Chapter 563: Qing Transmigration Spirit Spring System (14)

"These are Jiangnan lake delicacies delivered just as the palace gates opened today; have a taste and see if they suit your palate."

Two pieces of premium river shrimp meat, each the length of a little finger, appeared on the plate in front of Xie Yang.

"Try this lake crab as well. They say lake crabs are plump and oily when the autumn wind rises, but don't be too greedy; crab is a cold and cooling food, just tasting it for freshness is enough."

Defei personally picked the plumpest one, had the serving palace maid peel out the crab meat and pick out the crab roe, handed over a dipping sauce dish, and gestured for her granddaughter to taste it.

Xie Yang: "..."

She had eaten plump river shrimp and lake crab without even getting her hands dirty.

No wonder the women of the inner palace put their all into vying for favor and securing it; besides the temptation of power, it also meant a significant improvement in their standard of living.

Just as the autumn wind had risen, a favored concubine could enjoy the first plump lake delicacies of autumn by piggybacking on the Emperor's good fortune.

This was treatment that even her cheap father had never enjoyed.

After enjoying a satisfying and sumptuous breakfast at Yonghe Palace and resting for a short while, Xie Yang set off for the Taiyisuo.

Along the way, chrysanthemums were in full bloom and butterflies hovered.

Xie Yang slowed her pace to admire the beautiful scenery of the Imperial Garden for a while longer, not expecting to run into another group of people.

【Host, it is the soul-swapped Bafujin.】

The Main System recognized the person arriving a step before she did.

Xie Yang looked up to size up Guoluoluo Shi and offered a greeting with perfect etiquette.

Bafujin had come specifically to intercept Xie Yang.

She had long heard of Haiyin Gege of the Fourth Beile Mansion, who first saved Honghui—who was supposed to have died of illness on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month—and then apprenticed under Imperial Physician Chang of the Taiyi Shu, developing several medicinal ointments and floral waters with miraculous effects, her prominence overshadowing a host of imperial grandchildren.

This made her suspect that this Haiyin Gege was a transmigrator like herself.

In her past life, she was a third or fourth-tier actress in the entertainment industry; although not a red-hot star, she often received scripts for period palace dramas by relying on a face suitable for playing historical villains and passable acting skills, and she had even participated in the once-popular Qing palace dramas.

Therefore, despite her disastrous cultural course grades during her student days, she knew no less about the history of the Kangxi, Yongzheng, and Qianlong eras than those Scholars because she had participated in and read through many scripts.

Especially the part about the Nine Dragons' Struggle for the Throne; having just played one of the inner palace concubines before transmigrating, she was all too familiar with it.

It was a pity she hadn't transmigrated as Si Fujin, but instead as the unlucky Bafujin who was historically unable to bear children and ended up having her bones ground to dust; otherwise, why would she need to rack her brains to reverse history when she could just follow Si Ye and reap the rewards?

But since she had already transmigrated and couldn't change her husband, she could only find a way to make her husband the next emperor.

Her original plan was to guide Ba Ye to avoid the pitfalls that would lead to Kangxi's disgust, seize the various great achievements belonging to Yongzheng in advance, and ascend to the throne step by step.

Who would have thought she wasn't the only transmigrator! There was actually a suspected transmigrator in Si Ye's mansion who saved Honghui the moment she arrived and caught Kangxi's eye. How hateful!

But she still wanted to find an opportunity to test her in person.

In case this Haiyin Gege hadn't transmigrated from later generations, as long as she didn't know the trajectory of this history, it wouldn't affect her great cause of assisting Ba Ye, no matter what kind of lonely ghost she was.

Thus, having learned that Haiyin Gege would be on duty in the palace with Imperial Physician Chang today, Bafujin entered the palace early in the morning with Ba Ye for the morning court, left a maid to keep an eye on Haiyin Gege's movements for her, sat for a while in Liangfei's palace, accompanied her mother-in-law for breakfast in a distracted state, and as soon as she received news that Haiyin Gege had left Yonghe Palace, she immediately rushed over.

