Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Yi Xin really felt that this emperor was simply shameless. It was natural for him not to use the Eighth Prince's Party, because he won the throne by winning the game with the Eighth Prince's Party, so no one would say anything if he suppressed the unrepentant Eighth Prince's Party as soon as he came to power.

But the eldest prince of the previous emperor has been imprisoned for so many years. If he had thought a little about his children and grandchildren in the mansion, he would have bowed to the emperor. Even just for the opportunity to leave the mansion freely, the eldest prince might have been loyal to the emperor.

In the end, the emperor seized the opportunity to remove Hua Fei's title and changed her to Nian Fei. He also found a new adoptive mother for Princess Wen Yi, who was Jingpin of Xianfu Palace.

However, because of Yi Xin's advice, Prince Guo also gained a concubine, Meng Jingxian, and the emperor took back his right to enter the palace freely to meet the emperor.

Anyway, Yi Xin was quite satisfied with the handling of the matter this time, and the emperor was even more satisfied, because it opened his mind. After he went to the late emperor's house and had a deep talk with the eldest prince, the eldest prince was really willing to go to war for the emperor for the sake of his children and grandchildren.

It's just that his health is a little bad after so many years of abuse. Once his body recovers a little, there will be no problem for him to go to the battlefield.

The late emperor's eldest son had his title of Prince of Zhi restored, and he could get his title of prince back if he made military achievements again. Then the deposed crown prince Prince Li could not be ignored. After all, the emperor was still wary of Prince Li and his eldest son Hongxi, and had no plans to release the father and son, but he restored all supplies to Prince Li's mansion.

Then he took away the title of Crown Princess from the wife of Prince Li, and promised that the wife of Prince Li's only daughter could find a husband in the capital and would not have to raise her.

Then Prince Cheng was released and sent to work in the royal family, managing royal family affairs together with Prince Heng.

Nian Gengyao could only watch helplessly as the emperor took back his military power. Even though he still acted proud and arrogant to the outside world, everyone knew that it was only a matter of time before the Nian family fell.

It was the Mid-Autumn Festival in August again. Yi Xin, Hong Sheng and Yue Guiren picked a lot of osmanthus flowers and made osmanthus honey. They added a dish of honey-glazed osmanthus lotus root and mooncakes with osmanthus filling to the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet, which made the emperor very happy.

At night, there were constant sounds of people running everywhere, but by dawn, Nian Gengyao had been taken to the Ministry of Justice prison, all of Nian's followers had been imprisoned, and Concubine Nian had been sent back to the Yikun Palace for imprisonment.

Yi Xin had to make the decision and arrange the emperor and concubines' return to the palace on her own. Even with the help of two housekeepers sent by the emperor, she was still very busy. The resentment in her body was enough to feed ten evil sword immortals!

Yi Xin thought she wouldn't have to be so busy after returning to the palace, but the emperor suddenly came over and dropped a bombshell: "Jin Qing, the old Khan of Junggar sent a letter asking for a legitimate princess as a marriage partner. My daughters are still young. There are suitable princesses in the royal family, but they are not legitimate princesses. The only suitable one right now is the late emperor's Princess Chaogui."

"Jinqing, the matter of Princess Chaogui's marriage still depends on Jinqing to take care of it."

Yi Xin wanted to smash the old man to death with a stool, but she could only pretend to be embarrassed and shirk her responsibility: "I am tired of doing these things, and I think it's a pity for a little girl like Princess Chaogui to marry an old man. Your Majesty, why don't you wait a little longer? I heard that Junggar is not very stable. Our Qing Dynasty is not weaker than Junggar. It's unreasonable for us to just follow what they say."

However, the emperor had already made up his mind to agree to this marriage to buy more time for the Qing Dynasty to prepare for war, and he had no intention of relenting. Yi Xin realized that the emperor wanted to use the marriage to delay time, so she advised: "The marriage of the late emperor's princess is not a trivial matter. It is almost the end of the year now, and it may have already entered winter in Junggar. It must be difficult to travel. It is better to wait until next spring when the flowers bloom."

When the emperor heard this reason, he thought it was reasonable and agreed to Yi Xin's request. Yi Xin was promoted to Noble Consort, Wanpin was promoted to Wanfei, Jingpin was promoted to Jingfei, Hui Guiren was promoted to Huipin, Xin Guiren was promoted to Xinpin, An Changzai was promoted to An Guiren, and Cao Guiren was given the title "Xiang".

