Dressing as Ziwei makes the Qing Dynasty more powerful

"Ziwei, are you okay? Did the Queen do anything to you? Are you feeling unwell?" Fu Erkang squatted down and was about to hug her.

Yao Lu quickly stood up and dodged. Fu Erkang was so ugly. She would be Xia Ziwei in the future, but forget about Fu Erkang as her husband. She couldn't bring herself to eat him.

"Ziwei, Ziwei, are you hurt?" Xiaoyanzi ran in and hugged Ziwei tightly, making her almost unable to breathe.

Before she could break free, Xiaoyanzi jumped three feet away, covering her mouth and nose and exclaiming, "Ziwei, why do you stink so much?"

Yongqi swallowed the words of concern he was about to say, quietly left the Zen room, and stood at the door looking inside.

Falcon was staring at his hands blankly, how could Ziwei dodge?

Ziwei couldn't wait to take a shower and didn't want to bother with them anymore. She walked outside and said, "Xiaoyanzi, the weather is hot. I need to go back and take a shower and change clothes. Let's go back to Shufangzhai quickly!"

"Ah - okay, let's go back to Shufangzhai." Xiaoyanzi looked at her neat movements and didn't think too much about it. She happily followed her out.

Yongqi looked at Fu Erkang in confusion, "Didn't you say that Ziwei was mistreated by the Queen? She looks fine now. Were you dazzled last night?"

Fu Erkang was also full of doubts, but he felt relieved when he thought that she was fine. He patted Yongqi on the shoulder and followed her.

Ziwei saw from afar a middle-aged man in a bright yellow dragon robe standing in the yard, wondering what he was thinking about. The woman next to him, with her hair adorned with pearls and jade and dressed in gorgeous brocade clothes, should be the famous Empress Dowager Nara. She had a stern face and exuded a stubborn aura from her whole body.

She did not approach, but stopped three meters away from Qianlong and the others, then saluted them according to the original owner's memory, "Your servant Xia Ziwei greets the Emperor and the Empress."

"Ziwei, tell me honestly, has the Queen abused you? Are you hurt?" Qianlong had a good impression of Ziwei. She was multi-talented and her chess skills were even better than his, which was rare.

The Queen straightened her body and stared at Ziwei secretly. Even Rong Mama's palms were sweating and she screamed in her heart that it was all over.

Seeing them like this, Ziwei smiled slightly, "Your Majesty, the Empress is not targeting Ziwei. It's just that Ziwei's mother passed away just over half a year ago. I heard that the Empress has a small Buddhist temple, so I asked the Empress for the use of it for one night. It's all Ziwei's fault. I was so focused on the rare opportunity that I forgot to notify Princess Huanzhu. I made everyone worry about me. I'm sorry!"

She bent down 90 degrees towards the group, then said to the Queen with a look of panic, "Your Majesty, it's all Ziwei's fault. You've been misunderstood by everyone. If you're unhappy, punish me!"

The Queen's tense face was chapped. She had witnessed Rong Mama's torture with acupuncture last night, and now, apart from looking disheveled, she looked normal. And she actually spoke up for herself. What did she mean by that?

She curled her lips and said dryly, "You are a filial girl. Why should I punish you? I wish you would come to Kunning Palace more often in the future!"

The stiffness on her face made her smile look forced, and Ziwei couldn't bear to look at her. No wonder Empress Nara was not favored. Whether it was official history or unofficial history, it was a tragedy.

Xiaoyanzi looked back and forth suspiciously, and cried out in disbelief, "Ziwei, did the Queen really not do anything to you? Don't be afraid, the Emperor will take care of it for you."

Falcon looked at Ziwei tenderly. The person he loved was kind. Even in such a situation, she still spoke for the vicious queen. He felt even more distressed in his heart.

"Ziwei, you don't have to worry about anything. If you're hurt, just tell us boldly. We will all help you."

Yongqi kept nodding his head, and even Qianlong looked as if it was a matter of course.

Ziwei frowned. How much did they want to start a war with the Queen? But she didn't want to be like the original owner.

"Thank you for your care, Empress. Ziwei will be here to serve you again! Xiaoyanzi, let's hurry back to Shufangzhai. I'm in such a mess right now."

The stench all over her body almost made her faint. These people really have no sense of propriety.

Qianlong frowned at her discomfiture and said, "Well, since Ziwei is fine, you should all apologize to the Queen and then hurry back to Shufangzhai."

Xiaoyanzi, who rarely looked at the Queen differently, bowed to her, patted her chest and said with a smile, "Xiaoyanzi thanks the Queen for helping Ziwei. If you need Xiaoyanzi for anything in the future, just let me know. Xiaoyanzi will be there at your beck and call."

As she said that, she pulled Ziwei up and ran. She was so fast that she staggered and almost fell. Fortunately, a burst of strength came out of her body, allowing her to easily keep up with Xiaoyanzi's pace.

Yongqi and Fu Erkang followed Qianlong with their heads down, not daring to look at his eyes.

"Empress, you did a good job this time. You should be more kind to children. I will come for dinner and call Little Twelve to join you." Qianlong smiled at the empress and left without looking back.

The Queen looked at that long-lost smile, her eyes slightly moistened. "Madam Rong, the Emperor smiled at me. Did you see that? He smiled at me and even said he would come over for dinner tonight."

"I heard it, Your Majesty. I will go prepare dinner right away." Rong Mama said excitedly.

The queen stood in the yard, looking at the gate of Kunning Palace in silence.

In the Qianqing Palace.

"Falcon, you are so bold!"

Qianlong grabbed a memorial and threw it at the kneeling Fu Erkang. The hard corner of the memorial pierced his forehead and made him bleed. Fu Erkang lowered his head and dared not make a sound.

"Who gave you the guts to sneak into Kunning Palace at night? How could you, a royal guard, not know when the palace was locked? Who allowed you to stay in the harem so late at night?"

Yongqi knelt down quickly and said, "Father Emperor, Erkang only saw that Xiaoyanzi was worried about Ziwei. The Empress Dowager has never liked Xiaoyanzi, so he took the risk and went to Kunning Palace at night."

"Yongqi, you're so bold! Someone, take the Fifth Prince and Fu Erkang out and give them twenty lashes. If you dare to do something like this again, watch out for your heads!"

Qianlong snorted coldly, looking at Yongqi with a questioning look in his eyes, "Hit hard! If anyone dares to let go, I'll kill you!"

The guards in the palace were all very experienced. Some injuries looked serious, but were actually just superficial wounds with no internal injuries. Other injuries were invisible on the outside, but were very serious internal injuries.

Now that the emperor has spoken, they dare not do anything. However, the fifth prince has always been the most favored. If the emperor regrets his decision later, he will definitely cause trouble for them.

Several people looked at each other, raised the wooden boards and started hitting them one by one.