Hongli's face turned pale. He had never seen such a humorless woman. If she didn't have a pretty face and an outstanding family background, Hongli would not be willing to marry such a woman.

After all, Hongli gave the other party some face for the sake of the Queen. After the meal, he found an excuse to leave. After the people left, the nanny beside Su Tong, yes, the legendary Nanny Rong, came over with a worried look on her face.

"Master, the prince hasn't come to our courtyard for a long time. He finally came today. Why don't you let him stay here overnight?"

Su Tong didn't even raise his eyelids. He thought that he didn't even like Yongzheng at the beginning, so how could he like Qianlong who was even inferior to Yongzheng? Anyway, the father and son were nothing in his eyes.

"What's the point of keeping her? I can't keep her heart anyway, so I might as well let her go. Besides, I don't need the prince's favor."

Su Tong looked carefree, and when Rong Mama saw this, she could only sigh. Never mind, their master was also a concubine anyway, and even if she was not favored by the prince, she was still the master of the mansion.

Since he knew that the queen's health was getting better day by day, Su Tong was not idle either. He often sent some medicinal herbs and pills over, and only sent them over after the imperial physician had examined them.

In addition to the Queen, Imperial Concubine Xi also received some medicine, but the medicine she received were just some ordinary pills, and it was estimated that the other party would not take them seriously at all.

The Queen's health was getting better day by day. When the first maple leaf slowly fell, the Queen did not die as recorded in history, but was still in very good health. On the contrary, Emperor Yongzheng's health was getting worse day by day.

Ever since the death of Concubine Nian, Emperor Yongzheng has been extremely grief-stricken. Coupled with his addiction to elixirs, it was already very difficult for his body to hold on until now.

Fucha Fujin also got her wish and gave birth to a little prince. Now the two little princes in the palace are all from Fucha family. Even if Concubine Gao is favored, it will be in vain without children.

Su Tong is the least favored woman in this palace, but she is not surprised by praise or criticism. Moreover, she is from the royal family Unalana, so she does not lack the favor of the prince at all.

Imperial Concubine Xi not only wanted to be the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, she even wanted to be the Queen Mother Empress Dowager. However, seeing that the Queen's health was getting better day by day, which was obviously a sign of a long life, even Imperial Concubine Xi began to worry.

Even though Concubine Xi secretly hoped that the empress would die before Hongli ascended the throne, she could not show this. As long as the empress was alive, she would be Hongli's biological mother and occupy a natural position in etiquette and law. Even after she ascended the throne, her status would be much higher than that of her biological mother, the empress dowager.

Emperor Yongzheng eventually died in the second year. At this time in his previous life, the first imperial edict issued by Hongli after he ascended the throne was to promote the Gao family. But does Hongli dare to do so this time?

The current empress is still alive. If Hongli were to promote a woman before the emperor's body was cold, the former imperial concubine Xi would not dare to say anything because they were mother and son. But the current empress is still alive, so she would naturally favor the late emperor.

Hongli did not dare to establish any unique imperial concubine, otherwise it would be a slap in the face of Su Tong, and it would also be equivalent to not giving face to his mother, the Empress Dowager.

Fucha was still named queen as in her previous life. She had a son and a daughter, and her position as queen was secure.

Gao was conferred the title of Imperial Concubine. There was no more promotion, and no so-called uniqueness. The Imperial Concubine could only be said to have a high position, but she no longer had the favor.

Su Tong was named Empress Xian. The word "Xian" is quite interesting. I don't know if it means that she is quiet and demure, or that she is too idle. Anyway, I feel that it is not a good word.

The eldest prince's mother was posthumously named Consort Zhe, the third prince's mother was classified as a pure concubine, and the rest were named nobles and concubines...

The most eye-catching of these was that Empress Yongzheng was named the Mother Empress Dowager, and Concubine Xi was named the Holy Mother Empress Dowager. Naturally, the Queen Mother Empress Dowager was the most respected person in the harem.

When Empress Dowager Cixi was in power, she was also servile and obedient when she met Empress Dowager Ci'an. This is the contrast between a concubine and a wife. Even though Concubine Xi is the biological mother of the current emperor, only the wife is the biological mother of the emperor according to etiquette. Unless the emperor wants to be despised by the people, he can never surpass the Holy Mother Empress Dowager in this life.

Su Tong watched Qianlong frowning because of the matter of the Virgin Empress Dowager, because the Virgin Empress Dowager represented Yongzheng. Even if Qianlong had a lot of thoughts on his mind, he had to suppress them unless he wanted to be labeled as unfilial. Not to mention that Qianlong had just ascended the throne and many things were not yet stable, so everything had to be done slowly.

Su Tong became an invisible person in the harem. She didn't want a son or anything like that. Qianlong lived a long life anyway, so it would be fine to have a child in a few years.

Besides, she didn't plan to have children. Anyway, the Ulanara family had so many women. She could just choose a few well-behaved and obedient ones to enter the palace and then adopt their children.

What Su Tong has to do every day is to pay her respects to the Holy Mother Empress Dowager. Both of them are from the same family. Even though Su Tong is not as likable as ordinary concubines, because of their natural relationship, the relationship between the mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is quite good.

The Holy Mother Empress Dowager also knew that her distant niece was not favored by the Emperor, but she did not care. The Ulanara clan had already produced one empress, and if another favored concubine was produced, it would probably arouse jealousy, so it was better for her to be content.

Qianlong really liked Gao. After the mourning period was over, he couldn't wait to give Gao a title. At the same time, he did not forget Su Tong and gave him a lot of things as rewards.

Su Tong was a little amused after seeing those things. The original owner must not have been treated like this, after all, the former queen had passed away at that time. The original owner was basically isolated and helpless in the harem, so she could only live in fear. But now Su Tong has the Holy Mother Empress Dowager as a backer, and the eunuchs and maids in the harem dare not neglect him at all.

Although Fucha had a son and a daughter, as well as the eldest prince Yonghuang, and was also the main wife, she was always in a state of panic. On the one hand, this was because of the two high-ranking concubines, one of whom was favored, and the other who only had the empress dowager to rely on, so her position as the main wife was indeed somewhat unstable.

The only thing that comforted Fucha was that Gao had not shown any signs of pregnancy yet, and Su Tong was not favored by the emperor. If it were not for the Virgin Empress Dowager, the emperor would have forgotten this concubine long ago.

Concubine Xi also had a thorn in her heart. She should have been the most precious woman in the world, but in the end, even if she still relied on her son to hold the position of empress dowager while the empress was alive, she still felt a little insecure. She even had to pay respects to the Holy Mother Empress Dowager when she saw her.

Qianlong was a playboy. Although he doted on Concubine Gao, he had many concubines in the harem, including the Jiangnan beauty Concubine Chun, the bright beauty Concubine Jia, and Concubine Huang...

Su Tong was ignored. It was considered a stroke of luck for him to see Qianlong once a month. The rest of the time he could only see Qianlong at some family dinners. Fortunately, his position was high enough, so he lived well even without being favored.

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