Who Killed the Ninth Consort?

Dong'e Wanning was the legitimate wife of the Kangxi Emperor’s ninth son, married to him in an official wedding.

Rumor had it that she died in the final years of the Kangxi era.

“I heard the Ninth Prince abused her to death?”

“Not at all! She was poisoned by his favorite concubine! Her lover, Nian Gengyao, rushed all the way from Sichuan overnight!”

“Nian Gengyao was a complete fool. The Fourth Prince’s men had already nailed the Ninth Princess to the city wall, and he still went on serving him?”

In the first year of the Yongzheng era, the heroine, Dong'e Wanning, wandered back and forth between the capital and Jiangning countless times.

“Why can’t I get through this city gate?”

Every time she walked through the gate, she ended up back outside!

“Oh, I made it in. Huh? I’m back out again?”

“Oh, right, I need to go to Jiangning to collect the secret edict! I’m off, I’m off!”

The Ninth Prince often wandered outside the Forbidden City, clutching his head.

Ninth Prince: “Fourth Brother, I’m going to kill you! I’m going to kill you! I swear I won’t be human if I don’t kill you!”

Giant Serpent: “You haven’t been human for ages!”

Ninth Prince: “Where’s Fourth Brother?”

Giant Serpent: “He’s already reincarnated. Have you even looked at what year it is?”

Ninth Prince: “What about her?”

Giant Serpent: “She’s waiting for you!”

By the Naihe Bridge, the Ninth Prince got dressed properly, set his head back on his neck, straightened it, and adjusted his collar.

“I have to look presentable when I go see her!”

Xie Bi'an: “Who goes there?”

He stood tall and answered, “The Ninth Prince of the Great Qing, Aisin Gioro Yintang!”

Fan Wujiu: “Whom do you seek?”

Ninth Prince: “My wife, the Dong'e clan…”