jdhmnovel Chapter 14 The Legend of Zhen Huan (13)
Chapter 14 The Legend of Zhen Huan (13)
This time, Emperor Yongzheng directly issued an edict to send all the palace maids and eunuchs of the Empress Dowager and the Empress to the Shenxing Division, and transferred new nannies and palace maids to serve the two.
At the same time, Yongzheng ordered Shuyanjueluo Alinbao and Yunxiang to lead troops to surround the Imperial Household Department and most of the bondservant families, and a large-scale confiscation operation began.
Emperor Yongzheng had been preparing for this day for a long time, and today was the day he was discussing this matter.
The Empress Dowager and the Empress were placed under house arrest in Shou Kang Palace and Jing Ren Palace, respectively, rendering them completely deaf and blind. After all, the people personally sent by the Emperor would not deliver any messages to them.
The large-scale raid on the bondservant families of the Imperial Household Department lasted for three days, during which countless gold and silver treasures were confiscated, and even a considerable amount of tribute items were seized.
After the emperor finished his investigation, he kindly explained the situation to his ministers during court, and the ministers quickly went back to conduct their own investigations.
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"Jiaojiao, was the child good today? Did he cause you any trouble?"
"Thank goodness, he's very well-behaved!" Wangyou rolled her eyes inwardly. How could she have figured out anything after only a month and a half? But she remained gentle on the surface.
"Jiaojiao, I have something to tell you!"
"Yinzhen, you speak!"
"I'm going to enter the harem, but I don't plan to hold any more selections. It's not good to leave these ministers' daughters hanging in the air after they've entered the harem!" Yongzheng said carefully, but he couldn't hide his shrewish tone.
Wangyou paused, relieved. The day had finally come. Look at how dog-like the emperor's words were. Calling him the dog emperor was no exaggeration. But Wangyou didn't care.
But she couldn't let this person see that she was overjoyed; she had to at least show that she was unhappy. So, Wangyou's face darkened.
"Your Majesty is right, I really shouldn't have all of you to myself!" Wangyou gently touched her belly. "I wonder which concubine Your Majesty intends to choose?"
"Let's choose Consort Fucha!"
"It's fine. Your Majesty, I'm feeling tired. Please return to the Hall of Mental Cultivation!" Wangyou began to urge him to leave; if she didn't, she wouldn't be able to hold on any longer.
"Then I'll be going now, I'll come see you tomorrow!" Yongzheng could tell that Wangyou was not very happy, so he prepared to go back and find some nice things to coax her.
Finally, after seeing the person off, Wangyou finally smiled, but she smiled in her own palace and didn't make a loud noise.
"Your Majesty, please don't be sad. I will always be with you!" Bai Zhi said worriedly, thinking that Wang You was sad.
"You're asking me what kind of person I am? This is the first time I've known!" Wangyou raised her head. "Send a message to Father, and tell everyone in the family to stay out of the way for now!"
Bai Zhi thought Wang You was crying, trembling as she lay on the table. But when she looked up, she found that Wang You's eyes were red from laughing. Bai Zhi felt that she had worried for nothing. How could she have forgotten what kind of person the Empress was as soon as she entered the palace?
As evening fell, a stream of gifts was delivered to Chengqian Palace, and that very night, the Emperor did indeed choose Consort Fucha for his bedchamber.
"Host, don't be sad, I will always be with you!" Duobao saw how well Wangyou and Yongzheng had gotten along over the past month and was afraid that she would get stuck in a rut and do something rash.
"Duobao, I was born without any romantic feelings, didn't you notice?" Wangyou slowly dropped a bombshell on Duobao, then cut off the connection, closed her eyes, and fell asleep.
The system stayed there searching for information all night and even contacted the main system, but unfortunately it still couldn't find anything.
Under what circumstances would a person lose their sense of love?
But as it scanned the host's soul again and again, it discovered that the host really didn't have the ability to feel love; that part of her was closed. Yet, the host's acting was just too convincing.
