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The news of the promotion of the six palaces had spread in the palace a long time ago. By this month, Kangxi had completely dealt with the tail of the Three Feudatories Rebellion, and this matter was put on the agenda.

But no one knew how this promotion was promoted.

The concubines began to move around, some to build relationships, some to inquire about information, and some to start with favors and send soup and water to the Yangxin Palace three times a day, all hoping to get some benefits from this promotion of the six palaces.

After all, Kangxi has never been generous with the positions of the concubines in the harem. The last time he promoted the concubines was in the 16th year of Kangxi. In the past four years, except for the new concubines who entered the palace, the positions of the old ones have basically not been changed.

So Xianfu Palace became the focus of information search.

For example, Yipin and Huipin went to Xianfu Palace several times. Although Wenshan was not favored, she was close to the Empress Dowager. Kangxi would definitely discuss this matter of the promotion of the six palaces with the Empress Dowager, so they came to ask Wenshan for some information.

Wen Shan fell silent as she looked at the box of pearls sent by Yipin, the two gold hairpins sent by Huipin, and the scattered gifts sent by other concubines.

The Empress Dowager really didn't tell her anything, but she knew the result of Kangxi's 20th year of the reign of the emperor.

The most important thing was that four concubines were made concubines, Niuhuru was made a noble concubine, and Tong Jia was promoted to imperial noble concubine.

But she couldn't tell them, because if she told them, Kangxi would have to target her.

So Wen Shan sighed and said goodbye to those beautiful and exquisite jewels reluctantly, and had them all returned.

Yinsi looked at his mother's distressed expression and ran up to comfort her: "Don't be sad, mother. When Yinsi grows up, I will give you more jewels."

"You know how to give gifts to girls at such a young age?" Wen Shan pinched his little face gently and said with a smile.

"Not for others, only for mother."

Wen Shan was coaxed into a state of great joy, and Yinsi took advantage of the situation and asked Wen Shan to promise to make him his favorite asparagus and minced meat egg custard in the evening.

As soon as Wen Shan hurried to the small kitchen to make dinner, Yinsi ordered Baoquan to close the palace gate of Xianfu Palace.

"Eighth Prince, it's only 3:00 p.m. now, isn't it a bit too early?"

Baoquan looked at the sun that had not yet set and felt helpless. How could the palace gate be closed at this time

? "Just do it when I tell you to do it." Yinsi sat cross-legged on the couch. He was small but his eyes were steady. Although his tone was calm, there was an unquestionable sense of oppression, which was completely different from the way he acted like a spoiled child with Wen Shan just now.

Baoquan suddenly felt a little cold sweat coming out, and hurriedly responded to close the palace gate.

The palace people in the entire Xianfu Palace knew that Concubine Xuan loved the Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince the most. Just do whatever these two said, and Concubine Xuan would never blame them.

Yinsi took out a snack from the small bag Wenshan made for him and ate it slowly, thinking that no one would come to snatch their food today!

These concubines came one by one at mealtime as if they had made an appointment. Not only did they come to eat for free, but they also took the snacks and ate them, which made them not eat the snacks made by their mother for several days.

Yinzhen, who was reading a book on the side, glanced over and praised his younger brother's behavior, then took a biscuit from Yinsi's pocket and ate it.

Yinsi looked at him accusingly and hid the bag behind him.

"I heard that the emperor has decided that the ceremony of conferring the six palaces will be held on the 25th of this month." Yinzhen chatted with Yinsi. He knew that his younger brother was smarter than ordinary children, so it was nothing to tell him these things.

Yinsi naturally knew the result of this conferment, so he was not interested. It was just a step-by-step promotion.

It was just different from the previous life. Concubine Tongjia was under house arrest, and my mother was raising two princes. I don’t know if Concubine Tongjia would be promoted to Imperial Concubine. My mother’s promotion in the previous life had nothing to do with her, and I don’t know what it would be like this time.

So Yinsi just said "oh" and then lowered his head to fiddle with the nine-linked ring.

Yinzhen looked at it for a few seconds and said: "I guess the edict will come down in a few days, and the ladies in the palaces will no longer come to Xianfu Palace."

Yinsi paused in fiddling with the nine-linked ring, raised his head and looked at Yinzhen in disbelief.

He thought that the fourth brother was just chatting with him, but he didn't expect that he thought he was tired of the exchanges between the concubines in the palaces, so he came to comfort him that he would be fine in a few days.

