Youqing showed no symptoms of poisoning before she died, but the symptoms became obvious after her death. The imperial physician found out the cause: it was a secret medicine from the previous dynasty.
While sending messages to Emperor Kangxi, the Empress Dowager also investigated along the clues. Before Emperor Kangxi received the message, the Empress Dowager had already found out.
The person behind it all was also at their last gasp; the people left behind by Consort De before her death were indeed using a secret medicine from the previous dynasty.
After the deaths of a nanny and an insignificant palace maid in Yongshou Palace, and the removal of another batch of people from the Imperial Household Department, the truth came to light, and only then did Emperor Kangxi receive news of Youqing's death.
When Kangxi first saw the contents of the letter, he thought it was a joke, but who would joke about such a thing? Kangxi had no choice but to believe it.
Then he fell silent, locked himself in his tent for a whole day without eating, and no one knew what he did inside. The next day, he quickly dealt with the Mongolian affairs, and after staying in Mongolia for no more than five days, he set off back to the capital.
Emperor Kangxi ultimately missed the time for Youqing's burial.
When a concubine dies, her burial is conducted according to the rules and requirements. Before Emperor Kangxi's letter requesting a postponement of the burial could be delivered, Youqing had already been buried.
So by the time Kangxi returned to the capital, everything had already returned to dust.
He couldn't possibly have someone pry open her coffin just to see Youqing one last time.
On the other side, with the help of the system, Youqing successfully escaped from the palace. In fact, she had to thank Emperor Kangxi for this. If it weren't for the abundant yang energy that Emperor Kangxi had provided over the past few years, she wouldn't have been able to escape so easily.
Fake death and escape sounds easy, but burying the body involves many people and is not easy without systematic hypnosis techniques.
Hypnosis is a useful skill, but it consumes a lot of Yang energy. All that energy you've accumulated can be lost in an instant.
Fortunately, she is now free.
She felt that the air outside was much fresher than that inside the palace.
Moreover, there are many men outside, and their yang energy is abundant, so the yang energy that has been depleted can be quickly replenished, and there is no need for yin-yang intercourse.
According to custom, Youqing was to be buried in the Jingling Concubine Cemetery. Naturally, she could not actually be buried. Before the burial, she escaped from the coffin. The timing was neither too early nor too late. After leaving the capital, she successfully escaped on the way to the Jingling Concubine Cemetery.
According to modern maps, the location of the Jingling Concubine Cemetery is in Zunhua City, Hebei Province. Although that place is not particularly far from Beijing, in ancient times, that distance was enough for You Qing to leave without anyone noticing.
After escaping, she took advantage of the night to enter the system's farm. She made up her mind to shave her head in a half-shaved style and then started to put on makeup. After the makeup was done, even her own mother probably wouldn't recognize her.
Then Youqing rested and slept soundly through the night. When she woke up the next day, she had transformed from a handsome young man into a young master.
This was a complete transformation, and naturally, she had to start anew. She then spent some time obtaining a male identity. Of course, she couldn't do it on her own, so the system hypnotized her and, with some effort and tact, she finally got the identity.
With a new identity, Youqing transformed into Youqing and began her journey towards Yunnan.
That's right, it's in Yunnan.
Youqing longed for the misty rain of Jiangnan, but she remembered that Emperor Kangxi seemed to have a habit of traveling to Jiangnan. Although she thought she was absolutely sure of herself, what if something unexpected happened? After all, as a seasoned internet user who had read many novels and watched many TV dramas, she was familiar with the time-travel law: things that seemed absolutely impossible would eventually happen. Therefore, she dared not go to Jiangnan.
Before she transmigrated, she had just made plans with her best friend to travel to Yunnan, which is how she came up with the idea of going there.
After much trouble, Youqing, as the only son of a down-on-his-luck merchant from Shengjing, went to Yunnan with a caravan. Their first stop was Yunnan Prefecture.
Youqing wanted to visit places like Dali, Lijiang, and Kunming in Yunnan, but the information on ancient maps was limited, and some place names had changed between ancient and modern times. Youqing decided to go to Yunnan first.
Yunnan Prefecture in the Qing Dynasty was similar to the capital of modern Yunnan Province. It had the most complete set of government offices in Yunnan, so Youqing planned to go to Yunnan Prefecture first.
By the time they arrived in Yunnan Prefecture, it was already August, more than two months after her "death."
For the past two months, she had been traveling with different caravans under her new identity, which was not easy. However, Youqing was able to endure it and found it much more interesting than living the same days in the palace.
She was quite lucky; with the system's help, although she encountered some unpleasant people along the way, she managed to get through them without any major incidents.
"Brother You, we've arrived."
This little brother You is Youqing. She is quite generous and has become quite familiar with the caravan along the way, calling each other brothers.
As Youqing stepped down from the caravan's carriage, her legs were sore and weak, but she was happy.
"Thank you for taking care of me along the way, Brother Chen. How about we go to a restaurant together at noon? I'll treat you all to a meal as a way of thanking you for your kindness."
Brother Chen smiled and thanked him, "Thank you very much, Brother You, but this probably won't work. With so much cargo, we still have to keep on our way, so we'll have to say goodbye here."
Youqing said regretfully, "We really can't wait any longer; it's only the time it takes to eat a meal."
For businessmen, time is money. They can eat a less-than-ideal meal, but this thing should not be delayed by even a minute.
"I appreciate your kind intentions, little brother. Let's get together again sometime in the future."
There was nothing else you could do but part ways with the caravan.
The sky is high and the road is far, and Youqing may not stay in this place forever. It is unknown whether we will ever see each other again.
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