dowager said she was here to serve me, but I think her manners aren't very good, so I had Su Peisheng find two strict nannies to teach her! She's still the Empress Dowager's niece. Even if she's just a palace maid, she can't disgrace the Empress Dowager."
"Palace maid? I remember the Emperor Emeritus raised the banner of the Empress Emeritus, so why is she still a palace maid?"
"Father Emperor raised the banner for Mother Emperor, but only for Mother Emperor."
Le Shu hadn't expected that Emperor Kangxi was actually quite stingy.
"Is that Princess Wuya just going to be left like this?"
Yinzhen shook his head, his eyes chillingly cold: "No, why should I support her? When she loses her temper and uses her connections in the palace, I'll be short of money anyway, so I'll use the bondservantes as a target, that'll be perfect."
He didn't want it to be so fast, but someone deliberately made things difficult for him.
He consolidated his army, possessed the latest and most advanced repeating muskets, and with military power in hand, he had no fear of the bondservant soldiers.
The muskets weren't something Yue Shu signed up for; they were something Dai Zi came up with. A few years earlier, Yinzhen had secretly sent people to protect Dai Zi and privately supported his research on muskets and cannons.
He couldn't always rely on Le Shu's system, even though it was very useful, because it had a lot of uncertainties.
Wuya Yunyue's patience was even less than Yinzhen had imagined. She couldn't even last a month. She hadn't learned the rules properly yet, and fearing that she would be forgotten, she contacted the connections her family had given her, only to be caught red-handed.
Taking advantage of the opportunity, Yinzhen not only eradicated the Uya family's connections in the palace, but also produced all the evidence of their embezzlement, imprisoned all those who committed the crimes, and then swiftly confiscated their property.
However, he did not take the lives of the Uya family. After all, they were his maternal clan, so investigating them would not only make him appear selfless.
Killing him would make him seem too inhumane; let's lock him up first.
He searched and confiscated all the bondservant families who were close to the Wuya family. Those who were guilty of capital crimes were not spared. After doing this, Yinzhen "kindly" released the Wuya family members who had committed crimes.
The Uya family, who had no money, no power, and had offended many people, were released, even though they still had an empress dowager, the emperor was not very supportive of them.
Those bondservants who suffered heavy losses had no way to retaliate against the emperor, but they had little scruples about retaliating against the Uya family.
The fate of the Wuya family is predictable.
After he finished doing all this, the Empress Dowager, who was recuperating at Changchun Garden with the Emperor Emeritus, unsurprisingly fell ill—she really did fall ill.
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