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  Wulana just found someone to contact Lü Ying, but Yunzhu took a step ahead and drove the person out of Qianxi Second House. What is Qianxi Second House? It's a place where many palace maids and eunuchs want to get in. The Fourth Lady is famous for her kindness and generosity, who would be driven out unless they committed a serious mistake?!

  Generally, those who are driven out of the house by their masters will not have a good ending. They won't even have the chance to work in the cold palace, but instead be sent to do the most tiring and dirty labor... Lu Jing thought that since her mistress had let her go and she hadn't betrayed her master, her master should save her, right?

  "You little rascal! You lowly person! How dare you trip up the master?! Who taught you any manners?!" This was shouted by the eunuch and wet nurse who were trying to curry favor with the Fourth Prince and his wife, using their usual tactics to deal with these offending slaves, changing methods every ten days or half a month.

  "Teach her a good lesson! The cheap person who is asking for death should not drag us down with her...". This is the special training method of the Imperial Household Department to train the young palace maids, and their ways of tormenting people are endless.

  "Look at these slender white hands, how beautiful they are, aren't they perfect for embroidery? Master values you and you're not grateful, instead using them to frame Master. What use are they? Better to not have them."

  "Ah——" Lu Ying let out a miserable cry, her ten fingers trembling from being pricked by the long needle. After enduring day after day of punishment, she had lost the courage to seek death, but the resentment in her heart grew deeper and heavier. She had given up everything for her master, yet her master treated her like a dirty rag, used once and then discarded.

  "Poor thing, it's been tortured into this state, I don't know if it can survive..."

  "Shh, don't say that. A pitiful person must have a hateful side. Who made her do those disloyal things? When the higher-ups were chasing people away, they didn't say what would happen to her. She's definitely being targeted by someone who doesn't want her to live."

  "What did you say?"

  "Hey, this kind of thing happens a lot! This girl is also foolish, born with loyalty but pledged to the wrong master."

  ……

  Yes, with the influence of the Urala family in the palace, it's just a matter of saying one word to save her life. She didn't ask for much, she could stay in any cold palace or pavilion, and no need for the master to take charge. Why, why, doesn't anyone care about her?! She didn't say anything... The seemingly unconscious Lu Ying had a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

  For the sake of the Ulanara family, she risked her life to get the ceremonial robe that Fuheng had specially taken from the needlework room and made alterations on it, just to suppress Fuheng's prestige and give Master an opportunity to rise. But what did she get in return? Hehe, she wasn't afraid of death, but she was increasingly afraid to believe that the Ulanara family would treat her mother and brother well as promised...

  On the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month, good news came from the Rongguo Mansion: Dai Jia's wife gave birth to a son named Fucha Mingyan. This coincided with the eve of Chinese New Year, and the whole mansion was bustling with excitement. Gu Mama represented Yuzhu and went on an errand, returning to say: "Madam is enjoying good fortune, everything is being taken care of by several ladies, and there are two sisters accompanying her, so she's not bored. I also saw Seventh Lady, who looked well, with a pointed belly... it's likely that in a few days, Master will have another nephew. Second Master has returned to Beijing from Tibet, looking darker and thinner but in good spirits. The old master was in his study, and I only bowed my head and exchanged a few words.

  She then repeated what Li Rongbao said to Yunzhu again.

  Yunzhu nodded, and for the past two years, Yongzheng Hongli father and son have been reorganizing the navy. Now that new firearms have also been equipped, how could there be no movement? Second brother has made contributions in pacifying Tibet for three years but was transferred back to Beijing as a deputy minister of war. It's likely that after the New Year, his sixth and seventh brothers will leave Beijing to take up posts at several major naval camps.

  Even if Yongzheng was not a diligent emperor who rarely appeared in history, he would still give Hongli the opportunity to perform and build his merits for his smooth succession. Now that the Qing dynasty's navy has risen again, it is reasonable to recover Macau, just like recovering Taiwan during Kangxi's reign.

