Chapter 80: The Qing Dynasty's Comprehensive Jade World

  Compared to the copy of "The Return of Princess Pearl" and Xia Ziyu, who is a bit too hot to handle, "Plum Blossom Mark" is a very good copy for Ya Ge. Lan Xiang has not been betrothed yet, and the Duke's family does not have any leverage in their hands, so whether it is him or the royal family, they do not need to be afraid of being counterattacked, and can naturally think of ways to deal with the Duke's family as they please.

  So the classic Longyuan Building's Belle's song girl, ultimately led to the death of her father in a fight between the two men, and then the song girl sold herself for 50 taels of silver to bury her father, but was bought back by the Beile and settled in Mao'er Hutong. Soon after, a large number of impeachment memorials against the Duke of Sulide flew onto Qianlong's dragon desk.

  What a great uncle, teaching his son without any method, yelling at the singing girl in front of everyone; The eldest son of the great uncle is disrespectful to the imperial family with yellow belt; The emperor has not yet issued an edict and he dares to self-proclaim himself as Beile; The names of the two sons of the great uncle are in conflict with the royal family, etc. Each and every one of these incidents made Qianlong so angry that he was blowing his beard and staring wide-eyed.

  But the most fatal thing is that the eldest son of Wang Shu made the singer his concubine and let her lose her chastity during the mourning period!

  Then Wang's inner court was also impeached. Fu Jin abused the concubine and her son, but Wang did not stop it, and instead followed suit.

  Fu Heng immediately petitioned for punishment. Even though Fu Chai, the imperial son-in-law, is now a prince, he is still a member of the Fuca family. If something really happened, the Fuca family would also be unable to escape.

  Qianlong still trusted the rich and powerful Fuca family, especially after his mother's death. The Fuca family was a reputable clan with capable and well-behaved descendants, which is why Qianlong valued them so much. Now that the Duke of Suo had been impeached, it didn't have much to do with the Fuca family directly.

  The clan is big, and there will always be a few mice that stir up the soup. The Aixinjueluo clan also has such mice, so Qianlong understands Fu Heng's difficulties.

  With a wave of his hand and an imperial edict, Fu Heng was overjoyed to the point of tears, while Suo Liancheng's side was left with nothing but unshed tears.

  The father was not strict, and he himself was demoted from Prince to Beile. The inner court was not well-managed, and the title of Prince was directly downgraded to Beile, let alone changing the names of his two sons. The elder son, Haozhen, was changed to Haoceng, and the younger son, Haoxiang, was changed to Haotian. Fortunately, these two names are still not bad, and the pronunciation has not changed, only one character has been changed. However, the younger son was given to a childless widower of the Fuca clan, and Yue Li couldn't smile at all.

  No matter what, he is his son, and if he wants to mistreat him, that's his business. But now the child has become someone else's... He can't accept it! But there's no way out, this was a direct decree from Qianlong, and Haoxiang is no longer his son.

  To turn back to Haoran, this eldest son used to be good, and even left a good impression on the emperor because of the incident of catching the white fox and releasing the white fox. Later, he also received praise for being "both civil and military". He is very clear about how he got this royal title, and has always been cautious. He placed all his hopes on Haoran, hoping that this eldest son would be even more excellent, and if he could win the emperor's favor and become the crown prince, this royal title could be passed down without being demoted, which would also be a way to make amends to his ancestors.

  So, Haozheng is already twenty years old and still has no one in his house. This is not because Xueru doesn't love her son and won't give him a wife, but because Yueli wants Haozheng's house to be clean, so as to give the emperor and the noble people of the harem a better impression.

  After all, a son-in-law and a son are different. A son should naturally have many wives to have many children and blessings, but for a son-in-law, it's best if he only has one wife from our family.

  Perhaps it was because of this reason that Haozheng couldn't take his eyes off that lowly singing girl! Having seen too little of the world, he was completely taken in by a woman who was used to indulging in romantic affairs. It didn't matter if she was taken in or not, the Wang estate wasn't so poor that they couldn't afford to raise another woman - at worst, she could just be made into a maid, and then revealed her true identity after the princess had been married for a year. But Haozheng's son insisted on having a huge falling out with the Beizi of Dulun!

  Duolong is who? The grandson of the original Daqian Suiyun, now the eldest son of Zhenguo Duke, the whole family regards him as a treasure in their palms. If it weren't for the birth of this son by the legitimate Fu Jin Laoben, Zhenguo Duke would have been without an heir! Haoke and who fought badly, but he had to clash with this Beizi Ye, even Qianlong couldn't control that beloved son of Zhenguo Duke's!

  All this is nothing, but what did Huo Zhen do next?! He brought that singing girl back and settled her in Mao Er Hutong, which was still okay, but how did it become a nightly revelry later on! The singing girl's foster father had just died less than 100 days ago and was still in the midst of mourning, yet Huo Zhen didn't even find it inauspicious!

  Yue Li originally wanted to teach Fu Jin a lesson, telling her not to spoil her son so much, only knowing how to speak well of Hao Zhen in front of him, but the actual situation was not like that. No matter what, he still had the title of Beile, and passing it down to his son would still make him a Beizi, on par with Duo Long.

  After hearing Qianlong's final edict, Yue Li was as if struck by lightning, without any reaction. The official hastily handed a purse to the eunuch who delivered the edict and smiled as he sent him away. But in Yue Li's mind, only two words kept repeating - It's over!

  Yes, Fu Cha and Yue Li's family are completely finished.

  Qianlong seems to have been infuriated by this non-Han king whom he had personally enfeoffed more than twenty years ago. Everyone in the imperial court knew that Yue Li was still one of his trusted officials, yet now he had committed so many errors - wasn't this a slap in the face for Qianlong who had always thought highly of Yue Li and Hao Zhen?

