Prince Yu felt deeply guilty about Jin Yuyan's affairs, so he sent another woman named Yu Qiao over.

Regardless of whether the prince was aware of the plot between the previous prince and Jin Yuyan, the Yu family at this time was dependent on the Qing Dynasty and obeyed the orders of the Qing Emperor Hongli.

Hongli accepted this woman and named her Ning Changzai, and allowed her to live in the side hall of Qixiang Palace where Jin Yuyan used to live, so that Prince Yu would not think that he was still dissatisfied.

However, he required that Yu Qiao could only enter the palace alone and could not bring any of Yu's maids with her as a dowry, in order to prevent the appearance of another Zhen Shu who knew medical skills.

With the arrival of Ning Changzai, Yu Hu also found out the truth about Hai Lan's son's death. Not only that, but with Wei Yanwan's instigation, he also found out that Yonglian died at Hai Lan's hands. Lianxin's deliberate indulgence was concealed by Wei Yanwan. She was already pitiful enough, so she shouldn't be involved in this matter.

"I have already found out that Concubine Xian was poisoned by Jiang Yubin from the Imperial Hospital, and she took it herself, probably in order to leave Suiyuxuan. Concubine Yu was poisoned by Jiang Yubin, who brought her the cinnabar in order to rescue Concubine Xian."

"Ruyi... that's all. But Concubine Yu was the one who got pregnant?!" Hongli was so angry that he threw the teacup on the table away, "This vicious woman! How can she be a mother!"

Yu Hu took a deep breath and continued, "Your Majesty, I have also found out that when the Second Prince passed away, it was Concubine Yu who asked Concubine Chun to replace the Second Prince's quilt. The quilt that the Second Prince covered before his death was made of Hangzhou silk wrapped in reed fluff. The Hangzhou silk has large gaps, and the reed fluff will escape from the quilt if there is any movement. That's why the Second Prince..."

The veins on Hongli's head were throbbing, and it was obvious that he was extremely angry.

"Yonglian is my legitimate son! How dare she?! And Concubine Chun, this idiot was also used by her!"

Concubine Chun was the biological mother of the Third Prince. She was not the mastermind in Yonglian's death, and she almost became a scapegoat for others. Although it was a mistake for her to be careless, Hongli would not kill her directly. He would just find an excuse to demote her later.

It's just Hailan...

Hongli knew that Hailan and Ruyi were good friends, and he was a suspicious person, so he asked Yuhu: "Do you think she did it alone, or did someone instruct her?"

Yu Hu lowered her head and said, "I don't know, but I found out that a few days after the second prince passed away, someone burned paper in the cold palace, and Concubine Hui and Princess Hejing found a paper figurine. Concubine Hui was probably worried that the queen would be hurt if she suddenly knew about this, so she gave the paper figurine to the queen half a year later and told her about it. The queen believed that someone cursed the second prince, and soon after, snakes appeared in the cold palace."

Hongli closed his eyes, wondering whether he should trust his childhood sweetheart, Ruyi.

I thought of Ruyi, with whom I once watched "The King and the Assassin", and of my legitimate son Yonglian, whom I had high hopes for.

Hongli was silent for a long time, but in the end his heart leaned towards the living one.

He said to Yu Hu, "After Concubine Yu lost her child, she contracted the Lihong syndrome. It was normal for her to die of weakness after giving birth. And Jiang Yubin, he assisted the tyrant and allowed Concubine Xian to take poison and Concubine Yu to take cinnabar. He deserved to die. Find a reason to transfer him out of the palace first, and after Concubine Yu dies, let him fall into the water accidentally. Don't let this matter be revealed."

Although Hongli chose to conceal the cause of Yonglian's death, he didn't know how to face Ruyi from then on.

In fact, ever since Ruyi was poisoned, her appearance became very haggard, coupled with the scars on her body, Hongli only stayed with her once after she recovered and never went again.

So not going because of Yonglian was actually just an excuse.

Hongli acted quickly.

When everyone went to the Old Summer Palace to escape the summer heat, Hai Lan died of illness there.

After her death, at Ruyi's request, Hongli posthumously conferred her the title of Concubine Yu. At the same time, Hongli also thought of his first woman, who was also the woman who gave birth to his eldest prince, Fucha Zhuying, and posthumously conferred her the title of Imperial Noble Concubine Zhemin.