  The plan to recall Macau had been brewing in Yongzheng's mind for a long time. After the fifth day of the new year, Yunzhu's premonition came true again, and Fu Yu followed Fu Xin with an edict all the way south to Fuzhou Water Camp.

  Many aristocratic families seemed to have sensed something, secretly calculating in their study rooms, only to discover that the emperor had quietly sent many talented individuals to the newly established naval forces over the past few years, including even imperial clan members. Upon further reflection on the previous inspection tour of the four and five princes to the southern regions... they already had a confirmed guess in mind.

  The Navy, apart from Macau, where else can we make achievements now? Your Majesty is thinking of taking back Macau from the Portuguese. Just talking about the Qing Empire's vast territory and resources, the elite Eight Banners, mobilizing the Qing Navy is just a test of the training results of these years, using the Portuguese naval forces as whetstones, this is a battle that will surely be won, it's a great opportunity to establish merits!

  With vision and courage, he pulled out the talents from his own clan, made every effort to send them to various naval camps, and also managed to transfer the civil officials to counties near coastal ports such as Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang.

  "Madam, the prince's letter has arrived!" Manager Chang presented the received letter and two boxes.

  Suwen handed over the luggage to Yunzhu, who took a look and found that apart from Hongli's letter, there was also one from Fu Heng. The two trunks also contained many items that Fu Heng had sent for her and the triplets.

  "This period of time is usually busy, and the king may not be back for a while. The two palaces are still troubling you with more work, and the personnel's entry and exit should be stricter."

  "Yes." Chang Qing understood the meaning of Yun Zhu's words. Although Qian Xi Er So was an independent palace, it couldn't escape the scope of the imperial palace after all. The rules and regulations were even stricter here. Over the years, he had also gotten used to the ways of this Fourth Imperial Concubine, who was lenient towards her subordinates but demanded that each person fulfill their duties clearly and do their own job well. As long as they didn't speak out of turn or go to places they shouldn't be, she wouldn't interfere too much. And whenever the Fourth Prince went out on official business, the gate guards of Qian Xi Er So would become even stricter.

  "Alright, you can withdraw now."

  "Hmm."

  Yunzhu opened two trunks, inside were some scattered gems and exquisite ivory carvings, rare wood carvings and jade carvings, they were either landscape figures or models of ships and horse-drawn carriages with a Western flavor, and there were also many spices, these were all easily available in Guangzhou, Macau and other commercial ports, but those that could be sent to the two palaces of Qianxi were rare and precious items, while the inferior ones were transported to stores selling Western goods.

  "These jewels are picked up and used when making ornaments or trinkets, and these trinkets are made into booklets and stored in the warehouse."

  "Yes." Ling Xue told people to put things away and go down.

  "Master, what about these hair accessories?" Su asked, pointing to the ornaments packed in a sandalwood box. Yunzhu opened it and found that they were indeed as described in the letter: two sets of hair accessories, one set made of amethyst, including a carved flower hairpin, earrings, beads, and bracelets; another set made of crystal pendants and two strands of crystal beads, shining brightly. There was also a black wooden bangle inlaid with eight treasures, and a yellow sandalwood carved plum blossom hairpin.

  The first two are fine, the things are not difficult to find, and more exquisite styles can be made. The last two are more difficult to get, the wood is precious, and the carving is also top-notch, but it's just not suitable for Yunzhu herself to use.

  Hongli's letter mentioned that this was a Guangzhou merchant who loved crystal and had someone make it as a rare item to be placed in a jewelry store. They happened to see it, thought it was more transparent and watery than ordinary gemstones, very suitable for Yunzhu, so they spent a lot of money to buy it back to Beijing. The bracelet and hairpin were also coincidental things. Yunzhu curved her lips, the latter two are things that ordinary merchants would not have, and must be gifts from lower officials. Like them, these imperial sons and envoys who went out to inspect, the things they received from officials were not bribes but to comfort their hearts. "Put the two sets of crystal headwear in my dresser box, and pack the bracelet and hairpin separately, leave it for later use."

