Qingying couldn't accept it at all. The emperor's favoring of A Ruo was more painful for her than accepting Wei Yanwan's ascension to the throne. This is why when Zhalong came to Jingren Palace to ask for credit and said he would give A Ruo's child to her to raise, Qingying was furious!

How could a child born from someone like A Ruo be worthy of being her son?

Besides, she would become the queen after Empress Fucha died. If she adopted A Ruo's child, wouldn't it be a free gift to A Ruo? She would also take away the legitimate status of her own child!

"Your Majesty, I disagree! Ah Ruo betrayed her master and sought glory. I don't know what tricks she used to get this child. I will not want a child conceived through such means!"

Hongli's face turned pale. His childhood sweetheart might have forgotten that he was also a child born by a palace maid in the harem of the late emperor using despicable means. Qingying's aunt, Empress Nara, and Imperial Noble Consort Dunsu also looked down on him as Qingying looked down on Arruo!

The two, who claimed to be in true love, parted ways once again on bad terms. Qing Ning took advantage of the situation and hinted to Zha Long that she wanted a princess. Doctor Bao, who was helping A Ruo look after the dragon fetus, also said that Concubine Shen's baby was 80% likely to be a princess.

Qingying became even more disdainful after knowing this. If it was a prince, she would condescend to raise him, but why would she raise a useless princess?

With Qingying, who disliked A Ruo and the little princess, Qingning became more and more confident and repeatedly pestered the emperor to raise A Ruo's child herself.

"Your Majesty, I'm your daughter! You're such a sweet little girl, please give me a little princess~"

Seeing that he really liked the princess, and recalling Qingying's rejection of A Ruo, Hongli finally relented and said, "Forget it, if Concubine Shen's baby is really a princess, I will raise her in your care."

Green Lemon cheered, "Ning'er thanks Shilang!"

In order to avoid any further complications, Qing Ning directly asked for permission to take A Ruo to her own Chengqian Palace to nurture the fetus.

Before moving to the palace, A Ruo went to Xianfu Palace in person to thank Huang Qiying under the pretext of asking her for the princesses' clothes and toys.

A piece of warm fragrance, a pill to give birth to a girl, and Qing Ning's efforts earned A Ruo's complete loyalty.

In the future, all Mongolian concubines entering the palace will become Qingying's minions, so Huang Qiying needs her own people to occupy the high positions in the palace first. But she didn't expect that the emperor would be stingy in giving positions this time.

On the third day of the first lunar month in the fourth year of Qianlong's reign, Concubine Shen gave birth safely to a little princess with a loud crying voice. She was ranked as the eighth princess and was named Jingshu by the emperor. She was handed over to Concubine Zhen to be raised.

But her biological mother, Concubine Shen, still lived in Concubine Zhen's Chengqian Palace. Fortunately, although she was not promoted, she lived in the same palace with her daughter, and Qingning did not stop her from getting close to and taking care of Jingshu on weekdays.

On the day of Jing's full moon banquet, Li Chaolai's concubine Yu was blessed with the little princess. After returning home, the imperial physician diagnosed her with a pregnancy pulse. The empress privately suggested to the emperor that Yu Changzai be promoted as a noble lady.

Hongli readily agreed and also wanted to promote Qingying and Yihuan.

The Queen politely declined, "According to the harem etiquette, there can be six concubines in the palace, and there are already four above the concubine position (Zhen, Chun, Wan, Mei). Yu Guiren is a noblewoman of the Li Dynasty. If she gives birth to a child in the future, she should be given a concubine position even for the sake of Yu's reputation." So there is only one concubine position left.

Concubine Xian is fine, after all, she has served the emperor for many years. Although she has no children, she can still be promoted to a concubine based on her seniority.

"It's just that Concubine Shu has only been in the palace for a short time, and Concubine Shen, who has given birth to a child, is still only a Concubine. Her father also made great contributions to flood control. If Concubine Shu is made a concubine without having children, it will certainly discourage the meritorious officials."

The queen deliberately ignored the fact that the positions of the four concubines were still vacant. If there were not enough concubine positions, she could promote the existing concubines to concubines to make room for Yihuan and others.

Hongli didn't know why and didn't even mention it. He just felt like a son-in-law and was worried that if he didn't give A Ruo respect, it would anger A Ruo's father, so he no longer insisted on making Yihuan and Qingying concubines at the same time.

But Qingying is his true love, Yihuan is also sincere to him, and Hongli also gave someone a cold medicine called "pregnancy medicine" but it is actually "contraceptive soup", and he feels very indebted to Yihuan. For a while, he can't decide between the two.

After he left, the Queen called Huang Qiying and asked her to spread the news that the Emperor preferred one of Shu Guiren and Xian Guiren to be his concubine.

