'No wonder the Emperor looked at him meaningfully before he arrived. He thought he had done something wrong.' In the end, the governor panicked.

"Your Excellency, this is our academy's teacher. Our teacher is very capable. Teacher, this is Your Excellency," a scholar sitting next to him enthusiastically introduced the two to each other.

Governor... I really thank you.

Emperor Kangxi calmly nodded.

The governor smiled awkwardly, "I've heard of him. This Master Tang is truly remarkable."

A few people were chatting and laughing at the table; in reality, it was mostly a group of scholars talking and laughing. Emperor Kangxi was generally a man of few words in front of others, and the governor was simply intimidated by him.

During the banquet, he tried to steal a few glances at Kangxi, but Kangxi glared at him each time, leaving him sitting on pins and needles, waiting for the banquet to end.

Just when he could no longer sit still, the small banquet finally came to an end, and the governor watched Kangxi's figure walk away into the distance.

He let out a long sigh, then glared in the direction of the capital, his belly full of anger. No wonder no one came when he arrived, and the emperor was looking at him like that. It turned out that the retired emperor was here.

The governor was just about to greet Emperor Kangxi when someone behind him stopped him, saying, "The Emperor Emeritus doesn't want to be disturbed right now, so it would be best if the governor pretended not to know him."

Governor: ...

What could the governor do? He could only compose himself and return home, his feelings extremely complicated. It wasn't that he was afraid, after all, he had always acted in accordance with the rules and regulations of the imperial court, but with such a powerful figure in the room, it was impossible not to feel pressure.

In that case, we can only proceed with greater caution in the future.

Emperor Kangxi hadn't spent much time at his residence recently, so he was unaware that a few petty thieves had broken in. Mingxiu told him about it after he returned.

Kangxi frowned, and after a long while nodded. Although he was also a little angry that someone had broken into his residence, these children were not bad children, and Mingxiu had already made her decision, so he would not say anything more.

"Then let them handle it. It would be better if they could teach them well, but if there are any who are disobedient, just take them in for supervision." As he spoke, Kangxi also told about how he had met the governor that day and was recognized.

"Haha, hahaha, oh my, I can just imagine how embarrassed, stiff, and flustered the governor must have looked." Mingxiu laughed uncontrollably after hearing this. It felt just like when she asked her boss for leave on a weekday, saying she wasn't feeling well and needed to go home to rest, only to bump into him at the mall and end up sitting at the same table.

Mingxiu felt a little frantic just thinking about that scene. She wondered if the governor would be traumatized by it.

Kangxi sighed helplessly, "It's alright, but I suppose Bao Cheng didn't tell us we were here. So it's understandable that the governor was surprised to see us."

Mingxiu nodded. "Then he won't come to the manor after that, right? But we're leaving soon anyway, so it's okay if he knows, it's not important."

Afterwards, the governor probably learned of Mingxiu's resentment and that she didn't like people visiting her, so he stopped visiting her.

During this time, Mingxiu also met the two grandchildren of the village chief's wife, a boy and a girl, who looked fair-skinned and very cute. "Actually, at the beginning, I also thought about whether I should find someone else to marry, but after looking at the two children, I suddenly realized that if I found someone else, they might still be such a scoundrel, so it's better not to. My life is very comfortable now. There are people to take care of the children, and people to take care of the chores. I can coax the children when I want to, and I can let the wet nurse take them away when I don't want to. I don't lack money, and I don't have anyone to make me angry. My life is so comfortable that there is absolutely no need to find someone else."

These were the words Peng'er, the daughter of the village chief's wife, said when she came over. Looking at the mother and daughter, it was clear that their whole family thought the same way.

Indeed, they have plenty of money and leisure time, and their children and parents are by their side. Life is very comfortable. Moreover, Mingxiu had previously asked Kangxi to give their family some compensation for the things that were confiscated. Although he didn't say how much the compensation would be, it seems quite a lot now. So their family doesn't have to worry about money at all, which is great.

Mingxiu and Kangxi stayed here for a while and finally received the news that the seventh and eighth princes had returned. Mingxiu had someone pack their things and prepared to have someone arrange for them to go with them.

When the governor heard that the people from the Tang family had all packed their bags and left, he breathed a huge sigh of relief. Thank goodness, they were finally gone. He had been on tenterhooks these past few days; he wasn't exactly afraid, but he always felt uneasy.

The outside world has changed a lot in the past few years. Many fleets from the Qing Dynasty went to sea and brought back a lot of news. Moreover, there are more and more foreigners on the streets now.

As Mingxiu and Kangxi walked along the coastal road, looking at the many blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners around them, they couldn't help but sigh, "There are more and more foreigners coming in these past few years."

"Yes, this proves that our Great Qing is developing better and better. It seems that the decision at that time was not wrong," Kangxi said, looking at the crowd around him.

Mingxiu nodded upon hearing Kangxi's voice. Indeed, this proved that the court had made great progress in recent years.

As she walked, Mingxiu saw a large group of people gathered ahead, chattering about something. Most importantly, there were also many foreigners gathered nearby.

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