Secrets of Yuqing Palace

Chapter 381 The New Emperor is Enthroned

After mourning in front of the late emperor's spirit, Yongzheng officially ascended the throne, offered sacrifices to heaven and ancestors, and accepted congratulations from all officials.

Then they began to be canonized one after another.

Yinzhen immediately appointed the current noblewoman Uya as the empress dowager and gave her the title of "Renshou".

Unexpectedly, Uya not only refused to accept the title, but also agreed not to move palace, and stayed in Yonghe Palace and did not go anywhere.

He also cursed Yinzhen for his unfilial behavior and wolfish ambitions, and ordered Yinzhen to immediately recall the fourteenth Yinzhen, who was far away in Tibet to suppress the rebellion, back to Beijing.

When Yinreng heard about Uya's fuss, especially when she had made trouble in front of Khan Ama's spirit and disturbed Khan Ama's peaceful passing, he could no longer suppress the anger in his heart.

[Slut! How dare you disrespect Khan Amar's spirit!]

[Now, relying on the fact that the fourth brother has become the emperor, he dares to act so presumptuously. He is truly fearless!]

[Once Khan Ama's coffin is placed in the Longen Hall of Jingling Mausoleum, I will make you pay!]

Yinreng could not tolerate others being disrespectful to Khan Ama, so he directly ordered Concubine Xun and Concubine Yi to forcibly take Uya away, and only then did the spirit of the late emperor become peaceful.

In February of the first year of Yongzheng's reign, Yongzheng conferred titles on his wives and concubines and arranged for them to live in palaces, and they moved from their former residence into the palace.

The wife, Ulanara, was enthroned as empress and lived in Jingren Palace, the first of the six eastern palaces in the Forbidden City.

Consort Mu Guaerjia was canonized as Consort Mu and lived in Yongshou Palace, the first of the six western palaces.

Moreover, on the same day, Consort Mu and the Queen received the princesses, princesses and ladies-in-waiting and performed the ceremony of congratulations.

The concubine Nian was canonized as Consort Nian and lived in the Yiku Palace.

Originally, he thought that since Nian was pregnant, she would be promoted after giving birth to a son, so it would be better to directly make her a noble concubine.

But after all, the Nian clan was only one of the lower five Han army flags, and the family was far inferior to the Guwalgiya clan.

She even had no offspring, the son and daughter she gave birth to, and he had some doubts about whether the child in Nian's belly would be healthy.

It was decided to wait until the child was born healthy. If he could live to one year old safely, it would not be too late to confer the title of imperial concubine on him.

Because of her prominent Manchu surname and the fact that she gave birth to Hongsheng, Gege Niuhuru was canonized as Xi Fei.

Princess Geng was named Yupin because of Hongzhou, and Princess Li was named Qipin because of Hongshi.

Because Princess Song had two daughters who died young, but she was relatively well-behaved when she was in the palace, she was given the title of Concubine Mao.

As for Lady Li, she gave birth to two sons and a daughter for the emperor, but neither of them survived.

Because she was completely despised and out of favor, even though she had three sons, she was only given the title of Concubine Gong.

Except for Youzi who was given a high position, the rest of the elderly people in the palace were all noble ladies in attendance.

At present, the residences and positions of these concubines in the harem have only been temporarily determined, but the canonization ceremony has not yet been held.

The Emperor ordered that the enthronement ceremony would be held after the mourning period for the late Emperor was over.

The next step is to enthrone the brothers.

First, because of the need to avoid the new emperor's name, the character "Yin" in the names of all the brothers was changed to "Yun".

Of course, due to the last oral instruction of the late emperor and the new emperor's gratitude to his second brother, the new emperor made an exception and did not need to change the name of the former Prince Jin Yinreng.

However, the character "Zhen" in the name of the great general Wang, the fourteenth prince Yinzhen, was homophonic with the character "Zhen" in the name of the new emperor. In order to avoid the taboo of the new emperor's name, he changed it back to the previous "Zhen" and called himself "Yun Zhen".

Because of the late emperor's last instructions, Yinzhen did not exclude the imprisoned Yinzhi from the rewards this time.

So the eldest prince Yunqi was conferred the title of Beizi, but his confinement was not released.

However, the fact that Yinzhen's descendants were able to enter and leave the Beizi Mansion was considered a favor from the new emperor to his eldest brother.

The second prince Yinreng was first the crown prince, and was later named Prince Jin by the late emperor. However, after the death of the late Prince Jin's wife, he requested an imperial decree to pass the prince title to his second son Hongye.

