Inside Yongshou Palace, Chengying said with a look of relief, "Fortunately, His Majesty is willing to trust the master, otherwise it would be hard to say what would have happened this time."
Youqing now truly understands the treacherous nature of the imperial harem. She hadn't done anything, yet somehow, she felt as if she had done everything.
If Emperor Kangxi hadn't been willing to believe her this time, it's hard to say what her fate would have been.
I used to watch palace dramas for fun, thinking they were all just so-so! But only when I was actually in one did I realize how dangerous they were. She was a fine young woman raised under the red flag, and she knew all the tricks of palace intrigue, but she lacked practical experience. She wasn't very good at it!
That night, Youqing couldn't help but cry and say to the system, "System! Can't you really send me back? I'm scared!!"
The system was also afraid. It was a brand-new system, an inexperienced one who had never seen the world. It transmigrated into the Qing Dynasty's imperial harem and ended up half-crippled. The intrigue and violence of the harem left a significant shadow on its young mind.
He also longs to return to the modern world, to a society governed by law, civilization, and harmony—how wonderful that would be! But he simply can't achieve it!
In short: it's not that he doesn't want to, it's that he can't!
After this incident, You Liqing finally understood a principle: it is impossible to live in peace in the harem if you don't offend others unless they offend you.
Having figured this out, Youqing no longer thought about rising to power or transforming into Niohuru Youqing; instead, she became even more determined to escape the palace.
The longer she stayed, the more she realized how difficult it was to fake her death and leave. This had to be done slowly, and the palace was heavily guarded. One could not fake one's death in the palace. She had to wait for an opportunity to leave the palace.
Or we can wait until Emperor Kangxi is not in the palace.
Thinking this way, Youqing calmed down.
At this time, Kangxi was still troubled by the mastermind behind the scenes, unaware that the only woman he could touch was plotting to run away.
Youqing shared her thoughts with the system, and this time the system strongly agreed with her decision. Half-crippled is better than killing the host. If the host is gone, the system will also be humanely destroyed!
Between being partially crippled and being humanely destroyed, everyone wisely chooses to be partially crippled.
By April, the matter of Consort Chun's miscarriage was no longer mentioned in the palace, but Emperor Kangxi was still investigating, and Consort Chun was still furious.
Youqing was still the most favored one in the harem. As the most favored one, her food, clothing and daily necessities were naturally of the highest quality. However, she was inevitably tripped up by others. For example, rumors would occasionally spread about how vicious she was. These rumors were short-lived and would often disappear as soon as they reached her ears.
There were also things she ingested, like cosmetics and face powder, which weren't very clean. The system alerted her about the things she ingested, so she wasn't affected. She didn't use the cosmetics and face powder sent by the Imperial Household Department, so it didn't matter. But she was getting tired of this constant stream of malicious attacks.
Finally, Kangxi's side found out some things. The secret medicine for Chun's false pregnancy was left behind by the remnants of the previous dynasty. However, they couldn't find any connection with anyone in the harem. As a result of this investigation, a group of old people in the palace were purged, all of them were old eunuchs and nannies.
Once the matter was investigated, Kangxi naturally stopped indulging Chun. In the past month or so, she had caused quite a bit of trouble, which annoyed Kangxi to no end.
He couldn't lash out yet because the matter hadn't been fully investigated.
Now that the truth has been found out, they naturally don't want to let Chun agree to continue causing trouble.
Emperor Kangxi went to the place where Consort Chun was staying.
Since Consort Chun's miscarriage, Emperor Kangxi hadn't visited her. On her first visit, Consort Chun was very attentive, offering polite greetings and inquiries. However, she couldn't help but begin to complain.
There's an art to complaining. When Chun asked someone to prepare tea, a maidservant nearby said aggrievedly, "Your Highness, the tea leaves sent by the Imperial Household Department are all moldy. How can we drink them?"
After the palace maid finished speaking, she lowered her head. Consort Chun looked at Kangxi with an embarrassed expression and said, "It is my fault. I have no tea to serve Your Majesty."
Upon hearing this, Emperor Kangxi asked, "Did the Imperial Household Department send over moldy tea leaves?"
Actually, no. The Imperial Household Department still held a grudge against Chun for causing trouble for them when she was pregnant. However, she had only recently miscarried, and the Imperial Household Department was afraid that His Majesty might suddenly remember her one day. So, the allowance they gave her, while not particularly generous, was in accordance with the rules.
The Imperial Household Department had never sent over moldy tea leaves before, but Consort Chun did indeed have some. The reason was that she had taken too many tea leaves during her false pregnancy and didn't take good care of them. They got wet and weren't cleaned in time, so they became moldy.
Chun quickly explained, "The Imperial Household Department is busy with people coming and going every day, and they are responsible for the expenses of everyone in the palace. It's probably a mistake. I don't think it was intentional. Your Majesty, please don't overthink it."
These words would make even an ordinary man overthink things.
Kangxi had long understood the trick behind this evasive answer. He knew a thing or two about the work of the Imperial Household Department, but some of the practices were hard to change. He was willing to help, but people's hearts are unpredictable wherever there are people. They fawned on the powerful and bullied the weak, and he couldn't stop them even if he wanted to.
However, the matter of the moldy tea leaves was truly a miscarriage of justice for the Imperial Household Department. Emperor Kangxi's "surveillance" of Chun had not yet been lifted! This was quite clear.
Just as Chun agreed and was waiting for Kangxi's next words about punishing the Imperial Household Department for her sake, he suddenly said, "Your allowance for the past two months was sent to you only after I had seen it. I have seen what kind of tea you have here. Tea from two months ago is still considered new tea. It shouldn't be moldy, right?"
As he spoke, Kangxi's face remained calm, revealing no emotion whatsoever. Consort Chun's face turned deathly pale, then blue, and finally black...
His complexion changed color frequently, which was quite beautiful.
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