Bai Ruiji was satisfied, but the Queen was extremely dissatisfied.

Yonghuang got married at the age of 16, so why was her Yonglian still a bachelor at the age of 18?

Even when she wanted to give Yonglian a few concubines, Hongli blocked her plan on the grounds that they might harm Yonglian's health.

The queen was so angry that her head was throbbing with pain.

Everyone knows that since Qi Ru cured Yonglian, Yonglian has been as strong as a calf. He is the best among his brothers in the Four Books and Five Classics, and is also good at riding, archery, and boxing. Although he is not as talented as Yongqing in martial arts, he is much better than Yonghuang.

But Hongli insisted on telling lies with his eyes open, and used things from Yonglian's childhood to insist that he was in poor health.

The Queen could see clearly that Hongli was deliberately suppressing Yonglian and not allowing him to get married. He would not enter the court and could only be a good student in the upper study. Only in this way could Hongli feel at ease.

However, even though Yonglian was so outstanding and obedient, Hongli would still call him to the Yangxin Palace from time to time to scold him.

The Queen loved her son dearly, and when she saw that Yonglian was suppressed by Hongli, she became so upset that he couldn't eat, and even his spirit was not in good shape.

She was afraid that he would become depressed and die of melancholy, leaving her to die before him.

At this moment, the queen had already decided to slay the dragon.

And this desire burned even more strongly when Korchin asked to marry his legitimate princess.

With Hengti around, Hongli naturally would not marry his own daughter.

One reason was that he couldn't bear to part with his own daughter, and the other was that he didn't want to expand the power of the Fucha family.

But he should never, ever, deliberately marry Jingse off to the son of a fourth-rank official.

Moreover, this official was from a distant branch of the Ulanara clan.

Ever since the death of the Empress Dowager and the passing of Imperial Noble Consort Huixian, Hongli felt that the pressure on him was getting less and less. He had established a firm foothold in the previous dynasty and wanted to make up for his beloved Ruyi.

He felt that it was too inappropriate to posthumously confer the title of concubine on Ruyi, so this time he did not even inform the empress and posthumously conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort Chenyuan on Ruyi.

He felt that this was not enough, so he sent people to bring the branch of the clan closest to Ruyi, who lived far away in Shengjing, to the capital, and made Ruyi's cousin go from being a poor man to a fourth-rank official in the Imperial Household Department.

The main branch of the Ulanara clan had long been in decline, let alone the side branches. With the little wealth their family had, it was only enough to support their family of four. Did Hongli marry Jingse to them to help them out of poverty?

Moreover, she is a member of the Ulanara clan, and is Ruyi's cousin.

The Queen felt sick at the thought of becoming a relative of Ruyi.

The queen could no longer tolerate it, and no longer needed to endure it. However, she had no experience in slaying dragons, and didn't know how to do it without anyone noticing and arousing suspicion.

In recent years, in addition to Lianxin, the queen has also been accompanied by a maid named Mixue who has served her for several years. Mixue is Bai Ruiji's person. She discovered that the queen was acting strangely and guessed what she was thinking, so she secretly told Bai Ruiji.

Bai Ruiji was so excited!

She has finally waited for this day!

Although Bai Ruiji had never slayed a dragon herself, she was still quite experienced.

She whispered to Mi Xue for a long time.

After Mi Xue returned, she picked a suitable time and said, "Your Majesty, I heard that the White Lotus Sect is still determined to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. They have a large number of people and may be included in the crowd. Will it be dangerous for us to go to the Bixia Palace with the emperor to pray for blessings tomorrow?"

The Queen was just about to say that those guards were not there to do nothing, and besides, usually wherever Hongli went, people would be sent to clear the area first, so they would not be in any danger.

But suddenly an idea popped into her mind.

Maybe this is a good opportunity!

The queen looked at Mi Xue with satisfaction, and was very grateful for the inspiration she brought to her. She generously rewarded her with a gilded butterfly hairpin and sent her away.

He quietly wrote a letter to his younger brother Fu Heng.

Fu Heng, who was 26 years old at the time, was talented and skilled in martial arts, but he did not become a second-rank minister of the Imperial Household Department as early as history had it, nor was he granted the title of military minister, let alone become the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue at the age of 26.