He said that the fourth brother never liked to gossip about these palace affairs, so why did he suddenly mention them to him today.

Yinsi silently took out his snack bag again.

Yinzhen laughed and took away half of it without any hesitation.

Yinsi: "......!"

Ah ah ah ah, there are robbers!

When Wen Shan came in, she saw Yinsi and Yinzhen fighting on the couch. Yinsi was lying on top of Yinzhen to grab his hand. Yinzhen seemed to be holding something high in his hand. The two brothers rolled over and over, and Yinsi also took a pillow as a weapon.

"Give it back to me!"

Yinsi puffed his cheeks and glared at him. When he saw Wen Shan coming in, he immediately turned the gun around and ran into Wen Shan's arms.

"Mother, my brother stole my things!"

Yinzhen sat up and stretched out his hand, which contained a few snacks she made for Yinsi.

"Stingy guy, can't you give my brother two pieces?" Wen Shan smiled and tapped Yinsi's little nose.

Yinsi felt wronged: "He stole it!"

Yinzhen also quickly admitted his mistake: "Mother, my brother and I were just joking."

Then he returned the snacks to Yinsi.

Yinsi snorted and didn't want them anymore.

Wen Shan looked at Yinsi's temper and said to Yinzhen: "If you want to eat, you can ask your brother or mother. If you make your brother cry like this again, you can comfort him yourself."

Yinsi thought to himself that he would not cry, how could he be so childish.

Then he changed his mind and thought that his behavior just now seemed very childish...

It was all because of this body!

How could he be mature and stable after being a baby for so long!

As a result, at this juncture, a major event happened in the previous dynasty.

The two powerful ministers of the Kangxi Dynasty, Suo Etu and Mingzhu, tore their faces in front of the emperor.

The cause of the incident was that Wu Sangui's rebellion was the fuse. At first, Wu Sangui wrote a letter to test whether Kangxi intended to reduce the power of the vassal and asked to move back to his hometown. At that time, the court was divided into two factions. Suo Etu advocated that Wu Sangui was cunning and this move was only to test the court. Once the court agreed, he would immediately rebel, while Mingzhu advocated taking this opportunity to agree to Wu Sangui's migration and completely solve the chaos of the vassal kings.

In the end, Kangxi adopted the advice of Mingzhu and others, and the result was just as Suo'etu said, Wu Sangui started a rebellion.

When the Three Feudatories Rebellion just started, Suo'etu directly wrote a letter saying that those who advocated Wu Sangui's relocation should be beheaded, but Kangxi suppressed the matter and issued a special edict to show that the decision to withdraw the feudal system was his, and had nothing to do with Mingzhu and others. Moreover, how could he shift the blame to his subjects?

How could the court kill the pro-war officials at this time when the war with Wu Sangui had already started, especially when Mingzhu was the Minister of War at that time?

But from then on, Suo'etu and Mingzhu had been tripping each other up, both openly and secretly. The prince was born by Empress Hesheli, so Soetu naturally supported the prince. Mingzhu and Suo'etu were like water and fire, so they naturally did not want the prince to ascend the throne. If the prince ascended the throne, the first unlucky one would be their Yehenara family. So Mingzhu looked around and chose the eldest prince Yinzhen.

Although the eldest prince's mother's family was not prominent, he was the eldest son. Moreover, the eldest prince was born with a handsome appearance, was gentle and polite, and was deeply loved by Kangxi since he was a child. He was often taken around by Kangxi. Mingzhu's choice to bet on the eldest prince was not considered desperate.

In this way, the conflict between the two became even more intense.

The Three Feudatories Rebellion was completely over. After Mingzhu and Suo'etu both made great contributions and were rewarded, everyone set their sights on the promotion of the harem.

As the princes gradually grew up, the court and the harem were inseparable. Soetu hoped that the prince's position would be stable and he didn't want to see a new queen appointed. Mingzhu also hoped that Huipin would go a step further and let the eldest prince rely on his mother's nobility while a new queen would take the throne to completely muddy the waters.

So Soetu and Niuhuru stood together, while Mingzhu and Tongjia became the same front.

Both sides made their own moves and fought lively. In the eyes of some officials who couldn't see the situation clearly, it was an inexplicable court melee. Today, the officials of Tongjia sued Niuhuru's family for killing people in the street and occupying civilian land. Tomorrow, Mingzhu wrote to Soetu for forming a clique for personal gain and embezzling bribes.

