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"If you have really made up your mind, then there is no need to rush. Just wait a little longer."
The Fifteenth Prince took his leave, and Ruyi came to clean up the prayer mat used by the Fifteenth Prince, as well as the cups, plates and bowls used by Twenty-Twenty and Miankai.
After Ruyi finished cleaning up, she couldn't help but look up at Emperor Qianlong.
Emperor Qianlong snorted and knew what Ruyi was wondering about.
But Emperor Qianlong would never reveal his thoughts to his servants. Li Yuanda was a eunuch trained by his great-grandfather Emperor Kangxi. When Emperor Qianlong saw Li Yuanda, he would think of the grace of being raised and taught by Emperor Kangxi, so he was willing to talk about his thoughts.
Mao Tuan'er was a eunuch cultivated by Emperor Qianlong himself and grew up by his side since childhood.
After all, Emperor Qianlong's feelings for Li Yu and Mao Tuaner could not be compared with those of Wei Qingqi, Ruyi and others who came later.
Also, the older people get, the more defensive they become. So when Emperor Qianlong reached his later years, there were fewer people he could talk to.
Emperor Qianlong only snorted and told Ruyi to go down. He would not tell Ruyi that if he arranged a marriage for the fourth princess of the fifteenth prince's family right now, it would be meaningless if he was the one arranging the marriage.
He just waited for a few months until the fifteenth prince ascended the throne, and then let the fifteenth prince arrange a marriage for the fourth princess himself!
...That's interesting.
After Emperor Qianlong finished thinking, he felt like laughing a little, but he looked up at the mirror and quickly suppressed his smile.
He couldn't help but mutter silently to the mirror in his heart, "Old man, you are really cruel..."
As the light and shadows shone, he seemed to see himself in the mirror saying to himself: "Who made you the king of a country? As a king of a country, you can't just think about the little affection of your own family; as a king of a country, you can't be soft-hearted, you have to be ruthless!"
When the Emperor and the Fifteenth Prince returned to Beijing from Rehe, to be honest, Dian'e was feeling nervous for a while.
after all
, the two children, the fifth and seventh princesses, were suddenly gone from the family.
Even if everything was flawless and beyond reproach - after all, these two children died of smallpox, and smallpox is not a disease that can be controlled by human power. Over the past hundred years of the Qing Dynasty, many royal children have died of this disease, and no one can do anything about it.
But no matter what, she still had to carefully observe the prince's expression and the emperor's movements.
She was not worried about the woman in the backyard, but she was not so sure about the two men.
After all, they are father and son of the same bloodline; after all, they are both destined by heaven, the true dragon emperor!
She had been married into the palace for many years, and she had been thinking about it all these years, and she knew how powerful the old emperor was; and her own husband, a seemingly kind and benevolent man, was actually a very treacherous person!
She observed quietly for a few days, but did not notice any movement from the prince or even the emperor.
In fact, they had never investigated the matter at all, let alone summoned the imperial physician for inquiry.
This matter seemed to have not caused any splash at all and just remained calm.
He nodded his head and felt relieved. Thinking back, it made more and more sense: Although the emperor was extremely wise, he was old after all. It was already remarkable that an 85-year-old man, frail, deaf and blind, could still barely handle state affairs every day. How could he care about the little things in the prince's family?
Although the emperor's granddaughter is a precious person, the emperor has many granddaughters, so she is not that rare.
What's more, after all, the fifth princess was born out of wedlock and her biological mother was no longer around; as for the seventh princess, although she was the eldest daughter of the concubine and a legitimate daughter, she was still young after all, and the concubine soon gave birth to the emperor's grandson - the emperor's grandson was naturally more precious than the emperor's granddaughter.
As for my own prince... because there will be more important things soon.
An event that was more important than the lives of all his wives, concubines, and children—On the third day of September, Emperor Qianlong summoned the princes, grandsons, princes, dukes, and ministers to see him and announced his favor. He appointed his fifteenth son, Prince Jia, Yongyan, as the crown prince. The next year, Bingchen, was established as the first year of Jiaqing.
It took only half a month from returning to Beijing from Rehe to the announcement of the appointment of the crown prince.
With such a major event, the Fifteenth Prince would be too busy to handle it even for two days a day, so how could he have the time to ask about other matters?
The fifteenth prince was made the Crown Prince, and Dian'e, as the Crown Prince's legitimate wife, naturally became the Crown Princess.
Since there are only a few months left until the succession ceremony on the first day of the first lunar month next year, there is no need to hold the crown prince's enthronement ceremony, and there is no need to hold the crown princess' enthronement ceremony either.
But this identity and title cannot be changed.
She was naturally delighted. From then on, she was the mistress of the harem, and no one could shake her.
In the edict appointing the fifteenth prince as the crown prince, Emperor Qianlong also formally named the fifteenth prince's biological mother, Imperial Noble Consort Lingyi, as Empress Xiaoyi and had her buried in the Fengxian Hall.
