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Mingxiu felt uneasy when she heard the Emperor ask this question.

Then they heard Yinreng's childish reply: "It's over."

Mingxiu could only lower her head even further.

He cursed himself inwardly for telling such a story; now look what happened, he'd messed up.

Emperor Kangxi was completely bewildered. He had already prepared how to comfort Bao Cheng, but Bao Cheng gave him a strange reply.

Kangxi looked at Yinreng with a troubled expression. "Baocheng, what world peace, what saving the world?"

Yinreng's eyes lit up, and he began to tell the story of a divine soldier that Mingxiu had told him before. The little guy became more and more excited as he talked, completely ignoring Kangxi's increasingly dark face and Mingxiu's increasingly lowered head.

Feeling the gaze sweeping down from above, Mingxiu could only smile awkwardly and explain, "Your Highness couldn't sleep last night, so I told you some stories I heard when I was a child. I hope Your Majesty will forgive me."

Kangxi gave her a meaningful look. "Alright, if there's nothing else, you can go now."

Mingxiu breathed a sigh of relief. This meant they weren't going to hold it against her. She quickly left.

Although she had only told the Crown Prince a story, and the Emperor wouldn't have done anything to her, his gaze was still too chilling; she simply couldn't bear it.

As Kangxi watched Mingxiu flee, a smile curled at the corners of his lips.

Yinreng blinked and watched Mingxiu walk away before he realized what had happened and protested, "Father, don't scare Aunt Mingxiu!"

Kangxi raised an eyebrow. "What, do you really like Mingxiu?"

Yin nodded, counting on his fingers, "That's right, Aunt Mingxiu is so good to me. She tells me stories, makes me toys, wipes my sweat, lulls me to sleep, plays with me, and even helps me study."

Oh, Kangxi Lai Le is interested in asking, "What can she teach you?"

Yin jumped off Kangxi and shouted, "I can sing!"

The windmill turns slowly, and the scenery here is beautiful.

The sky is beautiful, the earth is beautiful, and there is a group of people...

Happy friends.

I have a little donkey that I never ride.

One day, on a whim, I rode my bike to the market.

I was holding a small leather whip in my hand, and I was feeling quite pleased with myself.

Kangxi's head was throbbing as he listened, and he quickly interrupted him, "Alright, alright, is that all she teaches you? She's really misleading students."

"Don't follow her example in the future, understand? If you want to learn, I'll teach you later," Kangxi said, patting Bao Cheng's head.

Yinreng glanced at his father's expression, thought for a moment, and agreed, "Okay, but Father, Aunt Mingxiu mentioned playmates, but where are my playmates? I want to play with my playmates too."

Kangxi was stunned and thought about it carefully. The only options for a playmate were Haha Zhuzi or a study companion. However, Baocheng was still too young to be a study companion, and as for Haha Zhuzi, Kangxi didn't want Baocheng to be in contact with them too early.

But the child wanted a playmate. Kangxi stroked his chin. In that case, there was only Bao Cheng's older brother, Bao Qing. But bringing Bao Qing back would involve the grand conferment of titles upon the six palaces.

"Father, Father," Yinreng shook Kangxi's arm. "Father, you still haven't answered me. Where are your friends?"

Kangxi snapped out of his reverie and said, "Baocheng, wait a bit. You'll have some friends soon, and then you can all play together."

"Great! Great!" Yinreng's eyes lit up.

Emperor Kangxi was heartbroken to see this; his child had no playmates in the palace and was so lonely.

Afterwards, Kangxi read with Yinreng for a while, and then it was time for dinner. Seeing the time, Kangxi ordered the meal to be served.

The food arrived shortly afterward. Mingxiu went in to serve the food to Yinreng. When she saw that the Emperor was not looking at her, she breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that the matter was over.

Kangxi was focused on serving food to Yinreng. In fact, he had noticed her little expression as soon as she came in. Seeing her look of relief, he curled the corner of his lips.

Yin was still young and not very steady with a spoon, so he would always drop a spoonful after each bite, which made Kangxi anxious. He offered to feed him, but the child refused and just ate slowly like this.

He would eat one bite and then drop two, constantly getting rice grains all over his mouth, which amused Kangxi so much that he ended up eating a couple more bites.

After finishing their meal, the father and son resumed their studies. Mingxiu and Liang Jiugong stood at the door, with Mingxiu looking drowsy.

Liang Jiugong glanced at Mingxiu across from him, his eyes flashing. He had seen the Emperor's gaze today; it seemed the harem would soon have another concubine.

A moment later, a young eunuch from the Imperial Household Department came over carrying a tray. "Eunuch Liang, do you think His Majesty will choose a concubine tonight?"

Liang Jiugong patted him on the shoulder. "Are you stupid? Look at the situation inside. Tonight, the Emperor is definitely going to sleep with the Crown Prince. Go back and tell him you're not choosing a concubine tonight."

"Yes," the eunuch from the Imperial Household Department said with a smile as he walked back.

As soon as Liang Jiugong looked up, he saw Mingxiu's bright, sparkling eyes.

Liang Jiugong...

"Miss Mingxiu, why are you looking at our family like that?"

Mingxiu chuckled, "It's nothing, I just feel that Eunuch Liang understands His Majesty very well."

Liang Jiugong always felt that there was something strange about what he was saying.

But I don't know what's strange about it.

"Hehe, you're joking, young lady. We're all serving our masters; it's only what we should do. You'll understand in the future."

Why "later"? She already knows that now.

Mingxiu found Liang Jiugong's expression strange.

I scratched my head. Oh well, I can't figure it out, I'll just take another nap.

On this day, Emperor Kangxi issued a decree to bestow titles upon the six palaces. Consort Shu, of the Niohuru clan, was made Empress, while Consort Tongjia remained a Noble Consort. Subsequently, seven more concubines were granted titles. The mother of the eldest son, Yinzhi, of the Nara clan, was made Consort Hui. The future Third Prince was now officially the Third Prince and was recorded in the imperial register as Yinzhi. Although Consort Magiya came from a humble background, she was made Consort Rong because of the Third Prince. Additionally, Consort Xi was made Consort because she was a relative of Empress Hesheli.

Upon hearing this news, Mingxiu couldn't help but purse her lips. Kangxi truly deserves to be called the stingiest emperor in bestowing titles; he only granted titles to a few people among so many in the harem.

Regardless of what Mingxiu thought, having the rank of concubine meant a different status and benefits. Most importantly, concubines, including those below the rank of consort, were allowed to raise princes on their own.

Consort Hui and Consort Rong, both of whom had children, were overwhelmed with excitement upon hearing the news, especially Consort Hui, who hadn't seen her child for many years.

Although the princes have all returned to the palace, Yin still has no mood to go out and play with his friends.

He was completely absorbed in the jigsaw puzzle that Mingxiu had made for him.

He hadn't even visited his father, the Emperor, for many days. When Kangxi finally finished dealing with the affairs of the court and had some free time, he realized that he hadn't seen his chubby son in a long time. He got up to see what his chubby son had been up to lately.

Entering the warm pavilion of the side hall, I saw my chubby son sitting on the ground with his little eyebrows furrowed, fiddling with something in his hands from time to time.