Chapter 12 The Noble Concubine of Qing Dynasty

Although it seems simple to give the drug, Xiaozhuang was the empress dowager, surrounded by confidants, and no one could succeed in giving the drug, otherwise she would have been poisoned to death countless times. This opportunity was a good opportunity for Su Xueyun. Although Doctor Xu of the Imperial Hospital did not know why Wu Yunzhu was "pregnant", he did know that Wu Yunzhu had no pulse signs of pregnancy. Since Wu Yunzhu was taken into the palace and named a virtuous concubine, he knew that she could only stand on the side of Prince Xiang in this life, otherwise the whole family would die.

It was from Doctor Xu that Su Xueyun learned what medicine Xiaozhuang would take when she fell ill, so she was bold and careful to give the drug when she first visited the patient. After returning home, she asked Wu Lan to burn all her belongings, and there was a brand new set of clothes in her cabinet, which was exactly the same as the one she burned. In this way, no one in the world could find out the truth about Xiaozhuang's illness.

Without Xiaozhuang, the pillar of stability, it was only a matter of time before the court would be in chaos, and few people really obeyed Shunzhi. Su Xueyun immediately sent out a secret guard with the best kung fu skills, and ordered him to secretly send a letter to Boguer, and emphasized that it must not be seen by anyone.

In the letter, she briefly explained the situation in Beijing and the development of her own power, and told Boguer affirmatively that Xiaozhuang's illness would never get better, and asked him to make preparations early. After the letter was sent, Su Xueyun continued to serve Xiaozhuang every day, telling some interesting stories about Boguer and Shunzhi's childhood, which made Xiaozhuang very upset. She did not doubt that her condition had not improved at all. On the fourth day, Xiaozhuang did not see Su Xueyun.

Su Ma respectfully said at the gate of Cining Palace that Xiaozhuang was unwell and was resting. Su Xueyun did not mind, and also told Su Ma and all the palace people to serve Xiaozhuang wholeheartedly. Some young palace maids who did not know the inside story heard it, and they spread rumors that the noble concubine was very worried about the queen mother's condition and had a deep sisterly love for the queen mother. Although the ministers and their wives did not believe that the noble concubine would really worry about the empress dowager, they all praised her for her affection and righteousness.

Shunzhi, who was originally worried about the sick Xiaozhuang, finally tasted the freedom without anyone to control him. He became high-spirited and put forward various reform ideas in the court. He never went to see Xiaozhuang. Unbeknownst to him, rumors about the current emperor's unfilial piety were rampant, and Wu Yunzhu was proud of herself. Without the suppression of the empress dowager, and the position of the queen was vacant in the palace, she regarded herself as the master of the harem and began to trouble the concubines one by one, thus offending the families of all the concubines! Dong E's reputation as a beauty also spread.

At this time, the concubines Chen and Nara in the palace were both pregnant. Wu Yunzhu was jealous and wanted to kill them. She couldn't have another child herself, and she didn't want to see others give birth to children for Shunzhi. That was proof that Shunzhi didn't love her enough! She is so glorious now, but Shunzhi stays in her palace for no more than three times a month. Those so-called honors are just talking to her in his spare time, talking about the emperor's ambitions and his resentment towards the empress dowager. What's the use? She wants supreme honor, but she also wants the sincerity of the emperor!

After Su Xueyun learned about it, she controlled the direction of the rumors in the capital while ordering the nails in the palace to make the next plan. When Wu Yunzhu wanted to take action against Chen and Nara, the little maid beside her dissuaded her in time and gave her a "foolproof plan".

"My queen, the emperor is very happy to know that the two concubines are pregnant. If you attack them now, it will probably anger the emperor. If you are generous enough to let them have a safe pregnancy and then adopt a little prince in the future, firstly, you will have a prince by your side, and secondly, the emperor will praise you for your virtue and generosity."

Wu Yunzhu frowned unwillingly, "Adopting a child, who knows if he can be raised well? If he grows up and becomes filial to his biological mother, wouldn't my efforts be in vain?"

The little palace maid rolled her eyes and smiled, "My queen, I have thought of a plan. Please listen to it. In ancient times, there was a cat replacing a prince. My queen can also replace the little prince without anyone noticing and treat him as your own child."

Wu Yunzhu looked at her in confusion, "Haitang, what do you mean? What do you want to replace?"

The little palace maid Haitang approached Wu Yunzhu and whispered, "My master, the emperor said that he would make you the queen, but if If there is no opportunity, I am afraid the ministers will not agree. If you give birth to a prince, the emperor can use this as an excuse to make you the queen and your prince the crown prince. As for whether you have been pregnant for ten months, how can people outside know? At that time, just say that the concubine gave birth to a stillbirth, and we can take the little prince over. The two concubines are pregnant at the same time, it can't be that both are girls. "

Wu Yunzhu frowned and thought carefully, and after a while, she slowly smiled, "Haitang, you are really my lucky star! I have suffered so much, and now I want a prince to sit under my knees. The emperor will not let me down."

