Xiyue Rebirth: The Palace Reads My Heart and Treats the Madness of Yi Syndrome

Hongli had vaguely seen a world in which the Qing Dynasty had its gates blasted open by Western cannons, and then the Qing rule collapsed, the people were displaced, and even the Old Summer Palace was not saved. Not only was it burned down, but even the rare treasures inside were looted by the Eight-Nation Alliance.

Seeing this, Hongli felt a little relieved.

Eh... this man is old and sometimes he gets confused. Maybe it’s not a bad thing for him to die early.

Since he was brought to this new world by Qingying, he must govern the Qing Dynasty well.

"Fourth Prince, you and I are as close as brothers, how could you treat my maid like this?"

Qingying's questioning brought Hongli back to his senses from his dream.

Hongli was slightly startled, then frowned: "What the hell? How dare you call me a brother? She is just a maid. According to Princess Qingying, she violated the palace rules. As a prince, can I not beat her to death?"

Although Qingying refuted verbally, she was actually secretly happy in her heart. After all, A'ruo was the first low-minded villain to betray her master. Her death would be a good opportunity for the future conspiracy to cover up the truth, and A'ruo would not have anything to do with it.

So Qingying stopped pleading for A Ruo.

Ah Ruo begged: "Master, please plead for me! I am doing this for you! Master, I don't want to die!"

Qingying impatiently pulled her arm away from Ah Ruo's hand. She pouted her red lips and said, "I can't save you either. I've always told you to follow the rules, but you just wouldn't listen. Now you've gotten into trouble, haven't you? You have to deal with your own problems. I can't save you!"

After that, Ah Ruo was dragged out by the eunuchs on both sides. Before leaving, she kept begging for mercy, but Hongli scolded her: "What's wrong with you? Can't you shut her up?"

Then A Ruo's voice disappeared completely.

There were still ladies around who were talking about this, and Hongli yelled at them again: "Shut up! You are all ladies of the inner court! But you are gossiping like gossipers. Don't you want to use your tongues?"

As soon as he finished speaking, everyone around him fell silent.

Concubine Xi was very shocked by Hongli's fighting ability. It seemed like she was seeing this adopted son clearly for the first time. She even doubted her adopted son's mental state.

"Hongli, today is your grand day for the beauty pageant, so stop it now!"

If the tongues of the ladies present were really pulled out, the emperor's desk would probably be piled with memorials from the censors impeaching the Fourth Prince.

Hongli also knew that he was still a prince, and this was indeed inappropriate, but he seemed to have been with the mad woman Ru Hysterical in his previous life for too long, and there was a faint gene in him that wanted to go crazy.

Where in life is there no torture?

It’s still the most comfortable to do it in daily life!

Hongli made up his mind that if he was to be trapped here for the rest of his life, he might as well go crazy.

"The Emperor has arrived!"

Just at this anxious moment, the fourth uncle finally made a brilliant appearance.

Finally, he could see his father again. Hongli was still a little excited, but he was stunned in a second. Who was that strange man? He was not his father at all.

Hongli really wanted to jump out and accuse the emperor of impersonating his father, but when he thought that this world only existed in a hysterical fantasy, he kept his composure. After all, he had been an emperor in his lifetime, so he did have some cunning.

"My son has met my father!"

Hongli knelt smoothly.

The emperor asked Hongli to stand up and asked him about the selection of concubines.

Hongli answered truthfully: "My son has already chosen Princess Fucha as his principal wife, and Princess Xiyue as his concubine. As for Ulanara..."

Qingying once again looked at Hongli with a hopeful expression, and every cell in her body was beating: Choose me, choose me! You must choose me!

Hongli sneered to himself: Don't you claim to be as close to me as a brother? Why are you so anxious now?

Hongli continued, "Ulanala Qingying violated the palace rules and actually defecated on the spot during my third brother's selection. Such a low-behavior woman should be immediately removed from the palace and sent to marry someone from a poor family."

Fortunately, he was familiar with the plot and knew that at this time Empress Nara had gotten into trouble and was imprisoned in Jingren Palace, and his royal father was just testing him.

Although his answers in his previous life were barely in line with the emperor's wishes, he still felt that it was not perfect. After all, according to the emperor's wishes, he would not allow him to indulge in romantic love.

Sure enough, the emperor nodded with great satisfaction, "Hongli, you are doing well!"

Hongli's answer made him extremely satisfied. He believed that he was worthy of being the successor he personally chose.

Concubine Xi also felt that she had won the battle and showed a gratified expression to Hongli.

"Noble Concubine Xi, you have taught my Fourth Prince very well."

The emperor said some meaningless words to Concubine Xi. After all, the Fourth Prince was only Concubine Xi's adoptive mother, and he was not afraid that Concubine Xi would use this to get involved in the imperial power.

The three of them were satisfied, but Qingying was not. She pouted and said dissatisfiedly, "Uncle, where is my aunt?"

After hearing this, the emperor was already filled with displeasure: "How dare you! Ulanara! Who is your uncle? How dare you be so disrespectful and disregard the distinction between high and low!"

Seeing that the emperor was really angry, Qingying could only kneel down aggrievedly. She looked at Hongli and said, "Brother Hongli, you really won't choose me? If you don't choose me, I will be unhappy."

She didn't want to marry a commoner. How would this be any different from the ending of her first life? Then wouldn't her two lives have been in vain?

The emperor looked at Hongli, as if testing what he would do. After all, Ulanara still wanted to control the next empress, but he didn't want to let Ulanara's women control the harem again.

"Princess Qingying, be careful with your words. I am a prince after all, but you call me brother. You are so shameless that you can repair the city wall!"

He was almost about to hit Qingying, but he could only endure it for the time being. The Queen of Jingren Palace was not dead yet, so he could not sentence Qingying to death first. After Qingying married a commoner in the future, he could find a way to make her die of illness.

Hongli's look of disdain instantly pleased the emperor.

The emperor nodded with satisfaction. He was right about the person. His Fourth Prince indeed had the style of his father.

"The Queen of Jingren Palace has committed a heinous crime. I have imprisoned her in Jingren Palace. She cannot leave until she dies. I will never see her again in this life. Ulanara is not allowed to enter the palace through the selection of concubines. Hongli, you did the right thing."

But Hongli still felt that something was wrong. After all, what happened to the Queen of Jingren Palace was a private matter of the royal family, and how could he make it known in front of so many ladies in the imperial court?

At this point, it was obvious that this world had also been affected by Qingying.

When Gao Xiyue wrote here, she suddenly thought of a good idea. She had a flash of inspiration and laughed, "It suddenly occurred to me, the author, that in the first life, Qingying was actually kicked out of the palace and married to Ling Yunche of a low status. The marriage swap plot is so popular now, could it be that after her rebirth, her marriage with her sister was forcibly swapped? So she became obsessed with Ling Yunche in the second life! Yes, the more I think about it, the more I think so. No wonder she couldn't wait to let her own sister marry of a low status as soon as she came to power. It turned out that she was jealous that her sister succeeded in becoming the queen in the first life, while she could only be the wife of a cowardly cold palace guard, and had to serve a large family every day... Then in the third life, it would be reasonable for me, the author, to set things right..."