Unwilling to change the jade certificate...
Please ask the Emperor to take back his order...
The Imperial Concubine never expected that the child whom she was so proud of, the one she would rely on in the future, and for whom she had made thousands of plans and wanted to pave a bright future, would actually say such words.
Such a blow is no less than the premature death of the little princess who was born after surviving many life-threatening situations, and no less than the complete closure of Queen's Road!
Her lips were trembling, as if all the strength had been drained from her body, and she was stunned and unable to speak.
How could he? How could he?!
"Yinzhen..." The Imperial Concubine's voice trembled, the blood in her brain flowed backwards, and she softened in disbelief, muttering: "You just believed their one-sided words... Do you still remember how good your mother was to you?"
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Hearing this, the prince only found it funny, and a deep sense of sadness and irony surged in his heart. He regretted having followed Yinzhen's wishes and stayed.
He wished he could cover his fourth brother's eyes and ears and keep him away from Tong Jia.
The Imperial Concubine has gone crazy!
How old was Yinzhen? How could he endure all this
The prince took a deep breath and decided that he couldn't go on like this.
Looking around, he clenched his sweaty palms and was about to speak; Yun Xiu's heart trembled, his face was extremely solemn, and he spoke before him: "My Lord, why don't you take the Fourth Prince to leave? The banquet was held in a hurry, and I believe you brothers are still hungry. Go and tell the kitchen to make some delicious food to calm your nerves."
His tone was very gentle, with a hint that in such a chaotic time, one could get into trouble if one was not careful, and it was not something that Yinreng could get involved in.
In an instant, the Imperial Concubine's sinister gaze shot straight at Yunxiu, hiding the cruel intention of pulling out her tendons and skinning her alive.
Rong Fei glanced at her inexplicably, and was also reluctant to let Yinzhen leave, so she sighed: "Sister Yi Fei, the Fourth Prince and Prince Rong are from the same mother, so you should care about your younger brother..."
Before he finished speaking, the emperor, who was sitting high up in the table, slammed the table heavily and shouted, "Shut up!"
His voice was as angry as thunder, containing a chilling chill that made people tremble with fear. When he glanced at the Imperial Concubine and the Rong Concubine, it was icy cold, without a trace of warmth.
Rong Fei was so frightened that she quickly knelt down in fear, and immediately felt a little regretful.
At the beginning, Rong Fei revealed the truth with the purpose of stepping on the Imperial Noble Concubine and making her unable to stand up again. She was also prepared to kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred of her own. Even if the emperor punished her, she would accept it.
When she gave birth to Yinzhi, the princes had not yet been ranked. Yinzhi's brothers... Chengrui, Saiyinchahun, and Changhua were all gone, but Changsheng was still there.
When Changsheng was three years old, Tong Jia had just entered the palace. She was eighteen years old and had an extraordinary admiration for the emperor, but because Empress Xiaozhao was overshadowing her, she dared not express it openly, so she could only use some tricks to attract the emperor to stay in the palace, so as to retain more of the emperor's favor.
But that day, Changsheng caught a cold and had a high fever. She was almost crazy and hurriedly sent someone to ask for the imperial physician on duty. But the Imperial Hospital was empty. The two on duty were called to Chengqian Palace to see Tong Jia, just because she said "I feel unwell"...
Her people made a trip in vain, and when they went to Chengqian Palace to ask the imperial physician to come back, many hours had passed, which delayed Changsheng's illness.
Changsheng passed away that night. When he died, he called for his mother in a weak voice. Whenever Rong Fei thought of him, she felt heartbroken, as if a knife was cutting her heart piece by piece.
It was originally curable... It can be cured!
The time wasted that she cared about was not worth mentioning in Tong Jia's eyes. She just sighed and said regretfully, nothing more.
A month later, Tong Jia was canonized as a noble concubine, and Changsheng was gradually forgotten.
If it weren't for the Imperial Noble Concubine, her child who died young would definitely have survived. Concubine Rong couldn't help but vent her anger on her!
But life had to go on, and after the numbness wore off, the grief turned into a memory hidden in her heart. She had Xiao and Yinzhi, and she had to raise them well.
A few years later, the concubine was promoted to Imperial Concubine, commanding the six palaces, and no one dared to challenge her. Rong Fei still remembered Changsheng's vengeance, but her mother's family was not prominent, and the gap between her and the Imperial Concubine was like a chasm. She gradually lost her favor, so how could she take revenge
It's just a fantasy.
As time went by, Rong Fei became somewhat disheartened and her desire for revenge gradually faded.
Another two years passed, and the Imperial Concubine became pregnant. She had no intention of harming her, and the difficult labor was Tong Jia's own fault, but why could the little princess be posthumously honored while her child was left alone underground? !
Just because she was a concubine, was Tong Jia an imperial concubine
Princess Gulun, what a good Princess Gulun!
This imperial edict aroused Rong Fei's long-hidden hatred and resentment, and she was unwilling to endure it any longer.
After the Imperial Noble Concubine suffered a difficult childbirth and was bedridden, Rong Fei was happy and got the power to assist in the management of the harem. Contrary to her usual practice, she competed with Hui Fei for a lucrative position. She wanted to place her own people in the position and seize the right opportunity to prevent Tong Jia from ever turning over.
When you hit a snake, you have to hit it at its most vulnerable part. Soon, Shaoyao discovered the secret relationship between the deputy general manager of the Qianqing Palace and Nanny Zhen. Rong Fei felt that heaven was helping her and prepared to find a suitable opportunity to spread the news.
She felt that the time had not come yet, but she never imagined that the bitch Tong Jia had firmly held the Fourth Prince and even coaxed the Emperor and the Empress Dowager into agreeing to change the Jade Book. She was about to turn the tables. How could this be allowed
Revenge for Changsheng has been her wish for many years, and she can’t care about anything else!
