"The Empress Dowager probably wouldn't agree, would she?"
This is Youqing's guess. The Empress Dowager was Mongolian and had experienced the life of Consort Dong'e. Why would she want another "Consort Dong'e" to emerge?
"My mind is made up, and no one can stop me."
"Fine, whatever you say."
Having promised Kangxi, Youqing had no intention of going back on her word. No matter what, as long as Kangxi didn't object, the marriage was settled.
Emperor Kangxi was very pleased to hear her say this.
The Empress Dowager was furious, but there was nothing she could do. It wasn't that she didn't want to, but that she couldn't.
Originally, the Empress Dowager intended to leave her network of connections to the Empress Dowager when she passed away. However, the Empress Dowager did something before her death that destroyed all of her connections in the hands of Emperor Kangxi, so naturally there was nothing left for the Empress Dowager.
The Empress Dowager wasn't without capable people, but she simply didn't want to use them. To put it bluntly, the Empress Dowager was just angry, angry that Kangxi acted much like the late Emperor, and her anger was mostly directed at him.
But after so much time, the Empress Dowager had become more insightful. She wanted to live a life of dignity, so she couldn't afford to offend Emperor Kangxi.
She knew a thing or two about what the Empress Dowager did before she died. Since what the Empress Dowager did had been discovered, the Empress Dowager didn't dare to risk her connections. At most, she could only talk about it, but she was powerless to do anything about it.
The 29th year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign was the year for the imperial concubine selection.
Emperor Kangxi had not kept any candidates in the palace for two consecutive years. Originally, everyone was still observing the situation for this year's candidates, but the recent incident of dismissing the harem caused everyone to focus their attention entirely on the selection of candidates.
Just then, Emperor Kangxi suddenly ordered that Youqing be made empress.
When the news spread, everyone was stunned, as if struck by lightning.
It was actually Consort Shu, who was already dead?
Now everyone understood why the harem had been dismissed. It turned out that His Majesty dismissed the harem for Consort Shu's sake. No wonder, that explains it.
When the news reached the ears of the former concubines in the west who had left the palace and were no longer concubines, teacups and teapots were shattered all over the floor, and countless handkerchiefs were ruined.
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