Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1193 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 117

At noon, Fatty Orange came over to have lunch and started talking about the things happening at Qianxi Four Institutes.

Jiang Xinxin was only concerned with eating and didn't bother to pay attention to Dapangju. What's more, she had already done everything she could do and had nothing to say to Dapangju.

Big Fat Orange didn't think it was a big deal that he was being bored, but Gao Wuyong, who was serving the dishes, felt like a thorn in his side. However, he was used to it and even found time to envy Gao Wuyong while eating. He didn't have to serve his colleague Jianqiu, who was serving the dishes.

After lunch, Fat Orange saw that Jiang Xinxin was already sleepy, so he could only leave awkwardly.

However, Gao Wuyong was a more capable chief steward than Su Peisheng, and he had already asked Jianqiu for all the relevant information. When Big Fat Ju was on his way back to Jiuzhou Qingyan under the scorching sun, he quickly reported, "Your Majesty, this morning, the news of Princess Fucha's miscarriage in Qianxi Sisuo spread to the garden. The Fourth Lady came here first to explain the situation to the Empress, and then apologized to the Empress."

"Aunt Jianqiu said that the palace sent word that Princess Fucha accidentally fell when she went out to enjoy the cool air last night. She came back with severe abdominal pain and saw blood. Then she realized that she might be pregnant. But when the imperial physician came, the baby was gone."

"The Queen first comforted the Fourth Lady, and told her not to blame Fu Cha Gege for her carelessness. She also gave the Fourth Lady and Fu Cha Gege a lot of medicinal herbs that could be used together."

"When the Fourth Lady went back to pack her luggage, the Fourth Prince also apologized to the Empress."

"The Empress said that no one wants to see such a result, and asked the Fourth Prince not to be dissatisfied with the Fourth Lady or Princess Fucha because of this. She also pitied the Fourth Prince for not having a child, and rewarded him with 500 taels of silver."

After listening to this, Big Fat Orange couldn't help but snorted coldly, but didn't say anything to comment. Gao Wuyong quietly raised his eyes to look, but saw that Big Fat Orange's figure was hidden behind the layers of gauze curtains of the imperial carriage.

Gao Wuyong was also very helpless. In his opinion, Fatty Orange should not have gone to the trouble of drugging Jiang Xinxin in the first place.

And since the drug has already been administered, even if you feel soft-hearted later, you should not change your mind every day.

Now that the two of them are in a life-and-death relationship, it is even more inappropriate to come to each other to ask for reconciliation.

As for the illusion of harmony between the emperor and the empress, it was enough to pretend in front of the concubines, clan members and ladies of state. In normal times, there was no need for them to meet.

But as an emperor, Big Fat Orange certainly has his own unique perspective on things, and his way of thinking is naturally endowed by his status as a noble family since childhood.

He naturally believed that everyone else had to obey his wishes. Even if they were disobedient like the Eighth Prince and Nian Gengyao, or even opposed him, they were enemies and would be defeated sooner or later.

In Big Fat Orange's heart, Jiang Xinxin can be many things, but not an enemy. What's more, they have the protective relationship of husband and wife, and a child who died early but did exist after all.

So, when Big Fat Orange said about turning the page, he really meant turning the page, and all the past will be let go.

Moreover, he believed that since he ascended the throne, in the two major conflicts between him and Jiang Xinxin, he, the emperor, was the first to bow his head. He had given Jiang Xinxin enough face, and Jiang Xinxin should have stepped down long ago.

However, the prince in the palace had no children for no reason, and Big Fat Orange thought of the children he had not been able to give birth to in those years. After thinking about it, he decided to call the Sticking Rod Department to investigate the matter carefully and ordered strictly that no details should be missed.

The endless obstacles in the palace were really unbearable for Da Pangju, not to mention that he was a very suspicious person. The Sticky Rod Department felt Da Pangju's determination, so they went back and had people dig deep into the ground. They found that there were indeed doubts about the miscarriage of Princess Fucha in Qianxi Sisuo.

When Fatty Orange got the result, he was furious.

He had dealt with those bondservants once before, but there were still so many people who were willing to sacrifice their lives for personal gain!

The Imperial Household Department's Baoyi were also considered nobles. Most of them worked in the Imperial Household Department, almost monopolizing all the positions in the Imperial Household Department. They could also develop their power in the previous dynasty by relying on their more convenient information than others. Because Baoyi were not limited to working in the Imperial Household Department, more of them had the opportunity to go to the battlefield and make meritorious deeds.

During the time of the previous emperor, the bondservants had set their sights on the harem, so unknowingly, except for the deposed crown prince and the tenth prince, the rest of the princes were either of bondservant origin, or were members of the pure Han army banner presented from Jiangnan, or were simply pure Han people.

Even more fortunately, Prince Yong, born to Concubine De, eventually ascended the throne, and from then on the bloodline of the bannermen flowed into the royal family. If Jiang Xinxin had not pointed this out personally, it would have been hard to say what would have happened later.

This time, Princess Fucha had a miscarriage purely because someone, out of jealousy, secretly attacked Princess Fucha with intent or without intent.

Just as what Jiang Xinxin overheard from the two palace maids Li Xin and Jin Xin while hiding under the lotus leaves that day, the big families in the upper three banners who had worked in the Imperial Household Department for generations were of course reluctant to give up the power and wealth of the Imperial Household Department, but the small bondservant families below didn't care about anything and were still very happy to send their girls to the palace or the clan residences.

Whether they were sent to the palace to serve the emperor or the princes, they could enjoy wealth and honor, and the title of a favorite concubine alone was enough for their families to do many things outside.

Princess Fucha decided to have a child out of consideration for winning favor. However, although she said to others that she hoped to have a prince, after weighing the pros and cons, she actually felt that it would be more cost-effective to have a little princess.

If she gave birth to a little princess, she could raise the child herself, and the little princess would not even have to change her imperial edict, and she could get married when she grew up to benefit her and the family.

More importantly, having a child would always make her status in the Fourth Prince's mind different, especially since she wanted to have the Fourth Prince's first child.

It is always a different feeling for a young father to hold his own blood-related child in his arms for the first time.

Princess Fucha herself did not expect that there were more bondservant women from the lower five banners like her who also set their sights on the Fourth Prince. They or their families wanted the same thing as she did, so her belly naturally blocked the way for many people.

Jiang Xinxin soon received the investigation results from Jiuzhou Qingyan, but she couldn't accept what was said in the confession.

“Is what is said here really reliable?”

"Just for such a ridiculous reason, Princess Fucha's child was gone before her mother even noticed?!"

Jianqiu took a look at a few confessions and felt that the reasons were a bit far-fetched. But as a slave, she thought about it and felt that it was not so incomprehensible.

"My lady, for those who have been unable to get promoted for generations, and who are gradually unable to keep their ancestral positions, they will strive to seize any opportunity to stand out."

"Perhaps in the eyes of others, if a woman in a family becomes pregnant with a prince, the family will have to leave the Ministry of Internal Affairs and will not be allowed to continue to work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The prince may even be sent to someone else to be raised. This is a very uneconomical thing."

"But if they are about to lose their positions, having someone in the harem will eventually allow them to gain certain benefits."