  "Yes." Su Wen personally carried the sandalwood box into the inner house.

  In addition to the above treasures, decorations and jewelry, there are three rare tree seedlings that Yunzhu is interested in, namely agarwood, Dalbergia odorifera and yellow poplar. Agarwood and Dalbergia odorifera are precious, but it's not difficult for a family like Yunzhu to get them. Only the yellow poplar seedling is really hard to come by.

  If the king of birds is the phoenix, then the king of wood is Huang Yang. Huang Yang wood is a shrub that does not grow in soil, but on the rocky walls of high mountains shrouded in cloud and mist, with dew and rain as its nutrients, growing in an environment without any pollution, it can be said to have absorbed the essence of heaven and earth. Its growth is extremely slow, with tales of taking a thousand years to grow just one inch, making it extremely precious. Generally, it's already difficult to encounter mature Huang Yang wood that has been successfully cut down and transported, so who would dig up such a precious sapling and bring it down the mountain? Even planting it alive is difficult, therefore it can't be sold for much of a price.

  Several years ago, the few sandalwood saplings had grown into towering trees in the space, and many more saplings had sprouted around them. If not for Yunzhu's control, they would have developed into a sandalwood forest by now. The golden silk nanmu, red bean nanmu, water nanmu, and heavenly osmanthus saplings that Yongzheng gave her on her eleventh birthday had also reached the age of one hundred in the space. The small saplings had all grown out, and with the addition of these three new species, she believed that one day her space would be able to grow a precious wood forest.

  After planting the three small saplings, Yunzhu walked to the three golden spirit fruit trees between this forest and the Yulan tree - these were the three golden cores that emerged after the earthquake in the seventh year of Yongzheng. After re-experiencing the life imprint left by the Yulan tree, she had a new understanding of some spiritual grasses and fruits, and only then did she know that it was a very ordinary kind of spiritual fruit in ancient times, called golden spirit fruit, which had the effect of enlightenment. Yunzhu guessed that during the Honghuang period, with so many demon cultivators, apart from the abundance of heaven and earth's spiritual energy, perhaps this fruit also played a role.

  And she got that three nuclear, estimated last one was eaten by Kangxi...

  These three golden spirit trees have only grown more than two meters tall over the years, with bright green leaves as large as palms. The veins of the leaves are different from those of ordinary tree leaves, shining with a faint golden light. There are not many fruits, but also not too few, one tree has forty-nine fruits, each fruit grows to the size of a fist and does not grow anymore. The color is gradually changing from green to yellow, and the golden veins on the skin are still eye-catching, emitting a dazzling golden light. As long as the fruit turns golden, it means it's ripe and can be picked and eaten.

  Yunzhu is preparing to give each of the triplets one when the time comes. Being born as the eldest son or daughter means they have a head start over others, but at the same time, without an intelligent mind and sufficient tactics, this advantage will become their death sentence. As their mother, she must make more plans for them, not just physical health, but also cultivating their minds, knowledge, and vision is essential.

  Since the martial arts were developed by her, she carefully considered it and felt that the ban on the jade tripod was still a bit slow. She didn't understand the formation and ban yet, not to mention that her current divine consciousness power was not enough to control and respond to the changes that might occur after breaking the ban.

  She then took out the life imprint of Yulan Tree from the sea of recognition and re-experienced it. If last time's experience was just a rough understanding of the changes in the Honghuang world, the changes in the Canghai mountains, and had an initial contact with the Heavenly Way, starting her spiritual cultivation, then this time she began to learn how to identify various ancient spiritual herbs and fruits that have been passed down, strengthening her knowledge in alchemy.

  Having lifesaving martial arts is good, but martial arts cannot guarantee that you will not get hurt. Refining elixirs and making medicine is a very good lifesaving skill.

