After arguing with Qingying in the Yangxin Palace that day, Hongli was forced by the two to issue an order to re-investigate the matter of the Empress Dowager being infected with the epidemic.

In order to avoid suspicion, Huang Qiying and Qingying were not allowed to interfere. Everything was jointly handled by the deputy chief steward Jinbao, the head aunt of the Yangxin Palace Yuhu, and the head aunt of the Cining Palace Fujia who was relied upon by the empress dowager.

Within two days, Huang Qiying received the news: Aunt Fujia went to Jingren Palace in person and gave Qingying a box of green plum powder.

Qingying thought that Fujia had found out that the Imperial Noble Consort had instigated the Imperial Hospital to deliberately delay the research progress of the epidemic medicine, so she came to thank her as the intelligent and filial daughter-in-law of the Empress Dowager. She smiled and accepted the green plum powder, which was said to have been made by the Empress Dowager's daughter, Princess Roushu, to thank Concubine Xian for her filial piety to her mother, the Imperial Mother.

She liked using it very much and even embroidered prayer flags in Jingren Palace. It is said that the names of Li Yu, Ling Yunche, Rong Pei, Hai Lan and Queen Mother Jin Yuyan were embroidered on these prayer flags. Yueli guessed that these prayer flags were probably used by Qingying to deal with herself. Unfortunately, she was infected with the plague before she finished embroidering the prayer flags.

Previously, Hongli was afraid that Qingying would cause trouble again, so he issued an order to confine Qingying to Jingren Palace and not let her leave until the truth was found out!

Of course, in order to prevent Qingying from making trouble, Huang Qiying could not continue to preside over the affairs of the harem, but she was the Imperial Noble Consort, with the same status as the Vice Queen. If she was rashly confined to her house, it might cause criticism from the previous dynasty and the harem.

Therefore, the Imperial Noble Consort was allowed to rest on the grounds that she had worked too hard for the Empress Dowager's funeral, and the affairs of the harem were temporarily assisted by the two Imperial Noble Consorts Zhen and Chun.

But Qingying did not understand Hongli's painstaking efforts. She just felt that her young man was deceived by Huang Qiying, so she did not distinguish between loyalty and treachery. She confined herself to her room but found an excuse for Huang Qiying, saying that he was ill from overwork and needed to rest and recuperate.

So she got angry with the emperor again. Relying on the fact that the prescription for the epidemic had been published, Qingying was fearless. After realizing that she might have been infected with the epidemic, she determined that Huang Qiying was guilty and wanted to kill her to silence her.

The maid wanted to fetch the imperial physician, but Qingying stopped her. She felt that even if she summoned the physician now, she would be saved immediately, but the emperor, already deceived by the enchanting concubine, would certainly not punish Huang Qiying severely. So she had to endure it, and only when her life was hanging by a thread would she allow the maid to knock on the door and beg for help.

In the end, Qingying managed to survive thanks to her heroine's halo, but a large number of the palace maids and eunuchs in Jingren Palace collapsed! If the eunuch who served the food hadn't noticed something was wrong, I'm afraid half of the servants in Jingren Palace would have been doomed!

Before Hongli could find out the source of Qingying's illness, Fujia had already died for her master in the Cining Palace. She left behind a letter in blood, accusing Qingying of instructing the lowly maid Rong Pei to murder the empress dowager, and she wanted to avenge her master by giving her a taste of her own medicine.

This blood letter was first discovered by Yu Hu and presented to Hongli. Hongli felt it was burning hot after reading it. Before he could destroy it, Prince Guo Hongzhou, Prince Shen Yunxi and Princess Roushu broke into the Yangxin Palace and knelt down to beg Hongli to kill Qingying.

Afterwards, Huang Qiying also went to the Yangxin Palace to join in the fun, bringing with her the evidence of why all the people in Jingren Palace were infected with the epidemic.

Under the halo of being a son-in-law and having the Empress Dowager's disease, Hongli had to win over Huang Qiying and let Huang Qiying help him deal with the Empress Dowager's relatives, just to save Qingying.

After Huang Qiying discussed with Hongli, he made the three people shut up on the condition of welcoming back the Empress Dowager's Princess Hengchu and conferring the title of Prince on Yunxi.

Huang Qiying had six daughters. Aside from the young Jingsi and Jingxian, the other four were married and all participated in the military and political affairs of the tribe. Even Jingxian, who was still unmarried, married a son-in-law from the Fucha family, a family with illustrious military achievements during the Qing Dynasty.

If the Emperor truly wished to take Princess Longyue back, it would be entirely feasible given the power of the Qing Dynasty. It was simply that the Emperor had previously been reluctant to engage in turmoil for the sake of his adopted sister, Longyue.

In addition, Qingying was not without punishment. She was demoted to a concubine and confined to Jingren Palace on the grounds that she violated the precepts of filial piety and disrespected the empress dowager, and concealed the illness after contracting it, causing everyone in Jingren Palace to be infected with the epidemic. During the confinement period, she knelt and recited the Sutra of Rebirth for the empress dowager for an hour every day.