According to convention, it is usually the successor to the throne who will posthumously confer the title of Empress on his biological mother. However, even though the succession ceremony was only three months later, Emperor Qianlong could not wait to personally confer the title of Empress Xiaoyi.
After that, he did not want to give this opportunity to his son.
Even with this little bit of affection, the old man still wanted to keep it to himself, not wanting his son to just be with his wife.
Because in the imperial edict, Emperor Qianlong had already called her "Empress Xiaoyi" by her title, which shows that the old man personally drafted the title for her, and did not even leave this opportunity to his son...
The word "Yi" is the memory of the plaque "Ling Yi Shu De" that hung high in the Yongshou Palace, the bedroom where Empress Xiaoyi lived when she was first conferred the title. It also represents the incomparable nobility of "the mother of the world".
In addition to personally conferring the title upon Empress Xiaoyi and drafting the title himself, he even made it clear that next year would be the "first year of Jiaqing" - this was the reign title for the fifteenth prince, and it was also chosen by Emperor Qianlong himself.
Although this reign title was only announced to the world at this time, how could it be that Emperor Qianlong chose it temporarily at this time? Thirty-five years ago, when the fifteenth prince was not yet born, Emperor Qianlong wrote a poem with his ministers at the New Year, and the word "Jiaqing" was already in the "New Year Picture" he drew.
It seemed destined that the fifteenth prince who was born that year was the heir chosen long ago by Emperor Qianlong, so the word "nian" became the fifteenth prince's reign title thirty-five years later.
The original meaning of the word "Jiaqing" is auspiciousness and happiness, which echoes the word "Kai" in the name of the third prince Miankai, who was born to the fifteenth prince on the 22nd day of the twelfth month.
This is truly a celebration for all.
After Emperor Qianlong issued the edict, the entire Xiefang Palace became bustling with activity.
Emperor Qianlong ordered the Crown Prince to move to Yuqing Palace, which was once the Crown Prince's bedroom.
Even though each family was busy with their own affairs, Er Er Shi still personally led Liu Jia, Hou Jia and Wang Jia to the legitimate wife to pay their respects to the Crown Princess.
Dian'e, who had been recuperating from illness for many years, now looked radiant, as if all the illnesses he had suffered over the years had been swept away by the joy.
She raised her hand in the air with a smile on her face, "Sisters, please stand up. This is a happy event in our family. My joy is also your joy, isn't it?"
"Although I am the only one in the family who has been granted a title, and the imperial edict does not mention you, in three months, you will all be granted titles, and then you will all be the main seats in the inner court. Don't be anxious, sisters."
Twenty-Twenty was the first and said with a smile, "Thank you, Her Majesty the Crown Princess."
Dian'e was even more amused after hearing this, so he reached out and held Er'er's hand, "Look at you, you make me feel embarrassed. It's fine if they say that, but you are the one who is most wronged. You are the concubine bestowed by the emperor, unlike them who are officials' daughters or women from the family. You were originally the second wife of the prince, but now the prince's status has changed, so you have to be wronged, and the wife has become a concubine."
Because the emperor and the prince are different, the prince's concubine is the second wife, but the emperor rarely appoints a "living" imperial concubine. Unless there is no queen, the imperial concubine is needed to lead the six palaces as the deputy queen.
Therefore, when the prince succeeded to the throne, the concubines of the side wives could not be given the title of Imperial Noble Consort. Just like the old example of Emperor Qianlong himself, the two concubines of the side wives Gao and Huifa Nara in the Qiandi Palace, Gao was given the title of Noble Consort, while Huifa Nara was only given the title of Consort Xian.
From the perspective of the emperor's harem, even if she was a noble concubine, she was still somewhat wronged.
Er Er Er could hear the thorn in these words.
, so he just lowered his head and smiled, "What the Royal Concubine said is of course correct. In front of the Royal Crown Princess, the rest of us are naturally concubines. After all, the Royal Crown Princess is the future queen mother. There can't be several queen mothers in this world, right?"
"As for my feelings, if it was an old precedent from many years ago, I might feel a little aggrieved; but today, after listening to the emperor's decree, in which he personally conferred the title of Empress Xiaoyi on my Imperial Noble Consort, my heart is relieved."
Dian'e couldn't help but narrow his eyes slightly, "Is Concubine comparing herself with my mother?"
Dian'e had one more question left unanswered - "Or, does Concubine Jin think that her son will be able to ascend the throne and inherit the world like our Crown Prince in the future?"
Er Er Er smiled, not dodging or evading, her eyes staring at my forehead with a clear gaze, "...Sister is the Crown Prince's first wife and legitimate consort. I don't think Sister would compare herself with Mother, right? After all, Mother is not the Emperor's first wife or legitimate consort either."
As they were talking, the eunuch outside came in to report, "My lords, the master, the prince, has returned. Please welcome him at the gate."
