Kangxi saw the suspicion in the eyes of the Empress Dowager, but so what, who could sweep his face when he denied it?

Even the Empress Dowager was no exception.

After sitting for a while, Kangxi took the excuse of being busy with political affairs and returned to the Qianqing Palace in a warm sedan chair, planning to test the prince's homework first, and then deal with the backlog of folds.

When he entered the Qianqing Palace, Kangxi thought of Cao Yue, so he asked Liang Jiugong: "Wei Zhu can go to Jingren Palace?" ”

Liang Jiugong asked Kangxi to step on the threshold carefully, and replied: "If you go back to the emperor, Wei Zhu passed early in the morning, and just now when you were talking to the Empress Dowager in Cining Palace, Wei Zhu also asked someone to send a message over. said that Concubine Zhao didn't understand these trivial matters, and directly handed over the trivial matters of Jingren Palace to him and the eunuch in charge of Jingren Palace. ”

Kangxi listened, and unconsciously twisted his eyebrows, he thought more than Wei Zhu, what his harem was like, no one knew better than himself.

Concubine Zhao will not hold Jingren Palace in her hands, and Jingren Palace will inevitably be exploited by others in the future, how can life be better?

After thinking for a moment, Kangxi ordered in a deep voice: "You have to go to the Jingshi room in time, personally find a senior grandmother, and send it to Jingren Palace." ”

Before the words fell, and before Liang Jiugong could respond, Kangxi suddenly changed his words: "That's it, just wait." ”

He just revealed that he didn't care much about Concubine Zhao from the Queen Mother, and turned his head to find Concubine Zhao's mother, wouldn't he not confess?

Liang Jiugong was a little puzzled by Kangxi's rebellion, but there was no slave to question the master's reasoning, and he would do whatever the master told him.

Before entering the Zhaoren Palace, Kangxi thought about it again and again, but he still couldn't let Jingren Palace go unattended, so he told Liang Jiugong: "Tell Wei Zhu to do the errand carefully, and all the servants who should serve in Jingren Palace will check it." ”

"Huh."

After receiving the emperor's unraveling of the Xuanse, Liang Jiugong sent Kangxi into the Zhaoren Palace, and went to the tea room next to the Zhaoren Hall to steal a lazy one.

Wei Zhu received the message from Liang Jiugong, and he did his best to do what he was already concerned about, and together with An Shun, he sent all the inappropriate minions in Jingren Palace back to the worship room, and went to the worship room in person to fill in the missing people.

Wei Zhu's movement was so loud that the imperial concubine received the news almost immediately.

As Xia Lan expected, she sulked.

Listening to the muffled cough of the imperial concubine, Xia Lan hurriedly called someone to go to the small kitchen and brought the white fungus pear: "Niangniang, use two sips, the imperial doctor said that the white fungus pear can moisten the throat and relieve cough, which is much better than drinking those bitter medicinal juices." ”

took two sips of Xia Lan's hand, and the imperial concubine didn't want to drink anymore, Xia Lan knew that it was useless to persuade her, so she simply didn't persuade her, and waited for the imperial concubine to wipe the corners of her lips, and then said euphemistically: "Niangniang still has to take care of her body, Concubine Zhao is a newcomer, and the emperor will inevitably be fresh for two days, so it's not worth your attention." Besides, the love between you and the emperor since childhood, Concubine Zhao can't compare with it in any way. ”

The imperial concubine clutched her handkerchief tightly, her voice was a little empty, and she was unwilling: "I don't know this palace, but this palace has never seen my cousin care for anyone like this." My cousin has a lot of opportunities, and he still has the energy to meddle in the affairs of Jingren Palace. ”

The slave of Jingren Palace was arranged by her, and her cousin ordered this, and it was obvious that her cousin was slapping her in the face.

Xia Lan was speechless for a while, even if she had a lotus tongue and could speak well, she couldn't reverse black and white with her eyes open.

