Dressed as Concubine Xian [Comprehensive Yanxi Palace]

Perhaps it was due to pity for the dragon descendant in Ling's womb, or the empress dowager hoped to have a young companion in her lonely old age. After that day, the empress dowager took the initiative to give in to Qianlong and asked to take Ling's concubine to Yuanmingyuan to raise her baby to relieve boredom.

At this time, Qianlong had also passed his breath.

Recalling the harsh words he had said to the Queen Mother before, he regretted it a bit, but the crimes committed by the Zhen family cannot be forgiven, and only the Queen Mother invited him to promote the position of Ling Concubine to Ling Concubine.

The day before the Empress Dowager went to the Old Summer Palace, Qianlong visited the Shoukang Palace.

Finally returning to the concubine position and being honored by the emperor, Wei Yanwan was overjoyed and at the same time understood the cruelty behind this kindness.

Never thinking of leaving the Forbidden City, she added Fulu ointment to the soup prepared in the small kitchen, and fed Qianlong with her own hands.

Qianlong did not refuse the soup served by the concubine Ling. After tasting it, he praised: "The soup is rich and sweet, and it must have taken a lot of effort."

Concubine Ling said: "As long as the emperor likes it, the concubine is willing to do anything."

"You……"

Qianlong sighed, and said: "This time, when you go to Yuanmingyuan, you must be filial to the Queen Mother on my behalf."

The imperial concubine said: "The concubine must do her best."

After finishing speaking, she filled another bowl of soup and handed it to Qianlong: "Your Majesty, please drink another bowl."

"Don't you drink?"

Qianlong asked in surprise.

The imperial concubine said: "There are red flowers in the soup that pregnant women cannot eat."

"I see, this bowl of soup is specially prepared for me by you."

Qianlong was greatly moved and drank the soup.

Seeing that the night was getting dark, Lingfei said to Qianlong: "Your Majesty, please let my concubine wait for you to rest."

But Qianlong said: "There are still documents to be approved in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Lingfei, you can sleep by yourself."

"emperor……"

The concubine was stunned.

She thought that Qianlong would stay in Shoukang Palace tonight.

Seeing that the concubine Ling seemed to be complaining, Qianlong comforted him: "You are pregnant now, so you shouldn't be sleeping at all, go to bed early, I'm still waiting for you to add a cute figure to me!"

Grumpy?

Lingfei's heart fell into the ice cave again.

She knew that there was a legitimate son of the Empress Yuan in Yikun Palace, not to mention the unborn child in her womb, even the grown-up Yong Qi and the others never dared to dream of replacing Yong Cong as the heir apparent.

But Qianlong expressed so clearly and directly that he hoped that she would give birth to Princess...

Concubine Ling was glad that she didn't forget to add Fulu ointment to the soup prepared for Qianlong tonight, and, after sending Qianlong away, she immediately went to the small kitchen to make snacks with Fulu ointment for Qianlong!

Your Majesty, it was you who first apologized to my concubine!

Concubine Ling thought bitterly, and with the support of the palace servants, she sent Qianlong away.

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On the first day after eating the midnight snack prepared by Lingfei with Fulu ointment, Qianlong only felt more energetic than usual, without any discomfort.

But on the second day, he began to feel inexplicably depressed, his eyelids could not stop drooping, and the courtiers' arguments were as vague as a dream separated by a layer.

Hong Zhou was the first to discover that something was wrong with Qianlong.

After going down to court, he came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and asked carefully: "Brother Huang, did you overdo it last night?"

"The country is in troubled times. If I don't stay up all night to deal with government affairs, the people below will make trouble again." Qianlong said indifferently. He is a supporter of centralization and wished to hold all the power in his hands.

Hong Zhou asked again: "Brother Huang, have you taken any refreshing soups recently?"

"Rejuvenation hurts the body?"

Qianlong was surprised, and carefully recalled last night's diet, saying: "Yesterday's diet was the same as usual. After dinner, I went to Yongshou Palace to sit for a while and drank some qi-invigorating soup. After Haishi, Lingfei sent servants I brought some cheese cakes and milk tea over...what, what I look like today..."

"My brother saw that the emperor's spirit was low today, and worried that the emperor's body was injured last night, so I asked this question." Hong Zhou tactfully perfunctory.

He is the number one dandy in the capital, and he has dabbled in methods of all three religions and nine streams. He vaguely guessed from Qianlong's description that the emperor's brother was poisoned by Wuxiang, and [-]% of the poisoned people were concubines.

But not only did he not intend to tell the truth, he even wanted to make up for Concubine Ling.

At this time, Qianlong heard something, and said: "Hongzhou, do you have something to hide from me?"

Hong Zhou heard the words, and said vaguely: "My brother saw that the emperor's spirit is a bit unusual today, and thought that the emperor took the medicine to boost the spirit last night. Now that the truth has been revealed, naturally—"

"Is there any spirit-enhancing drug outside the palace?"

Qianlong is now over half a hundred years old, and he often feels that his energy is not good. Hearing this, it is inevitable that he will start thinking.

Seeing this, Hong Zhou said cryptically, "Guangzhou Shisanxing has a Western product called Fulu ointment, which can boost the spirit and make people energetic in a short period of time, but afterward, they will be sluggish and lose energy."

"Hong Zhou, how do you know this thing? Could it be..."

Qianlong looked at Hong Zhou suspiciously.

