The Empress of the Qing Dynasty is from the Northeast

Yinzhen returned in the evening. After riding a horse all day, his clothes and boots were covered with dust and dirt. Fortunately, Changning had someone prepare hot water.

Su Peisheng helped him bathe, and after washing his body clean, Yinzhen finally breathed a sigh of relief.

The emperor had been increasingly moody these days, and when he heard that the prince had arrived in the capital, he went to Prime Minister Suo's residence in person.

The brothers also felt this subtle atmosphere, but they remained generally calm.

While thinking about this, Yinzhen picked up some food for Changning.

"Are you tired these past few days? We will arrive almost tomorrow, and I will probably have to attend the announcement. I will leave Zhang Qilin with you. If you have any questions, go to him."

Chang Ning nodded. Seeing that he looked a little tired, she felt a little distressed. "You should eat more too. How can you work hard and eat less?"

After that, he served him another bowl of rice, scooped a lot of the soft, salty and fragrant braised mutton with a spoon, and covered the rice with the thick soup. The crystal clear rice grains mixed with the reddish-brown mutton soup whetted his appetite.

Although Yinzhen was tired, he didn't want to let Changning worry about her feelings for him, so he ate the bowl of mutton rice cleanly.

In the evening, the two of them snuggled together and chatted again.

"Would you like to get them to make you a bowl of noodle soup tomorrow morning?"

Although the weather was gradually getting warmer, Yinzhen went to accompany the emperor at three or four in the morning every day. The wind was still blowing at night, not to mention that he was riding a horse, which made it even colder. This made Changning secretly curse Kangxi for making trouble.

Yinzhen was tired after a day of eating and drinking. He lay on the bed hugging the woman, feeling very comfortable and didn't even want to move.

"I'll listen to you. Your arrangements are all the best." Yinzhen tilted his head slightly and kissed Changning's forehead. "Did the Fourteenth Concubine come to see you today?"

Chang Ning nodded. "Yes, she came over to talk to me and asked Chunni to tell the story."

Yinzhen hummed in his throat, and then whispered a reminder, "Now that she's here, I'm afraid that after tomorrow, all the people from other mansions will come to visit you. If you're still well, ask them to come in and talk. If you're tired, ask Madam Zhang to refuse them."

Changning finally came to her senses. This time, all the princes who came with her were princesses. The wives of the princes all had to leave housekeepers behind, and only she and Wanhe came as concubines.

Logically speaking, I am the one with the highest status among the women here, so they should pay me a visit.

It’s just because they are not familiar with each other, so they don’t dare to visit rashly. They are all waiting for someone to come forward first.

I'm afraid that by the time Wanhe arrives at Mulan Paddock today, everyone else will be unable to sit still.

Chang Ning sighed, "I thought that because of my bad reputation, no one wanted to play with me."

Yinzhen was slightly surprised. He thought Changning didn't like socializing very much, but where did this "bad reputation" come from?

Yinzhen asked, and Changning rolled her eyes at him, saying angrily, "What kind of memory do you have? Last time, I slapped the Eighth Lady Guo Luoluo."

Yinzhen remembered that he hadn't left Lao Ba's house for a month, and Lao Ba came to apologize to him. At that time, he thought that Yao Xian's hand was quite strong.

However, he also looked down on the eighth prince's wife, who was arrogant and domineering. Even the Crown Princess was not as ostentatious as her.

After another day of hard work, we finally arrived at the destination.

Changning was placed in a place called Wutong Garden in the palace.

It is spring now, and the flowers are in full bloom, creating a thriving scene. Living in it, one feels cheerful.

In the past few days, Kangxi led the princes to practice archery and hold some ceremonies.

Changning didn't have any place to attend for the time being, so she just walked around the area when she had nothing to do. She heard that there was a deer park not far away, and some female relatives would occasionally go there to take a look.

As Changning, led by the young eunuch, approached the Deer Garden, he saw two women in Manchu dresses talking. They seemed to have seen Changning as well and came over to greet him with smiles on their faces.

"Is it Xiao Si's sister-in-law?"

Upon hearing this, Changning knew that this was the princess or concubine in the Emperor's mansion.

The two women knew that Changning looked at them as unfamiliar, but they didn't mind and introduced themselves with a smile.

One is Princess Tian from the Third Prince’s house. She is petite and charming, with a teardrop mole at the corner of her eye.

Changning had heard of her.

Wanhe had mentioned to herself when she was gossiping that Tian Gege was favored, but she gave birth to a son and couldn't keep the baby. The Third Master was planning to ask for her to be made a concubine, but the Third Wife Dong E stopped him, so it never happened.

According to Wanhe's speculation, Tian Gege treated Sanfu Jin so harshly because her son who died young was killed by Sanfu Jin.

It's just that the Third Lady has Hongqing and Hongsheng as her children, and the Third Master is a confused person, so they didn't find any evidence against him.

If there was anyone who most hoped that something bad would happen to the Third Lady, it would be Princess Tian.

The other one was Chen Gege from the Seventh Prince’s mansion. She stood aside with a gentle smile, a bit like Song Gege. She seldom spoke, and most of the time she listened to Tian Gege’s excited talk.

Tian Gege was very outgoing and eagerly invited Changning to go see the deer with her.

"Sister Chen and I were just talking about this. There's a three-month-old fawn over there. Its horns haven't grown out yet. Its eyes are wet and it's so cute. Sister Four, would you like to come and take a look?"

Tian Gege's enthusiasm did not make anyone feel uncomfortable, as if she was a natural-born community bull. Changning also wanted to see the deer, so she nodded and went with them.

But Zhui Yu is a little worried because her master is pregnant!

She was determined to hold her master tightly and not let him get close to her. The fawn looked docile, but it was an animal after all. What if it suddenly got angry and bumped into her master?

Changning didn't think too much about it, but she didn't get too close on purpose. She just looked at it from a distance. The little deer was really adorable, with smooth fur like brocade, and eyes that were gentle yet lively.

"It's really cute."

Changning's heart almost melted when she saw it. She has always had no resistance to cute things.

Tian Gege, who was standing by, saw that Changning liked it and also smiled and joined in the fun.

"Sister-in-law Xiao Si is really a person of temperament. I heard that you also have a lion cat with white fur and blue eyes. It is very smart."

Changning glanced at her and saw that Tian Gege was smiling sincerely and didn't seem to notice anything wrong.

"Girl Tian is really well-informed."

Changning's voice was emotionless, and Tian Gege seemed not to notice, and continued: "We are all family, and there are no secrets in this family. But I would like to remind Xiao Sisao that there are many people in the palace that the Queen doesn't like Li Nu."

After saying this, Changning's gaze shot over like a cold arrow.

Tian Gege continued to smile gently, "Then Sister-in-law Si, take your time to look at it. I'll be leaving first."

After saying this, Chen Gege, who was at a loss, bowed and left.

In broad daylight, Changning actually broke out in a cold sweat because of her words.