Jingren Palace soon received news that Concubine Yu was pregnant, and the Emperor and Empress intended to promote her to the rank of Concubine after the birth. Furthermore, the Emperor also wanted to make Concubine Shu and Concubine Xian Concubine, but with only one Concubine vacant, the Emperor was torn between them.

At this point, Qingying, who had watched the emperor and Yihuan being in love for half a year because of the quarrel between A Ruo and her daughter and the emperor, finally could not sit still anymore. She took the initiative to make a bowl of fragrant soup and personally delivered it to the Yangxin Palace. She said that she understood the emperor's painstaking efforts and regretted being too impulsive last year and making the emperor sad.

With the halo of the heroine, Hongli easily forgave Qingying and even arranged a ceremony to make her a concubine.

The tenth day of the second lunar month is Qingying's birthday. On that morning, Qingying went to Changchun Palace to receive training and was officially canonized as Concubine Xian. In the evening, the emperor specially set off a fireworks display for her to make her happy.

At that time, Qingying lay sweetly and shyly on Hongli's shoulder and chirped at the fireworks in the sky, while Yihuan stood in the shadow, looking at them lonely. She was relieved that the emperor had reconciled with his beloved, but sad that she was not the emperor's beloved after all.

"My lady~" The head palace maid He Xi looked at her worriedly.

Yi Huan slowly shook her head, reassuring He Xi that she was fine. "Fireworks fade quickly. Compared to the fleeting splendor, I would rather be a star in the sky. Although not bright, I can always be by Your Majesty's side."

"My lady, you are sincere to the Emperor, but the Emperor only has Concubine Xian in his heart. I feel really sorry for you."

Yihuan's face turned serious, "How dare you! Concubine Xian is someone the Emperor truly loves! How can you let me speak so carelessly?

Go down and get ten slaps on the hand. Remember this lesson. If you do it again, I will not let you off easily!"

Seeing her master angry, He Xi quickly knelt down and apologized, "My lady, please calm down. I spoke out of turn. I know I was wrong. I will never do it again. Please calm down, my lady."

However, He Xi's words happened to be overheard by Qingying's maid Yunzhi. After returning, she told Qingying what He Xi said, but pretended not to know about Yihuan's subsequent scolding and punishment of He Xi.

Qingying didn't even bother to verify it, mistakenly thinking that Hexi's words were actually Yihuan's true feelings. After all, wasn't that what happened between her and A Ruo in the beginning?

So Qingying was disappointed after hearing this: "Yihuan has become a vulgar person, full of jealousy."

There is a saying that goes, "If you enter a shop selling abalone for a long time, you will no longer smell the stench." Although Hongli was bothered by Qingying's strange smell and had never really favored her for a long time, he could not stand her aura as the heroine and could not help but want to see her every now and then. As time went by, he gradually accepted Qingying's unique "fragrance".

In addition, they drank some warm wine tonight to liven up the atmosphere, and the two of them actually got together.

It's really a blessing from heaven. Huang Qiying clearly used an enhanced version of the prank pills on Qingying, but after more than a year, the prank pills actually had changes on Qingying.

This made Hongli, who mustered up the courage to enjoy the pleasure with Qingying again, surprisingly find that Qingying, who had a special "fragrance", was just like stinky tofu. Although it smelled bad, it tasted really delicious!

Huang Qiying's expression was quite interesting when she realized that Hongli had fallen in love with Qingying again!

After spending too long with Qingying, Hongli gradually became infected with this "strange fragrance", so that when Zhalong received the advice of the Queen and the Queen Mother and had to treat all the concubines equally, except Huang Qiying who had the foresight to report her illness and became a cuckold, and A Ruo who was not favored by the Emperor, all were attacked by Zhalong's stench.

Gao Xiyue, who was weak, afraid of cold and had a keen sense of smell, could not bear this "torture". After the emperor fell asleep, she secretly lifted the quilt, got out of bed and went to sleep on the side.

But she didn't dare let the emperor know that she disliked him, so she didn't sleep well all night. She waited until the emperor was about to wake up and then sneaked back to bed and pretended to be asleep.

This back and forth successfully caused him to fall ill due to the evil wind entering his body.

When Huang Qiying heard that Concubine Hui was ill, she complained in her heart, "Could it be that she was fainted by the emperor's intoxication?"

After stepping into Yongshou Palace, Gao Xiyue told her that it was just so outrageous!

"Sister, I'm in such a difficult situation! That Concubine Xian is such a nuisance! Our emperor doesn't care about food, he just throws everything, good or bad, into his bowl, making it so hard for me, wuwuwuwu~"

Huang Qiying could only comfort her that this illness was a blessing in disguise. At least during her recuperation period, she would no longer have to enjoy Qingying Hongli's "body fragrance" attack at close range.

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