Even Wenshan in the harem had eaten a lot of melons.

Niuhuru was very angry, and Concubine Tongjia was confined to her house again. She had no place to vent her anger. Huipin happened to bump into her arrogantly and the two of them quarreled again.

It just so happened that no one came to Xianfu Palace to ask her for information, and Yinzhen and Yinsi also felt much more comfortable. They also felt a little irritated by so many people coming and going in the palace every day.

In their eyes, Xianfu Palace was the cleanest and most peaceful place in the Forbidden City. They were a warm family in this palace, and no one could come to destroy this leisurely and happy life.

Kangxi was also a little annoyed by the mutual biting between the previous dynasty and the harem, and the frequency of coming to Xianfu Palace was obviously much higher these days.

"Yinsi has grown taller again." Kangxi hugged Yinsi and said with a smile.

Wen Shan sat on one side and looked at the deep affection between Kangxi and Yinsi and smiled and said: "Children are different every day. I heard from the maids that children of Yinsi's age grow the fastest."

Yinsi now treats Kangxi very methodically. He knows what kind of children the emperor likes and can pretend to be like that. He treats him well to please the emperor and treats his mother and fourth brother well.

Kangxi found Yinsi's small bag interesting and fiddled with it: "What's in it?"

"It's something delicious that my mother made for me." Yinsi answered in a baby voice.

"Yinsi is growing teeth recently and likes to chew things, so I made some snacks for him." Wenshan explained.

Zhenzhu also said on the side: "Eighth Prince likes it very much, and Fourth Prince won't give it to him even if he wants it."

Kangxi raised his eyebrows: "Oh, really? Then can Yinsi give a piece to the emperor?"

Wenshan was speechless. It's really...

If I don't give it to you, you will be unhappy.

Unexpectedly, Yinsi, who always protects this place like anything, took out a piece without saying a word: "This is the biggest one, give it to the emperor!"

As long as he doesn't come to look for it, who knows if it is the biggest one.

As expected, Kangxi was coaxed to smile and praised Yinsi for being filial and sensible.

Kangxi held Yinsi in his arms and fed him a piece of honeydew melon: "Yinzhen has made great progress in his studies recently. The prince told me yesterday that Yinzhen is much more sensible now, respecting his elder brother and caring for his younger brother. It's all your credit."

Yinsi thought that it was obviously the credit of his mother's snacks. His mother's cooking skills were well-known in the palace. She often made some for his fourth brother to take to the Shangshufang. As a result, everyone from the prince to the fifth prince pestered his fourth brother to take more.

As the saying goes, a man who eats someone's food should be grateful, so naturally he had to say something good about his fourth brother.

As he was talking, Yinzhen came back from school. When he left the Shangshufang today, Yinzhen didn't see Wenshan coming to pick him up, so he had a guess in his mind. When he entered Xianfu Palace and saw the guards at the door, he confirmed that it was the emperor who came to Xianfu Palace, so his mother couldn't leave.

Yinzhen came into the room and greeted. Kangxi was in a good mood because of Yinsi's coaxing, so he called him to sit next to him.

"What did the master teach today?"

Yinzhen answered the content of today's class in a serious manner, and Kangxi nodded.

"Not bad, you are working hard."

"The prince can already memorize these at your age, you should learn more from your second brother."

Yinzhen replied yes, Yinsi rolled his eyes and pestered Kangxi to ask him to tell him what the article that the fourth brother just mentioned meant.

Kangxi touched his head and looked at Yinzhen: "Yinzhen, tell your eighth brother about it."

Yinsi had heard Yinzhen recite this article a few days ago, so it was natural for him to explain the meaning of the text word by word.

After Yinzhen finished speaking, Kangxi showed a satisfied look.

"It's really good to keep Yinzhen here with you." Kangxi looked at Wenshan, "He has made a lot of progress in just a few months."

"This is all because Yinzhen studies hard day and night." Wenshan couldn't stand the suffocating atmosphere of checking homework, and hurriedly said: "The dishes in the small kitchen are ready, let's eat."

Kangxi also missed Wenshan's cooking skills. Speaking of which, his Concubine Xuan was really a blockhead. Since the last time she sent food because of Yinzhen's matter, she has never been to the Yangxin Palace again. If he wants to eat something, he has to run to the Xianfu Palace by himself.

