As the weather gradually became hotter, Mingxiu wandered around the glass room. During the New Year, Kangxi took some easy-to-grow seeds from her, which have now been planted elsewhere.

Some of the faster-ripening varieties have already borne fruit, but others, like lychees, may have to wait a while longer.

Therefore, during this period, Mingxiu's fruits and food not only had to supply her own area, but also Yinreng's and Kangxi's areas, as well as the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager's area.

These were essential; Emperor Kangxi, being a very filial son, would send anything he had to the Empress Dowager.

Mingxiu couldn't say anything, so she could only smile and tell people to come and pick the fruit themselves and then deliver it to them. In any case, she would never touch anything that was to be given away.

There weren't many people being supplied, and since half of them were elderly or children, there was more than enough food for the people at Yonghe Palace.

Mingxiu wandered around for a while, then squatted down, picked up a large watermelon, tapped it, put it down, picked up another watermelon, tapped it, revealed a satisfied smile, and picked the watermelon.

Holding the watermelon, she prepared to leave, not forgetting to instruct the servants: "I will eat this watermelon today. There's no need to cook lunch. I really don't have an appetite. Just make whatever you want to eat."

Green Bamboo, who was standing nearby with a small basket, quickly stopped Mingxiu when she heard her words: "Your Majesty, watermelon is cold, it's not good to eat too much. Why don't you eat something else instead?"

Mingxiu shook her head: "It's okay, just this once, it's fine. Go, cut this watermelon in half, you can eat one half. Give me the other half, and also get a sharp spoon." After saying that, she walked outside. The watermelon was grown inside the second door of the glass room. Although the kang (heated brick bed) wasn't heated yet, it was still quite warm.

Mingxiu couldn't stand it; she hated the heat the most.

It's not the hottest time of the year yet, so Mingxiu didn't prepare any ice. She sat under the wall in the courtyard, where it was quite shady and her latest summer retreat.

Once we're here, we spend most of our time here.

She lay comfortably on the recliner, holding a watermelon in her arms, and with a spoon in her other hand, she first scooped out the core.

He took a big, satisfying bite and let out a contented sigh; it was so comforting.

This is the correct way to eat watermelon! You should scoop it out like this. Before, when she ate watermelon, Green Bamboo and the others insisted on cutting it into pieces, feeling that it would lose the soul of the watermelon that way.

So today she insisted on eating like this no matter what, swallowing it down and then scooping out another spoonful and stuffing it into her mouth.

I closed my eyes and contentedly let the watermelon be mashed in my mouth and turned into juice.

This watermelon was already a high-quality variety, and with Mingxiu watering it with spiritual spring water, its quality was upgraded even further. It truly has a thin skin, thick kernel, and no seeds. The sweet taste is simply amazing. This is Bao En's watermelon.

Perhaps it's because Mingxiu's palace has a glass room and occupies a large area, and it needs to supply the most distinguished people in the palace with food, so there can be no mistakes, or perhaps it's because there are fewer concubines now. In any case, no one is assigned to Mingxiu's palace.

However, Mingxiu felt that the first reason should be the reason, since apart from her own skill not being able to enter the ranks of the new concubines, most of the other concubines' palaces had one or two people who had entered the ranks of the new concubines.

However, in short, Yonghe Palace was her own domain, and she wasn't afraid of being seen by anyone and not caring about her image.

Mingxiu ate with great satisfaction, her legs swaying back and forth.

When Kangxi entered, this was the scene he saw: a beautiful woman with a full figure was lying on a chair, with flowers hanging from the wall beside her. The sight of the beautiful woman and the beautiful scenery was very pleasing to the eye.

Of course, it would be even better if the beautiful woman didn't occasionally scoop out a large spoonful of watermelon and stuff it into her mouth.

Watching Mingxiu eat watermelon, even though I know she's naturally unreliable, I still felt a little helpless.

When Mingxiu stuffed another large spoonful of watermelon into her mouth, and because her mouth was too small to fit it all in, with juice dripping from her lips, Kangxi finally couldn't help but say, "Eat slowly, no one is going to take it from you, and you're not afraid of letting Yinreng and the others see your appearance."

The sudden sound startled Mingxiu, who was already eating watermelon with her mouth full and had to be careful, causing her to choke.

She coughed loudly, her eyes immediately turning red. Mingxiu looked up at the culprit with teary eyes.

When Kangxi saw that Mingxiu was startled by his sudden voice, he hurriedly went over and saw Mingxiu looking at him accusingly, a rare moment of guilt on his face.

Then he said matter-of-factly, "Can't you eat in small bites? Look at the people in the palace, who eats like you?"

Mingxiu glared at him, took a few deep breaths, and finally felt the coolness in her throat subside.

"Your Majesty, if you hadn't suddenly spoken up, I wouldn't have been frightened, would I?" Mingxiu looked at Kangxi accusingly, her eyes filled with resentment.

Kangxi pursed his lips awkwardly: "Hmph, if you hadn't eaten so roughly, would I have suddenly spoken up to remind you? I was doing this for your own good, so don't turn around and blame me, my beloved concubine."

Mingxiu choked for a moment, looking at Kangxi with disbelief on her face. Who was it that was turning the tables on her?

Green Bamboo and Liang Jiugong stood not far behind, secretly smiling.

Kangxi smiled slightly as he looked at Mingxiu's incredulous gaze. Whenever he was with Mingxiu, he would easily bicker with her, and they would talk about trivial things.

But it did make me feel more relaxed.

Looking at the person in front of him who was still pouting, Kangxi took a step back and spoke first: "Alright, I have something to announce today. Do you want to hear it or not?"

Mingxiu looked away, lay back in the chair, and slightly raised her chin to signal him to speak.

Kangxi was somewhat helpless; only she was bold enough to treat him like this.

"I plan to take the Grand Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager out of the palace to escape the summer heat. I imagine you also want to go out, but I think you don't need to now."

As soon as Kangxi finished speaking, Mingxiu sat up abruptly and threw herself onto Kangxi's lap: "Your Majesty, I need to go out. I can't stand the heat anymore. Please take me out. We agreed before that I would study hard and Your Majesty would take me out. You can't break your promise."

Looking at the person lying on his knees, Kangxi chuckled.

"Alright, I won't break my promise, but I do need to check your homework, so how's Xiuer's work going?"

Mingxiu sat up, patting her chest and assuring him, "Your Majesty, you may inspect me now; I remember everything perfectly."

Mingxiu said excitedly that she really wanted to go out for a walk. Although staying in the palace every day was comfortable, she still felt a bit bored after a while.