I want to ruin the country

When Yining learned that the Imperial Concubine Dowager had returned to the Forbidden City, she quickly took her three wives to pay her respects.

The Imperial Noble Consort Dowager moved to the Qichun Garden in the Summer Palace after the Mid-Autumn Festival, saying that she would return to the Forbidden City to celebrate the New Year in the twelfth lunar month.

Yining wondered why he came back in just over a month?

When they arrived at Shou'an Palace, the Imperial Concubine Dowager saw her three beautiful daughters-in-law and felt both happy and a little sad.

Her cousin from her mother's side has a daughter named Yujue, who is fourteen years old and very beautiful.

She had originally planned to have her enter the palace to serve the emperor during this year's selection.

The Imperial Noble Concubine Dowager thought that with the mother-son relationship between herself and the emperor, her niece would surely be able to get the upper hand, and it would be possible for her to be crowned as the queen at that time!

But what she didn't expect was that the emperor would not hold a beauty contest this year.

This made her even more confused. If there was no selection, where would the concubines come from?

She wanted to ask the emperor several times, but whenever she mentioned the matter, Yining would avoid the question.

If you ask him any more urgently, Yining will escape with various excuses.

She wanted to bring an army to bear on him, but the emperor treated her with the utmost respect, even more than his own son, so she really couldn't bring herself to criticize him.

There were no women around the emperor, so the Imperial Concubine Dowager was not too worried, thinking that the emperor was busy with state affairs and couldn't take care of him.

Unexpectedly, the emperor conferred titles on three concubines after returning from a trip to Jinan.

This really angered the Imperial Concubine Dowager. My niece, you didn't agree, but you found three of them at once.

Could it be that I, the adoptive mother, don’t even have this little bit of face? The Imperial Concubine Dowager was filled with anger.

The emperor came to pay his respects, and the imperial concubine did not get angry immediately. The mother and daughter greeted each other according to the procedure.

After saying some polite words like how are you feeling, how are you feeling, how is the food, the weather is nice, etc., the atmosphere became a little dull!

When Yining saw that the Imperial Concubine Dowager looked unhappy, he wondered why. In order to please her, he promoted her son-in-law Jingshou and gave him an important position. He was actually flattering the wrong person.

Yining was too lazy to guess, and the atmosphere became a little awkward, so Yining stood up and said goodbye.

The Imperial Concubine said,

"Emperor, go and do your own thing. Are you willing to leave these three to play cards with me for a while?"

When Yining heard this, he thought, "Playing cards with you? Are you in a bad mood and want to cheer yourself up?"

Then he smiled and said,

"They are your daughters-in-law. Just tell them what the Imperial Concubine wants them to do!"

Then he instructed Hongxiu and the others,

"Just accompany the Royal Concubine Dowager to relieve her boredom. If you make her unhappy, I won't allow it!"

More than an hour after returning to the Qianqing Palace, Hongxiu, Qingxi and Jintang came back dejectedly.

Yining looked at their expressions and wondered what was going on!

He asked with a smile,

"What's wrong with you three? You look like eggplants hit by frost. Did you lose playing cards with the old lady?"

The three of them lowered their heads and said nothing!

Yining smiled and said,

"You three look like you've lost your parents, don't you think? I'll make up for whatever you lost!"

The three of them looked at each other. Jintang lowered his head first, Qingxi hesitated to speak, Hongxiu looked at Yifang and the others for the last time, and Yining waved his hand.

"You all get out!"

After everyone left, several people sat down on the chairs, and Hongxiu said,

"Your Majesty, we weren't just playing cards. We've been kneeling before the Imperial Concubine Dowager for such a long time!"

"what!"

Yining was stunned and suddenly felt distressed.

"Why have you been kneeling for so long?"

Qingxi said,

"The Imperial Concubine had someone read the 'Sacred Ancestor's Instructions' to us and asked us to memorize them!"