"It's Haiyin. I heard from your Eighth Uncle that you've been studying medicine with Imperial Physician Chang recently? It just so happens that I've been feeling tired these past few days; why don't you take my pulse for me?"

As she spoke, Bafujin enthusiastically pulled Xie Yang to sit by a stone table in the Imperial Garden and said with a smile: "By the way, take a look for me and see when I can bear a big, fat boy for your Eighth Uncle?"

Xie Yang: "..."

Did this person know what she was saying?

In the Imperial Garden, facing a ten-year-old niece, talking about wanting to bear a big, fat boy for a man...

Even the original Bafujin, with her distinct, sharp-tongued, and arrogant personality, would never say such things on such an occasion.

Xie Yang revealed a perfectly appropriate shyness and stamped her feet: "Eighth Aunt, please don't tease Haiyin."

After saying this, she ran away shyly.

Bafujin: "..."

Why was it different from what she had expected?

She had originally thought that if this were someone who had transmigrated from later generations, she would certainly know that Bafujin was naturally infertile; poking at her sore spot at this moment would surely reveal some emotional slip-up, whether it was smug satisfaction or knowing everything.

It shouldn't have been running away shyly.

Could it be that she wasn't a transmigrator?

But if she wasn't a transmigrator, how could it be such a coincidence that she saved Honghui?

Bafujin stood dazed for a long time in the Imperial Garden on the early autumn morning, blowing in the chilly autumn wind and sitting on a cold stone stool, and inevitably caught a cold after returning.

Wanting to take this opportunity to probe Haiyin's identity again, she pretended to be very ill and begged Ba Ye to invite Imperial Physician Chang for her.

Ba Ye valued this Fujin quite a bit; seeing her lying weakly on the couch with a pale face devoid of color, he couldn't help but be startled, and he actually entered the palace to request an audience with Kangxi, imploring Imperial Physician Chang to treat his Fujin.

Once Kangxi heard that Lao Ba's wife was seriously ill, he naturally granted the request.

However, after Ba Ye left, out of concern, he had people investigate why she had fallen ill when she was perfectly fine. Was it because she wanted to monopolize Lao Ba and had a conflict with the concubines in the mansion, leading to underhanded schemes? Or was it because Lao Ba favored concubines over his wife and angered her into illness?

Upon investigation, he learned it was because she had foolishly sat for half a day in the Imperial Garden where the dew hadn't yet receded early in the morning, blowing in the cold wind and catching a cold. Wasn't this just asking for it?

Kangxi instantly lost his favorable impression of this stupid and jealous daughter-in-law.

He even felt a bit of disdain for his son, Lao Ba. If he couldn't even manage a Fujin, how could he manage the world if he couldn't even sweep a single room?

Bafujin didn't know she had been blacklisted by Kangxi; if she had known, she probably would have regretted it enough to beat her chest and stamp her feet.

She waited for Imperial Physician Chang and also saw Xie Yang, who had come along for the consultation as she had wished, and said "weakly": "Imperial Physician Chang, why not let Haiyin take my pulse, so as to avoid the thread-pulse method."

Imperial Physician Chang, sitting outside the screen, couldn't help but look at his apprentice in surprise.

Xie Yang felt helpless inside; what was this transmigrator trying to do? Why did she insist on her taking the pulse?

Imperial Physician Chang stroked his beard and nodded at his apprentice: "Then you go; be careful, don't be afraid."

Xie Yang walked around the screen, sat on the embroidered stool in front of the couch, and took Bafujin's pulse.

Bafujin stared intently at Xie Yang's expression; seeing her frown slightly, she felt a surge of joy and asked deliberately: "Haiyin, is there something wrong with me? You can speak freely; I can take it."

Xie Yang looked at her in confusion: "Eighth Aunt, judging by the pulse, you have no major issues, just a slight cold. Taking a few doses of the standard medicine from the Taiyi Shu will be enough; why insist on having my master make such a long trip?"

"..."