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  Wulana just found someone to contact Lü Ying, but Yunzhu took a step ahead and drove the person out of Qianxi Second House. What is Qianxi Second House? Many palace maids and eunuchs thought it was a place to enter. The fourth lady was famous for her kindness and benevolence, who would be driven out unless they had committed a serious mistake?!

  Generally, those who are driven out of the house by their masters will not have a good ending. They won't even have the opportunity to work in the cold palace, and instead will be sent to do the most tiring and dirty labor... At first, Lü Ying thought that since her mistress had let her go and she hadn't betrayed her master, her master should save her, right?

  "You little rascal! You lowly person! How dare you trip up the master, who taught you such manners?!" This was shouted by the eunuch and wet nurse who were trying to curry favor with the Fourth Prince and his wife. The methods they used to discipline these offending slaves were varied and came one after another, not repeating themselves for ten days or half a month.

  "Teach her a good lesson! The cheap person who is asking for death, don't drag us down with you...". This is the special training method of the Imperial Household Department to train the young palace maids, and their ways of tormenting people are endless.

  "Look at these slender white hands, how beautiful they are, aren't they perfect for embroidery? Master values you and you're not grateful, instead using them to frame Master. What use are they? Better to have none."

  "Ah——" Lu Ying let out a miserable cry, her ten fingers trembling from being pricked by the long needle. After enduring day after day of punishment, she had lost the courage to seek death, but the resentment in her heart grew deeper and heavier. She had given up everything for her master, yet her master treated her like a dirty rag, used once and then discarded.

  "Poor thing, it's been tortured into this state, I don't know if it can survive..."

  "Shh, don't say that. A pitiful person must have a hateful side. Who made her do those disloyal things? When the higher-ups were chasing people away, they didn't say what would happen to her. She's being treated so cruelly, definitely because someone else doesn't want her to live."

  "What did you say?"

  "Hey, this kind of thing happens a lot! This girl is also foolish, born with loyalty but pledged to the wrong master."

  ……

  Yes, with the influence of the Urala family in the palace, it's just a matter of saying one word to save her life. She didn't ask for much, she could stay in any cold palace or pavilion, and no need for the master to take charge. Why, why, doesn't anyone care about her?! She didn't say anything... The seemingly unconscious Qingying had a faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

  For the sake of the Ulana family, she risked her life to get the ceremonial robes that Fuheng had specially taken care of in the needlework room, just to suppress Fuheng's prestige and give Master an opportunity to rise. But what did she get in return? Hehe, she wasn't afraid of death, but she was increasingly unwilling to believe that the Ulana family would treat her mother and brother as well as they had promised...

  On the twenty-eighth of the twelfth lunar month, good news came from the Rongguo Mansion: Dai Jia's wife gave birth to a son named Fucha Mingyan. This coincided with the eve of Chinese New Year, and the whole mansion was bustling with excitement as everyone gathered together. Gu Mama represented Yuzhu and went on an errand, returning to say: "Madam is enjoying good fortune indeed! Several ladies are taking care of things, and there are two sisters by her side, so she's not feeling stifled. I also saw Seventh Lady, who looked well with a pointed belly... it's likely that Master will have another nephew soon. Second Master has returned to Beijing from Tibet, looking darker and thinner but in good spirits. The old master was in his study, and I only bowed my head and exchanged a few words.

  She then repeated what Li Rongbao had said to Yunzhu again.

  Yunzhu nodded, and for the past two years, Yongzheng Hongli father and son have been reorganizing the navy. Now that new firearms have also been equipped, how could there be no movement? Second brother has made contributions in pacifying Tibet for three years, but was recalled to Beijing as a deputy minister of war. It's likely that after the New Year, his sixth and seventh brothers will leave Beijing to take up posts at several major naval camps.

  Even if Yongzheng was not a diligent emperor who rarely seen in history, he would still give Hongli the opportunity to perform and build his merits for his smooth succession. Now that the Qing dynasty's navy has risen again, it is unreasonable that Taiwan could be recovered during Kangxi's reign but Macau cannot be recovered now.

