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Chapter 219 My Fair Princess: Qianlong 04

Qianlong sent people to investigate the reason.

Looking at the papers on the desk and the words on them, Qianlong felt that he needed to reconsider the issue of his successor.

Yongqi is too emotional and doesn't know what matters most!

When he found out that someone in the Ministry of Internal Affairs was corrupt, his first reaction was not to hold that person accountable. Instead, he wondered if that person had some difficulties. He gave up on pursuing the person after just a few words and even paid money out of his own pocket to give that person money. How could he have such a naive son?

ah~

Qianlong leaned back in his chair, held his forehead and sighed.

The eunuch kneeling below lowered his head and said nothing.

This man was Qianlong's secret guard, and he was the one who investigated what Yongqi had done.

Qianlong glanced at him and said, "Keep checking!"

"Whoo."

The eunuch received the order and left the Yangxin Palace quietly.

Qianlong continued to look at what the secret guards had found out.

The Imperial Household Department was seriously corrupt, and price gouging was common.

Things that can be bought with one cent outside, but in the Forbidden City, you have to pay one or two taels of silver to buy them. Those servants in the Imperial Household Department are really bold.

Thinking of the fact that almost everything about the royal family in the late Qing Dynasty was controlled by the Imperial Household Department, Qianlong's eyes became increasingly darker.

We can't keep those slaves.

The original owner also knew that the corruption problem in the Imperial Household Department was serious. He had originally wanted to hand over the management of the Imperial Household Department to Yongqi for training, but he did not expect Yongqi to do a mess of the job.

Qianlong sighed again, wondering which prince had the ability to control the Imperial Household Department.

After thinking it over, Qianlong still had no idea, so he went to see the Empress Dowager.

As soon as he arrived at the Cining Palace, Qianlong saw a young man walking on another road.

The young man's eyebrows and eyes look a bit like Qianlong.

When Qianlong saw this, he suddenly remembered who his child was.

Aisin-Gioro Yongrong, the sixth son of Emperor Qianlong.

Yongrong naturally also saw Qianlong.

He stepped forward respectfully and saluted Qianlong: "Good luck to the emperor!"

Qianlong looked at his son and sighed. If it were not for his biological mother's last wish and the need to ease the tense atmosphere within the clan at that time, he would have adopted Yongrong into the clan as a side branch.

Therefore, Yongrong was nominally his nephew and could not call him Emperor Father.

"Get up." Qianlong said lightly.

Yongrong stood up respectfully, stood aside, lowered his head slightly, and waited for Qianlong to take action.

Qianlong said nothing when he saw this. He turned around and continued to walk towards the Cining Palace. As he walked, he said to Yongrong, "How come you have time to see the Empress Dowager today?"

Yongrong: "The Queen Mother was not feeling well a few days ago, so my nephew came to visit her."

Qianlong knew that the empress dowager had caught a cold and had been feeling unwell for two days before she recovered.

Now that I have recovered from my illness, I am still feeling a little unwell.

At this time, Qianlong also used the excuse of visiting the empress dowager to tell her about some of his troubles.

The Empress Dowager quite liked Yongrong. Although her love for him was not as great as that for Yongqi, he was still the second favorite child of the Empress Dowager among all the princes.

Before Yongrong was adopted out, he often came to the Cining Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager.

Therefore, the relationship between the grandparents and grandchildren is still pretty good. Even though their identities have changed now, it does not affect their friendship.

Qianlong nodded with satisfaction, "You are doing very well."

Yongrong was praised but did not show any excitement. Instead, he replied modestly, "The Queen Mother has always taken good care of me. Now that the Queen Mother is ill, I know that I will come to visit her."

When the two met, they had already arrived at the Cining Palace. After saying these few words, they were invited into the Cining Palace.

In Cining Palace.

Qing'er served beside the empress dowager and gave her a back massage.

The Queen Mother has become lazy ever since she recovered from her cold.

When Qianlong and Yongrong came in, they saw that the Empress Dowager looked a little listless and were worried.

When Qianlong saw the Empress Dowager like this, he forgot the purpose of his visit and asked Qing'er, who was beside the Empress Dowager, about her condition.

Yongrong also came forward to listen to the empress dowager's condition.

Qing'er told them what the imperial physician had said with a worried look on her face.

After listening to the long speech, the two concluded that the Queen Mother was old and that a minor illness had cost her half her life force, and it would take a long time for her to recover.

In the end, Qianlong and Yongrong stayed in the Cining Palace for less than a quarter of an hour before leaving.

The reason was that the Queen Mother was sleepy and wanted to go to bed.

This is also a sequelae of recovery from illness, drowsiness.

The two had no choice but to leave the Cining Palace early. After Yongrong left the Cining Palace, he was about to bid farewell to Qianlong and leave the palace, but was stopped by Qianlong.

Qianlong: "Come with me, I have something for you to do."

Yongrong didn't know what Qianlong wanted him to do, and followed Qianlong back to the Palace of Tranquil Longevity with a confused look on his face.

When Yongrong was about to leave, he remembered that the Yongrong in history he knew was a versatile person. In the middle and late period, he was highly valued by Emperor Qianlong and was in charge of the Imperial Household Department, served as the president of the Jade Book Library of the Siku Quanshu, and supervised the affairs of the Imperial Observatory.

Ren Yuanliang, who became Emperor Qianlong at this time, felt that it was not impossible for Yongrong to manage the Imperial Household Department in advance.

Although he looks a little younger now, Qianlong feels that it would be a good idea to let Yongrong practice this matter.

Qianlong and Yongrong stayed in the Hall of Mental Cultivation for a long time. When Yongrong finally came out, he looked dazed, holding the imperial edict that the emperor had just given him in his hand.

It said that he was to be in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Yongrong returned to his mansion, still with a look of disbelief on his face.

He never thought that he would have access to power. Although the comfortable life of a wealthy prince is what he wants to live now, he still wants a stage to display his talents.

……

The next day, Qianlong announced publicly that Yongrong would be in charge of the Imperial Household Department.

For a time, people in the court and the country began to talk about it, and they were very surprised that the Sixth Prince Yongrong, who had already stayed away from the struggle for imperial power, suddenly appeared in front of the public.

Some people who stood on the side of Fifth Prince Yongqi looked at Yongqi anxiously.

After all, Qianlong had let Yongqi manage the Imperial Household Department before, but Yongqi's management ability was not good, and many people knew about the mess in the Imperial Household Department.

Many people were still laughing at Yongqi behind his back, but they didn't expect Qianlong to be so decisive. When he found that Yongqi was not able to manage the Imperial Household Department well, he directly replaced him.

There really was no sign at all.

When Yunxi learned that Qianlong had asked Yongrong to manage the Imperial Household Department, he felt a little uneasy and privately asked Yongrong what he thought.

Yongrong's intention was very clear, which was to manage the Imperial Household Department. As for other thoughts, he would not have them and did not want them.

He is very satisfied with his current life and does not want to lose everything he has now because of that position.

Yunxi knew what Yongrong was thinking, and patted him on the shoulder with relief, saying, "I'm glad you think so. If that's the case, you should do your job well."

Yongrong: "Yes."

Yunxi had witnessed the tragedy of the "Nine Sons' Struggle for the Throne" and did not want Yongrong to also experience that tragic and dark event.