He Zhuo ignored him and continued, "These few lackeys are trying to sow discord between my daughter and my son."
The Qing Dynasty governed the world with filial piety.
"Father Emperor is extremely filial to Grandmother Emperor, which is why Fifth Prince (mother of Consort Yi) and Princess Wenxian (mother of Consort De) were raised by Grandmother Emperor. These wicked servants are spreading rumors, which is extremely malicious. They not only want to sow discord between us, mother and son, but also intend to oppose the Qing Dynasty's policy of governing the country with filial piety. Consort, your mother is your aunt."
"These servants are slandering your aunt and mother-in-law. Are you saying that the Consort is so tolerant and magnanimous that she can tolerate such a disloyal, unfilial, and unjust person? Or is it because of Xiaoyi and Consort Hui, and the Nalan family?" He Zhuo glanced sideways at the nanny beside Nalan, who was tugging at her mistress's clothes.
"None of these are as good as your maid Tao'er, or rather, you did all of this, so what?"
Consort Nalan realized what was happening after her clothes were tugged.
The maid Tao'er knew she was going to die, but with the thought that "if I can't have it easy, neither can you," she resolutely banged her head against the wall. Unfortunately, she was saved by Zhou Fugui.
And then there was Lychee, whose waist was slenderly pinched, making her breasts appear fuller, and her hips swayed as she walked. She even had rouge on her face, He Zhuo pointed it out without any politeness. Immediately, all eyes in the courtyard were focused on her. This maid's face turned deathly pale, but there were others who were even paler.
He Zhuo said that since she liked men so much, he would put her among men.
The outcome of this matter is obvious: not only these few servants, but also Zhilan Courtyard and a few lowly soldiers in the front courtyard.
He Zhuo felt that he might have given people too mild an image before, after all, the Grand Consort had never beaten or killed any servants, but only returned them to the Imperial Household Department or sold them.
That's why they repeatedly crossed Hezhuo's bottom line, or perhaps they thought it was just a small rumor that the Grand Princess Consort wouldn't care about.
As a result, they suffered a major setback. All the women had their tongues cut out and were sent to the military camp to work as prostitutes. After all, the maids in wealthy families were raised to be delicate and beautiful. As for the others, He Zhuo directly sold them to Shanxi to work in the mines.
Within two months, everyone was dead. The people in the mansion realized that the First Princess Consort was not the gentle First Princess Consort they had imagined, and they all became more cautious and discreet.
In truth, they knew that the First Princess Consort was intolerant of any wrongdoing; they were simply testing her.
Consort Nalan was penalized with a six-month salary reduction, including being summoned to the palace by Consort Hui and receiving a severe reprimand, as well as being disliked by Yinzhi for three months.
Thus, a feud was formed between the primary wife and the secondary wife.
Princess Guo didn't fare well either. It was because of the scheme she and her maid Tao'er devised while serving Nalan that Nalan neither objected nor supported it. Unexpectedly, she suffered such a huge setback. Even without He Zhuo, just because Guo was a person from the concubine's courtyard, Nalan suffered badly, and she couldn't expect to escape unscathed either.
She was fined a year's salary, and the two maids who served her left. She was replaced by a new maid, but she was still very uncomfortable. What made her most desperate was that Yinzhi never entered her room again until she died.
He Zhuo also gained a daughter with starry eyes, who always followed him around. His two eldest sons, because they studied in the Imperial Study, where the infighting was just as fierce as outside, were actually a little better off as imperial grandsons. However, there were always two troublemakers. This year, the Crown Prince's second son, Hongxi, entered the Imperial Study at the age of six and quickly became the tyrant there. Relying on the favor of Emperor Kangxi and the Crown Prince, he tripped up the two children with crude methods. But since he was the Crown Prince's favorite son and Emperor Kangxi's favorite grandson, everyone kept quiet, and some even sided with Hongxi. The two brothers suffered a loss, though not in a small way.
However, Hongxi was too young to cause any real harm, but it did teach the two brothers the importance of power.
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