Back to the time after entering the hall, Lord Tong Guowei stood aside and saluted towards Kangxi on the throne, keenly aware of something different.
When the emperor waved his hand to ask him to excuse himself, his face looked gloomy and he looked very surprised. He turned to look at the prince and then smiled a little.
Did he successfully see Ru Yue
They took them to a side hall of the Qianqing Palace... But this reaction doesn't seem right!
The uneasiness in his heart resurfaced. Tong Guowei pondered for a moment, smiled apologetically, and was about to organize his words to reprimand his "ignorant" second daughter. Unexpectedly, the prince got there before him and cried out such heart-wrenching words!
The crown prince of a country started crying without warning. Tong Guowei was really stunned.
The Fourth Prince and Prince Rong were tortured by Concubine Tong... His eyes went dark. These words were not subtle at all. They tore off the tacit fig leaf and almost pointed at him and scolded him, accusing Tong Jia of not teaching her daughter well.
After he realized what was happening, he secretly thought that it was not good that the prince actually looked upon the Tong family in this way!
He read the calculation from the prince's tears, but the emperor was different. The emperor would only feel more distressed and gratified that the prince stood up for his brother and had the courage to advise him...
"Please take back your decision, Father." With that choked tone and red eyes, even if the emperor wanted to marry Ru Yue, he had to consider the prince's thoughts.
With the prince interfering, everything he says now is wrong. How did he run into such a moment
Tong Guowei's hands and feet felt cold, and he knelt down with a plop, kowtowed again and confessed his guilt: "Your Majesty, it was my fault for not disciplining my child and raising such a rebellious girl. I am ashamed of the Fourth Prince and Prince Rong! I have no intention of refuting the Crown Prince's words, and I will let Your Majesty punish me. But my daughter, Ru Yue, has been raised in seclusion since she was a child, and her temperament is pure, unlike her sister..."
The prince looked at him, and the young boy did not hide his sneer. Who was he trying to annoy
As soon as the eldest daughter fell down, she hurriedly sent the younger daughter into the palace without caring about her reputation.
You are the Emperor's uncle, and I am the Emperor's biological son!
The prince wiped his face, wondering if he should cry more violently. At this moment, Kangxi, who was sitting high up in the table, glanced at Tong Guowei calmly and said in a deep voice, "That's enough."
After saying this, the emperor looked at his son and felt distressed and helpless. He choked for a long time. When did I say that I wanted to take little Tong Jia into the palace
He couldn't scold him, so he could only signal Liang Jiugong to quickly hand over a handkerchief to wipe the Crown Prince's face.
Seeing that his uncle was still kneeling, Kangxi rubbed his brows, sighed, and asked, "How can you tell that he has a simple personality?"
Tong Guowei obviously did not expect the emperor to ask this question.
He was stunned for a moment, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind. He carefully considered and said, "Ruyue is a kind-hearted child. In the past few years, whenever there was a cold disaster, she would set up a porridge stall to help the tribe members with alms... In addition, she admires aunt the most and often pesters me to tell you about the virtues of the Holy Mother Queen Mother..."
The emperor listened and could not deny it, but after hearing the end, his face changed, he suddenly picked up the teacup and threw it heavily into the hall!
With a loud bang, the teacup broke into pieces. The broken pieces did not affect the prince, but hit Tong Guowei all over his head and body, leaving a tiny wound on his face.
Tea dripped down his official uniform. Tong Guowei stopped talking and trembled all over: "Your Majesty?"
The prince was startled, his eyes widened, and the handkerchief in his hand slowly fell to the ground.
The next moment, Kangxi's furious voice resounded throughout the imperial study: "Naive? You, Tong Guowei, are blind! You have grown up like that and really disturbed my mother's peace! You went to appreciate plum blossoms in the middle of winter, and you hesitated to speak, treating me like a fool... Now you still don't give up, and you keep using the Holy Mother Empress Dowager. Are you sure that I won't do anything to you, Tong Jia?!"
Hearing this, Tong Guowei looked up in disbelief and his face turned pale.
How could it be? How could the emperor say such a thing
What went wrong
Ru Yue resembles the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, the Emperor should be surprised!
He closed his eyes, kowtowed tremblingly and said: "Your Majesty took Ru Yue to the side hall..."
"I mistook my cousin Ruyue for a spy and accidentally frightened her." After his rage, Kangxi calmed down strangely and said in a gentle voice, "Uncle, you came at the right time. My cousin refused to tidy up her appearance and refused to drink the soothing soup. She cried for her father and mother. I need you to comfort her."
Wait, the Emperor doesn’t want to take a concubine
The prince's face gradually turned red.