  The plan to recall Macau had been brewing in Yongzheng's mind for a long time. After the fifth day of the new year, Yunzhu's premonition came true again, and Fu Yu followed Fu Xin with an edict all the way south to Fuzhou Water Camp.

  Many aristocratic families seemed to have sensed something, secretly calculating in their study rooms, only to discover that the emperor had quietly sent many talented individuals to the newly established naval forces over the past few years, including even imperial clan members. Upon further reflection on the previous inspection tour of the four and five princes to the south... they already had a definite guess in mind.

  The Navy, apart from Macau, where else can we make achievements now? Your Majesty is thinking of taking back Macau from the Portuguese. Just talking about the Qing Empire's vast territory and resources, the elite Eight Banners, mobilizing the Qing Navy is just a test of the training results of these years, using the Portuguese naval forces as whetstones, this is a battle that will surely be won, it's a great opportunity to establish merits!

  With vision and courage, he pulled out the talents from his own clan, made every effort to send them to various naval camps, and also managed to transfer the civil officials to counties near coastal ports such as Fujian, Guangdong, and Zhejiang.

  "Madam, the prince's letter has arrived!" Manager Chang presented the received letter and two boxes.

  Shu Wen handed over the luggage to Yun Zhu, who took a look and found that apart from Hong Li's letter, there was also Fu Heng's. The two trunks also contained many items that Fu Heng had sent for her and the triplets.

  "This period of time is usually busy, and the king may not be back for a while. The two palaces are still troubling you with more work, and the personnel's entry and exit should be stricter."

  "Yes." Chang Qing understood the meaning of Yun Zhu, although Qian Xi's two palaces were independent, they couldn't escape the scope of the imperial palace. The rules and regulations had to be stricter. Over the years, he had become accustomed to the way the Fourth Imperial Concubine handled things, being lenient with her subordinates, requiring each servant to have clear responsibilities, doing their own duties well. As long as they didn't speak out of turn or go to places they shouldn't, she wouldn't interfere much. However, whenever the Fourth Prince went out on business, the gate guards of Qian Xi's two palaces would become even stricter.

  "Alright, you can withdraw now."

  "Hmm."

  Yunzhu opened two trunks, inside were some scattered gems and exquisite ivory carvings, rare wood carvings and jade carvings. They were either landscapes with figures or models of ships and horse-drawn carriages with a Western flavor. There were also many spices, all of which could be easily obtained at commercial ports such as Guangzhou and Macau. However, only the best ones could be sent to the two palaces in the Forbidden City, while the inferior ones were sold in stores that sold Western goods. "Put these gems away, they will come in handy when making jewelry or decorations. Put these decorations in a bookcase and store them in the warehouse."

  "Yes." Ling Xue told people to put things away and go down.

  "Master, what about these hair accessories?" Su asked, pointing to the ornaments packed in a sandalwood box. Yunzhu opened it and found that they were indeed as described in the letter: two sets of hair accessories, one set made of amethyst, including a carved flower hairpin, earrings, beads, and bracelets; the other set was made of various crystal-encrusted ornaments and two strands of wristlets, shining brightly. There was also a black wooden bangle inlaid with eight precious stones and a yellow sandalwood carved plum blossom hairpin.

  The first two are fine, the things are not hard to find, and more exquisite styles can be made. The last two are a bit harder to get, the wood is precious, and the carving is also top-notch, but it's just not suitable for Yunzhu herself.

  。

  Hongli's letter mentioned that this was a Guangzhou merchant who loved crystal and had someone make it as a rare item to be placed in a jewelry store. They happened to see it, thought it was more transparent and watery than ordinary gemstones, very suitable for Yunzhu, so they spent a lot of money to buy it back to Beijing. The bracelet and hairpin were also coincidental things. Yunzhu curved her lips, the latter two are things that ordinary merchants would not have, and must be gifts from lower officials. Like them, these imperial sons and envoys who came out of the capital for inspection, the things they received from officials were not bribes but to comfort their hearts. "Put the two sets of crystal headwear in my dresser box, and pack the bracelet and hairpin separately, leave it for later use."

