I want to ruin the country

The real emperor lost his mother at the age of ten, and was raised by Concubine Jing.

Since he has inherited someone else's body, Yining must also acknowledge this favor!

Yining didn't know what to call her adoptive mother. From what she had seen in movies and TV shows, some people called her the empress dowager, and some called her "Er Niang".

Should I call her "Mother" or "Imperial Concubine Dowager"? An adopted son is still a son, so I should just call him "Mother". No matter whether it is against the rules or not, it seems closer this way.

"Empress Dowager, why are you here?"

After greeting each other and sitting down, the Imperial Concubine asked,

"I came to see you! Little Leo, how did you offend the emperor?"

Li Baoquan quickly knelt down and bowed his head to answer,

"I will die for making the Emperor angry!"

Yi Fangfang still doesn't know what he did wrong. He never expected that his flattery would backfire!

Yining said,

"He didn't provoke me, but I'm upset. He's just an innocent victim. Get up!"

Li Baoquan felt relieved. It turned out that the emperor was not annoyed with him!

He immediately became happy, like a pug that got a bone, wagging his tail, kowtowing and thanking the emperor, then climbed up!

The Imperial Concubine asked,

"I just heard the eunuchs saying that smoking is going to be banned in the palace and that they're going to collect pipes. Is this an order from the emperor?"

Yining Road,

"Yes, mother. Not only others, but also my son has to quit smoking."

Toffee said,

"That's right, I've told you not to smoke this stuff, but you just wouldn't listen. You said this longevity cream can refresh your mind!

If it were really that good, Emperor Yongzheng would ban this thing, and the late emperor would have people ban smoking?"

Yining remembered that opium was introduced to China as a medicinal material during the Tang Dynasty. Some people started smoking opium during the Yongzheng Dynasty, but Yongzheng decisively banned it, so it did not become widespread!

"The Empress Dowager is right. I'm quitting smoking!"

The Imperial Concubine said again,

"I thought I was a woman with long hair and little knowledge, and that my nagging would annoy people, so I wouldn't be annoying anymore! I didn't expect you to figure it out yourself!"

Yining saw that the concubine's words were sincere and seemed to care about her from the bottom of her heart. She was a little touched. After all, she was also raised by her!

"Empress Dowager, this thing has too many disadvantages. Not only does it ruin your body, it also brings disaster to the country and its people. I just listened to the admonitions of the Holy Ancestor and decided to give it up!"

The Imperial Concubine said,

"Just quit if you want to. Why do you still want my head? Can that thing grow back after it's been removed?"

I didn’t expect the Imperial Concubine to be so humorous!

Yining smiled awkwardly.

"My son was feeling bad, and he urged him to smoke. This made me suffer twice, so I slapped him!"

When Li Baoquan heard this, he thought to himself, I’m doing this for you!

The Imperial Concubine said,

"I heard something happened to you yesterday, so I came to see you. People in the palace are saying that you saw the Holy Ancestor. Is that true?"

Yining Road,

"It's true. The Holy Ancestor called me over and talked to me a lot, explaining a lot of things!"

Yining repeated the lie he had prepared. If a lie is repeated several times, it becomes true. As he spoke it more and more, even he believed it!

Bringing out that old fellow Kang Xi will bring great benefits. No one can disbelieve in him. It seems that feudal superstition is not all bad!

Toffee said,

"Since the Holy Ancestor says this longevity cream is bad, then it's true. Many people in the palace are smoking it now! It's causing such a mess, it's time to take action!"

Yining said,

"Then let everyone abstain from it. Not only those in the palace, but also the princes and ministers, the landlords and gentry, and even more so the common people!"

The Imperial Concubine nodded and said,

"Who says it's not true? The common people don't harvest much grain in a year, so they smoke all the opium!

He lost all his money, damaged his body, and ultimately destroyed his family. Otherwise, the late emperor would not have made up his mind to ban smoking!"

Yining said while suppressing his discomfort,

"With the support of the Empress Dowager, I feel more confident!"

The Imperial Concubine smiled and said,

"You are the emperor and also my son. If I don't support you, who should I support?"

The mother and daughter chatted for a while, and then the Imperial Concubine Dowager said,

"I see you're yawning non-stop, tears and snot are about to flow out. If you really can't help it, just take a couple of puffs. Quitting smoking also takes time!"

Yining Road,

"Mother, we can't take it slow. Once we make up our minds, we can't give up halfway!"

Li Baoquan said in his heart, I was hit by a dragon palm just because I said this!

The Imperial Concubine said,

"Since you've made up your mind, I won't try to persuade you any further. If things really don't work, ask the imperial physician to come and see if there's anything wrong!"

The Empress Dowager said to Li Baoquan,

"Butler Li, serve your duty well. It's hard for Wansui to quit smoking, so you must serve with extra care. If anything happens, report it to me. If anything goes wrong, I will hold you responsible!"

Li Baoquan quickly fell to the ground and kowtowed.

"Well, please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will do my best to serve you. If I make even the slightest mistake, you will burn me to death!"

The Queen Dowager laughed and said,

"Even if you light a sky lantern, you won't last long with just skin and bones!"

Then he said to Yining,

"Okay, I'm going back too. Seeing you like this makes me feel bad!"

After the Empress Dowager left, Yining's physical discomfort became more and more severe, and he began to cry and sob, like a scorpion that had eaten tobacco oil. His whole body was twisted and he felt indescribable discomfort.

The eunuchs came to report that several ministers wanted to see him, but Yining waved his hand.

"Tell them I'm quitting smoking and I won't see anyone!"

Seeing that the emperor was in pain, Yi Guofang called the imperial physician over. The imperial physician had no good solution and could only prescribe some insignificant medicine to relieve the symptoms.

I took the medicine but didn't feel any improvement, so I thought I might as well find something to do to distract myself.

I remembered that I used willow branches to brush my teeth in the morning, so I decided to get the toothbrush first.

Toothbrushes can be made by hand. There are many skilled craftsmen in the palace's Imperial Household Department, so it shouldn't be a problem for them.

Sit down at the table, pick up a pen and start drawing.

Fortunately, this body has memories, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to use the brush properly.

After drawing for a long time, he said,

"Call over the most skillful master craftsman from the Imperial Household Department."

After a while, a guy wearing a sixth-rank hat came.

Yining asked,

"What's your name?"

"In reply to the Emperor, my name is Yang Guisheng, and I am a sixth-rank official in the Imperial Household Department."

Yining picked up the picture he had just drawn with trembling hands and handed it to him.

"Look at this picture, can you understand it?"

Yang Guisheng took it and looked at it for a long time, then shook his head.

"I am so stupid that I really can't understand!"

He thought to himself, what kind of weapon is the emperor drawing?

Yining's hands were shaking, so it's no wonder that he couldn't draw well.

Besides, the general style is drawn, but the dimensions are not marked, so who can understand it?

The key point is that Yining doesn’t know the current size. Even if he marks it in millimeters and centimeters, people won’t understand it!

He had no choice but to ask,

"Hongxiu, do you have a measuring tape?"