Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1081 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 7

Because the Queen clearly expressed her opposition to the selection of concubines in the first year of Yongzheng's reign, people like Nian Shilan in the palace rarely said anything. Instead, they were quite supportive of Jiang Xinxin's decision. Of course, given Nian Shilan's bad temper, she still couldn't help but complain about Jiang Xinxin to the senior palace maid Songzhi beside her:

"The old lady, the queen, finally did a good thing. But she usually pretends to be virtuous and kind, but I didn't expect that after she became the queen, her true colors would be revealed so soon."

"Humph, how shameless!"

Songzhi agreed with what Nian Shilan said, but she was just a servant of the Nian family. She couldn't say the same thing as her master Nian Shilan, saying bad things about Queen Jiang Xinxin. She just agreed with him.

Cao Guiren, who was standing below to serve, felt that things were not going well. Sure enough, the next moment, Nian Shilan could not help but smash the teacup and cursed the Empress Dowager of Shoukang Palace, "The Empress Dowager is really something. It's not like the Emperor has no children. Why is she forcing him to select concubines at this time? Do you think less of us old people in the palace?!"

Concubine Cao had already knelt down when Nian Shilan smashed the cup. Songzhi pretended not to see it and focused on coaxing Nian Shilan: "Perhaps the Queen Mother saw that the emperor's offspring was indeed not up to standard. The third prince grew up in the palace, and all he heard all day was Concubine Qi saying that he had grown taller. There was no other benefit."

"The Fourth Prince's birth mother is of low status, and the Emperor still doesn't like her. The Fifth Prince, born to Concubine Geng, is said to be born with deficiencies, and has not yet been brought back to the palace, which shows that his aptitude is average."

"Therefore, the Queen Mother is worried."

Nian Shilan listened to Songzhi's words, but she felt sad and disappointed when she thought of her prince who had no chance to see the light of day. "If my child was still alive, the emperor might not have to be chosen by the queen mother..."

Although Songzhi felt that there was no direct causal relationship between the two events, she was the one who laid so much groundwork in the beginning, so now she just blindly followed Nian Shilan's words and missed the child with her.

However, Concubine Cao, who was kneeling on the ground without saying a word, had already discovered some secrets. She couldn't help but feel frightened, and no longer had the clever look she had before in front of Nian Shilan, which made Nian Shilan very annoyed. Fortunately, Songzhi mentioned Princess Wen Yi, whom she gave birth to, and Nian Shilan temporarily let Concubine Cao go for the sake of the princess.

At the instigation of Songzhi, Nian Shilan wanted to bring Princess Wen Yi to the Yikun Palace to raise her, not knowing that Concubine Cao had already spied on the Nian family and even her, the former Concubine Hua, and the dangerous situation she is in now, and is preparing to find someone new to turn to.

Because of the election, Big Fat Orange stayed in Jingren Palace for dinner again, which was rare. However, Jiang Xinxin was impatient to prepare old duck soup, so she replaced it with a pot of her favorite pickled fish slices.

However, this sour soup is slightly sour and spicy, very appetizing, the fish slices are also very tender and delicious, and there is no need to worry about bones. After tasting it, Big Fat Ju couldn't put his chopsticks down, which made Jiang Xinxin very disgusted.

Fat Orange had adjusted himself from being angry and embarrassed at the beginning to ignoring the disdain shown by the Queen.

After a little testing tonight, Big Fat Orange found that he didn't have to think about the past with the Queen. He just had to treat the Queen as the Queen. Instead, they got along more comfortably.

After eating and drinking, Big Fat Orange swept away the depression since he ascended the throne, and began to discuss business with Jiang Xinxin: "The Queen Mother proposed the selection of candidates for the sake of my offspring."

Jiang Xinxin said expressionlessly, "The late emperor passed away last winter, and it has only been half a year. Another half a year will be two years. Can't the emperor even wait for half a year?"

"If the emperor is reminding me that the successor wife and the successor queen are not doing their job properly, and the emperor is here, why not take away the Phoenix Seal and demote me to a commoner? I am willing to go to Ganlu Temple to practice and pray for Honghui."

Big Fat Orange already knew that the Queen had given up everything for him, but he didn't expect that Jiang Xinxin would take the initiative to mention Honghui today.

To be honest, when the eldest prince Honghui passed away, he was wholeheartedly looking forward to the legitimate son in Rouze's belly. He even felt that it was good for Honghui to be gone, at least his and Rouze's beloved son would not have to be under the pressure of a illegitimate son's eldest brother.

As for Yixiu at that time, the slight feelings he had for her because of her companionship had long since disappeared when he fell in love at first sight with Rouze. He only felt guilty towards Yixiu and even secretly disliked her for coming to the mansion before Rouze, giving him the reputation of having two sisters in one house.

Later, Rouze went with the Second Prince. She didn't even care about her children. She pleaded for Yixiu and Ulanara with her haggard but beautiful face. He had some resentment in his heart because when Rouze was dying, all she thought about was her guilt towards Yixiu.

So from then on Yixiu was no longer a concubine or a stepmother, she was Rouze's biological sister and the widow who both Rouze and he needed to compensate.

But seeing Jiang Xinxin's performance today, Big Fat Orange was surprised to find that she seemed to want to break away from everything in the past. In her world, there was only Honghui, not even Rouze.

Big Fat Orange naturally felt angry, "Does the Queen know what she is saying?!"

Jiang Xinxin still had that dead look on her face, but her eyes finally fell on the distorted face of Fatty Ju, which had long lost its handsomeness. "Wasn't I clear enough?"

"Or does the Emperor still want to let everything go?"

Jiang Xinxin turned her head and looked outside in the darkness, and said quietly, "That day, I wore a gorgeous but heavy dress and jewelry, standing on the high steps, watching the ladies inside and outside the palace kneel down, listening to their prayers. Logically, Rouze had never enjoyed the power, but I enjoyed it. I should be excited, thrilled, and even complacent."

"But in fact, I just felt that everything in front of me and the past experiences were meaningless. In the end, all that was left was Honghui, who died in my arms in the heavy rain. He was the continuation of my bloodline and once my only hope. But none of his blood relatives, except me, wanted him to live."

"This world is so terrible. Fortunately, Honghui is gone. Otherwise, he would have been so sad if he had been born into the royal family and become a prince."

"presumptuous!"

Big Fat Orange was so angry that he swept everything on the table to the ground. The priceless teacups and ornaments made a crisp but sharp sound when they fell to the ground. Jiang Xinxin did not move at all, but Su Peisheng and Jianqiu, who were guarding outside, were so anxious that they were sweating.

Jiang Xinxin still spoke in the same quiet tone as before, and kept saying, "Power is really a thing. It can easily change people beyond recognition. Your Majesty, there is no need to be angry. Those who achieve great things do not care about trivial matters."

Big Fat Orange was so angry that his face turned red. He stared at every change in Jiang Xinxin with deep eyes, but the words he said seemed a little unbelievable: "The Queen is resenting me, resenting Rouze?"

Jiang Xinxin chuckled and looked at Big Fat Orange with a smile in her eyes, "That's not the case. You condoned others to kill Honghui for the sake of power, and I spied out the truth. It's really boring to be self-loathing and self-deceiving for so many years."

"As for Rouze, she understood everything in her heart, but she had no choice, so she could only let the people around her use her name to do whatever they wanted, and then she quickly used her own life to quell the anger and resentment of the victims. In the end, what did she get?"