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

Emperor Qianlong had no personal experiences to share with Yu Suisui, and he would never share them with her.

Qianlong placed his hand on Yu Suisui's hand and asked, "Do you want to find your former family?" Qianlong was simply trying to find a topic to talk about with Yu Suisui; he didn't want to talk about his time with the Empress.

I don't want to talk about how I feel right now.

Yu Suisui shook her head: "Your Majesty, I've forgotten all about it." What's the point of finding it? Are we just giving away money and resources for nothing?

Yu Suisui wouldn't do such a losing business.

"After all, they are your parents." Qianlong thought of the saying, "There are no parents who are never wrong." These were the words his father had said to him.

Yu Suisui secretly wished she could pry open Qianlong's brain to see if the Empress's tears had filled it.

“Your Majesty, as the saying goes, a loving mother makes her children filial. If parents are kind, how can their children not be filial?” Yu Suisui said, and then immediately added, “Just like you and the Empress Dowager. The Empress is so filial to the Empress Dowager now, so the Empress Dowager must have been very kind to you when you were young.”

What a joke! She's supposed to go find the original owner's family and be filial to them? She's not crazy.

Emperor Qianlong thought about it and realized that what he said made sense.

Every cause has its effect. The Empress's feelings for him were never sincere from the beginning, so the consequences she is now reaping are all the result of her own actions over the years.

"If you don't want to look for her, then don't." After saying this, Qianlong closed his eyes. His feelings were complicated. A palace maid had made the Empress lose her composure and dignity as Empress.

When Yonglian got into trouble, the Empress was no better than him.

Yu Suisui saw that Qianlong didn't want to continue talking, but she didn't think that Qianlong was unwilling to open up to her. It wasn't like she had nothing better to do than act as Qianlong's psychologist and emotional dumping ground.

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The fact that the Empress had stormed into the Hall of Mental Cultivation eventually reached the ears of Consort Chun and the others.

Consort Chun's hand trembled, and the teacup fell to the ground with a thud. Was the Empress being too ruthless? How could she do something like this?

"Really? She's still alive after the marriage?" Consort Chun was surprised that the Empress, who was always virtuous and spoke gently, would suddenly barge into the Hall of Mental Cultivation at this time.

It should be noted that the Hall of Mental Cultivation is guarded not only by imperial guards but also by the Imperial Guards. The Emperor's Hall of Mental Cultivation is simply the best-protected place in the entire palace.

A palace maid said, "The Emperor's chief steward, Li, escorted the Empress back to Changchun Palace." Since she was inside a sedan chair, no one saw the Empress's face.

However, it seems that the Empress is still treated differently by the Emperor than the Consort.

Consort Chun was a little disappointed. "Why is the Emperor so good to the Empress?" It's too enviable.

Thinking of her aunt beside her, Consort Chun's heart sank. It was truly a case of different fates for different people. If she had barged in, she might have been beheaded on the spot by the Emperor's guards.

The empress was able to emerge unharmed and without any punishment.

The palace maid thought to herself, "Who can deny it? Who wouldn't be envious? I thought the Empress had fallen out of favor, but I didn't expect that even if the Empress lost the Emperor's favor, this is still different."

"How is the Second Prince doing?" Consort Chun had been very concerned about the Second Prince ever since that incident, and said, "You should also tell the people below to pay more attention to him. The Second Prince is still young and learns everything quickly."

After saying that, she called out to her third prince, "You have to pay close attention to Yongzhang. Those wet nurses and nannies are the ones who want Yongzhang to be close to them the most and forget about their mother. You have to keep an eye on those people at all times."

Consort Chun didn't want her child, which she had worked so hard to give birth to, to turn out to be someone else's. Of course, she should be the one closest to her son.

-

Two days later, Emperor Qianlong set off for the imperial mausoleum, and Yu Suisui stayed in the palace.

Zhang Changzai came to find her, acting mysteriously, "Yuzhu is not going to live." She never expected Yuzhu to end up like this.

I thought she was going to live an arrogant life.

Yu Suisui knew that Yuzhu was sick, and from the Empress's words and actions, she guessed that Yuzhu's illness might be related to Qianlong.

"Yuzhu is just sick." Judging from Qianlong's appearance, Yuzhu may not necessarily die.

If the Empress really would abandon all her feelings for Qianlong because of Yuzhu's death, Yu Suisui would be the first to disagree.

It would be better if Yuzhu were alive.

Consort Zhang said, "Yuzhu is not sick, she is poisoned." She also thought Yuzhu was sick. Because of Yuzhu's illness, many of the maids in Changchun Palace had already begun to plot.

For so many years, they have been suppressed by Yuzhu, a senior palace maid. Now that the sky above them is finally about to clear, every aunt and nanny will lend a helping hand.

Yu Suisui feigned surprise: "Huh? How is this possible?" Her eyes were filled with unease as she looked at Zhang Changzai, but at that moment, she caught a fleeting look of relief in Zhang Changzai's eyes.

"You're right. Such a thing actually happened in Changchun Palace. I'm afraid it's going to cause a lot of big trouble soon." Poisoning shouldn't happen in the palace, let alone in Changchun Palace.

Zhang Changzai thought about the information he had gathered: "Consort Jing, you must be careful in the future. Never go to Changchun Palace alone." It's too dangerous. If you're not careful, you might be able to poison Xiuzhi directly.

These people in Changchun Palace are utterly depraved.

For the sake of a position in charge, they've already become completely inhuman. I'm afraid that once the Emperor returns from the imperial mausoleum, there will be a major purge in Changchun Palace.

Zhang Changzai categorized Yuzhu's matter as an internal power struggle within Changchun Palace.

Yu Suisui did not tell Consort Zhang that it was Qianlong who did this.

"I definitely won't go." Yu Suisui couldn't be more eager to get away from it now.

But after saying that, in the afternoon, the Empress came to invite Yu Suisui to Changchun Palace.

Yu Suisui didn't want to go, but since the Empress wasn't going, the Empress herself came to Chuxiu Palace.

This is a threat.

Yu Suisui had no choice but to go, since Emperor Qianlong still cared about the Empress.

Upon arriving at Changchun Palace, the Empress did not dress up much today. She simply tied her long hair back and secured it with a plain jade hairpin.

"Consort Jing has arrived." The Empress's voice was filled with exhaustion and a hint of fear.

Yu Suisui's face was distant as she said, "Your Majesty, I pay my respects to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty be well." The Empress, however, seemed uneasy.

The Empress simply raised her hand, without any pleasantries or hesitation, and said, "Consort Jing, I summoned you here because I want you to plead with the Emperor on my behalf."

The Empress's words were direct and clear.

Yu Suisui's polite smile faded. "Your Majesty, I don't have much of a personal relationship with you, do I?" The Empress is quite an interesting person.

It's like he's acting like an emperor.

But she was neither the emperor nor her servant.