As if his secret thoughts had been exposed, Kangxi retorted loudly, "Of course not, what good things haven't I seen?"

Wanwan said that he had long seen through Kangxi's true nature. Generally speaking, Kangxi would want to take possession of anything that was strange, interesting, and valuable.

Moreover, it also has another nickname: "The King of Gossip in Beijing".

When Wanwan first entered the palace, the relationship between Kangxi and Wanwan was not very stable, so Wanwan would collect gossip from the capital and tell it to Kangxi.

For example, which official has a strange character in his household, which official favors his concubine over his wife, and which official's son is a petty thief...

Wanwan looked incredulous and said, "That's good."

However, Kangxi was not one to suffer a loss. Seeing that his wishful thinking had failed, he then thought about the matter from another perspective.

Although I can't take advantage of my son, I can take advantage of you.

There's really no other way. I'm used to eating delicacies, and I've been eating plain porridge and side dishes for almost a year now. So at least let me have a proper meal today.

Kangxi said, "Alright, it's no use saying that I still need something. But since you've asked me to make a request, it would be disrespectful of me if I didn't. So you just need to be prepared."

Kangxi said, "I will take it myself tonight." As Kangxi said this, he looked at Wanwan, but Wanwan's skin had become very thick over the years, and she showed no embarrassment whatsoever.

She simply said, "Okay, then I'll get ready, and Your Majesty can come and collect it in person tonight."

When Wanwan spoke, her face became a little frivolous, mostly teasing Kangxi. She slowly placed her hand on Kangxi's chest and spoke to him with a flirtatious expression, almost making Kangxi lose his composure.

Kangxi grasped Wanwan's hand and said, "Then I'll have to take good care of it tonight."

Wanwan replied, "It's up to you. Take as much as you can."

Since the news of Wanwan's pregnancy broke, she has been eating vegetarian food. Today, she can eat meat, so naturally she will, especially since she is in good health.

However, Wanwan has other things to do right now, and they are big things.

Wanwan said, "Tingyu, go and get me today's gift list."

Tingyu replied, "Yes, this servant will go and get it right away."

After Tingyu brought over the gift list for today, Wanwan was overjoyed to see the stack of gifts. With just these items, she could cover a small portion of her son's future betrothal gifts.

I took a closer look at the gifts given by the wives of high-ranking officials outside the palace, as well as those given by the primary consort of the Grand Master.

At first, Wanwan only glanced at it, but everything on it was recorded in detail.

When Wanwan saw the gifts from the Crown Prince, she was somewhat surprised. "Why did the Crown Prince send so much? He's still just a child. How could he give away such valuable things?"

Kangxi was not surprised at all when he heard Wanwan's words. After all, he knew about this matter, and the Crown Prince had even come to him last night to ask him which gifts would be better for his younger brother, so that he, as his imperial father, could help him make a decision.

Kangxi said, "The Crown Prince has plenty of good things. You don't need to worry about him. He has the entire dowry of the late Empress, and in recent years, he has also received gifts from my ancestors and my mother."

Kangxi then spoke of Wanwan, saying, "Besides, you've sent quite a few gifts for the Crown Prince's birthdays over the years. Aren't you afraid of not having enough good things?"

Although Wanwan knew this principle, she still said, "That's true, but isn't this two-pound luminous pearl that the Crown Prince gave us a bit too precious?"

Wanwan: "As far as I know, this seems to be part of the late Empress's dowry. The Crown Prince only has one, right?"

Emperor Kangxi had seen many fine things. In fact, this luminous pearl was precious, but it was not as precious as the pocket watch or the Western clock that Wanwan had given him. So he didn't say anything about it.

Kangxi said, "It's just a luminous pearl, only a bit big, nothing serious."

Wanwan: "Look at what you're saying, doesn't His Highness the Crown Prince only have one?"

Kangxi asked, "Once the Crown Prince grows up, what good things will she not be able to get?"

It was quite normal for Kangxi to say this at this time, because Kangxi was indeed grooming Yinreng as his successor.

Wanwan said, "Alright, if you say it's no problem, then it's no problem. As for the Crown Prince, I'll just send him lots of nice things when it's his birthday."

Emperor Kangxi said, "You can do whatever you want with this. Every year on my birthday, you will send me many precious gifts."

Upon hearing this, Wanwan didn't say anything and continued staring at the gift list. She saw that Yinzhen had also given his younger brother quite a few nice things.

Wanwan brought the gift list to Kangxi and showed it to him, saying, "Look at this. This was given by Yinzhen. I gave it to him myself, and he was extremely happy with it at the time."

Wanwan said, "And he begged me for a long time before I gave him this marble, mainly because I was afraid that he was too young and would put the marble directly into his mouth while playing with it."

"At first, I was too young to give it to him, but after he saw it, he kept pestering me to give it to him, so I gave it to him."

Wanwan also instructed him that there must be palace maids and eunuchs present when he played, otherwise she would confiscate it if she found out.

Wanwan thought, "I didn't expect him to actually be willing to go out."

Emperor Kangxi responded quite normally, saying, "After all, he's his younger brother. It's normal for him to treat Xiao Liu better." This kind of brotherly affection was exactly what Emperor Kangxi wanted to see.

Wanwan seemed to have seen something funny again and burst out laughing, "Hahaha, look at this!"

Emperor Kangxi looked at the list of gifts and couldn't help but laugh, "Haha...this kid."

The thing that made Wanwan and Kangxi laugh was a rattle drum. These kinds of things only cost a few dozen coins when sold outside the palace, which was very cheap.

Even if the Imperial Household Department made it very exquisitely, it would only use more standard materials, but it would still only cost a few taels of silver. Usually, such cheap items would not be recorded on the gift list, but for some reason, this item was sent directly to the gift list.

These little gadgets are usually handed directly to the child.

Wanwan thought to herself, 'Could this be one of Yinzhen's requests? Or does he want to imitate the adults, seeing that other adults' gifts are recorded, so he's following suit?'

It has to be said, Wanwan has revealed the truth; that's really how it is.

However, he didn't learn this from adults, but from his second elder brother, the Crown Prince. He saw that his second brother had recorded everything he had given, so he also had everything he had given written down.

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