Some people are happy and some people worry (Part 1)

  Not only did Yunzhu not close his eyes, but even in the imperial palace, there was no peace for a whole night.

  Jingren Palace, Empress Ulanara listened to the reports of the strange phenomenon occurring in Fucha Mansion and fell into deep thought, speechless throughout the night, sleepless, wondering what it could mean; while in Yongshou Palace, Consort Xi Nian, who had also received the news, had a face that changed from joy to worry, unpredictable, although she lay down to sleep again under the attendance of the palace maids, she tossed and turned all night; others like Imperial Concubine Ge, who were not as well-informed, were also puzzled throughout the night, wondering what would happen next...

  The only place with bright lights was the Qianqing Palace's Yangxin Hall, where not only the Director of the Imperial Observatory, but also Zhao, the Deputy Director, and the officials in charge of recording astronomical phenomena to predict good or bad luck, such as Wu Baocang, Nan Miwen, Guan Ruoqing, and others were summoned. The unusual celestial phenomenon that night was again thoroughly questioned by Yongzheng, confirming it was a divine omen, and upon investigation, it was found that the place where the auspicious star had descended was indeed Fucha. At this time, both the emperor and his ministers let out a sigh of relief.

  When Yongzheng asked about Yunzhu's fate, Su Jianzheng told them all the calculation process, his eloquence was not bad, and Yongzheng and his son, as well as Zhao Jianfu and others who were listening to him describe, felt that such things were really too clever, too magical. At this time of calculating the birth date, there appeared a rare auspicious star sign in a hundred years, it is truly the will of heaven, this Fu Chai Yunzhu is indeed a blessed person, who can deny her true phoenix fate?

  "We are all unrefined in our studies, originally I had seen the fourth lady once and felt that she was full of spirit, elegant and refined, not like a person with a thin fate, yet still confined to her birthdate's eight characters, it is really shameful." Zhao Jian said, after this publicly recognized auspicious event, their mood became much lighter.

  "Even the heavens are not perfect, let alone us ordinary people, how can we comprehend the will of heaven?" Nan Miao Wen smiled and said, "This matter still has to thank Ji's astrology, otherwise we would be racking our brains and wouldn't know what's going on. Who could have known that the Fourth Madame is actually a double-star fate? It's worth noting that even people born at the same time can have different fortunes, some noble and some humble."

  Jillian bowed repeatedly.

  "You all did very well, I will reward you." Yongzheng smiled and glanced at Hongli, who was trying to calm down with an overjoyed look in his eyes, and asked: "Will this divine phoenix affect the true dragon's fate?"

  The Qintianjian crowd looked at each other, and the Suo Jianzheng stepped forward to say: "The Phoenix's fate will never change into a real dragon. Her arrival is just as stated in the Book of Songs - Shang Song - Xuan Niao: 'Heavenly Mandate Xuan Niao (also known as Feng, Yan, Que), descended and gave birth to Shang, established the mighty Shang Dynasty, ancient emperor Wu Ding, ruled over the four directions.' This is a blessing for our great Qing dynasty, foretelling its prosperity... Only wise and intelligent rulers can receive such heavenly favor."

  The flattery was so loud that Yongzheng and Hongbian couldn't help but burst out laughing, "A wise and intelligent ruler can get such blessings from heaven." This is said about them, haha.

  Suo Jingzheng and others all thought that the four consorts were even more pleasing to Hongli's heart, and he couldn't help but feel extremely satisfied. Hehe, such a woman who was blessed by heaven, excellent in every aspect, was his legitimate wife, what could be better than this?

  Fortunately, the Empress Dowager was not confused by the heavenly omen and gave birth to Xian Nü's ancestor, Qi Bei, who would give birth to even wiser emperors in the future. Cloud Pearl wiped away a cold sweat when she learned about this story much later. She didn't want to be suspected by both the current and future emperors before she could even secure her position as Empress Dowager.

  She never thought that Yongzheng, who had a difficult time since his accession to the present day, actually needed such an auspicious sign to sweep away all sorts of rumors about his legitimacy since his accession, and to alleviate the invisible wounds caused by the strong measures he took to clean up the government and rectify the national treasury among his relatives, between monarchs and ministers, and between the court and the people.

  Of course, as a pragmatic emperor, he would not issue an edict to explain this seriously. As long as the rumor mill was slightly stirred up, soon the entire capital and the whole country were abuzz with this miraculous phenomenon - from the celestial bodies in the sky, many people across the nation witnessed it, although no one saw the dazzling lights emanating from the Fu family estate - it was something that couldn't be faked.

  For a time, the whole country was discussing the meaning of this phenomenon, with 10% of people believing that the Qing dynasty was about to or had already reached another peak...

  Thus, the reforms and policies of our Emperor Yongzheng, such as the abolition of hereditary slavery, the conversion of land taxes to a fixed rate per mu, the abolition of the ignoble register, the public ownership of firewood, the establishment of the Grand Council... and so on were carried out without any obstruction. The opposition from all walks of life in the Qing dynasty seemed to have disappeared overnight.

  They dare to stand out in opposition; let alone the people who deeply believe in Tianzhuo, they themselves will be afraid of summoning heavenly punishment even when sleeping.

  What's more, in just over ten days, heavy rains fell for several days in areas across the country where water was scarce, and even Tian Wenjing felt that the tricky matter of "the Yellow River surging and dangerous work overlapping" had been resolved.

