Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1245 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 169

The Golden Award Festival was a New Year festival for the Manchus to celebrate the harvest, but Qianlong had unexpectedly changed into a colorful robe and danced the old Manchu blessing dance for Jiang Xinxin in front of all the old wives.

The Manchus, formerly known as the Jurchens, were a small nomadic tribe living between the white clouds and black waters. From the day they were born, they had been constantly dependent on the major forces around them. It was only several hundred years later during the time of the previous dynasty that they gradually grew and rose.

Therefore, the Manchus retained a relatively primitive nature-worshiping shamanism. The dance that Qianlong presented today was the shamans' blessing dance.

It was just that Qianlong himself made some minor changes, and the dance moves were wide and wide, yet relaxed and tense in moderation. Combined with Qianlong's handsome face, it was really worth watching. Jiang Xinxin almost applauded.

As soon as the dance was over, Jiang Xinxin stepped forward and pulled Qianlong up, saying hello repeatedly, pretending to be so excited that she couldn't speak. The old ladies around her quickly took advantage of the situation and praised Qianlong for his filial piety and love for Jiang Xinxin, saying that this pair of adopted mother and son were a model of a loving mother and a filial son.

With Qianlong's blessing dance, the tone of this year's Golden Award Festival was set. It was very lively and harmonious, and also allowed the empress, who followed her husband's lead, to steal the show.

After all the guests had left, Jiang Xinxin released Qingying, who was imprisoned in the back hall of the Cining Palace.

At this point she was fully awake, but her mind was completely confused by the so-called plot.

Before leaving, Qingying kowtowed to Jiang Xinxin and said shamelessly: "Aunt, you have never been loved by the late emperor in this life, and you and the emperor are not biological mother and son. The emperor is probably more concerned about Li Jingui, who gave birth to him in the Old Summer Palace but never got to see him."

"Aunt, in your life, it seems that you have gained the supreme power and status for a woman, but what else do you have?"

There were no outsiders in the palace at this moment. Jianqiu didn't need Jiang Xinxin's instructions. After exchanging glances with Huichun, they walked towards Qingying at the same time, picked her up and dragged her out of the Cining Palace.

Jiang Xinxin ignored Qingying's cries, and just asked someone to tell Qianlong and the Queen not to worry about Qingying and just focus on taking good care of the two princes in Prince Duan's Mansion.

The Queen was wary of Jiang Xinxin. She had no objection to Jiang Xinxin's order not to care about Qingying. She just asked someone to secretly investigate the whole thing. When she found out that Qingying had greatly offended Jiang Xinxin, she let it go.

However, Qianlong could not stand anyone offending Jiang Xinxin, especially since he knew very well that Jiang Xinxin had a grudge against the Ulanara family. Therefore, he did not do anything to Qingying, but he would scold Prince Duan Hongshi every now and then for the endless internal disputes. Hongshi was not smart enough, but he was not really stupid. He knew that all the scolding he had received was because of Qingying, so he went back to find trouble with Qingying.

But Qingying now is not as eloquent and clear-headed as before. She just keeps saying things like "the innocent will be innocent". Hongshi doesn't know where to start and can do nothing to Qingying.

After seeing Hongshi's cowardly appearance, Qianlong felt very fortunate.

But for Qianlong, the most troublesome thing was that the queen might have been plotted against again, but he could not find any clues even after using the Sticky Rod Office.

Jiang Xinxin couldn't explain it to anyone, so she could only persuade the queen when she forced Yonglian to work hard day and night: "As the eldest son, Yonglian should really work very hard so that he can shoulder the well-being of the people of the Qing Dynasty in the future."

"But the emperor is still young, and he is still a few years away from forty. If you are so eager to have Yonglian grow up to be able to take on the responsibility of the world, the emperor will only think that you are obsessed with power and unfit for the job;"

"Secondly, you pushed Yonglian to the opposite side of his father too early. By then, Yonglian's status as a prince will be far lower than the natural threat he brings to the emperor. Isn't the lesson of the Holy Ancestor deposing the crown prince enough for you?!"

