Fuca Langhua relationships

### Imperial concubine Zhe

They both came from the Fuca clan. The Empress was jealous of Concubine Zhe as she gave birth to the First Prince. When Concubine Zhe was in labour with a princess, the Empress caused her and her unborn princess to die.

## Others

### Sulian

Sulian is the Empress's dowry maid and most trusted one. Whenever she's plotting something she always makes Sulian do the work. She considered marrying Sulian off to Wang Qin but decided against it as Wang Qin was already in love with Lianxin. Sulian was deeply loyal to the Empress and the Fuca clan.

### Lianxin

Lianxin was the Empress's second most trusted maid. She married Lianxin off to Wang Qin in order to keep and eye on the Emperor and even held a small ceremony for her. The Empress didn't feel guilty for using Lianxin despite the fact that she was abused by Wang Qin. When the Empress died Lianxin commited suicide by jumping into the water to follow her in the afterlife.

### Gao Xiyue/Noble Consort Hui

She often conversed with Noble Consort Hui and pretended to like her but in reality she always kept her at arms length. She also gave her a matching bracelet with basil seeds which prevetns a woman from getting pregnant. When wearing or being in contact with basil seeds for too long, it could cause a woman to become infertile for good. The Empress always made Noble Consort Hui do her dirty work and she didn't regret it.

### Ula-Nara Ruyi/Consort Xian

The both participated in the wife selection and Hongli originally wanted to make Ruyi his primary wife and empress. But this was against the Empress Dowager's and the Yongzheng Emperor's wishes and he chose Langhua as his main wife and empress. Since then the Empress was deeply jealous and distrustfull of Consort Xian even though she never did anything wrong. The Empress was constantly scheming againster her which caused Consort Xian to end up the Cold Palace for a few years. She tried to kill her on several occasions but always failed. After the Qianlong Emperor's ascencion to the throne, the Empress gave Consort Xian and Noble Consort Hui matching bracelets where she secretly put basil seeds. When wearing or being in contact for too long with basil seeds, a woman will lose her fertility. On her deathbed the Empress asked the Emperor to never make Consort Xian the next empress and even told him that she would watch from the afterlife to make sure the next empress wouldn't have a better ending that her own.

### Bai Ruiji/Noble Lady Mei

The Empress along with Noble Consort Hui and Noble Lady Jia poisoned Noble Lady Mei with Cinnabar while she was pregnant. When Noble Lady Mei gave birth to a prince, the prince was severely deformed and died only after having cried once.

### Noble Lady Yi

Noble Lady Yi was one of the Empress's maids but the Emperor took a liking to her and made her a concubine, much to the Empress's anger. The Empress, Noble Consort Hui sent snakes to kill Noble Lady Yi and her unborn child but failed. She then decided to kill her and her unborn child the same way she did to Noble Lady Mei. The cinnabar caused Noble Lady Yi to go into an early labor but she unfortunately miscarried. She died shortly afterwards due to childbirth complications and grief.