But Hong Zhou said: "Brother Huang, I have repented and don't touch these messy things, but some of my friends often use this thing to show off their prestige."

"Brute force and prestige..."

Qianlong was moved.

After his 50th birthday, his spirit deteriorated day by day. He stayed up late to review memorials, and often fell asleep with his eyelids drooping. It was already the second day when he woke up. When he was with his concubine at night, he was even more aged, and he often felt powerless. Unable to reproduce the glory of the past.

Qianlong knew that he was getting old, and he had assigned the girls who were selected to his elder brother in the draft for several consecutive drafts, but this time...

Thinking of the beauty of the country in Baoyue Tower, Qianlong was once again distracted.

If Fulu ointment can make me...

But he is the king of a country after all, so he can't show his weakness, even if he has made up his mind, he still has to act as if he doesn't care, and said to Hong Zhou: "You go down first!"

"Yes, brother."

Hong Zhou withdrew from the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

He used to be the head of the dandies in the capital, and he knew well that the poison of Wuxiang hurts the body and hurts the mind even more. Once the addiction is formed, there is no medicine to cure it!

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Because he didn't want the empress to be infected with Fulu ointment unintentionally, Hong Zhou quickly told She Shuxian that Qianlong was suspected of being infected with the poison of black incense by the imperial concubine, and said proudly: "Hongli has oppressed me everywhere One way, when he grew up, he even snatched away the woman I love so much, if he is really infected with the poison of black incense, this king will definitely add fuel to the flames and make him go farther and farther on the road of blessing!"

"My lord really endured for too long."

She Shuxian deeply understood Hongzhou's mood.

Hongzhou sighed: "Hongli and I are called brothers, but we are actually monarchs and ministers. When he favors me, I am a younger brother, when he alienates me, I am a subject, and when he hates me, I am... I It's nothing!"

"Thunder, rain, and dew are all benevolence from the king. Even if you are a queen or a prince, you still live under his shadow. Life and death depend entirely on his preferences."

She Shuxian also sighed, and said: "This time the imperial concubine did not hesitate to use Fulu ointment in order to win favor, but it gave us an excellent opportunity. I wonder if the emperor plans to take this medicine for a long time?"

"Hongli has a deep mind, and he will not easily fall in love with such harmful things as Fulu ointment, so I only mentioned in front of him that this product has the effect of strengthening yang and strengthening essence, and never mentioned that long-term use will cause the user to become addicted to the heart. One point, as to whether he will take the bait, we can only see if God continues to stand on our side."

"Even if God is not on our side, it is Lingfei who used Fulu ointment, not us," She Shuxian added, "From the beginning to the end, our hands are clean."

"That's right," Hong Zhou said, "Even if Hong Li asked me afterwards why I didn't explain to him that this thing can produce heart addiction, that is already after the addiction!"

"That is the best."

She Shuxian breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Hongzhou, "Cui Jinxi—"

"Cui Jinxi caught the wind and cold the day before yesterday, and now he is bedridden, but his spirits are exceptionally high. He often pulls the woman that the king gave her as a foster daughter to talk about the past in the palace. During the period, he often mentioned the queen mother, and even—"

Hong Zhou showed a sneer, and said, "Hong Zhan is indeed not Huang Ama's own flesh and blood!"

"what!"

She Shuxian was shocked, but also overjoyed, and said, "Is it true at this time?"

Hong Zhou said: "Of course it is true. Hong Zhan is the evil son of the Queen Mother and Prince Guo Yi. Cui Jinxi is not only the witness but also the hidden evidence of this matter. Now that Cui Jinxi is in his dying years, his thoughts are all on this king buying it for her. As long as this king lets Cui Jinxi know that the queen mother intends to kill her and her adopted daughter to protect herself, she will definitely follow this king and tell the right and wrong of that year in front of the imperial court."

"But how can Cui Jinxi know that the queen mother has been cornered by the emperor and intends to kill her and her adopted daughter?"

She Shuxian looked at Hong Zhou, and said slowly: "Today, the Empress Dowager took Concubine Ling to Yuanmingyuan."

"Then we can only let something happen in Yuanmingyuan."

There was a look of coldness in Hong Zhou's eyes, and he said: "According to your arrangement, Empress, even if the emperor's brother is not physically injured during the fall of Mulan, his heart will be injured. At that time, we can send him to the Old Summer Palace to 'relax', and then— —”

"My lord is really thoughtful," She Shuxian said, "You have already thought of the things I thought of, and you have thought of the things I didn't think of."

Hong Zhou sighed: "It's not my foresight, it's because this matter is of great importance. If you are not careful, you will steal your home and destroy your family. You have to be careful. Fortunately, so far, every move we have made is a dark one. Others take care of it for us.”

Speaking of this festival, Hongzhou thought of the new troops who were intensively training in the firearms battalion, and asked, "How many new troops does Hai Lancha plan to train this time?"

She Shuxian said: "Fu Heng bought about 500 pieces of Western firearms through the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi to find Westerners. Counting the cooperation required for the formation, there are no more than [-] people at most."

"500 people..."

Hong Zhou was a little melancholy, and said: "If there are only 500 people, it is possible to take the initiative to catch people by surprise..."

Suddenly, he realized that he had said the wrong thing, stopped in a hurry, and said to She Shuxian: "I just said it casually, don't remember it."

"I just heard the Prince He's love for Yong Cong and Yong Qi, and his utter loyalty to the Qing Dynasty." She Shuxian said, "I can't hear the other smell at all."

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