At first, Kangxi was still sulking for a while, thinking that he would temper Concubine Xuan's temper and let her know what it means to regard her husband as the heaven and what it means to be a concubine. Therefore, he deliberately ignored Concubine Xuan for more than two months. All the concubines in the harem saw that the emperor was looking at Concubine Xuan with disdain, and even the Empress Dowager asked him about this matter specifically, but Concubine Xuan was neither arrogant nor impatient, and did what she had to do and didn't take it seriously at all.

This one-sided cold war made Kangxi even more angry.

In the end, he went to Xianfu Palace first to end this inexplicable anger.

Kangxi was still at a loss. Wen Shan never made any mistakes in etiquette. She served the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager and raised the princes very attentively. She was not jealous and did not make trouble. He could not punish her for not paying attention to him and not sending food to the Yangxin Palace, right? He

could only deliberately torment her during the night, which made Wen Shan doubt her life every time. Isn't it said that ancient people were conservative? This is more open than she, a modern person!

Wen Shan herself did not realize that Kangxi was giving her a cold shoulder. Kangxi did not like her, and during that period, Niu Hulu and Huipin were competing for favors fiercely. It was normal not to turn her card for a month or two. If Kangxi didn't come, she would have time to spend more time with her two sons.

Afterwards, Kangxi thought about it, thinking that maybe Wenshan had given up because he didn't agree last time. He had to find an opportunity for her to ask again. If he agreed this time, wouldn't it be enough? Then Concubine Xuan would know how to serve.

So during the meal, Kangxi specifically mentioned the matter of conferring titles on the six palaces.

"Now that the Three Feudatories Rebellion has been quelled, the harem should also be promoted." Kangxi glanced at Yinzhen on the side, "The imperial concubine has been in the palace for many years, and she just lost a child, so her rank should be promoted. In this way, the positions of the two imperial concubines are left vacant." Kangxi

was worried that Wenshan, who was a blockhead, would not understand, so he pointed it out to her.

"I know you are inevitably aggrieved. Tell me if you want anything."

Yinsi and Yinzhen looked up at the same time, both of them were a little surprised that the emperor had told my mother that Concubine Tong Jia was going to be promoted to Imperial Concubine or Empress, and the emperor's implication was that as long as my mother asked, she could be promoted to Concubine.

Wenshan didn't feel surprised when she heard Kangxi's words. She had known for a long time that Concubine Tong Jia was going to be

promoted to Imperial Concubine this time, so she looked up a little confused. Why should Concubine Tong Jia be aggrieved by her promotion?

On second thought, Tong Jia had just been reprimanded for treating Yinzhen harshly, and now she was promoted to Imperial Concubine in just a few months. It seemed that she should be a little unhappy that Yinzhen was raised by her.

Kangxi almost wrote on his face that he wanted to be promoted too. He thought in his heart that it was not impossible to promote Concubine Xuan to Imperial Concubine. Tong Jia was Imperial Concubine, and Concubine Xuan and Niu Hulu were Imperial Concubines, which was also a balance.

Moreover, Concubine Xuan was born here and now raised two princes, so it was reasonable to make her a Imperial Concubine.

Wen Shan blinked and thought for a while, then she put down her bowl and chopsticks,

stood up and bowed deeply to Kangxi. Kangxi raised the corners of his lips, finally waiting for Concubine Xuan to ask him something.

"Wei Ying has made great contributions in giving birth to the eighth prince, but now she is only a promise. I would like to ask the emperor to promote Wei Ying's position this time."

Wen Shan looked up and said sincerely.

"..."

Kangxi was so angry that he laughed out of anger. It seemed that she had asked, but why was she asking for someone else?

Yinsi was moved to tears. His mother was really the kindest and gentlest person in the world!

Kangxi calmed down and said lightly: "I know, you get up first."

Did she agree or not?

Wen Shan was a little confused. After this incident, Kangxi's attitude changed from before to become cold again. He left after lunch.

Wen Shan was puzzled and asked Zhenzhu: "How did I offend the emperor?"

Zhenzhu was also confused: "I don't know why the emperor suddenly got angry."

After all, Yinzhen was still a three or four-year-old child. Although he was precocious and vaguely understood something, he couldn't tell the reason. Yinsi shook his head and sighed silently beside him. Isn't this obvious?

Obviously, the emperor wanted to see the mother act coquettishly and win favor as a husband, but failed.

The mother's personality basically said goodbye to the path of a favorite concubine. It's better to wait for him and the fourth brother to grow up and let the mother become the queen mother directly. It's

much more comfortable than pleasing the emperor.

