Rong Fei is not honored

Although Ji Nai had said before that the Third Princess would die, Yuan Xu still didn't expect it to happen so suddenly. Even though this wasn't the first time Yuan Xu, who lived in peacetime, had faced death, she was just a ghost working for the system before, often out of control. Every time she encountered such a thing, she would deliberately not listen or watch, as if this way, she could pretend that nothing had happened. This was a way for Yuan Xu to protect herself. Otherwise, she would have lost her bottom line long ago, colluding with the system or collapsing in the guilt and struggle day after day.

But Yuan Xu is not a kind-hearted saint. She thinks that the Ma family is too cruel and that San Gege should not die. Everyone needs to be responsible for their own actions. This is a feudal dynasty, and every move will implicate many people. Besides, San Gege is not innocent. Even if she cannot be sentenced by law, her ending can be regarded as paying for the life of the original Ma Jiajinai.

While Yuan Xu was preparing himself mentally, Ji Nai accepted it well. Perhaps, at the beginning, Ma Jia Ji Nai was a simple and kind girl, but Rong Fei Ma Jia was not a good person.

Ji Nai did not bother Yuan Xu again, because she knew that there would be many more such things in the future, so Yuan Xu had to adapt. And what she needed was an ally and companion who shared the same ideals and could help her, rather than a bystander who would only stand on the moral high ground, accusing her of being vicious and unbearable, and preaching that she should be true, kind, and beautiful. Ridiculous, didn't she know what was right and wrong? But people don't hurt tigers, but tigers hurt people's intentions. In the deep palace where fighting never stops, if you want to protect yourself and your children, blindly protecting yourself is not reliable. The best defense is to attack and nip all dangers in the bud.

Ji Nai hopes that Yuan Xu will be his fellow traveler rather than standing against him.

The Majia family did not spend the New Year happily. Everyone was still not used to the fact that there was one less person at the banquet, but they had to force themselves to smile and deliberately avoid this matter. They felt bad in their hearts, and the New Year passed in a hurry. However, a few days after the New Year, bad news came from the palace, and every household hurriedly prepared things. One morning, the funeral bell rang in the Forbidden City. The masters of each family hurriedly put on their clothes and got up, and ordered the servants to replace the red lanterns and hang up white lanterns and white cloth. The festive New Year decorations were also put away, and eye-catching jewelry and ornaments were not allowed to appear on the surface. They also told the young children at home not to play around during this period.

Emperor Shunzhi passed away. The first emperor of the Qing Dynasty to enter the country was gone. Later, Aixinjueluo Xuanye, who was only 8 years old, would ascend the throne with the support of Empress Dowager Borjigit. Except for the young children, everyone had a sad face, but in fact, the only ones who were really sad were probably the most noble people in the imperial city. The rest of the people either didn't care or secretly thought about how to go on in order to make more profits for themselves and their families. In a mansion in the capital, the faces of several masters were filled with uncontrollable ecstasy and excitement. Even though they knew that this was not a good performance at this time, the wealth was right in front of them, so how could they resist?

"That's great! After my nephew ascends the throne, our Tonggiya clan will be the emperor's maternal family, and my sister will be the empress dowager. Look at how powerful the Queen Mother Borjigit has been in recent years. With these two big backers, our Tonggiya clan can guarantee wealth for three generations. If we have another empress, or even a prince, that would really be..."

"Brother, you are thinking too far ahead. Even if our family wants to be rich and prosperous right now, there is still a big stumbling block!"

"Are you talking about the Queen?" The Queen here refers to the second Queen of Emperor Shunzhi, Borjigit, who was also the great-niece of Empress Xiaozhuang.

"The Queen is the stepmother. According to the rules, the Emperor should respect the stepmother as the Queen Mother when he ascends the throne. Even if the biological mother is still alive, he cannot avoid her. Moreover, the entire Mongolian Khorchin and a Queen Mother are standing behind this Queen. Your Highness is still young and has not yet taken power. If the Queen Mother insists on not allowing it, I am afraid that our sister may not be able to be made the Queen Mother."

This sentence was like a basin of cold water poured on Tong Guogang's heart. The man who was originally dazzled by the upcoming wealth and honor finally woke up and became somewhat rational. He thought that he needed to operate several times in the previous dynasty to keep his sister's position as the empress dowager. However, the current Tong Jia family is only the Manchu Bordered Yellow Banner. Although it is also a Manchu noble, his branch is not prominent. It is not as powerful as the late Kangxi Dynasty. It is even called the Tong Half Dynasty. There were not many people in the Tong family who could speak in the previous dynasty. Besides, everyone in the court knew that before the little emperor took power, the one who could make the decision was the empress dowager, that is, the future grand empress dowager and the four regents. Why should he take the lead for a concubine of the previous emperor whose maiden family was not prominent? Who knows what will happen in the future?

"Do you think Tong Jia can become the empress dowager? Although Tong Jia was indeed the empress dowager in history, isn't this a parallel world? The Qing Dynasty here is much stronger than the Qing Dynasty in history."

"Yes, because this is what Xiaozhuang wanted."

"But wouldn't that mean that the two Empress Dowagers would be on the same throne? Borjigit wouldn't seem that noble, since she's the niece of Empress Xiaozhuang."

"That being said, as long as Xiaozhuang didn't want to be alienated from her grandson, she would not offend Kangxi over this matter. And even if there were two Empress Dowagers, Xiaozhuang would never wrong her niece. If she was emotional, she would not be Xiaozhuang."

"Then we have to hurry up. Now that Emperor Shunzhi has passed away, there is not much time left until the second year of Kangxi. And I have wanted to tell you for a long time that because of the mourning period these days and the fact that you didn't eat much, the flesh on your face is almost gone, and you are very skinny. When the mourning period is over, you have to eat more good food to make up for the fat."

Decades of living habits cannot be changed easily. Kangxi himself was a person who paid great attention to health preservation, and I learned a little from him. Moreover, later on, even if I didn’t eat greasy food, I could gain weight just by drinking water. In order to maintain my figure, I used to eat very little.

"Let me tell you, we have to pay attention to the methods and ways to maintain our figure. Fasting will damage the body. And why would a child want to lose weight? He is not fat to begin with. Our first goal now is to keep our bodies healthy, and the second goal is to look good. And you staying in one place all day is not good either. Even if we have spiritual fluid to nourish our bodies, is the good body obtained in this way fake?"