Dongli's words cleared up the confusion, making Liu Hua and An Lingrong suddenly enlightened.

"Yes, sister, you forgot. Tong Jia Yunrong's baby is not even six months old yet. She invited monks to hold a 49-day ceremonial ceremony to delay the pregnancy.

Back in the Forbidden City, neither the Empress Dowager nor the Empress would let her give birth to this child easily. All we have to do is stand by and watch. If she has a difficult birth, we will definitely find out the reason later.

That prescription can be her reason. In this way, both the Queen Mother and the Empress will stand on our side.

At that time, Tong Jia Yunrong used a secret technique to conceive, so it was understandable that she had a difficult birth.

When people are in an extremely depressing environment, they will always be inconsiderate, but three leatherworkers are better than one Zhuge Liang.

After some more thought, Liu Hua and An Lingrong came up with a complete plan.

Dongli next to him was full of relief. Xiao Yunzi, who had been busy outside for many days, was now coming outside to pay his respects, looking exhausted.

"This servant pays respects to the Empress Qian and the Empress An. I have found Mei."

"Bring it up quickly. You've worked hard. I'll appreciate it."

Long before going to the capital, Liu Hua arranged for Xiao Yunzi to leave the palace in the name of purchasing daily utensils for the visit and the palace.

Xiao Yunzi lived up to expectations and chased after cloth merchants everywhere to ask questions. He took a piece of cloth and compared them everywhere before finally finding Xunmei.

"I am the Empress's servant, how dare I ask for a reward.

This servant Xunmei has been arranged to live in a small courtyard. She is a self-combed girl and is very good at embroidery. She was originally from the capital, but was sold by her parents.

She was originally sold together with her sister, but because her sister was prettier, she was sent to the Tong Mansion.

She was sold directly to an old man as a concubine. She finally escaped and worked as a nun in a nunnery for three years. With her embroidery skills, she entered the profession of a lady.

"What a miserable man." Liu Hua muttered to himself.

"Sister, who in this world doesn't have a miserable life? Now let's see how Xunmei is going to be arranged. It seems that Aunt Taxue is a blood relative."

An Lingrong herself has suffered countless hardships. She is not trying to force Taxue into a desperate situation, but if Taxue helps Tong Jia Yunrong, she will be harming both of them.

Tong Jia Yunrong lived in the Yiku Palace. Many of the second- and third-class palace maids were originally employed by Nian Shilan, and the others who were replaced were also selected by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

The only two people she could trust were Qingyun and Taxue. It was not uncommon for Taxue to be bullied among the palace maids and eunuchs.

Especially in recent days, after An Lingrong's inquiries, Tong Jia Yunrong seemed to have changed her temperament and allowed many second- and third-class palace maids and eunuchs to secretly bully Taxue, the senior palace maid.

I don’t know why, but every now and then I have to go into the snow to get something, my clothes and socks are all soaked, and I still have to keep watch.

Although only trusted palace maids would be called by the empresses to keep watch at night, for example, Caiju and Dongli would take turns to keep watch on Liu Hua's night. Although An Lingrong was alone, You Ran didn't sleep in her own room most of the time, so You Ran didn't have to worry.

But Tong Jia Yunrong often asked Yinzhen to stay overnight. It was supposed that Qingying and Taxue would take turns, but Taxue was always alone.

An Ningrong wanted to win over Taxue. Firstly, Taxue had suffered a lot of grievances. Secondly, Taxue, like Huanbi, was not a maid but a young lady.

In fact, logically speaking, Taxue's identity is more important than Huanbi's, as Huanbi is the daughter of a criminal.

Although Taxue's mother was a maid, she was of pure innocence. She herself was a legitimate daughter born out of wedlock in the mansion, but was expelled from the family by the Hesheli family.

The eldest daughter always has a special significance, and the inheritance rights of legitimate and illegitimate sons are different.

