"Look, this is the aura of someone who is favored. Those of us who are not favored must not be inferior to others."
Consort Dong had been trying to put down Wanyi because of her favor with the emperor, but she never expected that such a gentle person could be so forceful.
"I've been favored for so long, yet I've never been happy. If anyone said that about me, I would have retorted in the same way." Consort Ulanara, having just been comforted by Consort Wan, naturally spoke up for her.
"You..." Before Consort Dong could say anything more, Ulanara and Ulanara walked towards their respective palaces. However, since the three of them lived in the same palace, they remained silent the whole way.
"How could Consort Ma Jia have fallen like that out of the blue! She's ruined the whole time that was supposed to be the Emperor's time to serve him." Emperor Kangxi was staying at the Qianqing Palace tonight, so Hongxiu was a little annoyed—it was an overnight stay!
"Consort Ma Jia must have been tricked. I wonder who came up with this plan to kill two birds with one stone."
Wanyi then realized what the mastermind was thinking. They wanted to ruin her chance to serve the emperor, and it would be even better if Consort Ma Jia couldn't survive and both she and her unborn child died.
"Your Highness, you guessed right. The spy just reported that it was Consort Wuya who did it. The spy didn't have time to report back and took it upon himself to knock out the eunuch who bumped into Consort Majia and throw him into the well, because he wanted to reveal that Your Highness was the one who instigated it during the Emperor's interrogation." Granny Kong had just entered when she heard Wanyi and Hongxiu's conversation. She had just received the news and rushed over to tell Wanyi.
"Consort Wuya!" Hongxiu exclaimed in surprise.
"She's really an unkillable cockroach. Even at this point, she can still make such moves. But Wuya is always meticulous. She shouldn't have been found out so easily." Wanyi wondered. Based on her understanding of Consort Wuya, she never left any clues or traces in her actions. It was only after she made her move that they found out that Wuya had been tricked.
"I also investigated. The action was hasty. She probably wanted to disrupt the young master's night of service and at the same time scheme against Consort Ma Jia. When I sent people to investigate again, there was no trace left." The way she finished was so quick. If it weren't for her connections and resourcefulness, she probably wouldn't have found anything at all.
"Don't worry! Uya won't be smug for long."
It seems that Lady Guo Luoluo in the Emperor's presence is about to become restless. In her previous life, Guo Luoluo Yihua had already entered the harem by this time. Now that it has been delayed for so long, how could she not be anxious?
Three days later, Emperor Kangxi held a small baby shower for the young prince. Hearing the loud crying, Emperor Kangxi was so pleased that he waved his hand and named the young prince Yinzhi.
"I am very happy today. Consort Ma Jia is a blessed woman." He had initially thought that Consort Ma Jia's pregnancy was doomed, since the pregnancy was not going well and she had also experienced miscarriage. Who would have thought it would be a healthy baby boy?
"Your Majesty, slow down, watch your step."
Liang Jiugong and Wei Zhu each supported a seven-tenths drunk Emperor Kangxi, who was clearly quite intoxicated, as he was swaying and staggering, making him appear to be very drunk to anyone.
"I am not drunk," Kangxi suddenly said, as if he knew what Liang Jiugong was going to say.
"Yes, Your Majesty is not drunk." Liang Jiugong said with a smile. Judging from his appearance, doesn't he have any self-awareness about whether he's drunk or not?
"This servant greets Your Majesty."
Guo Luoluo Yihua knew that today was the third day after the little prince's birth, and that Emperor Kangxi was holding a small celebration in the main hall of Zhongcui Palace. She thought that if the emperor returned to Qianqing Palace, then... So she decided to go out and see if she could run into Emperor Kangxi. Unexpectedly, the heavens were still on her side. Emperor Kangxi left through Jinghe Gate, while Guo Luoluo Yihua was returning from the back courtyard of Qianqing Palace.
"Who are you?" Kangxi wasn't completely drunk; he had just been too tense recently, so he let loose a bit today.
"This servant is Guo Luoluo from the inner palace of the Qianqing Palace."
"Get up! Come and help me up." The inner palace of the Qianqing Palace was inhabited by his concubines who had no official titles. They were not even considered official ladies, but they were of a higher rank than palace maids and were called "young ladies."
"Yes." Guo Luoluo Yihua walked gracefully towards Kangxi, and while supporting him, she cunningly rubbed against him.
"Let's go to the side hall." Kangxi smelled the fragrance in his arms. How could he remain unmoved by such a sight? After all, they were all his women.
Once Guo Luoluo Yihua had been chosen to serve the emperor, Kangxi summoned her for seven consecutive days. At first, the secret could be kept for a day or two, but as time went on, the women in the harem began to speculate about which celestial beauty could have bewitched Kangxi to the point of summoning her to his bedchamber for several days in a row.
"It's that vixen again! All she does is seduce my cousin. It's been seven days already! My first time serving the emperor lasted seven days straight. Has my cousin forgotten? If he summons that vixen again tonight, wouldn't that be a slap in my face?" Consort Tong was furious, but she forced herself to refrain from smashing things, lest it reach Emperor Kangxi's ears.
"Your Majesty, it's just a trinket. The Emperor will only be interested in it for a few days, and then it will just be left aside to wither away."
However, Granny Tong disagreed with Consort Tong's excessive concern for the women in the harem. The Emperor belongs to the entire nation, not just one person, and as time goes by, there will only be more and more women in the harem.
“But my cousin hasn’t visited me in a long time.” After Consort Tong recovered from her illness, Emperor Kangxi came to have lunch with her once, but he never came again, though he would occasionally send her small gifts.
"Your Highness, shall we send some tonic soup to the Qianqing Palace?" This was the only idea that Granny Tong could come up with.
"Let's give it a try! I'll make a black chicken and abalone soup and send it over." Consort Tong went to her small study and went off to brood in silence.
"This old servant will go right away." Granny Tong went out happily, even though Consort Tong had never sent anything to the Qianqing Palace before.
"Can we find out who it is?" Consort Wuya had always wanted to regain the emperor's favor. She hadn't expected that the spy would be thrown into the well after Consort Majia's incident, which cut off the clues and disrupted all her subsequent plans.
"My lady, it's the palace maid who was asked to go to the Flower Rain Pavilion by the Emperor last time, her name is Guo Luoluo Yihua," Chu Yao said cautiously.
"Did you manage to find out her identity before? I've been busy lately and forgot to ask." If she were just an ordinary bondservant, she could keep her in check even if she rose in rank.
"It's been found out. His father is named Sanguanbao, a Zuo Ling of the Imperial Household Department, in charge of the official seal of the Imperial Household Department. He is a fourth-rank military officer and a bondservant of the Manchu Plain Yellow Banner." Chu Yao had actually received the news a long time ago, but she was too busy to remember. Given Guo Luoluo Yihua's status, the young master simply couldn't suppress it.
"How could this be?" Consort Wuya was shocked. She was a bondservant of the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner, while that lowly servant was actually a bondservant of the Plain Yellow Banner!
"Then how did she end up at Huayu Pavilion when she first entered the palace?"
The bondservant servants of the Plain Yellow Banner all served the Emperor and usually worked in the Qianqing Palace or Yangxin Hall. How could they have fallen to the point of going to the Huayu Pavilion?
"It is said that Guo Luoluo was spoiled since childhood, and is simple-minded, carefree and ignorant of social etiquette, so she spent money to become a leisurely palace maid in Huayu Pavilion."
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