Duobao was heartbroken; its retired, top-tier system had suffered a crushing defeat.
The next morning, Wangyou woke up feeling refreshed, and just as she was about to take a stroll, another string of gifts arrived.
"Eunuch Su, you've delivered this to the wrong place!" Wangyou was puzzled. Wasn't it Sister Yixin who served the emperor last night? Shouldn't the reward be delivered to Yanxi Palace?
"Your Majesty, the gifts from Yanxi Palace have all been sent. These were specially chosen for you by His Majesty. These outfits are made of Shu brocade, and the styles were personally designed by His Majesty!" Su Peisheng said with a smile, his tone full of flattery towards the Emperor.
Wangyou also gave him face and flipped through it, "Tell the Emperor that I like it very much. This is chicken soup made by an old hen that I had someone stew, to warm the Emperor's stomach!"
Actually, it was Bai Zhi who made the chicken soup, just in case Wang You got hungry in the middle of the night and wanted to drink it. But Wang You slept until the early morning, so it would be better to give the chicken soup to the Emperor.
"This servant has noted it down!" After seeing Su Peisheng off, Wangyou couldn't help but smile. "Move all of these into the storeroom. Have the rewards for Yanxi Palace been sent over yet?"
"Your Majesty, it was sent over early this morning!" Peony replied.
"Alright, let's set out the meal!"
Last night, Wangyou had Duobao give Fucha Yixin a fertility pill. Although she and Fucha were both prominent Manchu families of the Bordered Yellow Banner, she believed that her child, under her guidance, would definitely be able to outshine all the princes.
Besides, having more princes would make her son work for her, and besides, the Fucha clan is not like their Shuyan Gioro clan, who have a lot of dirt on them.
Although Wangyou believes in sisterhood, self-interest can sway people even more!
Besides, the palace is lonely, and it's better for the women in the harem to have a child. Moreover, she's not afraid of not being able to control these people. She's just lazy, not that she's really incompetent.
Moreover, the struggle for the throne among the nine princes during the reign of the late emperor must have been quite a spectacle. Although Yongzheng paid attention to health preservation, he probably wouldn't have lived to the age of the struggle for the throne among the nine princes.
Children need to be taught from a young age that if someone is a little better than you, you can be jealous, but if someone is far better than you, then you can only look up to them.
Her child was destined to be admired by others. Once her son became emperor, she would immediately leave the palace to play.
But when she thought about how it would be at least another ten years before she could leave this square sky, Wangyou couldn't be happy anymore.
"Jiaojiao, what's wrong? What are you looking at?"
"I'm wondering when I can leave this square sky!" Wangyou's voice was filled with melancholy.
But Yongzheng, who was watching Wangyou from behind, felt that the person in front of him might disappear at any moment. He panicked and hurriedly hugged Wangyou.
"Next summer, I will take you to the Yuanmingyuan Garden to escape the heat, and then you will be able to see it!" Yongzheng said somewhat flusteredly. "I know you don't want to enter the palace, but now that you're in, you can only belong to me!"
There was an emotion in Yongzheng's voice that Wangyou couldn't understand, and she was too lazy to delve into it. "What is Your Majesty saying? Now that I've entered the palace, I'm your person. I just wanted to go out and have some fun!"
"Once your pregnancy is stable, I'll take you to see ice skating!" Yongzheng said, taking Wangyou's hand as they sat down.
"Great! I've never seen ice skating before. I've heard that some people dance on the ice and it looks really beautiful. I want to learn too!" Wangyou said, her eyes sparkling as she looked at Yongzheng.
"Alright, whatever you say, but we'll have to wait until next winter. It won't work this year. It'll be fine once the baby is born next year!" Seeing Wangyou happy, Yongzheng naturally agreed without hesitation.
It wasn't that Wangyou couldn't watch it before, but ice skating was always organized by the royal family, and Wangyou's face wasn't suitable for such occasions, so she had never watched it before.