The prince only allowed me to have a baby, so the pressure is a bit high!

Chapter 28 The Prince is Too Energetic

This time when paying respects, Bu Erhe sorted out the palace affairs of Yuqing Palace handed over by Nanny Wu in Yuqing Palace, figured out all the connections, classified things, planned them according to the plan, and handed them over to the corresponding leaders according to the needs. It took a total of five days before he stepped into the gate of Cining Palace again.

As soon as I entered the main hall of the Cining Palace, I saw that the Empress Dowager was not there, but there was an unfamiliar figure of Concubine De, and Concubine De was sobbing quietly in front of the Empress Dowager.

Buerhe was slightly stunned and stood there not knowing whether to go in or out. She really had no experience in such a situation!

The Grand Empress Dowager was delighted to see Burhe and quickly beckoned her forward. Burhe could only slowly step forward to greet the Grand Empress Dowager: "The great-grandson's wife greets Ukuma Ma. May Ukuma Ma be blessed with good health." Then she bowed to Concubine De: "Good luck to Concubine De."

Upon seeing this, Concubine De quickly wiped away the tears from her eyes, stood up and returned the greeting: "Crown Princess, you are well too."

After the Empress Dowager woke her up, she said to Concubine De, "Alright, Concubine De, I understand what you're talking about. However, this is a matter of the former dynasty, and the harem is not allowed to interfere. Besides, this matter was decided by the Emperor, and the Fourth Prince agreed to it himself. How can I help you reason with the Emperor?"

Defei also knew that this matter was a foregone conclusion and even the Empress Dowager could not change it. However, she was still angry at the Crown Prince's suggestion that the Fourth Prince be sent to manage the Yellow River. She was also annoyed that Yinzhen was upright and not tactful, which offended many people and made her life in the palace difficult these days.

The Empress Dowager had already spoken out to stop her, and Concubine De didn't know what to say. However, she had originally planned to leave, but after seeing Buerhe, she decided not to leave anymore.

She sat aside without saying a word, just quietly watching Burhe and the Empress Dowager care and greet each other, with a smile on her face, and it was unclear what she was thinking.

At this moment, the sound of palace maids paying their respects to the Empress Dowager and the Fifth Princess came from outside the house. A short while later, the Empress Dowager and the Fifth Princess appeared in front of them.

After another round of greetings, everyone sat down in turn. Bullhe pulled the fifth princess to sit together. The two of them agreed to make purses together later and were now discussing in a low voice the patterns they wanted.

At this moment, Consort De suddenly said in the hall, "The Crown Prince is now eighteen years old, and the Crown Princess has married into the family. I believe that the cries of babies should be heard in Yuqing Palace soon. I would like to congratulate the Grand Empress Dowager first. I think she will soon have several great-grandchildren born in Yuqing Palace."

When these words were spoken, Burhe had no reaction, but the Fifth Princess blushed. It was not because she was embarrassed by the topic of having children, but more because she was angry that her mother said this regardless of the occasion.

She also knew that recently, because of Fourth Brother's affairs, several concubines in the palace had ridiculed Mother. However, it was not Fourth Brother's fault, and it had nothing to do with the Crown Prince. How could Mother put the blame on Yuqing Palace?

Less than a month after the Crown Princess married into the Cining Palace, she uttered these words. Others might not understand, but she, a princess raised by the Empress Dowager, knew that the Crown Prince was the Empress Dowager's most precious treasure. With so many grandchildren in the palace, even if they were added together, their importance probably wouldn't be as great as the Crown Prince alone.

It was already a bad idea for my mother to come to the Empress Dowager to cry about this matter today. Now she says such things. Not only will she make the Empress Dowager angry, but the Emperor will also have some opinions about my mother because of this.

The Fifth Princess was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan, not knowing how to make Concubine De take back her words. On the other hand, Burhe looked at Concubine De in surprise.

Although she knew that this Defei was one of the four concubines in charge of the harem, and she was also aware that she was the emperor's favorite concubine, this was only her second meeting with her. How could there be such a big conflict? She almost pointed at her nose and said that she was jealous and did not allow other women in Yuqing Palace to have children.