At noon the next day, Su Malagu suddenly came to Xianfu Palace and said that the Empress Dowager invited Wen Shan to go to Cining Palace.

Wen Shan simply packed up and followed Su Malagu out, and asked what was going on on the way.

Su Malagu smiled and said: "It's a happy event. The emperor wants to find a consort for the eldest princess. This is a matter of the inner palace, so the Empress Dowager invited all the ladies to discuss it together."

Wen Shan remembered that she seemed to have heard of this before. At that time, the candidate for the consort was her nephew from her mother's family, and of course, the Empress Dowager's mother's family, the Borjigit clan of Khorchin.

But there was no movement on this matter afterwards, as if it was temporarily shelved. I didn't expect it to be picked up again today.

As soon as Wen Shan entered the Cining Palace, she found that she was the last one to arrive. Niu Hulu, Huipin, Yipin, Rongpin, Duanpin, and Ping Guiren had all arrived.

Niu Hulu sat in the front, and there was an empty seat opposite her, which should be reserved for Wen Shan.

Wen Shan asked how she was, and the remaining concubines also saluted her according to their ranks. What was rare today was that Niu Hulu also saluted her with a flat salute for the first time.

Both of them were concubines, but Wen Shan had a title, so she should be more honorable than Niu Hulu. However, everyone in the palace knew that Niu Hulu was only a concubine because she had just entered the palace, and there would be more titles in the future. Moreover, Niu Hulu was now in charge of the harem. If the two of them were equal, Wen Shan and Niu Hulu would be equal.

However, Niu Hulu was always proud, and she only nodded when they met, and never bowed to her. Wen Shan didn't care about these and just let it go.

Wen Shan was flattered and returned the greeting, thinking that the Empress Dowager had a big face, and Niu Hulu was much more honest in front of the Empress Dowager.

"Hurry up and sit down." The Empress Dowager smiled and looked at Wen Shan: "You are the last one to come, and we have all drunk a round of tea."

"That's my fault, I will apologize to the sisters in the palace later." Wen Shan sat down and made a joke.

The Empress Dowager didn't really blame her, she was just teasing her, and she laughed it off.

Huipin curled her lips below. The Grand Empress Dowager really loved Concubine Xuan.

"I asked you to come here today for the marriage of Chunxi. Chunxi will be eleven next year. It's time to make plans. It will take several years to find a son-in-law, prepare the dowry and the princess's mansion." "

The emperor means to choose a good and brave boy for Chunxi. It's better to leave two years for them to get to know each other first. It's also necessary to hold this wedding in a grand manner so that Chunxi can marry decently."

Everyone present knew that Kangxi loved the eldest princess and said some nice words to please her, especially at this critical time of promotion. Everyone present was

a smart person. When they heard the Grand Empress Dowager mention the eldest princess's marriage, they knew that if they did their best for the eldest princess, the emperor and the Grand Empress Dowager would naturally remember their kindness.

"Don't worry, ancestor. I and my sisters will do our best to make the eldest princess's marriage dignified and decent." Niu Hulu was the first to stand up. After all, she was now the one who had the final say in the harem.

The Grand Empress Dowager nodded: "Now that you are in charge of the six palaces, you will naturally have to worry more."

Niu Hulu was delighted. The eldest princess's marriage would take at least three or four years to prepare. Could it be that the Grand Empress Dowager meant that after this promotion, she would be the real master of the harem?

The Grand Empress Dowager looked at the different expressions of the people below and smiled slightly and continued: "Chunxi is the only one of the emperor's many children who is getting married, so she should be more important, so she called you all to come here. The noble concubine is concentrating on worshiping Buddha, so don't bother her with these mundane matters. Depin is getting pregnant, so she doesn't have to worry about it."

Huipin continued: "The Grand Empress Dowager is thoughtful. We have all watched the eldest princess grow up, so we will do our best."

Wen Shan was drinking tea and slacking off. She was careless and impatient, so she couldn't do such trivial and troublesome things as preparing dowry. Fortunately, everyone was very motivated and it shouldn't be her turn to work.

The Empress Dowager made the concubines present confused with a few words, and they all went back happily with their errands.

Wen Shan's task was to talk to the eldest princess more often, after all, the eldest princess would marry to Khorchin, her natal family.

This task was not difficult and suitable for Wen Shan, and it was obvious that the Empress Dowager had arranged it for her.

