Chapter 8 Princess Return of the Pearl

My Fair Princess (End)

After Zhihua returned home, the palace's rewards came down. Qianlong generously rewarded a lot of good things. Xiaoyanzi learned that Yongqi had betrayed her again, so she naturally quarreled. But now she would be sick in bed if she got angry, so she could only get angry at Yongqi who took care of her and could do nothing.

Eight months later, Zhihua successfully gave birth to a big fat boy, who was named Mianyi by Qianlong. Yongqi also spent more and more time with Zhihua and his son to enjoy the warmth of the family, and slowly walked into the love network woven by Zhihua, ignoring Xiaoyanzi's increasingly resentful and angry eyes.

The Queen Mother finally chose a husband for Qing'er after careful selection. It was Qianlong's first-class guard Hailancha, 20 years old, who belonged to the Bordered Yellow Banner. Since the age of 15, he had made many military achievements and was promoted very quickly, which delayed his marriage. The empress dowager vaguely remembered that Hailancha had only one wife in his life. Although she didn't know whether it was true or not, she thought that Qing'er would be much better off marrying him than others.

Qianlong was very happy to learn that his beloved general was chosen by the empress dowager. He issued an order to grant them marriage, and conferred Hailancha the title of first-class Chaoyong Marquis and Qing'er the title of Heshuo Heduan Princess. Thinking of Qing'er's years of serving the empress dowager and being filial, Qianlong specially chose a good location to build the princess's mansion, which was close to the palace, so that Qing'er could visit the empress dowager in the palace after marriage.

Before Qing'er got married, the empress dowager found a way to deal with the princess's dowry nanny, and ordered the prince consort to live in the princess's mansion for a long time, so that all the princesses of the royal family were grateful for her kindness. She also quietly cancelled the trial marriage for Hailancha. The emperor and empress, who knew the situation, could see the empress dowager's favor for Qing'er, so naturally no one would make the empress dowager unhappy about these trivial matters.

On the day of Qing'er's wedding, the sky was clear. All the ministers above the third rank brought their families to congratulate her. The empress dowager personally supervised and reviewed the wedding, and the queen helped to arrange it. It was truly a grand wedding with a beautiful view!

Ziwei stood by the window and listened to the festive gongs and drums on the street. She completely understood what she had missed. She murmured absentmindedly: "If I could recognize my father properly and be filial to the Queen Mother, wouldn't I be able to marry a good man?"

Jinsuo clenched her handkerchief and stood behind her, looking at her with some concern, saying: "Miss, don't think too much. The past is over. Now we are in Fu Mansion. Even for the young master, you have to cheer up. Jinsuo and the maids will accompany you."

Hearing this, Ziwei touched her belly, smiled faintly, and said: "Thank you so much, Jinsuo. If you hadn't encouraged me and accompanied me all the time, I think I would have died long ago. At the beginning, I blamed you for stealing my Erkang. Now I know that you are the only one who treats me sincerely."

Jinsuo replied excitedly: "Miss, don't say that. Madam has been kind to me. I will never forget it. I will definitely take good care of you. I am your lock!" The master and servant thought of the past and cried again.

While the Queen Mother arranged several characters related to the plot, she also tried her best to train the 12th Prince, starting with the servants, companions, and teachers around the 12th Prince, and slowly trained a simple and innocent little cutie into a scheming and treacherous man. Of course, everything was done quietly in secret. Qianlong was always arrogant and never paid attention to the affairs of the harem, so he naturally didn't notice these.

After the Queen gave birth to the 10th Princess after ten months of pregnancy, the Queen Mother felt that it was time for Yongqi to show his face. It was not a long-term solution to always hide in the back in such a low profile.

When Qianlong went to the Cining Palace to pay respects again, he found that his own mother seemed to like the 10th Princess very much. Qianlong didn't have any feelings for this Princess, but the Queen Mother often smiled and pointed to Qianlong, saying how the 10th Princess looked like Qianlong when he was a child, which evoked her memories of the past.

Qianlong listened to the Queen Mother's talk more, and when he thought of his childhood, his heart softened. He liked the 10th Princess more and more, and specially named her Princess Hexiao of the Gulun. Qianlong often went to Kunning Palace to visit Hexiao. After a long time, Hexiao's elder brother Yongqi also caught Qianlong's attention.

Qianlong was very pleased to see that Yongqi had made a lot of progress. Yongqi, who was originally optimistic about him, has become more and more useless in recent years. Since the appearance of Xiaoyanzi, he has not studied and worked well. Instead, he has caused a lot of trouble. There are frequent disturbances in the backyard. He can't even manage a small prince's mansion. How can he be responsible for a big task!

As for the others, it's not that he is picky. Anyone who has come from the Kangxi Dynasty can't look up to him. The eldest and the third were scolded by him for being "unfaithful and unfilial" and were actually abandoned! When the emperor scolded his uncles, which one was not vicious? Which one didn't hit the heart? It can be seen who has been devastated?

I heard that Eleven was stingy and money-loving, which made me even more helpless. How much can I save from my own pocket? Haven't you heard of "God of Wealth Nine"? Don't you know how to learn from your predecessors?

There are also the fourth and sixth sons who like calligraphy and painting, so you should pay more attention! What's the use of just liking it? At least you should revise a book like the third uncle, right?

Qianlong didn't know there was a word called "complaint". He went through his sons in his mind and found that only Yongqi was excellent in reading, riding and shooting after he became smart, with balanced development, and he was also a legitimate son. So Qianlong was overjoyed and began to gradually teach Yongqi how to govern the country and let Yongqi start to take on errands. Maybe the dream of the legitimate son succeeding the throne can be realized in his generation.