Everything went as expected, but now...
After Yunxiu spoke, Rong Fei suddenly felt uncomfortable, remembering Yinzhen's reliance on the Imperial Noble Consort. She thought, the Fourth Prince must not leave. If he leaves, Tong Jia will just coax him and he will forget the true face of that bitch and only care about begging for mercy.
It would be better to open your eyes and look carefully at what your mother did, and hate Tong Jia with her. Concubine Yi wanted to interfere, so how could she let her do so
—She expected Kangxi to be so furious, but she didn't expect the words "shut up" to be directed at her.
Over there, Liu Qin had been tied up and taken out. Rong Fei knelt in fear and said "Your Majesty". Kangxi said in a deep voice: "Baocheng, take Yinzhen back to Yuqing Palace and listen to your mother Yi."
Despite his rage, the emperor subconsciously lowered his voice when saying the words "Yi E'niang".
The prince was as if he had been pardoned. He whispered in the Fourth Prince's ear, "The Emperor is wise. He will certainly not record you under her name." Then he hurriedly pulled him away.
The Imperial Concubine watched Yinzhen walk away, feeling angry and desperate. In a trance, she felt that her energy and spirit were gone with him.
A trace of blood came out of his throat and his body shook for a moment. Rong Fei... Ma Jia... Guo Luoluo!
Upon seeing this, Nanny Zhen's eyes turned red, and she knelt down in anxiety and fear, "Your Majesty, the Queen is innocent, the Queen is innocent!" She could not say anything more, but she could not make sense of it.
Seeing that a storm was about to come, everyone became even more silent. Only the imperial concubine shook her head and sighed, "At this point, one-sided statements are no longer credible. The emperor will handle the matter impartially and will never wrongly accuse your queen."
Yun Xiu glanced at the stunned Imperial Noble Consort, then passed his eyes over Concubine Hui who was hiding her guilty conscience. He didn't know whether to laugh or sigh. It turned out that there really was such a thing as karma and reincarnation in this world.
If Liu Qin confessed, the Imperial Noble Consort would not be in a good situation, and Concubine Hui might not be in a good situation either. The only difference would be the severity of the punishment.
Thinking of this, she raised her eyes slightly and said softly: "Your Majesty, please take care of your health and don't get angry and hurt yourself..."
The originally good Lantern Festival banquet was messed up beyond recognition. It is easy to imagine how angry the emperor would be. Moreover, there was another hidden story behind the poisoning of Prince Rong. Who knew that the Imperial Concubine was spying on him like a poisonous snake and hiding so deeply
Just as Yunxiu thought, at this moment, rage was not enough to describe Kangxi's mood.
His temples were throbbing with pain. He had been on the throne for many years, but he had never made any mistakes since last year. He had encountered stupid and vicious women again and again. He thought he had rectified the Ministry of Internal Affairs and cleaned up the atmosphere in the harem, but he was still kept in the dark and fooled by Tong Jia.
If she was involved in Xiaoliu's poisoning, everything would be connected.
Who passed the false news to Uya, and who put the blame on Baocheng... OK, OK, his cousin is really capable.
It's ridiculous that he even wanted to register Yinzhen under her name, and he tried his best to persuade the old ancestor for this. He also felt pity for her frailty and had a deep obsession with Yinzhen.
The imperial concubine taught by the Tong family, the good daughter taught by Tong Guowei!
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Kangxi ascended the throne at a young age and it has been twenty-three years since then, but he rarely loses his composure like this.
The dishes were getting colder, and the delicious taste of the past was returning to his nose. He closed his eyes tightly, his fingers twitching, and tried hard to suppress the urge to smash the dishes.
Fortunately, Yunxiu's caring words calmed his breathing and saved the imperial concubine's Yongshou Palace from becoming a mess.
Liang Jiugong wanted to kneel down before his master, and almost burst into tears. My queen, you are the Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva who saves lives...
Not only Liang Jiugong, but even Duanpin and other senior concubines had never seen such a scene, and they wanted to leave this place as far as possible. The junior concubines and maids shrank like quails, and the rest didn't think about anything else, only one thought came to their minds: the imperial concubine was finished.
"Interrogate Liu Qin carefully, investigate carefully." The emperor stood up slowly, supported himself on the table, and uttered a few words through his teeth, "Including the gate guards that Rong Fei mentioned, find them all out for me. And the reason why Fulu and Quinn competed..."
After Liang Jiugong tremblingly agreed, Kangxi paused and said slowly: "Detain Tong Jia in Chengqian Palace and wait for the decision. In addition, regarding the matter of the fourth prince changing the imperial certificate, I have decided to withdraw my order and will not draft an edict again."
He actually used the word "judgment", and even the imperial concubine was unwilling to call her that.
In the sudden dead silence, the imperial concubine sat stiffly, her face pale. After a moment, a trickle of blood flowed from her lips, and she fell down softly.
Before Nanny Zhen could even grieve, she was terrified: "Madam!"
*****
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, such a big event happened in the harem, it was like an earthquake.
Before the aftermath had fermented, the next day, the Crown Prince and the Fourth Prince were outside the Qianqing Palace early in the morning. Liang Jiugong heard the news and hurried out to greet them: "My Lord Crown Prince, Fourth Prince, the Emperor has ordered me to invite you two in."
The prince pointed inside and whispered, "It's my fourth brother who wants to see the emperor. I can't join in the fun..."
Liang Jiugong suddenly realized.
In the imperial study, Yinzhen knelt upright on the ground, lowered his head, and whispered: "Father, I don't want to change the imperial edict. Father, you have worked hard for me, but I don't want to... I don't want to make my second brother worry..."