After everyone left, Wen Shan stayed, and the Empress Dowager glanced at her: "You came empty-handed?"

"How could that be possible." Wen Shan waved to Amber outside the door, and Amber came in from behind the door with a food box.

"I know that it's time for the old ancestor to have lunch, so I made your favorite crab meat lion head, crystal braised pork and dry-fried winter bamboo shoots, as well as the lotus root and pork ribs soup that has been stewed for more than two hours." The

Empress Dowager liked to eat meat, and only the vegetarian dishes made by Wen Shan could make her eat a few bites. Wen Shan thought that the Empress Dowager needed a balanced diet at her age, so she usually mixed in a vegetarian dish for the Empress Dowager to eat.

The Empress Dowager had taken the Fifth Prince to worship Buddha outside the palace in recent days, so only Wen Shan and the Grand Empress Dowager had dinner today, with Su Malagu sitting beside them.

"What did you do yesterday?" The Empress Dowager tasted a piece of crystal braised pork and narrowed her eyes in satisfaction, then glanced at Wen Shan beside her.

"Ah?"

Wen Shan was confused: "I didn't do anything yesterday."

I accompanied Yinzhen and Yinsi to make Cuju, cooked delicious food, and even prepared a lunch for Kangxi, although Kangxi was not very happy when he left.

Thinking of this, Wen Shan suddenly realized: "You mean the emperor was angry yesterday?"

"Don't you know?" Su Malagu scooped a bowl of pork rib soup for the Empress Dowager. The Empress Dowager said with a smile: "You, you, how did you offend the emperor again?"

"It's unfair, I really didn't do anything." Wen Shan thought for a while and said tentatively: "I asked for a title for Wei Ying, it shouldn't be for this, right?"

Wei Ying gave birth to a prince and should have been promoted according to convention, but it happened that Concubine Tong Jia had a miscarriage at that time, so Kangxi didn't care and put it aside.

The Grand Empress Dowager also felt that it had nothing to do with this, as Wei was originally on the list of conferred titles.

On the contrary, it was the Emperor who came angrily yesterday and crossed out Wen Shan's original position of Imperial Concubine.

The Emperor came here specially to tell the Grand Empress Dowager about this, and naturally knew that the Grand Empress Dowager would tell Wen Shan about this, or in other words, he wanted the

Grand Empress Dowager to tell Wen Shan. This decision to remove the Imperial Concubine was mostly just out of spite.

The Grand Empress Dowager also chatted with Su Malagu in private, saying that the Emperor and Concubine Xuan were playing a trick,

and even dragged her, an old woman, into it.

The Grand Empress Dowager told Wen Shan coldly that Kangxi had crossed out her original position of Imperial Concubine. Unexpectedly, Wen Shan was not shocked or panicked, but was stunned for a while and then slowly said, "I know."

The Empress Dowager was so angry that she laughed: "Girl, should I say that you are indifferent to honor or disgrace or that you are heartless?"

"I don't care about these positions." Wen Shan smiled, "Since the emperor must have his deep meaning for doing this, I will obey your orders."

The Empress Dowager suddenly understood why the emperor was angry.

After Wen Shan returned to the palace, she told Baoquan and others about this as a joke. She had inexplicably been in the position of imperial concubine, and was inexplicably kicked down.

Baoquan and others almost jumped up when they heard about it. Yinsi on the side also frowned. He never expected that the emperor would do something like crossing

out the list that had been decided. If this matter were to spread, my mother would definitely be ridiculed by the entire harem.

But my mother's mentality... he really had no choice but to worship her.

"This is the position of imperial concubine, how could it fly away with wings?" Amber was heartbroken for Wen Shan.

Wen Shan leisurely made toys for Fuqi: "What's the difference between a concubine and a concubine? It

's just that she has more servants." To her, there was no difference between a concubine and a concubine. Her food and clothing were originally provided according to the rules for concubines. This was specially ordered by the Empress Dowager when she first entered the palace.

Zhenzhu reminded: "And the monthly allowance will also increase by 300 taels every year."

"..."

Wen Shan: "It's over, I'm so heartbroken!"

After Yinzhen came back and heard about this, his face changed immediately. He immediately asked Baoquan to gather all the palace people in Xianfu Palace and use both kindness and force to make them shut up.

The palace people looked at the stern-faced Fourth Prince and fell silent. The Fourth Prince and the Eighth Prince were both precocious children. When they were serious, they were more intimidating than Wen Shan.