Dian's face brightened, and he smiled and said, "Of course. Now our prince is not only our prince, but also the crown prince of the Qing Dynasty. Even if he is a family member, we should not neglect him in the slightest."
Dian'e personally led everyone to the gate to greet them.
Dian'e's identity had been confirmed, she was already the Crown Princess; Er'er and others had not changed their titles yet, so Dian'e could be dignified and did not need to be humble, but Er'er smiled and lowered her knees to kneel down to the Fifteenth Prince.
The crown prince quickly supported him and said with a helpless smile, "You, naughty boy!"
The Fifteenth Prince held Twenty-Twenty's elbow and stopped her from kneeling; but Liu Jia and Wang Jia had already knelt down behind them, and the Fifteenth Prince accepted it with a smile.
Hou Jia was still hesitating whether to kneel or not, but when she saw Liu Jia and Wang Jia both kneeling, she hesitated for a moment and finally knelt as well.
The crown prince nodded with a smile, "Everyone, get up, get up. Although Khan Ama has issued an order, we are still in Xiefang Palace. There is no need to be restrained for now. After two days when we move to Yuqing Palace, it will not be too late for you to change the rules."
He pointed his forehead but raised his chin high and said, "The Crown Prince is of course considerate of his family, but since the Crown Prince has just been enthroned, the imperial court and the imperial harem are looking up to him. Since the Crown Prince's status has been determined, if our family still doesn't change the rules, does that mean that outsiders can also not change the rules and still just treat the Crown Prince as the fifteenth prince, and don't need to respect the Crown Prince?"
The Crown Prince couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.
She nodded her forehead and looked around at the people. "Sisters are all virtuous and sensible. This etiquette is really well done. I think that sisters should strictly abide by the rules from now on, so as not to cause trouble for the prince."
Er Er listened quietly, raised her eyes and winked at the Crown Prince mischievously, then her knees bent weakly and she had to kneel down.
The Crown Prince snorted and picked up Er Er Shi again. "Since the Crown Princess said so, you should kneel down. This will help you get used to it in the future."
"As for you..." The Crown Prince stared at Er Er Er, "It's enough for you to just squat down. How can I ask you to kneel down?"
Er Er Shi was not polite, and smiled mischievously, and replied quickly and smoothly: "Your servant will obey the order of the Crown Prince!"
The crown prince pinched her in his palm and cursed in a low voice, "Are you still excited?"
Er Er laughed quietly and muttered, "...I am naturally very happy to kneel down and pay my respects to the Crown Prince. This is very exciting!"
One of them wanted to kneel, while the other insisted on being carried. They looked at each other and whispered to each other. Nodding his forehead, watching from the side, he could not help but frowning.
Chapter 110: Soul Improvement
Sun Qi, who was standing outside the window, felt very happy when he heard Ye Qian teasing Blood Mosquito. However, the price of happiness was a miserable death.
Sun Qi felt that Ye Qian was definitely dead. His wife had killed him just because she casually said he was a dwarf. Now, Ye Qian was mocking him like this. Tsk tsk...
Of course, Blood Mosquito became even angrier. He even laughed out of anger. He pointed at Ye Qian and nodded, "Good, very good. The last time someone dared to mock me like this, I crushed him to ashes. I didn't expect that there are still people who are not afraid of death. Haha, good."
Ye Qian immediately said: "Hey, shorty, I'm not mocking you, I'm telling the truth all the time, right, dear." Then, Ye Qian hugged Yan Ge's breasts from behind.
Yan Ge covered her mouth and laughed, "Whatever you say is what it is. I will listen to you from now on."
"Well, you're so good. Come here, give me a kiss." Ye Qian joked.
Blood Mosquito was furious now. He liked to laugh at the dead before they died, but now, someone dared to laugh at him in front of him! Damn it, is it that my name as Blood Mosquito Killer is not loud enough?
Blood Mosquito originally wanted to kill Ye Qian and then enjoy the pure and beautiful elder sister.
But now, Xuewen felt that he had to change his strategy. To deal with a villain like Ye Qian, no method would be excessive!
Blood Mosquito slowly stretched out his hand. He was thinking about how to torture Ye Qian. However, before he finished thinking, Blood Mosquito suddenly felt the ground spinning, as if everything was rolling.
"Huh? What's going on in this world?" Blood Mosquito looked around curiously and thought. He couldn't understand why the ground suddenly began to spin so violently.
While thinking, Blood Mosquito suddenly found a pair of legs right in front of him. Yes, there was really a corpse, a headless corpse. This corpse was really short, just like a dwarf.
Blood Mosquito was mocking the ugliness of this body in his heart. Suddenly, he felt that this corpse was so familiar. Aren’t these clothes the new clothes he just put on to enjoy his elder sister?
Why...why is this happening?
Blood Mosquito suddenly realized that he... was dead!
Really dead!