Ituma Shushu fell into deep thought again.
She thought that Yongzheng would definitely leave people to take care of Hongzhao, Hongxu, and Hongxuan. According to Yongzheng's personality, he might even leave a will instructing the new emperor to take good care of the three young princes.
Most importantly, the three brothers Hongzhao, Hongxu, and Hongxuan had each other's company. They could look after each other, support each other, and advise each other.
It won't be that easy, because being spoiled too much by the new emperor might change one's temperament, leading to a serious mistake or touching the new emperor's sore spot.
As long as Hongzhao, Hongxu, and Hongxuan don't commit any heinous crimes like treason, they'll probably be granted titles like Beizi or Beile until their deaths.
As for herself, she was already the Consort Shu, so her treatment in the harem wouldn't be too bad.
In addition, the servants around her were all people left behind by Yongzheng, some of whom even had special skills. As long as she didn't cause trouble, she could live peacefully in the harem.
All I need to do is wait until Hongzhao, Hongxu, and Hongxuan grow up, and then let them find an opportunity to take me out of the palace to live a life of luxury.
However, Ituma Shushu also knows that this is the ideal situation.
It's a state where everything develops according to your own ideas, but life is always full of unexpected twists and turns, and not everything will develop exactly as you expect.
For example, what if Hongzhao, Hongxu, and Hongxuan were harmed before they grew up? Although the three of them are all in good health and rarely get sick because of the fertility pills, they could still become seriously ill if they were deliberately infected, or be deliberately poisoned and murdered.
Sigh, there are just too many ways to harm someone!
My current lifespan exchange limit is only seven years and two months, but it's hard to guarantee that my lifespan exchange limit won't not only not increase but will decrease in the future.
Or perhaps the "Dawn Mall" has added some harsh conditions, making it even more difficult for me to exchange for lifespan.
Or perhaps one's lifespan is not in danger, but one has still been harmed by others...
There are just too many uncertainties.
"Alas," Ituma Shushu sighed again.
Now it seems that Consort Yu and Consort Ning are both consorts of the rank of Consort. Since they both gave birth to Yongzheng's children, Yongzheng's lifespan was increased by five years and one year respectively.
If this assumption is correct, then even if concubines below the rank of concubine were to become pregnant and give birth to Yongzheng's children, the likelihood of them extending Yongzheng's lifespan would be slim.
As for the three imperial concubines—Consort Qi, Consort Xi, and Consort Yu—they can be completely ignored.
Finally, only the Empress remained.
Ituma Shushu gave the Queen three pills for conceiving a daughter in one go that time.
She recently heard that not only had the Empress's relationship with Emperor Yongzheng become more harmonious, but also that the Empress's health had greatly improved.
She guessed that it might be the result of those three female-birth pills, since female-birth pills could also produce some qualitative changes that she was unaware of due to quantitative changes.
In fact, the effect was far beyond her expectations, and she was quite shocked when she discovered it.
After all, the "Chenxi Mall" previously stated that both the "Shengzi Dan" (生子丹) and "Shengnu Dan" (生女丹) could enhance the physical condition of pregnant women.
However, the Empress has not yet become pregnant. Ituma Shushu had previously worried that the Empress would not live to conceive a child, as there had been rumors in the palace that the Empress's health was not good.
When she heard the rumors that the Empress was in excellent health, her heart skipped a beat, her eyelids twitched, and she even worried that the three pills for conceiving daughters might undergo some kind of qualitative change that she was unaware of, causing the Empress's health to give people the illusion that she was in excellent health for a short time.
During that time, Ituma Shushu was a little anxious. She was really afraid that one day she would suddenly hear bad news about the Empress!
Fortunately, a year has passed and Her Majesty the Empress is still well.
She herself could confirm that although the Empress was not yet pregnant with the Emperor's child, her health had indeed greatly improved.
Because whenever people went to pay their respects to the Empress on the first and fifteenth of each month, they could see that the Empress's complexion was visibly improving.
Ituma Shushu couldn't help but chuckle as she recalled the unpleasant expressions on the faces of Consort Qi, Consort Xi, and Consort Yu—all of whom now held the titles of princes—after the Yongzheng Emperor and the Empress had left together in Consort Ning's palace.
Ituma Shushu couldn't help but mutter to herself: "Hmph, all it takes is to make Emperor Yongzheng and the Empress get along well. And let the three of you hold me and Hongzhao responsible for Emperor Yongzheng making the three princes move out of the Yuanmingyuan last time."
After I gave birth to Hongxu and Hongxuan, you secretly harbored resentment towards me. Seeing the constantly changing levels of malice in the three of you, I knew you were plotting something bad.
Although I don't know whether the three of you ultimately refrained from causing trouble because of Emperor Yongzheng, or whether you secretly tried to do something but were stopped by Emperor Yongzheng's men. Hmph, let's see if you'll still have the energy to focus on me and my three children in the future.
After all, the four of you have been secretly vying for power for so many years. It seemed like the three of you, each with a prince, were the ultimate winners. But then, that one's health visibly improved, and then there's the relationship between that one and Emperor Yongzheng...
Ituma Shushu couldn't help but chuckle to herself under the covers on the bed.
After chuckling to herself for a while, she finally suppressed her excitement and prepared to administer the "Return to the Past Spray" to the Empress.
Ituma Shushu chuckled to herself, feeling a rare sense of satisfaction before preparing to administer the "Return to the Past Spray" to the Queen.
Then, she used her mind to click the "Prepare" button on the "Drug-Spraying Angel," placed the Empress's image into a transparent circle, then placed the "Return to the Past Spray" potion into another transparent circle, and finally clicked the "Start" button on the "Drug-Spraying Angel."
[Ding! Using "The Poisoning Angel" requires consuming Life Points. Please confirm whether to use.]
She silently repeated, "Yes."
[Ding! Health points deducted:]
The next second, the "drug-spreading angel" in the small cubicle disappeared.
Ituma Shushu thought to herself: Last time, the time before that, and this time, they were still showing mercy.
Just then, the virtual transparent panel of "Dawn Mall" refreshed, and she stared intently at it.
All I saw was:
Ituma Shushu
[Vitality Points: -]
Lifespan: 7 years and 2 months
Lifespan can be exchanged for vitality points.
The next second, the "drug-spreading angel" flew back. It circled Ituma Shushu twice, paused in front of Ituma Shushu, and then returned to the small grid space of the transparent panel with a flash of golden light.
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