Qing Dynasty: The Imperial Concubine is Pregnant Again

The outer area of ​​the Qianqing Palace.

Several royal princes were confronting each other, and Yinsi clearly had the upper hand. The others also had grim expressions, especially the princes who did not participate in the fight.

At this time, they all chose to remain neutral and did not take sides.

Just as the Ninth Prince was trying to persuade Prince Yong Yinzhen to surrender, a man walked out from the inner hall of the Qianqing Palace.

He had golden hair, blue eyes, and wore extremely strange clothes, but everyone was terrified.

"Isn't this the number one owner of Jinxiu Pavilion?"

Prince Dun Yin?'s loud shout also expressed the thoughts of the others. This man entered the inner hall of the Qianqing Palace quietly and they didn't even notice it.

Thirteen was standing next to Yinzhen. He was observant and noticed that Number One was holding an imperial edict in his hand. He gave Yinzhen a hint without making any expression.

"Fourth brother, could it be that this man has received the imperial edict of succession?"

Yinzhen's eyes narrowed and his thin lips pursed, obviously a little nervous.

Even though the two of them were extremely careful, they were still discovered when they were confronting Yinsi, and Bajiu and the other two also discovered the imperial edict.

The Ninth Prince's eyes were sinister, and he spoke directly: "I wonder if the document you are holding in your hand was written by the Emperor himself?"

His words were obviously a reminder to everyone that Kangxi had suffered a stroke and was in a coma early in the morning, so how could he wake up and write an edict?

Sure enough, others also became suspicious, but Yinzhen weighed it in his mind and clasped his fists, saying, "If the Emperor has an order, please announce it."

Number One was not affected by the chattering of this group of people. He opened the edict quickly, as smoothly as flowing water.

The princes knelt down hurriedly to receive the order, and they didn't care how number one got in.

"The Emperor, in accordance with the Will of Heaven, proclaims: Emperors who have ruled the world have always regarded respecting Heaven and following the example of their ancestors as their primary duty. Respecting Heaven and following the example of their ancestors means being gentle to those far away and able to be near, resting and nurturing the people, sharing the interests of the four seas, sharing the heart of the world, and protecting the country from danger..."

As soon as this paragraph was finished, the kneeling people were all shocked. This beginning was obviously an imperial edict to pass on the throne!!

Yinsi and Yinzhen were even more tormented. Before the emperor fainted, he was still thinking about the deposed crown prince Yinreng and even punished his eldest brother for this. Could it be that the emperor wanted to pass the throne to the deposed crown prince?

No matter how suspicious the kneeling people were, the emotionless and cold voice of No. 1 did not pause, and continued to read the contents of the edict:

"…I have been on the throne for forty-eight years, and I am rich. I have more than fifty descendants, and the world is peaceful and happy. I am very blessed. The son of Emperor Taizu and the grandson of Prince Li are all safe now. If you can take good care of them, I will also be happy to die in peace!…"

Everyone became nervous, they knew the next words would be about who the throne would be passed to!

Everyone listened with their ears pricked up, wishing that Number One would just hand them the imperial edict so they could see what it was and not have to worry so much.

"Yinzhen, the fourth son of Prince Yong, is a man of noble character and closely resembles me. He will surely be able to inherit the throne. He shall succeed me as the emperor and shall observe mourning for 27 days in accordance with the imperial decree. When he stops mourning, the emperor will announce it to the public, so that everyone at home and abroad will know. I decree this!"

Yinzhen was greatly shocked, and his expression became even more stern. He suddenly had the majesty of a superior. He suppressed his surprise and thanked him in a deep voice:

"Your son, Yinzhen, bows to thank the Emperor!"

Yinsi felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave. How could this happen? He turned his head in disbelief and looked at Yinzhen, who was standing beside him with an expressionless face.

Didn't the Emperor always favor the Crown Prince? Why did he suddenly pass the throne to the Fourth Prince?

The Ninth Prince could not accept it any more. He suddenly stood up and asked, "Wait, who knows whether your edict is true or false?"

Fourteenth Prince was also not happy with the fact that Yinzhen, whom he had always disliked, had suddenly become the emperor, and he also came out to refute: "Yes, the emperor father has not even seen us, how could he suddenly pass on the throne? Did you guys join forces to rebel?"

Number One ignored their words and took out three more imperial edicts from behind him, two of which were imperial edicts of succession written in Mongolian and Manchu.

Several princes took it and examined it carefully, and even called Longkodo who was standing next to them and Zhang Tingyu who was trapped in the Hall of Supreme Harmony to come over to identify it together.

After everyone confirmed that all three letters were handwritten by Kangxi himself, the luck of the Eighth Prince's party disappeared. Even though people were still gathered here, they were unmoved.

Yinzhen had the imperial edict and was the rightful next emperor. Yinsi's previous rebellion was also because he thought that after he came to the throne, no one would have the imperial edict and he would be able to take the throne.

After No. 1 scanned the circle, he unfolded the remaining edict again. Everyone was still curious about what the remaining edict was after reading the three edicts of succession. He was about to read it out.

