Warm my heart

"What? What did you say? I didn't hear it wrong." Guarjia Wenyuan was shocked. She looked at An Lingrong back and forth, her heart full of doubts.

This An Lingrong is also beautiful, so why didn't the emperor make a move on her? Guarjia Wenyuan couldn't figure it out.

But she changed her mind and couldn't suppress the smile on her lips.

She suddenly realized that this was good news for her.

An Lingrong lowered her head, her voice almost inaudible: "Your Majesty, the Emperor always lights a stick of incense. I don't know how the other sisters do it, but this is how I do it."

A warm feeling suddenly surged in Guarjia Wenyuan's heart, and she felt very happy.

She decided to reward the emperor well tonight.

As night fell, Yongzheng ended a busy day of government affairs and returned to Yongshou Palace.

As soon as he stepped into the bedroom, he found Guarjia Wenyuan lying on the bed. Her eyes were hot and direct, as if they wanted to devour him.

Yongzheng couldn't help but shudder, thinking to himself: "I hope I won't be drained dry tonight." He looked at Guarjia Wenyuan with both anticipation and a little nervousness.

A sly smile appeared on Guarjia Wenyuan's lips, and her eyes were full of temptation and challenge.

Yongzheng felt her passion and enthusiasm, and tonight he would experience an unprecedented passion.

As the night deepened, Yongzheng and Guarjia Wenyuan enjoyed each other's company in the bedroom.

The lights in the room stayed on all night.

Yongzheng felt both happy and helpless. He, a dignified emperor, was suppressed by a little girl, but he did not dislike this feeling.

On the contrary, he enjoyed it.

That night, they sang and rejoiced until dawn.

Su Peisheng felt weak under his breath after hearing this and wanted to interrupt several times. If the emperor is like this, can he still attend the morning court tomorrow?

The morning dew had not yet evaporated when Guarjia Wenyuan woke up to the gentle call of the palace maid.

She stretched her waist lazily, and yesterday's fatigue seemed to still linger in every muscle and bone.

Today is another day when I can’t get out of bed, ah…

The palace maids filed in, bringing her energy for the new day.

Her voice was hoarse from just waking up, and she called softly, "Jingtai..." Jingtai immediately led the palace maids in and prepared to start dressing up for the new day.

Guaerjia Wenyuan sat in front of the dressing table, letting the palace maids comb her cloud-like hair, with a hint of anticipation in her eyes.

The face reflected in the bronze mirror was still beautiful, but there was a hint of maturity between her eyebrows.

Last night, Yongzheng's favor was like a violent storm, leaving her with nowhere to escape.

Every touch of his made her feel both sweet and painful.

Within two days, all the embroiderers who entered the palace with her decided to leave.

And those old people who have spent most of their lives in the palace choose to spend their later years in the palace.

They also saw clearly that the emperor's heart was now entirely on Guaerjia Wenyuan.

In the palace, except for the more senior palace maids such as Hua Guiren, Qi Fei, Jing Fei, Duan Fei and Xin Chang, everyone else seemed to become insignificant.

Guaerjia Wenyuan whispered in the emperor's ear, and Princess Wenyi's fate changed accordingly. She was recorded under the name of Concubine Jing.

She always had an inexplicable aversion to Concubine Duan, and always felt that there was a deep scheming hidden beneath her appearance.

Not long after, news came from the palace that Concubine Duan was seriously ill, and then the news of her death followed.

The emperor still conferred the title of Pure and Virtuous Imperial Noble Consort on her and buried her with the ceremony of an Imperial Noble Consort.

Several of his brothers in the court have been entrusted with important tasks by the emperor, so he doesn't care about his harem affairs.

During this period, ships were built, muskets were improved, and even the red cannons from the Ming Dynasty were improved.

In order to consolidate the stability of the country, the emperor took a series of measures.

He gathered talents from all over the country and effectively reduced the outside voices calling for anti-Qing and restoration of the Ming Dynasty.

At the same time, he also paid special attention to retired veterans, issuing imperial decrees requiring merchants to give priority to these veterans when recruiting and promising to give them certain rewards. The court would also regularly inspect the implementation of these policies.

Just like this, the imperial treasury was short of money again.

Fortunately, the cement recipe that Guwalja Emin presented was used to produce cement, and now the entire capital city is paved with solid cement roads.

In order to further promote the prosperity of the country, the court planned to send personnel to various places to build national highways.

As the old Han Chinese saying goes: "If you want to get rich, build roads first."

Today, after Yongzheng arranged the affairs of state in order, he decided to quietly leave the palace with Guarjia Wenyuan to enjoy a moment of peace.

They both changed into men's clothes to avoid attracting attention, and their followers Su Peisheng and Jingtai, who was dressed as a man, followed closely behind.

Yongzheng walked side by side with Guarjia Wenyuan and pointed at the newly built road and said, "Yuan'er, look, this is the road paved with cement made with the recipe your father provided. What do you think?"

Guarjia Wenyuan naturally knew the origin of this road. She jumped lightly on the ground a few times and praised it, "Well, it's really strong. Now the street has become much cleaner and tidier."

When they passed a stall selling eggs, the owner, a little old man, greeted them warmly, "Uncle, would you like to buy some eggs? These are free-range eggs, they're delicious, 6 taels each."

When Guarjia Wenyuan heard the price, he was so surprised that his eyes widened.

Although she no longer managed the affairs of the palace, Concubine Jing and others would still let her review the palace accounts.

The price of eggs in the palace was 10 taels of silver each, and she always thought that this was the price of eggs.

She hurriedly pulled the emperor aside and whispered in his ear, "Your Majesty, eggs in the palace cost ten taels of silver each. Are we being taken advantage of?"

When the emperor heard this, his face turned gloomy, but he still walked up to the old man and forced a smile: "Old man, I want all your eggs. Can you give me a discount?"

When the old man heard this, a look of joy appeared on his face: "Okay, uncle, I'll give you 5 coins each."

The emperor glanced at Su Peisheng, who immediately took out the money and handed it to the old man. The old man also gave them the basket of eggs.

The emperor was no longer in the mood to continue shopping. He found a deserted place and summoned his secret guards in front of Guarjia Wenyuan.

He directly ordered Xia Qi to investigate the matter, and Xia Qi quickly withdrew after receiving the order.

Yongzheng hurriedly returned to the palace with Guaerjia Wenyuan. Guaerjia Wenyuan also understood that the emperor had important matters to deal with at the moment, so she did not argue too much and went straight back to Yongshou Palace.

The matter was quickly resolved because these acts of corruption were carried out openly and were not difficult to verify.