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

It was not until Tong Guowei's death that Tong Jia finally met the daughter of the time-traveling Imperial Concubine, Prince Mingzhao, for the first time.

The woman had a beautiful face and eyes like stars, but there was a long, faint mark on her left cheek extending from her brow bone to her temple.

Tong Jia found the right opportunity to talk to Yiken'e, then hurried away.

Yiken'e was confused, but she had an excellent memory and remembered all the names Tong Jia mentioned.

When I went to Changchun Garden to pay my respects to Yu Suisui and mentioned this matter, Yu Suisui just smiled and said nothing.

How should she put it? This Tong Jia was a wonderful person.

The court is now divided into three factions: one is headed by the Fourth Master, one is headed by the Fourteenth Master, and the last one is Yiken'e.

Kangxi sat alone on the high platform as a spectator.

The Fourth Master had the political resources he had accumulated over the years, the Fourteenth Master had his supporters, including his talents in both civil and military affairs and the Eighth Master, and Yiken had his own military achievements in the northwest over the years, plus the political resources given to him by Kangxi.

The Fourth Master was quickly kicked off the list of candidates before Kangxi made his choice, of course he didn't know about it.

Cultivate oneself, manage the family, govern the country and bring peace to the world. However, the Fourth Master did not cultivate himself at home. A Tonggiya clan member could figure out his personal connections. Kangxi was worried.

When he talked about it with Yu Suisui, he was very dissatisfied, "If this Tong Jia family is not from the Tong family." Yu Suisui understood what he didn't say.

"Your Majesty, the fish we cooked today is delicious. Would you like to try it?" Yu Sui's topic changed abruptly. She didn't want to and was unwilling to continue talking about this.

Kangxi also continued with this, "I remember you like the squirrel mandarin fish. Ask the kitchen to make it tomorrow." He is old and his sense of taste has deteriorated. He now likes food with high salt content. Meimei is from Suzhou and has always liked light tastes.

"Yeah, okay." Yu Suisui nodded. It would be better if he didn't talk about these things. She couldn't bear to hear them now. If Kangxi got crazy and talked about Yiken'e, she was afraid that she would quarrel with Kangxi.

I've endured this for ninety-nine steps, so let's not mess around with this last one.

At night, Kangxi tossed and turned and couldn't sleep. Yu Suisui also didn't sleep well. Kangxi reached out and held Yu Suisui's hand, and sighed, "Mianmian, I've been feeling uneasy lately."

He was old, the sun and the moon suddenly stopped shining, spring and autumn came and went. He knew that there was no real emperor who lived for ten thousand years in the world, and the only emperor who lived for a hundred years was Emperor Wu of Nanyue.

Yu Suisui closed his eyes and said nothing, counting sheep in his mind, one, two, three...

"Mmmm." Kangxi called softly again.

Yu Sui failed to count the sheep, then turned around and said, "Your Majesty."

Kangxi did not say anything either. He just held her hand in silence. The moon was at its zenith, and the room was pitch black because of the layers of curtains piled up.

"My dear, I have really fallen into your hands for my whole life." Kangxi was silent for a long time before he let out a sigh. It was really a matter of one thought back then. He really was... that's all. It's better not to talk about the past.

Yu Suisui didn’t know how to respond to this. She really wanted to say that he didn’t fall into her hands, but into his own hands.

Kangxi patted the back of Yu Suisui's hand and said, "Go to sleep. I'll take you for a walk around the outskirts of Beijing tomorrow." The apricot blossoms had fallen long ago, but he still wanted to take her for a walk.

The next day, Yu Sui got up a little late. After Kangxi finished his government affairs, he came over and brought Yi Ken'e with him.

When they arrived at the imperial farm outside the capital, Kangxi held Yu Suisui and walked slowly in front, with Yi Ken'e following behind.

It seemed as if he had really decided on a whim to visit the imperial estate, and after returning, Kangxi never mentioned it again.

The next year, Yu Suisui became the queen. Kangxi wore a new dragon robe, and Yu Suisui's clothes were of the same style as his. She was married into the palace by Kangxi through the Daqing Gate.

