After Hua Fei was reborn, she became the white moonlight of Pangju

"Your Majesty, please accept my condolences." Su Peisheng came over and held the emperor's arm.

The emperor didn't say anything, but turned his head and took another look at the funeral procession that was getting farther and farther away, his eyes unconsciously becoming moist.

"The sheep from Xinjiang are still on the way, so Concubine Hua can't eat them."

The emperor tried to get on the carriage, but found that he had no strength to do so.

Su Peisheng quickly gave a strong push from behind, and only then did the emperor get on the carriage reluctantly.

The curtain was lowered, and Su Peisheng immediately shouted, "Let's go!"

We can't delay any longer, and we can't let others see how haggard the emperor is.

Su Peisheng told the driver to go faster.

The gray-haired woman watched the emperor's carriage go farther and farther away, turned around and walked in the opposite direction.

She was outside the city gate with a carriage, and she planned to head south.

The emperor returned to the palace and fell seriously ill.

Inside Jingren Palace, the Queen angrily pushed all the tea cups on the table to the ground.

"Is the emperor blind? The arrogant and domineering Concubine Hua's hobby is actually Noble Concubine Dunsu. How ridiculous!"

Jianqiu looked at the mess on the ground and knew that the queen was so angry that she lost her composure.

"Your Majesty, what does it matter if Concubine Hua is honored as the Imperial Noble Consort Dunsu? She is just a dead person anyway! There is no way she can compete with you!"

"Jianqiu, you are right! Concubine Hua is dead after all, and I am still the queen of the harem!"

"You are right to think so, Madam. Right now, you should pay the most attention to Concubine Wan. She has been particularly favored by the Emperor recently."

"Yes, Zhen Huan...I underestimated her!"

After Concubine Hua's funeral, the concubines in the harem stretched their necks, waiting for the emperor's favor.

After all, the emperor's favorite concubine Hua is gone, and they all feel that they have hope.

However, no one expected that the emperor had changed.

According to historical records, Emperor Yongzheng, who was always diligent and worked up to fifteen hours a day, did not attend court for five consecutive days after Concubine Hua's death.

This workaholic emperor was so heartbroken over Concubine Hua's death that he found it difficult to handle state affairs.

Later, after adjusting his mood, he began to slowly resume his workload.

However, he was not interested in matters between men and women and did not enter the harem for several months.

Because Zhen Huan and Shen Meizhuang were too bored, they interacted with each other very frequently.

"Huan'er, I've noticed that you seem to be more open-minded recently than before."

"When you let go of some things and see through some people, you will never be disappointed again."

"Huan'er, is there something on your mind?"

Zhen Huan asked Jin Xi to show a scroll to Shen Meiyu.

Shen Meizhuang took it, slowly opened it, and saw the person in the painting clearly.

"Huan'er, the person in this painting looks like you. But not exactly like you."

Shen Meizhuang stared at the painting carefully again and suddenly understood.

"The person in this painting is definitely not you."

Zhen Huan curled her lips into a smile, with sadness evident in her eyes.

"Sister, you have good eyesight. It's definitely not me."

"Who is that?"

"The late Queen Chunyuan."

Shen Meizhuang looked at the person in the painting in shock, then looked at the person in front of her, and she understood everything in an instant.

Her eyes were red and she reached out and held Zhen Huan's fingertips.

"It turns out that we are just flowers in the mirror and the moon in the water. We are nothing in the emperor's heart."

Zhen Huan felt bitter for a moment, and then she looked at Shen Meizhuang gently.

"Before, I felt reluctant to let you go, but now I don't feel the slightest bit. From now on, we sisters will support each other in the harem and live well."

Shen Meizhuang nodded.

"Although there is no point in competing for favor, as long as the emperor's favor lasts one day, we will live a better life."

Zhen Huan suddenly understood.

“It doesn’t matter if we love or not, what matters is that, through grace, we can do something we would not have done before.”

While the Queen was still trying her best to deal with Zhen Huan, she found that Zhen Huan was trying hard to get close to the unpopular Fourth Prince.

Zhen Huan's kindness to the Fourth Prince can be described in four words: "treating him like her own son."

After the emperor heard about this, he personally found Zhen Huan.

"I heard that you often visit the Fourth Prince recently?"

Zhen Huan replied, "When Concubine Hua was alive, she loved the Fourth Prince very much. When she was seriously ill, she entrusted the Fourth Prince to me and asked me to take good care of him. I have been entrusted with a task and I dare not neglect it."

The emperor sighed, "What a loyal man's work, I dare not neglect it."

He stood up and walked around Zhen Huan.

"What do you think of the Fourth Prince?"

Zhen Huan thought for a moment and said, "The Fourth Prince is smart, brave and wise. He is a very promising child."

The emperor asked again: "Do you like him?"

Zhen Huan said: "Of course I like him. He is not only intelligent, but also very filial."

The emperor nodded and sat back in his chair.

"In that case, I will adopt the Fourth Prince under your name, how about that?"

Zhen Huan was overjoyed and quickly knelt on the ground to express her gratitude.

The emperor thought about it, looked at Zhen Huan, whose face was still childish, and frowned in thought for a moment.

"Since you are going to be the Fourth Prince's biological mother, you can't be too young, and your status must be raised."

Zhen Huan looked at the emperor in confusion, not knowing what he was up to.

After thinking for a while, the emperor came up with an idea.

"I grant you the Niuhulu clan, and raise you to the third position on the Manchu military flag."

Zhen Huan suspected that she had heard it wrongly.

"Your Majesty, I am only a member of the Han Army Banner."

"It is precisely because you are only a member of the Han Army Banner that I want to raise your banner well. Otherwise, how can you be the biological mother of the Fourth Prince?"

After hearing this, Zhen Huan understood the emperor's intention.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The emperor stood up and helped her up. "You are the only person who is so close to me. I have given you a chance. From now on, no one in the harem will dare to bully you. You will have someone to rely on, as you have the Fourth Prince by your side."

Zhen Huan looked at the emperor with a sweet gaze and thanked him again.

When the Queen found out that Zhen Huan was given a high rank and a surname, she knocked on the door angrily, claiming that she wanted to see the Emperor.

Su Peisheng ran to Jingren Palace to reply.

"The Emperor said that the Empress is not feeling well and is exhausted, so he has granted Concubine Xi the privilege of helping with the affairs of the harem."

The queen sneered repeatedly.

"Who is Xi Fei? What qualifications does she have?"

Su Peisheng said: "The emperor asked me to pass on a message to the queen. If the queen has any grievances, she can find Concubine Xi."

After saying that, Su Peisheng turned around and left.

The queen quickly called Su Peisheng.

"Eunuch Su, please call Concubine Xi over."

Su Peisheng turned around and bowed.

"Yes, Queen."

After leaving Jingren Palace, Xiao Xiazi asked in confusion: "Master, this queen is just a decoration, why do you have to be polite to her?"

Su Peisheng rolled his eyes at him.

"Leaving a way out for others is also leaving a way out for yourself. In this treacherous harem, with a new emperor and new ministers, anything can happen."

When Zhen Huan heard that the Queen was looking for her, she came to Jingren Palace in great pain.

Looking at Zhen Huan, whose head was covered with jewels and gold, the Queen's eyes twitched slightly.

"I underestimated you."