I just want to live a happy life

When Hongli was wondering which princess to choose, the Empress Dowager and the Queen both learned the news.

The Empress Dowager immediately asked Fujia to go to Hongli's residence and invite him to discuss the matter. However, Hongli did not meet Fujia, and the same was true the next few times he went to meet him.

The empress dowager was helpless and could only call Shupin to ask her to persuade Hongli to marry Princess Jingse to Khorchin. However, Shupin was deeply in love with Hongli, so how could she possibly persuade Hongli to marry his own daughter?

Upon hearing Shupin's refusal, the empress dowager was furious and felt that she had been blind to choose such a useless person and send her to Hongli, who could not help in any way.

The Queen Mother tried her best to prevent her daughter from marrying far away in Mongolia, and the Queen was no less enthusiastic.

That night, the Queen went to the Queen Mother's residence with gifts.

The Queen Mother and the Empress were both testing each other. The Empress took out a gift, a pair of golden mandarin ducks, and gave it to the Queen Mother's daughter as a dowry. The Queen Mother was not to be outdone and took out a set of precious jewelry, indicating that Jingse was old enough to get married.

The two kept refusing, and the queen lost her patience. For the sake of her daughter, she had to offend the queen mother: "My Queen Mother, sister Hengti is older than Jingse. As the saying goes, there is order of seniority. It should be sister Hengti who gets married before Jingse. How can a niece get married before an aunt?"

The Queen Mother also said bluntly: "When the late emperor was still alive, I had already married a daughter far away for the sake of the country. Could the Queen bear to separate me from my daughter again? I think Jingse is just the right age."

The two of them exchanged sharp words, neither of them giving in. The queen was usually respectful to the empress dowager, but she contradicted the empress dowager for the sake of her daughter and completely lost her sense of propriety, and a grudge was formed between the two of them.

Hongli naturally knew about the quarrel between the two that night, but he had not made a decision yet, so he turned a blind eye to the situation.

Because Hongli did not express his opinion, the Queen Mother and the Queen tried to marry each other's daughters during this period.

The Queen Mother and the Empress both tried their best to marry each other's daughters. The two were evenly matched and inseparable.

Other people in the palace also knew about this, but in order to avoid becoming a target between the Queen Mother and the Empress, no one dared to speak out.

Just when the two sides were in a stalemate, Ruyi felt that this was a good opportunity. If she could come up with a way for the Queen Mother to keep Princess Hengti by her side, the Queen Mother would definitely be grateful to her, and she would have a backer in the harem.

In addition, if the queen had to watch her daughter marry far away and was unable to do anything, wouldn't this be the greatest revenge for the queen?

Thinking of this, Ruyi's heart was filled with heat.

So, one night, Ruyi disguised herself and went to see the Queen Mother.

The Queen Mother had been upset these days because of her distant marriage, so naturally she didn't want to see the niece of her enemy at this time.

"Empress Dowager, Concubine Xian said she has a way to make you keep the princess by your side." Fujia spoke hesitantly.

The Queen Mother thought about it and finally met Ruyi. Although she was very displeased with Ruyi because of the Jingren Palace incident, if she really could keep Hengti by her side, she didn't mind not making things difficult for her in the future.

"Bring her in."

Ruyi met with the Queen Mother and offered a plan: "The Queen Mother only needs to ask the ministers of the previous dynasty to recommend Princess Hengti to marry to Khorchin, and personally spread the word about the many benefits of marrying. The Fucha family has always been profit-oriented. For the sake of the family's interests, they will definitely force the Queen to marry her daughter."

This way, by taking a step back in order to advance, the problem can be solved.

After hearing this, the Queen Mother also thought this was a good plan. She looked at Ruyi with some deep meaning in her eyes: "I really underestimated you before. You are worthy of being the niece of the Queen of Jingren Palace. You are a smart person."

After that night, the Empress Dowager's confidant from the previous dynasty really wrote a letter saying that he wanted to marry Princess Hengti. Hongli and the Fucha clan naturally knew the benefits of marrying Princess Hengti, and it could also increase the Empress Dowager's power in Mongolia.

Although the Empress Dowager was Hongli's mother, they were not biological mother and son. Hongli was both respectful and wary of the Empress Dowager, and naturally he did not want to increase her power.

The Fucha clan also saw the benefits and forced the queen to agree to marry Princess Jingse. For the benefit of her family, the queen had to give up her own daughter.

This was extremely painful for her. She had two daughters and one son. Her eldest daughter died young, Yonglian was in poor health, and Jingse was the only child around her who grew up and was healthy. He was also very filial to her. It was she, as a mother, who was useless and could not protect the child well.

The matter was set in stone. No matter how uncomfortable the queen was, Hongli still issued an order to let Princess Jingse marry far away in Khorchin, and Princess Hengti was assigned to the Minister of the Lifanyuan.

In order to prepare for Princess Jingse's marriage, preparations need to be made in advance, so this eastern tour has to end and return to the palace early.

On the way back to the palace, all the boats stopped at the shore to rest.

The Queen was physically exhausted and depressed because of Jingse's marriage far away, so she has been taking medicine these days.

Looking at the beautiful scenery tonight, the queen felt suffocated staying in the boat. Despite Su Lian's dissuasion, she wanted to go out for a walk and breathe fresh air.

Su Lian was unable to dissuade her and could only stay by the Queen's side and carefully help her go out for a walk.

Walking on the deck, the queen was blown by the cold wind and her body couldn't stop shivering. Su Lian quickly asked Lian Xin, who was following behind her, to go back and get her cloak.

Su Lian also left a quarter of an hour later to bring medicine to the queen.

So now the Queen was the only one left on the deck.

The queen walked forward for a while. It was already dark at night. The queen could not see clearly where she was stepping. Suddenly, she lost her balance and fell down.

There was a river behind her, and the queen fell into the river immediately.

She slapped the water with her hands and shouted for help, but as soon as she opened her mouth, water went into it. Her body was already feeling unwell, and she gradually lost her strength.

But despite such a big noise, the surroundings were silent and no one noticed.

Chen Wanyin stayed in her own boat. Although many things had changed since she came to this world, she did not dare to underestimate the tenacity of the plot, so she asked someone to keep an eye on her.

As expected, Chen Wanyin heard the news that the queen had fallen into the water.

She put down the book and rushed over immediately.

At this time, concubines were standing on both sides of the queen's boat.

The queen was rescued by the guards, but it was too late. The queen drank a lot of water and is still unconscious.

The imperial physician is treating him inside.

Chen Wanyin looked at Bai Ruiji, her face was confused. It seemed that she knew that the queen had fallen into the water, but she knew nothing else.

It seems that she didn't do it this time.

In the original plot, the queen's health was already at the end of her strength. Jin Yuyan was very ambitious for the sake of Yu's son and wanted to become the queen, so she made Bai Ruiji mistakenly believe that it was the queen who killed her child.

In order to take revenge on the queen, Bai Ruiji smeared tung oil on the deck of the boat. The queen slipped and fell into the water and died that night.

But this time the queen's health was not at the point where it could not be saved, and Jin Yuyan did not dare to act rashly.

So who did it this time?

Chen Wanyin glanced around and set her sights on Ruyi.