The eldest prince was deeply moved by this.

Shortly after Hai Lan's death, Hongli ordered the execution of all three clans of her clan for corruption.

Jiang Yubin also died in an accident when he fell into the water while on his way to see a patient.

Ruyi had no reaction to Jiang Yubi's death, and even felt very relieved.

However,惢心 was heartbroken and decided to become a nanny and serve Ruyi for the rest of her life. Unfortunately, Ruyi did not trust her and only kept her because of Li Yu.

Since Hai Lan left, Ruyi asked Ye Xin, Ze Zhi, and the eunuch Wu Fu, who used to serve Hai Lan, to come back. Later, she mostly used Ye Xin and Ze Zhi personally, and惢心 was gradually marginalized by Ruyi.

However, in order to appease惢心, Ruyi told her that惢心 had suffered with her in the cold palace and she couldn't bear to have her serve her personally anymore, and even assigned a little palace maid to take care of惢心.

惢心 was even more grateful to Ruyi for this. Li Yu felt that惢心 was well taken care of, so he was more diligent in delivering messages to Ruyi. Unfortunately, Yikun Palace was like half of the cold palace now, and even if he delivered a hundred messages, it would be of no use.

In the past year, the palace has lost three concubines in succession. Now, in the harem, apart from the queen, there are still Consort Hui, Consort Xian, Consort Mei, Consort Shu, Consort Ling, Consort Su, Consort Wan, Consort Qing, and Consort Ning.

That’s right, not long ago, Concubine Chun was stripped of her title and demoted to Concubine Su by Hongli on the pretext of misbehaving in front of the emperor, and she has fallen out of favor since then.

Now, Wei Yanwan is pregnant, Meipin is in poor health, the Queen, Hui Guifei, Xianfei and Wan Chang are there, and Hongli doesn't like to go there. The only ones who serve him in the emperor's bedchamber are Shupin, Qing Changzai and Ning Changzai.

Under normal circumstances, the Empress Dowager and the Queen should have persuaded Hongli to participate in the selection.

But in the eyes of the Queen Mother, Shupin and Qing Changzai are both her people, and now the harem is almost their world, so she will not cause trouble for herself.

The queen herself had little favor, and she was still concentrating on having a legitimate son. She was worried that after the selection, there would be newcomers to share her favor, so she didn't mention it.

In order to get pregnant, Shupin would drink a bowl of abortion medicine given by Hongli after each night's service. During this period, she almost became a medicine bottle.

All medicines are poisonous. In order to fulfill the original owner's wish, Wei Yanwan planned to give Shupin a fake pregnancy pill in a few years to eliminate the toxins in her body, so that the baby she gave birth to would be healthy and her body would get better.

In addition to the Queen and Concubine Shu, Ning Changzai was also wishing to have a child.

Unfortunately, what she didn't know was that on her first day in the palace, Wei Yanwan gave her a contraceptive pill that was effective for 20 years. If 20 years was not the maximum validity period of the contraceptive pill, she would have even wanted to use it for a longer period.

Given the Yu family's evil ambitions, Wei Yanwan felt that it was better for the women of the Yu family not to have children, even if they had to borrow sperm from others.

Since the deaths of Jin Yuyan and Su Lian, no one has tried to attack the royal heir.

Wei Yanwan's pregnancy was safe and sound and lasted until eight months.

In the evening, Jinzhong said to her, "My lady is eight months pregnant now. You can ask the emperor to bring your mother in to accompany her during the birth."

Wei Yanwan always felt that she had forgotten something. Now that Jinzhong reminded her, she remembered that she had not yet solved the two problems of Madam Wei and Zuo Lu.

"No, my mother must not be allowed to enter the palace." Wei Yanwan told Jinzhong about her childhood experiences one by one.

Jinzhong felt distressed after hearing this, "Don't worry, I will have someone watch over them and won't let them cause any trouble for you."

Wei Yanwan leaned in his arms and nodded trustingly.

As long as she can get through these two months, and when she gives birth to the baby safely, she will give each of the annoying mother and child a loyalty pill, and they will dare not bother her again.

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