Rong Fei is not honored

"Oh, my master, I know you are upset. But the most important thing now is to give birth to the little prince. Otherwise, no matter how dissatisfied you are, you will end up like Madam Ma Jia."

The nanny was naturally aware of Concubine Nara's knot, one was the Queen, and the other was Ma Jia. The nanny said this to remind Concubine Nara that if anything happened to the child, she would have to be like her, and no matter how much grievance she had, she had to hold it in.

When she saw that Concubine Nara had turned her attention back to the baby, as if she had held her breath and was focusing all her energy on giving birth, no longer paying attention to the noise outside, the nanny breathed a sigh of relief and quickly wiped the sweat from her head.

The master had specifically instructed that she should spare no effort to sow discord between the Queen and Concubine Nara, although in the opinion of this nanny there was no need to sow discord at all, as Concubine Nara already regarded the Queen as her enemy.

But that person had specifically told her that Concubine Nara could do whatever she wanted, but she couldn't hurt the heir to the throne. If Concubine Nara had a difficult birth because of what she had said, the nanny suddenly shuddered.

The fate of the former wet nurses of Zhongcui Palace Chengrui is unknown to the servants in the palace now. Not to mention that all the family members were killed, even though those people are still alive, they are better off dead.

I don’t know if it was because Concubine Nara was holding back, but she gave birth to the child so quickly.

Outside the house, the Empress Dowager was happy that there was another pregnant concubine in the palace, when she heard a baby crying from inside. She immediately stood up nervously, hoping that the news would be better and what she wished for.

Unexpectedly, the Empress Dowager's wish came true. The midwife came out with a bright yellow swaddling cloth to announce the good news. The Empress Dowager was overjoyed. The Emperor finally had another healthy prince.

The Empress Dowager took the baby from the midwife's hands, held him and looked at him for a long time. Finally, after confirming again and again that this was indeed a healthy prince, she happily ordered someone to take the prince inside and make sure he didn't catch a cold.

Kangxi took advantage of the Empress Dowager's happiness and said, "This child looks like a healthy child. I want to name him Chengqing. What do you think, Grandmother?"

The Empress Dowager read the name twice and nodded with satisfaction, "Chengqing is indeed a good name."

Kangxi continued, "His mother has done a great deed in giving birth to a son. Why not give her a promotion today as well? This will add another happy event to the celebration."

Upon hearing this, the Empress Dowager's face immediately darkened. However, she didn't want to lose face in front of so many people, so she reluctantly said, "What rank does the Emperor intend to give to Nara?"

Hearing this, the queen immediately perked up, and sure enough, she heard the emperor say, "I am thinking of promoting Nara to be a concubine."

"emperor!"

"Long live the Lord!"

The first voice came from the angry Empress Dowager, while the second voice came from the shocked Queen.

The Empress Dowager had never expected that the Emperor would praise Nara so much. If she was a good person, it would be fine. Could it be that the Emperor was going to follow the example of his father and Mafa? This move was completely provoking the Empress Dowager's sensitive nerves.

The Empress Dowager thought of Hai Lanzhu, Dong Efei, and herself, her niece who was demoted to Concubine Jing, and her great-niece who was disfavored and childless—the current Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager would never allow the Emperor to become a lovesick man.

The queen had never thought that the news she had heard from the Cining Palace was actually true. His Majesty actually wanted to promote Ma Jia and Nara to take away the power in his hands.

Originally, I thought that the matter was really over as His Majesty said. But I didn't expect that His Majesty didn't punish me openly, but had already discussed with the Empress Dowager and was ready to weaken my power.

As for the candidate, it was unexpected, but not so surprising. The queen was very upset now. She had decided to take action against Chengrui because she had guessed that Nara was just a shield specially raised by His Majesty.

But the queen thought that she was overthinking all this. If His Majesty really just wanted to set up a target, then all this indulgence and flattery would be too much. All the queen could think of was that His Majesty really liked Nara, not what she thought.

She really lost both her wife and her army. Not only did she exhaust the Emperor's last bit of tolerance, but she also provoked an enemy, although the Empress did not take Ma Jia seriously either.

But after so many losses, what she got in return was a mistake, and she didn't solve the real threat at all. She might even accidentally eliminate an opponent for Nara's child, which was totally unacceptable to the queen.

Nara has already won the emperor's heart. If she is made a high-ranking concubine, then where will I, the queen, stand? If Nara gets pregnant again in the future, won't she have to take a step further? If she is above the position of concubine, will she have to give up her position?

So I'm not allowed to stop it, the queen thought, no longer caring whether it would make His Majesty unhappy. Anyway, the relationship between her and His Majesty was like this, so she just broke the jar. "Your Majesty, isn't it too much to directly promote Sister Nara to be a concubine?"

"Is it over?" Since that day, although Kangxi's attitude towards the Queen was not so bad as to embarrass her in front of others, he no longer had a good face and was always indifferent.

The queen felt a little sour in her heart, but she could only suppress her emotions and continued, "At the beginning, sister Ma Jia gave birth to Prince Chengrui, and was only promoted to concubine, while sister Zhang, who gave birth to the little princess, is still only a concubine. If sister Nara is directly promoted to concubine, it would be too unfair and make the sisters in the harem feel unfair."

You should know that the rank of His Majesty's harem has not been determined yet. It is still the same as Shunzhi's harem, and the approximate ranks are Empress, Imperial Noble Consort, Consort, Consort, Junior Consort, and Princess. Consort is also below Empress and Vice Empress.

The Empress Dowager also echoed and said, "That's true. Besides, Chengrui is the eldest son, and Chengqing is the third son. Wouldn't it make Chengrui sad if you treat them differently?"

The Grand Empress Dowager knew that Kangxi had always had deep feelings for Chengrui, and that after Chengrui was poisoned and lost his qualification as heir, he treated the child better out of guilt. So the Grand Empress Dowager did not mention anything else, but only spoke from the child's perspective.

Seeing that Kangxi seemed to be somewhat relenting, the Empress Dowager continued, "Besides, Chengrui's body is in such a bad shape now. Even if we protect him, there will always be those blind servants who will look down on Chengrui. If his biological mother is allowed to be inferior to his brother's mother, how miserable will his life be?"