On the other side, Tong Guowei couldn't believe what he heard!
His whole body trembled, and he suddenly had difficulty breathing. He smiled a smile that was uglier than crying: "... A spy?"
"I have said before that I will choose a good match for my cousin and we will just have to wait for the selection to arrange the marriage." The emperor was silent for a while, skipped the topic, and said lightly, "But since your uncle is unwilling, I will immediately announce to the world that Ru Yue is the Princess of Jingyang County and is granted residence in the Imperial Temple of Mount Wutai. I will set out in the spring to pray for the Holy Mother Empress Dowager."
Finally, Kangxi asked gently, "My cousin looks like my mother. Since I have seen it, it is disrespectful to my mother. I can only pray for her blessing. Does my uncle have any doubts?"
Tong Guowei almost couldn't catch his breath.
He forced himself to stay dizzy and opened his mouth to speak, but the prince rolled his eyes and said hurriedly, "Eunuch Liang! Why don't you help Lord Tong up? Although you are happy, you still have to be careful. If something happens and you hurt your waist, it will be bad. The county lady is looking forward to you seeing her off."
Liang Jiugong was stunned, thinking to himself, my prince, you are so mean and evil, you will not stop until you piss Lord Tong off to death.
While he was still hesitating, Kangxi gave him a subtle look. The chief steward was startled and responded repeatedly. He called a few young eunuchs and "asked" Tong Guowei to leave while apologizing with a smile: "Come with us. The county lady is waiting for you in the side hall..."
The pulling sound and footsteps gradually faded away. In a blink of an eye, only the most noble father and son in the world were left in the imperial study.
Kangxi glanced at the prince and said in a deep voice, "Baocheng."
The prince slowly lowered his head and said in shame: "Father, it was my fault for interrupting Master Tong. After all, he is your elder, and I was just angry..."
What are you angry about
He was so angry about the suffering that Yinzhen and Yinzuo had endured at the hands of Concubine Tong that he naturally took his anger out on the Tong family and Tong Guowei.
Kangxi's eyes flashed with a smile, and his expression was not displeased at all. But his tone of voice was full of admonition: "You are still young, and it is inevitable that you are young and hot-tempered, but those in power should not act on impulse, and should not use people based on their likes and dislikes. Like this time, the Tong family relied on my maternal family and repeatedly used your deceased royal mother... How could I not be angry? But they are still useful."
Kangxi said this earnestly, and then said calmly: "I don't blame you, Father! It's because I gave the Tong family too many privileges that they can't even remember who their slaves are."
A light punishment and a severe warning will suffice. The court no longer has Soetu, but it cannot do without Tong Guowei.
The prince was deeply moved by what he heard. He raised his head as if realizing something and whispered, "Father Emperor..."
Kangxi nodded with satisfaction, then paused, as if thinking of something, and gradually frowned, asking him in an unsure manner: "Why, I haven't issued an edict yet, but you are so sure that I want to marry little Tong Jia?"
“…” The prince’s face froze and turned red again.
He wanted to escape from here, stammering: "My son didn't, didn't..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a notification that Su Malagu, who was beside the Empress Dowager, wanted to see him.
Su Malagu served the Empress Dowager since she was a child and had served three dynasties. She had taught the emperor Manchu and Mongolian and was highly respected by the emperor. Kangxi waved his hand to approve it, then stood up and said with a smile: "Aunt, what does the ancestor have to tell you?"
"Your Majesty, the ancestors sent me to see how beautiful the second daughter of the Tong family has become." Su Malagu bowed and reminded him tactfully, "The ancestors also said that the harem is a bit too crowded now..."
What I mean is, there is no place for your little cousin to live.
Kangxi: “…”
The prince turned his head away, bit his lower lip, and tried hard not to laugh out loud.
After a while, the emperor said with a dark face: "I know that the harem is crowded, so I drove her to Mount Wutai with a sword. Mount Wutai is empty and can accommodate many people."
Su Malagu: “?”
*****
Since Liu Qin, deputy manager of the Qianqing Palace, was imprisoned, there has been another wave of purge. The emperor's bedroom is like an iron barrel, and no one can find out the emperor's whereabouts anymore.
Therefore, the appearance of Miss Tong Er in the Imperial Garden was a coincidence among coincidences, but because her standing position was exactly the same as that of Concubine Ping, Kangxi became suspicious and ordered Liang Jiugong to check the surroundings again - this time, not even a fly could fly into the Qianqing Palace.
As soon as the decree to demote Imperial Noble Consort Tong Jia to Imperial Consort was issued, Imperial Noble Consort Niu Hulu became the real number one in the harem. Yun Xiu's mood was self-evident. Although Consort Rong was confined for half a month, she was still happy. Only Consort Hui was living in fear.
