No matter what Emperor Xiaozhuang said when he brought Kangxi to Cining Palace that day, the Empress Dowager left the palace for the summer at the end of June in the twenty-second year of Kangxi.
After sending off the concubines who came to pay their respects, Xianying was completely exhausted and collapsed on the treasured chair. She weakly waved to Nanny Cui, who was waiting at the side, for water to drink. Xiaozhuang had been away from the palace for some time. In order to give some warning to the concubines in the harem, he had never stopped asking the concubines to pay their respects every day.
After the Grand Empress Dowager left the palace, there was still an empress dowager in charge of the palace. Every day, she had the imperial concubines gather at the Jing Ren Palace to report on palace affairs. She would take them to the Ci Ren Palace and let Xiao Hui handle them. However, the empress dowager was very smart. In the past two years, she had long known how lazy Xianying was. This time, there were only two people in the Grand Empress Dowager's Li Palace. She said that she was praying for the Li Palace's Xiao Zhuang and that she needed to calm her mind, so she closed the Ci Ren Palace door tightly.
Xianying still remembered clearly that day when Buxin brought the imperial concubines to Ciren Palace. She saw that the palace gates were not only tightly shut but also guarded by three to five palace maids. She almost gritted her teeth. However, she had no choice but to let the imperial concubines pay their respects at the palace gates and disperse.
The imperial concubines in the harem had to pay their respects three times a day in the morning, noon and evening to the Jing Ren Palace. Because Xianying was not the Empress, there was no rule that only the titled imperial concubines could pay their respects. After Xiaozhuang left the palace, except for Noble Consort Xiaoniu Gulu and Consort Guo Luo Luo Yi who were pregnant, they were exempted from paying their respects every day. The main hall of the Jing Ren Palace was almost filled with people who came to pay their respects during the day. She could not let them not know their identity, so she made them follow the rules of paying their respects to the Empress. This day was endless.
Nanny Cui shook her head and smiled when she saw her master's boneless appearance. She turned around and picked up a cup of tea from the short table and served it to him."Master, it is such an honor to have the concubines of the palace come to pay their respects. Why do you always look so tired?”
How could Xianying not know that what Granny Cui said was true, but it was also true that she couldn't get used to it and didn't like it. She reached out to take the teacup and took a sip of the hot and cold tea. She didn't want to explain to Granny Cui the reason that could never be explained. She handed the teacup back and said,"BenGong got up late this morning, did you let Ming Shuang Zhao Ke help fourth brother to remember the number of times he read the book?”
Seeing that her master didn't want to say more and changed the topic, Cui Nanny also knew how to answer. When she heard Xianying ask about the fourth brother, she took out a white paper with the word "Zheng" written on it from her sleeve and presented it to Xianying with both hands,"Fourth Brother got up half an hour early this morning, I heard Ming Shuang say how much Fourth Brother recited it three times.”
She opened the thin paper that was not as pure white as the later generations. She looked down and counted the number of "Zheng" characters written on it. She saw that there were ten "Zheng" characters written on it every day. Today, there were indeed three more strokes. Xianying was very satisfied and nodded slightly. Just as she was about to speak again, she heard Tang Xin shouting for Xianying to run into the main hall.
Xianying was about to reprimand Tang Xin when she saw her unruly behavior, but when she saw the little guy's red and tearful eyes, she had long forgotten about the rules. She stood up and pulled Tang Xin into her arms. She asked anxiously,"What's going on? Wasn't he fine when we left Jingren Palace this morning?”
Compared to Xianying, who was usually strict with Tang Xin, Granny Cui really doted on the Eighth Princess. If she didn't have a trace of consciousness left, she would have squeezed Xianying away and called her darling.
Seeing Little Candy Heart, who had buried her head in her master's chest, unable to get close, Nanny Cui glared at Shaoyao and Bai Rong, who had followed her into the hall, and asked,""How did you serve the eighth princess? Hurry up and report what happened to the master.”
