Dressing as Ziwei makes the Qing Dynasty more powerful

"Sir, Miss, please have mercy on us! We are really starving to death. If you are willing to save us, we will obey you from now on. Let us walk the dog and we will never chase the chickens away."

Bang bang bang, several people kowtowed hard, and their foreheads soon became red and swollen.

Fu Kang'an whispered their words to Ziwei, who was furious. The smallpox outbreak, which had occurred a month earlier, hadn't been reported for so long. Jihua Town had been a living hell for the past month. [Nothing like this happened during the Qianlong Emperor's reign. However, during the war between the Junggars and the Qing, a smallpox outbreak occurred in their military camps, and Qianlong easily defeated the Junggars.]

Ziwei took out some dry food from the package and gave it to them. Watching them wolf it down, she spoke, "We're going to Jihua Town. Do you want to go back?"

Several people shook their heads without hesitation, "You'd better not go there. Everyone there must be infected with smallpox by now. Don't go there to seek death."

It seems that these hooligans are not unforgivable criminals. Ziwei used her mental power to detect them and found nothing wrong with them, so she asked Fukangan to give them a few taels of silver and send them away.

"Ziwei, it'll take a few days to reach Jihua Town. These people must have suffered a lot to get here. Do you want to get some sleep before setting off?"

Ziwei shook her head and said softly, "If only we were already in the Foundation Establishment Stage, we would be able to fly on swords and get there quickly." There was a hint of regret and longing in her eyes.

However, since she had practiced for a shorter time, and Fu Kang'an even less so, they were still a long way from the foundation-building stage.

She had never experienced anything so cruel, not even the SARS epidemic or the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic. She had always followed her superiors' instructions, diligently taking protective measures and getting vaccinated. But today's poor communications, substandard medical care, and the deliberate concealment of information by some officials led to this tragedy. She was determined to make those unscrupulous officials pay the price.

Fukang'an looked at the fierceness and sorrow that could not be erased from Ziwei's brows, and his heart was filled with heartache.

He gently comforted her, "Ziwei, this is not your fault. You took on this task as soon as you learned the news. Those people are the ones who are really wrong. It won't be too late to punish those guilty people after the smallpox incident is over." He hoped to ease Ziwei's inner burden and let her no longer be troubled by pain and worries.

Ziwei nodded and said, "I won't punish myself for the mistakes of others. Fukang'an, let's go quickly. We have to find the cowpox there."

"Cowpox? What do you want with that?"

"Get on the horse, I'll tell you on the way."

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In the palace, after Li Yu and Rong Mama washed the dirt off their bodies, their suddenly younger faces shocked the palace maids and eunuchs in Kunning Palace and the Imperial Study. The shock was much stronger than the changes in Emperor Qianlong and the Empress. After all, not everyone dared to look up at the faces of Emperor Qianlong and the Empress.

Qianlong looked at the man who took out a palm-sized mirror from his sleeve to look at himself whenever he had time with amusement, and said unhappily, "Are you satisfied now? Be smart next time, or I'll let Ziwei age you twenty years."

Li Yu touched his clean, beardless chin sheepishly and chuckled, "The princess only gave me this honor out of respect for the emperor. I will definitely serve you well in the future."

"Hmph, how can it be your turn to serve? I see that kid Fu Kang'an is quite interested in Ziwei. They say a daughter is her father's little cotton-padded jacket from his previous life. Although my little cotton-padded jacket didn't grow up by my side, I also hope that she can have someone to accompany her in the future, and that there can be a man who can truly treat her well."

"Looking at the entire capital, which family has a better family tradition than the Fucha family? Their family's ancestral precept of not allowing concubines alone is enough to make them stand out from other large families. I watched Fu Kang'an grow up under my watch. Although he has a cold temperament, he is very responsible. If he were not in the capital, I am afraid that all the people who came to propose marriage would have trampled down the door of their house. I have to reserve such a person for Ziwei first. My daughter, if she wants to marry, she can marry. If she doesn't want to marry, I can also support her."

"I didn't know Your Majesty would consider this so far ahead. I was wondering why you couldn't wait to match Ziwei with Fukang'an after she just came back. The late Queen's family has a good tradition. If Ziwei knew you were thinking about her like this, she would definitely be very grateful."

The Queen came in from outside, holding Rong Mama's hand, and looked at Li Yu beside her with a smile. As expected, Ziwei was cautious in her actions.

Li Yu looked at Rong Mama's youthful appearance in surprise. This was much more beautiful than a face full of wrinkles. Suddenly, he thought of something and turned to look at Qianlong. "Your Majesty, this change in me is actually due to General Fucha."

This sentence immediately froze the smiles on the emperor and empress's faces. The empress was fine, but Qianlong's expression kept changing.

Seeing this, the Queen asked Li Yu and the others to leave. When only the couple were left in the room, she whispered, "What is the Emperor worried about?"

Qianlong sighed. He had originally thought that Ziwei was the only one in the world who could perform magical arts. And she wasn't just a woman, she was his biological daughter. And now Fu Kang'an was also a member of the immortal path. Although the Fucha family had always been loyal, now that Fu Kang'an had such abilities, would he still be willing to serve as a subject in the future?

What was wrong with this world? Was their ability a blessing or a curse? Was the Qing dynasty about to be destroyed in his hands? How would he face his ancestors in the future?

"Your Majesty, I don't know what you're worried about, but Ziwei is kind and innocent, not someone who clings to power. The Fucha family has always been loyal and would never do anything that would harm the country."

Qianlong patted her hand and said, "I know." So what if he knew? Even though he was the ruler of the Qing Dynasty, he was powerless in the face of those immortals. If such a day really came, what would he do?

Li Yu's voice came from outside the door, "Your Majesty, Princess Huanzhu said she also wants to leave the palace to see the Fifth Prince's new palace."

"Let her go. Don't bother me with such things." How could he have forgotten about Xiaoyanzi? It seems that he has to marry her off quickly. Otherwise, if she offends the queen one day, he will regret it.

"When does the Emperor want to hold her wedding?"

Qianlong buried his face in her neck and said tiredly, "Let's wait until the Tibetan chieftain leaves. After all, it's not good to rush into this with the title of imperial princess."