When they arrived at the Yangxin Palace, Wei Yanwan and Qi Ru told them about Shupin's situation.

Hongli's expression changed rapidly from cold joy at learning that Shupin was pregnant to regret at knowing that the child would soon leave.

Wei Yanwan said at the right time: "Earlier, I heard Concubine Xian advise Shupin that medicine is poisonous, and if she drinks less abortion medicine, maybe the baby will come one day. Shupin also listened to this and did it. Who knew that the baby came, but unfortunately... If I had known that Shupin's body was so weak, I would not have taken the abortion medicine from the beginning to avoid the pain of losing the child. Your Majesty, I think Shupin is really pitiful. Otherwise, when that day comes... you should promote Shupin's position so that she knows that Your Majesty cares about her and the child."

Originally, Hongli suspected that Shupin knew about the problem with the pregnancy-maintaining medicine and that was why she didn't take the medicine and got pregnant. Now he learned that it was actually Ruyi who told Shupin to drink less pregnancy-maintaining medicine.

Hongli didn't know what to say.

Since Ruyi herself cannot give birth, she helps the Empress Dowager with her life.

Is she so loyal to the Queen Mother?!

If Wei Yanwan knew what he was thinking, she could only say that this was actually a wonderful misunderstanding.

"Yan Wan, thank you for your hard work. I will go to see Shupin tonight. There is no need to wait until that day. I will promote her to concubine immediately and hold the canonization ceremony after she is one month old."

"Then Your Majesty, please comfort Concubine Shu. I will take my leave now."

As soon as Wei Yanwan left, Hongli asked about Concubine Qi Rushu's health again.

Qi Ru naturally changed his words.

"No matter how mild the contraceptive soup I prepared is, drinking it all year round will harm your body. Although Madam Shu Fei has stopped taking the contraceptive soup for a while, if you rashly get pregnant without taking good care of your body, you will not be able to keep the pregnancy."

In fact, Hongli had felt Shufei's love for him over the years. Even when they were getting married, she never spoke for the empress dowager, for fear of putting him in a difficult position.

Knowing that she was pregnant but about to miscarry, Hongli felt very regretful. Because of his precautions against the empress dowager, he lost the child. So he asked: "After this miscarriage, if you take good care of yourself, can you still get pregnant? If you get pregnant, can you keep the baby?"

"If you take good care of yourself for a year, you can still get pregnant and keep the baby."

"Then you can help her recover from this."

After Shu Fei woke up, she found out that she was pregnant. Just as she was about to start celebrating, she heard He Xi say that she couldn't keep the baby. She cried so pitifully.

Wei Yanwan bought some eye drops from a group to treat the burning eyes. After applying them to herself, she went to the side hall to see Shu Fei. She comforted her in a gentle voice and then sent her back.

In July, Wei Yanwan gave birth to twins, a boy and a girl, the ninth prince Yongwei and the sixth princess Jingshu.

In the following two years, Wei Yanwan successively gave Concubine Wan a pill to give birth to a son, and Concubine Qing a pill to give birth to a daughter. One year after Concubine Shu had a "miscarriage", she also gave her a pill to give birth to a daughter. Concubine Mei also gave her a pill to give birth to a son.

Concubine Wan was successfully promoted to a concubine after giving birth to the tenth prince, Concubine Qing was promoted to a concubine after giving birth to the seventh princess, Concubine Shu became a noble concubine after giving birth to the eighth princess, and Concubine Mei was also promoted to a noble concubine after giving birth to the eleventh prince.

Concubine Xian, who originally held the position of Imperial Concubine, died of illness in the Yanx Palace last year.

Before her death, Hongli originally didn't want to see her, but Wei Yanwan knew that Ruyi now looked like a 70-year-old woman. Once Hongli, who was obsessed with appearance, saw Ruyi like this, Wei Yanwan didn't believe that he would still remember Ruyi's good points in the future.

So with Wei Yanwan's kind persuasion, Hongli went to see Ruyi for the last time.

Wei Yanwan was watching this scene on the surveillance camera while holding some melon seeds. She never expected that Hongli would be so cowardly. After seeing Ruyi with gray hair and wrinkles on her face, he just turned around and ran away.