  "Yes." Su Wen personally carried the sandalwood box into the inner house.

  In addition to the above treasures, decorations and jewelry, there are three rare tree seedlings that Yunzhu is interested in, namely agarwood, Dalbergia odorifera and yellow poplar. Agarwood and Dalbergia odorifera are precious, but it's not difficult for a family like Yunzhu to get them. Only the yellow poplar seedling is really hard to come by.

  If the king of birds is the phoenix, then the king of wood is Huang Yang. Huang Yang wood is a shrub that does not grow in soil, but on the rocky walls of high mountains shrouded in cloud and mist, with dew and rain as its nutrients, growing in an environment without any pollution, it can be said to have absorbed the essence of heaven and earth. Its growth is extremely slow, with tales of taking a thousand years to grow just one inch, making it extremely precious. Generally, it's already difficult to encounter mature Huang Yang wood that has been successfully cut down and transported, so who would dig up such a precious sapling and bring it down the mountain? Even planting it alive is difficult, therefore it can't be sold for much of a price.

  Several years ago, the few sandalwood saplings had grown into towering trees in the space, and many seedlings had sprouted around them. If it weren't for Yunzhu's control, they might have already developed into a sandalwood forest. The golden silk nanmu, red bean arborvitae, waterlogged camphor, and heavenly osmanthus saplings that Yongzheng gave her on her eleventh birthday had also reached the age of one hundred in the space. The small saplings had all grown out, and now she had added three more varieties. She believed that one day, her space would be able to grow a precious wood forest.

  After planting the three small saplings, Yunzhu walked to the three golden spirit fruit trees between this forest and the Yulan tree - these were the three golden cores that emerged after the earthquake in the seventh year of Yongzheng. After re-experiencing the life imprint left by the Yulan tree, she had a new understanding of some spiritual grasses and fruits, and only then did she know that it was a very ordinary kind of spiritual fruit in ancient times, called golden spirit fruit, which had the effect of enlightenment. Yunzhu guessed that during the Honghuang period, with so many demon cultivators, apart from the abundance of heaven and earth's spiritual energy, perhaps this fruit also played a role.

  And what she got was that three nuclear, I guess the last one was eaten by Kangxi...

  These three golden spirit trees have only grown more than two meters tall over the years, with bright green leaves as large as palms. The veins of the leaves are different from those of ordinary tree leaves, shining with a faint golden light. There are not many fruits, but also not too few, one tree has forty-nine fruits, each fruit grows to the size of a fist and no longer grows. The color is gradually changing from green to yellow, and the golden veins on the skin are still eye-catching, emitting a dazzling golden light. As long as the fruit turns golden, it means it's ripe and can be picked and eaten.

  Yunzhu is preparing to give each of the triplets one when the time comes. Being born as a legitimate son or daughter means they have won at the starting line compared to others, but similarly, without an intelligent brain and sufficient tactics, this advantage will become their death sentence. As a mother, she must make more plans for them, in addition to physical health, cultivating their minds, knowledge, and vision is also essential.

  Since the martial arts were developed by her, she carefully considered it and felt that the ban on the jade tripod was still a bit slow. She didn't understand the formation and ban yet, not to mention that her current spiritual power was not enough to control and respond to the changes that might occur after breaking the ban. So she took out the life imprint of the Yulan tree from her sea of consciousness again for re-enlightenment. If the last time she had a glimpse of the changes in the Honghuang world, the changes in the Canghai, and had an initial contact with the Heavenly Way, starting her spiritual soul cultivation, then this time she began to learn how to identify various ancient spiritual grasses and fruits that have been passed down, strengthening her knowledge in alchemy.

  Having lifesaving martial arts is good, but martial arts cannot guarantee that you will not get hurt. Refining elixirs and making medicine is a very good lifesaving skill.