mesbooks Chapter 121: Showing off Kangxi's Secret Protection of Nanxi
Chapter 121: Showing off Kangxi's Secret Protection of Nanxi
Although today is Kangxi's birthday, he is busier than usual. He is busy going to the Buddhist temple to burn incense to his ancestors, and also accepting congratulations from the kings, beile, beizi, civil and military officials, and foreign envoys in the Taihe Hall in the front court, and then moving to the Qianqing Palace to accept congratulations from the princes, concubines and other inner court officials.
After all the procedures were completed, he was finally able to sit down and rest for a while. Liang Jiugong quickly offered the emperor a cup of milk tea to replenish his energy.
Smelling the strong sweet milk aroma, Kangxi's mind appeared the face of the little girl. He picked up the milk tea but did not drink it. Instead, he asked:
"She's leaving?"
She already had a code name for this from Liang Jiugong, so she replied without thinking:
"In reply to the emperor, Princess Shi Er has already set off and will almost arrive at the Qianqing Palace." Today is the Emperor's birthday and a banquet will be held in the Qianqing Palace.
As he said this, he secretly glanced at the emperor again.
"I also heard that Princess Shi Er has been busy preparing a birthday gift for you these days, but I didn't find out what it was. But it is said that Princess Shi Er prepared it herself."
The little girl prepared a birthday gift for him personally?
Kangxi couldn't help but curl up the corners of his mouth, but he pretended to be unhappy.
"She is not in good health, why bother with this? Just give her a simple gift."
Liang Jiugong couldn't help but twitch his lips. The emperor's eyebrows were clearly flying up, and he must be very proud at this moment. However, he said in a cooperative manner:
"A birthday gift prepared casually is not as good as one prepared by hand. I think this is the sincerity of Princess Shi Er towards the emperor!"
"You are sincere to me?"
Kangxi pretended to be surprised, and then said casually but proudly:
"So that's what you mean. This little girl, really, just tell me the truth, why beat around the bush, I got it."
Liang Jiugong: "..."
I lowered my head silently and said, "Your Majesty, can we please stop acting this drama? Your acting is too fake."
At this time, Xiao Fuzi came to the door. When Liang Jiugong saw this scene, he quickly calmed down and quietly retreated, but soon walked in with a serious expression.
Kangxi looked at this scene, put down his milk tea, and looked at Liang Jiugong.
Liang Jiugong quickly whispered a few words into Kangxi's ear. After hearing this, Kangxi's good mood instantly vanished, and his tone suddenly became heavy:
"Did Princess Shi bring red bean cakes again this time?"
During the investigation that day, they found out that the girl was poisoned by the aphrodisiac because she ate the red bean cake specified by Shi Rongyue. It was also naturally discovered that Shi Rongyue had secretly kept some useless aphrodisiacs.
Now the other party brought red bean cake again, could it be that he is using the same old trick again?
The atmosphere in the hall suddenly became tense and solemn.
Liang Jiugong understood the emperor's unspoken meaning, and then recounted what Shi Da Gege had said to everyone outside the Chuxiu Palace, and finally said:
"Grandma Shi must have said that on purpose. Now all the concubines in Chuxiu Palace know about the falling out between the two, and they are very dissatisfied with the behavior of Second Princess Shi..."
He paused:
"Since the day at Changyin Pavilion, Shi Er Gege has no longer been inseparable from Shi Da Gege. In addition, Xiao Ruzi sent a message that day saying that Shi Er Gege felt very sad after Shi Da Gege returned. She must have guessed that she was drugged with aphrodisiac, which is why she reacted like that.
Now, Princess Shi Er should be on guard. The two of them have fallen out again. Princess Shi Da's red bean cake should not be for Princess Shi Er."
Kangxi listened to Liang Jiugong's words and tapped the imperial desk gently. If it wasn't for the little girl, then who was it for? What did the other party want to do?
