"If I'm not mistaken, it was Consort Tong who did it."
"Why? Consort Tong and the head chef of the Imperial Kitchen have no grudge against each other!" Hongxiu still didn't understand why someone would harm another person when there was no enmity between them.
Do you know what the head chef of the imperial kitchen is called?
Wanyi looked at Hongxiu speechlessly. Wasn't she quite clever before? Could it be that she was spoiled too much and became stupid?
"This servant does not know."
Hongxiu spoke cautiously, realizing that she had been too complacent and had forgotten to be vigilant and careful lately. She silently told herself that she had to be more careful in the future, otherwise she would have brought trouble upon her mistress.
"The head of the imperial kitchen is surnamed Wuya."
“Uya! I understand now. I didn’t expect the head of the Imperial Kitchen to be Consort Uya’s man. So the scheme that Your Highness set up in the Imperial Garden worked. Consort Tong can’t do anything to Consort Uya, but it’s a different story for servants.” Hongxiu connected all the dots upon hearing this.
"Hmm, not too stupid." Wanyi nodded seriously.
"My lady, I'll go check if the osmanthus cake is ready and bring it to you." Hongxiu made an excuse and slipped away, feeling embarrassed.
The teacup fell to the ground with a "bang".
"What did you say? Say it again!"
Consort Wuya dropped the tea in her hand, stood up abruptly, and asked Xiaoshanzi in disbelief.
"My lord, news has come from the Imperial Kitchen. Last night, something happened, and the Imperial Kitchen suddenly caught fire. However, the fire was brought under control, but the head eunuch was relieved of his post. His Majesty, citing the head eunuch's advanced age, ordered him to return home to retire. On his way back to his quarters, he fell into the fishpond in grief and drowned." The young eunuch said, his voice trembling with tears.
"Impossible! How could Mafa die? No, Mafa can swim. How could he have drowned?"
Consort Wuya couldn't accept it. Her wise and powerful father, Mafa, whom she admired, could die so easily. Mafa had said he would wait for her to get pregnant and give birth to a prince, and then receive the Emperor's favor to be promoted to a higher banner. All of these things hadn't been accomplished yet, so how could he just abandon her? She didn't believe it.
"My lord, it was because the master's clothes got wet that the weight of the clothes dragged him ashore, which is why... Please accept my condolences, my lord! The Emperor has already decreed a grand funeral for the master." Xiao Shanzi knew that his master could not accept the fact that the master was gone.
"Xiaoshanzi, go and investigate carefully. I don't believe this was an accident." Consort Wuya wiped away her tears, her gaze as cold as the heavy snow outside, chilling to the bone.
"Yes, sir." Xiao Shanzi was startled by the expression revealed by Consort Wuya, and quickly bowed before leaving.
"Does Your Highness have anyone you suspect?" Gu Cui asked, breaking the suffocating atmosphere as she looked at the gloomy Consort Wuya.
"Not yet. If I find out who it is, I will fight her to the death." Consort Wuya's hatred grew stronger as she spoke.
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"A slip, and he's gone." Consort Tong asked in surprise.
"After investigation, it was confirmed that she did indeed fall into the fishpond by accident," Xiao Zhuzi told Tong Fei, relaying the news she had received that morning.
"He's unlucky."
Consort Tong had planned to kill Uya Esen, but she didn't expect Kangxi to let him go. She thought it would be good if he was banished from the palace, as it would cut off Uya Esen's connections. However, she didn't expect him to be so unlucky as to kill himself in one fell swoop.
"Can we find out who's behind this?" Bumbutai has spent most of her life in the harem, and the imperial kitchen has never been compromised before. This sudden breach must be the work of one of the concubines in the harem!
“Your Highness is wise. It was Consort Tong. The head of the Imperial Kitchen, Uya Esen, is the grandfather of Consort Uya of Yonghe Palace. Consort Tong promoted Consort Uya to facilitate the adoption of Consort Uya’s child. Unexpectedly, Consort Uya had many connections in the harem, and there was a prelude to her slipping out of control. Consort Tong simply cut off Consort Uya’s source of connections.” Su Mala Gu told Bumbutai all the information sent back by the secret agent.
"Consort Tong! The Tong family's ambitions are growing ever larger." Bumbutai had never liked Consort Tong very much, and now that Consort Tong was acting this way, and the ambitions that the Tong family was showing, she disliked her even more.
"Oh dear, Consort Zhao also knew, and even secretly tried to stop Consort Tong. I don't know what happened, but she didn't succeed. But it's much better now, otherwise, given Consort Tong's temperament, she probably would have burned down the South Third Palace as well." Su Mala Gu disliked those whom the princess disliked, after all, servants follow their masters!
"Niohuru is a good woman. If she hadn't been Aobai's goddaughter, I wouldn't have chosen Suoertu's granddaughter as Empress." Back then, there were four princesses from the Niohuru, Hesheli, Yehenara, and Fucha families. One of them had to be chosen as Empress. Later, the princesses from the Yehenara and Fucha families had problems, leaving only two families. The most likely candidate was a princess from the Niohuru family. However, Aobai was arrogant and domineering, so I chose Sony's daughter. Princess Niohuru entered the palace as a concubine, and then some princesses from the Eight Banners were selected to serve Xuan Ye together.
"Where is the head chef of the Imperial Kitchen? What will His Majesty do about it?"
“Uya Esen’s father was the imperial chef who followed the Holy Ancestor in conquering the country. He was born and raised in the palace, or fought alongside the Holy Ancestor. He had some influence in front of the Holy Ancestor, so the Emperor simply removed him from his post and sent him back to his palace to live out his days. However, on his way back to his quarters, he accidentally fell into a fishpond and died.”
"That's all, what a coincidence!" Bumbutai didn't believe that there were so many coincidences in the harem; too many coincidences would no longer be accidents.
"Does the princess suspect that someone is trying to harm him?"
Sumalagu was somewhat skeptical. She had sent people to investigate, and it was indeed an accident.
"Yes, have the people in the shadows investigate again." She wouldn't feel at ease until she found out the truth.
"yes."
The Imperial Kitchen was repaired in just half a month. Consort Wuya and Consort Wanyi both received news that Consort Tong was responsible for setting fire to the Imperial Kitchen.
"Tong Yuzhu, it was her! How could it be her? I have no grudge against Consort Tong, why would she want to harm me?"
As Consort Wuya spoke, tears involuntarily streamed down her face.
"Have our people in Chengqian Palace keep a close eye on Consort Tong. I won't let her get away with this. Consort Tong, you just wait." She didn't stay in the back hall of Chengqian Palace for nothing; she had at least bribed quite a few people.
"Yes, this servant will give the order immediately." Gu Cui agreed and went to make the arrangements right away.
"Greetings to Consort Ulanara!" Wei Zhu bowed deeply to Consort Ulanara.
"It's Eunuch Wei. Does His Majesty have any orders?"
Consort Ulanara sat in the main seat, eating snacks, and asked without looking up. If it were Liang Jiugong who came now, Consort Ulanara would have already gone to greet him. However, Eunuch Wei Zhu was somewhat inferior to Liang Jiugong.
"His Majesty has decreed that Consort Ulanara be invited to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to pay her respects."
Wei Zhu wasn't annoyed by Ulanara's attitude. After all, she had dealt with the concubines in the harem many times, and this was just an ordinary thing. As long as she didn't beat or scold servants like them, her attitude was much better than others.
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