She always plays cards out of the ordinary

"I am so disappointed that you are so unrepentant, Concubine Hua. I will report this matter to the Emperor and let him handle it."

Hua Fei rolled her eyes and said, "Then I will wait for the emperor's order."

The drama in the harem came to an abrupt end. The other concubines had nothing to watch and had to go back.

When Fu Cha Xinyun saw the bruised and swollen face of Song Zhi, she felt a little regretful that the silk scarf on Concubine Hua's face did not fall off, otherwise she would have been able to see the results of Concubine Xia's victory.

Thinking of the emperor's favoritism towards Concubine Hua, Fucha Xinyun estimated that there would be no follow-up to this matter. After all, Concubine Hua was able to make Zhen Huan have a miscarriage without any trouble.

The Queen has been upset recently because of the emergence of a rival for the Third Prince of the previous dynasty, and the Concubine Hua in the harem is aggressive everywhere. Even if she hopes that the new concubines will fight with Concubine Hua, they will not be able to do anything at this time.

This also caused the Queen to lose her patience, but she was reluctant to let go of the opportunity to trip up Concubine Hua.

After much thought, she decided to go to the Yangxin Palace with a bowl of tonic soup.

Since Yinzhen arrived, he has never stayed overnight at the Queen's place, and the two have not had any in-depth conversations, but Yinzhen is not very satisfied with the Queen at the moment.

Because just in the morning, he found out the real reason why Concubine Xin had a miscarriage, which was the Queen's doing. Thinking that he only had three sons and he had no choice, Yinzhen got angry.

As a result, the queen had an abortion behind his back. If Yinzhen had followed the queen's idea, he probably would not have any sons left in the end.

Of course, Yinzhen did not express it openly, "What is the matter with the Queen coming here?"

The queen smiled gently, "I heard that the emperor is busy with government affairs every day, and I am a little worried about his health, so I specially stewed a bowl of soup for him. Your Majesty, please take a rest!"

Yinzhen drank a bowl of tea out of respect. Seeing that the queen was still not leaving, he guessed that something had happened that he didn't know about.

Sure enough, when the queen saw Yinzhen's expression that said "don't bother me if it's nothing" she quickly told him what happened.

"It's like this. Concubine Hua and Concubine Xia had some disputes in the Imperial Garden. Concubine Hua ordered Concubine Xia to be caned, which resulted in both of her legs being disabled and in critical condition."

When Yinzhen heard this, his expression changed. The Queen thought that he was unhappy because she had sued Concubine Hua. She felt a little resentful that Xia Dongchun was not valued. She had just finished sleeping with the Emperor, but the Emperor put her aside. What a waste.

But she quickly made amends, "Of course, it was definitely wrong for Concubine Xia to offend her superiors, so it was normal for Concubine Hua to do that..."

"Normal? Is this normal?"

Yinzhen suddenly realized that he seemed to know too little about his harem. In his previous life, he never took the affairs of the harem seriously. Because the road to succession was too difficult, he had to focus his attention on the previous dynasty.

After he ascended the throne, Kangxi's laziness in his later years left too many holes, which forced Yinzhen, who had just ascended the throne, to do his best to repair such a dynasty full of loopholes.

Despite this, he also knew that the empress and concubines were not qualified to punish other concubines of lower rank at will. Even the palace maids and eunuchs were under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Household Department. You could send them back or to the Ministry of Punishment, but you were not qualified to punish others privately.

Because he had seen too many dynasties with imperial harems interfering in politics, and in the early years before entering the Pass, the major concubines held power, which caused some bad influences.

Therefore, starting from Emperor Shunzhi, the rights of women in the harem have been constantly weakened. So the Qing Dynasty was also a dynasty in which the power of the empress was extremely weakened. Several empresses and imperial concubines in the reign of Emperor Kangxi, including the four concubines later, all wanted to attribute their virtue and chastity to themselves. Not to mention privately punishing concubines, even palace maids would not be sent to the Ministry of Punishment unless they committed a serious crime.

And Concubine Hua actually tortured a maid openly in the Imperial Garden and was able to get away with it. Yet her own Queen came over and told her that this was normal. How could this be normal?

Yinzhen sat on the chair and looked at the queen. "What did Concubine Hua and Concubine Xia quarrel about? Do you know?"

The Queen naturally couldn't say that she had sent someone to instigate the incident, so she said, "Xia Changzai hasn't woken up yet, and Concubine Hua only said that Xia Changzai was committing a crime..."

The Queen was a little bit at a loss for words at this point, because in the past the Emperor would never ask such detailed questions, and most of the time he would subconsciously favor Concubine Hua. As for the others, he would just give them some rewards as compensation. How would she know that the Emperor had changed people?

The emperor has been replaced by the fat orange boy into the real Emperor Yongzheng in history. Given Yongzheng's serious character, it would be a problem if he didn't ask.

Yinzhen saw that the empress could not get any more out of him, "Come here and draft an imperial decree. Xia Changzai will be promoted to Xia Guiren, and rewarded with 1,000 taels of silver. She will be ordered to receive good medical treatment from the Imperial Hospital. Hua Fei privately punished a concubine with a cane, so she will be demoted to Nianpin, fined half a year's salary, and confined to reflect on her mistakes for half a year. Go and announce the decree immediately."

Su Peisheng: “Yeah!”

The Queen was stunned by Yinzhen's imperial edict. How could the Emperor demote Concubine Hua for just Xia Dongchun? You have to know that Concubine Hua had done so many bad things in the past, but the Emperor did not punish her at all?

This was not something the Emperor would do at all. The Empress carefully observed the Emperor and really had no idea what she had missed.

Not only was the Queen surprised, who in the harem was not surprised? The old people had already judged in their hearts that Hua Fei would definitely get away with it, and Hua Fei herself thought the same.

So when the imperial edict was read out, Concubine Hua subconsciously thought that it was the Queen who was making trouble in front of the Emperor and reported her for her misdeeds.

Hua Fei: "Impossible, the emperor can't do this to me, it must be that bitch Queen, I want to see the emperor."

Concubine Hua went straight to the outside of Yikun Palace. Su Peisheng gave a look and the guards stopped Concubine Hua. Su Peisheng handed the imperial edict to Concubine Hua, "Madam Nianpin, the emperor's will cannot be violated. Please don't make things difficult for us."

After saying that, Su Peisheng left, followed by the sound of the gate of Yikun Palace closing. This time, Concubine Nian could not open the gate easily.

Concubine Nian held the imperial edict tightly in her hand, looked at the closed door in front of her in a daze, and fell to the ground weakly.

Song Zhi, who was standing by, came over to help her up. "My Lady, are you okay? Are you hurt?"

It was as if Concubine Nian couldn't hear anything and was still immersed in her own thoughts. Songzhi and Zhou Ninghai saw that this was not a solution, so they helped her into the house.

The Yikun Palace was closed, which had never happened before. Even Zhou Ninghai was a little panicked. After all, the Queen had never suffered such a severe punishment before.

For Fu Cha Xinyun, her opponents would automatically disappear while she sat at home.

However, Fu Cha Xinyun also discovered that there were more and more plot changes. For example, Xia Dongchun was promoted to Guiren Xia, and Concubine Hua became Nianpin. Moreover, Concubine Hua was actually demoted because of Xia Dongchun. Is Xia Dongchun so awesome?

Does the emperor like silly and innocent girls? No, he likes silly and innocent girls?