Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1263 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 186

Qianlong could understand that Concubine Su had concealed the fact that Concubine Wan had been poisoned and had no heirs. Even though he would not punish Concubine Su excessively for the sake of their three children, he could not tolerate a Concubine like her who appeared to be timid and easily influenced, but was actually insidious and cunning, and would not show mercy to others.

The Queen was also paying attention to the outcome of Concubine Wan's matter, but seeing that there had been no movement from Emperor Qianlong for a long time, she could only comfort Concubine Wan with a few words and continue to study ways to preserve lychees with Jingse.

Qianlong originally planned to ignore the matter of Concubine Wan's poisoning and the extinction of her family for the sake of his two princes and one princess. He did not punish Concubine Su, but only ignored her, punished her with a vegetarian diet, chanting Buddhist scriptures and solitary confinement, and then promoted Concubine Wan to Concubine Wan as compensation.

Although the Queen felt that Qianlong's behavior was a bit unfair to Concubine Wan, she also understood Qianlong's considerations. After all, Concubine Wan was not favored enough, and Concubine Su had two princes and a princess, so their importance was greater than that of Concubine Wan.

The queen understood Qianlong's intention to come and tell her all this, and she directly responded to Qianlong's unspoken words: "Your Majesty, rest assured, I will definitely comfort Wanpin, and Wanpin has always been gentle."

"But I still want to say something for Wanpin. Since Wanpin has been cut off from having children by Supin, I hope that the emperor will give Wanpin a prince at the appropriate time, considering that Wanpin has never made any mistakes in her service."

The Queen did not intend to have Supin's child given to someone else to raise. Although she would not take action against pregnant women or children in the palace, Supin herself had made a serious mistake and implicated her own child. The fact that she did not add insult to injury was a sign of her outstanding character.

What's more, strictly speaking, the prince born to Concubine Su has the last right of inheritance. After all, everyone knows that Concubine Su and Concubine Wan are both Han Chinese from Jiangnan, and are pure Han people. If there are any children born to Manchu or Han military banner concubines in the palace, it will not be Concubine Su's children's turn.

Therefore, by not allowing the two princes and one princess to leave Concubine Su, the Queen was blatantly clearing obstacles for the eldest prince Yonglian.

Qianlong felt guilty towards Wanpin at the moment, so the Queen's suggestion to give Wanpin a prince just hit the spot for him. "Let Bai agree to move into Wanpin's palace."

Seeing that Qianlong had chosen Bai Ying to bear a child for Wanpin, the queen was even more satisfied. "It is really great that the emperor can be so considerate of sister Wanpin. I believe that sister Wanpin will be happy to have Bai Ying's child by her side in the future."

The queen thought clearly that although there seemed to be no favorite concubine in the palace now, Qianlong's preferences were very obvious. He liked women like Shupin and Wanpin who were gentle, not fussy, and beautiful. He also liked women who were beautiful and lively, such as Ying Guiren and Ke Guiren.

Otherwise, he would not have brought the four of them with him on this southern tour.

Qianlong had made a decision, but it was not easy for him to meet Wanpin in person, so he handed the matter over to the empress. The empress also felt sorry for Wanpin and thought that she would never have her own children, but she still had to bite the bullet and comfort her: "It is said that a gentleman deceives others with his own way. In this matter, my sister has indeed suffered a great injustice."

"But the second and third princes and the second princess under Su Concubine's nephew cannot be ignored, so the emperor punished Su Concubine to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures, and promoted her to Wan Concubine as compensation. He also said that he would move Bai Ying to her palace to make it easier for her to take care of Bai Ying's children in the future, which can also be regarded as comforting her for her empty nephew."

Wanpin has always been unwilling to think the worst of others, so she was not at all guarded against Supin, who was also a commoner woman, on the boat going to the capital. What's more, Supin looked timid and fearful, so Wanpin privately regarded herself as Supin's older sister and took care of her like a little sister.

But she didn't expect that Su Bin was not the pitiful and cute little sister she imagined, but more like a poisonous snake hiding in dark corners, waiting for an opportunity to attack!

As for the Queen, Concubine Wan seemed to be overly disciplined. Even though she admitted that if all the concubines in the harem had the same temperament as Concubine Wan, she would be able to save most of her energy. She also had to admit that Concubine Wan was rare. However, such a person was too easily hurt.

Now she is still favored, and Qianlong will at least not forget her existence. But when she gets old, if she no longer has a child, and when the day comes that she is completely forgotten by Qianlong, how will she live?

Seeing that Wanpin was so docile, the Queen couldn't help but say a few more words earnestly, "Sister, don't think I talk too much. You have to carefully win over Bai Mingying. Not to mention that you will raise her children in the future, she is a lively person. You can talk to her more often to kill time."

Wanpin could feel that the queen was truly thinking about her, so she smiled and promised repeatedly: "I will listen to the queen and will definitely get along well with Sister Bai."

Seeing that Wanpin really had no resentment and didn't even feel reluctant, the Queen said a few more words and then let her go. Before leaving, she gave Wanpin a five-tailed phoenix hairpin. Wanpin was naturally flattered and expressed her gratitude.

Wanpin's enthronement ceremony was held in the palace, but she did not have the honor of having the ladies of honor watch the ceremony, let alone the qualification to meet her. However, Jiang Xinxin sent her one thousand two taels of silver as a gift.

Of course, Qianlong and the Queen could not hide the inside story of Wanpin's promotion from Jiang Xinxin, so they had to mention it to her. Knowing that the news that Wanpin was drugged on the way to Beijing was purely a coincidence, Jiang Xinxin did not care about it.

After all, the master of Qianlong's harem was the queen.

Concubine Su, who was far away in the capital, was suddenly cut off from contact with her three children by Qianlong's oral order. The two princes had been sent to Qianxi Wusuo, and the princess was still young, so Qianlong sent the second princess to Concubine Zhe and asked Concubine Zhe and Concubine Hui to raise her together. Concubine Su herself was confined to the small Buddhist temple in her Zhongcui Palace.

Concubine Zhe and Concubine Hui were of course extremely happy about the arrival of the second princess. Both of them were unable to have children, and even though they were not worried about Emperor Qianlong's favor at the moment, they could not help but think about the more distant future.

Concubine Zhe and Concubine Hui looked at the sleeping Second Princess, and reluctantly and quietly retreated, then they spoke in low voices.

Concubine Zhe really couldn't help crying with joy: "In the past, I was worried that if I grew old and my looks faded, and there was no place for us by the emperor's side, what would we do? Now that we have the second princess, we can count on her even if it's just daily companionship."

Huipin's eyes were also sparkling with crystal tears. "Sister is fine, her body is still strong, but I am so cold that I don't know when I can get rid of it. When I was still in the boudoir, doctors and even the imperial physician said that my coldness would affect my life span..."

Concubine Zhe was unable to comfort Concubine Hui. Perhaps it was because of Concubine Hui's health that Emperor Qianlong allowed the second princess to live in her palace instead of Concubine Hui's. After all, among the two of them, Concubine Hui was more favored.