Jiang Xinxin became more and more angry as she spoke. Fortunately, it was the New Year soon and the former court was busy with affairs because Emperor Qianlong was preparing to lead his troops east in the spring. He had no time to care about the empress. Otherwise, the empress would inevitably be blamed by Emperor Qianlong, and even the empress's family would be suspected by him.

The queen was kneeling below and after listening to Jiang Xinxin's words, she couldn't help but tremble all over.

She wanted to establish Yonglian's identity and status as the Crown Prince, but she never thought of pushing Yonglian to the throne when Qianlong was in his thirties or forties.

But she forgot that Qianlong was really very young now. Even if his life span was not as long as that of the Emperor Shengzu, if we only calculate based on the life span of the previous emperor who was less than 60 years old, he still had more than 30 years to live!

Seeing the queen collapse weakly on the ground, Jiang Xinxin did not blame her. After all, her intelligence was forcibly lowered, and she was not like this before.

After seeing off the Queen, Jianqiu couldn't help but feel a lingering fear, "Your Majesty, what's going on recently? First, Prince Duan's wife made a scene inexplicably in the Cining Palace, and now the Queen has also..."

Jiang Xinxin sighed and could only comfort Jianqiu, saying, "In the past, the Duan Prince's wife and the Queen were both well-educated and well-mannered. I don't know why they suddenly became like this. It's probably the work of a villain. I just hope that the Emperor can investigate the cause and the truth as soon as possible and let the Duan Prince's wife and the Queen recover soon."

After hearing what Jiang Xinxin said, Jianqiu was willing to believe that Qingying and the Queen were both plotted against. After all, there was the precedent of the Queen being drugged when she moved into Jingren Palace.

But Jianqiu became even more worried about the safety of the palace after hearing this. "It is said that the harem of the Holy Ancestor is a dangerous place. The harem of the late emperor was under the control of you, the Empress, so few people caused trouble. How come the harem of the Emperor is as dangerous as the previous dynasty?"

Jiang Xinxin smiled helplessly: "I'm afraid we have to wait until the emperor strikes with thunder and makes people feel the pain, then those people will stop."

Jianqiu had nothing to say. After all, when Dapangju was in power, he first dealt with the Eighth Prince's party, and later dealt with Nian Gengyao and Longkodo, two heroes who had become arrogant because of their favor. Only then did the others finally calm down.

This is based on the fact that Big Fat Orange was entrusted with important tasks by the Holy Ancestor, was already old when he took office, and had sophisticated political skills.

Now Qianlong is still young, he ascended the throne in his twenties. Most of the court are old ministers from the time of the previous emperor. Not only are they old, but they also have extraordinary qualifications. What's more, Big Fat Orange made a lot of people rich and made the people richer as well. No wonder people don't think highly of Qianlong and are unwilling to give up power easily and recognize Qianlong as their successor.

Qianlong was at his wit's end. As the twelfth lunar month was approaching, he came to the Cining Palace in dejection to seek help.

Jiang Xinxin didn't respond, but just encouraged Qianlong: "Since people know that plotting against the queen will cost the whole family their lives, and there are precedents of two concubines being demoted, people will be more careful when plotting. I am old, and even though I am still energetic now, who knows how many years I can live?"

“You have to do these things yourself.”

Qianlong was humiliated by what Jiang Xinxin said and was worried about Jiang Xinxin's health. He immediately called several imperial doctors to the Cining Palace to check Jiang Xinxin's pulse. However, he only found out that Jiang Xinxin's foundation was damaged because of premature birth and some difficult labor when she was young, and later she was given a secret medicine that made her body weak.

Even though the secret medicine was taken and most of the body's losses were replenished, the conclusion was still that the body was not as healthy as an ordinary person.