After thinking about it, Xia Lan suddenly remembered the one in Cining Palace, so she lowered her voice and said secretly: "The slave maid knows that the mother doesn't like Zhao Concubine, but she just depends on the slave maid, we don't need to worry about this matter, if Zhao Concubine is too favored, only the Queen Mother will not spare Zhao Concubine, we just need to watch Zhao Concubine die." ”

At the mention of the Empress Dowager, the imperial concubine's eyes lit up: "Yes, the Empress Dowager doesn't like those sluts who are pretentious and can only pretend to be pitiful and seduce men." ”

With the Empress Dowager's dislike for Concubine Chen and Dong E's family, if she and the harem concubines fan the flames a little, Concubine Zhao will not have good fruits to eat.

Seeing that the imperial concubine was in a better mood, Xia Lan also breathed a sigh of relief: "Niangniang, you should be in your heart at this time, it is the emperor's first day to return to the palace, and in a while, Xu is going to come to our Chengqian Palace for dinner, the slave maid has already instructed the small kitchen to prepare the emperor's favorite dishes, while there is still some time at this time, why don't the slaves and maids serve you to dress up first?" ”

The imperial concubine hurriedly walked to the bronze mirror and looked at her makeup, and asked the concubine to say goodbye in the morning, she usually put on makeup on the graceful and luxurious side, and this kind of makeup is not suitable for seeing her cousin.

She sat in front of the bronze mirror and urged Xia Lan to wash her face and makeup.

At the beginning of the day, it was time for dinner in the palace, and after asking about the prince's homework, Kangxi went to the study again, and after inspecting the homework of the remaining sons, he didn't even have time to see the minister, so he took people directly to Chengqian Palace.

From Qianqing Palace to Chengqian Palace, if you take the nearest road, you must pass through Jingren Palace.

At this time, it was time for dinner, and Kangxi had just passed by Jingren Palace, and he saw that the servants of Jingren Palace had come back from the imperial dining room with dinner.

The lid of the three huge mahogany food boxes was tight, but Kangxi still smelled the fragrance of the dishes, and the domineering fragrance was only emitted by meat dishes.

Kangxi stopped, looked at the Jingren Palace servants who were kneeling against the wall around him, and frowned: "There is no small kitchen in Jingren Palace?" ”

The words were clueless, no one knew who was asking, Liang Jiugong hurriedly stepped forward and knocked on the head of one of the Jingren Palace minions: "What did the emperor ask you about, dumb?" ”

The little eunuch who raised food did not have a high status in the palace, and he had never served his master, so he suddenly wanted to return to the emperor in person, but he stammered and couldn't say a word.

Kangxi didn't have much patience, and raised his feet and entered Jingren Palace.

At this time, there was still a mess in Jingren Palace, Wei Zhu went to the worship room and didn't come back, An Shun was leading people to clean up the treasury in the apse, and An Ping was wandering around Jingren Palace, checking what else should not exist, so at this time, only Cao Yue and An Ning were in the main hall.

Therefore, when Kangxi came in, the front yard was empty, and no one took the car.

The folds of Kangxi's eyebrows deepened, but now is not the time to care, Liang Jiugong opened the thick door curtain, Kangxi raised his feet and entered, and faintly heard the sound of conversation from the west.

"Niangniang wait a little longer, the slave has already ordered someone to bring dinner, and I think I will be back later."

Cao Yue's voice was a little tired: "No need, I don't have much appetite." ”

An Ning seemed to be anxious: "Then what's the matter, you haven't slept all night, you only ate a snack for breakfast, if you don't use it for dinner, how can your body stand it?" ”

Without waiting for An Ning to continue, Kangxi opened the curtain between the west and reprimanded with a solemn face: "Nonsense." ”

Cao Yue's eyes were just the right amount of surprise, and he stood up and greeted him: "Why is the emperor here?" ”

Kangxi looked down at the woman in front of him, and saw that she had been in the palace for less than a day, her face was so haggard, and her pink lips were also white, and a wave of anger rose in his heart, and he rushed straight to An Ning: "How did you serve?" If the master is unwell, you will do nothing? ”

An Ning habitually knelt down, and even begged for mercy unchanged: "The slave and maid should die, because the slave and maid did not serve the master well." ”

Cao Yue was taken aback, and couldn't bear to watch An Ning being punished, so she pulled Kangxi's sleeve: "Your Majesty, don't blame her, it's that the concubine is not used to it, and the concubine will get used to it in a few days." ”

According to Kangxi's opinion, a slave who serves a bad master should be beaten to death, but the slave in front of him is beating a child and serving Concubine Zhao, and Concubine Zhao is very protective of him, so he can't deal with it easily, so he has to be out of sight and out of mind: "Get out." ”

An Ning hung his head, got up from the ground numbly, and quickly disappeared into the west.