Yining suddenly recalled the scene in the movie "Prime Minister Liu Luoguo" where Emperor Qianlong was kneeling outside and reciting the "Saint Ancestor's Instructions" when he was favoring his concubine.

"As the ruler of a country, you are looked up to by all the people. You are the Son of Heaven, how dare you act recklessly?

The concubines in the harem secretly set the order, which prolonged the imperial succession. Even if there was chaos and ruin, it was all because of them.

Therefore, when one ascends the throne as the Son of Heaven, one should follow human ethics, seek the norm, observe the time order, and only abide by etiquette.

Obscene sounds and indulgence in sex are signs of a nation's downfall."

Haha, he just married three concubines and now he’s punishing them with family rules?

The three beautiful ladies knelt for more than an hour. Why? I have never been willing to let them suffer such humiliation!

Yining was a little reluctant and asked,

"Just asking you to listen to the teachings of the Holy Ancestor?"

Qingxi said,

"After listening to the instructions of the Holy Ancestor, the Imperial Concubine Dowager spoke for a long time about virtuous people.

She also talked about how virtuous the previous empresses and concubines were, and how they took good care of the emperor's health. She talked for more than half an hour!"

Jintang also said,

“The Imperial Concubine Dowager also instructed that when the Emperor wants to sleep with us in the future, we are not allowed to make excessive demands.

We must advise His Majesty to prioritize the affairs of the world and not indulge in sexual pleasures!"

Qingxi said again,

"Finally, she also told us that even though we had entered the palace, we should not have any unreasonable expectations.

There is no precedent for the Han people to be crowned as empresses. The worst case scenario is that they are only half-banner people!"

What the Imperial Noble Consort Dowager said was true. Among the twelve emperors of the Qing Dynasty and countless concubines in the harem, only one queen had Han Chinese ancestry.

She is the concubine of Emperor Qianlong, the famous Concubine Ling, Wei Jia.

His mother and grandmother were both Han Chinese. Because she was the most favored by Emperor Qianlong, the emperor personally conferred the title of Empress Xiaoyichun on her.

He is also the prototype of Wei Yingluo in the TV series "Story of Yanxi Palace".

Having said that, although the emperor of the Qing Dynasty was the best person in the country, he was not necessarily the happiest person.

This was caused by the strange practice of concubines serving the emperor in the Qing Dynasty.

After the Qing Dynasty conquered the Central Plains, it summarized the reasons for the failure of successive Han dynasties and believed that the emperor's lust was a very important reason.

Therefore, they stipulated that the emperor had to turn over the "green card" when he favored his concubine.

After a concubine is chosen, she will be stripped naked, and the eunuchs will wrap her in a quilt and carry her to the emperor's bed.

After the job was done, the concubine still had to be rolled up in a quilt and carried out.

Except for the Queen, it is impossible for other concubines to spend the whole night with the Emperor!

The reason for doing this is to fear that the concubine will ask the emperor for excessive things if she is thirsty for too long, which will harm the emperor's health over time.

In fact, if the Royal Concubine Dowager really wanted to do something good for Yining's health, Yining would be able to accept it whether it was an instruction or a reminder to the concubines as an elder.

After all, they are doing this for your own good, and Yining is not an ungrateful person.

But this time, the Imperial Concubine Dowager suddenly attacked, not with a gentle reminder or instruction, but with a violent and high-pressure threat.

Yining could not accept this behavior. It was obvious that the Imperial Concubine Dowager had selfish motives.

Yining understood after thinking about it. The Imperial Concubine Dowager was obviously dissatisfied with her!

The reason for her dissatisfaction was probably that she did not agree to let her fourteen-year-old daughter-in-law enter the palace to be her daughter-in-law.

Let’s not talk about what your niece looks like or what her character is like. At this age, is Yining willing to accept her?

Even though other emperors could do something to a girl of twelve or thirteen, he couldn't even kill Yining.

Isn't that a beast?