Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1160 Zhen Huan Enlarged to 84

Jiang Xinxin received many valuable gifts on Yixiu's birthday and during the New Year. She had no scruples and accepted all of them. Big Fat Orange would make the decision anyway, and what she was most concerned about was the fleet's sailing next year.

However, while Big Fat Orange was busy with state affairs, he still had time to come and laugh at Jiang Xinxin's current dangerous situation.

"How is the Queen doing lately? Do you want me to take action to suppress her?"

Jiang Xinxin, haha, if you really want to help, shouldn't you have helped a long time ago? Why are you talking nonsense here now?

Jiang Xinxin would not let the fat man Ju Ruyi go, and directly said: "As the queen, I have a little money, but I am still being taken advantage of by those irrelevant people. If you think of others, you will know how many people who have lost their support have been killed because of money."

"Since Your Majesty is determined to be a wise ruler, why do you still come to watch the fun in front of me?"

The fat orange immediately restrained the complacency brought by seeing Jiang Xinxin being humiliated, and admitted his fault with a serious face: "The queen is right, it is my fault today."

Big Fat Orange has regained a lot of his brain power, especially now that there are no other people around to influence him, he has become more shrewd and seems to have a more open mind, otherwise he would not have tolerated Jiang Xinxin's repeated disrespect to him.

After being reminded by Jiang Xinxin, Da Pangju completely gave up the idea of ​​watching the show. After all, the emperor and empress are one and the same is not just talk. Yixiu herself committed so many sins and killed so many of Da Pangju's offspring. At the beginning, Da Pangju even wanted to deprive Yixiu of the power to manage palace affairs. It was Zhen Huan and her party who completely dug up the death of Queen Chunyuan, which made Da Pangju determined to punish Yixiu.

The Empress Dowager's words that the Ulanara clan cannot produce a deposed empress were not only a reminder to Da Pang Ju that Yixiu was Chun Yuan's sister, but also a reminder to Da Pang Ju that deposing a queen would also damage his reputation as the emperor.

When Big Fat Ju made a move, the effect was immediate and noticeable. He even took the opportunity to attack a group of people. Many positions in the court were replaced by talents he had chosen in advance. The atmosphere became clearer, and no one, whether they were members of the royal family or the Manchu nobles, had anything to say.

As for the concubines in the harem, they had no choice but to put away all their little thoughts, especially Concubine Rou. She was frightened by Da Pangju's series of fierce measures and no longer dared to covet things that did not belong to her. It was okay when the Eighth Prince was around, but when she was behind his back, she could not help but feel self-pity and sadness.

Fu Guiren was really worried about Concubine Rou. Seeing Concubine Rou acting so abnormally, she thought that Concubine Rou was being tricked. She was very nervous and cleared the scene. She carefully leaned close to Concubine Rou's ear and asked, "Sister has been acting too abnormally recently. What did the imperial physician say when he came to take her pulse?"

Concubine Rou was extremely careful. Seeing how nervous Concubine Fu was, she was also worried that she might have been harmed by someone accidentally. She thought about it carefully and confirmed that the imperial physician had not found anything unusual. "The imperial physician always said the same old things. I was injured when I gave birth to the Eighth Prince, and I have been recuperating for the past two years. Who in the palace doesn't know about this?"

Fu Guiren took a deep breath and lowered her voice and said, "Sister, you should at least pay more attention to your health. You have really changed a lot recently. In the past, you would envy the high-ranking concubines in the palace who were born with good family backgrounds, and you would feel a little inferior because of your own family background, but you would not always dwell on it."

"Sister, when you envied the Queen's wealth before, I felt something was wrong, but I didn't know what was wrong at the time. Now I see, your personality has really changed a lot!"

In the end, Fu Guiren did not say that she was frightened by the paranoia displayed by Concubine Rou at that time. She had been in a low position for too long, and especially now that Concubine Rou had the prince by her side, she had no choice but to flatter Concubine Rou. She had to be careful with her words, actions, and gestures. She could not even speak or do things under the banner of doing good for Concubine Rou or the Eighth Prince.

Because of her poor life before entering the palace and the tragic contrast with the noble ladies after entering the palace, Concubine Rou had long developed an obsession with money and status.

But she herself was still clear-headed, and although she was not favored after entering the palace, she had never fallen out of favor, especially when she soon had a prince by her side. In addition, Jiang Xinxin had never deducted the concubines' share, so her obsession with money had faded a lot. Logically speaking, even if she was jealous of Jiang Xinxin's wealth and wanted to ask the Eighth Prince to please Jiang Xinxin, she would not express it so bluntly before others took action.

So Fu Guiren guessed that someone might have drugged her, making her insane and that’s why she became so abnormal.

There are some things that are difficult for people involved to notice any clues unless others point them out. After hearing what Fuguiren said, Concubine Rou carefully recalled her recent words and deeds, and she couldn't help but blush. She even wished there was a crack in the ground under her feet so she could crawl into it immediately.

Seeing Concubine Rou like this, Fu Guiren stood up and said goodbye very tactfully. Concubine Rou forced herself to remain calm and saw Fu Guiren off. Then she locked herself in her bedroom. Even her own son, the Eighth Prince, was not allowed to ask her to go out.

Concubine Rou was not simply too embarrassed to see people. She was well versed in spices and had a keen sense of smell. The feeling of embarrassment and not wanting to see people only lasted for a while at the beginning, and then she took the opportunity to check her bedroom.

As an expert in perfume making, she knows very well that spices can kill people without being seen, so she has to be extremely careful.

Concubine Rou thought that she had gradually become insane after she learned that Queen Jiang Xinxin held a large sum of money. The person behind the scenes must have been plotting against her for a short time, so all the new things that appeared in her room recently would be suspicious.

Not to mention the fact that Concubine Rou secretly checked her own residence by herself, just the fact that Jiang Xinxin has recently focused her energy on preparing the fleet for the sea is enough to make Dapangju look sideways.

After learning that Jiang Xinxin couldn't find a trustworthy person to lead the team out to sea for a while, Fat Orange took the initiative to come to Jiang Xinxin's house to help her solve her problems: "Is the Queen short of manpower?"

Jiang Xinxin didn't plan to go out to sea without telling Da Pangju, otherwise she should have found someone privately instead of using Da Pangju's relationship to do things, so she asked directly: "Why, the emperor has enough manpower recently, and can he still take care of my business?"

Big Fat Orange straightened his chest unconsciously. Before he came to power, he led the Zhenglan Banner. Although it was one of the five lower banners, he was still a legitimate banner leader. How could he not have a single useful person under his command?

Now that Fucha and Guaerjia have returned to his loyalty, he really has no shortage of people. On the contrary, he has to create more opportunities for his men to show their abilities. He himself can't find many opportunities, so he has to keep an eye on Jiang Xinxin.

"I also have plans to go out to sea. Since the Queen has decided to test the waters first, I should follow her steps."

Big Fat Orange's words sounded nice, and Jiang Xinxin also planned to borrow Big Fat Orange's manpower, so she said bluntly: "But I don't plan to go to sea under my own name. After all, going to sea is almost monopolized by the tyrants in Jiangnan, Fujian, and Guangdong and Guangxi. If we rashly intervene, these places will be in constant turmoil."