Xianfu Palace has always been a bit lax with the palace servants, and Yinzhen has long been a little fed up with it. Treating these palace servants well does not mean indulging them, otherwise their Xianfu Palace will leak like a sieve sooner or later. This coincides with Yinsi. Yinsi has the experience and skills of his previous life, while Yinzhen seems to be self-taught. Yinsi thinks that the Prince Yong's Mansion in his previous life was also watertight, and he thinks that it turns out that the fourth brother has been well aware of this since he was a child. Therefore, under the joint management of these two young masters, Xianfu Palace has become like an iron barrel day by day.

Wenshan is also happy to let her two sons toss around, and she will take care of anything that happens. Such love makes many princes and princesses in the harem jealous.

Soon on the 20th, the decree to confer titles on the six palaces finally came down.

It was similar to what Wenshan remembered. Huipin, Rongpin, Yipin, and Depin were conferred as concubines, Niuhuru was promoted to noble concubine, and Tongjia Concubine, who was still under house arrest, was also conferred as imperial concubine.

After all the commotion, no new queen was appointed. Instead, the imperial concubine Tong Jia, who was still under house arrest, was appointed as the imperial concubine, and Niuhuru was appointed as the concubine. This strangely formed a balance.

In name, the imperial concubine was the vice queen, but now it was in name only because Kangxi did not lift the house arrest of Tong Jia, and although Niuhuru was a little lower in name, she actually held the power of the harem.

With the addition of the four newly appointed concubines, the harem finally became lively again.

Wen Shan was not promoted to the concubine as expected, and she sighed with Yinzhen and Yinsi that it was fortunate that Kangxi cancelled the decree of appointment, otherwise she would have to attend the appointment ceremony in this cold weather, and it would be better to roast sweet potatoes together in Xianfu Palace.

Yinsi and Yinzhen were speechless for a while and then sighed in tacit understanding.

Forget it, just do as my mother likes.

Although Kangxi did not release Tong Jia from her house arrest, she still had to have a ceremony to be conferred the title of Imperial Noble Consort. She had to save face, after all, she was praying for the country.

Mrs. Tong Jia finally saw her daughter at the ceremony after longing for so long.

Kangxi turned a blind eye to it, after all, it was her in-laws who allowed Mrs. Tong Jia to have a small gathering with the Imperial Noble Consort.

"Daughter, let mother see." After dismissing the servants, Mrs. Tong Jia had tears in her eyes, "You have suffered." She

looked even more haggard than when she had a miscarriage just now.

"I'm well now." The Imperial Concubine comforted Madam Tong Jia, "Mother, don't worry about me. I'm just a little bored being locked up in Chengqian Palace all day."

Madam Tong Jia and the Imperial Concubine sat down on the couch. Madam Tong Jia held her daughter's hand tightly and said, "You suddenly confined us to our house that day and we didn't know anything. Fortunately, God blessed you and made you the Imperial Concubine. It shows that the emperor still has feelings for you and us, the Tong Jia family."

Madam Tong Jia asked what had angered Kangxi. The Imperial Concubine hesitated for a while and told her everything that happened that day.

"How did this get out and let Huipin know?" Madam Tong Jia was shocked.

She thought about it and didn't expect that her daughter was punished because of the Fourth Prince's matter.

If this is true, then the emperor really spared face for them, the Tong Jia family.

Although Madam Tong Jia despised the Fourth Prince the most, she knew it in her heart. She despised him, but the Fourth Prince was the blood of the Emperor after all, a royal family, and it was not their turn to point fingers at him.

The Emperor was justified in his anger.

The Imperial Noble Consort shook her head and said softly: "One day, Yinzhen might hear it, maybe..."

Before she finished, Madam Tong Jia understood what her daughter meant, maybe the Fourth Prince said it himself.

"Alas, I told you a long time ago that this child is not compatible with you." Madam Tong Jia sighed: "If you had listened to me and sent the Fourth Prince away earlier, there wouldn't be so many things."

The Imperial Noble Consort didn't respond, but smiled bitterly.

Madam Tong Jia touched her daughter's hair lovingly and comforted her: "It's good this way. There must be a conclusion after all. Now you are the Imperial Noble Consort with the same position as the Vice Empress. It is obvious that the Emperor still loves you. You should be patient and wait. Just write a few letters of apology and it will be fine slowly."