The palace power was equally divided among Yi Xin, Wan Fei, Jing Fei and Hui Fei.

However, Yi Xin's enthronement ceremony went very smoothly, but when it came to the enthronement ceremony of Concubine Wan and others, Concubine Wan discovered the day before the ceremony that the seams of her ceremonial dress had been secretly tampered with, and would come unstuck if she kneeled or kowtowed with a slightly larger movement. The ceremonial dress Concubine Jing received was one size too small, and the embroidery on Concubine Hui's ceremonial dress seemed to be presumptuous.

As the enthronement ceremony was approaching, it was inconvenient for Concubine Wan to visit people casually, so she took a ready-made auspicious dress for the concubine from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Concubine Jing chose to wear two fewer layers of clothing, but Concubine Hui could not think of any good solution. When Concubine Jing got the news, it was almost time to lock up the harem.

Fortunately, the ceremonial clothes that Concubine Jing wore when she was promoted to concubine were still there, so Concubine Hui could use them for emergency. However, Concubine Hui was worried that something might happen to Concubine Wan's ceremonial clothes, so she planned to follow Concubine Jing's example and let Concubine Wan borrow Yi Xin's ceremonial clothes for her concubine. However, the eunuch who delivered the message did not return, which made them worry all night.

When I met Concubine Wan the next day and saw her happy face, I realized that she had taken a ready-made auspicious dress for the concubine from the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Concubine Jing felt that the auspicious dress worn by Concubine Wan came at too coincidental a time. Just when she realized something was wrong, she wanted to talk to Concubine Wan and Concubine Hui about it, but a palace maid came in and informed them that the auspicious time had arrived and asked them to go and meet the Queen.

Unlike the enthronement of a noble concubine, which required the congratulations of the ladies of the inner court, the enthronement ceremonies for the titles of imperial concubine and imperial concubine were relatively simple. One only needed to pay respects to the empress and then receive the imperial seal.

However, Concubine Wan mistakenly wore the auspicious dress that Empress Chunyuan had worn in the past. The emperor originally thought that Empress Chunyuan had come back to meet him through the gauze curtain, but he did not expect that when the curtain was lifted, the person standing behind it was actually Concubine Wan. He was immediately furious and ordered his men to strip Concubine Wan of her clothes and send her back to Yongshou Palace where she was confined to her house and not allowed to leave.

The enthronement ceremony of Concubine Jing, Concubine Hui and Concubine Xin was interrupted. The Queen happily put on a virtuous look and urged Concubine Jing, Concubine Hui and Concubine Xin to complete the enthronement ceremony, but no one was very happy.

Yi Xin had no intention of cleaning up for the Queen. When the Emperor came to ask for comfort, she tore off the Queen's mask and said, "As far as I know, except for the part kept by the Emperor, the rest of Queen Chunyuan's belongings are in the hands of the Queen. The auspicious clothes for the position of a concubine are not ordinary items. Why did you appear in the Ministry of Internal Affairs at this time to clean them up?"

"Moreover, the Imperial Household Department said that the auspicious dress that was previously sent to Concubine Wan had problems with the stitching, and it would break with just a little external force. The new one was unusable, and it was too late to save it. So when Concubine Wan heard that the Imperial Household Department had sent a piece of auspicious dress for the imperial concubine to be cleaned, she borrowed it directly."

"Not only that, but Concubine Jing's wedding dress was too small, so she had to cut down her inner and outer clothes and freeze all the way to avoid making a fool of herself in public. Concubine Hui's wedding dress was even more suspicious of being presumptuous, so she borrowed the wedding dress that Concubine Jing used when she was promoted to a concubine."

Three or five days had passed since the incident, and the emperor was not that angry anymore, so Yi Xin gave him a way out, and he took it. He then went to the stick-sticking place to investigate, and indeed he discovered that the queen had played a role in it.

The Emperor went to confront the Empress. Apart from the two parties involved, only Yi Xin, who cheated the system, knew what they said. Outsiders only knew that from then on the Empress was imprisoned in Jingren Palace and was not allowed to go out, and daily greetings were also required to go to Yi Xin's Chengqian Palace.

As for Concubine Wan who delayed the enthronement ceremony, she still carried the title of Concubine Wan. The emperor had comforted her, but she "accidentally" discovered that all her favor came from a face that was too similar to that of Empress Chunyuan. She immediately became alienated from the emperor and imprisoned herself in Yongshou Palace. The emperor visited her many times but was not allowed in.