Liang Jiugong readily agreed. Over the years, those who served him had gotten used to it. The Emperor didn't know why he suddenly didn't like people coming in to serve him anymore. If Liang Jiugong was very nervous at first, afraid that something might happen to the Emperor, he had already gotten used to it.

The Emperor now not only dislikes people serving him, but he also rarely visits the inner palace anymore. At first, no one realized anything when he stopped visiting the inner palace, but later, as the Emperor stopped visiting the inner palace for a long time, many people in the court became restless.

Worried that the emperor might be ill, they began to avoid seeking medical help and even slandered him, asking the imperial physicians to examine the emperor's health. However, they were immediately turned away by the imperial physicians, who told them that the emperor had no problems whatsoever.

Everyone was relieved, but since they knew the emperor was perfectly fine, why didn't he enter the harem? In fact, during the imperial concubine selection, those women were directly betrothed to members of the imperial clan by the emperor.

Most ministers felt there was no problem, and were relieved to know the Emperor was alright. After all, the court was currently expanding its influence in various regions, and if something were to happen to the Emperor, the Crown Prince, being so young, might not be able to withstand it. Moreover, there were already nine princes in the palace, and the Emperor had no shortage of sons. The Crown Prince's position was stable, and as long as he didn't do anything reckless, his position was secure. Everyone hoped that no further changes would occur, so they were quite satisfied with the situation.

However, some ministers believed that the reason the emperor did not enter the harem was because he felt that the concubines in the harem were no longer interesting, and even the women selected for the imperial concubine selection were still ordinary and could not catch Kangxi's eye.

So he secretly sent many beauties from all over the country to the emperor through other channels. One person actually did this, thinking he could win the emperor's favor, but Kangxi sent them all back and scolded him.

This minister's petty scheme offended not only Emperor Kangxi but also half of the court officials. Emperor Kangxi brought this up in court, saying that anyone who came to court had family members who had been selected for the imperial concubine selection. What he meant was that his own children were not good enough, so the emperor did not approve of them.

They were all furious and joined forces to punish this minister, effectively ending his future prospects.

The remaining ministers who had been thinking about this matter gave up after seeing his appearance, so no one in the court said anything after that.

Kangxi, on the contrary, felt much more relaxed.

Kangxi entered the space with a happy smile, and took out a lot of food as if he knew the way well. He had recently been enjoying ice cream, so he ate some delicious food and then continued to study some new things.

He has recently been researching how to make a musket, but because he doesn't know the specific structure, he is still in the preliminary stage.

When Mingxiu finished washing up and entered the space that evening, she saw Kangxi holding a computer, looking at and taking notes.

Mingxiu could only sigh. Not long ago, this person was a clueless country bumpkin, but now that the two of them are standing together, it's hard to tell who is the modern person.

Her learning ability is so amazing that it's astonishing. I honestly can't figure out so many things on my own.

"Come in, come and sit down. What did you have for dinner?" Kangxi looked up and saw Mingxiu standing in front of him.

Mingxiu nodded

"Alright, you can play by yourself first. I'm almost done on my end." After saying that, Kangxi continued to work hard.

Mingxiu felt a pang of guilt seeing this; it was like a real-life version of the "King of Curry" living right beside her. It made her feel embarrassed to even lie down.

Mingxiu watched Kangxi Yinreng work and reflected on it for a couple of seconds with a pang of heartache. For one second, she was still marveling at how charming a serious man was.

Two seconds later, Mingxiu took a lot of snacks without any qualms and then sat down to watch TV.

Being a "salted fish" (a person who is lazy and unambitious) can be quite nice sometimes. She's a "salted fish" and she's happy, since she doesn't want to work hard anymore anytime soon.

After Kangxi finished his work, Mingxiu was already sitting on the sofa, engrossed in watching, and didn't even notice Kangxi coming over.

Kangxi shook his head helplessly, then took away her snacks. Mingxiu was engrossed in watching when the snacks were suddenly snatched from her hand. For a moment, Mingxiu was stunned and looked up at Kangxi in confusion.

Kangxi was charmed by Mingxiu's bewildered little eyes and pinched her cheek: "Alright, it's already late. Eating any more will make you indigestion. Besides, didn't you say you wanted to lose weight? Forget about losing weight. Why are you eating so much so late at night?"

Mingxiu snapped back to reality upon hearing about dieting, pinched her own fleshy body, and made a painful expression, realizing she had accidentally overeaten again.

She's been eating a lot and exercising a little lately, so she feels like she's starting to gain weight around her stomach. Her metabolism has also slowed down, so Mingxiu is consciously controlling her food intake to avoid gaining weight.

As a result, I forgot about it by accident tonight and ate a lot of things.

Mingxiu looked at the bags of snacks on the table in front of her with a bitter face. All her dieting efforts had been for nothing. This one meal tonight had made up for it all.

"You were sitting right next to me, why didn't you remind me?" Mingxiu, embarrassed and angry, began to take her anger out on others.

Staring wide-eyed at Kangxi, Kangxi had been wronged by Mingxiu more than once or twice. He threw the snacks on the table, reached out and pinched Mingxiu's face: "What did you just say, my dear consort? I didn't hear you clearly. Could you say it again, my dear consort?"

Kangxi looked at Mingxiu with a gloomy expression, pinching her cheeks with both hands until they were filled with tears.

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