But a daughter always has to get married and pay a dowry. Her status changes with her father's status, which is not much different from a man's status as a legitimate or illegitimate child.

In other words, as long as your father is powerful, you can marry into a wealthy family even if you are a concubine's daughter.

Tong Guowei's illegitimate daughter was made a concubine as soon as she entered the palace, and even enjoyed the treatment of a "noble concubine".

Nowadays, she is not looked down upon like Princess Chaogui's mother, Concubine Guo, who was the legitimate Imperial Noble Consort of the Emperor Father.

Before Wuya Chengbi became the empress dowager, her position was one rank lower than hers.

Therefore, Liu Hua and An Lingrong believed in their hearts that Taxue must be dissatisfied with his current situation.

When his mother was killed by Hesheli, she was not an infant who didn't remember anything, so she must have remembered it.

Now she is being respectful to Tong Jia Yunrong, simply because she has no capital to resist and wants to leave the palace to protect herself.

"In that case, we must return to the capital. The palace maids and eunuchs must change into thicker clothes, and prepare a handkerchief for this girl who walks on the snow, which will be embroidered by her aunt herself."

Xiao Yunzi had to admire Liu Hua's ingenuity. He never conveyed messages directly.

Every time it turns 800 times, no one can find any useful clues.

“Sister is right, we must return to the Forbidden City.

It is definitely not possible for Tong Jia Yunrong to stay here alone for the entire winter.

An Lingrong's thoughts fell on the Buddhist temple in Yangzhou. When she passed by Yangzhou, she saw the angry eyes of the people. Even when they were kneeling, many of them were dishonest. She knew that the impact of the Ten Days' Massacre was still there.

He told Liu Hua everything without reservation, and Liu Hua subconsciously thought of the White Lotus Sect.

The White Lotus Sect was entrenched in Jiangnan, and since Yinzhen had come to Jiangnan, it would have been a pity if he had not attempted an assassination attempt.

Besides, if they could break into the capital, what would it matter if they broke into the Nanjing Palace?

Liu Hua thought so, and Niuhulu Nianqin wanted it even more urgently.

Originally, he and Yue Axing were in the same position, and neither of them would give in to the other, like water and fire.

After the last White Lotus incident, even though Liu Hua managed to save him, he was demoted and beaten with a stick in court.

He chose the Fourth Prince because Liu Hua had protected him many times and the Fourth Prince indeed had a bright future.

"I heard that the imperial concubine in the palace is going to have a ritual, and it has already begun, but it hasn't been moved to the Jinling Palace yet.

When the local people heard that she had chosen a Buddhist temple in Yangzhou, they were already very dissatisfied. A few years ago, General Nian Gengyao conquered the northwest, recovered the chieftains in the southwest, and even sent troops to Junggar.

Military expenditures alone amounted to tens of millions, and taxes in Jiangnan were also increased, adding to the already miserable conditions faced by the people.

It would be better to find someone to impeach this Concubine Chang, who does not pay attention to world affairs, but only cares about her own pleasure and uses evil magic to deceive people.

Hongli knew that Yu Minzhong wanted to use this method to make Tong Jia Yunrong lose the support of the people so that she could not be promoted to a noble concubine.

But he always felt that this was not enough and he had to overthrow Concubine Chang.

Niuhulu Nianqin was from the main line of the eight major Manchu clans, and this person served as his mentor.

Because his parents had made all the arrangements for him, the only setback he encountered was being constantly pressured by Yue Axing.

The reason why Yue Axin is so unscrupulous is that she has a father who is more powerful than her and a sister who is a concubine.

The most fundamental thing is the royal heir in his sister's belly.

"In my humble opinion, if you wish to ascend the throne, your noble brothers must be eliminated. The child in Concubine Chang's belly has been identified as the father. We must be on guard!

If she wants to do something, then ask your mother to hold a big ceremony for her, with enough people to make it easier for her to fish in troubled waters.

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