After being bored in the palace for a few years, Qianlong wanted to go on a southern tour to understand the people's sentiments. This time he brought people he valued, and several younger generations surrounded him, which was very lively.

The journey was beautiful, and the queen mother felt that such a life was too leisurely. It was a pity that such a waste of money and labor would only happen once.

When returning to the capital, Qianlong still had a crush on Xia Yingying and wanted to take her back to the palace to be a concubine. The concubines accompanying him hoped that the queen mother would oppose it, but she acquiesced.

The queen mother said that it had nothing to do with her. Even if it was written into history, it would not be her, the queen mother, who would be ridiculed, but the emperor whose mind was getting more and more unclear.

The queen was naturally angry, but now she was no longer the impulsive and irritable person she was before. She had seen Yongqi's efforts in the past few years and was very grateful to the queen mother. She tried hard to imitate Xiaoxian and finally sat firmly on the queen's position. She had to be careful and cautious and could not make any mistakes. So the queen did not run to cut off her hair and make direct remonstrations, and remained silent with the queen mother. Those ministers did not die for the remonstrance, so why did she get involved!

Only Ziwei was caught by Qianlong when she secretly tried to persuade Xia Yingying. Qianlong looked at Ziwei in disbelief, as if he didn't recognize this daughter anymore, "Ziwei, can't you see that she is the reincarnation of your mother? Have you listened to her songs? Do you know her story? You..."

Ziwei shook her head and held her chest with her hands. Without waiting for Qianlong to finish, she pointed at Xia Yingying and cried, "Father! How could she be my mother? How could my mother be reincarnated as a singing girl? Don't be fooled by her!"

Qianlong raised his hand and slapped Ziwei, angrily saying, "I don't allow you to insult Yingying. When did you become so secular? I always thought you were the one who could understand me the most, but I didn't expect that you would change your temperament after getting married."

After that, he drove Ziwei out without waiting for her to speak. Ziwei was already despised by Qianlong, so others naturally didn't dare to run into the gun muzzle again.

In this way, a concubine was brought back from a southern tour. Qianlong originally planned to fight a long-term war with the empress dowager and others. He had already thought about how to persuade the empress dowager when she objected. Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother just smiled and suggested: "She must be a good person to be valued by the Emperor. Mother has no objection. Why not erase her identity and let her enter the palace as a good girl? What do you think?"

Qianlong was still very filial when he was normal. Hearing the Queen Mother say this, he knew that it was for his reputation, and he was very moved.

Xia Yingying was noble on the surface, but vain on the inside. After returning to the palace, Qianlong personally gave her the title of precious concubine to show that she was a treasure, and he was very proud. Little did he know that she had attracted the attention of the entire harem.

The concubines in the harem had never been so united. There were endless ways of drugging and tripping, and there were countless sterilization things. Even if Xia Yingying was a singing girl with some tricks, she was not enough in the harem. For her own status, Xia Yingying could only use the means of the brothel to pester Qianlong, singing and dancing every night, and even trained several little concubines to serve Qianlong together.

Qianlong was already in his fifties. After a few months like this, his body was naturally damaged, but it just didn't show up for a while. With a new favorite concubine to accompany him to appreciate flowers and the moon, play the piano and paint, Qianlong simply handed over some government affairs to Twelve. Seeing that Twelve was always respectful to him, he let go of power and enjoyed life, and only expressed his opinions on major events.

The Queen Mother occasionally went to Mount Wutai to live for two years and concentrated on practicing. She had not made any moves for a long time. Seeing that the idiots had a bad end and could not make any trouble, she just drank tea and watched the show on the side and stopped caring.

In the 35th year of Qianlong's reign, Qianlong felt that his physical energy was not as good as before, so he passed the throne to Yongqi and abdicated as the emperor. He moved to Yuanmingyuan despite Yongqi's persuasion, played with Zhengui Concubine and others every day, pursued the way of immortality, and acted more and more absurdly. In less than two years, he died of accidentally taking elixirs.

The Empress Dowager Ulanara asked Yongqi to issue an order to execute Xia Yingying, take back all her books and treasures, and ordered her not to enter the imperial mausoleum. After getting rid of this singing girl, she finally breathed a sigh of relief and felt that she had done her ancestors justice.

The previous empress dowager had long been worshipped as the Grand Empress Dowager. After Qianlong's death, she lived in the Old Summer Palace and handed over the harem to the Empress Dowager Nara, no longer intervening in anything. Life didn't seem to have changed much, except that she moved from the Cining Palace to the Old Summer Palace, where the environment was better and more suitable for retirement.

Finally, when the Grand Empress Dowager was 80 years old, she cultivated to the middle stage of Qi Refining, unlocked the storage function of the space, and put all the jewelry and secret medicines she had secretly collected for many years into it. This body has aged badly, and there is nothing to experience in this time and space. After a few more years of leisure, the Grand Empress Dowager passed away with a smile.

Every article naturally has a protagonist and a villain. Each character has advantages and disadvantages, it just depends on whose perspective you look at it from. It is true that the Queen Mother is the big boss in this article, but who makes her the protagonist? So this has become a cool article that abuses others. Of course, this article is purely fictional, and the smearing and whitewashing of various characters are just plot developments. Don't take it seriously!

There will be another extra chapter of Huanzhu tomorrow, and Huanzhu will end. The next story is set to be "A Dream of Red Mansions". It may be about Wang Zhanpeng. What ideas do you have?

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