Yixiu: "It's just that it's better not to dig into some things, do you understand?"

Yonglian handed Yixiu a plate of peeled walnut kernels and said, "Son understands. If the Empress Dowager doesn't want to say it, son won't force her."

He said that he would not force it, but he sat upright in his seat without moving. Seeing this, Yixiu had everything to understand. Her son was very stubborn in nature.

"The relationship between me and Empress Wenyu may be from past life or present life." Yixiu said lightly, her eyes, which were usually as calm as water, were now narrow and sharp, meeting Yonglian's surprised gaze directly.

Yi Xiu: "I know this is horrifying, but it is the truth. After I was forced to death by the current Grand Empress Dowager, I woke up as Fu Cha Langya, and then attended the flower-viewing banquet held by your father-in-law to select his wife."

Yonglian's usual calm expression disappeared, and he seemed a little anxious, "Who is my royal mother?"

"Of course it's me." Yixiu interrupted him and said calmly and firmly, "You are the product of my ten months of pregnancy, the pain of childbirth and the hard work of giving birth. From the beginning to the end, you are my son."

"I owe Honghui a debt that I will never be able to forgive for the rest of my life. After Honghui's death, I suffered from headaches in my previous life, and later I didn't want other children to take my place, until you and your brothers and sisters were born."

"I feel much better now. Although adopting Yongcong to Honghui is for Honghui to have a successor, it is also for the two of you brothers to live in harmony."

Yixiu recounted the pain and sorrow she had experienced over the years, revealing at this moment the aged soul of a nearly one hundred year old woman. Although her appearance remained the same, as black as ink, it still could not hide the desolation and desolation emanating from her bones.

She is now the Empress Dowager, happy and perfect, and everyone envies her. But except herself, no one knows, and no one remembers that she was once Yixiu, a concubine's daughter who lived under the shadow of her elder sister all her life!

Yonglian gently embraced Yixiu, who was in grief, and comforted her: "Empress Dowager, it's all over. You once said that the dead are never as important as the living, right?"

Yixiu stroked Yonglian's smooth head, just like she did when he was a child, "The Queen Mother understands, Yonglian, don't worry, the Queen Mother will take good care of herself."

She had another important thing to do.

She was wrong just now. She was not the only one who remembered Jingren Palace. For this reason, maybe she should spare Zhen Huan's life. In the palace, death is the only way to be relieved.

After the mother and son had their heart-to-heart talk, they tacitly forgot about the conversation and never mentioned it again.

Yonglian was still the same as before, and would send any new and interesting good things to Yixiu first. In view of Yonglian's filial piety, Yixiu always accepted them without hesitation, and would only wait for an opportunity in the future to give them to her two daughters and daughter-in-law.

……

After the national mourning was over, the Empress Dowager's two legitimate daughters got married at the same time. Their husbands' families were all officials in the capital, and the wedding date was set for the second day of the second month, when the Dragon Raises its Head.

Whoever has a daughter will love her dearly. Yixiu prepared 128 sets of dowry for Chenghuan Wuyou, all of which were exquisite. With the addition of Yonglian, Gao Xiyue, Ruyi and others, the total number of dowries was 164 sets.

In addition, Yixiu also prepared eight dowries of martial arts for each of them. If they encountered any difficulties caused by the maids, they could just beat them into submission. The emperor was their brother and there was nothing to be afraid of.

This was a last resort. Princesses in the Qing Dynasty had a hard time after they got married because the maids had too much power. But this was an old rule, and Yixiu couldn't change it, so she could only take care of her own daughter first.

The scene of Cheng Huan Wu You's wedding was very grand. Yong Lian was afraid that his sister would be bullied after her marriage, so the princess's mansion was built according to the specifications of the crown prince. On the wedding day, the emperor, empress and queen mother personally sent the bride off.

Welcoming and seeing off guests, the family is harmonious.

After returning to the palace, Gao Xiyue held Jingqin's hand and said with a smile: "If Jingqin can also marry in the capital, my life will be complete."

"Jingqin will naturally marry in Beijing. There is no way the Mongols will be allowed to run rampant in the future. This is no longer the reign of Emperor Kangxi." Yixiu gave Gao Xiyue a reassurance.

Since Yonglian ascended the throne, he promoted and recruited many military generals in order to defeat the Mongols, who were becoming increasingly arrogant during Hongli's reign. E'yinzhu and Balin Ruomei are still serving as mascots in the palace.

One of them was too old, the other was too young, and neither of them was the elegant and refined type that Yonglian liked, so they were forgotten about early on.

The ones who are favored now are Empress Guaerjia and Concubine Dong'e, but Yonglian has been mourning for Hongli for three years, and Yixiu has not yet had any grandchildren.

After arranging her daughter's marriage, Yixiu decided to marry Suo Xin to Jiang Yubin. Yixiu asked Suo Xin that if she was willing, she could arrange a marriage for her with a royal guard from a good family, but Suo Xin refused. She actually liked Jiang Yubin.

As master and servant, Yixiu fulfilled her wish and gave her five hundred taels of silver as a deposit. The rest was all empty talk, and both Yixiu and惢心 understood this very well.

The other palace maids who had served her since they were in the mansion had all married one after another, leaving only Su Ran, who combed her hair herself and stayed by Yi Xiu's side.

"I have accompanied the Empress Dowager from the Prince's Mansion to the Imperial Palace, from being a daughter-in-law to a mother-in-law, and from being a concubine to being the Empress Dowager. I have seen all the hardships she has gone through, so I do not want to get married."

Yixiu was very surprised when Su Ran said this. There are people who would rather comb their hair and marry into a rich family. But after thinking it through, she felt that she was not as clear-headed as a palace maid.

Now that she is the empress dowager, she will naturally not treat Su Ran badly. With Su Ran by her side, who would bully her? Not to mention that she doesn't have to do housework or raise children for others. What's wrong with that?

Yixiu chuckled: "You really know how to live."

Su Ran took off the headdress for Yi Xiu and said, "I am not the only one who thinks so. Concubine Yu also thinks so."

"Hai Lan?" Yi Xiu was a beat slow to react. Hai Lan had not appeared for a long time. After she fell out of favor, she only interacted with Gao Xiyue. She was promoted to the title of Concubine Dowager by Yonglian after Hongli's death.

"Yes, Concubine Yu had your protection in the past, and now she has Concubine Huigui's protection, and in the future she may also have Princess Jingqin's protection." Su Ran analyzed one by one. She saw these most clearly when she was with Yixiu.

Concubine Yu seems to be soft-spoken, timid and cowardly, but she always gets things done as assigned by the Empress Dowager, and can easily make Concubine Hui and Princess Jinqin happy.

It can be seen that it was not that she was incapable of competing for favor with the Imperial Noble Consort and Concubine Shu, but that she was unwilling to do so.

Su Ran: "Empress Dowager Hui is rich and easy to please, so it's much easier to please her than to please the late emperor. And if she is favored, she will easily be envied by the six palaces and be involved in gossip."

"She has always been smart." Yixiu sighed, "Tomorrow, I should go visit my old friend."

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