Recalling Liang Jiugong's reports in recent days, Shi Rongyue had no contact with other people except watching the play with the prince and preparing birthday gifts. This must be related to the prince. Was she seducing the prince and plotting against him at the same time?
Kangxi's eyes became more and more deep. Suddenly, something flashed through his mind, and he asked suddenly:
"You said yesterday that after the Crown Prince separated from Princess Shi, he went to Qiandong Wusuo to visit the Fourth Prince?"
Liang Jiugong was stunned and said subconsciously:
"Yes, Your Majesty. The Fourth Prince has been ill again since he came back from the opera at Changyin Pavilion that day. He has not been to the study room these days. The Crown Prince may have gone to visit him out of concern!"
The Crown Prince has a good relationship with the Fourth Prince, so there is nothing wrong with visiting him, but now that Shi Rongyue’s purpose is not clear, every detail must be paid attention to.
Moreover, the fourth son has been ill for too long. Thinking of this, Kangxi frowned and asked:
"What's wrong with the fourth brother's illness? The imperial physician hasn't given an explanation yet?"
Liang Jiugong was a little worried:
"The imperial physician said that the Fourth Prince's cold has healed, but he is a little... depressed?"
Frustrated?
Kangxi frowned even more tightly. What was going on with the fourth brother?
He thought for a moment and said:
"After the birthday banquet is over, tell the fourth brother not to leave for the time being. I will have a good talk with him. As for Grand Princess Shi..."
He paused, no emotion in his tone:
"Keep an eye on her and see what she wants to do."
Liang Jiugong hesitated: "What if the other party plots against His Royal Highness the Crown Prince again..."
Kangxi was calm when he heard this:
"Then let the prince see the true face of that person with his own eyes, so that he can give up."
He naturally didn't want anyone to hurt the prince in any way, but the prince was growing up and one day he would have to leave his protection. Only by going through hardships could he truly grow up.
"Slave understands."
Liang Jiugong nodded and was about to go down to explain. At this time, Kangxi suddenly remembered something, looked at the milk tea on the imperial table, and said in a light tone:
"Mrs. Shi will definitely be here for the birthday party today. Have someone watch her carefully. If she still has no maternal love, just tell her to shut up."
Liang Jiugong was stunned for a moment, then nodded solemnly and hurried down to make arrangements.
On the other side, Shi Rongyue arrived at the banquet first. At this moment, Mrs. Shi was holding her hand and shouting "liver!" and asking her repeatedly about how she was doing these days.
Shi Rongyue was not impatient this time. Instead, she made a great deal of complaint about Shi Nanxi. Shi's mother was already very dissatisfied with Shi Nanxi when she received the letter from her eldest daughter last time. After hearing it with her own ears, she became even more dissatisfied with her.
Therefore, Shi Nanxi, who came later, was criticized by Shi Mu before she even finished her ceremony. Finally, she lowered her voice and warned:
"I think you've really grown wings. You even dare to disown your elder sister. Do you also want to disown me as your mother? I tell you, if you want to die, then do it. Don't implicate Rongyue or the Shi family."
When she thought of this, she recalled how she had finally found a suitable man, but within just a few days the emperor ordered his entire family to be imprisoned. After receiving the news, she was so frightened that she almost fainted, and she is still scared now.
All this is Shi Nanxi's fault. If it weren't for her, how could the Shi family have almost been implicated? It was the same thing back then.
It is said that the first twin is difficult to give birth to, and the second one will be easier to give birth to after the first one is born, but I didn’t expect that it was just the opposite for her.
Rongyue, as the elder sister who was born first, was born very well, but the second sister, Shi Nanxi, was delayed in giving birth, causing her to almost have a dystocia and bleed profusely, and she almost lost her life. Thinking about these things, she couldn't help but blurt out:
"You are such a troublemaker, why did I give birth to you in the first place?"
After these words were spoken, Shi Nanxi, who had not said a word, felt as if she had fallen into an abyss.
At the same time, the palace maid who was waiting nearby went forward to pour tea, but she accidentally slipped and spilled all the tea on the stone mother.