The Grand Empress Dowager was also unhappy after hearing what Concubine De said, but she knew that Buerhe was not to blame and the actual cause lay with the Crown Prince. However, the Grand Empress Dowager also wanted to know what Buerhe was thinking. Was she also thinking of favoring him exclusively and not letting the women of Yuqing Palace get close to the Crown Prince?

Then the Empress Dowager turned to Buerhe and asked, "What did the Crown Princess say?"

Bu Erhe was not a fool. She could hear the temptation in the words of the Empress Dowager and the trap in the question of Concubine De. However, her feelings towards Yinreng at this moment were only slightly more than friendship. She regarded Yinreng as another brother. As for the so-called love between men and women, sorry, there really was none.

Therefore, Buerhe did not find it difficult to answer the question raised by the Grand Empress Dowager. She directly threw out Yinreng's words a few days ago: "To Wukuma Ma, our master said a few days ago that he dislikes the women in the back courtyard of Yuqing Palace, so he asked me to keep a close watch on them and not let them get close. As for the crying babies mentioned by Empress De, I'll have to trouble Wukuma Ma to help our master pick a few more to send to Yuqing Palace."

Burhe did not retreat at all and confronted Defei head-on. She had long felt the malice emanating from Defei. Now that the other party came with bad intentions and wanted Burhe to make peace, that was absolutely impossible.

There are many things to eat in this world, but you must never suffer a loss. As for the theory that suffering a loss is a blessing, Bull and others can only wish each other good fortune in their hearts.

The Grand Empress Dowager was very satisfied with Buerhe's answer. The smile that had disappeared returned to her face, but she restrained it completely when facing Defei: "Defei, recognize your own status. The prince's backyard is not something a concubine like you can interfere with. I am here to take care of everything. Even if it doesn't work out, the emperor will take care of it. For the sake of Yinzhen and Wu'er, I will not pursue this matter. If it happens again, I will definitely punish you severely. Okay, you can leave!"

After asking that question, Concubine De also reacted. She realized that she was too impatient today and had lost her usual caution. When she heard the lecture from the Empress Dowager, she didn't dare to refute it at all. When she saw the Empress Dowager driving her out of the Cining Palace, she didn't dare to delay, for she was afraid that the Empress Dowager would be even more angry when she saw that she was slow. If the Emperor knew about it, her and Yinzhen's future life would be even more difficult.

Concubine De quickly stood up and bowed to take her leave. Seeing this, the Fifth Princess also stood up and said goodbye and followed Concubine De away.

Seeing this, Buerhe felt heartbroken that even though he knew that Concubine De was the biological mother of the Fifth Princess, she still left without hesitation and did not feel any apology towards her at all.

Ever since she entered the palace, because the Fifth Princess was raised by the Empress Dowager and she felt that she had a gentle personality, she would go to Ciren Palace to chat with her whenever she had time. The two of them would often do needlework together and chat in private.

Looking at it this way today, the Fifth Princess didn't take herself seriously at all. But if the Fifth Princess was more reasonable, she would know that the fault today was not with Burhe, but with Concubine De who took the initiative to find fault.

But seeing the Fifth Princess turning around and leaving without hesitation, chasing after Concubine De, it was clear that Concubine De was blamed on Burhe for being scolded by the Empress Dowager.

Buerhe thought about it and let it go. After all, they had only known each other for less than a month. If they didn't want to be friends, then so be it. She was a princess and would get married sooner or later. He hadn't been with her for a few years, so why should he be sad for an irrelevant person?

After figuring it out, Buerhe stopped worrying about it and continued to chat about gossip with the Empress Dowager as if nothing had happened.

When he returned to Yuqing Palace that day, Buerhe told Yinreng about this incident during a casual chat. Yinreng had long known Defei's character, so he was not surprised at Defei's attitude.

Although he had rarely interacted with his sisters in his previous life, he had always heard that his fifth sister was gentle and beautiful. He never expected that she would be like this in this life. However, he thought that in his previous life, the fifth sister was the only one who married in the capital. Even if she had the affection of being raised by the empress dowager, she must have had her own calculations!

