So after Tong Jia's death, both the emperor and Concubine De seemed to have lost their son and ignored him.

It was also because of this that those people in the palace who flattered the powerful and looked down on the weak, after seeing the expressions of their superiors, also lost their former attentiveness to Yinzhen.

This made Yinzhen, who had been the most noble and favored person in the palace besides Yinreng and Yinxi since childhood, unable to accept it, and later forced to get used to it and face it indifferently. This was also the reason why he became cold-hearted and cold-tempered when he grew up.

Later, Yixiu entered the palace and became the concubine of Prince Yong. In less than half a year, she became pregnant again. For some reason, Yinzhen promised her that he would make her his legal wife as long as she gave birth to a son.

When Concubine Uya learned about this, she was almost killed by her son's stupidity. She quickly sent people to help Yinzhen clean up the mess, for fear that it would reach the ears of outsiders, especially Kangxi.

Not to mention that there has been no precedent for this throughout the Qing Dynasty. Since ancient times, a second wife has been remarried after the wife died. Once a concubine enters the family, the highest she can become is a concubine.

Of course, if the concubine did something good that benefited the country and the people and made a name for herself, then maybe the situation could be turned around, but no one has been able to do it so far.

If Kangxi wanted to make Yixiu his principal concubine, unless someone had cast a spell on him to make him obedient, or unless Yinzhen became the emperor, Yixiu would never be made his principal concubine in this lifetime.

After all, once this decree is issued, the wives of all the noble families will probably not be able to sleep peacefully, lest they be killed by the concubines in the mansion if they are not careful.

Anyone with a discerning eye knew that this was impossible, but Yixiu still believed it, which made her, who had always been unwelcome in the Ulanala Mansion since she was a child, feel very proud.

She was even more proud and frivolous. Under the pretext of expecting childbirth, she asked Lady Ulanara to go to Prince Yong's mansion to serve her.

Lady Ulanara was not very smart to begin with, and when she was provoked, she immediately sent a letter to the palace to cry to Concubine Uya, who was then Concubine De.

As for Lady Ulanara, Concubine Uya really hated her, not for any other reason, but because Lady Ulanara once wanted to marry her daughter, who was as skinny as a Yangzhou horse, to her fourteenth son as his legal wife.

Haha, she deserves it.

But I don't know if it was a change of luck, but at this time, Prince Yong was promoted to Prince Yong because of his efficient work, and Kangxi valued him very much. From then on, Yinzhen's reputation in the court became very good.

This made Concubine Uya feel unhappy. After all, in her heart, Yinzhen could only work for her, the Fourteenth Prince, in this life. So when Lady Ulanara came to her to cry again and expressed her ambition to let her daughter enter Prince Yong's mansion as his legitimate wife, Concubine Uya was moved.

She wanted to refuse at first, but then she thought that if Yinzhen married the daughter of the declining Ulanara family as his principal wife, it would not only better bind the Ulanara and Uya clans together.

She also didn't have to worry about Kangxi finding him a capable wife's family to help him in the future. This way, Yinzhen would have one less helper and could better support the Fourteenth Prince in the future.

So in order to facilitate this matter, Concubine Uya gave the ceremonial clothes she wore when she was crowned as a concubine to Lady Ulanara and asked her to take it back.

Mrs. Ulanara, who got what she wanted, ignored the fact that her daughter already had a lover and was even married, and threatened to commit suicide to force her daughter Rouze to follow her into Prince Yong's mansion.

She also forced Rouze to dance on the road that Yinzhen had to pass, and even used aphrodisiac powder to make her daughter Yinzhen's woman.

Ulanala Rouze was a gentle woman with outstanding looks but she had no opinion of her own. Because she was a premature baby, her health had always been poor.

Moreover, she knew from a young age that she would become a bargaining chip to make profits for the family, so she never expected to love her husband since she was a child. She just hoped that they could at least be equals in the future.

Later, when she grew up and got engaged, her fiancé would be a brave young general under the prince's command.

The Ulanara clan wanted to send Rouze to the prince's mansion to be a princess, but the prince and the princess had a very good relationship and did not agree, so they took the lead in recommending the general.

Although the Ulanara tribe was not happy about this, they accepted it reluctantly because the general was the prince's man after all.

The general was also a thoughtful person. Ever since the two families got engaged, he often sent gifts and letters to Ulanara's mansion.

Rouze was too ashamed to reply at first, but later she was slowly moved by his persistence. As a result, they gradually developed feelings for each other.

When Rouze found out that she was going to seduce her brother-in-law, she cried bitterly. She wanted to refuse, but her education did not allow her to go against the family's decision. In addition, Lady Ulanara threatened to commit suicide, so no matter how unwilling Rouze was, she had to accept her fate.

She wrote a farewell letter to the general who was fighting far away on the frontier. No matter how many letters the general replied to her, she never opened them all, bearing the heartache and burning them without even reading them.

Rouze really caught Yongzheng's eye with that stunning dance in Prince Yong's mansion. Coupled with the aphrodisiac powder, the two of them almost got married in the mansion's garden that day.

Fortunately, Yinzhen came to his senses after looking at Chunyuan's tear-stained face, but since he had offended the girl, if he did not marry her, the girl could not marry anyone else.

So despite the pressure of being rejected by Kangxi, Yinzhen still asked for permission to marry Rouze.

When he came back from asking for permission, Yinzhen immediately went to Yixiu's courtyard to explain to her and promised that as long as his child was born, whether it was a boy or a girl, he would be treated as the legitimate son.

His thoughts can be seen from Honghui's name. "Hui" means shining light, which shows how much Yongzheng loves Honghui.

Yinzhen himself was a bastard's son, and he had not lived a happy life in recent years, so in his heart he did not make too much of a distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children. In his heart, as long as they were his children, he loved them all.

Of course, the exception was Hongli, who was a child designed by his opponent. Whenever Yinzhen saw him, he would think of his own shameful past.

In addition, Chunyuan had passed away not long ago, and his most valued eldest son Honghui and legitimate son had both died. Yinzhen's heart was much colder than before, especially when it came to his sons. In Yinzhen's opinion, his current sons were not even as good as a hair of Honghui and legitimate son, so he didn't care much about them.

That's why he didn't discipline the Third Prince, and left Hongli in the Old Summer Palace without caring about him, and the Fifth Prince also allowed Geng to take her away. This is also one of the reasons why he didn't notice that Yixiu later harmed his children.

Although Yixiu looked indifferent at this moment, her heart was twisted and she hated Chunyuan.

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