The following afternoon

Emperor Kangxi entered Yikun Palace with a gloomy face, and Xu Lejin accompanied him cautiously.

After a long while, Kangxi said coldly, "Buerhe is becoming more and more presumptuous and unrepentant. I spare her life because of the bond between father and daughter, and because her mother is my first wife. I even let her marry into the Hesheli family."

"I admit, I deliberately arranged that consort for her. Doesn't Bulhe realize that her hobbies are shameful and disgraceful to the royal family?"

"But on their wedding night, Bu'er actually... actually castrated the prince consort."

Emperor Kangxi was so angry that he became incoherent.

Xu Lejin was shocked, her jaw nearly dropping. She covered her mouth, her face filled with disbelief.

Princess Chunhui is so fierce?

The prince consort was, after all, her maternal cousin from a distant branch of the family. Although his character was somewhat flawed, Princess Chunhui was no better person than her. Weren't the two of them a perfect match?

Princess Chunhui actually castrated her husband on their wedding night.

What sins did the prince consort commit in his life to suffer such a calamity, making him unable to be a man anymore?

After a cup of tea

With a gloomy face that seemed to drip water, Kangxi said coldly, "My beloved consort, issue an imperial edict immediately, from this day forward, forbidding Bulhe from stepping into the palace even once without permission."

"Your Majesty, this..."

Xu Lejin hesitated for a moment, then spoke in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I might as well be considerate of Princess Chunhui's hardship yesterday and exempt her from entering the palace tomorrow."

"As for the future, Princess Chunhui need not come to the palace to pay her respects unless summoned by the Emperor."

Emperor Kangxi responded calmly, saying, "The Imperial Noble Consort can handle it as she sees fit."

"I still have memorials to review before the Emperor, so I will return to the Qianqing Palace first."

With a slight bend of her knees, Xu Lejin respectfully said, "Your Majesty, this concubine respectfully sees you off..."