However, although this sister married into the Tong family in Beijing, she died within two years. I guess she was a pitiful person.

Yinreng was in complete agreement with Buerhe not playing with his sister in the future. Seeing his own Crown Princess looking so silly and foolish, playing with these shrewd people who grew up in the deep palace, Yinreng was really afraid that one day the Crown Princess would be sold by them and would still be there helping to count money foolishly.

Seeing that the prince looked down on him so much, Bullhe smiled innocently on the surface, but he was actually complaining in his heart: You are the stupid one, you were just sold and you still help count the money, you big fool!

Although Yinreng was very worried about the intelligence of his Crown Princess, he also knew that she was not a stupid person. Just by looking at the fact that Yuqing Palace was managed in an orderly manner in just a few days and the servants did things according to his wishes, he knew that his Crown Princess was still very capable.

However, the same thing still applies: the Crown Princess herself can dislike herself, but not others. Besides, when is it the turn of a small concubine to take charge of the affairs of Yuqing Palace? If she didn't favor those women, even if the Emperor knew about it, he wouldn't say anything, right?

Thinking of this, Yinreng gave the fourth prince Yinzhen a huge reward. It was very reasonable for a son to pay off his mother's debt.

The next day, while reviewing memorials in the Qianqing Palace, Yinreng recounted what Defei had said in the Cining Palace the previous day, as if chatting casually. He ended by saying, somewhat aggrievedly, that because his mother had passed away early, he had grown accustomed to making decisions about the Yuqing Palace on his own, and that he was a little uncomfortable with Defei's sudden intervention. He also asked Kangxi if he was going to promote Defei to Imperial Noble Consort. Otherwise, why would Defei want to interfere when the Crown Princess was managing Yuqing Palace so well?

As for why he didn't mention the title of Noble Consort but the title of Imperial Noble Consort, it was to remind Kangxi that he was the Crown Prince, and the only people in the harem who could take care of his affairs were the Queen and the Imperial Noble Consort, and even the Noble Consort was not qualified.

As for the empress, since the death of Empress Xiaoyi, the emperor has made it clear that he will never appoint another empress. Therefore, if there is any promotion in the harem, the highest position can only be Imperial Noble Consort.

When Kangxi heard Yinreng talk about what Concubine De said in the Cining Palace, he was already very angry. When he heard that the prince suspected that Concubine De was going to be promoted to Imperial Noble Concubine, he became even more furious.

As for whether what Defei said was true or not, it goes without saying. If Yinreng was lying, there were many people in the Cining Palace at the time, and they could have gotten the truth by just asking around. There was no need for the prince to lie. But because what the prince said was true, Kangxi became even more angry.

Who is the prince? He is the next monarch of the Qing Dynasty and the heir that Kangxi is most satisfied with. Apart from the Empress Dowager, only he, his father, can interfere in his affairs. Even if the Empress Dowager interferes, Kangxi will stop her.

Now, Concubine De actually wants to intervene. What does she want to do? Does she really think she is the elder of the Crown Prince or does she want to covet the position of Empress?

If Concubine De knew how Kangxi thought of her, she would probably go back to yesterday and slap herself, letting you take your anger out on the Crown Princess! Now, not only has she offended the Yuqing Palace, she has also earned a reputation as a gossipmonger from the Empress Dowager, and most importantly, Kangxi has become suspicious of her.

However, at this time, Defei had calmed down after being comforted by the Fifth Princess, and was making pajamas for the Emperor in Yonghe Palace today.

She also knew that if the emperor heard what she said yesterday, he would definitely be unhappy. However, she already had two sons and one daughter alive, so she thought the emperor would not be angry for long. When the time came, she would present the finished pajamas to him, and he would probably forget about it soon and not ask about it anymore.

Moreover, if Kangxi knew what he said yesterday, he would probably feel a little dissatisfied with the Crown Princess. By then, there would definitely be a few more people added to the Yuqing Palace, and one or more concubines would be chosen in the next general election. At that time, the Crown Prince's harem would definitely be very lively.