That’s right, he was running, as if there was a ghost chasing him, his legs moving very fast.

But the moment Ruyi saw her young man turn around and run away, she fainted in anger and never woke up again.

After Ruyi's death,惢心 and Li Yu both asked to leave the palace, and they eventually got together.

From then on, Jinzhong became the chief steward of Hongli.

The worst thing about Jinzhong becoming the chief steward of the imperial court was that he was too busy, so he had less time to visit Wei Yanwan. For this reason, Jinzhong even regretted letting Li Yu leave the palace, otherwise he could have spent more time seeing Wei Yanwan and the children.

Wei Yanwan laughed and scolded him for being ungrateful after getting the advantage!

This time, after Li Yu and惢心 left, Wei Yanwan also married Lan Cui to Zhao Jiuxiao and promoted Zhao Jiuxiao to a blue-feathered guard. (No matter! Ruyi can let Ling Yunche be a royal guard, so it’s okay for Wei Yanwan to let Zhao Jiuxiao be a blue-feathered guard! Anyway, the drama doesn’t need to care about logic!)

Chunchan refused to get married, so Wei Yanwan didn't arrange a marriage for her.

One day, Wei Yanwan met Rong Pei on the street. Just like in her previous life, she was full of pride and thought it was unfair that the eunuch in charge sent her to a hard-working place just because she didn't give him money.

In fact, there is no such thing as fairness or unfairness in this world, and in this palace, money is a place where people’s hearts are moved.

Didn’t the original owner also spend forty taels of silver to be transferred from the Sizhiku to the eldest prince?

Rong Pei is already old, and has probably spent more than ten or twenty years in the palace and the Old Summer Palace, let alone she doesn't even know these rules.

Wei Yanwan is not like Ruyi, who thinks Rong Pei is a good person. On the contrary, Wei Yanwan thinks Rong Pei is a troublemaker and often acts in her master's favor.

Without Ruyi's permission, she refused the bright colored satins on Ruyi's behalf during the mourning period for Yonghuang. Ruyi also agreed with her, saying that she did not want to wear anything too dazzling during the mourning period for Yonghuang.

She was clearly wearing a light yellow dress, her hair was covered with pearls and jade, and her lips were painted with bright red lip balm, making her look brighter than anyone else in the palace.

What’s funny is that Ruyi asked her to be the head aunt on the spot.

Later, Rong Pei went even further and dared to slap Jin Yuyan, who was then Concubine Jia. No one gave her an order at that time, but she just started beating her as if she was venting the anger of her master.

Wei Yanwan felt that it was too unfair for her to be a slave. A person like Rong Pei should be the empress.

Anyway, this time when Wei Yanwan saw Rong Pei, she didn't even give her a glance and went straight back to Yongshou Palace. When she arrived at Yongshou Palace, she gave instructions to Wang Chan.

"Go tell the eunuch Zhao who was just on the long street that I think the old maid who caused trouble is more suitable to clean the toilets in Yongxiang. Ask him to arrange it and change her job before she dies."

From then on, Rong Pei could only scrub the toilet for the rest of her life with a stinky body. As for scolding or slapping concubines?

You can think about it in your dreams.

Time soon came to the sixteenth year of Qianlong's reign.

The number of people in the harem is getting smaller and smaller now.

The one with the highest rank was naturally Imperial Noble Consort Wei Yanwan, followed by Noble Consort Shu Yehenara Yihuan and Noble Consort Mei Bai Ruiji.

Currently, there is only one Concubine Wan among the four concubines, Chen Wanyin.

There are two of the six concubines, one is Qingpin Lu Muping, and the other is Chunpin Su Lujun. The reason why Chunpin was promoted was because the third prince Yongzhang got married, and her mother's position was too low and it was not good, so she was promoted.

In terms of the position of noble ladies, there are currently Noble Lady Ning Yuqiao and Noble Lady Xiu Xu.

There were two Changzai, Fang, who was a former palace maid, and Qian, who was a Changzai.

In order to enrich the harem, Hongli ordered a beauty contest.

