The Virtuous Concubine

But everyone was not stupid, so naturally no one attacked Concubine Yi on the spot. Concubine Yi had the same idea, that when the emperor came back, this matter would not be important anymore.

Hateful! She had wanted to expose it a long time ago, just waiting for the emperor to come to her palace. However, in the past month, the emperor has not come to her palace, and the Yonghe Palace is empty. Poor her, although she had slept with the emperor when she was two or three months pregnant, she always wanted to pick a good day at that time...

In front of him was the weak and pitiful Eighth Prince who was born weak. Although the emperor saw him less, his rewards were much more generous than those of other princes! In front of him was the auspicious twin Seventh Prince who was even named Zuo.

Her Fifth Prince had already fallen behind, and now she couldn't let the same mistake happen again with the baby in her belly. Who knew that the Imperial Concubine was pregnant again! It was because Imperial Concubine Nianhulu had pushed her to the limit today.

Concubine Yi, who refused to admit that she had made another bad move out of impatience, returned to the Yikun Palace with the utmost respect. Concubine Tong was too lazy to pay attention to her. She rewarded Concubine Yi as usual and hurried back to take care of her pregnancy. Little Niuhulu also congratulated Concubine Yi with a half-smile.

Concubine Yi stole her limelight, how ungentlemanly! The emperor's attention would naturally be divided, especially for a prince so close in age. So little Niuhulu took a note of Concubine Yi.

Only Malu quietly sent someone to deliver the good news to Kangxi, keeping her achievements and fame to herself. She specifically pointed out Zhou Quanfu: "You go, you have met the emperor many times, and you should be familiar with him."

Zhou Quanfu immediately understood what Empress Defei meant, and rode as fast as he could to catch up with the emperor's procession. The horse's hooves crushed the morning dew and raised a cloud of dust.

When Imperial Concubine Tong had a good rest and was writing to the Emperor to tell him the good news, the Emperor, who had learned from Zhou Quanfu, had already arrived at Mount Wutai and met the abbot of Qingliang Temple and the monks from other temples. While preparing for the blessing, he also gave the abbot Xiao Si'er's bracelets and the scriptures copied and offered by the concubines in the harem.

In the Qingliang Temple, incense smoke lingered and Buddhist chants were heard. The abbot took the scriptures and his face was solemn. He personally recited the scriptures in front of the Buddha, and then burned the bracelets and scriptures one by one. The smoke curled up to the sky. Kangxi finished burning incense early and waited for the abbot.

Suddenly, the young monk next to him exclaimed: "Buddha's light! Is this Buddha's light?"

Everyone looked over following his exclamation, and saw that amid the smoke, a copy of the Avatamsaka Sutra had just begun to burn. The flame was not an unusual red, but a yellow-white glow, so gorgeous that it looked like the Buddha's light shining everywhere, which made people feel awe!

This sudden vision shocked everyone present. The monks present were the first to react. Those who were originally standing began to sit cross-legged, reverently turning the prayer wheels and chanting the Avatamsaka Sutra.

The consultant Xing and Liang Jiugong who followed looked at each other, and they were also a little awed. Is this Empress Defei really so extraordinary? The scriptures she copied could move the Buddha and show such a miracle.

Kangxi was even more ecstatic. This auspicious omen was loved by everyone! He even prayed in his heart that the Buddha's light would illuminate the country and the people of the Qing Dynasty, bless the country to prosper, and the people to live and work in peace.

In fact, this Buddha's light miracle was just a trick of Malu. Different metals will produce different colors of flames due to their unique chemical properties. For example, common copper burns green, while sodium burns yellow. In her hands, this knowledge was cleverly transformed into a Buddha's light reappearance to fool Kangxi and the monks.

Malu just had people adjust several types of water containing different metal elements. For example, the main raw material of this yellow-white light is actually salt water... When making ink and paper, all the water was replaced with this adjusted water.

When it burns like this, the metal elements inside will naturally affect the color of the flame.

Doesn’t it look like a miracle?

The system always feels that the longer Malu stays in the harem, the more he looks like a charlatan. Previously, he used pig bladders to make life jackets, and now he uses salt water to perform miracles... I really don't know what he will come up with to fool people in the future.

Seeing Kangxi's shocked expression, Malu turned off the video with satisfaction. You little bastard! I can't control you!

She knew that Kangxi would definitely publicize this matter, but he would never say that it was her scripture. The woolen clothes incident had already proved Kangxi's character, and she didn't want to draw too much attention. The two people's thoughts coincided strangely.

She planned this just to make Kangxi feel a little bit afraid and not to harm her. If you want to harm her, ask the Buddha first! Then let her wait until the child grows up and send Kangxi away.

Everything went as she expected. Emperor Kangxi announced the miraculous Buddha light that appeared during the prayer at Mount Wutai through the imperial report, and attributed all the glory and credit to himself, thus demonstrating the unity of his saintly virtue and the will of heaven. In private, he wrote to the Empress Dowager, quietly mentioned the incident, and asked her about her opinion and recent situation of Malu.

Imperial Concubine Tong also received a reply from Kangxi, which simply mentioned praying for blessings and caring for the pregnant concubines in the harem. However, she could feel Kangxi's subtle changes in the harem and his special attention to Malu, which made her feel a little worried.

Imperial Concubine Tong put the letter aside, sighed, and a feeling of helplessness and self-mockery welled up in her heart.

Forget it, Concubine De is lucky, she can't compare. Being able to give birth to this baby safely is her greatest blessing.

Although Kangxi did not publicize the source of this miracle, after a while, all the concubines in the palace knew about it. In fact, this matter is also easy to investigate. There are indeed more than one concubine who copied the "Avatamsaka Sutra". It is possible that the abbot burned it in front of Kangxi and the Buddha himself, so her position cannot be low.

In addition to jealousy, the concubines were also a little afraid - there were many Buddhists in the palace, and they believed that even if Concubine De had great courage, she would not dare to lie in front of the Buddha, the abbot, and the emperor, otherwise she would be seeking her own death.

But they did not want to make a fuss about this. On the one hand, doing so would undoubtedly embarrass the emperor, after all, it was the emperor who was responsible for the miracle. On the other hand, they did not want to add any more bargaining chips to the Defei, whose reputation was already at its peak.

So, they tacitly chose to remain silent.

But Malu could feel that her life had been going particularly smoothly recently. The affairs of the palace seemed to be making way for her, and those trivial troubles and obstacles in the past seemed to have disappeared overnight.

Sitting in the Yonghe Palace and eating fruit, Malu couldn't help but sigh: "These days of being bullied by the tigers are so easy!"