Quick Wear: I was a Favored Concubine in the Qing Dynasty

She always had a mysterious confidence in the emperor, always feeling that he was just like any other man, and wanted to be an ordinary, loving couple with him.

The idea of ​​the emperor and empress living as an ordinary couple was something even the Empress Dowager wanted to say was not just wishful thinking, but a fantasy.

Such a thing would have been impossible if the empress hadn't entered the palace and had married a man from an ordinary noble family. How could it have been achieved with the emperor and empress?

When I was the primary wife, I experienced it and that was it.

Once inside the palace, they even wanted to bring this whole system over.

"I heard that the Empress was helped out by Yuzhu." That was all. The little eunuch, panting, came over and told her the news.

The Empress Dowager revealed an expression that said, "It's just as I thought." She said, "She really is like someone who jumps into the Yellow River and thinks she's trying her best." Sometimes, all she does is drown in the Yellow River.

It's hard to say about Aunt Chun. The Empress is indeed stubborn and doesn't know how to be tactful. She's like that with the Empress Dowager and she's like that with the Emperor.

However, the Emperor was not the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager had witnessed the fate of Empress Xiaojing and felt a slight sympathy for her, hoping that she would have a better ending.

But the Empress didn't buy it. She ignored everything the Empress Dowager said and let it go in one ear and out the other, completely failing to see the Empress Dowager's good intentions.

"Your Majesty, I have some good news to tell you." Qingguo, Consort Jing's maid, came by and brought news that will surely make the Empress Dowager happy.

The Empress Dowager raised her eyebrows. "What good news?" What good news could there be at this time?

Aunt Chun smiled and said, "Consort Jing said that the Emperor will give the newly renovated Changchun Garden to the Empress Dowager to live alone, so that she can retire there in the future." The Empress Dowager has always hoped that she would not live with the Emperor and his concubines.

"Really?" The Empress Dowager was somewhat incredulous. She knew about the Emperor's renovation of Changchun Garden, but she assumed it was because he admired the Holy Ancestor Emperor and wanted to renovate the Changchun Garden where the Holy Ancestor Emperor had lived before his death, without even altering the Yuanmingyuan Garden first.

The first thing to do is to get Changchun Garden ready.

Now that it's said that Changchun Garden is the place she'll live in after the renovation, the Empress Dowager's heart is already filled with sweetness.

Aunt Chun: "It was Qingguo, the head maid of Consort Jing, who came to say that Consort Jing did not know how to repay the Empress Dowager for the golden Buddha statue she had given her, and was thinking of asking the Emperor for a solution. Unexpectedly, the Emperor said that the Empress Dowager should go to Changchun Garden to live."

"However, we'll have to wait until after the Lantern Festival to move it over there."

This was truly wonderful news, even though everyone knew that the emperor had prepared this long ago to give Consort Jing a title.

The Empress Dowager was genuinely happy.

Aunt Chun's mouth stretched into a wide smile. "Your Majesty the Empress Dowager, in the Emperor's heart, you are of utmost importance." This was something she really hadn't expected.

The Empress Dowager had been thinking of telling the Emperor about it in a few years, but she never expected that the Emperor would always remember her wish.

"The Emperor is truly filial." This time, the Empress Dowager's praise was much more sincere. "I didn't expect it either; I thought I would have to wait several more years."

It's happened now, and it always feels a little unreal.

Aunt Chun said, "In my opinion, there is no one more filial than the Emperor." Aunt Chun also felt a sense of happiness when the Emperor treated the Empress Dowager so well.

"Yes, the Emperor has always been a filial son. It's just that I've been preoccupied with that little thing, hoping for a good ending for the Empress and the Emperor. I've been neglecting the Emperor a bit these past few years." The Empress Dowager began to reflect on herself again at this moment.

Seeing the emperor become emperor always evokes associations, reminding me of the late emperor, Empress Xiaojing, and the life I had before. Those years were truly stifling and painful.

Even in such a difficult time, when Empress Xiaojing herself was struggling, she still diligently taught her things.

She thought that she had taught the Empress how to manage the harem well, so that the Empress and the Emperor could be a harmonious couple in the future.

She thought about so much, but only now has she figured it out.

The fate of the late emperor and Empress Xiaojing began in the 42nd year of Kangxi's reign when Prince Honghui died. If the late emperor had returned that time, none of the subsequent events would have occurred.

But the late emperor did not return, and what happened later was merely a continuation of what happened after Honghui's untimely death.

Empress Xiaojing wanted the late emperor to suffer, but the late emperor not only did not suffer, but was also quite carefree.

The late emperor's concubines never ceased to exist; only Empress Xiaojing lived on in the past.

Whenever she saw the Empress, she always thought, "I don't want the Empress and the Emperor to end up like this."

Chun Gugu: "Your Majesty, you are overthinking it. You are helping the Emperor to teach the Empress. I believe the Emperor is extremely grateful to Your Majesty."

The Emperor doesn't seem like the type to dwell on such matters. If he really cared about this, he would have been dissatisfied with it long ago.

But over the years, the Emperor has not said a word, which means that the Emperor has not been unhappy.

The Empress Dowager felt a warmth in her heart. "That Consort Jing is also a good person. So, when the Lantern Festival comes, send Consort Jing two large gold ingots."

"The Empress Dowager has finally met a kindred spirit." Aunt Chun's words were loaded with meaning.

The Empress Dowager also loved this gold. She had loved it since she was in the Prince's mansion, and she loved it even more after she came to the palace.

After Empress Xiaojing passed away, she left most of her belongings to the Empress Dowager.

The Empress Dowager smiled and said, "It's rare to meet someone who appreciates gold and silver these days." The late Emperor had always said that she lacked the elegance of Lady Geng and preferred these vulgar things.

But if she hadn't exchanged the two gold hairpins she was wearing for money, bought medicine, and saved her life, she wouldn't be where she is today.

There, he could wait for Empress Xiaojing's later promotion.

She had obtained all of this by exchanging a gold hairpin; she loved gold, and there was nothing wrong with that.

The emperor sent her gold every year.

Only the late emperor was noble and thought gold was a vulgar thing, but he was still reluctant to give these vulgar things to them.

They say nice things, but actually they really like it.

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Lantern Festival.

Yu Suisui received a glass lamp with a peony design.

The red peony is so lifelike that even the leaves are reproduced one-to-one with the shape of the peony.

"Yours is beautiful." Consort Gao looked at the lantern in Yu Suisui's hand. "His Majesty will probably wait until the fireworks have finished before coming to watch them."

She arranged two rounds of fireworks, one for the emperor and his ministers to enjoy together, and the other for the emperor and his concubines to enjoy together.