He was also suppressed by Hongli and is still only a second-class guard.

Fu Heng always listened to his sister, and he had been oppressed like this for a long time, so he had been full of anger. The letter from his sister, the Queen, was like a timely rain, which filled his heart with hope and made him look forward to the day when he could come forward.

Even if Hongli suppressed them again, the Fucha family had a solid foundation and many talented people in the family, not to mention Fuheng.

When Fu Heng returned, he sought out his most trusted brothers to discuss the matter and recruit manpower.

After doing all this, Fu Heng gave the Queen a token that only the two siblings knew about. When the Queen saw the token, she understood that her brother had prepared the plan.

Fu Heng's ability was truly extraordinary. The next day, when Hongli and the queen finished praying and were about to go down the mountain, Fu Cha's assassins pretended to be members of the White Lotus Sect and rushed straight towards Hongli.

Originally, the queen felt very guilty towards Hongli. Even at the critical moment of life and death, she was still hesitating whether to spare Hongli's life. After all, it would only take one of his legs to be cut off. With a broken leg, it would be difficult for him to stand up, and he would not be able to become the emperor. She could also give up the throne to her son.

Unexpectedly, at the critical moment, Hongli actually grabbed the queen's arm, wanting her to block the knife for him.

Now the queen no longer felt any guilt.

The assassin was also very powerful. He quickly turned the direction of his sword, made a small circle, and stabbed at Hongli again. The sword hit Hongli right in the heart. He fell straight to the ground, staring at the queen in disbelief.

"Yes, it's you..."

"emperor!"

The queen hurriedly pretended to be worried, squatted beside Hongli, and sobbed.

This was certainly not done for Hongli to see, but for the officials, guards, and palace maids who came with him.

She covered her mouth with a handkerchief so that no one could see her lip shape, and whispered to Hongli, "Your Majesty, please don't blame me. If you want to blame someone, blame me for treating my son and daughter like that. Your Majesty, rest assured that after you pass away, Yonglian will succeed you and be a good emperor and a filial son. Unlike you, who only observes filial piety for 27 days, he will definitely observe filial piety for you for 27 months and build a good reputation for filial piety. And Jingse, that poor Ulanara family is incompetent and really unworthy of being a fourth-rank official. I will ask Yonglian to send them back to Shengjing. As Jingse's marriage, I, as her mother, will worry about it. Your Majesty, you can go with peace of mind."

Hongli was stabbed in the heart after all. He held on for a while, but finally couldn't hold on and died. However, it is not certain whether it was because the Queen was angry with him.

As a couple, the Queen shed a few tears for Hongli sincerely, but only a few.

Over there, Fu Heng had already brought his men to "kill" all the remnants of the White Lotus Sect, but unfortunately they were too late to rescue the emperor. Fu Heng felt "extremely guilty" and almost fainted from crying.

The empress, who was supposed to die in the 89th year of Qianlong's reign, was alive and well, while it was Hongli, who was supposed to live to the age of , who died.

As the legitimate son of the empress, Yonglian was determined to get that position. Behind him stood Fucha and all the Han officials who attached great importance to the rules of establishing the legitimate heir.

The eldest prince Yonghuang always liked to regard himself as the eldest son, and felt that since he was the eldest son, he should ascend the throne as the new emperor.

But before he could start contacting court officials, he accidentally fell off his horse and became a cripple, completely eliminating his possibility of succeeding to the throne.

Yonglian inherited the throne smoothly.

After he ascended the throne and conferred titles on his own mother as empress dowager, he began to confer titles on the previous emperor's other concubines and his brothers and sisters.

Because Bai Ruiji saved his life, Bai Ruiji's three sons were very close to their brother. The four of them were well-behaved and never caused trouble for the current empress dowager, so the empress dowager and the new emperor were willing to reward them.

Bai Ruiji became the Imperial Noble Consort Dowager, Yongqing became a prince before he was even ten years old, and the two younger ones were both conferred the title of Beile.

Six years later, Yongqing got married and was conferred the title of prince. He took Bai Ruiji out of the palace to live out her life in honor, and the twins followed her.

Bai Ruiji lived in Yongqing Mansion for several years, but found it boring, so she wandered around again. She lived happily until she was in her seventies, when her memory became blurred and her emotions disappeared, and she returned to the system space.

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