It seemed that everyone in Kangxi's harem had suddenly found a common target.
All sorts of bizarre methods were used, but none were successful.
However, those concubines who were not favored and had no connections could at most say a few sarcastic remarks to Empress Niohuru.
They lacked both the ability and the courage to actually go and see Consort Tong.
We have neither manpower nor money.
What can be used to harm them?
The palace of Empress Niohuru has been quite lively these past few days. Originally, because Empress Niohuru was not in good health, it was stipulated that she would only come to pay her respects on the first and fifteenth of each month.
These days are neither the first nor the fifteenth of the lunar month.
The concubines in the harem all came to the Empress's palace without prior arrangement.
However, aside from making sarcastic remarks and subtly implying that the Empress's position was unstable, he wanted the Empress Niohuru to deal with Consort Tong.
No matter how much the concubines below jumped around, Niohuru's expression on the Empress's throne remained unchanged, still the same virtuous and gentle demeanor.
Empress Niohuru was not in a hurry at all; instead, she had a smile on her face.
I just heard that some group of people have brought smallpox seeds from outside the palace into the palace, intending to target Chengqian Palace.
Empress Niohuru's eyes swept over all the concubines present.
Apart from Consort Tong, all the other beauties of the harem were present today.
After looking around, he lingered on the concubines of the rank of Rongpin, Huipin, Yipin, and Depin for a few more seconds.
Empress Niohuru is still unsure who was responsible.
Originally, Consort De, of the Uya clan, was the most suspicious. Her feud with Consort Tong was known to everyone in the harem, but it seemed impossible that her own son was raised by Consort Tong.
However, none of this matters.
She wouldn't stop anything that was aimed at Consort Tong.
Empress Niohuru's tone carried a hint of barely perceptible ease and pleasure.
"Alright, all the women in the harem are sisters, why complain here? If you have the guts, go talk to His Majesty."
"You all need to be more magnanimous. Such narrow-mindedness is not conducive to the harmony among the sisters in the harem."
"Alright, if there's nothing else, everyone can return to their respective palaces."
"I have a headache from all this arguing."
Empress Niohuru tossed her robe aside and left.
Leaving behind a large group of concubines in the harem staring at each other in bewilderment.
Consort Yi was straightforward and could not stand being mistreated. She took the hand of her personal maid and immediately left the Empress's palace.
On the way back to Yikun Palace, Consort Yi's mouth never stopped.
"Who in the harem doesn't know that on the very day His Majesty issued the imperial edict, the Empress smashed every piece of porcelain in the palace, and yet she still has the nerve to call others narrow-minded?"
"He became empress, and he really thinks he's all that important."
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Fortunately, fewer people were going back along this route, and since Consort Yi was the first to come out, her personal maid didn't try to dissuade her.
Otherwise, if the news accidentally reached the ears of Empress Niohuru, given her less-than-magnanimous nature, she would surely make Consort Yi suffer.
They went there full of enthusiasm, but returned disappointed.
The goal was not achieved, and instead, they were accused of being narrow-minded.
No one was in a good mood to go back.
Even Consort De, of the Uya clan, who was usually so pretentious, had a momentary distorted expression.
Regardless of what the people in the harem were thinking when they left the Empress's palace.
At this moment, Empress Niohuru was in a good mood.
A blissful smile appeared on his sickly face.
Knowing that smallpox seeds had entered the palace, they waited for someone to send them to Chengqian Palace, knowing that Consort Tong, with her weak and sickly body, would not survive the smallpox.
Empress Niohuru hadn't laughed so heartily in a long time.
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In recent years, apart from the moment I became empress, there was only a moment of pure exhilaration.
At other times, Empress Niohuru was not happy.
She was not favored by Emperor Kangxi, and her ascension to the position of empress was a result of weighing the benefits.
In addition, her health has been poor in recent years, and she has received little favor, so the possibility of her conceiving a prince is almost nonexistent.
Moreover, she felt that Kangxi would not allow any more legitimate sons to be born.
Her chances of getting pregnant were even slimmer.
Empress Niohuru felt that she was just passing the days in the palace, living one day at a time for the sake of her family's honor.
My health is deteriorating, and I don't know how many more years I can hold on.
Recently, there have been proposals within her family to send her own younger sister to the palace.
A bitter smile appeared on Empress Niohuru's young face.
That family is so cold-blooded. She's not even dead yet, and they're already thinking of sending her own sister into the palace.
While laughing, Empress Niohuru suddenly burst into tears.
She lamented that her entire life had been nothing more than a tool of her family.
Having enjoyed the wealth and honor bestowed upon them by their family, they must dedicate their entire lives to it.
There was no room for resistance.
If you feel even the slightest reluctance, then your parents and relatives will show you the expression that says, "This is how it should be."
It would make me, who was spoiled since childhood, feel guilty and uneasy. Yes, that's how it should be.
It's as if a woman has no meaning if she doesn't contribute to the family.
Empress Niohuru looked at her still young and pretty face in the mirror.
I don't understand why she's not favored.
She was no less capable than Lady Tongjia in any way; in terms of family background, status, and appearance, no one in the harem could compare to her.
Emperor Kangxi only gave her the respect due to an empress, but he showed her no favor whatsoever.
Emperor Kangxi was unwilling to even put on a show for her, except for chatting with her while covering her with a blanket on the first and fifteenth of the lunar month.
Empress Niohuru found it difficult to even see Emperor Kangxi.
When Empress Niohuru lamented her fate, laughing and crying at the same time.
All the scandalous affairs of the inner palace seemed to have gone to Chengqian Palace.
After resting for a few days, Consort Tong's complexion improved, but she still suffered severe bleeding due to premature birth.
The imperial physicians stipulated that women should observe a two-month postpartum period to facilitate their recovery.
"Granny, what's wrong? Did they find something unclean again?"
When Consort Tong saw the wet nurse carrying things in, she knew that something unclean had entered Chengqian Palace again.
These past few days, the imperial harem has been like a drop of water falling into hot oil.
What kind of demons and monsters?
They all popped their heads out.
They don't even know their own limitations.
They dared to target her Chengqian Palace.
Consort Tong glanced at it indifferently and lost interest.
"There's nothing new or interesting about the people in this harem. It's just these fabrics with red flowers, problematic food, incompatible foods, and incompatible plants."
"They're all so stupid, yet they all rushed in like a swarm of bees."
"It's hard not to find out."
"Granny, have someone investigate and find out whose hands have reached into Chengqian Palace. I will chop them off one by one and send them back twice as many as possible."
The wet nurse, who should have left after hearing the instructions, still had a serious expression on her face, and her voice trembled slightly.
"Your Majesty, smallpox has been introduced into the palace."
Consort Tong straightened up abruptly, her eyes filled with fear, and her hands trembling slightly.
"Who is it? Who wants to harm me?"
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