Without others, Kangxi grabbed Cao Yue's waist, I don't know if it was an illusion, I always felt that it was a little thinner.

He sighed lightly and led someone to sit down on the warm kang: "I heard that you haven't slept all night? ”

Cao Yue lowered her head, like a child who had done something wrong: "The concubine is strange to everything in the palace, and there is no emperor by the concubine's side, the concubine is afraid." ”

Listening carefully, Kangxi could even hear the grievances contained in his words, and this grievance made him feel distressed involuntarily.

Concubine Zhao entered the palace with him alone, and he was the only one who was familiar with him except for the two slaves and maids.

He soothed Cao Yue's back and explained: "The palace is no better than the outside of the palace, I can't take care of you all the time, and I can't sleep with you every night like outside the palace, if you want to live well in the palace, you have to stand up by yourself." ”

The Cao family's house is clean, and Concubine Zhao is simpler in the end.

Kangxi's voice was unusually soft, the tip of Cao Yue's nose was sour, and tears dripped uncontrollably: "The concubine understands, but the concubine ......"

Cao Yue's voice was so choked that he couldn't even say everything, Kangxi was startled, and hurriedly raised Cao Yue's chin, but saw that Cao Yue was already in tears: "Don't cry, my Yue'er is not a crying person, huh?" ”

Kangxi coaxed gently, and after a while, Cao Yue stopped crying, wiped her tears embarrassedly, and forcibly covered it up: "The concubine doesn't want to cry either, it's the tears that will flow out by themselves." ”

Kangxi couldn't help laughing: "Okay, well, it's all its fault, I'll punish it when I turn around." ”

was ridiculed by him like this, Cao Yue couldn't help laughing.

Seeing this, Kangxi's eyebrows spread: "Even if I am not there, Yue'er must eat well, don't let me worry." ”

Speaking of eating, Cao Yue restrained her smile and was very distressed: "But the emperor, it's not the concubine who is hypocritical, it's the concubine who really can't use meat......

These words made Kangxi inevitably think of the smell of vegetables he had just smelled outside Jingren Palace: "Can't the small kitchen of Jingren Palace be used?" ”

"The concubine heard An Ning say that there was nothing in the small kitchen."

A truthful sentence, Kangxi instantly thought a lot in his mind, was the people in the Internal Affairs Office deliberately lazy, or was the time in a hurry, and the future was urgently arranged and cleaned up?

However, Kangxi's emotions did not leak out at all, and he only smiled: "It's okay, I will send you a cook who can cook vegetarian dishes from the Qianqing Palace, and you won't even feel comfortable with a meal." ”

The goal was achieved, Cao Yue was satisfied, and her smile was a little more bright: "Hmm." ”

Kangxi stayed in Jingren Palace to appease Cao Yue for a while, and then saw Liang Jiugong quietly lift the door curtain and look in with a bitter face.

Kangxi understood what Liang Jiugong meant, and explained Cao Yue's two sentences, and then went to Chengqian Palace.

An Ning sent Kangxi away, turned around and entered the main hall: "The emperor entered Jingren Palace and sat for a while, presumably the news has spread all over at this time."

Cao Yue smiled: "That imperial concubine must be very angry." It's a pity that the emperor came by himself, and the palace didn't let anyone invite him, even if the imperial concubine was angry, she couldn't take the palace anyway. ”

It's just the imperial concubine, but the queen mother, even if she doesn't want to please, she can't be disgusted, it's best to be safe.

With two days left before the first day of junior high school, she had to think about what to do.