Chapter 175 Chang Zai's Promotion 5
Chapter 175 Chang Zai's Promotion 5
After being reminded by the system that there were some things in the food that shouldn't be there, Ji Huan was not surprised at all. She was the one who felt strange that Liu didn't take any action!
However, she does not plan to make it public for now, as she needs to test the abilities of the people around her.
After discovering appetite-boosting powder in the food for two consecutive days, Nanny Yu found her privately.
"Big Princess, your food has been drugged."
"Oh? What medicine?"
Seeing Ji Huan's calm expression, Nanny Yu instantly understood that she probably knew it a long time ago.
Yu Ma said immediately: "It is a medicine that can increase people's appetite. I am incompetent and failed to discover this matter in the first place."
"It's only been two days, the medicine won't have much effect. Madam, please tell Ama! I need to tell the truth, so that Ama will have some confidence in me."
Madam Yu: “Yes.”
Nanny Yu was now convinced.
Ji Huan continued, "It is said that it is impolite not to return the favor. I have a recipe that can make people get acne on their faces. The symptoms are very similar to those of getting angry. Even if it is cured, the acne scars left behind cannot be eliminated. It is inconvenient for me to leave the house. I wonder if Nanny can help me do it for me?"
Nanny Yu was silent. Strictly speaking, she was Mu Ling's person, but if she did this, then she was Ji Huan's person.
Ji Huan continued, "I heard that the nanny has a little grandson who is very talented in studying. Why don't you let your son and daughter-in-law work in the bookstore that my mother gave her as a dowry? In addition, I have a letter of recommendation from my uncle. With the letter, you can worship the great scholar Wang Yiran as your teacher."
Nanny Yu lowered her head. These were things Mu Ling would not give her.
Mu Ling naturally had resources in this area, but he would not give them out just to win over Nanny Yu. He only gave a considerable amount of silver, but Ji Huan was not short of silver either.
"I am willing to obey the master's orders."
"Madam, you have been in the palace for many years and are very experienced. I would like to trouble you to teach me some more useful things."
"I will tell you everything I know."
"That would be troublesome."
"It's what this servant should do."
Nanny Yu filed a complaint, and soon, Liu fell into bad luck. She lost a lot of power. The nanny who gave her advice was gone, two people died in the kitchen, and two maids were cleared out of Jihuan's yard.
All in all, the Liu family lost a lot of people and money in this wave.
Ever since Jihuan showed up, Liu has been spending money to avoid disaster.
But that was not enough. Soon, Liu got acne on her face due to getting angry. She didn't take it seriously at first, but later she found that it was getting worse and worse, and then she realized that the matter was serious.
She asked a doctor to come and treat her, who said she was suffering from a fever and prescribed some medicine. The medicine worked, but the effect was not obvious, and Liu became even more furious.
It's not that she didn't suspect Ji Huan had attacked her, but no matter how the doctor checked, he said that she was just getting angry and that she would only get better if she calmed down.
Liu was looking for ways to save her own face everywhere, but she forgot about her daughter. Cheng Huan was still young, and occasionally listened to the maid's provocative words. Under the strict rules day after day, he began to hate his own mother Liu.
By this time, it was already the eleventh year of Qianlong's reign. The fourteen-year-old Ji Huan's appearance became more and more outstanding, and Mu Ling had already begun to dream of soaring to the top.
Jihuan is still learning.
She managed the dowry left by Sochorolo very well, and now she is a wealthy woman with no shortage of money.
With the money, Ji Huan began to infiltrate the bondservant families with Yu Ma as the center.
She had studied Qianlong's harem a little. How should she put it? He was quite generous to his concubines, especially in terms of positions. However, too many of them were of bondservant origin.
Although children were born in the Manchu and Han military banners, even if they were able to give birth to children, they would not live long, or their chance of inheritance would be abolished.
This is very interesting.
Jihuan had to give in to the conspiracy theory. The high number of deaths of children might be related to the incorrect feeding and medical methods of the Qing Palace, but Jihuan didn't believe that there was no human factor.
The bondservant families are all called aristocratic families!
Even if she is confident that she can protect her child, she still needs connections.
She didn't believe that those people were as solid as a rock. Even if they were, she had to break that rock into pieces.
Spending a lot of money can make people excited.
By the end of the eleventh year of Qianlong's reign, her plan had begun to take shape, and she also received news that Qianlong would attend the banquet hosted by Prince He.
Kangxi and Yongzheng would not do such a thing, but Qianlong liked to have fun, and the Forbidden City could not hold him. Someone once discovered that they could meet the emperor from time to time at some banquets. However, his hobby had not spread, which gave Jihuan the opportunity to take advantage of it.
At the winter banquet, Jihuan wrapped herself tightly and came to the prince's mansion to attend the banquet. She followed her aunt Zhang Jia and was very well-behaved.
The reason why she was able to come was because her aunt Zhang Jia and Prince Heqin's concubine Zhang Jia were cousins, and they had a good relationship.
Jihuan has been getting along very well with her maternal family for more than a year. Liu is not a qualified mother, so Zhang Jia, as her aunt, will naturally bring her out to see the world. The talent show is about to start, and it won't hurt to get to know a few more people before the show.
"Greetings, Concubine, how are you?"
"Get up, this is the niece that my cousin has been talking about! She is really outstanding, my cousin is so lucky."
"This child is well-behaved. I am indeed blessed."
Then comes the boasting session.
After talking for a while, Concubine Zhangjia saw that she was bored, so she suggested that someone take her out for a walk, which was exactly what Jihuan wanted.
After leaving the yard, Jihuan was followed by Cuizhu, the maid of concubine Zhangjia, and her own maid Shuxiang.
In her mind, she was talking to the system.
"Temporarily bind Emperor Qianlong Hongli as my other half. Please help me check his whereabouts."
"Okay host, binding in progress... Binding completed, map updated, host please check."
After checking the map and seeing that Hongli's red dot was indeed moving in the house, she breathed a sigh of relief. At least the news was correct, but the two of them were a little far apart.
Ji Huan began to walk aimlessly and casually, and only stopped when she came to a lush bamboo. She couldn't help but sigh: "It's the Frost Festival, let's cultivate our jade-like body!"
"Princess, don't you like plum blossoms the most in winter? Why are you writing about bamboo?"
Ji Huan smiled and said, "I don't like plum blossoms most in winter, it's because plum blossoms bloom best in winter. We don't have bamboo in our house, but now that I see it, I like it. Let's go, it's time to go back. If we don't go back, my aunt will be worried."
"Yes, Grid."
Ji Huan looked at the red dot that no longer moved. The two of them were not far apart. The other person could see her, but she could not see the other person.
This is enough. If we really want to meet, it would be too deliberate.
After Ji Huan left, Prince He hurriedly said: "Brother, this is not arranged by me, you have to believe me."
Hongli rolled his eyes at him and said, "I know it wasn't you who arranged this. I just took this route randomly. It's too late for you to arrange it. Li Yu, go check which princess this is. It's quite interesting."
"Yes, Your Majesty."
After that, he smiled and said: "It's the Frost Festival, and you need to cultivate your jade-like body! It seems that you still need a girl with integrity."
During the trip to the Prince's Palace, Ji Huan's performance was mediocre, but it was okay as long as she didn't make any mistakes. For a concubine to be selected, being too much in the spotlight is not a good thing. She made this trip just to ensure that she can enter the palace smoothly in next year's selection.
No matter how confident she was, she couldn't guarantee that she would be able to enter the palace.
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