In the autumn of the 16th year of Qianlong's reign, Hongli selected three new people, namely, Concubine Ke of the Baierguosi clan, Concubine Gong, and Concubine Xi.

Wei Yanwan was so equal that she hated every Mongolian concubine (except Eyinzhu), therefore, before the three newcomers entered the palace, Guiren Xiu, Kui Changzai and Ping Changzai were all diagnosed to be pregnant. Under Wei Yanwan's persuasion, Hongli promoted them all to one level, so now there are only three positions left among the six concubines.

After the newlyweds entered the palace, Gong Changzai and Xi Chang were there, and Wei Yanwan also arranged for a elixir to conceive a girl. The two were soon promoted to noble ladies.

Wei Yanwan knew that even if everyone was promoted because of pregnancy, it would not stop Concubine Ke from being promoted, because Hongli respected Mongolia.

But being a concubine is the limit, don’t even think about going any higher.

A year later, the positions in the harem changed again. The Imperial Noble Consort and the Noble Consort remained unchanged. Concubine Xiu gave birth to the twelfth prince and was promoted to Concubine Xiu. Concubine Kui and Concubine Ping gave birth to the ninth and tenth princesses and were promoted to concubines. Concubine Gong and Concubine Xi gave birth to the eleventh and twelfth princesses and were promoted to noble ladies.

In the summer of the 18th year of Qianlong's reign, Balin Meiruo of the Balin tribe of Mongolia entered the palace and was named Yingpin by Hongli, occupying the last concubine position.

Concubine Qing, Concubine Kui, Concubine Ping, Concubine Gong, and Concubine Xi all gave birth to daughters as their first children, and they all wanted to have a son. Concubine Ning simply didn't give birth to any children, so over the past few years, the six of them have been competing fiercely for favor.

Today she dances, tomorrow she sings a song, and the day after tomorrow she plays the flute.

For a moment, the palace was very lively.

For this reason, Concubine Ke and Concubine Ying, who were of Mongolian origin, looked down on them, thinking that they were low-handed people who could only seduce Hongli.

One day, Yingpin brought up this matter when she was paying her respects, accusing Wei Yanwan of not managing the people in the harem well, which was why they were so active.

Yingpin spoke bluntly, making the six people's faces turn red and white.

Wei Yanwan laughed and retorted with the words of the queen in a certain drama.

"Generals have to win battles, officials have to take care of people's livelihood, and concubines naturally compete for the emperor's favor. If not, why would they enter the palace?" As soon as she said this, everyone began to think carefully.

Yes, they are concubines, what else can they do besides competing for favor? Otherwise, do they have to pray to Buddha and pray for scriptures?

Wei Yanwan continued, "Besides, what qualifications do you have to accuse others of using tricks to win favor? In order to win favor, they are willing to learn even if they don't know how to do it. Now they can sing, dance, play the piano, and play the flute. At least they have a skill that can please the emperor. Or they are well-versed in poetry and books, and can drink tea, play chess, and paint with the emperor in their spare time. What about you? What else can you do besides barbecue? Even horse riding and archery, which you Mongolian concubines are best at, have been studied seriously during the Mulan Autumn Hunt over the years. This palace and Concubine Xiu, Concubine Qing, Concubine Kui and others are no worse than you. You don't reflect on yourselves, but prevent others from making progress. Isn't it ridiculous?"

These words made Concubine Ke and Concubine Ying feel so ashamed.

The others were very proud when they heard it.

In fact, there was nothing wrong with what Wei Yanwan said. Why were their singing and dancing inferior to others’ barbecue?

What is so noble about barbecue?

"I am only the Imperial Noble Consort, a concubine of the Queen just like you all. I do not have the responsibility to advise the Emperor to treat everyone equally. If any of you want me to stand up and advise the Emperor, why don't you go and ask the Emperor to make me the Queen first? Then I will definitely pass on your words. How do you think?"

Seeing that everyone was speechless, Wei Yanwan continued, "If you want to be favored, go and fight for it yourself. As long as it does not harm the heir to the throne, I will not care. But don't go too far, and remember to take time to care for the children. Okay, let's all go."

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