  This matter was mentioned by Hongli to Fu Heng, who suggested: do not use the power of the people, but use prisoners, cannot provide them with free food and accommodation, the government provides food, and orders them to work on the embankment and plant trees every day. Those who perform well can reduce their sentence or penalty - of course, which crimes can be reduced, how much they can be reduced, which crimes are not pardonable, but appropriate compensation can be given to the families of criminals, etc., still need to be discussed by the Ministry of Punishment.

  It's simply absurd, but Yongzheng liked this method. He was a practical person and immediately thought of the many prisoners detained in official prisons all over the country. If it were effective, not to mention road repair and disaster relief, even opening up wasteland for the imperial court to plant grain would be possible...

  So Yongzheng Emperor is a person with great imagination and the courage to put them into practice, really a lovely and respectable person.

  Yunzhu has once again fulfilled her wish to make the Qing dynasty a mere puppet... Well, its ultimate goal is naturally for her son Fucha to ascend to the throne and become the Empress Dowager.

  This kind of ghost idea, it's just Fu Heng who was most influenced by Yunzhu could think of. As for Fu Heng, Yongzheng still understood him very well, he had the talent of a general at a young age and would not lose to his older brothers in the future... Ah, Li Rongbao is really good at teaching his sons, each one is excellent.

  The emperor compared his own sons, who were younger than him, and couldn't help but feel a little sour. However, it was okay, as Fu Heng's excellence was largely due to Yunzhu's influence. This young man had been raised by his sister since childhood... Now that she had become his daughter-in-law, he thought that his future grandson would not be poorly raised under her care.

  Yongzheng was overjoyed and granted Ma Qi the title of First Class Baron, while Li Rongbao was conferred a hereditary peerage as a First Class Viscount. This was considered a reward to the Fuca household from the imperial court, from the auspicious sign to this incident, which greatly improved people's impression of him and made governance easier.

  At this time, everyone in the court knew that the future Fourth Imperial Concubine was favored by heaven and had a "divine bird" fall into her lap. On the surface, they didn't dare to visit her, but deep down, they were all envious and jealous of Li Rongbao - how did he manage to have such a good daughter? All they could do was watch as the emperor bestowed favors and promoted his family's status.

  It's true, being an official is not as good as having a daughter...

  Compared to the emperor's good mood and Hongli's joy, the women in Yuqing Palace, including Korisuotai, were depressed. The four wives' grand wedding had such a national celebration of auspiciousness before it even started, definitely they will be more valued by the emperor and master in the future!

  Originally, the position of Di Fujin was not something they could compare to, and now her status is even more solid, without needing to probe, it's clear that she holds a great weight in Master's heart...

  As for Korolyov, Guoxin, both Yongzheng and his son had forgotten about this person, even Hongli's mother, Empress Xiaoshengxian, was entangled in the "Phoenix Arrival Ceremony" and temporarily forgot to remind her son to handle these matters. Meanwhile, inside Yuqing Palace, Fu Heng, Gao Luomi, Zhang Shi and Liu Shi were delighted that Hongli had temporarily forgotten about this person.

  The imperial concubines would have let it go, anyway they still had to make a living under her. But for a gege who was about to come and "compete with them for food", they wouldn't be too polite. It was great that she could give her a warning before the wedding, so that she knew her place and didn't think about competing for favor, the master didn't care about her at all!

  Korileyte didn't have the mind to guess what was going on in the minds of the women in the palace, being able to be paired with the fourth prince as a princess was like hitting the jackpot for Korileyte's family, making them overjoyed. The fourth prince was the hidden crown prince, the future heir to the throne! As long as they could gain favor or hold on until the fourth prince ascended to the throne, then their family would also be able to produce a princess... Hehe, didn't Empress Xi start out as just a small princess when she first entered the palace? Look at her now, she's the number one person in the harem, second only to the empress!

  After a busy and hurried preparation of the dowry, it was discovered that no one had mentioned when to bring the new bride into the palace?!

  Do I have to personally ask someone to go to the Neiwu Fu or the Ministry of Rites? E Erjitu, the deputy officer, was hesitating. He and his daughter Guoxin had the same idea - it would be best if they could enter the palace before the fourth prince's wedding with the legitimate princess. Otherwise, with a beautiful and virtuous legitimate princess already present, how could Guoxin attract the attention of the fourth prince when she entered the palace later?

  As a result, before the Erjituo action was taken, Sheng Rui arrived... The emperor's edict to hold the wedding of the fourth son as a prince-level ceremony in the Imperial Household Department and the Ministry of Rites had to change most of the previously planned ceremonies. They were busy running around, how could they care about a small Ke'erjiete family?!

  Fortunately, E'ergitui was a Manchu and his family had intermarried with several other families for generations. He could find some connections in the capital through seven or eight turns of relationships, so he brought gifts and asked someone to introduce him to the door.

  Others also saw that his daughter was the princess appointed by Xi Fei for the Fourth Prince, and thought that maybe there would be a great opportunity, so they let their womenfolk submit a nameplate to the palace... In the end, Xi Fei remembered and said: "Let's wait until next year or the year after, it's not good to rush with the legitimate Fu Jin."

  Xi Fei, considering the emperor and her son's importance to Yunzhu, didn't dare take charge of letting Keliyete Fu enter. As soon as she entered the door, she had a hint of discontent in her heart, and this sentence came out of her mouth, intentionally or unintentionally, putting Fucha Yunzhu and Keliyete Fu on opposing sides.