"What is it?" Changning already had a guess in her mind.
Zhao Fuhai bowed his head and reported, "That Anba first revealed a lot of information about court officials, so that they could use this to build their reputation and prestige in the capital, and then wait for the right opportunity."
"At what time?"
"It's...it's the time for the mountain to collapse."
"At this very moment?"
"Yes, after the emperor passes away, they will spread the word that the true successor to the late emperor is not the fourth, but... the eighth..."
"Eight? Are you crazy?" Changning shouted in disbelief, and in a moment of weakness, she smashed the teacup beside her.
Zhao Fuhai hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed: "Master, please calm down! Master, please forgive me!"
Changning was so angry he laughed; he truly hadn't expected the Eighth Prince to be so difficult to deal with!
A traitor! Even after being imprisoned in the Imperial Clan Court, he still hasn't calmed down!
Spreading rumors and misleading the public—their intentions are despicable!
"Go and find out where that Anba is from!"
Zhao Fuhai hurriedly replied, "Zhang Qilin has already ascertained that Anba is from the Guoluo clan and should be a relative of the Eighth Prince's wife."
Changning sneered, "Good! These two thieving couples are birds of a feather!"
Fearing she would be too angry, Zhao Fuhai quickly tried to calm her down: "It's all thanks to Master's wise decision to bring them back in time, otherwise it would have been too late if a real disaster had occurred."
Changning clenched his fists. What a close call... he was just one step away. Luckily, he trusted his intuition.
If they were to succeed, it could cast a shadow over Yinzhen's ascension to the throne. Even if it were harmless, it would still be a stain, a stain that would allow others to attack Yinzhen for being unworthy of the throne.
"Master, what should we do with these people?" Zhao Fuhai asked cautiously, observing Chang Ning's expression.
Changning waved his hand: "Investigate this matter thoroughly. If it's useless to keep it around, then resolve it. You may leave."
"yes."
With this matter resolved, Changning felt somewhat relieved, but the other half of her heart was still waiting for Yinzhen to send someone back with news.
Fortunately, Yinzhen didn't keep her waiting too long, and Su Peisheng returned to the mansion.
"Your Majesty, the Emperor has passed away!" Su Peisheng put on a sorrowful expression and solemnly conveyed the news. Immediately, all the maids in the room burst into tears.
Changning also pretended to purse her lips, staring at him expectantly, wanting to ask Yinzhen how he was doing.
Su Peisheng then said, "The late emperor has passed away and passed the throne to our prince. The emperor is currently handling affairs in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. He sent me back to inform you so that you will not worry. The palace is in a mess right now. We will bring you into the palace once things are settled."
Changning breathed a sigh of relief and forced a smile: "I'm fine, as long as the Emperor is alright. Everything went smoothly, right?"
Su Peisheng, who had been so grief-stricken, smiled like a chrysanthemum: "Everything's fine, everything's going smoothly."
Changning nodded and gave Zhao Fuhai a wink. Zhao Fuhai understood and stepped forward to tell Su Peisheng about the fortune teller and Guo Luoluo Anba.
Su Peisheng's eyes widened: "This...this time we really owe a debt to the Princess Consort. We were with the Emperor in the palace and had no energy to look after things outside. Fortunately, the Princess Consort acted decisively, otherwise it would have been a real problem. I will go back and report this to the Emperor."
Changning sighed: "His Majesty has just ascended the throne and has a lot to do. I'm not by his side, and there's no one to care for him. Eunuch Su, we can only entrust His Majesty's health to you. When he's busy, he doesn't like to eat and doesn't take care of his health. You must keep a close eye on him."
Su Peisheng hurriedly nodded and bowed, "Yes, yes! This servant remembers. As long as it is Your Highness's order, His Majesty will definitely obey."
Changning smiled and asked, "Do we need to pack some clothes?"
"Yes, yes, the dragon robe is still being made. This servant returned to the manor to fetch some clothes for His Majesty and to convey a message for him."
"What did you say?" Changning asked curiously.
Su Peisheng cleared his throat and said seriously, "Yaoxian, if you behave yourself, you'll be able to enter the Great Qing Gate in a grand manner in a few days."
As soon as she finished speaking, Changning's face immediately turned bright red. Although it was Su Peisheng who said it, she could imagine the tone and expression on Yinzhen's face when he said it, as if he were holding her hand intimately and whispering ambiguously in front of her.
The maids and eunuchs in the room were all beaming with joy.
Especially Zhao Fuhai.
Hey!
You could say he's lucky!
At first, this Lady Fucha was just a secondary consort, but step by step, she became a primary consort and then the empress!
The Great Qing Gate!
How many empresses of the Qing Dynasty entered through the Great Qing Gate?!
This is the Empress Dowager.
He will be the Grand Steward of Kunning Palace in the future!
Thinking about this made him feel comfortable all over, light as a feather, as if he were about to ascend to heaven!
Changning was also deeply moved. An empress who could enter the palace through the Great Qing Gate and be appointed by Heaven and the ancestors was different from an ordinary concubine; she was naturally the first empress.
This shows how much Yinzhen cared for himself.
Changning smiled sweetly, and then quickly packed up several cartloads of things that Yinzhen often used. She even took out the sleeping clothes she had made for him and said to Su Peisheng, "Tell His Majesty that I will take good care of myself. Tell him not to worry, to take care of himself, to remember to eat, and never to stay up late to handle state affairs. He must go to bed before midnight. Have a bowl of beef soup every day."
Su Peisheng repeated it to show that he remembered it before leaving.
Upon learning of Emperor Kangxi's death and Yinzhen's successful ascension to the throne, a weight was finally lifted from Changning's shoulders after many years.
Finally... history has proven to be on the right track.
Although Yinzhen ascended the throne before the age of forty-five, does this mean that he still had a chance to take better care of his health and avoid dying so early?
Changning felt that the future was bright, and that the next step was to take control of the entire picturesque land.
Of course, the most urgent task now is to observe mourning.
White lanterns were hung throughout the mansion, and a batch of mourning clothes were quickly made, as these legitimate wives and grandsons of the emperor were all going to mourn and observe the mourning period.
Hutu Li, Hongyan, and the others also learned of the news of Kangxi's death. They all had mixed feelings. They knew their grandfather, but he had never shown them much favor. Only Hongyan received some attention from him. Apart from that, they rarely saw each other more than once a year.
Therefore, the children accepted his passing relatively well.
The second piece of news was that their father had ascended the throne and become the next emperor, which shocked them greatly.
To be honest, they had never imagined that their father would become emperor. Hongyan was alright; after all, he and Honghui had studied so much in the palace and experienced the mutiny at Mulan Hunting Ground, so he naturally knew about the change of dynasty.
Hongzhao was shocked. In his mind, his grandfather was the most powerful person in the world, and many people would die if he was unhappy.
But unexpectedly, Father has now become this unfathomable emperor.
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