  Qianlong would never admit that he was wrong about someone, so it must be that the Yue family was just too good at deceiving people! And with Ya Ge's arrangements, Qianlong's orders were issued one after another. The previous ones weren't too severe, just stripping Yue of his title and changing the names of his two sons, but this last one was the most severe of all.

  Fuca Huoqing, the eldest son of Su Beile, beat imperial relatives, raised a mistress and let her lose her chastity during the mourning period, demoted to a commoner, never to be employed again!

  It was this edict that stunned Yue Li, and the eunuch's words later made him understand Qianlong's attitude: "Prince Beile, our great Qing dynasty is governed by filial piety, even our emperor is extremely filial to the empress dowager. You say your eldest son actually did such a thing, the emperor only demoted his status and didn't let him be paraded in a cangue with that woman, already giving you enough face. Haven't you seen those mountains of impeachment memorials against you, making the emperor so angry he almost smashed the Palace of Heavenly Purity?"

  It was just like this, and Yue Li could only stand there stupidly, saying nothing, doing nothing.

  The younger son was adopted out, the elder son was demoted to a commoner and never employed again. The title of Beile on his body also ended with him. Where is there a commoner who inherits a title? Where is there an adopted-out son who inherits a title?

  Yue Li understood that Qianlong was really furious, otherwise why would he issue such an edict. After the eunuch who delivered the edict returned to his residence, with his support, he stood up. The face that had once been full of spirit and vigor suddenly became old and withered, everything was gone, what else could he think about?

  Returning to the inner courtyard, he met a concerned-looking Fu Jin and a timid-looking Ce Fu Jin. Suddenly, Yue Li raised his head and laughed bleakly. He had fought for his title for over twenty years, but because of one son he loved, he lost everything! For Hao Zhong's position, he turned a blind eye to the oppression of Fu Jin, Pian Pian, and Hao Xiang, so this was retribution!

  Both of them were his sons, but he was too biased and now faced the consequences.

  When Xue Ru heard everything from the official's mouth, she instantly became like the sky was about to collapse. She tightly grasped Qin's arm and muttered: "I did wrong, didn't I, Nanny? I actually used such a rebellious son to exchange for my daughter! I gave him twenty years of wealth and glory, and this is how he repays me!"

  She painstakingly calculated and even stole the dragon to turn into a phoenix, all for the power of the Duke's mansion! Now that the Duke's mansion has become the Duke's mansion, and this title cannot be passed down, what is she planning again? In any case, in the end, there is nothing left, and it would be better if she did not have her poor daughter by her side to love and cherish.

  For twenty years she had never stopped thinking about that poor daughter, and now it was like this...

  "This is retribution! This is all retribution!"

  At the time when Xue Ru was hugging Qin's nurse and crying, Yue Li heard it, and also heard it. The officials and servants on the side also heard it. Originally, the Suo Beile Mansion did not allow Qianlong to see him, and now he has made a fuss about stealing the dragon and phoenix twenty years ago... Yue Li only knew that this time he was really finished!

  It's not that he didn't want to hide this matter, but he knew that there had always been people from Qianlong in his household. He acknowledged that he had no second thoughts about the emperor, so he had always let these people take advantage of him to show their loyalty to the emperor. Now, this matter would definitely reach Qianlong's ears.

  Yue Li couldn't help but rush up and beat Xue Ru fiercely. It was all because of this woman that he had lost everything! The pampering and dignity he had enjoyed for so many years were actually given to such a ruthless and cold-blooded woman!

  Recently, the imperial family and high-ranking officials in Beijing have been very busy. After the incident of Shuo Beile's wife adopting a peasant boy as her own son broke out, even if they still trusted their wives, they began to investigate themselves. In this era, no man is willing to raise someone else's son, and even in modern times, few are willing to accept it!

  As for this case of switching children, Qianlong was furious. Except for Haoxiang, who had been ordered to inherit the title, all members of Yueli's family, including adopted son Haotian and three married daughters, were demoted to commoners. Fu Jin Xueru and Qin Yuying were given poisonous wine. Xueru's natal family was removed from the Manchu Eight Banners; a family that had raised such a daughter made Qianlong feel cold in his heart.

  Qianru, the sister of Xueru who had also participated in the child swap, was also given a cup of poisoned wine by Qianlong. The children born to Qianru were driven out of the house by the general, so how could he be sure that they were really his?

  Yue Li, now completely white-haired, took Huanhuan and the three daughters who had been dismissed by their husband's family to leave Beijing for their hometown of Shengjing. He could no longer stay here, at least in his hometown he could still make a living and not starve to death. He regretted it very much, if only he had paid more attention to the backyard, if only he had been kinder to Hao Xiang, if only he hadn't had designs on Huanhuan from the beginning, perhaps everything wouldn't have developed to this point.

  He really has nothing, even his own family doesn't want him!

  As for the song girl who triggered this incident? She was arrested by the Ministry of Rites and thrown into a pig cage long ago when Yue Li was impeached. Don't mention that she is not his biological daughter but an adopted one, shouldn't an adopted daughter observe mourning for her adoptive father? Having been raised for twenty years, it's not enough to be unfilial to the adoptive father, and even use the adoptive father's death to seduce men!

  The Princess Lankui of the Palace was given a title by Qianlong and married to Dulal Hailanca, a first-class imperial guard. Hailanca was an Ewenki person, and the Ewenkis believed in monogamy. After marriage, Lankui lived happily with Hailanca as husband and wife, and they had three sons and one daughter.

  The author has something to say: "Plum Blossom Branding" is over, and this world's story concludes here!

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