It seems that Liu Qin couldn't survive the torture after all, and confessed all the bad things he had done, except for Tong Jia, he must have confessed her as well!
What was the result? The emperor said nothing, did not reprimand, and did not punish. But such indifference, like a slow-cooked stew, made Concubine Hui unable to sleep or eat, and she felt uneasy and could not get anything done. She soon lost some weight.
Not to mention that today, Miss Tong was brought to the Palace of Heavenly Purity by the Emperor...
What does the emperor want to do? Make her his concubine
Without Liu Qin and the source of information, the Yanxi Palace was left in the dark.
Concubine Hui pressed her brows tiredly and thought to herself, I can't go on like this.
"Ying'er, go to the Qianqing Palace and ask the emperor to come over... Tell him that I am extremely ashamed and I would like to apologize to the emperor."
Ying'er responded softly, "Yes."
After more than half an hour, she returned to the palace panting, looking very unhappy: "Your Majesty, the emperor has gone to Yikun Palace."
*****
Yikun Palace.
Yunxiu thought that it would take a long time to deal with little Tong Jia, and the emperor would definitely not come today.
After returning to the palace from the Imperial Garden, Concubine Yi took off her cloak, shoes and socks, removed her hairpins and makeup, went to the warm room to check on Yinzhen, and then leaned comfortably on the couch, holding a cup of hot tea and pinching a candied fruit to eat.
The sweet taste filled her lips and teeth. Yun Xiu couldn't help but think of the word "spy". The more she thought about it, the happier she became. She couldn't help it and burst out laughing.
How did the emperor become like this
It's completely different from the dream.
Nanny Dong looked at her madam helplessly, and after hesitating for a long time, she said softly: "Madam, the birthday celebration is approaching..."
You should pay more attention to it. You can't just give me Buddhist scriptures again, right
Yun Xiu raised her eyebrows and continued to eat the candied fruit, saying nonchalantly, "I have already made arrangements."
There was a strong sense of perfunctoriness in her words, and Nanny Dong seemed to be hesitant to speak. Outside the curtain, the emperor, who had waved away the palace servants and walked silently into the inner room, suspected that he had heard it wrong.
Recalling the "subtle" persuasion conveyed by Su Malagu and the Empress Dowager, Kangxi's already gloomy face became even darker.
He asked slowly, "I wonder what plans Xiuxiu has for my birthday?"
Yun Xiu had her back to him and her whole body froze for a moment. Oh no, had the emperor heard the whole thing
Turning around, Kangxi's face was slightly angry, and it looked like he was really angry.
She felt something was wrong. What on earth had happened in the Qianqing Palace
This anger has been accumulating for a long time, and now it is directed at her!
Yun Xiu thought for a moment, got off the couch, leaned over to the emperor and kissed him on the cheek, then said softly, "I can't say what the arrangements are, I just want to give you a surprise."
Kangxi's expression only eased for a moment, and then he looked at her solemnly: "Surprise. Is it possible that you haven't thought it through yet, and the surprise is still in the works?"
Yun Xiu paused, her smile faded: "Why is the emperor so weird... Are you venting all your displeasure on me?"
After that, she raised her voice and said, "Ruizhu! Take out the dress I put in the box."
"I am not good at embroidery, so I learned embroidery from the palace maids to give His Majesty a surprise, hoping that His Majesty would wear the clothes I embroidered on His Majesty's birthday." Yun Xiu said as she hid her hands and half-closed her eyes, her eyes slightly red. "I have already embroidered half of it, but His Majesty is suspicious of me!"
Upon hearing this, Kangxi was shocked. How could he still put on a sullen face
The emperor knew long ago that Yunxiu was not good at embroidery. Joy filled his heart and a smile soon appeared on his face, but he suddenly became flustered because of the questioning of the person in front of him.
Xiuxiu was so attentive, but he doubted her friendship...
"It's my fault." Kangxi coaxed softly, using all his tricks, saying all kinds of humble words, completely losing face, and finally coaxed Yunxiu to smile again.
Ruizhu rummaged around in the inner room for a long time, and finally found a half-set of casual clothes that had been hidden in the bottom of the box last year. She hurriedly fumigated it with incense.
At this moment, she held it tremblingly, swallowed her saliva, lowered her head and said: "Your Highness..."
Ruizhu's voice was trembling, but the emperor ignored it.
He carefully took it and unfolded it. The rough stitching on the clothes showed Yun Xiu's feelings for him.
Kangxi couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips: "No need to compare, Xiuxiu will definitely win! Well, this embroidery is very pleasing to me, very pleasing to me."