Wu Yunzhu is best at pretending to be weak and pitiful. Shunzhi once loved her and couldn't bear to see her withering in the palace. When he heard Wu Yunzhu say that she didn't expect the emperor to always care about her, but just wanted a child to accompany her, it was so humble, Shunzhi immediately surrendered and agreed to Wu Yunzhu's idea. The plan was to have Wu Yunzhu pretend to be pregnant, and when either Chen or Nara gave birth to a prince, the prince would be taken away and passed off as Wu Yunzhu's biological son, thus concealing the truth from everyone in the world.

Shunzhi was sick because of Wu Yunzhu. He felt vaguely that Wu Yunzhu was his noble lady. Otherwise, he would be controlled by Xiaozhuang and could not really grasp the real power! Therefore, Shunzhi was afraid that Xiaozhuang would force him to marry the queen of Mongolia after he recovered from his illness. As soon as Wu Yunzhu was pregnant, he immediately issued an edict to promote her to the title of Imperial Noble Consort, clearly declaring to everyone how much he valued Wu Yunzhu and the "child" in her belly. The ministers knew that Wu Yunzhu was the previous wife of Boguer. They could not believe that the emperor dared to do such a thing. They submitted memorials one after another, using the examples of concubines in the palace who already had children, saying that it was unreasonable for Wu Yunzhu to be the Imperial Noble Consort. In particular, the maternal families of the second and third princes could not watch Dong E's "child" become the prince, and they opposed it most fiercely.

However, Shunzhi could not even stand his own mother, so how could he tolerate others refuting him? The more others opposed him, the more he had to do it. This tug-of-war lasted for half a month, and finally calm was restored after Shunzhi angrily demoted a minister, but it was only a superficial calm.

Su Xueyun certainly would not miss this opportunity. Xiaozhuang had fallen, and Shunzhi had no intention of observing her, so she no longer closed the door to visitors. Instead, she often held banquets for ministers and relatives to enjoy flowers and have fun. She began to move around the capital frequently, taking the opportunity to expand a lot of power. After Shunzhi forcefully made Wu Yunzhu the Imperial Noble Consort, Su Xueyun ordered all the secret guards to go out and add some stuff to Wu Yunzhu's father E Shuo's mansion. She had already figured out the preferences and taboos of the ancients.

Early the next morning, the whole capital was awakened by the screams of the Dong E family!

E's family and servants tumbled and crawled to the street. The people living nearby were officials of similar ranks to E's family. They were already very upset that their family had a shameless imperial concubine. They were naturally irritated and angry when they were awakened. They ordered people to find out what happened. They thought that if there was no good reason, they would definitely report it. This was clearly a case of lax management of the family!

As a result, the next moment, several families around them all fled the house like E's family, trying to stay as far away from the Dong'e family as possible. Behind them, a large group of snakes, insects, rats, ants, and even weasels and bats emerged from the E's mansion. The dense scene was so horrifying to everyone who saw it.

Someone in the fleeing crowd shouted, "This is Dong E's fault! Beauty brings disaster, the country will be ruined, disaster brings bad luck, how can she be a royal concubine?"

After everyone was shocked, they suddenly started to make a noise, shouting that this was a punishment from heaven, Dong E must be a bad luck, otherwise how could such an ominous sign appear in her family when she was pregnant with a dragon and was named a royal concubine?

E Shuo ran forward with a dusty face, and heard people around him condemning Wu Yunzhu. He no longer had the joy of his daughter's success in his heart, but only full of fear and regret. His daughter had an affair and was openly a royal concubine, trying to ascend to the throne. God was warning him and punishing him for raising a shameless daughter!

The snakes, insects, rats and ants that suddenly appeared without any warning made those who saw them believe that it was a punishment from heaven. This was an ominous sign, absolutely! And Dong E Wu Yunzhu was the beauty who brought disaster!

Su Xueyun ordered people to push it in secret, and rumors spread all over the capital. The fact that Wu Yunzhu was once Boguer's wife was brought up again. This time, it was directly spread that the emperor seduced his sister-in-law, and his sister-in-law entered the palace to be crowned as a concubine and pregnant with a dragon son. This was simply incest in the eyes of the people! The emperor even crowned Wu Yunzhu as a royal concubine. If he crowned their child as a prince in the future, how could they accept it? How could the next generation of the true dragon emperor come from the belly of such a shameless woman!

There are never-ending natural and man-made disasters in the world, and after everyone determined that Wu Yunzhu would bring disaster to the country and the people, any disaster that occurred was automatically attributed to Wu Yunzhu. After several major and minor disasters, Wu Yunzhu was almost rumored to be a monster.

Wu Yunzhu was instantly pushed to the forefront. If Shunzhi wanted to calm the incident, he could only execute Wu Yunzhu.

Before, Xiaozhuang was not energetic and could not see Shunzhi, so she didn't care much about the matter of the royal concubine, so as not to anger herself. But this time the matter became so serious that she could not lie down any longer. She quickly ordered people to investigate the whole matter and summoned several important officials to discuss how to suppress the matter. In her opinion, killing Wu Yunzhu was just a small matter, but Shunzhi's lost prestige could not be restored. She had to think of a good way to change Shunzhi's image among the people.

Unfortunately, she really ran out of energy...