"Prince Yong, please accept my order! You have been raised by Empress Xiaoyi Tong Jia since you were a child. You have been very filial to her and the mother-son relationship is very deep. I will now register your Jade Butterfly under Empress Xiaoyi's name!"

Yinzhen was truly shocked at this moment, and couldn't hide the joy on his face. He had been raised by Empress Xiaoyi since he was a child, and had long regarded her as his own mother. Now his wish had finally come true.

"Your Highness, I bow to you and thank you!"

Soon, after everyone entered the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi was still unconscious on the dragon bed. In the middle of the night, the palace began to announce the death of the emperor!

At the end of the 48th year of Kangxi's reign, Emperor Kangxi passed away. The whole country was in mourning. The fourth son Yinzhen succeeded to the throne. Kangxi was posthumously named the Emperor Shengzu of Qing.

After Yinzhen ascended the throne, he changed the reign title to Yongzheng, and made his biological mother, Empress Xiaoyi Ren, the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, the concubines of the previous emperor the dowager concubines, and the rest were ranked lower according to their rank.

What was more surprising was the matter of enthroning the queen. Yinzhen's original wife, Ulanara, had been seriously ill for many years. After the imperial edict came down, perhaps it was too much of a surprise, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs was still preparing for the ceremony.

Instead, Ulanara's illness worsened and she passed away in less than half a month. The original ceremony of crowning her as queen became a funeral ceremony.

At the same time, Yinzhen also conferred titles on the female members of the palace. His concubine Tong Jia was conferred the title of Shu Guifei and was granted the title of living in the Yiku Palace. His concubine Li was conferred the title of Qi Fei and was granted the title of living in the Jingyang Palace.

Geng Jia, who was already a concubine, was given the title of Yupin and lived in the Yanxi Palace. Lady Song was given the title of Maopin and lived in the Qixiang Palace. Lady Zhang was given the title of Jingpin and lived in the Xianfu Palace.

As for the rest of the people who had no children, Uya was named a noble lady and Niuhulu was named a maid, and the two of them lived together in Zhongcui Palace.

Chengqian Palace was the former residence of Empress Xiaoyi Ren, so Yinzhen naturally would not arrange for anyone to live in it, and a group of concubines also moved into Shoukang Palace.

Without the Empress Dowager, the Cining Palace naturally became empty.

Shoukang Palace.

Now that she has become the Dowager Concubine De, Uya has never been able to accept that her son has completely become someone else's. While her own son ascended the throne, she herself is only a Dowager Concubine!

She had been fed up with the ridicule from other concubines during this period, and she didn't have a good face towards Su Peisheng who came in person to announce the decree.

"I am the Emperor's biological mother, and I am the Holy Mother Empress Dowager!"

She already looked like she was going to be the Queen Mother, and would never accept the order to confer the title of Consort Dowager.

In the past, Su Peisheng would be somewhat respectful to Uya because she was his master's biological mother. But now that his master's jade butterfly has been registered under the name of Empress Xiaoyi Ren, what does Uya mean to her?

"My Queen, the Emperor's biological mother is the late Emperor's Empress Xiaoyi, Tong Jia. The Emperor has also posthumously conferred the title of Holy Mother Empress Dowager on Empress Xiaoyiren."

Even at this point, Uya still refused to admit it, and a man rushed in from the door. It was the Fourteenth Master. Now that Yongzheng had ascended the throne, he was very busy with affairs and had not yet made his brothers kings.

"Su Peisheng, you are so insolent! Mother is Fourth Brother's biological mother, so she should be the Queen Mother!"

Su Peisheng bowed without being servile or overbearing, and was not frightened by Fourteenth Master's words. He only said, "Fourteenth Master, you heard the late emperor's will with your own ears that day. Could it be that Fourteenth Master also joined the Concubine Dowager in disobeying the order?"

Fourteenth brother's whole body stiffened, and he suddenly remembered how his mother had cursed his fourth brother in front of the emperor a few years ago. Could it be that from that time on, the emperor had the idea of ​​registering his fourth brother under the name of Empress Xiaoyi?

Seeing that Fourteenth was no longer speaking, Su Peisheng also announced the decree to confer the title of Concubine Dowager De upon the late emperor.

"Fourteen, I am the Queen Mother! Your fourth brother is still so selfish..."

Before Concubine De could continue to curse, Fourteen interrupted impatiently, with an extremely ugly expression: "Mother, are you really so angry because Fourth Brother has become someone else's son?"

Concubine De stopped suddenly, her eyes wandering. Of course she was not like that. She had already given up this son when Yinzhen was adopted by Tong Jia. In return, she won Kangxi's love and was made a concubine at an early date.

The reason she was making such a fuss was simply because she felt that they were both her sons, and if Yinzhen could be the emperor, why couldn't her younger son? As long as she became the empress dowager, she would not recognize Yinzhen as the emperor!

How could Fourteen not know what was going on when he saw her? He suddenly felt a little guilty towards his Fourth Brother.