I want to ruin the country

It seems that Li Baoquan received this slap unfairly, but it is unfair, so what can I do to apologize to him?

He suddenly remembered that Zaiquan looked like he was craving for cigarettes, so he asked hurriedly,

"Li Baoquan, do you think Prince Ding was craving a cigarette just now?"

Li Baoquan muttered to himself but dared not speak.

"Your Majesty...your servant..."

Yining glared,

"Your skin is itchy, right?"

Li Baoquan knelt down hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, in fact, many princes and ministers smoke opium. It's no secret!"

"Go check for me and see if it's true?"

"Whoo!"

Seeing Li Baoquan trembling with fear, Yining felt a little sorry for him. After all, he came from a later world where everyone was equal. His expression softened and he asked,

"Li Baoquan, do many people in the palace smoke opium?"

Seeing the emperor asking him with a friendly expression, Li Baoquan immediately came over and said,

"Your Majesty, there are too many. Many people are smoking!"

"Snapped"

Yining slammed the table, he was angry again!

Li Baoquan was frightened and shivered again, thinking to himself, "The emperor knows, why is he so jumpy today?"

Yining was very puzzled. Emperor Daoguang was determined to ban smoking, so why were there people smoking opium in the palace?

I carefully searched the memories in my mind and gradually figured it out.

In the 25th year of the Jiaqing reign, Emperor Jiaqing died in Rehe. His empress, Niuhulu, issued an imperial decree to allow Crown Prince Minning to succeed to the throne, becoming Emperor Daoguang.

Throughout the dynasties, the struggle for the throne was often accompanied by bloody storms.

Although Niohuru had two biological sons, the 25-year-old third son Mianxin and the 16-year-old fourth son Mianyu, she handed the throne to Daoguang without hesitation.

This made Emperor Daoguang respect Niohuru very much. Niohuru was only six years older than Emperor Daoguang, but Emperor Daoguang treated her as his own mother, made her the empress dowager, and lived in Shoukang Palace.

Niohuru was a virtuous woman who never interfered in state affairs.

Later, Empress Dowager Niohuru learned to smoke opium, and Emperor Daoguang was promoting a nationwide ban on smoking, which put him in a dilemma.

Even if he could kill all the drug addicts in the world, he couldn't kill his own mother!

Emperor Daoguang not only did not do anything to his mother, but even when the ban on opium was at its strictest, he specifically instructed the governor of Shuntian Prefecture to leave a passage for the Empress Dowager so that she could smoke opium.

It was precisely this kindness of Emperor Daoguang that led to the rampant opium addiction in the imperial palace and among princes and ministers.

Not only that, with the real crazy emperor also starting to smoke opium, others became even more unscrupulous!

After figuring out the reason, Yining decided to go out and take a look to see to what extent opium smoking had become rampant in the palace.

"Let's go and take a look around!"

Li Baoquan was surprised. Why were you going out so late?

"Your Majesty, you...?"

"Stop talking nonsense and let's go!"

Yining also had another thought in mind, which was to familiarize herself with the situation in the palace, as this would be her home in the future!

Before the time travel, Yining had taken Catherine to visit the Forbidden City. They hired a tour guide and spent three hours walking around the place.

Although the tour guide did his job conscientiously, it was impossible to see the entire Forbidden City in just a few hours, let alone write down what the tour guide said.

Many of us have been to the Forbidden City, and everyone must have thought that all the people in the palace live in the Forbidden City. In fact, this is not true.

The Forbidden City in the eyes of later generations is actually the Imperial City outside the Forbidden City.

Later, Jingshan Park and Beihai Park were both located within the Imperial City and outside the Forbidden City.

These places are absolutely restricted areas and ordinary people are not allowed to enter. The Forbidden City is also divided into inner and outer courts.

The Outer Court is centered around the Hall of Supreme Harmony, the Hall of Central Harmony, and the Hall of Preserving Harmony. It is where the emperor held court meetings, exercised power, hosted ceremonies, and where important court officials worked.

In addition, there are Wenhua Hall, Wenyuan Pavilion, Shangsiyuan and Nansanso in the east of the two wings, and Wuying Hall and the Imperial Household Department in the west.

The inner court is centered around the Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Hall, and Kunning Palace.

The two wings are composed of the six palaces in the east and west, including the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the Palace of Earthly Tranquility, the Palace of Jingren, the Palace of Chengqian, the Palace of Zhongcui, the Palace of Yonghe, the Palace of Yanxi Palace, the Palace of Eternal Longevity, the Palace of Yiku, the Palace of Chuxiu, the Palace of Xianfu, and the Palace of Eternal Spring, as well as the Palace of Zhai, the Palace of Yuqing, and the Imperial Garden.

The inner court is where the emperor, concubines and others live.

Most of the concubines lived in the six palaces in the east and west.

The palace maids who served the queen and concubines were high-ranking palace maids. They ate and lived with their respective masters, and lived in side rooms or ear rooms, also called "lower rooms".

The living conditions they lived in were actually very simple. There was a large bunk bed in the room with several people squeezed in.

The palace maids who did other odd jobs were lower-ranking palace maids, and they all lived in the imperial city outside the Forbidden City.

The treatment of high-ranking palace maids was good, but they were also worried every day. If they made a big mistake, not only would they be in trouble, but sometimes their families would also be implicated.

The hierarchy in the palace is strict, and subordinates must absolutely obey their superiors, otherwise you will die a miserable death.

Walking in the Forbidden City with its high walls and courtyards in the biting cold wind, Yining still felt a little scared.

A faint fragrance drifted in the air, Yining sniffed it,

"What is the taste?"

Yi Fangxian hid behind and replied,

"It's probably the smell of opium!"

Yining had lived two lives as a human being, and this was the first time he had asked about the taste of opium, so he didn't know that it was the taste of opium.

After hearing what Yi Fangfang said, I was furious. Damn it, is opium so rampant?

Walking forward from Xianfu Palace is Changchun Palace. When Yining reached the door, he wanted to go in, but he didn't know who lived there, so he asked,

"Who lives here?"

Li Baoquan bowed and answered,

"Your Majesty, it's Concubine Lin!"

Yining immediately had her information in her mind. She was less than 30 years old and became a widow at such a young age. It was really pitiful.

It's late at night, it's inconvenient, so don't go in.

"go!"

He felt increasingly uncomfortable, and his steps began to falter. He struggled to reach the Yikun Palace and asked,

"Who lives here?"

Li Baoquan was very puzzled. What happened to the emperor today? He seemed to have amnesia. He quickly said,

"It's Concubine Tong!"

Yining thought about it again and again. This Concubine Tong was not very old, only about thirty-two or thirty-three, so it would not be convenient for her to go in by herself.

There was also a faint smell of opium in the yard, and it seemed that someone was smoking opium inside. Yining understood that this was the real situation in the palace.

He felt more and more uncomfortable in his body, and he was irritable, so he said angrily,

"Forget it, go back!"

Li Baoquan saw the emperor staggering and hurried over to help him.

Yining pushed him away,

"Go away!"

He staggered back to Xianfu Palace, entered the house, and suddenly collapsed in a chair, gasping for breath.