Rong Fei is not honored

Uya was a smart person; she would seize any opportunity, however small, to climb the social ladder.

Rather than that, it would be better to let her walk the same path as in her previous life again, at least she won't lose control.

Moreover, with Yinzhen around, a conflict between the adoptive mother and the birth mother is inevitable. Don't you want to see what kind of expression Tongjia Shi will have at that time?

She refused to believe that the Tongjia clan in this life could still suppress the Wuya clan so completely just because she was the niece of Empress Xiaokangzhang and the cousin of Emperor Kangxi.

Just as Ji Nai once said to Kangxi, the best way to take revenge on an enemy is not to kill him, which is fine, but to destroy his spirit!

In the sixteenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, the emperor bestowed titles upon the six palaces, and the Kunning Palace also had a new mistress. The Forbidden City should have been showing a new look.

Just a few months before the New Year, the Empress Dowager fell ill, and then the Empress also began to feel unwell.

Everyone initially thought it was just a minor ailment, after all, the Empress had appeared before and always seemed healthy, how could she have fallen seriously ill in just a few months?

As a result, news first came from the palace that the concubines were attending to the Empress when she was ill, and then it was heard that the Empress had closed her palace to recuperate and no longer needed the concubines to pay their respects to her every day. Subsequently, she even handed over her power in the palace.

Upon further inquiry, it was discovered that this year's New Year's Eve banquet was hosted by Consort Tongjia, with several other concubines assisting in the arrangements.

Judging from their own experience, if it were them, they would never relinquish their power unless they were truly too ill to get out of bed.

Therefore, Her Majesty the Empress must be very ill!

Fortunately, the Empress did not miss the New Year's Eve banquet due to illness, which reassured the officials.

Little did they know how much effort had been put in beforehand to ensure the Empress would not miss the New Year's Eve banquet.

A few days before Lunar New Year's Eve, the Empress, who had been bedridden for a long time, insisted on dressing neatly every day and practicing walking with the help of palace servants.

As it turned out, Empress Niohuru was prescient. On the first day, even with the help of palace servants, the empress, whose legs were weak and unsteady, still fell down.

Before attending the banquet, the Empress specially ordered a bowl of strong ginseng soup to be prepared. Even though Imperial Physician Liu said that her current health was not suitable for ginseng soup, there was nothing that could be done about it.

The Empress knew very well that this was her first time attending a grand banquet since being crowned Empress. If she were to be nowhere to be seen, not only the Niohuru family, but the entire court would be uneasy.

As expected, when the Empress and the Emperor helped the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager out, she could clearly feel many scrutinizing gazes subtly falling on her.

The Empress pretended not to know, presenting a flawless smile, her every move as if measured by a ruler.

Only she knew how badly she was hurting; her inner shirt was already soaked with cold sweat, and she had only managed to hold on until now thanks to her strong willpower.

But seeing the emotion in the Emperor's eyes and the Empress Dowager's satisfied smile, and looking at the pride on the faces of the Niohuru family members, she felt that everything was worthwhile.

However, even though the Queen performed exceptionally well, many people still harbored doubts.

Look at the masters above. Although the Empress's complexion is still rosy, her sickly appearance cannot be hidden. Below her is the delicate and frail Consort Tongjia, and further down is the sickly beauty Consort Rong.

The concubines below did not appear sickly, but even so, it was enough to make people speculate.

Why is it that the higher the position, the worse the health? It's one thing if someone has always been weak, but Empress Niohuru and Consort Rong were both in good health before.

The healthy empress fell ill shortly after entering Kunning Palace, and her illness seemed quite serious, forcing her to relinquish her power over the palace.

Even Consort Rong, who was envied for her good health and gave birth to five princes in a row, seemed to have had her accident after she was made a consort, right?

Could it be that their emperor is... cursed to kill his wives?

As for why the emperor was cursed with having many wives, while so many concubines in the palace did not all suffer misfortune, is that even a question? How can wives and concubines be confused?

The Emperor had only two wives: the deceased Empress Hesheli and the ailing Empress Niohuru.

Consort Gui and Consort Rong, if placed in an ordinary family, would be considered concubines, or secondary consorts according to Manchu customs.

In the past, it was customary for Manchus to have several wives at the same time. The primary wife and secondary wives had equal status and power. It was only after entering the Central Plains that the hierarchy was established.

Upon closer examination, the truth is quite terrifying.

They just didn't want to die, so they only thought about it in their hearts when it was quiet at night.

However, some people are not afraid of death and wish to spread the unfounded rumors to the whole world in order to attack the young emperor sitting on the dragon throne.

Unfortunately, the ignorant masses are the ones who believe most in these superstitious and supernatural tales. They are more willing to believe that there are unknown conspiracies and schemes behind them than the facts that are on the surface.

In the seventeenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, rumors quietly spread among the people that His Majesty the Emperor had lost his wife, a fact not recognized by Heaven.

At first, even though some court officials noticed it, they didn't take it seriously.

The common people are ignorant and are merely making malicious assumptions about the imperial family. If this escalates, someone will naturally step in to deal with these daring ants.

But if they expose this to the authorities, then the nature of the matter will be different.

Firstly, it would be easy to offend the colleagues in charge of this matter; secondly, His Majesty might be angry with him for bringing bad news.

Therefore, it's better to stay still than to take action; there's no need to do anything unnecessary.

However, perhaps everyone thought so, because by the time people realized something was wrong, the spark had already become a prairie fire.

In March of the seventeenth year of the Kangxi Emperor's reign, Wu Sangui, under the pretext of restoring order, declared himself emperor in Hengzhou, adopting the reign title Zhaowu.

When the news reached the Forbidden City, Emperor Kangxi was furious.

To set things right? Who is in chaos? Who is right? Based on a traitorous general who has repeatedly switched sides?

Some astute individuals immediately connected this matter with the rumors circulating among the people some time ago, concluding that Wu Sangui had used the pretext that the emperor was cursed to bring misfortune to his wives and was not recognized by the will of Heaven to fool a group of opportunists.

When Emperor Kangxi found out, he only found it laughable, "Am I cursed to bring misfortune to my wives?"

Empress Hesheli did die, but even if she hadn't died in childbirth, given what she had done before, Emperor Kangxi wouldn't have allowed her to continue living.

His second wife, Empress Niohuru, is still alive and well.

How can we pin the label of "wife-killer" on him?

Upon further inquiry, it turned out that these people were quite assertive, even including the Empress, Lady Tongjia, and Ji Nai in their arguments.

Emperor Kangxi was furious. Regardless of the Empress's illness, the Tongjia clan's weakness had been a long-standing issue, not something that only became apparent after she entered the palace. As for his son Ji Nai, his current state was not only due to his own actions but also because of the machinations of the harem.

Why should all of this be blamed on him?