Bai Rong and Shaoyao were the palace maids that Xianying and Granny Cui had carefully chosen for Tang Xin. They had also let the Tong family control their families outside the palace, so Xianying did not believe that the two would let Tang Xin be bullied. If it was not because of the other party's special identity, it was that the matter was not serious and Tang Xin was just throwing a tantrum.
Bai Rong didn't know that Xianying had already thought about it. He lowered his eyes and didn't look at Granny Cui who was glaring at them. He bowed to Xianying and reported,"Reporting to Master, Little Master is like this because the Seventh Princess spoke rudely.”
Shaoyao, who was different from Bai Rong's calm personality, was already dissatisfied with the Seventh Princess bullying her little master. Seeing Bai Rong finish his words, she bowed with anger on her face and said,""Reporting to Mistress, that Seventh Princess is going too far. She actually said in the Imperial Garden that her brother was snatched away by Mistress. Little Mistress is also, is also not. This servant doesn't dare to say anything.”
The Seventh Princess? For a moment, Xianying couldn't remember who it was. However, after hearing Shaoyao's words, Xianying finally remembered that the Seventh Princess was also a famous person in history. Since she was young, she was very intelligent and liked by the Empress Dowager and Kangxi. She even made an exception to stay in the capital and not let her marry outside the Great Wall. Moreover, the person she married was one of Xianying's nephews.
She had thought that Consort De's body had been ruined by the Nine Royal Daughters, so she should be more low-key than before. But now it seemed that she had many thoughts. Did she really think that if the matter of Yinzhen's birth mother being her caused a storm in the palace, Kangxi would be able to see her and dote on her again? Xianying already knew about it, so it was useless to keep everyone here. She raised her hand and silently ordered everyone to leave. She looked down at Tang Xin, who was still sobbing softly in her arms. After thinking for a moment, she gently patted Tang Xin's back and said,"I saw that you didn't refute Shaoyao just now, so I think what Shaoyao said is true. You're only two years old this year, but your temperament is quite mature. Mother has never treated you as a child who is different from others, right?”
Hearing her mother's words, Tang Xin felt uncomfortable and didn't want to reply. She just buried her head in Xianying's chest and rubbed it up and down twice. Seeing her baby's appearance, Xianying laughed and pulled her into her arms again. Although she knew that children couldn't be deceived, the things in the palace were not like ordinary people. Moreover, Little Tang Xin was still young and couldn't really understand the world. After thinking for a while, Xianying said,"Tang Xin, try your best not to let your emotions be easily controlled by others. You and your fourth brother are both children that Mother painstakingly gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy. No matter how much gossip you hear in this palace, you are the one who should not doubt this matter. Think about how much your fourth brother loves you. If he knew that you actually had such doubts about him, he would be very sad.”
Little Tangxin, who had been taken care of by Yinzhen, heard that she had hurt her fourth brother, who loved her, because her thoughts were controlled by others. She raised her head and looked at Xianying with tears in her eyes. She shook her head hard and could not say anything to refute her. Her face was wrinkled.
Xianying looked at Tang Xin's wrinkled face in amusement and kissed her hard. Seeing Tang Xin's wrinkled face and the tears that were about to flow out of her big almond-shaped eyes, she quickly persuaded her gently,"Sweetheart, Mother is telling you this so that you know not to be biased. The jade archive in the ancestral hall clearly states whose children you are. Although you can't enter the ancestral hall for no reason, the next time you see your Emperor Ma, you can beg him properly. It might not be impossible for him to make an exception and find the jade archive for you to take a look.”
She tilted her head and looked at Tang Xin, who was holding her chin with her little hand and pouting her little mouth slightly. Xianying thought that it was no wonder that modern parents would sometimes deliberately lie to their children. The conflicted expression on the child's face when he was deceived was really super cute.
The author had something to say: Because I went to the wedding tonight, I came back a little dizzy. However, after being used to a teapot of tea, I finally sobered up a lot.
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