"When there is another prince, everything will be fine. The title of Empress is just around the corner."

The Imperial Noble Consort hesitated and said: "But now Niu Hulu has been made a Noble Consort and has the power of the six palaces. Huipin and several others have also been made concubines. Now the palace is no longer dominated by one family." "This is

even more so in the previous dynasty." Madam Tong Jia told her daughter: "This time when I came, your father also asked me to remind you. Now Mingzhu and Suo Etu are fighting fiercely, and Niu Hulu has also mixed in. It's nothing more than that the brothers are growing up and have their own ideas. No matter whether it is the eldest brother or the prince, you are asked not to get involved. The emperor is wise and has his own way."

At this time, it is safest to stay honest.

The Imperial Noble Consort nodded.

A few days later, a letter of apology written in blood by the Imperial Concubine was delivered to Kangxi's desk. It is said that Kangxi was quite moved after reading it, but he still did not order the lifting of the house arrest.

The Imperial Concubine did not give up, and handed in a letter every two days. It was not until the fifth letter that Kangxi finally sighed and issued an oral decree to lift the Imperial Concubine's house arrest.

In the afternoon, he personally went to Chengqian Palace to visit her and stayed overnight. This matter was completely turned over in the palace.

When Wen Shan heard about it, she was still thinking that it was a good thing that Kangxi softened his heart, otherwise the blood would have dragged down the Imperial Concubine's health.

The first person who felt a sense of crisis after the Imperial Concubine was restored to favor was Concubine Niuhulu. Before, because the Imperial Concubine was under house arrest, she took charge of the affairs of the six palaces. Now that the Imperial Concubine has been lifted from the ban, should she hand over the power of the six palaces according to the hierarchy?

Fortunately, Kangxi issued an edict, saying that the Imperial Concubine was ill and needed to recuperate and not be tired, so the affairs of the six palaces were still handled by Concubine Niuhulu.

But for Wen Shan, there was a very painful thing.

That is, the imperial concubine was released from house arrest, and the concubines in the harem should go to pay

their respects in the morning and evening. Fortunately, the imperial concubine was still "sick", so they were temporarily exempted from paying their respects.

But this kind of thing that could make Wen Shan get up early at any time really made her collapse.

Even Yinzhen and Yinsi noticed that their mother had been a little depressed recently.

The two thought that their mother had finally realized that she had missed the promotion to imperial concubine and was upset, and they had no idea that Wen Shan was reluctant to leave her warm bed.

Damn it, it's still winter, are you going to let people live! Two

days later, Kangxi inexplicably issued another decree, promoting Concubine Xuan to imperial concubine, and taking charge of the affairs of the six palaces with Concubine Niuhulu.

Wen Shan, who received the imperial decree, was full of question marks.

What's going on?

Didn't they cross out her position as imperial concubine?

When Kangxi came to Xianfu Palace that night, he still had a stern face. Now he was angry when he saw Concubine Xuan's innocent face.

He had already told the Empress Dowager that he had removed her from the list of titles, but this person was still cheerful all day and didn't take it seriously. Kangxi originally wanted to scare her, and as long as Wen Shan came to ask, he would go with the flow and add her back. Unexpectedly,

she didn't care about whether she was a noble concubine or not.

After the Empress Dowager saw through Kangxi's thoughts, she watched the show leisurely, to see what tricks these two people could come up with.

In the end, Kangxi was the first to give in. There was no way, Wen Shan really didn't care about these things, and using these to threaten her was basically ineffective.

Wen Shan's idea was very simple. She had no worries about food and drink and had two children. What was there to be vying for? Let others get the promotion.

Kangxi felt a little frustrated for the first time for this kind of cotton-like docile character.

He naturally knew that Wen Shan's lifeline was Yinsi and Yinzhen, but he was a father after all, and he couldn't bear to toss two children again.

After lifting Tong Jia's house arrest, Kangxi became more and more soft-hearted, wondering if he was too harsh on Concubine Xuan.

Thinking carefully, she didn't seem to have done anything wrong and had always followed the rules and observed etiquette, but she had suffered a lot of grievances.

After thinking it over, he felt that his previous decision was a bit hasty, so he waved his hand and issued the decree of enthronement.

On the day of the enthronement ceremony, Wen Shan's heart was broken as she looked at the heavy snow on the ground outside.

Revenge, this is definitely revenge!

It would have been better if she had been enthroned together with everyone else. It's even colder now!