At the age of 68, Kangxi did what he wanted to do when he was in his thirties. That year he wanted to marry Meimei. More than 30 years later, he married Meimei.

The knot is a husband and wife, and there is no doubt about love.

On the second day, Kangxi went to court and said in front of all the civil and military officials: "My daughter Yiken'e should be the heir to the throne, and the empress of the Qing Dynasty." He personally handed his daughter the edict he had written last year.

After sending officials to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth, ancestral temples, and the state, he then went there again with Yu Suisui and Yi Ken'e.

Their daughter had to carry on their last wishes. At this moment, Kangxi really hoped that their daughter would become the first female emperor of the Qing Dynasty.

Kangxi was swift and resolute towards his sons. He suppressed all of them personally. Except for the crown prince, Kangxi told Yiken'e to treat her second brother well.

Yu Suisui thought for a long time and called Yi Ken'e.

"My daughter has grown up." Yu Suisui looked at her intently. Her daughter Yikene grew up and became herself.

Yiken smiled reservedly. She was still used to her mother's less-than-serious attitude, and she was a little uncomfortable with being praised so seriously.

"Mother." Yiken pulled the corner of his mother's clothes.

Yu Suisui asked her to sit down and said, "After your father dies, I will be buried with him." She was not buried with her husband, but with the emperor.

He knew the impact of his decision and what she had taught Yiken over the years, so he agreed. For this, she was willing to let him leave with fewer regrets.

"Mother." Yiken said in a crying voice. She didn't want to do this. She had already guessed that her father might not be in good health. She didn't want to lose her mother at the same time as her father.

Yu Suisui stood up and gently stroked Yiken'e's face, stopping at her scar. "My daughter, you will surely be a wise ruler in the future. I wish you a long life, peace and happiness."

Yiken'e hugged Yu Suisui and cried, she knew she could not change her mother's mind.

Yu Suisui patted her back gently and said, "Go and realize your ambitions. I'm watching you from heaven." At first, she wondered if she shouldn't do this, but later she thought that the idea had already been deeply rooted in her mind since the day she met her.

On November 13, 1619, at 12:00 p.m., the emperor passed away. Soon after, his empress died with him. Princess Mingzhao succeeded to the throne and became Emperor Mingzhao.

Ten years after Yiken'e ascended the throne, it became the norm for men and women to serve in the same court.

Women no longer go out of the house except at the main door. They began to leave their homes and become self-reliant.

Tong Jia, the former concubine of the Fourth Master, is now a minor official in the Ministry of Revenue, and leads a fulfilling and satisfying life.

Wang Jing is still in Junggar. She wants to guard the border for herself, her sister and the people here.

The fourth princess also worked hard to govern her own Mobei and became a true Mongolian princess in Mobei.

There was also the Fourteenth Princess, the one who married a Han official and stayed in the capital. She now runs a girls' school and serves as the principal. She has educated many talented girls and contributed to the construction of the Qing Dynasty.

There were also Defei's two daughters. After her two sons failed to obtain the throne, she lived even longer. Her eldest daughter went to the Imperial College to be a teacher, and her youngest daughter rode a horse, carried a spear, and went to guard the northern border.

Concubine Yi went to live in the house of her eldest son to retire, and sometimes she would make appointments to have tea with her former rival, Concubine De.

The past is gone like smoke, "We were all wrong back then." Concubine Yi sighed. If they were in the same situation as now, why would they enter the palace to become canaries? She also wanted to be a free Saker Falcon, flying between heaven and earth.

Defei put down the teacup, looked up at the sky, and murmured, "Who isn't?" They were no match for Wang. She left so cleanly, leaving them behind without even saying an apology.

I don’t know if I will recognize them when I get to the underground.

Yiken'e was emperor for forty years and passed the throne to a granddaughter of Crown Prince Yinreng, a child she raised in the way Yu Suisui and Kangxi had raised her.

She became the Empress Dowager and traveled around the world with Wang Jing and the four princesses. They finally died in Changchun Garden.

Yiken looked at the bright moon and raised his glass: Mother, I did it.