The decree of demotion, kneeling punishment and house arrest was passed to Jingren Palace, but Qingying had no time to be sad about it, because Jinzhong told her: Imperial Noble Consort Yi would soon sit on the throne that she wanted most.

Qingying was stunned at first, then shook her head in disbelief, "Impossible, absolutely impossible!

The position of Queen is mine, and I am the one who should stand shoulder to shoulder with the Emperor! How could the Emperor go back on his word? "

Qingying couldn't accept it. She leaned against the doorpost of the main hall of Jingren Palace, rubbing up and down like a fool.

Jinzhong found it extremely boring, so he shook off the dust and went back to report.

In the previous dynasty, there was actually a lot of resistance to Huang Qiying being crowned empress, except for the Han officials who naturally stood on her side and the small number of the eldest prince (Yonghuang)'s party, as well as the silent Fucha family and the royal family such as Prince Guo and Prince Shen.

Almost all others opposed it, especially the Manchu nobles who were more wary of the Han people than the bandits.

But in order to save Qingying's life, Hongli said that he would make a decision that goes against his ancestors!

In the summer of the 15th year of Qianlong's reign, the emperor overcame all objections and appointed Imperial Noble Consort Huang Jia as empress. Her father Huang Jia Daimin was granted the title of First-Class Cheng'en Duke, and all the daughters of Huang Qiying were granted the title of Gulun Princess.

On the night of the empress's coronation ceremony, Hongli stayed in Yongshou Palace, but in the second half of the night, he sneaked out of Yongshou Palace to visit Qingying in Jingren Palace.

Because he was afraid of being discovered by Huang Qiying, Hongli did not dare to stay in Jingren Palace for long. He talked to Qingying and said

"Qingying! I did all this for you. It's because the Queen and the others are too powerful. If I don't make her the Queen, everyone will force me to kill you to make amends to the Queen Mother.

Qingying! You must know that you are the only wife in my heart! My love for you is higher than the mountains and deeper than the sea. You have always been the woman who understands me best in this palace. The confinement is only temporary. For the sake of our future, can you please bear with it a little longer?

I promise you! The Queen won't be so rampant for too long. When the time comes, without the Queen's obstruction, I will definitely let you out of Jingren Palace and become my legitimate wife!

"From the wall and on horseback, we gazed at each other from afar. The moment I saw you, my heart was broken. Your Majesty, no, Brother Hongli, Qingying believes in you!"

After talking to Qingying, Hongli had to leave. Under Qingying's reluctant gaze, Hongli secretly returned to Yongshou Palace.

Just as he climbed onto the bed and was about to fall asleep, Huang Qiying, who was pretending to be asleep, kicked him away.

"boom--"

"Queen!" Hongli rubbed his dragon butt that was almost broken into eight pieces, gritting his teeth.

Unfortunately, he couldn't wake someone who was pretending to be asleep. On the other hand, he was also feeling guilty, and was afraid that Huang Qiying would wake up and find out that he had just left, and would cause trouble for Qingying again. So after calming down, he gave up the idea of ​​waking her up, struggled to get up from the ground, and limped over to lie down on the beauty couch next to him.

He didn't dare go back to bed, fearing he would be kicked again. Fortunately, it was already late, so he decided to take a nap on this beautiful bed.

After Hongli calmed down, Huang Qiying turned over and faced inward, with a smile on her lips, and continued to sleep soundly.

Now that she has taken the position of queen, Hongli should not even think about taking it back!

Thinking of the news that Jinzhong had sent back earlier: Hongli wanted to take Qingying out of Jingren Palace.

"Oh! Hongli! You should take care of yourself first!"

In the winter of the fifteenth year of Qianlong's reign, Hongli caught a cold after another secret meeting with Qingying in the middle of the night, and fell ill after returning home.

This disease almost cost him half his life!

After the boy was almost recovered, Qingying, who learned that the young man was ill, secretly ran out of Jingren Palace again, disguised herself as a palace maid and sneaked into the Yangxin Palace with a snowy body. She was caught red-handed by Huang Qiying and Qingning who came to attend to him!

Hongli felt that something was wrong with his body and suspected that someone was trying to harm him. The number one suspect was Huang Qiying, the queen who was the adoptive mother of the eldest prince.

Being extremely suspicious, he trusted no one except Qingying, so he not only stopped the Queen from punishing Qingying who had left the palace without permission, but also wanted to keep her in the Yangxin Palace to take care of him.

Huang Qiying pretended to stop him a few times, then agreed with Zhalong's idea, and comforted the precious concubine who was eager to take the opportunity to give Qingying a beating by saying, "Although Qingying was wrong to leave the palace without permission, it is understandable that she was confused because she cared about the emperor, so she was ordered to stay and take care of him so that she could make meritorious contributions while serving her sentence."

Hongli breathed a sigh of relief, his suspicion of Huang Qiying slightly reduced. He held Qingying's cold little hand and rested contentedly.

But he didn't know that after he fell asleep, Qingying drove away Jinzhong and Maoqian who were on duty tonight because of prejudice, and stayed by his side alone.

That night he developed a high fever again, but Qingying, who was taking care of him, had already fallen into a deep sleep due to exhaustion.

By the time the eunuch on duty realized something was wrong, the emperor was completely confused!

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