Getting Rich from Legend of Zhen Huan

Yixiu was very happy to receive Yongzheng's secret order. Fortunately, she decisively used the panel to help the Thirteenth Prince cure his illness. Now it seems that the investment in Prince Yi is really worth it. Isn't the return coming? Handing over the affairs of the mansion to Nian Shilan and Xilin Gioro, Yixiu disguised herself and secretly entered the palace with only Jianqiu.

After entering the palace, before Yixiu could catch her breath, Su Peisheng came over with a troubled look on his face and urged, "Your Majesty, shall we set off for Yonghe Palace right away?"

To make a considerate person like Su Peisheng look embarrassed, it seems that Concubine De is really making a fuss about the Fourteenth Prince. With a plan in mind, Yixiu pretended to be puzzled, "What's wrong with the Empress Dowager? Is she too sad and unable to control herself because of the death of the Emperor?"

Su Peisheng was choked by Yixiu's words. If it were him, the late emperor had died, and he had become the empress dowager, as long as his son was filial, wouldn't he be able to live a colorful life? It was already very difficult to force a crying face. Putting herself in his shoes, would Defei be sad because of Kangxi's death? Of course not!

Therefore, it must be something else that could make Concubine De so unhappy. But everyone is a respectable person, Su Peisheng whispered, "Your Majesty, you don't know that when the Empress Dowager heard that the Fourteenth Master had returned to Beijing, she made a fuss to see the Fourteenth Master, but in the current situation, how can she meet him just like that?"

As for the more outrageous words that followed, such as "Is the fourth son worthy of being the emperor?", Su Peisheng did not dare to repeat them at all.

Although Su Peisheng's words were euphemistic, Yixiu knew that Concubine De would not be polite. She sighed quietly, "It is normal for the Empress Dowager to be inconsolable for a while due to her grief. Eunuch, please take me to Yonghe Palace. I want to comfort the Empress Dowager on behalf of the Emperor."

Su Peisheng was relieved to see Yixiu take over the task so smoothly, and kindly reminded, "Just as the queen said, the queen mother can't accept the reality of the late emperor's death. The emperor and Prince Yi have tried to persuade her several times, but the queen mother still can't calm down. The emperor is so worried about the queen mother that he can't even eat every day."

Yixiu frowned, "Things are different now. The emperor is responsible for the livelihood of the people. How can he consume his body like this? No matter how sad the empress dowager is, she should also consider the emperor!"

Su Peisheng nodded in agreement, "That's exactly the truth. Fortunately, now that the queen has entered the palace, we servants now have a backbone!"

Yixiu said modestly, "How can I be the backbone? Only when the emperor is here can we feel at ease!"

Yixiu was talking to Su Peisheng when they arrived at Yonghe Palace. Zhuxi, who was beside Concubine De, greeted them at the door. When Zhuxi saw Yixiu coming, she felt like she had found a life-saving straw and hurried forward to greet her, "Your Majesty! Please go and persuade the master, who has not eaten for more than a day."

Yixiu was horrified, "How could the Empress do this to her? Take me in now!"

Entering the main hall, Concubine De was lying on the bed with a haggard face, not showing any joy. She heard the noise outside the door, raised her eyelids slightly, saw Yixiu's figure, and said coldly, "Are you here to persuade me too?"

Yixiu signaled Zhuxi to take the servants in the palace downstairs. Zhuxi walked in last, closed the palace door, and stood guard at the door, leaving Defei and Yixiu alone to have a secret conversation.

Yixiu sat down beside Concubine De's bed and asked softly, "Aunt, do you want Fourteenth Brother to die?"

After hearing these words, Defei was so shocked that she sat up. She grabbed Yixiu's wrist fiercely, her eyes as sharp as a mother wolf protecting her cubs on the grassland, "How dare you curse my son!"

Yixiu was not frightened by Concubine De. She asked, "If not, what is Auntie doing now?"

Concubine De said indignantly, "It was the Fourth Brother who didn't care about his younger brother and actually took away the Fourteenth Brother's position as a general and wanted to put him under house arrest!"

Yixiu couldn't help but sigh, as expected of a concubine who had been working in the palace for many years. She received the news before Yongzheng took any action.

"Aunt has served the late emperor for so many years, you should know that thunder, lightning, rain and dew are all grace from the emperor. In the past, everyone in the world had to listen to the late emperor, but now, everyone in the world has to listen to the emperor, and your aunt and I are no exception."

Concubine De sneered, "Others are afraid of the emperor, but I am not. If he wants to harm the Fourteenth Prince, he will have to step over my dead body!"

Yixiu sighed, "If my aunt insists on doing this, it will not only affect my fourteenth brother, but also my four nephews Hongchun, Hongming, Hongying, and Hongguang, as well as my five nieces. They will all follow my fourteenth brother."

Defei wanted to angrily rebuke Yixiu for her lies, but seeing Yixiu's unflinching gaze, she could only wail, let go of Yixiu's hand, and threw herself into the quilt, "That's his own brother!"

Yixiu said calmly, "If we really talk about blood, which prince is not the late emperor's biological son? Back then, the Great Thousand Years Old wanted to beat the fallen dog, and even advised the late emperor to kill the deposed prince on his behalf. Aren't the Great Thousand Years Old and the deposed prince brothers?"

De Fei's body trembled, "That's different, that's different, the eldest prince and the deposed prince have been fighting to the death for a long time."

Yixiu looked at Concubine De with pity, "Empress Dowager also knows that the previous dynasty only distinguished between political enemies, not brothers. Is the struggle between the Emperor and Prince Lian any more peaceful than the struggle between the Great Thousand Years Old and the Deposed Crown Prince?"

De Fei weakly retorted, "That's a matter between the emperor and Lao Ba..."

Yi Xiu asked forcefully, "Does the Empress Dowager think that the Emperor will let the Ninth and Tenth Brothers go? Moreover, Empress Dowager, ask yourself, does the Fourteenth Brother really not have the slightest intention of usurping the throne?"

No, Concubine De knew her eldest son well. He was a vengeful man and would settle accounts with anyone who went against him. That was the main reason why Concubine De had to go against Yongzheng. She wanted to use filial piety to force Yongzheng to give up the idea of ​​settling accounts with the Fourteenth Prince.

De Fei cried silently, "Am I going to watch Old Fourteenth like the eldest prince, imprisoned in a palm-sized place and waiting to die?"

After breaking Defei's heart, Yixiu began to soften her tone, "If possible, I think the emperor would not want to bear the infamy of killing his brother. There is still room for maneuver."

Defei's eyes moved slightly and she looked at Yixiu.

Yixiu explained, "If this matter was irreversible, the emperor would not have asked me to persuade my aunt."

De Fei said sadly, "He asked you to come because you are my niece, and he is using the family to force me to bow my head."

Defei understood Yongzheng, but she also didn't understand him. She knew how Yongzheng treated his enemies, but she couldn't understand how soft he was towards his own people. So, in the matter of the Fourteenth Prince, Defei used the wrong method, and in the end both sides suffered, and the relationship between mother and son was severed.