Even though Qingying has Li Yu, a useful chess piece in her hand, no matter where Hongli goes, as long as he is unwilling to go, Li Yu will not be able to persuade him even if he talks his mouth off.

This kind of days continued until the day when the emperor returned to the palace in previous years. He tried many methods but still failed to snatch Qingying from Hongli. At this moment, he was hoping to return to Beijing as soon as possible.

After all, in her heart, Hongli did this now only because they were in the Old Summer Palace and he had to consider the emperor's face.

As long as the emperor returned to the capital, they would not have to live near the emperor when they returned home, and Hongli would definitely be able to come to her room again.

But things are often like this. The less a person wants something to happen, the more likely it is that things will develop in the direction he doesn't want.

By September, after spending some time together, Yongzheng, who had become increasingly satisfied with Yonghuan, finally found an excuse to give Chen Wanyin's father, the only one in the family who had some knowledge, an idle position as a fifth-rank official in the Ministry of Rites.

Using this as an excuse, Yongzheng held a family banquet while the lotus flowers in the Old Summer Palace were still in their final blooming period, and asked Hongli to specially summon Chen Wanyin to come for an audience.

Although Yongzheng was not very happy with Chen Wanyin's petty appearance when he saw her, in order to pave the way for Yonghuan, Yongzheng still praised Fucha Langya and Chen Wanyin many times.

When his praises reached the ears of the prince's wife and concubines present, they were all so jealous that they were unrecognizable.

If Yongzheng was just praising Fucha Langya, they wouldn't care about the fact that Fucha Langya received this honor as a concubine.

But Chen Wanyin was just a concubine, and her name wasn't even on the jade plate. How could she be so lucky?

Even though they knew in their hearts that the biggest reason was because Yonghuan was liked by Yongzheng and Yinqi.

However, these wives and concubines still couldn't help but feel envious and jealous of Chen Wanyin.

The most indignant among them was Qingying. At this moment, she wished she was the one being praised by the emperor.

She even wanted to snatch Yonghuan to be her son, but she knew it was impossible because Chen Wanyin and Yonghuan had already caught Yongzheng's attention.

If she dared to ask Hongli to adopt Yonghuan, not only would Yongzheng not allow it, even Hongli would not agree to it. If she dared to do so, she might have to give up the position of concubine to Chen Wanyin the next day.

But Qingying was really envious of Chen Wanyin who could rise to fame overnight with the help of Yonghuan, a baby. If she also had a child, her child would definitely be a thousand times better than Yonghuan.

Thinking of this, Qingying's eyes uncontrollably fell on Yonghuan, who was sitting next to Yinqi and enjoying the lotus glass candy that Yinqi made specially for the children.

It’s a pity that Yonghuan is still small. From Qingying’s side, she can only see his little hand that is not blocked and occasionally reaches out to take a candy.

However, Yonghuang, who was sitting on the other side of Yinqi, allowed Qingying to see him clearly. Looking at Yonghuang, Qingying's eyes suddenly lit up.

Yes, how could she forget Yonghuang? Although the children in the palace were taken care of by their mothers, Yonghuang was different.

Fu Cha's wife has been in poor health in recent years, and she has to take care of the sickly Second Princess. She also has three children of her own, so it must have been tiring for her to help take care of Yonghuang over the years.

Then what's wrong with her helping to take care of Yonghuang? Isn't she also doing this to relieve the worries of her wife and Fucha concubine?

Thinking of this, Qingying's heart was filled with excitement. If it wasn't for the wrong timing, she would have rushed up to Hongli and told him that she wanted to raise Yonghuang.

But Qingying soon calmed down. Supporting Yonghuang was both easy and difficult.

If they wanted Hongli to agree to this matter more easily, they had to get it done in the Old Summer Palace. Otherwise, when they returned to the palace and Fucha's concubine found out about it, the chances of success would be greatly reduced.

With a plan in mind, Qingying tried to find out Hongli's whereabouts. However, Hongli had been busy with the Ministry of Justice's affairs recently and had no time to rest in the backyard.

Even if she needed to do something occasionally, she would just find one of the maids in the front yard to vent her feelings and then go to rest.

There was no other way. Qingying, who had not seen anyone for half a month, had to muster up her courage and cross the Changchun Xianguan where they lived, and came to the place where Hongli must pass when returning from Jiuzhou Qingyan to wait for him.

Qingying can be said to have taken a risk this time. After all, as concubines of the prince, they cannot go to the inner garden to serve like Fucha Langya.

Normally, the only place they could move around was in an area near Changchun Xianguan. Now that she was in this place, it would be a big mistake if she was caught.

So before seeing Hongli, Qingying hid carefully, and only came out from her hiding place when she saw Hongli's figure.

"I pay my respects to the prince."

Hongli, who didn't expect to see Qingying here, frowned in dissatisfaction, and couldn't help feeling that Qingying was out of line.

Originally, Hongli wanted to scold Qingying, but when he saw that Qingying's face was obviously paler and her body was much thinner than before, he thought about the words and finally took them back.

However, what Qingying did this time was not in accordance with the rules, so although Hongli did not scold her, he still responded coldly.

"Well, excuse me, why are you here?"

Hongli's cold attitude made Qingying, who had spent a long time dressing herself up so pitifully and was still imagining in her heart how much Hongli would feel sorry for her, look at him in disbelief.

Qingying didn't expect Hongli to treat her so coldly. She felt extremely aggrieved and irritated by his attitude.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten? This is where you brought me to enjoy the lake and flowers."

If Qingying hadn't mentioned it, Hongli would have really forgotten about it. Thinking back to the time when he and Qingying were close, he did take her boating on the lake and they passed by here and admired the lush peonies.

Thinking of the passionate love at that time, Hongli's tone couldn't help but soften a little. And when he met Qingying's rare sad eyes that showed weakness, Hongli's heart softened even more.

"How could I forget? It's just that it's against the rules for you to come here alone, so I spoke more seriously."

Qingying finally felt better when she heard that Hongli had not forgotten their past.

"I understand what Your Majesty meant, but I haven't seen Your Majesty for more than a month, so I came here boldly to see Your Majesty. If I can't see Your Majesty, then it's good to come here and reminisce about the past."

Qingying's words were so sad that Hongli felt his heart was broken. He even felt a little regretful. Why had he been so cold to Qingying recently?

Thinking of this, Hongli hugged Qingying into his arms and coaxed her.

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