I just want to live a happy life

Speaking of which, Wei Yanwan is really capable. Whenever she is about to fall out of favor, she can always find a way to gain favor again.

Especially some time ago, Hongli suddenly became in poor health and looked decadent for some reason. When the imperial physician examined him, he said that it was due to excessive work in state affairs that led to insufficient kidney energy. He also repeatedly advised him to reduce the frequency of sexual intercourse and take good care of his body.

Hongli would definitely not want to do that. Hongli was different from the late emperor. The late emperor would go to the harem a few times in sometimes one or two months, but Hongli went to the harem frequently, at least twenty days a month.

At this time, Hongli proposed a solution, which was to drink deer blood wine to nourish the body, but the imperial physician said that the emperor's body was not suitable for doing so now.

Hongli valued his health very much. When he heard that he could not drink deer blood wine, he temporarily gave up the idea.

Unexpectedly, Jinzhong heard what Hongli and the imperial physician said, and he turned around and told Wei Yanwan.

However, in order to gain Hongli's favor, Wei Yanwan and Jinzhong devised a plan to make Hongli come to her palace every day to drink deer blood wine. Hongli could not help it and forgot all the imperial physician's instructions to him, and drank the deer blood wine under Wei Yanwan's flattery.

After drinking the deer blood wine, Hongli became much more energetic. He was not satisfied with being served by Wei Yanwan alone, so, at Wei Yanwan's persuasion, he let four concubines sleep with him all night.

Hongli did not think that doing these things was wrong, but instead felt extremely comfortable.

He was addicted to it, and spent the whole day in Yongshou Palace doing such licentious things. The news spread outside the palace, causing dissatisfaction and concern among the ministers.

But at this time, there was no queen in the harem, and Ruyi was gone. The affairs of the harem were handed over to Concubine Hui Gao Xiyue and Concubine Chun Su Lujun who had been released, and some of the affairs were handed over to her to manage.

So many years have passed, and Gao Xiyue has long seen through what kind of person Hongli is. Besides, she is still busy with her daughter's marriage and has no time to spare, so naturally she won't care.

Concubine Chun had made Hongli angry in front of Empress Xiaoxian's coffin, so she didn't dare to offend Hongli now.

As for Chen Wanyin herself, she had already hidden far away.

Helplessly, Hongli could only be persuaded by the Empress Dowager. Unexpectedly, Hongli promised the Empress Dowager well, but turned around and went back to Yongshou Palace, without listening to the Empress Dowager's words at all.

Shupin was also extremely disappointed about this. She didn't expect that the emperor who made her fall in love at first sight was actually such a person. In this way, Shupin's feelings for Hongli dissipated a lot, and she regained a lot of rationality.

Hongli has been on the throne for more than ten years now. He sits firmly on the dragon throne. He is no longer in a dilemma as he was when he first ascended the throne and was troubled by the empress dowager and ministers.

He now has the final say and will not allow anyone to disobey him. The more he is forbidden to do something, the more serious his rebellious mentality becomes, and the more he wants to do it.

But Hongli did not hold on for long. Because his body was too weak to be replenished, he fainted.

In the original plot, thanks to Ruyi's advice, he did not harm the dragon's body too much, but this time it was different. No one dared to disobey him too much. The Queen Mother persuaded him once, but when she saw that he didn't listen, she didn't care.

Hongli's condition was really serious this time. When he woke up after fainting, his face was pale and he looked listless. The imperial physician tactfully advised him that if he did not follow the doctor's advice this time, it would affect his lifespan.

Hongli was really scared. You know, he wanted to emulate the Emperor Shengzu in everything and was determined to live longer than the Emperor Shengzu.

Just because of this one indulgence, such serious consequences have occurred.

So he blamed all the mistakes on Wei Yanwan, who wanted him to indulge her, and accused her of currying favor with him. He removed her green card, no longer allowed her to sleep with him, and demoted her to a noble lady. He locked her up in Yongshou Palace and asked her to reflect on herself for a month.

If Wei Yanwan had not given birth to two sons and one daughter, she would probably be even more miserable.

Because of Hongli's indulgence, he had to rest for half a year before he recovered.

Chen Wanyin was also extremely disgusted by Hongli's absurdity. Moreover, he was old and no longer as handsome as he was when he was young. She had never had any feelings for Hongli. After this incident, she didn't want to sleep with him at all.

So, while Hongli was recuperating and could not have sex with his concubines, he used his years of experience reading medical books and his special abilities to create a medicine - a charm medicine.

As long as he eats it, he will soon fall into a dream without knowing it, and his dream will be controlled by her. When he wakes up the next day, he will not notice anything strange.

So just in case, she made a lot of them and put them in the space in case of emergency.

. . . .

"What are they arguing about this time?" Chen Wanyin asked.

Nian Rui replied, "I heard that when Yingpin and Ke Guiren were passing by a pavilion, they saw Ling Guiren practicing Kunqu Opera, and then Ke Guiren couldn't stand it, so she walked up to Ling Guiren and said... said..."

Nian Rui hesitated and didn't explain clearly, which aroused Chen Wanyin's interest.

She hurriedly asked, "What did the noble lady Ke say?"

Nian Rui gritted her teeth, closed her eyes, and said in one breath: "Noble Lady Ke said that Noble Lady Ling was restless. Last time, she ignored the emperor's health and made him drink deer blood wine. This time, she tried to seduce the emperor again."

Chen Wanyin didn't think there was anything wrong with Wei Yanwan practicing Kunqu Opera in order to win Hongli's favor. It was a very normal thing. In many previous dynasties, concubines had many ways to win the emperor's favor.

It’s just that Concubine Ke has always disliked Wei Yanwan, so she can’t stand her various behaviors and can’t help but quarrel with Wei Yanwan.

I have to say that Wei Yanwan was really amazing. She got up wherever she fell. After her efforts, she regained favor. Not long after, she became pregnant again, and Hongli promoted her to Concubine Ling.

After the summer vacation in the Old Summer Palace ended, he returned to the harem, and the ministers began to submit memorials to the emperor regarding the appointment of a queen.

Yonglian naturally didn't want anyone other than his royal mother to sit on the throne of Queen, but he was just a prince with too little power, and he had lost the possibility of ascending the throne early on, so there were simply not many people on his side.

Hongli looked at the many memorials that all wrote about the appointment of a successor. He thought about the concubines in the harem and found that none of them was worthy of being the successor.

Hongli thought about this matter for a long time but was unable to make a decision. The concubines in the harem did not want to have a daughter of a minister of high status weighing down on them, so they came to Hongli and tactfully asked him what he thought.

But Chen Wanyin knew that Hongli would not choose a princess from among the ministers to be his successor, as doing so would be detrimental to the stability of the harem.

So she was not in a hurry. Hongli did not have a suitable candidate this time and might not appoint a successor. He might even follow the example of Emperor Kangxi.

Sure enough, not long after, Hongli issued an order not to appoint a successor and promoted Concubine Yu to Noble Concubine Yu.

Although Concubine Chun made a mistake, we have to take into consideration that she raised three sons and one daughter, so the affairs of the harem are managed by Concubine Hui, Concubine Yu and Concubine Chun.