Therefore, in this reward, Yinzhen directly conferred the title of prince on Prince Rong Honggui.

It was not only because of his second brother's face, but also because he treated Honggui as his own son, so he was willing to give such a generous reward.

Yinreng's three sons all became princes, a title higher than many of the late emperor's biological sons. Although Yinreng lost the title of crown prince, his rewards were extremely generous.

Prince Chun Yunyou was conferred the title of Prince Chun.

The eighth prince Yunsi was granted the title of Prince Lian.

Prince Gong Yunlu was granted the title of Prince Gong.

The twelfth Beizi, Yunlu, was granted the title of Prince of Lu.

The Thirteenth Beile Yunxiang was conferred the title of Prince Yi.

Fourteenth Beizi Yunzhen was granted the title of Prince Xun for his military achievements in battles on the frontier.

The fifteenth prince, Yunyu, was conferred the title of Beile Yu.

The sixteenth prince Yunlu succeeded Bogoduo, the grandson of Emperor Taizong of the Qing Dynasty, Huang Taiji, and became Prince Zhuangjing.

The seventeenth prince, Yunli, was conferred the title of Guo Beile.

The rest of the brothers were still young and were being raised in the palace by the Dowager Consort and studying in the Shangshufang.

After the brothers were enthroned, when the new emperor ascended the throne, all the new emperor's descendants were re-ranked and given titles according to the records in the Jade Book.

The eldest prince Honghui is deceased. His biological mother was Empress Ulanara.

The second prince Hongyun is deceased. His biological mother was Concubine Gong Da Li.

The third prince Hongshi was twenty years old. His mother was Concubine Qi Xiao Li, and his wife was Dong E, the daughter of Shangshu Xierda. He was canonized as Beizi and granted the residence in the south three houses and the west house.

The fourth prince Hongli was fourteen years old. His mother, Consort Mu, was canonized as Beile and given the title of Prince and was granted the residence of Yuqing Palace.

The fifth prince Hongsheng was fourteen years old. His mother, Concubine Xi, was canonized as Beizi and granted the residence in Nansansuo.

The sixth prince Hong Zhou, twelve years old, was born to Concubine Yu, a bald prince, who was granted the right to live in the east of the South Three Houses.

The eldest princess Buerhe is deceased. Her biological mother, Concubine Gong Da Li, was posthumously named Princess Heshuo Huaike.

The second princess, Ning Chuge, was 27 years old. Her biological mother was Consort Mu, who was canonized as Princess Heshuo Roujia and her husband was Fucha Futai'an.

At the beginning of March in the first year of Yongzheng's reign, Wanyu, who was worried about Yinreng, secretly brought her guards to Beijing.

After Yinreng learned that Yu'er had returned to Beijing, he couldn't wait to go to the private residence where Wanyu was temporarily staying.

The couple met and comforted Yinreng's grief.

After Wanyu's careful care, Yinreng's health gradually improved.

On March 27th, the coffin of the late emperor was moved to the Longen Hall of Jingling Mausoleum, and his body was placed in the Longen Hall of Jingling Mausoleum on April 2nd.

Yinreng didn't expect that Uya in the harem would cause trouble again.

When Yinreng thought about what happened at Khan Ama's funeral hall caused by Uya, the anger in his eyes became even stronger.

"Wait for me at home for a few days. I need to go to the palace."

"We'll set off in a few days."

Wanyu nodded, "Okay."

After agreeing with Wanyu, Yinreng first sent guards to Prince Xun's mansion, and then he brought a box into the palace.

After Yinzhen ascended the throne, he did not live in the Qianqing Palace, but in the Yangxin Palace on the west side of the Qianqing Palace.

After arriving at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Yinreng went straight into the Hall of Mental Cultivation after receiving Zhang Qilin's report.

Because of the order of the late emperor and Yinreng's inherent arrogance, he did not salute the emperor.

Although he knew that this might make the new emperor uncomfortable, Yinreng didn't care much.

If he needs to meet with the new emperor for a long time, the fourth brother will definitely be dissatisfied if he does not greet him for a long time.

But he and Yu'er had already discussed it. After finishing their work today, they would prepare to leave Beijing.

I’m afraid I won’t be able to return to Beijing in the future.

Yinreng knew very well that he would see less distant and stinky people in the future, and that he posed no threat to him. In addition, according to the late emperor's will, no matter how petty the fourth brother was, it would not matter.